How to paint Extreme Light Sources - OSL tutorial

[@13Robzilla]

Marco you don't just teach people techniques or how to paint. You open the doors of possibility and demand experimentation from your audience. Thank you so much. Would really like to see more of that Skaven army you should for a bit. The multiple light sources distributed through focal points in the pools was simply amazing.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😁😍 Thanks a million!!! I have pictures of the glowing Skaven in my Instagram and website 😊 You can find all the links in the description and in my KZbin banner!

[@Leiacali]

"Shadows are rarely black"... And I received sudden clarity.

[@stephenspackman5573]

Truly wonderful. I love the stencil trick-I'd actually been thinking about how to paint light caustics, and I love this approach.

[@SvenEnterlein]

This will be the perfect template for a project I have planned as a birthday present: Sculpted figures sitting around a campfire in a moonlit forest. Can't wait to have everything ready to go! Going back to watching all your OSL videos until it clicks.

[@garyburke6156]

Your videos inspire me more than any other mini painting KZbinr. not only is your stuff DOPE, I feel like I can do it too.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😍😁

[@garyburke6156]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM also I wanted to say to you I hope you are safe there in Italy from the Covid and at least we can paint miniatures in quarantine!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

@@garyburke6156 thanks a million for the kind thought! I live in Ireland now but we are starting to be in a very similar situation 😥. Hope you and your friends and family are safe in your part of the world 😉

[@slyane7320]

Marco, I must say Thank You!! All your videos have taught me something. Every painter I meet ,I send to your KZbin channel .

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million man! For everything 😁😊😁

[@emdee0014]

Marco. This is really good stuff. Its nice to see real painting concepts applied to miniatures. So often we get caught up in realism that things like this are overlooked. I could see an entire army done this way. Great videos. Keep up the good work!

[@thejellyranger7679]

This is EXACTLY the tutorial I needed for my wizard mini casting a spell.

[@drrhino_]

This video was exactly what i needed. You rock Marco!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

"I love it when a plan comes together"! 😁😊😁

[@vinsthecook]

Se non fosse che sono già super-soddisfatto di come abbia dipinto questa warband seguendo i tuoi ottimi consigli di un altro tuo video, mi toccherebbe ridare il primer e ricominciare da capo seguendo questo! Chapeu, come sempre!

[@Olvenskol]

Perfect timing. I've been reading the book recently and starting my experiments in oblique lighting. Thanks!

[@GreyDeathOne]

Your my new Maestro painter!! Love that you are showing how to use different mediums and techniques!!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😁😊

[@TheCatHerder]

I'm just starting to do OSL work on my Kingdom Death models so this is very conveniently timed. Greatly appreciated as always!

[@tabdoine5305]

The day You release a new video is the best day of the week for me

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍

[@Kometrion]

"You HOPE we like this project"... You better fucking believe we love it!!! I m always amazed but the ease you manage to pull out great effect on the models and the. Also using minimal amount of material both paint wise and in technique.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Hahahahah thank you soooo much!!!

[@jacobrichards8359]

This is wonderful! I can't wait to do a Nighthaunts army this way. You're amazing man!

[@iskog.831]

There's one card in the deck which shows the long haired ghoul standing in the dark, you managed to capture that perfectly, great job man!

[@margaretgordon7481]

Superb work again matey, really nice....

[@terryramsey5979]

Another awesome instructional video with creative ideas and clearly demonstrated techniques. Loving your channel! Thanks!

[@neilbrown2451]

Awesome. I knocked out 9 mythic battles minis in a few hours using this method and they look pretty decent. Big thumbs-up 👍

[@petersatzer3010]

Amazing, thanks for inspiring us all to paint better and open our minds to new techniques.

[@a.d2868]

Damn, every time a new video pops form you Marco i can't stop being amazed by the results and the work you pit into the making. Honestly, i like your work just for the fact that you experiment things and don't shy from showing it to us. Really cool job, beautiful minis ! I need more :p

[@kayprins6779]

Thank you again, even though I need to speed paint to get thru even a small part of my mini's before death I Love to see and try these things.

[@cutanca]

Marco, you are incredible!!! This video was mindblowing!!! Can´t wait for your next video

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😁😊😁 Thank you sooooo much!!!

[@haricapra6886]

Holy Shit this stuff is NICE!!! I'm all about using layers of washes on figures to let the contours of the figure shade the figure, like you talked about in that video with the warcry models. I'm also all about never letting anything be just a single simple color with no touch of anything else in it. I've been painting only like a year and a half and am already decent, largely due to gravitating towards those techniques all on my own. But God Damn! This is NICE! Mental note to self: when you win the lottery, send that guy a lot of money for commission work! I'm really into all of this. It's not just incredible work and beautiful work, but it's a highly developed version of the same style that I've stumbled onto and use to 1/10th of the success seen here. Really, this is good stuff. Thank you! Now I'm going to have to watch alllll your videos...

[@killape790]

Stay strong in Italy Marco!!. Great videos as always

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks for the kind thought! Luckily my friends and family are all fine. I live in Ireland but the wave is arriving also here 😥

[@dast0ner]

Excellent video Marco! It's loaded with tons of useful informations and details. Explaining lights and shadows better than almost any other video I've watched. Your humour is sharp but your ink game and transparency is even sharper! 👍😆 already looking forward to your next videos!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million buddy 😁!!!

[@liamstaple7389]

Looks amazing man. Really beautiful work.

[@narnorfyabizness5470]

Awesome work.

[@themenace5017]

How you come up with so many different schemes and ideas is beyond me. Every time I sit down to paint I end up copying the box art... I have some unpainted night haunt, I'll see if can produce setting that reflects your masterpiece.. thanks as always for the information 🖖

[@ianhorst]

Beautiful work. You are expanding my mind. 😁

[@TomHickey]

Very much appreciate your regular inclusion of traditional study material (e.g. reflective light). Also, I couldn't help but imagine that the low level of your burnt umber ink almost tells a story on its own ;)

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks buddy 😊😉!!! Hahahaha yeah, I use it constantly and I always have and extra bottle at home as precaution 😅

[@michaelbenetti5444]

Amazing job from an amazing teacher! Keep it going Marco!

[@nekrataali]

@3:53 -- This cannot be reiterated enough. This video shows just how dark you can make shadows look without even touching your black paint. Very few of the greatest paintings through history use actual black. Rather, they create the illusion of black by pulling from other colors on the pallet. Learning how to mix your own black and creating dark tones could be a class all by itself. My art professors got me out of using it altogether except as a primer. I don't even use black straight out of the tube even though I play Black Templars...their blacks gets value from being a mix of other colors on the pallet!

[@gogotrololo]

looks awesome! i probably have a decade of painting ahead of me before i try something like this lol

[@dmbfool41]

Thanks so much! Absolutely loving your channel, very interesting videos that are easy to follow. Great work!

[@Digitalfiendscom]

At least one person so far has not seen the light... :) (but really, who gives a thumbs-down to amazing information like this?) Fantastic video as always...really learned a lot!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😅 Thanks buddy!!!

[@selfselfself]

Incredible work! True talent.

[@ScratchBashing]

Very nice as always Marco. Very inspiring, I will definitely be using this in my painting!

[@johnbess625]

Marco your work is amazing. Always enjoy watching your videos! Keep up the good work. id love to see your take on some infinity minatures

[@cankoral8417]

Dear Marco, wonderful job. I love watching your work. Could you please comment on what you have done with the cotton stick at 14:52? why you have done that? the purpose and how you apply the technique? Thank you in advance, yours sincerely..

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Hi! Thanks a million 😊 I used it just to erase a mistake; it's easy to clean a little error or a bad brushstroke with a moist q-tip!

[@cankoral8417]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Dear Marco, Thank you for the reply and the quick tip. I appreciate it. Yours, CK

[@ruttalisk5680]

Tremendous work as usual!

[@Ziforigin]

Hi Marco. I was painting my Corvus Cabal and a funny idea came to me to paint them jumping out of the night. I looked through a lot of painting channels and tutorials and you imao the only painter out there who got close to this theme. So my question is: how would you paint moon light? Oh course, I have to desaturate the colors and go with dark blue shadows. But what about an actual light? Should it be desaturated yellow? Should I add greens to midtone then or just leave yellow and blue to blend together? How do I make flesh look more alive, since it painted in such cold tones? I looked through Gurney's book and looked a lot for reference pictures, but it's hard to find something so specific. Thanks!

[@florentarlandis1209]

I'm very impressed by the results. As usual

[@ralex3697]

Such incredible skills and talent

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍

[@SolalBarca]

Very well done, mate!

[@MichaelDesign04]

Absolutely incredible! I will definitely be trying this as soon as I can.

[@madboczek866]

I Love it!!! But Marco, where are the oil paints😱 😜 Nice job

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😉😊

[@marcellogenovese199]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM I tried oils on a zenithaled model the other day and oh my lord you weren't kidding, blends are on easy mode haha. Thanks for the tip. BTW I was using oil paints that were in a cheapo set, 12 colors 37ml for 5 bucks so I know the paint sucked as well. I just got my windsor and newton oil set in the mail today and I am excited to try it again with better quality oils. Here I was thinking oils were only for weathering and you show me yet another tool! :D

[@kristofcausevic2934]

Amazing as usual !

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million buddy 😁!!!

[@njkf]

Beautiful work

[@kosachilles2504]

Just amazing!!

[@Algebrodadio]

These turned out amazing!

[@terrynicholls2975]

Gorgeous.

[@gonzalowargames4133]

Great job! I love the effect you achieve.

[@IBAKaspian]

Amazing work as usual!

[@reyvanmaloche8162]

it looks fantastic

[@DaveFallows]

Perfect. This is exactly how I want to paint my Valyndra from Descent 2E. I know in my mind what I want to do, only I couldn't find a specific technique anywhere.

[@jossypoo]

YESSS i finally found the right search term for my cyberpunk RED scheme. Not zenithal, not OSL nor NMM, but this! The illusion of characters in the night, bathed in neon lights at street lebel

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Wooooo cool idea and super iconic for anything cyberpunk!!!

[@CATAHA986]

Realy awesome!

[@foulbowl2756]

Love these 👍

[@samarayaart]

Marco, huge fan of your videos! They really help me out to combat my OCD during painting and enjoy the process even more, thanks to your talks and philosophy! I do have a question, who I have to kill to see a tutorial of you painting mangler squigs?

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😊😍 Awesome!!! I'm so happy happy to know that the videos are helping you in this way 😊. Hahahahaha I love everything greenskin related so sooner or later you'll see them here! But first Ghazghkull 😉😉😉

[@8BitLife69]

AMAZING. WOW.

[@CageyJ0nnY]

Amazing Marco!!

[@richardokeeffe8375]

I thought it couldn’t get better but then, boom, Michael Scott reference!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁

[@Brunnie76]

Brilliant! Can't wait to try this.

[@Rohnon]

Thanks for that vid! It might help me to fix my Daemons!

[@ArandomNutter]

That is amazing

[@joshmercer8980]

This is amazing!

[@anttu4976]

If not water on the back - how you'd do alternative? Moon, night? Looks great, love it.

[@benpotter4438]

Looks amazing! You should make a diorama for them

[@ArreGurrasorre]

Hi Marco, love your videos! I am trying out this technique on the new Stormcast Dragons that have just been released. As they have quite alot bigger bases than the figures you have painted here, how would you go about the base? The same "wavy" stencil on the ground? Even though the ground is more uneven?

[@Nagrazel]

wow great video

[@jasonrhome710]

Haha! Perfect timing for my next project!

[@dambala05]

Awesome!

[@morkgork463]

Amazing, i would do the turquoise a bit bluer and darker, but that would just be for a little more realism

[@dddmmm21]

As suggestion for a new video/project, how about painting dragon? Some many dragon miniatures present in the latest miniatures games, I have a queue a 4 or 5 to paint and I always struggle with two things: 1) The wing membranes and 2) the most important part, the skin and scales... Dragon skin has typically a texture and that is quite hard to represent contrast. Painting the skin a light color and then applying a wash typically just blends and darkens everything killing contrast and saturation... going dark first and then drybrushing works a bit better (done in moderation) but leaves those brush/dusty marks... Highlighting each scale by hand would take hours (and last time I tried, they just looked dots, like if the dragon was sick hehe)... It would be interesting to see your take... Thanks

[@RPRsChannel]

Some like David Blaine, some like Derren Brown-I prefer Marco Frisoni.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😍😂😍😂

[@ΓιωργοςΜουδατσος-ι5η]

Hello! amazing job as always!i want to ask something.my plan is to paint my Idoneth army like these models.. but instead of forward and backwards i want up and down..i mean down from the lava of the abyss and on top the light of the moonlight..i will follow the same technique or how i can adjust it? Thanks in advance

[@davidmoss5424]

First! :) Love this. Marco you rock!

[@josemariademenzia8668]

Amazing video, as always. I never used inks and I'm thinking to buy a set. Which do you recomend FW or Liquitex? I can find both brands sets in my local art shop.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks!!! I use both and they are great brands. I persot prefer a little bit more the Liquitex for they higher transparency and saturation

[@GarethNewtonWilliams]

Would you consider including an error stricken model in future videos? For example, you developed some colour transitions before you started to apply the lighting effects. I'm curious as to whether it would be useful to see how the models would have worked out if this step had been skipped. Or if the two light sources were allowed to touch each other without a region of shadow. So often for the learner, it's not just about what to do, but about what to not do, and understanding why you should not do it and what the consequences will be. Anyhow, this ended up a bit long - love your videos!

[@MrPwatson1000]

Marco, Thank you for continuing really high quality videos. Every one is a real learning experience for me and I especially liked your introduction to airbrushing series. Color and Light is my latest read :) One question, what size nozzle do you use when airbrushing?

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😁😍 Thanks a million!!! I use a 0.2 for everything; 0.3 is too big for details and 0.15 gives me more troubles than advantages 😉

[@mattmurray778]

Omg!! So fantastic

[@bobdow3847]

Wonderful video... nice to see my lady 😉 in the line up.... PM you 👍

[@whtpxl937]

Does the leader comes with wings? If not what did you use for the wings? Amazing vids as always!!!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks! I added the wings from the kit of Warcry's harpies 😊

[@telhobby]

Great video @Marco! Not sure if you have been asked this before - but what surface primer do you use? Im looking for a cheaper alternative to vallejo. Cheers!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks!!! I use Molotow One4All Black 😊

[@TheRunesmythe]

I would like to know which Chaos God you sold your soul to so that you could gain access to this powerful sorcery that you define as painting miniatures. I assume its Tzeentch, but I could be mistaken. Whatever the case, I'd say you got the best end of the deal because the art you create is, for lack of a more powerful word, amazing; its both inspiring and just a bit daunting to watch you paint. In all seriousness, as I watch your videos I've come to appreciate more and more how you demonstrate and explain how you use your various tools (airbrush, paintbrush, paints, inks etc.) and in what area each one excels; it not only aids in learning, it also helps to clear up a lot of myths and misconceptions. Its what separates good teachers and great ones.

[@moramie84]

This is magic

[@DoggGaming]

Incredible!

[@Highkingcormac]

I love this! If you were to apply this technique to a Necromunda gang, what colors do you like there would be in the underhive? I think a similar blue for the darkness would work well, but I'm unsure of the bright colour!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Cool! Check some cyberpunk art to find some inspiration for the lights of a futuristic city 😉 neon blue and purple are very effective

[@stevegoss8105]

Lovely work - really inspiring and very educational! One question - I am not experienced with using inks, but staring my journey with them. And most ink colours seem to come in both more opaque and more translucent versions - which versions were you using here, a mix, mostly translucent or opaque ones?

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million! I use 99% of the times the transparent version. I have just a couple of opaque tones for skin tones 😊

[@stevegoss8105]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM - thanks, off to the art shop in the morning!

[@majoschkk]

can I use a green and yellow *wash* instead of an ink? (dont have this inks and I havent found a ink-receip) Thanks! Or generel, can I get results like yours, just by using normal acryl-colors / washes with an airbrush? to get inks is difficult atm for me :)

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Hi! Sure, you can use everything! Inks have more vibrancy and saturation but they are just paint 😉

[@MrElliptific]

I am learning so much! What are these figures?

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊 They are Games Workshop models, the ghouls of The Grymwatch!

[@wiccusmcguffrey]

This is amazing! Inspirational because I have been considering doing an undead project for Mordheim where a green glow from some necromantic fog is lighting the models from below but there is moonlight from above. How would you suggest I go about this? What ink colors do you recommend for the green glow? How about the moonlight? Should it be more blue or a brighter silvery white color?

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Cool! I love everything related to Mordheim 😁. Green is a very transparent and "weak" tone in terms of covering power so it's better to support it with some yellow underneath. I like pthalo blue yellow shade for a bright "warpstone" green and I had great results with the fluorescent green of Golden acrylics (the super fluid version). Moonlight can have a lot of different tones so you have extreme freedom here; just be subtle with the color and don't use pure white to avoid the primer effect

[@wiccusmcguffrey]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Thanks a bunch! You are my favorite painter on KZbin man. I haven't been so inspired to leave my comfort zone and try new techniques since I got my airbrush. Thanks to you I went out and bought a bunch of oil paints and inks. I'm excited to try the oil out once I finish up a couple of projects I was already working on. Keep up the amazing work dude!

[@mocriwave]

Incredible as always. I love the scene you set up. Also, obviously, KK are awesome and fantastic, how did you get the signature blend Red?! 😭

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million!!! I get it during the last Monte San Savino 😊

[@xavier844]

y ou re a killer ! i like it!

[@miguelgilcasas3560]

Amazing and just in time for my titanforge miniatures samurais, which i want to paint on a rainy night with turquoise and violet lights. I'm for sure not gonna be able to replicate the wet surfaces but it's about breaking boundaries, as you always say. A little question though: My airbrush sometimes pumps clean water when it shouldn't, which totally destroys transitions and google wasn't able to help :/ any tips?

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Cool! Very cyberpunk lights 😉 Do you have a humidity trap in your compressor?

[@miguelgilcasas3560]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Yeah there is and there is just a little bit of condensed water on the walls, nothing on the bottom. And yeah the inspiration came from cyberpunk images :) Keep up the amazing work and thanks for your time to respond to every message ;)

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

@@miguelgilcasas3560 that's strange... It can mean that you have a bit of condensation in the last part of the system or the trap is not working well. It's a pleasure 😊

[@miguelgilcasas3560]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Thanks I'll try a SilverBullet on the airbrush incase the problem happens when the air cools down... Humid Germany pays it's tolls :_)

[@Random4Logic]

damn i need an airbrush. doing this with a brush i would probably die of old age. But it looks so amazing i have to try it!

[@ChillingWargamers]

WoW these just wonderful. Great video. #nonstopwargaming

[@chucklamb3496]

Awesome