Games Workshop will NEVER Teach These Painting Tricks

[@tyrodinpainting]

The sly warlord titan dig at squidmar was great 😂

[@baronvonfancy9341]

Is he still milking it? Because I couldn't keep watching squidmar because the warlord titan videos.

[@dvc1867]

​@@baronvonfancy9341I think it's over

[@rogthepirate4593]

@@baronvonfancy9341 Same. I subbed to his channel for the painting. Not for the juvenile editing and over the top yelling of the same 2 dumb catchphrases (the other one being "grand reveal". Yes. We get it. It's a grand reveal. You don't need to say it like that in every single video.) over and over again. Couldn't finish that series because after the 10th time it just got annoying. Haven't really followed the channel much since, which I think is kind of a shame.

[@Narcomancer1943]

@@rogthepirate4593yep, the grand reveal did it for me too. I’m sorry but a when you are doing a big project in multiple videos, the grand reveal is what comes when the whole thing is finished, not after you just built and primed half of it.

[@03dashk64]

I stopped watching Squidmar when they were pulling these exact same stunts when they did the Manta build. Editing got so obnoxious

[@davidr519]

You and Scott sometimes talk about painters' styles. Your style is popalicious. You pick the most poppy colors and know where to put them and how much of them to put. The freaking pop king!

[@sctbroadbent]

I love the dig at Squidmar, "Warlord Titan!".

[@jphanks]

Homage, not dig.

[@Bonesawisready926]

It seemed lighthearted, I wouldn't describe it as a "dig" per se.

[@sctbroadbent]

@@jphanks Fair. I definitely thought it in good humor.

[@Northman3050]

I was laughing at that as well

[@el_super_laser]

Either way, its true, it was around that time when squidmar started those videos that i un subbed and blocked him. Trash techniques work once. Regards to master ninjon

[@mverna3628]

Im a Blood Bowl painter. Each “army” is only 16-20 models and bright colors are a plus. And they are often amusing subjects

[@Dummythxc]

I appreciate you being a consistent painting channel. So many of my favorite painting channels almost never paint or just don’t do KZbin anymore.. I really enjoy having something like this to put on in the background while I’m hobbying

[@jarydanderson1400]

s q u i d m a r

[@Dummythxc]

@@jarydanderson1400 I mean I didn’t say there weren’t others..

[@rogthepirate4593]

That's why i really appreciate Jon's channel - as well as Vince's.

[@Dummythxc]

agree vince is another super star fs!@@rogthepirate4593

[@kirailove4207]

It’s ok you can say miniac

[@malazar]

Re: varnishes and oil washes - DO varnish if you're using contrast paints rather than inks. I scuffed a bunch of harpies by not doing that, turns out contrast paints do behave differently to normal acrylics with a cotton bud dampened with mineral spirits and it eats in to the contrast paints pretty easily.

[@rykerh2500]

You dog at 1:03 is soo cute, you should find a dog model and paint it as him. You could even make a video on how to paint fur

[@psychodermix]

I don't even do miniatures or game whatever you do but i absolutely love your videos so keep doing it. I'm a crappy scale aircraft modeller and i wish someone like you would do something similar in the scale model space!

[@tuskam]

I really enjoy Nightshifts videos, although he is tank modeller not aircraft. Also Plasmo has some good aircraft videos.

[@jc7997aj]

Come on. Just one space marine. Just try one. It'll be ok. Just one and then you can go back to aircraft. 🤔 maybe a couple orks too. They have lots of flying planes and they are kinda ramshackle so your planes will fit in well. Just paint them red those go fasta.

[@tay13666]

I am also a scale modeler. I come here for tips and inspiration for painting my monsters, dinosaurs, and kaiju kits.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Those are GREAT critter models! They have an aesthetic that reminds me a bit of the Zerg from Starcraft, and bit of the Bugs from the first Starship Troopers movie . You did an excellent job with painting them too!

[@Kurpify]

Dear Ninjon, you are my favourite miniature painting youtuber and your videos always inspire me to paint. The way you breakdown things makes getting excellent results that much more accessible! Thank you!

[@richardbradley2335]

10:00...love the pale cream colour there.

[@DeliciousCornbread]

Love the vibrancy of inks for these types of models. Also, in my experience I find that organic models (like bugs/creatures) lend themselves very well to beginner airbrushing too, because not everything has to be perfectly uniform from model to model. Damn nature, you scary.

[@EllCEZReviews]

Probably one of the best videos I have seen, really enjoyed the colours and how easy the steps are

[@Moonlighter_TV]

These are all techniques I've seen you use before and still think it's so valuable to revisit them and reinforce them when so many people immediately get their Warhammer minis and learn to paint them from official games workshop resources. Air brush, inks, oil washes, vibrant edge highlights. Its so much faster than GWs alternative of "layer 3 colors over every single detail by hand" and looks so nice for the time invested.

[@bawdydog176]

Worried about your intro? Hell, first Ninjon video I ever watched I was hooked when you spun around in the chair wearing that goofy smile. Been looking forward to it ever since. Lets me know what I'm about to see will be relaxing and fun. And I need that, thank you.

[@PIMarlowe]

Thanks

[@graemehall6767]

This is spooky! I was literally just thinking to myself that I really want a refresher on oil washes for a nurgle army I’m planning, and was trying to find a video from a creator I enjoy. Then this popped up! Excellent as always, Jon.

[@CodeLlama]

Love this channel and love the bugs. I know every time I watch a video of yours I'm going to get just a bit better as a painter. I love that you show a big variety of minis too. This is my favourite painting channel by far!

[@4hedgesfamily]

Honestly, the one bug I painted was an already built Trygon, and I lost count of the number of times I stabbed myself on all the spikes. Yours look fantastic! And you've got me looking into getting better with my airbrush, now too!

[@RenierBanninga]

Yea, these turned out fantastic. Love the quick OSL effects too. Kickass sir!

[@EmbraCraig]

Loving that yellow/orange/black on the carapace of the bugs - looks really natural without a crazy amount of effort

[@sonomirko]

Hey Jon, I just want to say thank you because I learn so muchfrom your videos and it is really helping me not being afraid of trying new things. Thanks.

[@jaketheglutenphreakharris6620]

The Squidmar impression was spot on 🤣🤣😂😂

[@rob5customs]

It was INSANE!!!!!111

[@williamtrinidad3520]

I missed it. When did he do that? Lol

[@ianmasica3933]

Great video! I can't say I keep up with everything on the channel, but this has been my favorite Ninjon video to date. Even after the first few layers those bugs were starting to look disturbingly realistic; if you hid the little infantry guy on my porch I'd assume it was a real junebug. Your technique was helpful to watch but your explanations were even better, and I'll be testing out laying down my brightest inks first. And finally, I loved the candid intro: in the current era of KZbin it's nice to see humility and transparency in the creators I follow. Thanks for the great advice!

[@christiancartmale1150]

You are a fantastic presenter. This was a really good video and you showed a lot of different techniques and teicks in a short and engaging amount of time.

[@j.vonLexa]

Great video Jon! This really ties some of your older (but extremely helpful/inspirational) technique highlight videos together in a very cohesive and fresh way. You do a great job of breaking down what appear to be complex & foreign techniques into simple & most importantly - actionable - steps. I watched this and thought, "Ya I can give that a try and it might actually be cool on one of my projects." Thanks for sticking to your core competencies, making us laugh (pixie sticks had me rolling hah) and then continuing to provide great content!

[@markchristy9704]

The amount of work accomplished with the airbrush is amazing as are the really nice blends and transitions on the armor plates! Apparently I need to bust out my airbrush and start learning how to use it for more than just priming. Thanks for the inspiration as always, and for the tips about how to use inks well.

[@colbybastian17]

I could see some pink in the recesses between scales/carapace panels on this scheme to give those parts a fleshy tone to them!

[@MidwestMiniatureGuy]

I've been getting more and more into painting busts and larger figures. Especially the resin printed figures.

[@manobot23]

This really helped me. After trying out couple of those things i feel like i can up my game a lot with only a little bit more effort

[@markinman3119]

I absolutely love your videos Ninjon! They're thoroughly engaging and you're a inspiration to artists everywhere. I would personally like to see you paint some models that are completely different (non-gaming models). I dunno, a model of Sauron, Voldemort, Judge Dredd or Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. It doesn't doesn't need to be a miniature for gaming. You are a legend, please keep making videos.

[@mx.lucyfur]

I really, really, really appreciate how you show an experimental approach to mini painting. I got into 3D printing last year and finally got around to painting. As I learn, I try to look at what I'm doing as an experiment rather than pressure myself to do it "right." That's one reason I often print several copies of the same mini so I can play with different color schemes and approaches. Obviously I work on learning good basics, but taking the experimental approach really keeps the fun in it even if I mess up. Cuz then I just ask myself how do I work with what's happened rather than get hung up on the blunder. As for minis, I'm furry trash so I love the anthro characters like dragonborn, werewolves, tabaxi, and such. :D

[@flowinsounds]

And today, Ninjon will be looking at shade. specifically, throwing it. INSANE

[@rhag1394]

You really made those bugs pop! The colour scheme looked great and this I feel is an overlooked part in any miniature, but especially in large armies. Your colour scheme helps define the main details for maximum effect. I think your speedpainting has improved from the already very high level in your previous armypainting videos. I don't paint armies but admire people that can.

[@littleninja830]

This is an amazing video! A great tutorial that can be applied to a project and show cases different products.

[@Uncle_Anthoni]

Those models turned out amazing. Can't wait for you and Scott to talk about it on TUP

[@McBackBacon]

Love the models and what you did with them. Lots of inspiration and motivation. Thanks for the tremendous effort you put into your vids!! Its appreciated!

[@Nachtmusique]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! I subscribed to you years ago, but in the past couple of months, you have become one of my favorites! Keep up the fantastic work. By the way, I'd love to see more examples of your "smash chop"method. It was quite intriguing, but it'd be interested to see what it would look like on some different models.

[@eyegore71]

The glow on that large bug really looks great. I am still dabbling in airbrushing, don't quite have the control for much more than zenithal or army painter triad coats. I enjoy painting superheroes and zombicide minis.

[@tategreen5949]

I love the Starcraft II overlord. The creep acting as flight stand is genius.

[@Wolfineer_]

These are such a nice blend of nids & zerg, 10/10 buggy goodness

[@jamesperrin3762]

Thy sponsor was pretty optimistic about how many of their minis you be able to paint :joy:

[@wynock8067]

What a great paintjob, and not that difficult to do ! I've been using black and white ink for almost a year, and god i'll never get rid of them ! It flows right through the airbrush without dilution, it's super vibrant, I love it ! The only drawback I see is when you spill black ink, it's a nightmare to cleanup =)

[@Bakroth85]

Seeing that finished bug makes me wish the plastic models were available and that you still did commission painting. I'm going to have to look at getting some of the fluor and AK paints to try!

[@IIItiberius]

Great combination of techniques! The results are really fun too!

[@wolvie90]

I definitely like painting more free-flowing organic shapes over hard-edged armor and objects. I feel like that lets you use the natural lighting and texture of paints to greater effect than something like power armor and tank hull allows for.

[@duo60692]

those are some good looking bugs. the bug armys are ones that really work well if you want to proxy. its hard to get Space bois or Bolter sisters that fit with GW models, but with bug army, you can put literally anything down and it works.

[@akutch564]

This a great video for army painting efficiently. Thanks!

[@metajock]

There's a couple of cool tricks in there. Thanks!

[@NW_Painting_Official]

The paint job is unreal! Love how punchy they are and the red eyes look immense great work!!

[@bobongler]

Lovely vid, Jon. Thank you for your efforts in making it.

[@scytheme]

Man, I loved that video. You got any hot tips for painting like "shiny armor" with oil washes? I am working on some Infinity and really need some inspiration there, as there is so much shiny, new and angular armor...

[@Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel]

Thank you, you have been so inspirational to me and I’m sure to so many other people.

[@stevofoz]

Ninjon vids are the only ones that ever get me as pumped as a 10 year old snorting Pixie Sticks.

[@dylansovine3343]

Both the colors and models chosen for this video are a nice breath of fresh air from the normal GW formal and range. Its refreshing to see techniques and models used that separate themselves from the popular stuff we are bombarded with at the game store. I'm guilty of owning 90% GW stuff and enjoy seeing folks step away from their stuff now and again.

[@davidvisser4446]

They look awesome! I really need to start using my oil paints more!

[@YanniCooper]

I have several thousand points of painted hedonites/daemons and just started some Gitz. It's so much easier and faster and more fun to paint them because they're not overloaded with details. Sometimes a simple mini really is better

[@existe11]

Always great stuff, always make it easy enough to ingest and practice but with awesome results

[@optomix3988]

Wow! This was a great video. I learned a lot in the past 7 minutes.

[@scottrenfer2735]

So inspiring! Thank you so much for this! Absolutely amazing!

[@estebanthaddeus8170]

I love your video I just move and I been getting my crafting and painting more for miniature and terrain.

[@sonwukong7602]

Ah ah ah ah ! best intro ever ! A good laugh before quality content mean a good mood for the rest of your day. Monsters and weird things always be my favourites choice when it come to painting minis.

[@eThagrosh]

I absolutely love painting organics, living creatures, but there is also a pleasantness in doing inorganic models like Marine armor and tanks. I feel Organics are much more forgiving, while inorganic is a test of skill and patience more. If that makes sense.

[@churchoftheairbrush1533]

Hope you wrote down this recipe. This paint scheme slaps!!! Wouldn’t mind to see more of this.

[@charlescarpenter9098]

What are your thoughts on doing a bright zenithal, then immediately washing (either acrylic or oil) before starting with the airbrushed inks?

[@davidraynham1764]

Congratulations, Lukas will now pay for this insult by being put back under the stairs. I hope you’re proud of yourself

[@kitten2799]

Ninjons´energy is what i aspire to give of

[@hankscorpio8928]

Fantastic video! I may have to buy a bug from that army just to paint. Do you have any suggestions on how to do Gray Death Legion from Battletech (essentially urban camo) with oil washes? I’m thinking: Prime black, zenithal with white, stripe with Vallejo Carbon Grey, then a black oil wash?

[@RichardJRussell]

Backpacks...and belt pouches... and buttons... oh my!

[@williamscarvie4498]

Beautiful paint jobs, Ninjon.

[@MestreGuilderiusLCB]

Awesome video as always, learned a few cool tricks, especially for oil washes that I'm dreading to use yet xD And to answer the final question : I do prefer painting monsters and weird creatures with teeth, claws, tentacles and jaws, rather than spending hour and hours painting the same backpack or pouches ! My favorite Malifaux crew for example is the keywork Nightmare, a gang of monstruous weird creatures imagined by a twisted boy ! Glorious sculpts and so much room to creativity :D

[@adamtournier5196]

Just always lead with Daryl!! Best first 30 seconds on the internet!!

[@silvernome]

Ohhh first time hearing about the liquid pigments - they came out great.

[@Dresden76]

Enjoyed the tips about order of operation for inks on the carapace. A lot of the rest seemed to be a rehash of previous videos. I loved that you used models that weren’t GW. I’d love to see your take on a Marvel or Star Wars diorama.

[@chrisg1441]

Cool vid lots of great techniques, thanks!

[@Rattrap24]

Great video I love painting monsters so much more than PC’s, or NPC’s

[@ionminiatures]

I love my Ravaged Star minis and am all in for the next campaign as well.

[@johnlloyd4082]

Great video! I can never get the Golden fluorescent paints to work as well as you do. Even with no thinner, they come out too thin and get runny with the airflow of the airbrush. What’s going wrong? Too much PSI in the compressor? Not enough patience? Too close with airbrush? Can you share more details as to your technique and settings to get the glowing effects?

[@bluething3D]

Love the sculpts and the paintjob, so cool!

[@sevencoloredmage8726]

You forgot to somehow put Warhammer in the video title. I recently thought about making a white oil wash, good to see it's going to work great.

[@BMichaelGalloway]

9:33 BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! SKULLS 💀💀 FOR THE SKULL THRONE!! >]

[@miniwargaming]

I couldn’t agree more! Haha

[@BDWANNEMACHER]

Warlord Titan! Also I really love the flying bug

[@corvusgamesterrain]

Those models are gorgeous. Paint job is beautiful too.

[@Rhaenday]

That first model you showed is sooooo a Baneling! Edit: Awesome results! Really nice!

[@jgodby1]

You make this look soooo simple. I just need to practice!

[@chasejarvis4319]

I normally listen to your videos and my head shot up from the model I was painting when you said “Warlord Titan” ya got me

[@manuelprsnl]

You were right, I really like this video too :)

[@tomgreen8806]

This was an absolutely awesome video! How do you decide when to use ink through the airbrush vs transparent paint/shades?

[@mattrodbro6100]

Where do you find the great music for your videos? Great choices.

[@BlareWolfgang]

The first 30 seconds were so good, I watched them twice

[@kayocoelho1522]

Awesome video! Thank you!! What is the name of the colour of that yellow ink?

[@Imbamorial]

I watch all your vids all through. Hilarious intro dude!

[@tomacc9859]

You're a real one, man.

[@mmlips]

Holy crap, that WAS awesome!

[@jamescrawford8538]

A local game store was selling the pro acryl signature paints you and Vince did, I laughed and bought one. Good vid

[@Pholhis]

These came out great. That army would be incredibly stunning if you got round to painting it all.

[@lmedved5000]

What a fantastic, accessible video! Some awesome tips in here! Thanks for making this!

[@adwag3573]

Woah shots fired at squidmar..... lol Also..... Ravaged Star is NOT hard plastic. Ravaged Star is made of PVC very different.

[@keverc]

i prefer painting dragons and the large DnD monsters. i gotta say that because this video i will be investing in some oil paints and odorless mineral spirits upon my next trip to get supplies. i dig the videos and all the tips, tricks and techniques i learn. thanks so much and keep the videos coming please!

[@Psyvess]

Hello there i'm a huge French fan. But i always had a question : what are the shelves you use near your computer. Because they seem reaaaaaally nice ! thanks !