Contrast Paint BUT Cheaper AND Better?!

Today we see if we can hack the matrix and create a cheaper, more versatile, and overall BETTER form of Contrast paints! Thank you all for the overwhelming support, it really does push me to improve and continue to put out content!
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[@ThroteCHOP]

Your wet palette is so much cleaner than that petri dish Scott puts his paints on.

[@liesureleeminis8268]

You should see mine 😂😂

[@matttran7161]

I was thinking the same thing! Like buy a new dollar store shammy

[@Sudo_Nimh]

lol

[@lostsanityreturned]

I am surprised to ready you say that, scott is such an organised guy when it comes to mini painting ;)

[@asaffin1]

Scott's palette gives me anxiety lol

[@Sebastion464]

I like my tendies how I like my audio, crispy. And boy did you make it crispy

[@GoobertownHobbies]

We demand a 30 minute montage of you mixing paints on your palette.

[@Ninjon]

Don’t think I don’t have that footage! 😂

[@mrking7342]

It is too clean. Keeping my palate clean is IMPOSSIBLE!

[@ozzhart3227]

@@Ninjon hey, how much of the contrast medium should I be using?

[@DingoPaintsMinis]

ASMR Jon

[@R.J.MacReady1982]

@ninjon @goobertownhobbies the power is in your hands. Your frail and human fingers. Yeah it's a lot of coding.. Get some loves of the world. nothing is sacred.

[@davesweirdproject]

Love what you have to say at 7:18 about not putting barriers in front of your fun, and also just giving it a shot again when you feel uninspired. Great advice.

[@hillmath9059]

I love the balance between testing new ideas, using known skills and sharing the applications for both that you have in your videos. I now have some new things to try on my mini's and there has been one mini sitting at my desk primed for a couple of weeks, ready for me to put paint on it. I will try this. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Ninjon]

What a nice compliment, it means a lot thank you! Lots of room for improvement, but I'm eager to share what I screw up along the way :D

[@HumorlessMilk]

Great vid, Jon. Glad you sorted the audio, can't wait for future content!

[@davidwasilewski]

I still use old fashioned base coat - ink - dry brush for most of my armies. I’d only use contrast if I was considering painting up something like 100 skeletons or Tyranids. Good call on using the contrast technical pot to create your own contrast colours - it’s so obvious but I never thought of it!

[@richardruddy6341]

Inks and clear varnish plus a bit of water was what I used to do. Black mix on white primer coat. Then used ink mixes for each colour. That was 30 years ago. Used to trade painted minis for more unpainted ones.

[@Goldpug]

at 5:27 - 5:33 if you look at the orcs face you can see a layer shift in the print (probably from lack of support or something else) the contrast paint shows it and makes it very obvious. Amazing paint job though better then anything I could do. :)

[@Ninjon]

Yup it was a pretty shitty print purchased off of Etsy. I was curious how much the paint would hide/accentuate it, but was not happy to have received this from a 3D printing “store”

[@Kometrion]

Somebody has been following "The Wappel" and started praising "The One True Brush". Nice job in this video, it is indeed so liberating to mix up paints and be free of colours names. work with that line is so good too.

[@Leviticushateford]

great help! As Always thank you for all you do for our Hobby.

[@Boljarin]

Vallejo also has a transparant line. Wonder if that would work as well?

[@evansj18]

"You can't screw it up all in one go" Me: Hold my beer

[@cory7328]

Very good sir. Solid work and nice knowing a way to save myself a lot of hassle. I am just starting my paint collection.

[@StiltbeastStudios]

great video and great result. I dont paint minis, I paint latex masks, just looking to improve my work. nice work on this.

[@Olvenskol]

My contrast hack... ink + matte medium + flow-improver concentrate (e.g. Liquitex brand). Works amazingly well, cheaper and I think easier to control. Roughly equal parts ink and medium and then you can just threaten the mix with the flow-improver (i.e. tiny drop is plenty).

[@allenflud]

I am getting back into painting, thanks for the tip.

[@mutchokohler9552]

I really like how you're mixing painting tips and tutorial stuff with the main topic

[@zeldakitsch]

Nice job, really love the WoW look of this mini. Contrast paints are great for some things not for others, when you make your own product you can always adjust it how you like it to get it to behave how you want it to. Dropper bottles!

[@dovahkiinsadventures7632]

Doesnt everything go into dropper bottles?😊

[@zeldakitsch]

@@dovahkiinsadventures7632 should be in dropper bottles in the first place, not a design that seems custom made to dry out 🙄

[@nds711D]

Already bought a bunch of stuff from Monument, but learning about the coupon and how it helps you, went back and got some more stuff! Keep it up man, you're killing it.

[@joshuaharms9564]

"Dropper bottle" That one line was enough to get a like from me.

[@edwardstorbicki6685]

Subbed. Blew my mind when they released an airbrush line of paints in POTS. WHAT.

[@samprastherabbit]

I genuinely laughed out loud at that one!!

[@ArynCrinn]

@@edwardstorbicki6685 But the Air is now in 24ml pots!!!! They wasted a great opportunity to release a new bottle...

[@edwardstorbicki6685]

@@ArynCrinn 100%! I don't want to pay premium prices, and then have to also transfer the paint into a useable bottle, and add my own mixing balls.

[@traderghost]

Watching your videos is always so therapeutic.

[@hanswurst3788]

Fascinating how some white dots here and there can improve the look of a model. At first, for me at least, it looks like a mistake, but in the end it works out. Thanks for that. I will try that.

[@NatesMiniatures]

I would say you are onto something there.

[@Eiersalatmacher]

Really. The yellowish tint on the skin made me really happy 😍

[@beerenmusli8220]

Okay, that is really cool. And I 150% agree that GW paints should come it drop bottles, but I would be a good start if the bottles/pots were airtight again.

[@brentt8545]

I'm a beginner painter and have seen you on a few different channels. You're entertaining AND informative. So... more videos please! I enjoy your work! Keep it up.

[@oldmanaz.6811]

I have done this for years I have called it controlled wash, huh I just read ral parthas paint guide and it was there name for it. Took a long time for me to learn my level and you still taught me things. Thanks kid.

[@someguy2441]

Suck Cut, or dare I say Slap Chop, is far more accessible for anyone who doesn’t own contrast paint thanks to this video. Now I’ll just get one pot of contrast medium, toss in some ink, and maybe water and I’m in business. Thanks, John! I appreciate your work!

[@MrSussurrus]

Contrast medium sits alongside glaze medium and flow improver on my desk. It's really useful.

[@karmaq8462]

I love mounument hobbies line of paints , they are actually really cool ,I use transparent paints over my acrylic paint then add acrylic paint , then transparent paint to make the contrast , look great !

[@R3dS0ulSnak3]

I am painting this mini and 4 others like him for my rekindled love of Mordheim. It is also my 1st time using washes. Watching you move all over as you painted is sooo similar to how I paint. This video gave me the oomph to take the next step.

[@Ninjon]

You got this!

[@wakephillips]

Picked up some of these transparent paints recently and planning on trying this tonight! Thank you for the idea and video.

[@Cogmancer]

After my back issues over the last 3 weeks I finally picked up a paintbrush tonight to paint my Rex model. Aside from some grainy texture due to poor priming technique I did what you mentioned. Just hopped from one point of interest to another and knocked him out in an evening

[@Ninjon]

Well done!!! Hope the back is feeling better.

[@Cogmancer]

@@Ninjon so far so good. I'm looking forward to playing through your back catalog while painting the rest of my clone army.

[@duogemstone]

Old video I know and I still need to mess around with them but had a crazy thought for a greenskin why not basecoat in a yellow or yellowish green then use a green transparent paint, might try that out at somepoint

[@garyjenson8262]

Thanks john this was a great help.

[@kkurlander]

The ProAcryl line of paints are amazing. I find myself using them more then any other paint.

[@georgethomas9040]

I'm glad you've started making videos, you've got the knack for it.

[@jackwilliams4087]

Thinning pale colours about 3pt medium to 1pt paint makes a great pale flesh for slaanesh, zombies etc. 1 to 1 will give a nice one stop wash for furs. Lovin' the work. It was a gw staffer that showed me this.

[@nctinman8775]

How did I miss this until now!! Just ordered the transparent pack and some metal medium using your discount. Thanks Jon

[@Sackit26]

The outakes at the end were primo content ;)

[@Ninjon]

Really is the most fun part to make too :)

[@Rulo709]

I could easily see myself watching a full 30 minute video of Jon outakes or just him being silly. Cool dude.

[@YarDarkwood]

@@Ninjon did you try the ink?

[@FSDraconis]

Top notch and wonderful content! I love the out takes at the end too. Entirely creative, entertaining, and packed full of information. You are honestly one of my favorite painters on youtube. Thank you for the work that you do.

[@BillosUK]

The first video I watched ever on Miniac's channel was the one with you comparing the different beginner paint sets which really helped me a lot! So I'm happy to see you've made you're own channel dude!

[@psaldorn69]

I was trying out my first bottle of contrast the other night. My first citadel/non-dropper bottle this millenia too. Well, I got to enjoy the top heavy pot meme first hand. And so did my chair. And rug. And wallet. It's going straight into a dropper bottle this time.

[@Ninjon]

Nooooooooooo :(

[@psaldorn69]

@@Ninjon what makes it worse is the orange I made out of contrast medium and ink is better than the poop-brown "orange". Luckily, I'm a garbage painter anyway.

[@victorgonzalez2927]

Just switched ALL my paints to Pro Acryl. Can’t wait to get to paint with it.

[@GamerDad]

Jon's out here revealing conspiracies at GW with those top heavy pots

[@talongodin2253]

The world needs more conversations with you and Nigel!

[@Ninjon]

🤔😂

[@TheSteak77]

Been watching Miniac for a few years now, and love your guy's podcast. It's super fun to see you succeed at starting your own youtube channel after all the work. Great vid, excited to see more!

[@Ninjon]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@janrei7292]

That Liqitex ink + contrast medium looks way to smooth. No puddles, no nothing. I am really tempted to try it out. Thanks for the tests!

[@matsingen3477]

I really appreciate your content so far and i seriously hope you want to continue making these vids!

[@Ninjon]

More to come!

[@finkmonkeyful]

Nice work. Contrast medium is great stuff.

[@richardadams429]

Direct quote from a text i got from my friend.. "have you watched ninjons new video?..literally a gamechanger and the most useful painting video ive watched in a while. he has sausage fingers" high praise indeed.

[@snoox27]

i use contrast paint for the start of my models and they build off of the, organics only.

[@jamie_23]

OUTSTANDING - this is the definition of a how to paint video. thanks Jon for showing us this and painting a model all the way through, its really interesting.

[@1quackquack1]

Excellent, it's always good to have access to more tools

[@gregtaylor7957]

Awesome vid to wake up to before work. The audio is SO much better! Great stuff.

[@roipaz8671]

I love his hair!!! Awesome!!!

[@SirSpoon]

Oooooo dat crispy audio. And all for a sweet contrast burn. Ten thumbs up.

[@SargNickFury]

80-90's miniature painter here, just getting back into the hobby. I have a question that may seem noobish, but what is the difference between "contrast" paints...and inks? As far as I can tell this is exactly what we called inking back in the day? And we didn't break the bank to do it? The biggest difference being we'd undercoat a layer of paint on primer BEFORE inking, and then save a lighter or white dry brush for last. The results are pretty similar though. (I haven't played with the new contrast paints yet so I really would like to know the difference)

[@Galahad727]

Love the Pa-Chow T-Shirt! Uncle Adam is awesome...and so are you :-) ♥️

[@Myhayv]

I've been having quite a bit of success just with inks but this is a cool take.

[@Dimanti88]

So far your videos and podcast have proven useful, excited for next video.

[@TJtheBee]

I’ve been having a think, and I wonder if this same effect could be replicated with regular paints using some glazing medium. Gotta test it...just need a mini to play with.

[@dfw_sleepypillz1007]

Great video and delivery of the content sir! Love it, rock on man!

[@northd6840]

Yup I "know what to do". I am loving the vids. I wasn't familiar with line of paints you were employing (I do know what contrast paints are...so the other ones) so I will have to check them out. Thanks again! It's nice to hear a friendly voice shouting in void.

[@hansstokstad7026]

I love the Pro Acryl transparent colors and look forward to trying this!

[@apeman5090]

really glad you're making videos! I really enjoyed the video you did for Scott about paint starter sets, helped get me into the hobby when I was starting :)

[@Capzielios]

Hey Jon, Since you have a 3d printer, I suggest printing one of thos citadel paint bottle holders. Any of them will do but they are perfect for stabilizing the wash bottles. Tipped over a bottle of that stuff, ruined my clothes, my custom mousepad, my girlfriend left me and my Kids disowned me.

[@strohslights4996]

this works with vallejo game inks also

[@jonesjangle9252]

Great to see you making vids. Awesome job.

[@smoothbrush4722]

The sculpt and the paint is excellent

[@M104-q9y]

That point you get to when nothing on the model is left that excites you, that's always where I fuck up by rushing through the boring parts.

[@LegionaireSiggi]

Glad you got the kinks worked out. This video was excellent.

[@Terrainosaur]

I like experiments. I like answers at the front of videos. I like this video.

[@MatchGame]

hells yeah man! I'm all about mixing my own colors, thanks for spotlighting this product!

[@MrValleyteacher]

You, sir, have just earned yourself a subscriber.

[@rayslover8526]

So first off, those transparent paints are sold out on the monument website, so good job. Also, I've never watched any of your videos, just Scott.s, but I've watched the both of you multiple times and also watched the podcast you guys do. and I'll say your videos are great.Great video Quality, great Audio, and hilarious out takes. I'm definitely a new subscriber and a bell notification.

[@steveisaak4320]

Ninjon you are a gifted painter. Keep up the good work sir

[@roasttoast2344]

I’m loving the better mic quality. Keep up the great work Jon

[@JohnDoe-l1kmya5s]

Great video Jon I really appreciated it. Please keep it up.

[@jacobhope6164]

Wow! What you were able to achieve with the contrast medium and transparent paints was amazing, especially the non-metallic metals!

[@phillipchronister7035]

Dropper bottles...oh snap! Great video!

[@farpointgamingdirect]

I've been painting 12mm American Civil War soldier with the contrast technique...so far so good...

[@huwtindall7096]

Worth it for the outakes alone!

[@leslieshafer6343]

I like the look you achieved. This is definitely worth checking out.

[@jayperz]

I’ve never used contrast paints but I’ve seen some people use glaze medium to make “contrast” mixes. I want to try these out though!

[@evereybonifacio2745]

This video is the high point in an otherwise crappy day. Great video Jon!

[@battlebrushstudios]

This is a very interesting process and a great look for this model.

[@Kolobius]

I like Contrast because I am a lazy painter that just wants to get start to finish a 2000 point army in like 2 weeks or less. But it's nice to see it can be used by the better painters out there to make cool effects

[@charleswatson2605]

I painting. tried this today with Kantor blue, didn't really care for the result, but it was a fun little break from

[@z4p0tek]

I think that this is the style that I'm looking for. Yes. Your hairstyle. I just need more hair. Also, the painting style is awesome.

[@TheHamno]

good audio, and loved the idea! I'll have to try out some contrast medium as an additional tool.

[@turnipslop3822]

This was a really great video! I do have a question though, what's the difference between inks, washes, and contrast paint? They all seem to have high flow and high pigment. I'm not entirely sure what the difference is and how they are each supposed to be used.

[@zakhunt]

I'd been eyeing the transparent paints for a while now, so this was just the kick in the pants I needed to order them. Thanks for the discount, Jon, and enjoy that kick-back! :D

[@Ninjon]

No, thank you!

[@krusty1796]

The medium in the medium contrast paint is not the same as what you can find in contrast paint. You can see there are several element in the contrast paint that separate while time pass. And sure there is several pigment type in one contrast paint one lighter and one darker, like grey and white of apothecary withe.

[@tinywargamer3863]

Right from the start: THANKS NIJON! I found this video just recently, and I just can't describe how liberating it was for me! It finally made me realize how much I fucking hate painting things and going through all that shit with painting a piece of plastic! See...After watching this video I finally realized that I'm just an average joe that simply wants to push some little plastic soldiers on the table from time to time, and that's it... and to do just that I most certainly don't need all those fcuking contrast, speedpaints all all the other shit ! Thanks man for liberating me!!!!!

[@ninjamania]

Bought some of that transparent paint. Thanks for the coupon code!

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Woo! Been waiting for these vids for a while! Great audio and video quality! Oh, and content. Great content too 😀

[@Ninjon]

Yay, thank you!

[@DarrenBonenberg]

Great video. I've got done transparent paints from another line (not Monument Hobbies) I will definitely try this with.

[@dovahkiinsadventures7632]

Great video! As a new painter i can honestly say i like the contrast paints for certain applications. But have never put them on a wet pallet. Or am i mistaken that they shouldnt be put on one? I also love what you say near the end.... Nigel, one thing and just hear me out. Dropper Bottles! I decant all my GW paints as soon as I can.

[@Ninjon]

I typically use Contast paints right out of the pot. If I'm diluting them, I'll put them on a wet palette.

[@dovahkiinsadventures7632]

@@Ninjon I put them all in dropper bottles a few weeks ago. I have knocked 2 over. Lets just say that i am a bit clumsy. Right handed so the pots go on the right side. Then as i am blind for the most part (have to wear a patch) i tend to knock pots over for some unknown reason🤷‍♂️. I have been using your water bottle lid hack from the podcast. Those make handy little pallets.