Professional painting Secrets - Squidmar Masterclass

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In this weeks video, we do a deep dive on how to paint 75mm miniatures. The professional techniques used to make a miniature look great in a short amount of time. Most of these techniques video
HERE you can pick up the miniature ATLE as well as the BRUSHES used in the video:
These are the paints used:
Citadel: Rhinox Hide
Citadel: Doombull Brown
Citadel: Cadian Fleshtone
AK Interactive: Pastel Peach
AK Interactive: Medium Orange
Vallejo: Light Flesh
Vallejo: Sunny Skintone
Citadel: Gorthor Brown
Citadel: Steel Legion Drab
Citadel: Rakarth Flesh
Vallejo: Green Yellow
Vallejo model color: Black
P3 Brown Ink
Vallejo: Ice Yellow
Vallejo: Sun Yellow
Vallejo: Pale sand
Vallejo: Brown Sand
Vallejo: Iraqi Sand
Vallejo: fluorescent Orange
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Videos edited by Maxime Dader & Viktor Westermark

[@NoZoul1337]

Hi guys at squidmar! I was the guy with white t-shirt who encountered you at the park in the round swinging "bench". I didn't want to bother you guys for to long since you were busy in a meeting, thanks for being so nice, you are as awesome IRL as you are on camera. I didnt get the chance to say so, but your videos was what made me get in to painting miniatures and it has been a therapy for me and helped me immensely with my mental health since my father passed away in cancer last year. Keep it up, and thanks!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Det var bara roligt att träffas! :) Roligt att vi kunnat hjälpa dig hitta en plats i hobbyn!

[@andrewg4412]

"it's not pretty yet" as it sits beautifully, far better than i could ever achieve xD

[@manuelsaavedra8081]

I know they are probably very taxing to film and edit, but these long format painting guides are my favourite type of painting video and really help me improve and I love to hear/watch them while I'm painting my own minis.

[@HDubwub]

I love these longer form videos, it's a nice to get a break from the fast paced shorter stuff every once in a while, and I know I'm gonna come back to this video for tips over and over and over

[@RaldoronWOR]

I'm sure I'm not alone when I say the highlighting part is what breaks my brain when I try to paint skin. THANK YOU for being so thorough in your steps, it really does help the visualization. Cheers dudes!

[@celestialinfinity]

Not at all I just straight up wash the skin and call it decent cus I'm still a beginner

[@SteveBjorck]

I find the paint style on this fascinating - it looks like a 70's/80's fantasy painting projected onto a 3d object. It hurts my brain but in a really cool way. It's a 3d object that looks like a 2d painting which has been painted to look 3d - I like it!

[@TabletopTurtle]

Followed the full tutorial and won a Golden Demon directly after! Thanks Squidmar! These long-form painting videos are fantastic!

[@Beholderguitars]

I really appreciate the detail of the process you go through. Adjusting, fixing things, cleaning up and changing your mind. Explaining what you are doing while making these decisions sets your videos apart and for me at least, it's where the deepest learning happens. Like others have said, these longer form videos are pure gold. Thank you.

[@brycereynolds88]

Thanks for being so generous!

[@raveruna]

Thanks for this! I recently got my first model, and I see the painting process is almost the same as painting on a canvas.Picked up some new tricks too. It's also very relaxing to watch you paint I have to say.

[@melsminiloft]

This was so helpful, especially the skin part as I still really struggle with that. Thank you for this!

[@kell_hel6837]

Emil is absolutely awesome! I have been following the channel for a year now and I am always learning and gaining courage to keep trying new techniques. Thank you for another wonderful episode!

[@loganoneill504]

I stopped watching your videos when I felt they got too click baity, but an hour long video where you go into tiny details sucked me back in. Really enjoy the long format, little tips like the highlighting around the abs really made some of the tips for painting skin click. Excited to try it out some of the skin techniques on my maggotkin.

[@BjornTheOld]

This video relaxes me as much as when I'm painting myself. Love watching the slow creation process from zero to perfectly painted mini.

[@stevemuzak8526]

First I give you likes and then I watch the video. Your videos are like meditation.

[@emilykhan8706]

I appreciated both the format and the content--there's a lot of good information here.

[@SamFromSpaceOfficial]

This gave me the inspiration to restart my pile of shame!

[@thingmate7361]

You mean working through it, right?... right?!

[@benmiles00]

Lucky you. I wish I had a pile of shame.

[@WolfyNotCool]

I just painted my first mini, a custodes... let's just say i hope I get better over time

[@JosephArgentaro]

Pile of opportunity*

[@huffinLeeroy]

And return everything back to the pile when the first model turns out not even close to this one.

[@nicarusthedude88]

You prove that Art nerds can be cool ass dudes at the same time. please keep up the excellent work. you both are a huge inspiration to me and my work and you both deserve all of your success and more. THANK YOU!

[@SuperSunhigh]

Identifying shapes and hiw to highlight them plus how to put your colors together on a mini and which areas to add focus to. These are the videos i love. Great job! 😊

[@Kwibbi]

Amazing, keep these coming plx! Way better than the short ‘abc’ movies. This really helps showing your entire process 😃

[@geordiehicks]

Your videos are such high quality but you make all the techniques feel very approachable. Love it!

[@jessicgombart6405]

This video is fantastic. It shows the choices you make to paint in this style. This is dramatically better than many of your recent videos. Keep up the good work, and I hope to see more like this on your channel.

[@seanstevenson9891]

Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Beautiful mini, and the paint job...👌

[@vinterbjork4128]

”With as little effort as possible”, well now you have my attention!

[@alecryan5962]

Thanks for the great video! I was looking for more references on how to paint skin and muscles, and this is perfect!

[@aitormartinezpons2321]

Simply astonoshing.... I'm definitely saving this video to use for my future projects. Thanks so much for making so awesome and entertaining!

[@isisnmagic1812]

Great video and the walk through each part was outstanding, I rewinded many parts so I could see and understand visually what you was saying and doing, thank you and hopefully you will do more videos like this.

[@tombrand236]

Great video! One thing which surprised me was the lack of washes used. I tend to use less these days though myself and more like ink washes to help blend everything together nicely and create extra contrast at the same time

[@nilsanderssen860]

Great video! Really love these longer tutorials! Keep’m coming :D

[@TalassarBlue]

thank you so much for all of these great, in-depth videos, they have helped me to get better at painting.

[@jamescrawford8538]

I'm using the advice you stated in this video about the muscle areas I was always thinking they were separated like in the abs and the arms. I hope the big model I'm doing is going to look better than what I've done before but, I've only been painting for 3 years

[@BlueBeastGeir]

Really nice class, been looking for a more showing guide like this thanks Emil!

[@sethIguess2002]

I have a sick Warhammer 40K Chaos Marine set that I lost inspiration in painting, just cause the ones I did paint, I felt pretty bad about. I'm no artists at all, but watching this makes me wanna finish painting them buuuut I also really don't wanna mess up the cool looking figures.

[@DcClipz1]

Going to attempt some tyranids over the next few weeks, hopefully the tips you’ve gave can help me 👌🏻

[@nooby_foam_crafts]

He looks amazing 😍 fantastic tips too I couldn't stop watching from beginning to end 😁

[@gazimoff]

Good sir, you are absolutely spoiling us with this amazing vid!

[@Westrunner1701]

Was ecstatic to see that the Sona Minis are back on the shop, but this one isn't? Any idea if it'll return?

[@MrAtemel]

Would love to see more of those, great vid!

[@christiansebine7316]

Amazing video Emil! Looking forward to the next masterclass being about female character painting 🤗

[@domgarner1173]

Amazing tutorial! 👏 really was a master class!

[@Rosarosa106]

awesome video Squidmar! This really inspired me to continue some unfinished projects! 😀

[@edwardphillips7066]

When you were painting the knee the first picture looks better then when you redone the painting. It's shows that muscles of a body builder body in real lifestyle.

[@carlstanford7607]

Excellent stuff. Please keep these coming

[@Talking-Monkey]

Another tip for artists of all types is to use references. If you can, or need, pull up photos of abs or bodies in different lighting. For example, pull up old Mr. Olympia body building type photos for the quad or abdominal lighting. Old Masters used literal models as references. It is a tried and true tool for your toolbox for you to draw from when needed to get things how you desire them to be with your art.

[@MonkeyNinja99]

I really love these Masterclass videos! Keep them coming!

[@ChristopherSmith-m3t]

The level of skill I want to achieve one day. Thats insane. Keeping your hand steady like that it get better over time or was it something you naturally had? Cause when I try to do very small details like eyes my hands start shaking even with proper placement and points of contacts and bracing toward anchor points.

[@Seraphim2611]

Thanks for showing the mistakes. I would enjoy more of that in tutorials

[@benmiles00]

That looks amazing Emil. So cool. Id love to get this mini to gove it a go. STL perhaps?

[@adrianmorgan9608]

Okay. That's a masterpiece! Congratulations. Plus really helped my NMM

[@juliancscs]

One of the best tutorials on YT for mini painting. I'm a beginner and much more interested in large scale stuff. The blending looks scary :D. Question - I noticed you had small specks of primer coming off from handling the model (around the shield and weapon). Do you re-prime these areas, or paint over them? The same happens to be but so far I've just painted over them, unsure of the issues that might come from that.

[@SpooksFPV]

I picked up kill team a few years ago in that time ive got a few teams together, loved painting, really wanted to enjoy playing, but as youve covered the time in between as a casual player makes it impossible and sometimes anxiety inducing to have to re-read and learn the rules again. Now i know, some of you will say, kill team...? Really isnt that difficult.., and you're probably right, for the most part its fairly stripped back, but as someone who really struggles to retain information, rules, reading in general it just removes a hell of alot of the fun, its a shame but im most likely to just continue enjoying to paint and not play anymore, which is a big shame

[@pryssant]

Exactly the content that I wish to have. Thank you.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for making this informative video Squidmar!

[@christianjohnson3205]

I miss you teaching! Please do more educational videos if you can!

[@b100draven]

Would love to see more air brush tutorial videos

[@Aleyahu-mw5ok]

i loved this type of video. teaching by making examples .

[@sedeslav]

Excellent job! I love it!

[@tim8364]

53 minutes of content, yes please!!

[@fr3akydmnkyb485]

I have painted paintings, murals, photoshop art and what not for 20+ years now, just started and found miniatures. Didn’t know anyone who played Warhammer or DND growing up. I would see them when I would go to the art store but never thought of doing it. In the last five days, I have improved from noob to pro using your techniques, because I use them for regular painting, what makes a difference is the 3D medium that goes all the way around vs a 2D canvas it’s a little intimidating at first. I wish I could show you the improvement I made in just a few days, going to $&@! to nice, that’s something I can be proud of. I have been painting 28mm DND miniatures I printed out on my resin printer. I am thinking of getting one of the big ones you have been painting.

[@justincalahan1211]

Maybe you have talked about this in a previous video I haven't seen... but how do you choose your colors? Alot of these I would never have thought to use for the things you are painting. (Ie no gray/silver on metal 🤯)

[@vermillionhugh]

Emil copies more experienced painters! The palette Emil is trying to copy is a classical palette of 11 pigments. Roman Greco style.

[@BandaInku]

Looks great! Great content as always.

[@TheRealPlato]

thanks for the upload. props to the editors

[@rockybolick9646]

I love this! Quick question. Do you put this much effort into small minis or when batch painting? I wouldn't know how to approach these methods when painting let's say Dwarves or little Goblins. I would never finish...Could you guys make a video discussing that topic? :D

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

For an army it's more about speed and quick trucks to make things pop. This is more of a display level painting

[@rockybolick9646]

@@SquidmarMiniatures little tricks like edge highlighting etc.?

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@AKARazorback]

Can we get this mini in 30mm scale? It's one of the better mini's/ poses I've seen in a while

[@wilfbiffherb]

Some really useful tips here, thanks.

[@Armando-z2r]

5:20 “it is not pretty yet, far from it!” WTH looks better than I ever would do while trying a full attempt lol

[@kylecook5996]

Love the video! More like this please!

[@Anilithun]

How do you know what pattern too use on Surfaces for highlights? is it random?

[@battspaints]

Ooh been a minute since one of these! The first one got me the confidence to buy and paint my first large scale piece!

[@Hydrart]

Your painting style makes me think of the old Heavy Metal(Metal Hurlant) magazine covers.

[@91neOne]

Well done! To not leave u with useless comment: i think hilight on leather above bone takes too much attention seems confusing, a bit like the wood from shield on back but nice work over all nice vid alot inspiring much better then those short vids leaving you with " a stroke" 🔥 lava could be more contrasti glowi as u would say yeah nice colors overall very few "mistakes" sword a bit confusi in the end a bit too much same style in some parts i mean like first half looks perfect second is bit too prrfect ;)

[@bretthardman4903]

Where do you get your designs to print?

[@LFpaints]

Will we be able to purchase these minis in the future?

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

It's available to order from our store :) link in bio

[@allanliao3686]

6:43 Sorry! I think I missed where you use the Sunny Skin tone. Pastel orange added to medium tone. Light flesh added to medium tone+Pastel orange. Medium orange as the extra thin glaze. What happened to the Sunny Skin Tone? Can someone clarify for me? Thanks!

[@demondivin]

I'll just say WOUAH!... (& Thank You! 🤩👍👏)

[@jonathanspears214]

I need to know what your white teaching aid was 😂. Great video. youtube är en konstskola I Amerika för det kostade tusentals tack so mycket Your videos make me miss sweden half my family still lives there öland haven't been back since I was 13 over 20 years ago.

[@hcm855]

Question: How long do you have to wait for a layer to dry before you add an additional layer? I’m new to painting minis, and don’t really know the process that well. Yet.

[@muesliman100]

Well, not the answer you want, but that kinda differs per paint type and brand. In some cases it doesn't really matter that it is wet, then it mixes a bit, can be pretty natural.

[@hcm855]

@@muesliman100 In that case I'll just have to research the different paints before starting a project. Thanks!

[@muesliman100]

@@hcm855 testing on less important/expensive models is usually what people go for, you'll get the hang of it as you go.

[@crowdemon_archives]

​@@hcm855just play with paint on a model or a surface you don't care about will be good enough imo

[@brianahawkins8124]

AWESOME!

[@TobiasAasvang]

2:23 FOMU? Fear of messing up. 😅

[@marktrevett8438]

Did you clear varnish the model.

[@Ianjoel58]

The way you thin your paints and mix them looks so easy, but it’s so hard for me in practtice. It looks like you’re not adding water as much as de-clumping it and adding a tad of another color where it’s at its thinnest. Am I right?

[@roshanvingador]

amazing thx for the content

[@shinkunAvi]

Amazing

[@KosFishingTeam]

Add highlight on top, add shadow on the bottom to make it look like 3d.. something that is already 3d? Why? It already has curves that block light naturally.. if you just paint it the same colour wont it look natural? I am just curious i have no idea about drawing! Thanks!!

[@flertadeiro932]

Your idea would work on a full scale model, the fact that we are painting miniatures means we have to adjust how we paint to correspond to the contrast that would happen with the light if the body were "real" sized. This also lets us take other choices, like choosing what direction the light is coming from or what colour it is (Object Source Lighting for example), Trovarion miniatures has a video called "AVOID this huge mistake when painting your miniatures!" Which explains this concept really well.

[@KosFishingTeam]

@ oooh now i see!! Thanks

[@GriffythTV]

whatS the differance between using a black primeer vs white?

[@RuthlessMojo]

Fantasy characters always look so ripped which begs the question, are they all on the juice? If that’s the case I understand why they are constantly battling and defeating their enemies. Roid rage. If they weren’t on roids they would all be sitting around drinking tea like Alice In Wonderland.

[@crowdemon_archives]

Considering this one is a barbarian, "roid rage" is a given 😂

[@trevorreichard6735]

Nah, the wizard's guild casts "ripped and peeled" on everyone 😂

[@RvB-Panda]

It’s because their food would have far less processing and chemicals. And less things like sugar and food that cause negative body changes. All meats and vegetables

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

D

[@laszlosziladi8109]

Its survival of the fitest!

[@jorgenpinoy1724]

Artwork!

[@benparker4452]

Can't find any page were I can buy this mini :(((

[@rayrodriguez2358]

Anyone know where and how I can get a hold of the STL in the video?

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

You can purchase the miniature on our webstore

[@22kokoszka]

Thank You!

[@ryangowin1988]

Brush wise, nothing better than Raphael 8404. Followed by Windsor series 7 or even early Vallejo sables with the brown handle. Had nothing but problems from the 3 DiVinci brushes I have.

[@Dave-sb9en]

Where can I get models like this?

[@organizm172]

Immediately pressed like after hearing song from Conan animated series ^^

[@ljesquives]

Can I get one of 150mm or 200mm?

[@davedempsey5282]

JUST WOW.

[@rooksensleaf]

cans someone tell me why my white priming colour is like snow on the mini? it literally looks like the fake snow u can buy for ur windows on christmas. just started painting and just touching the mini makes the colour flake off like dust. black prime spray colour is perfect and coats the mini as it should in one even coat.

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Do you use the Citadel white spray primer? that one is proper terrible. I recomment the Vallejo spray can.

[@pietrocap]

Yes!

[@jordanhedin8638]

When is the next episode of the titans?

[@max16]

6:44 i think the term you are looking for is a fat glaze :P

[@jaymaxwell8645]

full nail polish pics?