OIL PAINTS for miniatures -ULTIMATE beginner guide

Today we talk about OIL PAINTS for miniature painting! We'll see and bust all the common myths and misconceptions about oils with a lot of practical examples and exercises.
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[@H0urg1ass]

Artists who share, are artists who care! Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this for us.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

It's really, really a pleasure!!! 😁

[@JesseRiley]

Need to suddenly drop your painting session to help with a fussy baby and hours later come back to a still workable blend? Boom! Oil paints.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

That's a huuuuuuuuge bonus!!!

[@terrydactyl2077]

What colours do you feed the baby with? And is it permanent?

[@JesseRiley]

stay away from the heavy metals and stick with the earth pigments. They have more fiber and less cancer.@@terrydactyl2077

[@htothebeee]

Three years later and your video is still inspiring. Great work Marco.

[@janbiela8596]

People love talking about the amazing blending properties of oil paints, but I would also like to mention that they are very good for „classic mini painting techniques“. Edge highlighting with oil paints is such a joy, because the consistency and flow is always the same. Also just a bit of paint on your brush lasts forever, no more constantly going back to your palette and cleaning the brush all the time. Painting with oils is not scary at all, go for it :)

[@aleixbartomeus4135]

so true man

[@philipjacobsen6550]

do you have to use spesific types so the pigments are small enough?

[@janbiela8596]

@@philipjacobsen6550when you buy oil paints it always says on the tube how well they cover. Sometimes you want more transparent paint, and sometimes a paint that covers extremely well (like for edge highlighting).

[@joshmabe4244]

As an American I enjoy listening to you speak. Your videos are very helpful. Thank you for what you do.

[@OursGroumy]

Yesterday i bought some oil paints and magically, the day after, there is an awesome video from Marco explaining how to use them.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁 Perfect timing!!!

[@afternoondelight6322]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Hey are the water mixable Windsor & Newton oils the same, I bought a few tubes and realized afterwards that these were something different.

[@rmorris4598]

@@afternoondelight6322 Windsor and Newton water mixable oils are a student grade paint. So are the Winton paints that he is using. They have less of a pigment load than artist grade paints. They are cheaper and not quite as much of a pop as artist grades will give you. I think both are a valid options for miniatures, especially if you are new to oils. Try the water mixable oils and then upgrade if you like them. I been using nothing but oils for 10 years.

[@stefanholgersson4282]

@@rmorris4598 WIll the water mixable oils work as pin washes too, or does that only work when using mineral spirits?

[@charlie9ine]

Also consider separating brushes between light and dark colours. This assist in keeping the lighter colours unpoluted. Especially yellows

[@samparsons8731]

If you cannot get access to odourless white spirit, use baby oil. We use it in the studio with 10-12 students and there is no smell and it cleans brushes and dilutes washes just as well :)

[@MaleficMadeMiniatures]

Hi Sam, I'm just trawling through Marco's comment section at the mo and stumbled upon your potential gem of info. Does baby oil reactivate oil paints in a similar way to white spirit? I'm interested as I've dabbled in oil painting, however I've been trying to use non toxic products wherever I can (like experimenting with lavender oil as a drying agent, it kinda worked and my miniature smelt great as well, haha). Cheers

[@dderajj2166]

​@@MaleficMadeMiniaturesunfortunate that they did not respond. I'm interested in this, have you tested it since?

[@juhisb9064]

I've watched this video very carefully, and it gives many important tips, and DEBUNKS some VERY COMMON and prevalent misconceptions, namely: 1) you HAVE to varnish acrylic coats before applying oils and mineral spirits... 2) mineral spirits WILL attack acrylic coats... 3) you CAN'T paint acrylics over coats of oils... these are all FALSE, as Marco points out time after time in his videos. If you watch most other videos about using oils on miniature painting, you see these misconceptions repeated time and time again. If they were true, I think using oils would be very troublesome indeed. It's good to have someone who actually knows what they're talking about. ;) Anyways, you CAN varmish acrylic coats before applying oils as it helps the flow (as Marco shows), but what do you think acrylic varnishes are made of, eh?

[@robertproudfoot7990]

I recently did an oil wash for the first time to achieve a grime effect. What I loved was when i came back in with some GW washes, that the oil layer on the model actually was resistant to the wash. I LOVED the effect. It made it feel far more like the wash was hitting an actual plastic body, and the way it separated and pooled was super interesting. I had never considered how the acrylic would work ontop of the oil layer, but the effect was cool and interesting and instead of varnishing it away i kept it, and my final acrylic washes ended up having a great and natural pooling effect and not just seeping down into the layers below. I love finding cool interactions and oils have really opened my eyes to how you can use the various properties of both acrylics and oils to get a wide range of results that the mediums dont achieve alone.

[@philgee486]

I needed this vid. The clear laying out of a simple practical setup that works, and why helps. It may seem simple or obvious but I've changed how I work and it really helps. Watching it (just after the Wurmspat too) one thing really leaps out, it's important Marco. I understand the need to produce well constructed, well edited, professional quality vids. They represent you and the project, they need to be this great, they need the specific structured content in order to be teaching using a remote media. BUT Marco that section at the end of just watching you paint, just play around with tones, transitions, blends on the figure was marvellous, it had an enormous value to my oilwork in itself. Sometimes as well as absorbing the theory and the approach you just need to also see it at work too. That leg transformed five or six times, it was like watching really good closeup magic. I needed to see that by using just tiny amounts of paint I can do that to keep refining and just overpaint mistaken choices of colour into the better results I'd hoped for. Seems obvious but to a less confident painter it was transforming. So long as I just use sheens of new paint and don't ever cake it! I've a hand tremor from a spinal issue and I need to fix and rework my stuff a lot. The love of painting really doesn't suit it! Frustration and disappointment makes me put down my brush a lot. You teaching me a much more forgiving technique is an extraordinary gift mate. Please seriously consider a new class of vid, mark the category clearly to separate them from the main brand, but please just show us you painting. Whatever you're doing, and of course competition entries and other stuff needs to be private but you've said in the past you paint every day - please show us as much as you can stand to of it. As the painter you are I don't think the extraordinary value of it to learners would occur to you. Don't worry about the editing - it's the brushstrokes Don't worry about skipping the stuff where setting up the camera to cover another part of the process would waste time and be a pain. Just dump out all you can stand to, marked clearly as unedited, raw footage and entirely separate from your tutorial work. Putting them behind the patreon wall like you did with the Wurmspat would keep it from distorting outside impressions of the brand. We're all already sold on the Marco project! Please Marco, we just need to see and learn from/get inspired by the everyday magic. Plus I now have three glass palettes that came out of picture frames from the charity shop (had to burn the pictures of kittens as shepherdesses though so the binman wouldn't ever see them). That also means I can lay my bits of paper under them with previous successful tones and transitions to use as reference targets. From now on I'll record them on strips cut to fit across the palette! Practical evolution of my table by the power of NJM

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁 Awesome! It can definitely be a thing to implement on Patreon; KZbin and the majority of KZbin users look for short, extremely focused videos but it can be cool on another platform. I'm thinking more to a steaming format, maybe on Twitch and record the session at the same time...

[@jonathannmccormick2023]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM yes, more Marco live streams is must!

[@JesseRiley]

I totally agree. Ive watched all your videos but the most I learned from you with oils is youy brush strokes and palette. James Wappel does a lot of work with oils as well in a long 3+ hour format he initially started on KZbin but moved to twitch because of the difficulty with live streaming. All he does now is live stream his painting session, then posts recordings of it for his patreon supporters and sometimes to KZbin to build up his audience. You both work very differently with oils. It's especially neat to see the different styles.

[@philgee486]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Please do it Marco, there's so much to be learned from watching you develop the effects and it's also a huge inspiration to just go for it. Twitch might really be the right place, KZbin is great for what it does best but when that's not the case then we'll just follow the magic

[@chuck-n-debtaylor7553]

Allwyn: thank you for taking the time and effort to express it so well! I very much agree, and hope to enjoy more MarcoTime!

[@alexanderyeager7618]

As a newer painter interested in broadening my skills, this was incredibly helpful. Your clear and enthusiastic instructions and advice made me think I might actually be able to use oils to up the quality of my final product. Thank you, my friend.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊🙏😊

[@menedian]

I've been encouraged to try oils a few months ago, and lately I've been experimenting with using a 100% oil workflow on my minis haha. I've started incorporating canvas techniques and adapting them to minis to see how well they work; stuff like "staining the canvas" with a base tone, doing a value sketch prior to applying colors, etc. It's been quite the journey but it's so fun and satisfying when you find a technique that works for you and produces unique results! Thanks a lot for the inspiration and the great tips as always :D

[@pixelpeek9963]

This. Was. Amazing I've never, ever considered being a Patreon for anything but I'm seriously considering it. Fantastic stuff mate.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😍😁

[@rafaelvoncina6036]

"Discovered" oil paints a year ago. Now I cannot work without them. Excellent for blending, weathering etc. Very realistic results - when I don't get overly excited and over do it. Thank you for a lovely video, Marco. Saluti dal Carso.

[@christophasmus3865]

Started with oil paints, after 3 days in a warm room i still can activation the paint. It is very satisfying. Thank you

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@michaeln5660]

I'm so glad I came back to watch this again after a year. I've really struggled with painting smoothly or in detail with oils, because I was following advice from others, leaving my paints out to drain the oil. It turns out that different preparation is needed for different techniques, and for detail, you need to thin the paint (I now use 10/90 linseed oil and solvent) not thicken it. Thanks Marco!

[@ColonelSandersLite]

The "drain the oil with cardboard" advice that goes around is *really* bad advice. It's just going to cause underbinding. I have no idea where it came from, but I really wish people would stop parroting that one.

[@Teremei]

I am a beginner and I've gotten my shaders and drybrushing, and layering, and highlighting down. Just learned about oils so now am watching your vid. Learning is fun! But so is painting after you learn.

[@mikkelkragh1336]

Great video as usual! Using oils is a lot of fun, but there is a lot to learn and get used to when you first start out. To those that are interested in learning more I would also suggest watching Dmitry Fesechko's videos, and in his comment section he answers a lot of questions about which paints to try etc. Thank you Marco for putting these videos out every week.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks!!! Oh yeah, totally agree, Dmitry is an absolute master with oils. I learned the basics from Kirill Kanaev and Danilo Cartacci and if you find any of their videos and real life workshops they are pure gold

[@AlCapwndYou]

Oils are making a comeback in a lot of ways. I just started with a set of Williamsburg oils and their quality is amazing. So far really enjoy how easy blending is compared to acrylics. Oils for establishing initial blends, and inks for deeper saturation is a great combo.

[@chchzuzia]

I have watched many, many videos about painting models and minis with oils, and this video is the most helpful and informative. Thank you! I feel much more confident about getting oily now. :)

[@khanoclast]

When I learned to paint figures, I learned with oils, as there was a great figure painter in my area who used them. I find them much easier to use and think about than acrylics. It's much easier for me to blend nice skin tones using oils than trying to glaze and blend and layer acrylics.

[@charlie9ine]

I’m so impressed by the high level of professionalism in your videos compared to other, “master” model builders.

[@alejandronava6110]

Thank you, you are encourage me to start pinting my miniatures :)!

[@shiragkataroyan1707]

Marco, as always, your videos have taught me more about painting then any other source (book or video). Thank you once again. Please continue the excellent work you already do.

[@diegoleonardosanchezmunar4635]

Thanks for this video, it has a lot of good information and gave me the courage to try them in my models! Greetings from Colombia !

[@bigmandan-hobby]

I finally picked up some oil paints and did a couple simple 75mm minis all in oil. Thanks for guide! It was such a joy to use oils on minis!

[@geirbulk]

This video makes me want to go get some oil paints and start testing it out. A friend uses them for washing, but it would be interesting to try out painting a mini with them, especially the blending from dark to light on armour plates. There's a big box of space marines coming soon that needs their blue.

[@Senor_Elegante]

I keep coming back to this video just to hear you say that oils exist since before the Middle Age and they’re still the gold standard. As an art historian I definitely still have my biases and cling to the idea that they only go on canvases and wood, but thanks to you I keep forcing myself to use this wonderful tool for our Tiny hobby. Thanks again!

[@dallaleica7075]

I was a bit scared of trying oil for minis and this video gave me all the info I needed. Had a very good time with them, thanks

[@scotsbillhicks]

Thank you very much. You are just as skilled at composing videos as you are at painting. Almost every question I could think of, you anticipated.

[@thealgorerhythm9379]

Thanks man, I started painting my 2000 point army Ork army with oils because of your Blanchitsu series. Lots of love from Sligo !

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@PhD777]

Marco, without doubt your best video to date! Well done! Two corrections: 40-50+ years ago were "oil and enamel". 40 till now have been oils and acrylic! The tri-layer style of painting was in regular use in the Wargaming hobby 40+ years ago - as is evidenced by photos in Military Modeling and Miniature Wargaming magazines.

[@tenchuu007]

Being able to actually watch you do the whole process of the legs was a HUGE help, and exactly what I was looking for! I think for people that know how, just showing a few steps is enough, but for a beginner to this kind of blending that kind of detailed exampling is absolutely critical. Glad I became a patreon!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍 thanks a million!!! For everything 😁😁😁

[@j0lb0t]

It’s been 3 years and I keep coming back to wash! Settled into a Marco-inspired acrylic-oil workflow. Thank you!!!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍🤩😍😘😘😘 Thank you so soooooo much to you!!! New ideas and videos coming soon 😉

[@jamesedwards8175]

This has convinced me to give oils a try! I was worried about the drying time especially, but now I think they are what I need to improve my skillset.

[@macraggeblues]

I only had to watch 2 videos on your channel to know you are my favorite painter of all time! Thank you so much for the effort you are putting into these tutorials! I love you!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😁😍😁😍😁 Man, you totally made my day!!! Thank you from the heart 😊 and welcome on board!!!

[@fushigiinari]

Started using enamel paints recently and been wanting to try using oil paints but was too afraid. But this video is giving me more confidence in using them so I'm gonna get some tomorrow! Thank you so much for this video!

[@lowbrowminis]

I have been writing with oils a bit over the last month and a half and have loved it. This video has helped me expanded my techniques. Thank you.

[@peosujne]

Marco, You are truly an alchemist artist, I've Tried to NMM like a month or more without success, and now after this careful master-class explanation, finally made it in less than an hour. Thank you

[@dougsundseth6904]

Very solid video with extremely useful information. The one thing I would add is that you really don't want to just throw the wipe rags into the trash and discard them. The drying process that the oils go through is exothermic and if confined the rags can spontaneously combust. This can make for really interesting stories, but is otherwise contraindicated. 8-) Set the rags out to dry before discarding them. When dry they should be safe.

[@miketike3246]

Awesome video! In all my years of hobbying, oils are the one thing that I haven't tried. But your guide inspired me to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!

[@flumpet38]

Was inspired to give oil paints a try by your Blanchitsu Tech-Priest video. I've been playing with them for a month or so now, and I'm so glad I gave it a try. I may not be making masterpieces yet, but I'm having a lot of fun with them. Thank you for sharing your expertise!

[@Vicky1138thx]

Oh that was excellent Marco , I’ve painted pictures in oils for a few years , but never dare to try them on my minis . You have given me the confidence to have a go. Please can we have more vids on this subject🙏🏻

[@robinwesterlund5563]

I realy need to get my workstation up!! Ithcing fingers every time i watch a video. Love your videos and thank you for sharing your experiences.

[@jpf338]

Here in Argentina mineral spirits is "aguarras" pretty similar to the Italian vertion

[@handlesrstupid123]

I have seen other videos of you doing this but didnt quite understand how, but now I do. I was just looking at trying oils for my minature painting and have been watching as many videos of yours as I can

[@jean-sebastienmarty2425]

This video, and a demo from a friend to test this in live, have convinced me to test oil paints for my minis. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Nos2113]

Found you after watching James Wappel streaming, and you both have me ridiculously excited to try out oils. The thought of not blending against the clock has always kept me in the layering camp. Thank you so much for the info! Also, your voice is 😍😍😍

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁

[@uruk_bye1232]

This video convinced me to jump into oils. Thank you for bringing such high quality instruction and your great attitude to the mini community!

[@raftai665]

It would be nice if you explained which colours you use to achieve different effects here. Like @ 14:00, which colours are you mixing. @ 17:40 Which shade over what base colour for the skin. It would be amazing if you did a tutorial explaining step by step what colours you use in the process, and going in depth in mixing, blending and the effects of your choices.

[@arsenmarek597]

Thanks nice thorough video. In my humble experience, though you don't "need" to varnish over acrylic before using oils. It is still a very practical way of proceeding. For example if I use an oil wash or other oil weathering techniques, the oil and solvant themselves might not damage the acrylic layers, but the brushing and/or rubbing does create some damage. Also be careful of the varnish type. As mentioned, the same oil wash will leave less tinge on a gloss varnish than on a satin varnish.

[@jakessofa8187]

Marco, the painting hero we need, but not the one we deserve. Great episode mate

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😂😂😂

[@13Robzilla]

Marco I know you don't like rules that are set in stone and prefer that the artist learn how to use these variables to their advantage instead of using them as a crutch. That being said for people just starting on the journey with oils, is there a guideline for how long to wait between using an oil wash and removing the excess (dry time?)

[@Artifexmaholifts]

I recently moved to oils, only thanks to you. I cant express my gratitude enough. So thank you for this, you are really nicest and most skilled painter on youtube. Thank you for improving my painting skills

[@caseyrusher8952]

I recently tried my hand at painting a model with all oils for the first time. I should've waited lol! It's not that it looks bad, you just explain better than I had found in a lot of videos. I can fix it now! Another fantastic video!

[@caseyrusher8952]

Oh! Just remembered, any interest is doing a synthwave or vaporwave tutorial?

[@timberknuckle8281]

TYVM Marco. Got all the answers i needed to give it a try. You are a great guy and really appreciate your time and knowledge. GOAT

[@PapaBoria]

Thank you for helping us opening this door!!!

[@mickwoodney7533]

This would be by far the best video you've done. Shame it wasn't around in the 70's when all we could get to paint models was Humbrol gloss enamels (at least where I lived). Going to have a go at this tomorrow after work. Cheers mate.

[@BaconbuttywithCheese]

Wonderful tutorial and you have a very nice accent as well. Many thanks Marco.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😁😊😘

[@jonathannmccormick2023]

Another vid for the Favorites list! KD:M model, real time footage & the magic of oils... What a combo! 😍

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😉😊😉😊😉😘

[@astrochelonian]

Finally. I started painting minis with enamels, and have sometimes considered going back to them, so I'm very happy you tackled this subject. I'm looking forward to see more topics on the subject.

[@Virakotxa]

It took me years from moving to enamels to acrilic and not use the metallics... Used to my Humbrol, the Mythrill Silver Citadel offered was like using watercolors. They eventually got better, (Vallejo and all...) but tried some AK and I'm never going back... Forgot how superior they were...

[@ctpopham]

Amazing....I went out and bought a 51 color oil paint set and got most of the other stuff you featured in your video. Love how you explain it and demonstrate so it makes you feel you can do it. Thanks so much for your hard work and explaining it to us hobby geeks!! You rock keep the videos coming...

[@vicsminiatures7949]

Great video. I usually use Gamblin, M.Graham, W&N and Old Holland Classic. Excellent pigmentation. Also my usual medium is 50-50 mix of Pine Gum and Linseed Oil.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Cool! I need to try your recipe!!!

[@tfm2934]

This video ties the #1 spot of best miniature painting tutorial on KZbin, the other ones being all your other videos. Hehe maybe I'm doing too much injustice to the great content that is out there, but every single video if yours teaches me so much.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😁😍😘

[@Mad4saxBrewery]

Just found your channel. Bing watching them all! You are a fantastic artist and teacher. I love your techniques! Can't wait to put them to work on my miniatures. 👍👍👍

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍😍 Thanks a million man!!!

[@SOTMead]

I'm in your tubez, stealin your sekrits! Seriously, this is above and beyond helpful. Thank you!!

[@SaitoGray]

Cool, you just save me so much money! I have ton of oil paint for cosplay weathering, i definitely try to do some wash with it !

[@hardspank]

I tried oil paint! it was glorious! thanks Marco

[@Dack24]

Thanks for the video :) I have used winton for oil washes but found painting with them frustrating. This video convinced me to buy some artist M. Graham paint I can buy locally. WOW what a difference! The artist oil is smooth and silky and blends on the model so much easier! Using oils are actually fun now :)

[@willthorson4543]

I love oil paints. I literally use everything painting miniatures. I'm more on the historical side of things. And i will never go away from oils. And yes i use Vallejo acrylics for specific things

[@infinitydrifter]

Thanks for this, Marco. I'm one of those guys who learned to paint with oils back in the early 80s. It wasn't until I was hired as a studio painter for Ral Partha that I learned to paint in acrylics (they wanted me to paint with their paints). I transitioned mostly to acrylics after, but your videos have got me hauling out my old oils again! A quick comment on drying time ... if you have a crock pot or slow cooker, you can turn it to its lowest setting ("Hold" or "Keep Warm") and put the freshly painted mini into it for a few hours to greatly speed up the drying time. Be careful with plastic figures. Usually they can handle the heat, but put them up on a small wooden plinth so they don't come into contact with the hot crockery surface.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Hi! Nice to meet you 😊 I love everything from Real Partha so I'm absolutely sure to have seen a lot of your works!!! Cool idea!!! A lot of the historical painters in my old paint club used a wooden box with aluminium foil on the walls a lightbulb inside; I absolutely need to try the crock pot/slow cooker solution!!! Thanks a million for the idea

[@infinitydrifter]

Hard not to be a Ral Partha fan. Their minis set a very high bar back in the day! I did a number of boxed sets for them, including Dragonlance Villains, Silver and Steel sets 1 & 2, Ravenloft Denizens, Dr. Mordenheim's Labroratory, and Castle Forlorn, plus a lot of loose figures featured in their catalogs. If you squint you can see my name of the backs of the boxes and listed in the catalogs from the early to mid-90s. In those days painters weren't really celebrated like they are now. I believe I was the first US painter to ask for and receive credits on the box, and every painter after me benefited from that. As for drying the paint, I've seen those lightbulb boxes before, too, but had forgotten about them until you mentioned them. Probably more gentle than a crock pot, so safer for plastics I would imagine (though you can leave the lid off the crock pot to dissipate the heat somewhat). The nice thing about a crock pot, though, is you can make dinner in it after. Multi-tasking FTW! ;)

[@Dynamitemedina]

I usually just use oil for watches but after seeing you apply the paint for more precise highlights and shadows I might have to try a few things.

[@completelyrandomtask]

Thanks Marco, your channel is a gem! fantastic!!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😁😊😘

[@FredWilbury]

Many thanks from a modeller who’s just launching into oil washes 👌😎 fred

[@gogotrololo]

i turned it to half speed when it was suggested... Marco... your commentary at half speed was the highlight of my week LOL

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 s u p e r s l o w

[@gogotrololo]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM hahaha

[@Markovian_]

Yes!!! Saving to my playlist! Thank you for being amazing.

[@Steve-ps6qw]

Ohhh.....I am in America and used white spirits to thin my oil paints to make rust streaks, etc. on models, plastic military models. I had taken a break from miniatures and acrylics and thought how useful using oils could be in blending and creating shadows, etc. in miniature painting. There are several famous painters who do that already (using a gloss varnish to have a smooth surface for the oil wash to flow into crevices' easier. Anyway, I thought turpentine and white spirits were the same and ended up using turpentine to clean up a little bit of my model where I had made a mistake with a thinned oil paint (thinned with white spirits)....well, that turpentine stripped ALL the paint and wrecked everything!! There is a difference between between white spirits and turpentine, I learned that hard lesson!

[@ianpettman7482]

After watching your great video. I just went out and bought some oil paints.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😊😂 Awesome!

[@liqerise]

omg, this is amazing. I've been been doing oil painting before mini painting and I've been wanting to use my oil techniques on minis, can't wait to apply this next time I paint minis

[@simonleach6632]

I already use oils for washes and dot filters, and enamels for some weathering effects, metallics, and anything that needs blending smoothly with a brush (I'm crap at blending acrylics) but I might just give oils another look after watching this!

[@alexx86hater]

My first experience with oil paints (I did use oil washes before) on the model was when working on the P-51 I thought that I can try to reproduce wood floor (which supposed to be pressed wood lousily painted over with some rubbery paint what was always robbed off by pilots' feet). In acrylics it was taking forever to make the wood like texture where oils were extremely easy. However during my first failed attempt I found out how easy oils to blend and (since I did not needed a perfect blend but feathered wood like lines so I had to start over) how easy it is to wipe out what you do not like and start over. Since then this is the only way I draw wood decks on the models (for example all those IJN aircraft carriers) as well as some tone transitions. Now I need to try to use oil paints using your tricks on the miniatures.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍 Awesome! And perfect timing: next week's video will be about a full figure painted with oils 😉

[@Umbasa_]

Perfect timing, my oils just came in today! Looking forward to playing

[@goldmundswelt]

Amazing Tutorial! Now i need to start using oil paints

[@gigartina]

I’m sold. I’ve even been using them with some success - thanks!

[@Azrael88demon]

Marco, have you ever tried Alkid paints, quick drying oil paints. Winsor and newton makes them. They fully dry in 24h and use use the same linseed and mineral spirit like oil paint.

[@elskanko1]

Griffin Alkyd is the paint range. In my humble experience of running a chain of art stores for 14 years and being a painter (not brilliant) they are not a popular range of paints as a general concensus. They fit within the student quality of paints because of their pigmentation levels and range of colours. Alkyd is a drying medium that some brands sell as a seperate medium (additive) for your oil paints. Daler Rowney does a flow alkyd medium that you can add to your oils as you wish. I know that Daler Rowney has gone through a lot of financial issues of late and isnt as widely distributed as it once was so may not be as easily found in your local store depending on location. Marco is demonstrating a technique very similar to glazing and because of the high white spirit - oil paint there is very little reason to add a further drying agent. Sure you can of course there is no "right way" just a few basic techniques to make oil painting easier. A very popular medium that is used by a lot of very fine detail oil painters is the Archival odourless classic medium. If anything the Griffin Alkyd is great for your initial base coats because of its speedy (for oils) drying time. But again generally speaking the thinner the oils the faster the drying time.

[@Jessestewart12]

Hey, I just switched to Oils last month. Buy Old Holland Or schmicke mussini/Norma. Winsor Newton is not good enough. Add quick drying medium instead of buying the Alkid paints. Dmitry Fesechko has the premier video on oil painting miniatures. He does it in 3 steps. There will be some growing pains of course. It's not cheap, so be ready to make a commitment. You only need about 10 colors, Mineral sprints, and optional mediums palette and palette cups. I love it. I still use Acrylics, but in a lot of ways you can pull off ultra advanced techniques in minutes. You no longer have to spend an hour on putting down 7 glaze layers. Good Luck.

[@Virakotxa]

@@Jessestewart12 Dmitry Fesechko blew my mind... That video tutorial with the Sororitas... Crazy!

[@daveb6722]

This vid was perfect timing, after watching your channel I got some oils last week and was going to give them a go this weekend. Thanks for a great start.

[@BaijoGosum]

Thanks! I am looking forward to playing with oils

[@asgardpainting7900]

Great video. I like using oils to add weathering effects on my gundams, but I do need to experiment with using them to actually paint models!

[@mastapetz]

Some Questions: 1) What is that female archer mini, it looks awesome and I kinda wanna add something like that to my pile 2) How do oil paints and lacquers interact? 3) I was told from several people in the gunpla community, that panel lineing with oils/enamels makes plastic brittle and that you want to varnish it first, what are your experiences with plastic getting brittle with oils? 4) Is it possible (no matter if hard or easy) to just buy Red, Yellow, Blue and mix the tones I want/need? Would I need to get linseed oil to make longer mixing processes work better? Awesome video! I only skipped the last few bits when you worked on the mini, because I wanted the final information.

[@28mmRPG]

I use Winsor Newton 1980 series (Gamsol for washing or thinning)

[@ericphilippa]

You are an inspiration Marco, I started playing with oil weathering because of your videos. Maybe I'll start doing more soon.

[@boxy2k8]

Perfect timing as I was considering investing in some oils just last night. Marco to the rescue

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😁😁

[@robertof.5283]

I am a beginner in minature painting and work with the basic acrylics in this Hobby. Blending with this is far in the future in my progressing. But to See this easy and beautiful blends gave me some Paintgasm and fill my Head with various Themes of lightblending and ghosteffects. Thank you very much for this Video and this Tips! I create immediatly a Shopping list! :-D

[@AnythingButOnes]

Amazing video man! I’m just starting out using abteilung paints myself for my minis. Thank you!

[@austrelforgefeu5888]

Thank you very much ! You save my life and you show me is LOT more easier i was thinking :D I will go play with my oil over my little soldiers !

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Awesome 😊!!! After the last few videos I noticed an increasing interest around oils and I want to do more 100% proper oil painting on the channel. Give me your feedback after some experiments 😊!

[@austrelforgefeu5888]

@@MarcoFrisoniNJM Well so far i need to play with the dilution before i can put some better feedback. But to just work like you do, make nice transition et let me feel really proud of my work and i am (now!) able to do exactly what i have in mind. I will check other of your tutorial. Your way to teach + looking you work at the same time is really perfect !

[@ADZombeaver]

You have quickly become one of my favorite painters and content producers Marco! Thank you for this video. I might have to watch this video one or two more times to get over my anxiety of trying new things.. but I will actually do it thanks to you! Much love and appreciation for your hard work.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍 Thank you soooo much!!!

[@jfmenier2600]

Absolutely FAN-TAS-TIC !! Kinda revelation to me... shall try this absolutely !! HURRAH for Marco !!

[@a_u_o_r3993]

Great intro to oil painting - I have been wanting to give it a go for a while and this gives me the confidence to dive in!

[@TDZPearson]

Excellent video! I would be interested in more info about enamel paints.