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[@Ninjon]

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[@Jakethebaron]

Jon please say in a video " I make car posts for the American working man, because that's who I am, and that's who I care about." I hope you get the reference. Great video

[@ddstevenson1]

Manscaped is the new VPN

[@_Diaghilev]

FYI, the NINJON code (or discount the link) vanishes from your cart when you go to checkout and can't be re-added, removing all discounts. Might want to ask them about that.

[@Ninjon]

@@Jakethebaron The name's Zalinsky!

[@bucklalonde9529]

@@_Diaghilev I also had this experience

[@maxseidler9866]

If it was just me, you could do 10 of these color scheme roulette videos in a row and I would enjoy watching them all!

[@jameswilloughby4381]

I strongly agree with this!

[@punk6119]

Agree

[@bldos5362]

Yes, sir, you are correct! These are great videos.

[@mekko1413]

I agree

[@eclipsedsonata]

Yes... Make this a series please!

[@goneaerial41]

Really enjoying these color cube models. It would really be cool to do shorts with just these random pulls. Another neat concept would be to pick an army you want to paint, pick three models from the same unit, paint one with a color card of your choice and the other two with random pulls from each box. Then have the community vote on the best looking one and commit to painting the army in that scheme in a follow up video.

[@IIItiberius]

After your last video on this I purchased one and wrote their customer service to tell them about the video. They are almost all gamers there! They love the video too! When you buy the cube it comes with color matching downloads for paint brands like Prisma Color, etc. I suggested they add some for Citadel, Army Painter, etc. They are going to look into it. It's a great tool and the downloads are a real bonus - thanks for introducing it to everyone in this community! Great video - as always

[@hollyvale3794]

Hey! I'm Holly, you were talking to me at customer service! You have been such a delight to talk to! Loving getting to know this awesome community in the emails!! 😄

[@IIItiberius]

@@hollyvale3794 Hey Holly! You guys have been great! Look how Ninjon has brought the artistic communities together- just took one video! Well, two now. Keep painting and gaming!

[@madchemist5082]

I am an old guy that is relatively new to the hobby. Painting has been very intimidating - and I always struggle with where to begin. Your videos have been great and inspire me to simply try stuff and not worry too much about it. This is another great 'place to start' and lowers the barrier to just dive in and grab the brushes! Thanks, and please keep them coming! As others have stated, I could watch an entire series based on random pulls from the cube.

[@oldman1111]

Hey old guy! I'm not super old, but my body thinks I am. Have you broken into painting yet, or are you still debating about how to begin/dive in? I am just now coming back into painting after a 10 year hiatus and I'm a bit intimidated. Most people I've talked to say it's like riding a bike, but I'm not sure yet. :)

[@neilandrews2995]

Problem is $110 for a board game of a video game with no new models, new sprue but nothing actually new ....nty gee dubz

[@terrencemiltner1005]

Though KS has proven there is a market for a $100+ board game with a pile of plastic minis. So this may sell better than we think. Maybe gee dub is finally figuring out they should create some on ramps to their prime product line.

[@nichan008]

@@terrencemiltner1005 No 100$ on ramps for me thank you very much... Max 40 for an exploratory purchase

[@DaveLPable]

There's always the possibility of just taking a look online for potential color schemes - like adobe color

[@cleverlizzerd4473]

​@@terrencemiltner1005 Maybe, maybe not. GW has been doing limited runs of board games forever. However, from casual observation, they generally fall in two "tracks". The "fan-boy" track with new sculpts and sold exclusively by Games Workshop, like: Dreadfleet, Space Hulk 3rd Ed., Warhammer Quest. These were always premium ≥ $120 games. Then there's the "on-boarding" track, typically with older and/or repurposed sculpts, sold at big box retailers, like: Lost Patrol 2nd Ed., Space Marine Adventures. These have generally been ≤ $60. What we've got in Dark Tide is possibly the worst of both tracks. The repurposed sculpts of the "on-boarding" track but closer in price to the "fan-boy" track. The value bump perhaps coming from 1.5 to 2 of the minis being heroes which cost $35 standalone. Value being relative, if you're that hobbyist inclined to collect Imperial Smorgasbord. Oh, and you get a probably OK board game to go with all them minis. It's also only being sold by GW. So the newly initiated 40k fan enticed by the $40 Darktide video game can't just stumble upon the game at Barnes & Noble and acquire it on an impulse buy. Nay, they must to seek out GW on their own turf to drop that hundo and change in tribute. Thinking about it, the consumer the Darktide board game would appeal to "most" is at the centermost circle of [Cmdr.] Dante's Venn Diagram. Persons that are prexisting GW fans and/or really into the Darktide video game, already inclined to shop at a Warhammer store or online, who also like board games and/or want the specific minis in this box, and/or want to get their friends into 40k, but can't convince them to buy $200+ of hobby junk outright, so they've got to pull a bait-and-switch on Blood Rage night. The other outlier in this, uh -- space, is the Space Marine video game tie-in board game. Which features the new and currently exclusive Lt. Titus mini, and the repurposed, but still new-ish, Leviathan Termagants. That's available at retail for $40.

[@BalooSJ]

For those looking for a slightly cheaper (and less space-consuming) option, they also have two "Color Catalog" PDFs. I believe those are basically the same color schemes, only in PDF form instead of as a bunch of physical cards.

[@andrewamann2821]

There is always the caveat that you should make sure your monitor calibrated, if you're going to take that route.

[@thinkabouthelogic]

@@andrewamann2821 Don't you just bang on the side of it every morning? I didn't ever know there was anything else you were suppose to do ;-)

[@andrewamann2821]

@@thinkabouthelogic color displays are a tricksy bastard sometimes... They're also self-illuminating. If it's not something that you think about from time to time, it can occasionally lead to issues if you're using it as reference. Think of it less as the obvious consideration, and more as a "don't leave your color wheel where it will be exposed to direct sunlight.". Reference material is only as good as the fidelity it maintains, and it's an easy consideration to miss, if you're not thinking about it.

[@IcarusGames]

Love seeing more color cube videos! It's so interesting to see how you use the limited palette given by the card to work through the problems of the model, especially for things like the skintone, which I'd have never thought to have gone with those colors for, but on the finished model it just looks great.

[@lankira]

Every time I see someone pull out the color cubes for minis, I get excited. Partly because the creator of them (Sarah Renae Clark) is here on KZbin and does 2D art, often in coloring books. Partly because I know I'm in for a great adventure in color. But, mostly because I'm always interested to see how folks are using the colors they get.

[@simondale2833]

I painted this miniature in almost the same colours (a similar blue and yellow) and now I'm dying because of the firefighter comparison.

[@tomkeane4927]

Glad the cube company reached out to you! I commented on one of their insta ads asking them to sponsor you so I could see the cube in action more

[@utility63]

Your Darktide intro reminded me of when I worked in a music store and we sold "High School Musical: The Musical, The Series: The Soundtrack, Season 2." Thank you for pushing through, even at the risk to your sanity.

[@mariopetovar6359]

Bought these after your 1st video absolutely love them! I painted so many minis since then and before that i haven’t touched brush in months

[@Ninjon]

That is awesome to hear! You should be proud, thanks for letting me know!

[@archimaede]

TBH both your paintjob and the color composition look awesome, you did a great job considering the constraints, I would love to see more challenges like that one!

[@chriscarmona7725]

Bro, freaking love your take on the ads. Great puns, not too over the top, honest, and creative. That, plus the content is killing it. It's been so fun watching your content improve over the last couple years - thank you immensely for what you do. Helps keep us all a little bit sane. :)

[@markward1803]

That process with the colour cubes works great. All too often people try to replicate the standard paint scheme which really inhibits creativity. I thinks it’s a great idea. Would be great to see you tackle a large miniature with the same process.

[@SpensPainting]

Love this! The mini looks ace. You could mail out a random card to other creators and challenge them to get involved, and paint a mini using the card

[@thinkabouthelogic]

This would be an amazing comp!

[@parallaxgames]

Please do more of these. This is good stuff. You've shown us how to make unexpected combinations work, how to make a limited pallet work for you, that it's ok to make mistakes, and some ways to overcome them.

[@PraetexDesign]

I went and bought one of the colour cube sets off the back of your first video. Honestly they’re great. I’ll be using it for my own upcoming PC projects. Even if you have a good grasp of colour theory, it’s just way too easy to fall back on what you know and like. These cards are just great for experimenting and removing a bit of subconscious bias from your choices.

[@TheSecondShift]

Remember when Goobs used to do these color roulette videos? Those were fun times.

[@1R0QU012]

Oh yeah, the halcyon days when hobby videos were videos about the hobby and not a platform to push the creators political agenda.

[@FFLegion]

​@@1R0QU012People being different from you isn't a political agenda.

[@Mekhami]

@@1R0QU012 llloooooooserrrrrrrr

[@wtfserpico]

@@FFLegion True, but there are also people who use the topic of videos more as set dressing to push their views. You may like that, but other people (who are different from you) don't.

[@hughwoodford]

@@1R0QU012 people like you are an absolute bore

[@fleetadmiralmatteo4123]

This works. I love working with limited color pallets. It forces you to be creative, and to really push your understanding of color theory and blending. You can keep making these videos any time.

[@seb_travel]

Card 290 is pretty much my Tau scheme for the past decade. I come from Adobe KULER colour tools background, so it was not random that I settled on that scheme - for the uninitiated in colour theory - those color cubes are a brilliant idea!

[@MatchaMakesThings]

Ninjon video? Its a good day.

[@dragontears6521]

So how do we get you to work with them to make a miniature painting themed color cube? Art pictures that maybe ties in a little better and a box that fits in with the theme and not as "pretty" on the shelf. Also on the back of the card could include the names of the paints for a couple common brands of paint like citadel, army painter. And vallejo. Slap that up on a kickstarter and I'm in.

[@Ninjon]

I contacted them and they aren’t interested. I’m going to work on this developing this on my own!

[@dragontears6521]

@Ninjon That's great news. I am really new to actually painting minis. Just started a week ago with my daughter. Having something like this would be a huge help as trying to figure out what colors to use was something that made me wait so long. Afraid to screw up. After seeing some of my choices I know I need help. Some color cobos just don't look good together. But it still looks better than grey on the table. You, Vince, and Miniac should be able to create something great together.

[@TheThoughtDonor]

This is great. The game reminds me of the TTS the miniatures game that was featured by Crabbok last month. I agree with others. This is a cool way to find and use paint combos.

[@alanhughes172]

I've only been painting for about 4 years since lockdown, but watching your videos makes my new hobby more enjoyable. Thanks for not being too serious .you present the show great .

[@rpglazersharks7045]

Really inspiring to watch how the 'obstacle' / limitation of the color Cube forces you to be creative!

[@GhilliedNinja]

I think what could be fun is have a guest on and you each have to pick each others palettes for a model. Then maybe halfway switch palettes and see if the resulting models you each end up with tie into a cohesive scheme, but in each of your different styles and direction.

[@MarkWidner]

I bought the cubes after watching the video. They have pdfs for pretty much every pencil range. I sent them a note that maybe they could make them for acrylic paints like Army Painter, monument and golden so-flatt since that would cover beginners, intermediate and advanced painters. Wonder if I get you the survey like if you could rally the troops. It's such a cool product. We just need a reference file to go with it.

[@Numerlon]

If that cube company wanted to make the perfect ad for their product, they would just literally take these videos of yours. It's a great result!

[@thomasgrable1746]

I ordered the two cube set, look forward to using them for my painting projects. Bonus points, my wife does quilting, I plan to share them with her to try out.

[@davidmoffitt981]

My god this paint job was brilliant - yeah as you said it leans on rain slicker / fireman but that WORKS. The little touch of your thinned blue glow on the eyes SELLS the heck out of the effect and I enjoyed watching you get it there, what a fun video!

[@MentoliptusBanko]

beautiful colour scheme...and amazing paintjob. Bravo Jon. That simple OSL is amazing...you could do a video about painting OSL on different levels, from this simple way to some more complex methods.

[@osgrim7078]

Awesome paint job! Love the way the paint cube frees your brain up to enjoy playing around with colour mixing etc.

[@shinigamiauthor]

the Darktide Miniatures game really gives me that Street Fighter The Movie The Game vibe

[@MrOhidunno]

Loving these color cube videos. It's nice to see what one is capable of with a limited, random palette

[@harryhamilton298]

Great video. I especially like Georgie's skin tones. After your first video, I bought the Color Catalogue electronic version and have it on my phone and iPad. Takes up less space than the cubes. It is searchable by key word, color, and collections (like holidays, and seasons). Thanks for introducing this and showing how to use it in a practical way.

[@susannahlewis8464]

I love that this is unintentionally a collab between two of my favorite art youtubers. Someone tell Sarah Renee Clark that her cubes are getting used for mini painting!

[@bricesnow2695]

Wow the final figure looks great, very vibrant. The red and orange tones look really nice.

[@ImperialTerrain]

Just ordered the color cubes to inspire terrain painting schemes, and I'm glad to see how well you're able to use them for minis!

[@FWUFFFY_UNICORNS]

An idea for a colour scheme. Invert the lightest and darkest areas. So where you would normally edge highlight, that would become the darkest point. And the recesses would be the lightest areas. Almost like it glowing from within. I think it would be a cool idea for a necron.

[@bakamaru3867]

I love how good that skin tone looks. Whole paint job is awesome! My wife teaches art and after watching this and the last one is in love with the cubes. Thanks for the amazing video!

[@anthonygavel9146]

I'd watch a whole series of these colour cube videos, really enjoy you using your knowledge of colour theory with the random colour selection.

[@johnwiles4661]

Love the way the journey with your miniature went through stages of finding a name then a job and then powers. Wonderful.

[@LazorzPewPew]

That came out great. I got the cubs after you last episode and started a new army using one of the color pallets. Thanks

[@cerohero1]

I tried doing skin by mixing primaries like this recently, and dang is it both more fun and really pops when it goes well. My suggestion would be painting a mini using only primaries mixed together, plus black and white, no premixed colors.

[@kevinhayes517]

Great video and appreciate your willingness to paint according to a random color chart/card. I think I learned a lot and I know I always enjoy your sense of humor!! Thanks!

[@BigGulpify]

That opening was true Inception if I ever saw it. Bravo!

[@Pantor1643]

I loved my Cube! Makes painting a lot of fun. Thank You!

[@ebridge100]

I love your stuff, the optimism and the "you can do this" keeps me from getting down on my own skill. I'd love to see you do a "Battle Ready" challenge, where you can only use 3 paints/colors to try and get a mini painted as high a standard as possible.

[@RCvandervelde]

I actually have this model and have never quite liked how it turned out. Seeing how cool this color scheme looks in this video showed me that it's worth digging up and try this color scheme on. Thanks Jon!

[@Misterfairweather]

This was great, I love just running with a random color scheme. I have an old vengeance weapon battery that I started to paint in a blue and then decided to paint it in the old Gulf Racing Livery colors. I get a chuckle when someone is digging through my terrain and catches it.

[@odin_4878]

Should have just trusted the dark and light blue mixing together. That mixing to a 'sad' color as you described was one of the best parts. Trust the palletes

[@AlexCopeMusic]

Your painting has always been great but I can see a noticeable improvement in your work since your beautiful GD piece. Very nicely done man!

[@charlieporter1907]

I liked this video. I think the model is great and it makes me want to try more ambitious paint schemes but with a limited palette. I think if I had to critique "georgie" I would have wanted to invert the color scheme on the coat put the red out side and yellow inside. Or maybe use the yellow more as a trim color. I really enjoy his bronzed skin look. Also, thank you for the type on the cabling. I am going to try that in the near furture.

[@Silgrond]

Must say, looking up close your painting style and skill improved quite a bit over the last 2-3 years. I really enjoyed the idea of the video as also the little side story. Gave me some great inspiration what to do with a little band of goblins in the future.

[@lilpixie25]

I love watching this cube-inspired color-scheme series. That AND your panting experience feels like magic to me😱

[@lawkdowngg]

The tip about not messing with the streaky paint and letting it dry really helped my painting

[@jeffbrantz6620]

This turned out SOOOO good. I would never have thought to use that combination at all. Thanks!!

[@Kyle_Butterfield81]

I’d love more of these color cube paintings videos. Maybe more about specifically how you’re mixing and using the colors on you pallet. Awesome video. I’m kind of a new viewer. Thanks!

[@ericgrimault9064]

That's the classic mix of primary color CMJ. Balance it in high or low contrast/lightening/ocre as you wish, , and you always have a good result on any models. That's efficient. Good result as always, clearly dude.

[@mb8317]

For random colors that looks really good and comes together great

[@kingkreaghan]

I love this! I actually can not wait to get these cubes. I think they will help me in my painting. Not having to guess a color scheme is a great way to learn. I would like to see you paint a trio of miniatures that make a small band of adventurers. With the three using the same color scheme to see what differences can be done. Awesome as usual!

[@masqueradis6925]

I've really enjoyed these colour scheme roulette videos, it'd be great to make these a regular thing that you put out every now and then.

[@isaacpage7796]

This is such a fun idea. Keep making these. I love how both those models came out

[@blahgor123]

i think finding 1 random card and then looking for a second one that is close to matching or a good complementing color and painting 3 minis per card and forming a squad with two cards could look neat.

[@JM-qz4ik]

Red, Yellow, Blue and Psionic powers. Georgie is an X-Man

[@BoySawWorks]

I used to do digital illustarion work back in the days and those color swatches were always a great cheat for a good piece. Never thought of applying that to minis. Great idea, must try it

[@andrewrockwell1282]

The color cube seems neat, but I think I would need a lot more paints before I'd want it. You were well able to pull out bottles to match each color. 😊

[@mr.m12345]

while it is not the color scheme I might have gone with, i think "leaving it up to the cube" is a really cool idea and I am glad that you are experimenting with it. I will be checking those cubes out sometime in the future as well.

[@aaronbono4688]

I ordered the color cubes and they are supposed to arrive tomorrow, can't wait!

[@benscott7476]

Unreal outcome 🔥🔥… using the colour cube colour selection will only help you learn to more and grow as an artist 🤘🤘

[@benderxx1338]

How about a challenge where you grab another person, and both of you trade a model and give the other person a color scheme to use on it. Maybe a time limit and who ever does the best wins

[@MrFahqup]

500 hours in darktide and counting. That game slaps idgaf. A board game you say? You have my attention. Nice cube brah. Congrats on the DEMON!

[@tmarcb1296]

I would love to see you finish the box with each character being a different color. Maybe even incorporate speed painting those colors for the enemy factions

[@Darknnes2]

This is the new meta. You must conquer the cube. All X amount of cards!

[@JamieDaggers]

I really need to get these color cubes! I feel like they'd be perfect for the 4 color palettes we do every week! This looks terrific Jon. So glad to see you coming over to the minimal side of the palette!!

[@quitamgogh]

Looks great, Jon. This cube is a great idea, and you're executing on these ideas really well.

[@BrakkoJanus]

I would honestly watch a series of you painting the whole box using these cards!

[@sophia_comicart]

Georgie’s story is one of the greatest openings in fiction. It’s so iconic. I love to reread just that chapter. The mix on Georgie’s rain coat really started to remind me of the texture of fabric in classical painting. It may be quick enough for you but it looks fantastic. Also… how did GW mange to cheap out just enough to make a new game but not enough for new minis that match the game it’s based on?

[@JStruggers]

Those cubes are a really cool idea. Good paint scheme. Would love to see more random colour cube scheme videos.

[@blissfulbadger]

I love the Lioncloth. It works well with the whole model.

[@morganwang7902]

I love it, it’s really different, would love to see another of these, in even crazier colors

[@BenDowney]

Challenge: Pick one color scheme, paint three minis with those colors, each mini gets a different primary color emphasis. How varied would they look? Would they all still fit or would you get three completely different schemes using the same colors?

[@oldman1111]

This model looks fantastic and is what I imagine to be in line with the rag-tag conscripted prisoner-like setup of Darktide.

[@electrictrojan6719]

I never realised until now how much Ninjon uses a neutralish grey background for his painting videos. It's very easy on the eye compared to white.

[@dakkonfury]

My algorithm loves you, as it recommends you every Friday without fail. Definitely one of the best parts of the day for me!

[@davidhitchcock2495]

Ninjons content being supported by a slow roll of product promotions is fine and all, I can respect the business model. However, buying up everything promoted on this channel and still being left with inferior results leads to a lot of feels bad moments. "Thin your paints." "You're thinning your paints too much." Would love to see more troubleshooting techniques sprinkled into these videos here and there for the less experienced painters who are still learning the fundamentals but don't know where to backtrack through multiple years of content.

[@whiplash_2110]

Using a card for a Seraphon army would be awesome!!

[@YTAlpha01]

I think the color scheme, and paint job, look great.

[@brent_the_programmer9108]

I have to pick up these color cubes soon. I love how Georgie turned out!

[@BitzboxTV]

The face looks superb and I'll certainly be using your method for painting tooobs

[@Deep-Strike-Miniatures]

Love your videos, Mate and I’m seriously thinking of picking up some of these colour cubes for inspiration on paint schemes, for my minis

[@09syrinx]

Awesome, Iwould be curious how this random card from the box would work on a big display model...primarch, monster, etc scale

[@Whistlpig]

Very cool way to come up with schemes. I'm doing my returning to 40k army a very standard scheme but I will have to look at doing this for some of the HQ models or future projects.

[@thedunator]

After watching the first video, I ordered these and they just came in today! Can’t wait to try them out!

[@chrisprescott2273]

Personally I think you should incorporate the cube in all of your tutorials. The fact that you could pick a card at random and make it work, and on that model really says something.

[@PinkDevilFish]

I love this. Seems like a good way to paint things in ways you normally wouldn't. New series? Random color pallet with a random model from the pile of shame?

[@tinracer]

Loved this video. Excited to use my set soon, thanks again for recommendation.

[@brandonherrington7080]

Id love to see more of these color cube challenges, maybe over a full Killteam or warband?