How to Apply Decals with the Vallejo Decal System - Ultramarines - Primaris Space Marines

Excited to try out the Vallejo Decal System.
I've always had issues with Decals in the past because they never really went on all that well.
These guys did the trick!

[@matthuckabey007]

Finally someone with the balls to do an ultramarine! That notch is brilliant. Thank you for showing us this.

[@thehunter5475]

i'm still wondering what a "dekkel" is....

[@ThePrefect]

+thehunter hah... maybe I should have gone with “These are totally dekkels eh?” Then sip from my Tim Hortons’ coffee and have a Canadian Flag in the background 🇨🇦

[@derekdrake8706]

ThePrefect Canadians have strange ways.

[@LesHaskell]

Beauty, eh.

[@knoxminis1211]

@@ThePrefect It all made sense when you said, "oh, geez" early in the video, lol. Thanks for the video.

[@ThePrefect]

Yeah Some times the Canadian just slips out

[@allanhughes912]

I have doubts about my freehand skills at such a small scale so decals for me are a godsend, I have the products to do the job but wasn't 100% on how to use, thanks for a simple, easy to follow tutorial, you're a star.

[@gregtdude]

First video I've seen which has given me confidence in applying decals (dee-kals). Subscribed :)

[@TehOriginalZero]

It’s ‘Dee-Cal!’ Sorry! 😌 Thanks for the tutorial tho

[@harrymanback3475]

I concur, if it were pronounced otherwise it would be spelt deckle, i tried to let it go but he said it so many darn times lol! 😆

[@davidkilby1043]

Best video i have watched on how to use the products. Well done

[@isaacrodriguez1200]

Nice! Now I feel confident enough to apply my Raven Guard decals!

[@FeedWillyStyle]

Awesome tutorial, I'll definitely be trying this method out with my Blood Angels.

[@kirishima638]

This is a really good tutorial. I had no idea how to use these products despite owning them for years! It does seem like a lot of work though. I get the gloss varnish and the medium but is the decal fix really necessary?

[@AlexWilson-sf6in]

I enjoyed this. Thank you. Have you got the Micro sol/set video?

[@nightvariant1786]

Did you ever make the other video for Microset and Microsol? I'm tired of doing every model free hand and need to do IH decals. What was your preference in the end? Thanks ThePrefect

[@philhitchings]

I'm so glad I found your channel, (looking for Primaris Ancient banner ideas!!). I've shied away from decals on the pauldrons of my D.A. minis and have done some pretty poor painted insignia in the past but your excellent tutorial has me changing my mind.

[@belialuedke1880]

Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@Zogatn]

How i do it : 1. in place where to be decal, reflective varnish for acrylic paints 2. Vallejo decal fix (no water, like in movie) on place where will be decal 3. put decal (after a water bath) 4. Vallejo decal softener 5. matt varnish for acrylic paints

[@TheLastComa]

This comment is 3 years old...but I'm about to do my first Decal transfer and these are the exact steps I'm using.

[@kubluu]

Me too

[@brigandboy1425]

The micron pen... what a great suggestion. I've been hoping to find decals of my great company's icon for a while now, but they are few and far between, so I've stuck with blank shoulder pads instead of free-handing details with a paint brush... But man, using a micron pen might just work. Thank you for that idea. Loved the video :)

[@matthuckabey007]

I use a micro pen it works wonders. F the haters.

[@Guallow]

Nice Video! Glad to see tutorials on things like this. You mention you use a varnish afterwords, (purity seal). I would love to see a turorial on that aswell.

[@ThePrefect]

Yeah, agreed, I'd like to do one on priming and purity sealing as well. They're on the stack and coming "soon"

[@Guallow]

Great! I look forward to that! :)

[@giantorres3352]

Great video amigo.

[@onashenwings3850]

Whoa, how have I just found your content? Prosperity and good fortune for you my friend

[@nightvariant1786]

TYVM Overall great video, lots of great info. 1st I watched this at work this morning and I started laughing. It made my day, then I went rest of the day talking about my decals. Then I got home and showed my wife my decals and she was loving it. Now I can NEVER say decal again cause it's just not fun your pronunciation is way better. I'm an instant subscriber as long as you dont change. We have officially made a drinking game off this one video. Thank you so much, looking forward to watching more videos. Decals is a plus :) The Flesh is weak brother but Decals Endure!!!

[@ThePrefect]

Haha... awesome... We Canadians all say it that way, and we generally think it'd be weird to say it any other way :)

[@Stormcloud10]

Extrem helpful tutorial, thank you very much for that. Did you dilute some of the glosses or Decal Mediums with water or something or do you use it straight of the bottle?

[@ThePrefect]

Straight outta the bottle onto a pallet

[@Stormcloud10]

@@ThePrefect Thanks a lot!

[@kapitanmd]

Thx, man. This video very usefull.

[@gregorys.7684]

Great video and great painting too. As for me I use micro sol/set. By the way what is the music at the end of your videos?

[@ThePrefect]

Awesome, can't wait to try out the Microsol solutions. The end song is this guy... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5e4gGqmrphsm6s Thanks for watching :)

[@gregorys.7684]

Thanks for your answer and for your great videos.

[@RcNerd]

I've got the softener the red label one. Is that the same.

[@hewlett260]

At some point would you mind doing a comparison of the Vallejo decal process and microset/ microsol

[@ThePrefect]

+hewlett260 I’ll need to track some down.

[@ScreenHackTV]

Great tutorial. Can finally apply my dekkles

[@ThePrefect]

haha indeed

[@griffglowen5555]

Did you ever do a comparison of this with Microsol?

[@kgeo2686]

So after you do gloss, decal, gloss you then use matte finish. Will your full model matte finish be sufficient to dull back the decal areas? Or should you brush on matte varnish to the decal areas then do your final matte finish?

[@ThePrefect]

Great question, matt varnish seems to knock it down without issue for me. The final coat of gloss just serves to prevent any damage to the decal. In theory, you could skip it, but I like to do it to preserve all your hard work. Thanks for watching!

[@kgeo2686]

@@ThePrefect Thank you! Great video

[@nikolajc7617]

Whats the difference between decal medium and softener???

[@311pique]

I labeled the squad numbers on all my tacticals (40) earlier today. Put them raw, then some AK Interactive decal adapter and after a few minutes I tried to remove any protuberances with a brush. Worked in some cases, but a few I just had to remove them after a while because they got so wet with the adapter, that it just got really irregular and thin. Always a struggle with me. I'll try to follow your method next time

[@311pique]

I think I might have not let the decal dry before applying the adapter

[@ThePrefect]

Hope you get some success... I figured I'd share my experiences to help those like me... that love to paint but were terrified by decals.

[@ETH5626]

ThePrefect I share your feeling bud, that I like to paint but terrified by decals cause it might not turn out the way i want them to.

[@ThePrefect]

This process made it pretty painless, I'll see how it compares to the other methods once I get a hold of some.

[@ETH5626]

ThePrefect you do that, and i'll keep supporting your vids. ;)

[@ETH5626]

Interesting, for me i use Microsol and Microset for the decals.

[@ThePrefect]

+Shadowhawk28 yeah, I’d like to get my hands on some. I’ve heard great things.

[@ETH5626]

+ThePrefect well i got mine from a hobby store called The Hobby Centre. it's good stuff.

[@sergenowehopweres5594]

Cool. 💞

[@82Hooper]

Deserve more subs man 👍

[@ThePrefect]

Just cracked 4K! Thanks for the good subs vibes :)

[@82Hooper]

ThePrefect awesome! Congrats 👍

[@SilverHwk7]

"Deckles?" "Deckles?" "Dee-Cal."

[@dcyork2703]

It’s DEE-CAL LOL. Great video thanks.

[@MrTrenttness]

♥️

[@robertgormley4104]

anyone ever use watered down white glue for ticking decals? if so does it work

[@ThePrefect]

Haven't tried it yet, but it'll be worth a go next time I'm applying decals.

[@vargr8435]

DEE-CAL

[@LesHaskell]

I'm hearing faint traces of a US northern mid-west or Canadian accent, and since he is pronouncing "decal" that way I'm going to guess it's Canadian. That pronunciation is consistent with other Commonwealth nations. The first time I ever heard it pronounced that way it was by somebody from the UK. Didn't seem too strange, but it is a little surprising to hear it in a North American accent, though. I'm glad everybody was able to work everything out.

[@ThePrefect]

Canadians do things in odd ways my friend.

[@RedAnton42]

Dekal Yes

[@OriginalRizzler]

dee-cal. dec-al isn't a word.

[@brianhonsinger8214]

DEE-KAL

[@danteyoda]

Matt Varnish is best Varnish..

[@HeiligerGrimmnir]

DEE-CAL....

[@ThePrefect]

🇨🇦

[@RobertBobNolan]

I will set that deckal

[@polygonalmasonary]

1:54 'When your playing with Latex based paints'!!!? Did you mean Acrylic based paints? 🤔

[@guinnessguinness8027]

DEEE CAl

[@brnsuprmn]

What’s a dekal? You mean decal?

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Repeat after me: "dee-cal"...Nice paint job

[@russouk]

First american ive heard call them properly decals deck als bravo like tamiya...evene tamiya say its tamya not sounding tamee a

[@ThePrefect]

Canadian though... 🇨🇦

[@kubluu]

My procedure: Vallejo gloss varnish Dry for 1 day Decal fix Soak decal Pick up decal with tweezers Use brush to move decal on to model OHSH*TF*CK##!!!

[@hailrengaming4703]

Might be good to get an airbrush and use a stencil and just airbrush some decals on.

[@jamesvaughan9471]

"dekkel"...never heard of it before

[@kenjohnston8173]

U never told us what the fix is for

[@ThePrefect]

It’s basically more backing glue so that when things get wet, you don’t lose too much ‘stickiness’

[@matthuckabey007]

I've never heard anyone say dekkel. I've only heard dee cal. Did you loose a bet? Meow?

[@ThePrefect]

It’s how it’s said in Canada. We’re unique

[@Ozzymandios]

Deckell? Over and over and over...

[@blacknotations]

It's pronounced DEE- KAL!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ThePrefect]

Well... first off it depends on where you're from. I'm Canadian, and that's how it's said. Secondly, be constructive. I'm all for a conversation about how different cultures approach the pronunciation of a word, but this is not constructive. Attention seeking by having an all caps baby tantrum will just get you banned. Thanks for watching, I hope it was valuable aside from the pronunciation for you.