Painting Miniatures Armor & Weapons - You Should Be Using Inks!

[@newtpondskipper]

I've been using brown ink for my gold and I've loved it. Thanks for touching on the subject.

[@Wijkert]

Great tutorial! Would like to add, that Vallejo inks are on the matt side compared to other lines (especially the artist ones from Liquitex and Daler Rowney for example), so those would preserve the sheen of the metallics more.

[@cams.2083]

I would love to see a video on you're miniatures collection, I'm sure it's vast! Lots of 28mm and 15mm and scale models. Its a lot to ask but if you're looking for some new content we would enjoy it!

[@bettsdn]

Using inks changed my workflow when painting. So useful in so many ways which you demonstrated here. It's my skin tone secret.

[@PaulGestwicki]

Are you willing to share that secret? :)

[@steveisaak4320]

What do you do?

[@lovemysi07]

Please, please, please do more ink applications. This is so helpful

[@kallisto9166]

Co-signed! Inks are great. I use black ink on almost every mini.

[@dannycurtis3575]

This is going to be real useful when I get to paint my Darkest Dungeon Boardgame.

[@lovemysi07]

I've watched this video around 10 times and it still looks like magic up me. I need to learn how to control the ink and water mix better like you're clearly doing.

[@jevonp]

Make sure to dab your brush on paper towel to remove excess like he does each time he touches the palette with brush

[@goodman7097]

Thanks man. Painting a Paladin for guy at our group and need some yellow in the armor. this will really help out. Your videos are super helpful

[@PGNogueira]

Absolutely fantastic technique. Thanks for sharing.

[@brettneedham3713]

Awesome video, been waiting for this

[@DFloyd84]

Lovely work. And the BGM is classy.

[@timroberts69]

I love painting with inks. White ink seems to spray way better than white paint (it covers better and doesn't spatter as much overspray).

[@stickmanwut2379]

White ink is a real secret weapon for mini painters! I’m almost evangelical about it.😂

[@PaulGestwicki]

@@stickmanwut2379 What are some of your favorite applications of white ink? I bought some a long time ago and have struggled to figure out what to do with it.

[@MazariPL]

Definitely need more vids with the use of inks. There's very little practical info on the net.

[@BootsontheTable]

Interesting, I must play with some inks as I like the effects on armour... I have some War of the Roses miniatures who could benefit from this approach

[@thth-sv4bt]

I like using Vallejo White Aluminum as a basecoat for all metals, be it steel, bronze or copper. Then I use inks to get the colors I want. And for highlights I usually mix ink with white alluminum.

[@joeokabayashi8669]

Another great tutoria; thank you for this vid!

[@kevinsheppard507]

this was truly awesome video. I have tried regular paints with metallic and agree with your assessment. Was not pleased with the overall outcome. I just recently bought some inks and will have to try this on my current model I'm working on. Keep up the great videos!

[@chefskiss6179]

Thanks for this. Is there a base coat (that dark grey) applied first (for tooth)? Or is that dark grey the way the figure came when purchased? Thanks.

[@wargamesgeek1334]

Great video, I’ve subscribed 👍👍

[@jasonfrederick6564]

fantastic

[@Valandar2]

As a warning to fellow viewers - ONLY use ACRYLIC inks. Alcohol based inks easily "reactivate", and bleed through anything you paint on top, including laquer, making cleanup after mistakes or sloppy splashes literally impossible.

[@mitchturner7563]

Cool music👌

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@petrinafilip96]

Your opinion on contrasts over metallics? You can get beautiful dark bronze if you apply grey contrast over Balthasar Gold. And any contrast over metallic/silver primer does wonders for colorful armour.

[@the250mikec]

Awesome. Thanks

[@bryanhall9034]

Another masterclass.

[@Tremadog102]

I've got old Citadel inks and some Scale 75 inks that I rarely use. I'll have to be a bit more adventurous with their application. There has to be more to inks than just coffee staining.

[@dirigoallagash3464]

Wait, I thought if we weren't doing NMM we were painting wrong?! ;-) Looks good, Doc.

[@NikoTeaJay]

Doesn't look any better than TMM if you ask me. But I do find it more fun to paint NMM. All's good :)

[@Kojak0]

There is no wrong way to paint as long as the end result is good. That said: I have never liked NMM - it can look great from one angle, but change the angle you look at the model and... it sucks. So thanks but no thanks.

[@mikefish1124]

I'm glad the NMM fad has essentially passed.

[@kaijindono]

Would this only work with acrylic inks, or would alcohol based inks do? (FYI, you can make alcohol inks from Sharpies)

[@charlyrivers906]

Awesome video!! Thanks a lot, I was looking for adding ink to metallics without losing the gleam. Have you tried with Vallejo Metal Color range? It’s water based but I found using it with liquitex inks it’s extremely runny and difficult to control, although the color mix is really awesome specially with an airbrush. Thanks again and keep up the good work!

[@ThePaintingClinic]

They are good, though only some are brushable.

[@kal6351]

A bit of a side question. This is a very shiny figure... Do you varnish at the end? If so, what type? If not, what to do as 'protection'? Btw, lovely figure. I've never consider using ink to shade armor like that. I'll have to experiment :-)

[@XYZdude00]

Testors dull cote will never steer you wrong

[@kal6351]

@@XYZdude00 but that would destroy the shine. The question is really only about models that is meant to be shiny. I've also tried hand brushes gloss varnish on applicable part, but that leaves something to be desired compared to the original shine.

[@XYZdude00]

@@kal6351 For me that was never an issue. I like the matte sheen as rarely anything is that glossy in real life.

[@herlocksholmes9369]

I like to apply a mixture of Vallejo Gloss and Satin varnishes with a brush. Usually, I start with a coat of roughly 50-50 Gloss and Satin to the whole model. When that is completely dry, I apply pure Satin to areas that aren't supposed to be shiny, like skin and clothes. If the shiny areas look either too shiny or not shiny enough, I give them another coat of Gloss/Satin mix, but with a different mixing ratio to get the desired effect. Finally, I some times add a coat of Satin and Matt mix (or even pure Matt) to areas I want to look extra matt, typically sand, rocks or weathered areas. However, it might be a good idea to practice this technique on some of your less important models or just on a less visible area on a model :)

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Everything I do is varnished with Vallejo matt varnish.

[@gachacaspa]

Looks like a wow alliance warrior