How to Paint BONE, Simple and Fast!

[@DwaineWoolley]

Fantastic video. Thank Morr this channel exists

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Cheers you legend! 🤘

[@Rakaizulu]

I like your short and to the point tutorials. Using this for some tomb kings

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thankyou! Good to hear you're painting Tomb Kings, I've got to get back to mine! 😁

[@Rakaizulu]

@@TheHobbyGrotto I’m actually using the tk skelly warriors for a sbgl army. I love the silly old models so much

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Haha awesome, love this! Years ago I actually converted a number of my old TK skeletons into Soulblight, or Legions of Nagash as they were back then, and they truly were the immortal warriors! Plus also the Tomb Kings skellies are my favourite era of skellies! 😆

[@rushthewash]

Pretty good results. Love the process, not complicated, and gets the job done.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

This is the way 👊

[@action_figure_god7565]

Your videos always help me so much man! No one does it like you!

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thankyou so much, this kind of comment really makes my day! 😊

[@hissern6114]

Just started painting some dark angels so I really appreciate the tips and pointers on getting a solid bone look!

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thankyou! I'm a big fan of the Dark Angels colour scheme, I use the dark green/bone combo a lot in my painting, it's just so striking! 😀

[@matthyde3088]

great work :)

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thanks for watching! 😄

[@deceptionz187]

Can't wait to watch this ❤❤❤❤

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Glad to hear it 😊

[@moin1734]

Thank you for the tutorial. Currently working on Tomb Kings and this is a life saver.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Glad to hear it helped, Tomb Kings are maybe my favourite Undead! 😀

[@Interzone88]

Enjoyable video. I would like to see you talk about dry brushes.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

I'm going to begin the testing! 😀

[@Fireslingerpirate]

Thanks, mate. Currently working on 5 Reaper skeletons and this is making bone painting a breeze.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

You're welcome! The more skellies out there, the better! 💀👊

[@Bread0fHeaven]

Awesome video as always mate! Really great style and way of painting good looking skelies. Brilliant for both beginners and advanced painters. Love how quick and easy you make it look 👍🏻 keep it up, take care and see you soon

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thankyou for stopping by my friend, always appreciated! 😊

[@alandelon911]

Love your channel❤

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thankyou! 😊

[@stephenwilson4422]

I'm doing a gaslands monster truck build with a duo of skulls on the front of the truck. That brown wash I hope will bring out not just the skulls and bones on future builds

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Definitely! Browns and black washes are perfect for so many things in miniature painting, they're one of my favourite tools! 😊

[@jensalsted6918]

Where are those lovely miniatures from ?

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

This mini is from Warhammer Quest: Cursed City, there's a bunch of fantastic minis in that set 😊

[@Nebelwerfer210cm]

Thanks, nice demo. I appreciate that you didn't drag this out into a 25 minute video like some others would. FWIW, I do prefer to leave my skellies on the darker side with more tan colors, not a fan of the super-bleached look. I would have stopped at the Ashanti bone stage.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thanks for watching, I always try to keep my videos as efficient as possible! The range of different colours you can paint skeletons is actually very cool, I do like the darker tones and brownish colours as well, reminds me of the old Warhammer Fantasy skeletons which had more of that tan look to them 😁

[@marshallsmith501]

Good comment

[@TheHalfarsedHeresy]

Nice. I'm a fan of ... er .... bone colour bone (Deathwing style) but struggle with getting a good 'white/grey' style for skeletons, this is what I'll be using for such things

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thanks for watching, glad to hear the video was helpful! 😊

[@deceptionz187]

How do you seal it after so that it doesn't come off?

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thanks for watching! I don't often varnish minis these days if they're plastic, unless I'm going to be using them alot for gaming. For that, I like matte varnish like Testors Dullcote but it can be a little tricky to find!

[@natehammer]

Is that the new nuln oil? How do you stop it looking shiny?

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

It is the new formula. I have the old stuff still but I've switched to the new Nuln Oil in my videos so they're more relatable. It's actually more shiny on the terrain around the skeleton because I only painted that up to a certain level because it wasn't important for the video but the new formula definitely has some overall shine. The first thing is to always make sure you shake it for ages, but the best way to remove shine is with a matt varnish over the whole model at the end, this will eliminate it and give all your paints the same finish. I rarely varnish minis from my videos so you will generally still see some shine from the Nuln Oil, particularly because I use very bright lights for shooting 😁

[@kaibe5241]

Woah, someone who uses synthetic brushes - are they bending after short use? If not, what brand are you using!?!

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

I use a variety of different brushes (including synthetic) but I rarely have any bending, I think a fair amount of that comes down to technique and the surfaces you are painting on. In saying all that, I use the Citadel Medium Layer Brush for the vast majority of my work, which is a sable brush. I've been trying out their synthetic STC brushes, they handle a bit differently and I'm not sold on them yet!

[@kaibe5241]

Interesting. I've always had issues with synthetics, some that bend after the first paint session!!!@@TheHobbyGrotto

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Any particular brands that you use? I also use Army Painter brushes, generally though I expect brushes to decay over time and get rotated into other duties like washes and bases but for it to be curling in the first session is crazy!

[@kaibe5241]

I've tried heaps, never had a good experience, but happy to try others.@@TheHobbyGrotto

[@deltapi8859]

This painting style is the OG painting style before Contrast and "slap chop" :D prime/Base coat, Medium tone, highlight. And because you don't want to sit there forever: dry brush. Ironic that a skeleton which is only one color actually is the best show case to explain the method :D

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thankyou! I'm a big fan of that classic style! There's just something about skeletons which make them excellent minis, they have fantastic contrast at this small scale 😁

[@00Kuja00]

Any tips on how to paint "frozen/cold bones"? If that make sense. I was thinking of making a new VC army to The Old World with a snow/ice theme and looking to avoid the more "mushy brown/dirty" bone style I have on my old VC army. In other words which colours would you use for a cold palette for skeletons? And many thx for the videos! Cheers from Sweden

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thanks for watching! I haven't painted any skeletons in a cold icy theme before but a couple of ideas; firstly you can highlight up to a more dominant pure white on the bones. This will create more contrast and a less saturated colour for a more monotone look which can help make the mini colder overall. You could also look at applying a thin glaze of ice blue over the bones, not so much that they go all blue, but enough so they get that pale tone to them. I might make a video on this in the future as you've got me thinking about it now! 😁

[@00Kuja00]

@@TheHobbyGrotto Thx! That would be great! It's a project in the future still, maybe sometimes next year. So no rush, :P

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

I will certainly be looking into it! I think also you want some good ice/snow bases, that really does more than anything else for setting the environment 😁

[@00Kuja00]

@@TheHobbyGrotto Yes, that would be great. I have found some examples here on youtube on ice/snow bases, but the basning has to be somewhat cold/dark aswell, to not get the undeads too bright. it's tricky. Thank you for your replies.

[@lesminiatures]

Amazing Tut, new sub

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Thanks for watching, and welcome aboard! 😊

[@Sturmensky]

Nice, simple, and with good results! I'll have to give it a stab; maybe mix up how I do bones so different skeletons appear different ages.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Totally! I love the idea of different shades of skelly! 😁

[@Sturmensky]

@@TheHobbyGrotto I'd also be curious to hear your thoughts on different drybrushes - both in terms of usefulness, and different textures. Most of the time, I tend to use whatever of my brushes is most massacred; though I have two proper drybrushes - a mid-sized one with a fairly flat tip, and a bigger one with a broader, split brush. They don't see as much action.

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

I bought some different types to test them out a while ago, but generally I just use old/damaged brushes like you mentioned! 😆

[@Sturmensky]

@@TheHobbyGrotto All brushes are destined to be drybrushes, aye? xD

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

The natural order of things 😆

[@madzen112]

You dip them

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Dip them good!

[@tanyadegurechaff6798]

im about to paint the tomb kings of khemri old world set, also picked up settra

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Nice one, I'm definitely making some more Tomb Kings vids so stay tuned, they're one of my favourite armies! 😀