Pro Acryl Signature Series 5 and 6 Review - HC 444

In this Hobby Cheating Tutorial, I take you through everything you need to know about the new Signature Series 5 and 6 from Monument Pro Acryl. This are awesome additions to the line I think you'll really enjoy!
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0:00 Intro
1:42 Paints
2:35 Flameon Set
6:20 Glazing
7:45 Squig
11:00 NMM
13:17 Outro

[@roguehobbies]

I absolutely approve of your squiggy test subject! Glad you liked the sets (the green is also one of my favourites) 😎👍

[@VinceVenturella]

Your set is totally awesome! It was exactly what the range needed for sure.

[@christof586]

I assume it was asked a lot. but I just had the thought: I wish you would compete for Golden Demon again and enter Larry

[@christopherkelly9153]

When I saw the ‘brown set’ I immediately thought of all the leather boots, straps, and bags I always try to find subtly different colors for.

[@brkfstfd]

Hearing you talking about coverage when painting the pants makes me want a retrospective video on the Hobby Cheating series itself. We’ve come along way since the earliest videos where we teased people obsessed with coverage haha.

[@willjackson2492]

You painted that dude faster than it takes me to base a space marine backpack with my airbrush. I am humbly in awe of your talents.

[@juliecox6509]

I need a tee featuring Larry - I can't help but smile every time he appears on the painting desk ❤

[@Blackchance]

Seconded!

[@craigknights873]

I was sooooooooooo worried Vince had some bad news at 13:54, thought he was gonna come out with "And that is my last video, folks."

[@HobbyistPrinter]

It was probably just a missed edit point.

[@VinceVenturella]

It was indeed. :)

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

There’s an astronomer I watch on YT who posts her bloopers at the end. 😊

[@notnubilous3804]

He was praying to the painting gods, duh

[@FrazzledDadsMinis]

@@VinceVenturella The struggles of editing are real...

[@AJBunBun]

Vince just effortlessly paints better than 90% of all mini painters. I wish I has that talent

[@earnestwanderer2471]

Louise’s paints are perfect for the lil’ guys!

[@HolyZest]

2:10 forbidden m&ms 🤤

[@daniellof453]

Man, I need my own Larry.

[@Mikey__R]

Everyone needs Larry.

[@Baleandor]

Paint some vibrant and blingy Death Guard with that green!

[@mattbrown5234]

Monument: releases signature sets. Vince: Let me show you how these are great for skin tones. I’m still waiting for Vince’s demo of using the fluorescent set to paint skin tones.

[@kingkreaghan6762]

I love Monument Hobbies! It is pretty much the only paints I use. New sets look great. Thank you for the great video, as always!

[@seananderson2195]

At first I didn’t think I’d want Flameon’s set, because it didn’t seem to offer a ton of options imo. Then I realized that there seems to be a lack of browns in the base sets and expansions and realized I needed it. Then, to add to that, I saw Larry get that beautiful skin tone and realized I needed this set. So I’ll definitely be getting it now, thanks to your testing here.

[@dizqord]

Eyeing the Hot Dark Pink as the initial colour on some Hot Rod Pink Flame Space Marines. Hoping it covers well enough the lighter layers apply well over it 👍

[@Wesardry]

Hey Vince great video as usual!! I for one and more than ready for another skin tutorial from you and a NMM gold!!

[@ZzzyaxTheCuber]

Duncan Rhodes: Two thin coats. Larry the Ogre: 40 thin coats.

[@gamelover260]

I love your videos man, its a consistent Saturday. Its like seeing a friend paint!!!

[@VinceVenturella]

I appreciate that!

[@quitamgogh]

Vince charging up for the finisher @ 13:53

[@markgnepper5636]

I love all Vince Ventrella Videos👏👍🤙

[@Bloodthirstier]

I really hope that you tackle the Olive skin tones etc. As someone who is Mediterranean I find it hard to properly replicate the skin tone on a miniature

[@mandalorianknight7002]

As someone who tends to favor more neutral and desaturated colors Louise’s set had me a little skeptical. But, the way that you showcased them with on the squig has me re-evaluating my drab preferences 😅 Always more to learn in this hobby!

[@johnr9488]

I was exciting for these sets (as I am with all Pro Acryl paints), but hearing you praise the green makes me even more excited for them! Thanks for the video

[@JamesBrowningII]

Vince is such a beast! I wish I had a quarter of his talent.

[@spencernauman1524]

If you used a new Larry every time you could have had an army! Love seeing the returning character. Might pick up the Louise paint and figure out how to use it to make a Lumineth army I’m starting up really pop

[@VinceVenturella]

I do have an army of Larry's! He's the only one not painted part of the army. :)

[@robryan5478]

Was looking forwards to this review - glad to know I'll be picking them up too.

[@TundraGheist]

13:52 Vince taking a moment of silence for the soon-to-be-Legends? 😅

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

8:00 Mr. Squig! I just ordered a ton of Night Gobbos and squigs to rebuild my fantasy army and that looks AWESOME.

[@aislynalder6617]

Glad tp hear you like theae sets! Rogue is one of my favorite just for hwe amazong attitude and ive followed flameon for a long time. Thank you for the thorough and informative analysis as usual. Keep up the great work, Vince!

[@GoobertownHobbies]

Larry is lookin better than ever! I've been playing with both of these sets as well, solid solid stuff! :-) "squig red" - excellent point. I've been using flameon neutrals for teeth too 🙂

[@VinceVenturella]

Absolutely, for a set of mostly neutrals, it's actually really versatile in its applications. Hope you're doing well brother. :)

[@housedesk90]

Looking forward to trying these, hope they make it to retail soon

[@MonumentHobbies]

April 25th street date!

[@Life_in_m1n1]

Like this pro acryl paints a lot❤

[@whofreakincares1000]

🎉 as always a treat to see the man work! Glad someone said some different potential use for flameon paints. You got another whole paint set from MH to review Vince! On their site I submitted a review for your purple with a picture of a model I mostly painted You’ll have to forgive the bad English on the review though. Keep on inspiring!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@galatician8063]

Thanks Vince! Looking forward to more Pro Acryl!!! Yes, please bring on the full Panalopy! Looking for to the Adepticon set too!

[@skrittar5588]

I just got them too, didnt look into them yet but i was really pumped

[@ricardoflummiremus]

Congratulations on the 444th episode!! This was really interesting, I see I’ve got the same perception of colors, it’s nice to have a mix of really saturated high chroma paints, with black and white you can then desaturated but also while mixing complementarys. And a Gold Paint Palette wouldn’t be to bad if one struggles with it I guess, I already consider buying one, so far I own all sets and I’m really happy about it. But also I recognized that some paints from the first series seemed somewhat different - which I like when not all paints behave exactly the same but rather like pure pigments. Your royal purple and Jon’s dark magenta seem rather satin - could it be? Also I struggle with smooth application of satin paints, when I paint with matte colors I never have any problems, but with satin I smt get nasty textures on my minis. Sorry for bombarding you with words, have a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for everything you put out and sharing your knowledge and insight! It’s really priceless for me since I can’t afford buying books for hundreds month after month. A “quick” Vince tutorial always helps! Maybe make a video about mixing pigments into mediums ? I can’t seem to find the right ratio for powder and thinner / matte medium / flow improver etc. Thanks so much again

[@VinceVenturella]

The purple and magenta are a little more satin, not crazy, but we couldn't matte them compeltely because of the pigment mix, those colors are just naturally more satin.

[@mindyfranke5279]

Thanks for reviewing these sets, Vince. I will look for them eventually I'm sure, though I have so many paints right now that I most likely won't even use up before I die, I probably should just learn to mix my own. 😄

[@isisnmagic1812]

Grest video and definitely cant wait to see what rogue hobbies has to show on her video.

[@rustedbeetle]

I wasn't interested in the Flameon set as I don't care for golds, but I hadn't considered the set as a skin set. I'll pick it up on my next reorder. Louise's set is an instant buy. I need.the saturation in my life.

[@Epyon1201]

Boy, what a joker What a funny, funny guy I'll never forget about Larry No matter how I try

[@dances4980]

if the cops ever find him, who knows what they'd say, but ya know if old' lar was still with us today, He'd have to agree with me, it was a pretty good gag.

[@ILikeYous]

Haiku?

[@Epyon1201]

@@ILikeYous Weird Al

[@ILikeYous]

@@Epyon1201 Lol, that answer is awesome. Cheers.

[@grombatmole]

Thanks Vince! Love to see your thoughts on these paints. I’m hoping you can do a review of the Atom paints from big child (and especially how they compare to Golden SoFlat / liquitex acrylic gouache “quiche” paints)

[@richardrussell7082]

Hey, it's Larry! Everybody say Hi to Larry 😜

[@aaronwindham6065]

I like the signature series, but I really wish they would transition some of the signature paints over to like mainstay, some of the stores in my area I have a hard time actually getting anything that's not just a base paint level, and yeah I can order it online but you know if they sell well enough they should get promoted

[@bobbystickel5107]

Will you be reviewing the adepticon spray team proacryl set as well?

[@VinceVenturella]

At some point, yes indeed.

[@johnbruce4004]

A fun snappy ride through the two paint sets and definitely piqued my interest. I've some Japanese to paint and am looking forward to the NMM non-caucasian skin tone HC episode.

[@paulkingtiger]

I've been looking for a good goto Pro Acryl colour for leather for a while and Camel Brown looks like it might be it.

[@basstedson]

I'm a big fan of Rogue Hobbies painting style. That set might just have to get got.

[@laurence1414]

Love me some Larry!

[@rmfberry261]

The flameon set also makes me think of leathers.

[@MikeGeney]

Shout out to Larry the Ogor. thank you for your service Larry!

[@VinceVenturella]

Right on

[@spnoreika]

Hi Vince, really appreciate this and your other videos! Question: about the ultramarine blue in the Rogue Hobbies set, how does it compare to the ultramarine blue in almost every other paint lineup? It's a staple in many 'basic' sets and it stood out as a choice that would be redundant for quite a few people. Secondary question (unrelated), in the rack behind you there's some Golden brand paint -- which products of theirs do you use and for what? Thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

It's a nice solid ultramarine pigment blue, high saturation, I like it, more punch than some others out there. I use Golden HBA for some work, especially the lighter colors, I also like Golden So Flat and I LOVE the Golden hi-flow fluorescents.

[@alecryan5962]

Have you tried Golden Open acrylics paints? They're an acrylic paint that can ve mixed with water or other acrylics, but have the long working time of an oil paint. They've really helped me paint fabric and skin tones quickly and easily, and being able to mix them with the other paints I have to make blends or color match is a huge plus

[@VinceVenturella]

I'll have to check them out!

[@TheAyrrow]

Hey Vince. I love your videos and this one is no exception. I think because you've had a commercial relationship with proacryl there should be a proper disclosure. I trust your judgement. Thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

I couldn mention it, I should say, I have no commercial stake in these. I picked them up and I don't get any money or anything (other than if you use the affiliate link). I have lots of relationships with lots of companies, but I only make those relationships with companies that know I am always going to be independent and say how I feel about them. :)

[@TheAyrrow]

@@VinceVenturella cool! Thanks Vince!

[@jakelilevjen9766]

My daughter asked me why I have so many colors of paint, and the only answer I could come up with was, “Because I am not a good enough painter to only have a few colors.”

[@kyledavison9596]

Hey Vince, I was curious what your other 2 of the “3” paint brands you consider using are besides pro-acryl like you were talking about at the 2 minute mark. Love your vids, and these two new sets weren’t even on my radar until watching this video. Thanks for all your hobby cheats and great reviews 🙂 Oh, and for that great signature series of yours I’ve used on my SWL clone troopers 😄

[@VinceVenturella]

Pro Acryl, AP Fanatic and AK 3rd Gen.

[@felixraimundo421]

You mention ProAcryl is one of the three brands you consider, what are the other two ? I recently moved and all my paint swill be unavailable for a few years so I have to start from scratch ^^

[@VinceVenturella]

Pro Acryl, AP Fanatic, and AK 3rd Gen.

[@felixraimundo421]

@@VinceVenturella Thanks a lot :)

[@reformedbugman703]

The missed edit point near the end had me thinking that Vince was able to announce something bad.

[@nickmanzo8459]

That NMM gold set would be great for an idea I’ve got in the wings. One of the last Christmas gifts my mom got me (she died January 5th of this year quite suddenly) was the Reaper Metal miniatures Nativity Set and I promised her I’d have them painted for next Christmas. I’ve done a deep dive into the history of the nativity, and discovered that the Three Wise Men were intended from their earliest symbology in church history, to represent Europe, Africa, and Asia (The Americas having not been discovered yet). They are also highly associated with Mardi Gras (I’m a Louisiana native), so my intention was to paint one of them as a black man, one white, and one Asian, integrating those Mardi Gras colors as well. This NMM gold set would be perfect for the Asian skin I’ve been looking for (as I’ve had little to no luck finding any I’m happy with).

[@Zolerous]

My condolences. I'm sure she'd have loved to see you paint that Nativity set 👍

[@goforitpainting]

Cool 👍

[@kevinhayes517]

Wonderful video both for the review of the new paint sets, and for the quick demos of how the paints are and how they can be used. Always learn new things from every one of your videos. I very much appreciate your time and efforts!!!

[@insertname5371]

Please do a video on different skin tones I suck at them and want to hear your insight.

[@mattburnett7440]

Citadel screamer pink is my all time favourite paint colour, but I have struggled to find a darker shade and highlight shade to complement it. Do you think the Pro acryl magenta, Nikon dark magenta and rogue dark hot pink might work as a triplet? Or can you give any other recommendations about how to highlight screamer pink in particular?

[@VinceVenturella]

I think that would work great, but you could also use something like the purple or my royal purple in my set as a shadow.

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

Poor Larry the Ogre has been repainted so many times that I'm starting to suspect he is an Alpha Legionnaire. Edit: is everything okay, Vince? The end of the video there, you looked bothered by something.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, just a missed edit point, I do that to gather my thoughts before a take. :)

[@dguen798]

A legionnaire? He is Alpharius... Or Omegon.

[@garrgravarr]

Waaahhh! I don't want to wait until Wednesday for hours of biting sardonic wit regarding the AoS news... 😢

[@brkfstfd]

Gahhhh not technically available to me until the end of the month. My collection is not incomplete!

[@jorgemontero6384]

Is there not going to be a wide release of the Adepticon set? It had a few colors that I thought ProAcryl is really missing

[@VinceVenturella]

I think it's all available at the end of april.

[@komma8203]

This was fun, but you did not do the Adepticon set, is that not going to be released at the same time as these two sets

[@VinceVenturella]

Just wanted to limit it to these two, I will talk about that in the future. :)

[@balambgarden1349]

louises set is on top 1 place on my buy list, but we have to wait very long for monument products to drop in germany. newsh and the neons had only a small batch until now in april 24. The skin tone set is not of interest for me, because i have enough of this tones. but expect the vibrancy of my favourite color, bold pyrrole red, from louises set

[@S.A.S.H.]

Any idea when these are going to go up on the web site? I got an email flyer for preorders through Element games but not really wanting to deal with shipping from the UK to Cincinnati. On a completely unrealted subject, what playback speed do you use for the painting segments of your videos? I assume it is not real time.

[@VinceVenturella]

End of April

[@mikkelkirketerp4884]

Hi Vince! Im struggling with deciding what paint set/brand to buy into. I've got like 35 vallejo game color, some model color, some AK 3rd, 2 two thin coat, 5 pro acryl and 8 fanatics. I'm wondering if I just should get the Pro Acryl range, and then buy into another range for the colors thats missing, perhaps from Fanatics or game color. What is your recommended range for now, if one is to primarily buy from one range with the occasional fill from other ranges? Thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

AK 3rd Gen, Pro Acryl and AP Fanatics are all 3 my favorites and I use all 3 interchangably. My honest answer would be to mix and match between the rnages with the colors you like. I love Pro Acryl, and they are my main one, so your method is also completely sensible, just don't ever feel you have to buy into one thing completely.

[@mikkelkirketerp4884]

@VinceVenturella thank you! I've been thinking about if I should get kimera as my next purchase instead. How do you find them these days compared to PA, AK an fanatic?

[@petedunn3334]

Hi Vince, You mentioned you tested them through the airbrush. Can I ask whether you thin your Pro Acryl when airbrushing and if so with what and what dilution. Thanks Pete

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, it varies the consistency, but usually 2-3 drops of thinner to 1 drop of paint.

[@dguen798]

Vince, do you strip Larry or just prime over what you previously painted?

[@VinceVenturella]

Prime and paint, prime and paint. Never stripped him once in 450 videos.

[@schlitzie72]

Larry the Ogre for President!

[@NapGod]

this looks awesome! how was Louise's set in color mixing? I know it's set up to cover RBY/CMY and the gitz gobbo greek as a given.

[@VinceVenturella]

Great, no issues at all.

[@foreverfornever1124]

Seems like a bit of an odd question, but which signature series would you say is the most beginner friendly and which do you think provides more of a challenge to essentially master or utilize the most of out when it comes to various paint techniques?

[@VinceVenturella]

Tough question, but I think the first two, plus Rogue hobbies will be the most new friendly, then Flameon, Ben and Matt's sets (3 and 4) have the most complex and advanced uses.

[@foreverfornever1124]

@@VinceVenturella ok gotcha, thanks for answering my odd ball question haha. IV never worked with Pro Acryl paints so figured the small signature series paints would be a good chance to try them

[@jevonp]

I knew these were great already. The skin tone one seems awesome, probably gonna get that and a couple Caucasian tones to have the ability to paint faces without faffing about mixing Any recommendations to accompany it to help round out the skin tone palette

[@VinceVenturella]

Some pinks, purples and dark blues.

[@jevonp]

@@VinceVenturella thanks!

[@ziggman13]

Hey vince, very nice review. I searched pro acryl for a starterset to give as a reccomandation for beginners, but I couldn't find something for a starterset with a relative low cost. With your current knowledge now, what paintline or starterbox would you recommend the most to get started with the best paint in the beginning?

[@VinceVenturella]

Just Set 1 and 2 are good for the basics for sure.

[@brett88knight]

I will for sure buy the rouge hobbies and the adepts on set. I’m conflicted about the flameon set because I just a gold nmm set from AK. Do you think also adding that set would add to more than replicate?

[@VinceVenturella]

Hard to say, I think it would likely be fairly close honestly.

[@brett88knight]

Thank you

[@bldos5362]

when are these sets going to be available? I cannot find them on the monument hobbies website.

[@VinceVenturella]

end of april

[@Will-rj7in]

have you had much of a chance to mess around with fanatic yellow's? i recently saw a video by heresy for heretics where they used a warmish yellow by the fanatic line which covered over black in almost one coat. was wondering if youd reported similar findings?

[@VinceVenturella]

I haven't messed with them a tremendous amount, it will happen. :)

[@poulsentyler]

Will you be doing a new NMM gold video using this set?

[@VinceVenturella]

I showed quick NMM at the end, I may do a deeper dive in a future video. :)

[@poulsentyler]

@@VinceVenturella I did see that I guess my question was a bit redundant.... 😅

[@gothicck]

Hey Vince, will you be looking at the adepticon set? And so you like the metallic from PA? Thanks mate.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yes, still looking at them, I really like them so far.

[@gothicck]

@VinceVenturella thanks Vince. Looking to pick up the 3 set at the end of the month. Cheers.

[@durzod2052]

It'd be nice if you could flash the name of each paint as you use it. I'm old and don't always catch it in your voice-over. Especially with the Flameon set, where there is so much sinilrity in the colors.

[@9801josh]

Intensities in ten cities

[@loveminis31]

You can take any colors and make a figure rock

[@FrazzledDadsMinis]

Vince says: "Flameon.' My brain hears: "Fillet mignon" and now I'm firing up my grill for steaks.

[@morganwang7902]

What do you think of two thin coats?

[@VinceVenturella]

Haven't really had a chance to mess with them yet.

[@chrisbalke6456]

Did you try the Adepticon set?

[@VinceVenturella]

I have it, haven't gotten to really mess with it yet in full.

[@joshbecka6110]

When do these new sets go on sale?

[@VinceVenturella]

End of April

[@KitchenKings3691]

I just received set 3 & 4 in the mail today. Coincidence?

[@nsillej]

What brush is the yellow brush?

[@VinceVenturella]

Just a cheap synthetic brush from a pack, you can find the link in the description for that pack.

[@joshjryan88]

Big oof from monument that after the 3-4 videos on KZbin for these paints I’ve gone to the site to buy them and they aren’t available yet

[@VinceVenturella]

end of april, so not too long to wait!

[@michaelrusch1336]

Am I saying it wrong I’ve always saw his name as Flame on Miniatures. You know like what the human torch says from fantastic 4.

[@VinceVenturella]

no idea

[@cyagen9782]

Larry=Auto like

[@wimvanackooij2594]

Didnt poor Larry lose some detail after the 40th priming?

[@VinceVenturella]

Nope, you don't need to strip models and Larry is living plastic proof.

[@deepseaminingsyndicate]

🙏🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿

[@jasonphelps9795]

Has anyone else have trouble getting the first coat of Pro Acrylic to stick to the primer coat? For me it draws back up and pools. I’m not talking about thinned down here, this is straight from my pallet to the model.

[@robertcone613]

No, could be a primer issue

[@VinceVenturella]

Never had the issue, could be primer yeah.

[@jasonphelps9795]

I’ve been using the rattle can stuff from the hardware store. Worked fine in the past with Vallejo and Citadel but not with this stuff. Can anyone recommend a primer? I don’t have an airbrush.

[@MonumentHobbies]

@@jasonphelps9795 when doing rattle can, make sure you are using a dead flat primer. Most (even hobby ones) say they are matte, but are actually satin, which can have a waxy coat that our paints will pill up a bit on. It's not a real issue, as you can do a second coat over the first to get a good adhesion, but better to use a real matte primer to skirt the issue all together.

[@jasonphelps9795]

@@MonumentHobbies Thank you for responding. I did not realize what I was using wasn’t true flat. I love the paints once I get them on the models though.

[@mactac]

What are your three go to paint companies ?

[@KjellEilertsen]

Pro Acryl, AK 3rd Gen and Army Painter Fanatic, according to his review on the Fanatic paints.

[@VinceVenturella]

yep

[@thesoothsayer9223]

I think it's very on brand that your favorite god is slaanesh and I always seem to learn something new about skin on your channel...read into that what you will