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@SkitZHitZ3 ай бұрын
You just use iso with the sprues from the minis*
@Prometheus40KStudio2 ай бұрын
just tried milanote its amazing thankyou for recommending a really good software, if you make any more like the skaven would be amaxing if you could share it i thought yours was amazing and inspiring
@shmurblurr14593 ай бұрын
Much prefer videos like this over the speed paint/gimmicky videos the algorithm wants. I like to just see a dude having fun, painting his minis. Keep up the great work, love your videos, man!
@kitten27992 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@Outland90002 ай бұрын
100%
@KrisTomich2 ай бұрын
I think the people speed painting are having fun too.
@kitten27992 ай бұрын
@@KrisTomich Yeah. But that's not really what we are talking about now, is it?
@beaverdam11993 ай бұрын
"Savagely ridiculed by all the other warhammerers" very true!!
@seanwmcinnes2 ай бұрын
John, please keep this up! MANY of my favourite content creator mini painters seem like they aren't even painting minis anymore. I just wanna watch someone with sick skills paint a mini from start to finish. Please keep it up! Especially the colour palette box style video!!!!
@trip9g2 ай бұрын
What about Trovarion? Or Vince Venturella? Duncan Rhoades? What are you talking about dude?
@seanwmcinnes2 ай бұрын
@@trip9gThose guys are okay, Vincent V probably moreso. But they’re not Ninjon.
@gofur733 ай бұрын
I'm painting minis for 15 years now and I played exactly 4 matches.
@MultiZegamer3 ай бұрын
Classic miniature artist.
@chadkittleson54473 ай бұрын
I'm the same way. And even though I paint 100 times more than I play, I'm still not interested in painting stuff I don't have a gaming purpose for. Can't make sense out of it, but I'm happy.
@brandonchaplin97823 ай бұрын
@chadkittleson5447 I'm the same, been doing it 8 years and unless it was part of the same army etc I wouldn't bother. Finally started playing in the past year and yeah that made life easier
@nickpeachey41993 ай бұрын
@@chadkittleson5447completely agree, I cannot find value in painting something that can't be put into the game. I play so few games I'm concerned about a non recognisable model being rejected by my theoretical opponent. Bad mindset, especially for practice/improvement, but sadly here I am.
@Adamantos-Elean2 ай бұрын
That is the entire problem with the hobby.
@Brettpw3 ай бұрын
Paint more skaven in videos until they are all done. Then release a painting skaven movie. The spiffing Brit tells us this is the best way to beat the algorithm
@ResurrectedBrush3 ай бұрын
Regarding always going one step brighter with highlights: One thing I always try to keep in mind is that my painting lights are WAY brighter than display/tabletop lights. So often what might look almost over the top under the painting lights really won't pop nearly as much under tabletop lights. When in doubt, I'll step away from the painting table and let my eyes adjust to normal lighting and then take another look at the model to see how I feel about the highlights.
@cfnfl3 ай бұрын
Great point, and good tip. I often can be found, seemingly looking lovingly into the eyes of my current mini in every room of the house.
@ResurrectedBrush3 ай бұрын
@@cfnfl What do you mean "seemingly"??? 😂🤣😂
@miksi5827Ай бұрын
To paint rat to grey, first paint it white, and then paint it red, like in that song. After finished, paint the rat with brown... doh, obviously! Excellent work btw!
@createdmanpainting3 ай бұрын
Always a nice day when a Ninjon vid drops.
@lovedeathdice3 ай бұрын
Loving the longer shots of this episode! It's super enlightening to just watch the process and brushwork.
@parallaxgames3 ай бұрын
Idea for next video: The latest Battletech kickstarter has begun arriving for backers. It's something different than you usually do, it's at a different scale. A video on depicting the size of a five story robot at 6mm scale would be great.
@KK-nl1kn3 ай бұрын
Spearhead truly is a painters blesseing. This is by far the best army painting ive seen, from you, so far. Really feels like every model gets the attention it deserves this way and itll be such an accomplishment when its fully done. Fuck the algorithm this is great. I'd love more videos like this
@Matt-jp6if3 ай бұрын
As a person who enjoys the hobby part and the playing part of miniature games, skirmish and small scale games are such a blessing. Being able to just kick back and spend time making those 15 models look absolutely the best I can, but still knowing I get to play with a fully painted force at the end of it is such a great thing.
@KK-nl1kn3 ай бұрын
@@Matt-jp6if exactly!
@ricardosimoes25072 ай бұрын
This paintjob is absolutely amazing. Simple steps that add up to an outstanding result.
@Merdurphace3 ай бұрын
The part of the process I keep finding myself stuck at is how to choose the undertone/shadow color for any project. I never would have thought to use such a vibrant red.
@carlstanford76073 ай бұрын
You can get books on colour theory and there are tools online that generate complementary colours etc. hope that helps
@Merdurphace3 ай бұрын
@@carlstanford7607 that actually does help, a ton. Thank you! So at its most basic, I should be looking towards the complimentary color of my mid tone for my shadows/base color?
@FleshCastle3 ай бұрын
@@Merdurphace it all depends on the vibe you're out to achieve. Color theory isn't a set of rules, just a tool to find an end product you're going for. But don't worry about color theory too much, just focus on what looks good
@mandasity3 ай бұрын
@@Merdurphace You can use a general rule of thumb as a starting point for a number of different painting styles. Complementary colors create the most contrast possible using just the colors themselves (others include different varnish finishes, different saturation values like a nice vibrant blue vs a pale blue, etc.) and I wouldn't use them as the shadow to the mid tone unless I wanted something like a synthwave color scheme, or to go for something kinda like OSL to tie stuff together. My advice for something simple and basic is a darker version of the mid tone. Navy blue into ultramarine blue into a sky/powder blue for the highlight for example. Another example would be brown into orange into yellow. These are called monochromatic colors I think. Ninjon has this cool video where he paints one of those 40k space dwarves, whatever they're called, using a different artists' style and you'll see something similar to this skaven where the upper layers are a variety of colors that feel like 'normal' painting but literally all the shadows are some shade of blue/purple/magenta.. it gives an almost OSL like feel, like with this skaven, where it sort of unites the colors on the mini and would do the same across the entire army. Like the other guys said, color theory is great but it isn't a manual on what you should be doing.. especially since there's also a number of different types of complementary styles like split compliments or triads - I use color theory for inspiration or as a tool when I'm trying to achieve something specific.
@Masquerademasque3 ай бұрын
man the warpstone contrast, was like bam.. done. loved it. love skaven. Good job! looks awesome
@geoffmcdaniel70822 ай бұрын
Always love how you show the process to get through the "Ugly" steps to get to the finished model. Looks amazing again Jon! My vote for your next painting project should be something from a small/lesser known model company that you picked up and has been gathering dust in your pile of shame. I've always enjoyed those videos more than another Warhammer thing.
@andrewphelan80662 ай бұрын
Have to say agree with just watching you paint amazingly is so great , and it is way more inspiring and with what you do it allows for the viewer to see what they like and use it as you do quite a lot of different techniques in very practical ways .
@JoshHatesRunning2 ай бұрын
Crazy to see the arc of your development from the first video where you imitate craftworld studios and how you've taken it and made your own style from it. I'm starting a votann army painted in this style. Thanks!
@jamieritch36683 ай бұрын
I would actually love to see more Skaven! Keep this project going and finish the Spearhead, would love to see it all done.
@GetterAtomsk3 ай бұрын
Very well done, that's got to be the best Rat Ogre paint job I've seen yet.
@gekalskip3 ай бұрын
loving all the skaven stuff, these models are really next level, especially for all those different poses on the clanrats GW really deserves credit. The rat oger is awesome, but i would love to see a traditional brown one and how to make that look good, retro you know ;P
@danmiller42423 ай бұрын
Really enjoying the slower take on painting up the army. Please keep it up with the skaven painting. Would love to see your full take on that half of the box
@nathanmeluvor7803 ай бұрын
I’d love to see the warpblaster, mostly because it’s the model most different from those you’ve painted, and would be the most interesting to see your approach.
@clawhammr6662 ай бұрын
I prefer these high quality paint jobs to the speedpainting in x many hours/days, feels like more creators are moving to the latter, thanks for this and fantastic job on this overall.
@Vorpal_Wit2 ай бұрын
The Rats are lookin' good, Jon. I'm loving this series.
@jamiewhiteford83593 ай бұрын
Boo to the algorithm 😂 - more of this please. It's helping get my motivation back to painting. Thanks!
@Humatra2 ай бұрын
I could watch skaven painting videos all day long. And yours all night long.
@magetower2 ай бұрын
I used put all the models together for an army before painting. I found this caused me to have issues as all I could ever see is a mountain of plastic. Now, I just assemble and paint one unit at a time. Works great! Thanks for the video and sharing your time with us.
@shyer66463 ай бұрын
Wow . This is exactly the kind of video I have been hoping to find. I will be watching and re-watching all videos like this many times over the next few months. Thank you!
@Wijkert3 ай бұрын
09:03 fun to have a look at your color recipe plan.
@JohnnyTightIips2 ай бұрын
That skirt wetblend was beautiful
@cerisekappes5803 ай бұрын
I just love the army building and painting!!! Another beautiful paint job 😊😊😊
@miliika554215 сағат бұрын
Awesome tutorial, thank you!
@brushborneminiatures5063 ай бұрын
I'm starting a Cities of Sigmar and I'm taking a lot from your journey with your spearhead. Doing a test model for color and process, thinking about composition of my basing and taking my time to give each piece the attention it needs to really shine on the battlefield have all been amazing tips! Thank you! I can't wait to see your Grey Seer painted!
@hansiboo6572 ай бұрын
Always use a bit of glue but i will say this is the first time where the push-fit system didn't outright prevent me from properly assembling the model
@GilesCuddy2 ай бұрын
Loved this, can't wait to see the completed clan.
@4everMedicore3 ай бұрын
This and the last skaven video has really inspired me to put in that extra work in my next army. I usually try to paint up my minis as fast and efficient as possible, which is not a Very enjoyable experience, nor am i proud of my work.
@Athena_minis3 ай бұрын
Please continue this skaven army! This videos are awesome! :D
@thesaryn3 ай бұрын
I would love to see you paint some of the catalyst battletech miniatures.
@adamcellershaw2 ай бұрын
I'm not really interested in Skaven but I absolutely love watching your process of starting with rich colourful shadows and working up from there. Your balance between discussion and just letting us watch you paint is perfect. This is flat-out the best style of minipainting tutorial video on youtube and you're the master of them. Your videos are always slick, educational and entertaining, and inspire me to try new things. I like the idea you had in a recent TUP episode where you talked about painting a mini you'd been putting off until you were better.
@penta-cera-tops3 ай бұрын
I'd really like to see you tackle a Marvel Crisis Protocol model. They are larger than GW and, being superhero costumes, have a ton less of bits and bobs slammed everywhere. There is more open canvas for you to push pigment around on.
@Battle_Field_Painting3 ай бұрын
Great to see some of these techniques coming together! You should paint the Grey Seer next! Show us how magical these rats are
@CodeLlama3 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I look forward to your videos every week and you're my favorite channel on KZbin! Keep up the fantastic content, and thank you for helping me keep motivated and improve my painting every week! Watching your videos really helps me keep up momentum on my giant Tyranids army.
@slow_runner2 ай бұрын
Video idea: quick and dirty ways to modify the new Ork boyz kit so that if you build multiple kits, you don't end up with a bunch of clones.
@KevinoftheCosmos3 ай бұрын
His vids are always good, good. The Great Horned One smiles upon you, manthing.
@jamesfirth-haydon73812 ай бұрын
You are quite simply, a Genius.
@sonomirko2 ай бұрын
That look so awesome! It is such a natural feel to have the red undercoat with the fur and it looks just right! Great great job.
@adriandoyle86683 ай бұрын
At first I was like What? Vibrant red undertones? But it works. It works a treat. I love your style and this model turned out especially gorgeous.
@jc55122 ай бұрын
God these skaven are some of the best AOS models I have seen. I'm always put off by the stormcast but a lot of these other factions actually look great. This is really fun vibrant paint job too!
@kennypalmer89712 ай бұрын
Do the stormcast half of the spearhead. I think it'd be good for any brand new AOS players to see how you do big dudes in heavy armor as well as the rats when they pick up the starter box with a friend.
@MrSJPowell3 ай бұрын
Sounds like it's time to show how you take a simple army paint job to a top tier level and still keep it in line with the army with a Gray Seer or a Clawlord
@michaelgardiner34382 ай бұрын
When assembling push-fit, scrape the side of the peg to flatten the circular edge. This provides a channel for air (and glue) to escape while keeping the peg for support and alignment.
@ToddReynolds453 ай бұрын
I suggest army men, or spoons. We all know your love for painting them!
@zramirez54713 ай бұрын
Dude its AMAZING to see how your style and skill have progressed over the last couple years - your process has really become a "system" and watching the model transform in these videos is incredible
@joshbernal48643 ай бұрын
Dude that model looked awesome!
@edwardbusa23173 ай бұрын
Love the music in the episode today😊
@IPpainting3 ай бұрын
Im glad youre going for the more sustainable approach and as you said not chasing the speed painting as much. Always a pleasure to watch
@Deep-Strike-Miniatures3 ай бұрын
Another awesome paint job mate keep up the good work Love watching your videos
@green_manc2 ай бұрын
Great video! This is so helpful to my next step of painting my new add on to my rattos
@tylercarrera28983 ай бұрын
I hope the Vince v. Ninjon beef continues. Go Vince!
@calebjtv3 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to see your take on the ratling gun
@KijinDeconUkara3 ай бұрын
Would love to see you finish the whole box I. The next few videos
@andyvanhout2 ай бұрын
So I guess I'll check out LaCrosse Distilling Co. when I'm in LaCrosse next. Gorgeous part of the country, the whole Driftless region.
@damoose110113 ай бұрын
I love these paint an army to a high quality video. I am doing the same thing with Daughters of Khaine for AOS right now getting ready for the new edition! I actually found a new way to highlight gold and will likely go back and add that into the other models.
@J-Teg3 ай бұрын
Love your paint Style. Not making one speed paint video after another, but showing something new and interesting most of the time! ❤
@JackOfDiceAndThem2 ай бұрын
I really loved this video, as I love all your content tbh, but focusing on each model is great, and it's nice in the sea of speedpainting or display/competition painting videos to see a video which is just... paint your models well for your army as a labour of love. Though I will say you have a wonderful knack of very simply explaining a basic concept and executing it effortlessly then I look down at my dumb stupid hands and am unable to recreate but hey I'll get there. I'm a better painter now then when I watched your first video!
@jonathans.94883 ай бұрын
I’m legit enjoying the music.
@artusyeddou57923 ай бұрын
watching this while painting my spearhead is perfect
@a.d28683 ай бұрын
Beautiful models you've made here. Your work as so much improved throughout the years, we can see it, it's interesting to follow your journey ! Next model, maybe try the best gold/old gold recipe you can get to for the new Stormcast Reclusian boys ? Or honestly.. whatever, it'll be interesting anyways :)
@Tazymandius3 ай бұрын
You should paint some Rumbleslam minis! Think you'd have a blast painting them.
@seanmcgrath20493 ай бұрын
Commenting for Lord Algo, elder god of engagement, ALL HAIL ITS BENEVOLENT WISDOM, MAY IT EVER SMILE UPON US
@janetcameron46522 ай бұрын
Thanks Ninjon.
@VASM1606893 ай бұрын
That Rat Ogre looks crisp! I was a bit skeptical with the beginning of the paint scheme but it came out really tight! We need more rat ogres in our lives.
@MxxnLP3 ай бұрын
Comment for the mighty algorithm
@tBauncer3 ай бұрын
For the algorithm
@CaptainTrivia3 ай бұрын
All hail
@gonzilla43553 ай бұрын
more skaven! enjoy watching the army evolve and expand
@Seizedfaun3 ай бұрын
I got into the hobby for the painting and modeling aspect. Just recently I wanted to try my hand at kill team and also looking into spearhead for my slaves to darkness
@mattyt56053 ай бұрын
Loving the Skaven vids, planning on using yours as a base guide when my Skaventide box comes in. I would absolutely LOVE to see your take on the entire army. And if you are looking for something else to do I would love to also see your take on the Stormcasts, not necessarily the entire army, but a few units would be really nice! Basically, I'm looking for a Skaventide guide lol.
@Durer14712 ай бұрын
Nice work! Much prefer your approach to rat ogres than the official box art. Your integrated base colour approach and flayed flesh makes waaaaay more sense than GW’s shaved rat scheme!
@neilcressey81893 ай бұрын
Gotta say I really appreciate the simplicity and yet detailed paint guide. I know, for example, you could have done what so many KZbinrs do and paint the metal all in NMM. But I just can’t do it. It always looks shocking. But your guide helps me to paint in a way that is my ability and my models look good afterwards. Thanks! 👍👍 (entertaining too 😂)
@datolicious48323 ай бұрын
Love this painting video more then the speedpainting ones! Great job👍
@christhompson29933 ай бұрын
Loving the Skaven inclusion, hoping to see some Seraphon in the future!
@kingkreaghan3 ай бұрын
I am always excited when another Ninjon video drops!
@irakhlin3 ай бұрын
Ninjon have you ever tried this? For push fits try putting some tamiya extra thin on the pegs. It lubricates them and lets the air escape so you can get a tight fit.
@RealJahzir3 ай бұрын
I am really grateful you are doing this series of videos
@MarketResearchReading1143 ай бұрын
I've got my solution for paint on mud, its a 250 ml thing of Daler Rowney simply acrylic matt medium, and then coarse texture medium by liquitex basics acrylics that's another 250 ml. This stuff goes far, I've based my Morkanaut, I've based a ton of other stuff, I've used the matt medium on a painting and liberally, and I've used it all for texture effects. Give this two part combo a try. First paint on your goopy coarse texture medium, this will give it a sandy look, which hey, you might dig. I needed it to be just a bit more damp and lose some of the crisp grain look, so with some gooped on matt medium, bam. I've got my favorite (so far) paint on application for a texture effect. With a two part solution I can tune some parts to look more gritty, and have more fine grains, and where I want a more glumped up mud? Just more gooped on matt medium. You can even sort of sculpt with the Coarse Texture, I used it to gap fill, and apply spittle, to a bomb squig that the mouth didn't quite meet the seem for the body. Same with matt medium, if you painted something with a primer, and want to do a quick fix, matt medium can gap fill for you pretty well.
@eddansintel3 ай бұрын
Love a Dale appearance!
@JamieDaggers3 ай бұрын
I don’t think I’ve played a full Warhammer game in 2 years, but I DO paint daily! It’s always exciting to see the new models/model refreshes! Great video as usual Jon! ❤
@darbydolan46553 ай бұрын
loving this series john!
@andersolsson16593 ай бұрын
I really liked the red shadow for the fur... might nick that from you ;) Love the paint job as a whole too - ofc :)
@AronFigaro3 ай бұрын
As a Skaven vet I kinda love the pink rats vs my leathery rats
@Mr_Haddles2 ай бұрын
Well, if nothing else, your throwaway line about how dirty your glasses are made me realise how dirty mine are as I watch the video! 🤣
@karimrezaie3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this man, I've pre-ordered my box and I was a bit worried that I was lacking a strategy for paint scheme. This has given me a good leg up, and I'm still using your smash chop for the leviathan box I bought to practice on.
@travisd28953 ай бұрын
I legit just built all those models with out glue. Had just a couple gaps. Push fit is way better than what it was
@nessus473 ай бұрын
I love watching these videos, they are so ASMR. And I get to learn to be a better painter ..win/ win.
@MagatsuNimura3 ай бұрын
Mooore raaaaats!! I'm enjoying the release of the new edition way too much, and I think the real reason is this. A bunch of awesome painters and quite a few of my favorite artists and content creators sharing their takes on the box, their armies, etc. Thanks for the video, the rat ogor looks amazing!
@AuburnDC-i7t3 ай бұрын
I have a Dark Angels army, but yet, I have never played a single game of Warhammer. Great video as always. Look forward to your next project. You should build and paint Lion El Johnson. Why you ask? only cus its the coolest Games Workshop model!
@benfieldhicks70643 ай бұрын
Loving the aos content! Can’t wait to get my box
@vadersjester3 ай бұрын
This is very cool, the Karandras contrast paint really makes those warpstone chunks pop against the reddish skin.
@EuanGZzap3 ай бұрын
I would really love to see some more Aeldari bring painted please
@Dresden763 ай бұрын
Great video! When you put the first two colors on it, I was super skeptical but you crushed it! As for what to paint next, pick the thing that’s the biggest hurdle for your in the remaining models and get it! :)