Warpaints FANATIC 🎨 Cool Reds Triad Testing

[@TheArmyPainter]

Glad that we could make a believer out of you, Don! “Cool” video. 😉

[@DonSuratos]

Really enjoyed how this particular triad proved me wrong. 😅🎨🎨🎨

[@colouredIncognito]

Love how you go back to what you always do in your business model; ignoring basically anything that isnt positive

[@DonSuratos]

@@colouredIncognito Positivity is KING 🤴

[@Beardalorian]

Dude, you paint so fast and smooth. I need to take tips on this. I think my brush is too big and too much paint being used in one swipe. I can learn a lot from just this video.

[@DonSuratos]

Thanks for the compliment! ☺️ It's all about getting comfortable with your tools man. :)

[@capnbrunch9612]

For the sake of my deskspace and my sanity, I narrowed all the six colors into regualr triads. Usually i did 1 3 5. 1 being darkest 5 being the second lightest. A few exceptions to the rule. I kep most of the greys and warm greys on my desk and there were 1 or 2 triads where i might go 2 4 6 instead but we will see. I was just getting overwhelmed seeing all those paints.

[@DonSuratos]

Hahaha! Totally agree 👍🏼 I found the “for the sake of my deskspace” so funny! 😂

[@JRMcDowell]

P3 did the Triad system really well. I am glad to see another paint line trying to follow that path. Expert painters don't normally rely on triad systems, as they tend to mix as they go to get the shade up or down they need along the way.

[@DonSuratos]

Yeap. Expert painters that has no intention of teaching. 😊

[@TheSWATSPAM]

That’s amazing coverage for red! Amazing video. I wish I can have that plasma coil blue. Love you Don!

[@DonSuratos]

Haha! I cannot! I only have one plasma coil bro. 😅

[@bee-beargaming]

You did an amazing job with the miniature btw

[@DonSuratos]

Thank you so much! 😊🎨🎨🎨

[@LordSquee]

That paint holder is pretty amazing too. Where'd you pick it up?

[@DonSuratos]

Lipstick 💄 acrylic holders man. I have a few. Holders not lipsticks. 😅

[@LordSquee]

@@DonSuratos I'm not judging you, man. You do you :)

[@DonSuratos]

@@LordSquee Hahaha! 😅🎨🎨🎨

[@Bakecrusto]

Looking at the lineup of all triads in the Fanatic line made me worried about how good of a contrast they'll be able to achieve, since none of the swatches seem to go into really dark shades, and I was especially worried about the Cool Reds - so I'm really happy you showed off this triad in particular - but to my surprise, they do look fine, although not as good as the Vivid Blues from your previous SM Librarian video; I feel like a Burnt Umber oil wash might be warranted here to punch up the shadows. The bright shades look really nice though, the way Dragon Red covered pure black primer on the cape was beautiful. Would love to see a video on the Ochres & Tans, Desaturated Cool Greens, or Olive Greens, since these are the few remaining triads that I'm particularly wary of by looking at the posters. Great job painting either way!

[@Frantik33]

That's very helpful, thank you Don. It would be nice to check the rest of the triads if you can make similar videos for other colours. I would like to see the bone colours for example, Light neutrals

[@SgtHouse]

Can we see how the effects paint work and how to use them please?

[@goforitpainting]

Hi Don, Cool as always.

[@UdoSchönfelder-w8m]

Hallo, ich habe DeinenKanal abonniert. Durch Deine Videos habe ich viel dazugelernt. Ich sammele zwar keine Warhamner Figuren aber Deine Techniken helfen mir auch sehr, Modellfiguren und Büsten zu bemalen. Bitte kannst Du mir Auskunft darüber geben, woher Du die Acrylständer für fünf Acrylfarben (Vallejo oder Armypaint) her hast. Vielen Dank im Voraus.

[@UdoSchönfelder-w8m]

Wäre do you have the Color stand for the acrylcolors from. I Like KZbin Videos.

[@PalmerDemetrius]

2 questions. Do you have a discord and when it comes to speedpaint, for painting small infantry like Tau Fire Warriors. Would you paint the whole thing Red for instance then cover the cloth parts with a black for speed purposes or ust black in Red armor then black coth? Trying to come up with the best process. Love the work you do btw

[@nova5224]

I got sent here by the Ghamak MMF post. Your model looks awesome. Some constructive criticism, in the voice over at the end of the video there is audio overlap, you might want to spend the 10mins to watch the video prior to uploading. Other than that awesome job.

[@DonSuratos]

Yeah that was weird actually! Something went wrong. My bad. 😣

[@adamgroszkiewicz814]

Triad paints have been offered by Reaper Master Series for many years. I'm glad to see Army Painter adopting such a great color matching system and also upping their game. Eager to try out these new paints.

[@DonSuratos]

No idea about Reaper paints at all. The triad system is a fine art system for all though. 😊

[@adamgroszkiewicz814]

@@DonSuratos Reaper is a very old miniature/paint company. They make lovely affordable fantasy mini's for tabletop games. Their Master Series paint line uses the triad system as well.

[@ARescueToaster]

@@adamgroszkiewicz814 Good 'ol Reaper! Made in Texas! I really enjoy the Reaper paints I have - I'd say they are mostly on par with and in some cases a tad bit better than the old AP Warpaints line. That said, I'm really looking forward to the Fanatic line to replace the Reaper paints I currently use. I wouldn't mind if Reaper (and hell, all paint companies) started to up their game in response to ArmyPainter's recent success(es)

[@coltaupainting1588]

Amazing video again Don - My own favorite paitn from the Fanatic line, is Deep Ocean Blue and Molten Lava :)

[@DonSuratos]

I have tried Deep Ocean Blue! Its awesome. Will need to try Molten Lava. Thanks! 😊

[@alphaleigpyne]

Sometimes you need to bend the rules a bit in painting. The red triad painting method is a good choice for the cape. I would struggle a bit to start from dark to light colours on capes. Nice demostration on the new Army Painter paints! 👍

[@crisiswax]

​I'm really on the fence with these. No flgs near me so I'd have to order a set and if I'm going to order, I might as well order the complete set...right?

[@trollpaintingminis4496]

Not necessarily because you could get the mega set to start with and then the most wanted set which is all colors that aren't in the mega set

[@trollpaintingminis4496]

Then that would give you a good starting point and you could pick up additional colors here and there for specific projects

[@Bakecrusto]

There's a starter set if you just want to try it out (11 paints), mega set if you want to try it out more (50 paints; I think it contains the entire starter set in it plus 39 more), and then a "most wanted" set, meant to supplement the mega set (22 paints), since it specifically contains paints not present in the mega set. The problem with these though is that even with Mega+Most Wanted sets, you'll only have 72 paints out of 216, and I think not a single full 6-paint flexible triad, instead getting ~3 paints per triad - so if it's the triad system you want to really try out, you might have to either order on a per-paint basis, or just get the complete set.

[@howardcoates6985]

Finished product looks good as always Don. You got a mini there that is exactly what I hate to paint.. way too much detail and kind of a pain to get looking right. Think i will be picking up some triads but not the full set of these warcolors.

[@DonSuratos]

Hate is such a strong word bro. But agree! minis like this make me procrastinate a bit. 😅

[@howardcoates6985]

yes. I should say that I avoid overly detailed items like that one... they look great when done well... but without very good color co-ordination they end up looking .. messy. Not really what I focus on.

[@nikotillmann9764]

Good job. I would be really interested in seeing how the very bright non-pastel greens cover (I think one is named rainforest or something like that). These were atrocious in the old warpaints and tend to be pretty transparent in all paint lines I know.

[@DonSuratos]

The Yellow Greens? Ohhh, my fave color to paint. Trying them out soon. Even oil paints of this color are transparent actually. It’s the nature of the pigments used I think. 😊

[@nikotillmann9764]

@@DonSuratos yes, exactly, it seems.to be a property of the pigments involved. Which would make it so interesting to me, because this would really show how good opacity really is in this new fanatics line.

[@VhonX]

Bro dito satin may local store na nabibili naarmy painter, shoppe ako nakabili dati yung wash nila?

[@darkstranger777]

Is it necessary to prime miniature with black before painting? Versus the slap chop method?

[@handlechar568]

slapchop or any form of zenithal priming typically involves priming black to start with anyway

[@raymondkieu9801]

what model specifically is this? I know you mentioned it was a ghamak production but im not sure if it was from a monthly package

[@Bakecrusto]

Lord Otto Von Zeppelin, from the Iron Korps collection :)

[@ChadHavoc]

Does it show any brush marks that you know of?

[@DonSuratos]

Nothing for me… I could try though and paint as bad as I can. 😅

[@awesomeness3879]

so .. i looked at the Fanatic Mega Set paint. 50 bottles. Some color range only given 1 or 2 colors. So..... how to apply "Triad system" approach ?

[@DonSuratos]

I do not, and will not have a Mega Set. Maybe I could paint with just the Mega set colors soon. But I guess my videos are for people that will have complete sets. 😉

[@awesomeness3879]

@@DonSuratosya would really help beginners here to see how you mix the color, to create those "triad colors" that are missing from the Mega set. Example Cool Red : In the mega set, only Basilisk Red , Wyvern Fury, Pure Red are present. Vivid blue : only Imperial Navy, Crystal Blue, Bright Sapphire Deep Green : Angel green and Greenskin Strong pale blue : only Ultramarine blue

[@Abraleo]

Out of curiosity, is "triad" the official name of the paint line or is it used just to name it? I'm asking because "triad" usually indicates 3 and I see every color has 6 colors, which is really nice they are all inside the same hue 😍

[@Xav1ez]

Army painter calls them flexible triads, 6 paints in the same hue so you get the flexibility of choosing you base, mid and high from the three. Basically it's at least 4 triads in one flexible triad, more if you skip over some levels for more contrast between the layers.

[@Abraleo]

@@Xav1ez That's amazing, thank you for the explanation 👍

[@TheArmyPainter]

The range however is called Warpaints Fanatic 😊

[@Abraleo]

@@TheArmyPainter Thank you, I think you guys did an amazing job by providing a range of paints with different values inside the same hue, I'm definitely curious to know more about this line ❤

[@Uli09713]

Why not mix the colors (ex the 2 reds used for highlight ) so you have soft/smoother transitions ?

[@DonSuratos]

Refraining from mixing and glazing to show the actual color layering. Focused on teaching and demonstrating here, not impressing. 😉

[@Uli09713]

@@DonSuratos Sorry for my rudeness.

[@karlioskarlios5934]

The darkest reds are too pinky and bright, not good choice for a color triad, not enough contrast. The base dragon red look good

[@DonSuratos]

I kinda agree… but it did end up pretty good I think. 😊

[@Dasein1]

I gotta ask, are we going to find out soon that you're part of AP's new team they are setting up? Lately I keep seeing videos from people singing their praises and then a little while later it turns out they are more involved with AP than they'd let on. Makes things feel disingenuine.

[@DonSuratos]

NO bro. Not part of the team at all. I bought a a few smaller sets, including a Speed paint 1.0 set last year. And I enjoyed the paints so much. Then AP sent me a complete set of speed paints 2.0, then a complete set of the Warpaints Fanatic. That’s about it. 😊

[@TheArmyPainter]

If you're referring to the Factory Team, this is a new initiative designed to actually present sponsorships more transparently. While we love Don, the products were sent to him purely fur review purposes. As huge fans of his channel, we're very excited that he's enjoying the new range. :)

[@Dasein1]

I genuinely appreciate the response, and absolutely think you deserve to be a part of the team if they do reach out to you; love your content. Just other folk handling it rather poorly has me a bit jaded about it, I suppose. I apologize for very likely sounding more accusatory than I had really intended. @@DonSuratos

[@Dasein1]

I was, thank you for the clarification! @@TheArmyPainter

[@DonSuratos]

@@Dasein1 No worries man! Very understandable inquiry. Answering it felt awkward though. 😅🎨🎨🎨

[@defdaz]

I don't like it, the paint is to thick for layered highlights to look good. It just looks amateurish and rushed.

[@DonSuratos]

😱😅😂🤣

[@illusionfx3dprints]

Sent you a message on Instagram Don - keep up the good work - all the best :)

[@DonSuratos]

Just replied bro. Thanks! 😊🎨🎨🎨