OIL WASHES Beat SPEEDPAINT

Painting can be hard. Let's see how easy we can make it with some simple oil washes, for dramatic results.
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[@tabletop-mini-showcase]

sending a 3D print and a mould line remover is some high-level trolling lol, tip of the hat to that to that guy.

[@dustpunkminiatures]

Your videos don't always need to be educational. I'm personally here for the whole vibe Dave. great vid!

[@jcpouzols]

Congrats on your trial run with oils! It came out great! A couple notes on the difficulty to add thicker paints and blend, especially with the yellow highlights around 11:05 : 1) the major principle of oils is working thin to thick, a.k.a. "fat over lean", basically starting with thinned down layers and coming back afterwards with less and less thinned down layers. That helps hugely. 2) it's important to consider how transparent your colors are. Usually the tube says if the color is transparent, semi-transparent or opaque. Building on a previous layer with a more transparent color can be rough if you actually want to go up on the value scale, i.e. go brighter, for highlights especially. If all you have is a transparent yellow, maybe consider adding a tiny bit of white in there to make it more opaque, or even another color that is not too cold or too dark in value. Hope that helps, and I hope you'll keep experimenting with oils

[@buchsg]

With oil paints you need two brushes, one to apply the color and one you keep away from any type of mineral spirit or thinner so basically a dry brush, which is used to blend only (filbert brush are the best for that)

[@timothyyoung2962]

"It doesn't need to conform to any acrylic base standard, or what would be, I mean it doesn't anyway because it's my fucking model" should be the rule everyone paints by! Do your own thing that makes you happy. Same with gaming. Once you buy that model, or game, do what makes you happy. Have fun. Octopus lady looks cool. The color blending really sells the whole slimy, sea-thing look she has. The fighter turned out damn good too.

[@MSPaints]

I realised in the edit that was probably the most useful part of this video! haha, thanks bud!

[@Dk10K]

Great first attempt at oils! The hardest part about learning them is having to think completely opposite of how you attack everything in acrylics. You just need some blending brushes and I think you will do much better next time! If you want to go down the rabbit hole I suggest you take a look at James Wappel and Mended Brush Studio whom both are really great about getting into the nitty gritty. Keep up the great videos! I always point new hobbyist your way because everything video you create you always break it down in a way that folks who have never painted before can connect to!

[@nurglematthew893]

Rocked it

[@guybeckett9576]

Love the kickstarter bundle defo putting some cash aside for that great idea.

[@mikevincent8728]

Really like the lighting and audio on this vid, very fresh. Also "Congratulations ma'am, it's a... squid."

[@juriaan13]

A sea octopus lady even..

[@docremington1589]

A tip for the highlighting process: use a second, clean, dry brush for the blending. NJM gave the best oil advice: imagine you’re spreading butter on a piece of bread. 😂 Oils are truly amazing.

[@groucho9748]

The trick with oils is base out your colors in acrylic and then use oils for the for the tonal shift on your base color. You only need a tiny dab of oil paint then use another brush to feather the pigment. A little goes a long way. You push the oil paint where you want it you don't actually paint it on like acrylics. also squeeze the paint onto some card board and let it sit for about 5 min so some of the oil drains out and you have more pigment. The paint will become less slippery and bind to the model's surface a lot better. Once you get use to the behavior of oils you'll never go back!

[@asdf9890]

I started using oils over acrylic on my model aircraft. I’m by no means great, but your tips are what I’ve found to work also. Thinning and pushing the colors around with a dry brush rather than “painting” are key. I like the time it allows for adjusting, versus acrylic where it often dries too quickly.

[@euansmith3699]

What, Dave's videos are about painting and modelling? I thought they were about great humour and cinematography! As Tony Hart used to say, "There is no way you can shit the bed with this process." 😄

[@brother_bear_hobbies]

Why don't we get more Hector and Tony interacting with one another??? That was great. Thanks for all the hard work you do, Dave. Keep up the great content

[@MSPaints]

Cute innit? I'll be doing more of them together, once After Effects starts behaving itself better haha

[@brother_bear_hobbies]

@MS_Paints can I suggest them playing chess or checkers and Tony thinks he's winning then hector does a brilliant move that is instant check mate or removes a bunch of checkers and Tony says where did you learn to play? Hector croaks Tony says, "What no, we are playing (game). What do you mean you've never played How about we play poker?? Cut to Tony with one chip and hector with a mountain Tony says, "Beginners luck or I'm not playing with you anymore

[@MSPaints]

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[@Antheraws]

Charming community. Until they see or hear Gundam. Keep on rollin King.

[@playwow2670]

Very striking finished model you did an excellent job thats definetly one I think anyone who sees it will be wowed by

[@garretclark6731]

I use a similar technique with thin oils. It is awesome with a slap chop style base. Just be careful if you use spray cans to prime as the mineral spirits will wash the primer off.

[@winstonsmith8316]

Great video, Dave. Thanks! I have never tried oils on a mini. I may have a go at it someday after seeing this.

[@SvartElric9]

Thanks for the video Dave! I just bought myself some garish oil paints, can't wait to try them out. P.S.: loved the interview you did over at The Painting Phase :D

[@Acrylicviking]

Thanks for sharing your venture into oils, for sure a different medium than acrylic, but they can also work nicely together if applied properly.

[@madmachanicest9955]

You really don't give yourself enough credit when it comes to your paint work. You're no golden demon winter but you're easily one of the best painters I have seen on KZbin and the fact that your skill level is more approachable than godlike makes all of your work much more impressive. Instead of it being holy crap that's impossible how did they do that and said his holy cow that's amazing I can do that.

[@CampaignTerrain]

Always rewarding to step outside the comfy box. Cool of you to talk about the mess ups, and how to pivot with them. Great vid, even if big Tony was a bit disappointed

[@TheHairydanny22]

i like the background music, reminds me of final fantasy ps2 era

[@kl1thedominion]

Awesome video as always, I just started messing around with oils myself. As an aside, awesome Sazabi hobby case you've got there!

[@TheFriendlyEnglishman]

Great vid sir!

[@grimmriffer]

Kudos for giving oils a go, and on squid lady you found a way to make them work really well! I, also, was drawn in by the promises of an intuitive, forgiving, blend happy medium, and bought some really pretty decent W+N oils. And the results were terrible. The consistency is like pushing around toothpaste, adding thinner makes them collapse suddenly to something akin to an enamel panel liner. They are incredibly punishing of mistakes, as any mistake is wet paint onto wet paint so immediately merges, and can't be corrected unless you're prepared to wait three days to paint over it. Most of the 'tubers who "paint with oils" actually do 90% of the work with acrylic and then slap a wash on and maybe a few smudged highlights. At the end of the day, acrylics were invented for a reason - the reason being, and this is just my opinion; oils are f***in' awful! 😆 (And all those who advocate them are agents of Tzeentch!!)

[@thomaswilliams5005]

Looks great and thanks for the advice. Ive seen oil paints before and thought nah too hard. But I might give them a try now

[@JeiFaeKlubs]

that turned out great!

[@carlstanford7607]

I’m not much of a painter…proceeds to create beautiful mini. Well done buddy

[@MSPaints]

Thanks Carl!

[@firezemissiles5731]

Okay your voice is gold my man.

[@johnbruce4004]

Interesting stuff Dave. I too had suspicion that second process would be better. I think I'll be giving it a go.

[@garyjenson8262]

Nice job Dave. Oils get easier very fast but yeah the cheap stuff is terrible. I've resigned that stuff to washes and glazes.

[@edwindrood2816]

Here after Painting Phase interview. Subscribed!

[@geekfreak69]

Superb miniatures. I have come across Legend Of Keepers via KZbinr Miniature Hobbyists and I am excited about the possibilities for the gaming community with this kickstarter campaign Dave

[@FelipeBudinich]

I personally prefer acrilic base, oil blending and highlight with heavy body acrylics. Feels like easy mode.

[@astrozombiac3535]

As someone who works for a theme park, 10 pounds is about 15 bucks American, you're probably walking away with a hot dog a drink and, if your lucky, a bag of chips.

[@edinnuir7518]

Cool, gonna give this a crack! as a note, from 7:15 until 7:35 theirs a flickering going on with your video...not sure whats happened but it made it hard to look at my screen. Just thought i'd let you know dude. Keep up the great work!

[@loadedgun28]

Love the video, could you put up a list of the oils Paints used please.

[@aristotle29]

At the end of the video when you are painting the smaller mini (11:30) it looks like there was too much thinner in your paint. Thinner is great, but if you are trying to layer and then blend, you want fat paint. With fat paint, you can pretty much run it over thin paint and it won't immediately blend, so you can control it better. Also, I use cheap oil paints, that isn't the issue, it's the amount of thinner.

[@searle_harbour]

id sure hate to run into that octopus monster in a foggy lovecraftian fishing village.....

[@Marcusstratus]

Interesting that you and @52 Miniatures both chose an oil based direction

[@astrozombiac3535]

I just saw your interview on The Painting Phase, which was awesome. I was wondering if you'd do a list video with movie suggestions...you know...for painting inspiration or something

[@TheMichaellathrop]

What about doing orange and yellow highlights as well as some green shadows all with very translucent acrylic paints and then doing a red oil paint over the whole piece of cloth?

[@athollmcnicoll1028]

Well Dave does it matter which style we use , as after all said and done if we buy into this theme, then whatever we decide to paint them as is up to us and to hell with what everyone else thinks, unless going in for competition standards.

[@Andrewc87563]

GW stole my oil paints and kicked my dog!

[@artycharr]

Dave you look like youve lost weight! great vid as always!

[@pazuzu_666]

Probably been mentioned, but I am too lazy to look. Put your oils on cardboard to absorb the excess oil, if you want to faster drying time.

[@el_passo_painting2796]

Oil paints are great. Turnes painting into an even more relaxing hobby. Welcome to the dark side!

[@andrewamann2821]

Tubed talent, when applied with a bit of thought...

[@el_passo_painting2796]

@@andrewamann2821 id certainly say it makes blending alot easier. But a fair bit of practice is needed to get the most out of them. I'm using oils not just for washes,but from the base up and blending and building colours and textures from that. I would use acrylics then to finish. Thats where oils come into their own.i love the freedom they give you to experiment with time to work on something without drying in next to no time.👍

[@andrewamann2821]

@@el_passo_painting2796 hence the "with a bit of thought" caveat. The workflow with oils can seem a bit like watching a movie with the scenes arranged in chronological order, but the film, itself, running backwards, if you're already used to the comparably blistering pace that acrylics kind of force on the beginner, before they broaden their knowledge of the medium. That said, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. When you have all the time in the world to get things just as you want them to be, it takes a lot less time to get there when you don't have to restart the process if you screw things up a bit.

[@el_passo_painting2796]

@@andrewamann2821 yeah,thats for sure. Enjoying the hobby is the main thing, no matter how you get there.👍😎

[@robot7759]

Just gas, figuratively 😂

[@samhoban2509]

Yo!

[@guardsman8119]

Hey Dave how can I buy a Hector tshirt? 🐸👕

[@MSPaints]

Working on getting them back in stock before summer bud!

[@guardsman8119]

@MSPaints oh sweet! Will definitely grab one and represent in Australia 🇦🇺 🐸

[@DrJackJeckyl]

Jesus, Man...

[@noops9220]

I think you might need more fibre in your diet

[@UnJack92]

WHY USE A BLUE LIGHT TO SHOW OFF THE RESULT!!! Misleading...

[@wheresouroutlaw]

Honestly, your only real mistake happened right out of the gate, you need artist quality paint. You said it yourself with trying to blend the yellows, the pigments are too gritty and grainy to work nicely with. Dmitry Fesechko @dmitryfesechko274 Says it way better than I can but if you ever want a serious crack at what you were attempting, his video changed how I look at painting forever. I basically only use oils now. Cheers, and “eating beans and toast off chief Obrians face,” is still my favourite line!