The Number 1 Reason Games Workshop Minis Look So GOOD

[@Zumikito]

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[@UXUXA]

You content is hands down then best painting content on KZbin. I love your no bullshit approach and appreciate your transparency. Never change!

[@mattewbowly]

The great thing about GW box art is not only it's readability, but the colour usage, both from the perspective of colour theory and emotional responses it's trying to convey about the models and factions they belong. It puts a lot of pleasant boundaries on people, by the book models look appealing, readable, lore accurate, appropriate and easy to sell if nececcary. It lustfully drives newcomers to those Citadel pain(t) pots' stands.

[@affenbauch]

Hmm, many a young lad has included these Citadel paints in the assets. 🤪

[@bowwing333]

Yeah but also dealing with other paints drives people to Citadel pots. They are expensive but so much better than nearly everything else out there at the time. .....they also have an oddly pleasant smell.... 🧐

[@TheClassicWorld]

What Ivan is talking about here is called 'colour psychology'. GW are pretty good at it -- likely due to the artists and their natural and learned understanding of such things. Even back in the crazy 1980s and 1990s, the Space Marines were painted that way on purpose: to sell to kids and feed on the bright cyberpunk style of the day (aka Judge Dredd). Now I think about it, this was the dominant style around London between 1980 and 2000, though it was also popular in America, as well. Space Marines is just one example of that, though they moved into a more serious, simple, muted tonal quality by the 2000s (more in line with Stormtroopers from Star Wars than Mad Max, though I guess Necromunda was a nice bridge there, haha).

[@minispecs9136]

Seeing all these youtubers demonstrating the "box art" style makes me want to try it myself! Your videos especially are well made and easy to follow, i find myself coming back to them while im painting

[@Darrkerkg]

Zumikito is How to Basic confirmed

[@nerdsoftheherd69]

Not the face reveal we wanted but the one we deserve

[@spartstar45]

Where eggs

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

You’re great at teaching this. I’m much less afraid of the “painting with volumes” concept now. You’re really great at explaining this stuff.

[@shinkage6949]

Absolutely fabtastic video, I’ve really appreciated all your efforts in putting it together, the theme is very requested, I wanted to hear and see all the applied concepts of GW box art painting method and you’ve shown them all. Even the last reminder part about the difference with volumetric highlights with the nurglings is top notch, oh and I’ve laughed a lot, please never remove the funny part 😂😂

[@saml6798]

This video was absolutely brilliant. You put in words some really hard to explain concepts with examples! Should be mandatory watching for beginners

[@Yannic1982]

That was both informative and hilarious at the same time! I've been working in volumetric highlights for the past half year and my miniature painting has really improved since doing so!

[@Geordiecrafts]

Fantastic video Zumikito! This was extremely easy to follow and had some great tips! Readability is sooo important and definitely something I need to work on more.

[@bluedotdinosaur]

GW painters do use overall washes all the time. But they tend to greatly thin washes with medium and treat them as layers and glazing. Even over white.

[@olibman365]

Just went down a rabbit hole of these videos and learned a lot in the process before starting my first miniature, thank you

[@El-Rico]

Zumikito the Grey, Keeper of the secret painting technique of the Workshoppe, wielder of the holy brush. Great vid, thanks for sharing.

[@gomezzara_creative]

Excellent video Zumikito! I really liked that you were able to generate and specify the requirements for a miniature to look good and follow the same Eavy Metal guidelines. I hope you have a good end of the year and thank you very much as always!

[@willschuur7426]

This is truly the best video for explaining how to improve from a beginner level. I’m sharing this with my hobby group immediately

[@pointandshootvideo]

This is really helpful in because it cleanly divides the painting process into three major steps. And you showed the model side-by-side at each stage. Very cool! Thank you.

[@artistpoet5253]

Always great advice and practical observations. I used to slap washes on everything then spend afternoons on clean up. I found pin washing through my experience with panel lining on Gunpla which is what I use on my Imperial Tau. I also have some renegades, count as Farsight, but they're a bit grungier. Anyway, point is, a good painter knows a lot. A great painter listens to others who know a lot. Nice Raid ad too. I've been playing for three years and have yet to get bored. Team building is a lot of fun.

[@rynsithis9188]

I've been watching these videos, and I'm getting better at painting minis slowly but surely.

[@armarat7419]

I dont paint in this style and I dont use acrylics, but I must say this is an excellent tutorial video. You absolutely nailed the concepts and showed very easy but effective techniques, and you made me laugh more than once! Anyone who enjoys mini painting at whatever level can get something here. Good job, Zumikito.

[@SPYD0R]

Wow! The effort you put into the advert as well as the humour and tips is truly impressive. Keep up the great work.

[@astral_ragtime5365]

As someone coming from Gunpla models, you can REALLY see these techniques in action. Some kits will have more external mechanical detail but since they're fairly large they still have a lot of empty space to fill. The best paint jobs I've seen tend to use a mix of both techniques!

[@klakhouse]

i appreciate your ongoing effort to get people to paint volumes lol

[@alistairsangling1970]

You are by farrrr my favourite mini painting youtuber now. 👌

[@dwNjvL]

Great video, I'll try this out on my next mini. Even if it have to wait 'till next year.

[@breakupgoogle4584]

This is an awesome video and one that can save new painters a lot of time when learning why some tutorials don't get them the results they want. I knew the difference between Eavy Metal style and volumetric definition from experience but I immediately realized that I have almost never seen a tutorial show an example like this. Most tutorials dive deep into either/both techniques but stay focused on one of them at a time.

[@AnonymousMontanantoo]

Great Video!! Your 45 Marines may have been a pain in the a$$ to paint, however they look absolutely gorgeous!!

[@SherlockSpiner]

“Come on man, focus!” DAMN IT YOU GOT ME

[@madprophetus]

Your tutorials are great! Really down to earth. If you haven't made one yet, I think a tutorial video on how to mix paint properly to get those +1/-1 lighter/darker shades for highlighting and recesses would be super helpful. Most other painters on youtube have 2365982365982365928365 different paints but it looks like you're mixing your own off the base coat to make your shading tones.

[@loftymorgan2139]

love you brother. Cannot believe you smashed an egg on your desk for funnys, one video like just for this

[@hank10111111]

“You can fix anything you don’t like.” This should be hammered into new painters heads more than anything else. Also if you need a good paint stripper/remover for acrylics, use brake fluid, it works amazing!

[@hank10111111]

Also, Cool mini or not: ultimate miniature painting guide is a great 400 pg book detailing every technique.

[@pedrus]

Without any doubt their packaging presentation is top. Rules writing and explanation, well that's another story...

[@olfffverman568]

Hey Beard guy. You fucking rock. Your vids are a nice mix of funny and clear, actionable advice. Simply the most enjoyable hobby painting videos I've seen so far. Keep it up I love them.

[@Chewie260]

gna be honest, just on the topic of washes, i never really painted white, so cant talk about that, but generally, i apply a wash sort of on the base coat, then use dry brushing with the base color the rest, details i sort out separately.

[@jodofe4879]

That does work or most colours, but not on white. Your white obviously won't be white anymore after you apply a tinted wash to it.

[@NathanTerrell-dj9jm]

This is some really great advice! I tried doing more edge highlights on my Warhammer and they look so much better! 🙏

[@cagepersecond3683]

I really like the investigative (is that a word?) nature of those videos :D Really opens eyes to some simple things that are just hard to see!

[@jessamynwilson3638]

Your content is great! The videos are so helpful and I love your energy/personality/jokes. I enjoyed your video about making minis interesting by adding in textures rather than trying to focus on being smooth. I would love to see you do a video where you paint the same mini (a mini that is not a marine) and paint it with two different color schemes to get a different result. By that, I mean taking the same figure and making one good and one evil by color choice. Or a video like that showing how you can take the same colors and put them in different places to change effect. Or even just what different color choices can do to your model by showing the same model done differently (Could even show an example of bad color choice vs good). Just sounds like something you would do well. Thanks for the videos! Keep up the nice work. :)

[@serrano6648]

You’re a king. My first video of yours. Loved it : ) going to watch your videos with a beer. Cheers mate ❤

[@schaaf9637]

Great video to close the year. Happy New Year Zumikito and looking forward to more content in 2023.

[@themegagromp]

Your videos have been the best for me to learn. I hope the channel keeps growing. Id rather a title less click baitish But I understand the purpose.

[@Oreo_cakester]

Great video, Zumikito, great beard btw

[@teddyharvester]

The reason I like to use a wash on bit areas is to make stuff look used and dirty in just a few motions. That's kind of why I agree with how the Citadel tutorial washes over the Stormcasts entire golden armor - it just makes it look like they've seen some shit and not like they're straight from the assembly line. What they don't tell you is to apply the wash in a particular direction according to where you want it to set - they just show you them going from top to bottom with a big brush, skip over the part where that will just fuck up your paint job by setting in random places apart from the recesses, and start bringing the colors back out where they want things brighter (probably because they fucked up the paint job by applying the wash randomly). The wash is a tool like anything else, and can work great if you take some time with it.

[@traumbetreuer8320]

0:34 this… is a work of Art. Also the rest… 😂

[@Retrofun69]

Slapchop method changed my life as a hobbyist. I can never go back to basecoat, shades, highlights, edges, etc... I love my minis now and I dont mind that I am not a pro painter. My minis are all 6s or 7s in the painting scale and thats ok!

[@severintw]

You channel is amazing. So glad KZbin suggested it to me!

[@gullapull9324]

Mage Zumikito is now my favourite

[@justinkotrba2197]

Great demonstration on volumetric highlighting that belly. BTW do you have a video on how you photograph your minis? Your images always come out unbelievably CLEAN! Thats the secret I wanna know.

[@Haroith]

Fundamental explanation! Thank you very much! It's just ABC of painting.

[@inflatablelovebadger]

They also use 3-ups, models 3 times the size, used to be able to view some at Warhammer world

[@sethrinker9944]

Wait seriously?

[@Epyon1201]

man, I would love to see more content on smooth minis.

[@paulaandjannerholliday3578]

Really well done with explaining highlighting vs highlighting …. By that I mean true (volumetric) application of light and shadow as opposed to what I refer to as accentuating (calling out the edges and shadows in a linear fashion) … two different techniques … and using one or the other or both. 👍🏻

[@quentindubot7900]

Your video is always a pleasure to watch and a fully constant source of improvement and reflection about our beloved painted minis, thank you Sir 👌

[@bboyrickoshea]

The second part of this video was super useful for me. Thank you

[@geri121]

I use washes for recess shading. I get the feeling if I just use normal paint its either to thick and if I thin it enough to precicely recess shade I can as well use a wash and don't risk a "splodgy" finish. great video though with priceless advice though :)

[@biologiclight6570]

Very nice tuto I’m a beginner and I actually used the second method on a verminlord without having seen this any tuto and it look very cool

[@andreyp2810]

Once I painted Nagash with tutorial from Duncan and I have to admit that it works, especially for the tabletop level, but, of course, if you want go further, than you'll have to look and learn for some more complex, intricate and time and effort-consuming techniques.

[@DeepStateCabal]

Thank you my friend great as always. Never lose your humor

[@alicia579]

This made an incredible amount of sense to me finally! Thank you!

[@_walruseater]

Heyooo Zumikito , Excellent video, as always. So easy to understand from start to finish (again, as always) Where did ya get the tiny bricks and barbed wire?

[@petrzverina9366]

again best answers for my untold questions, thx

[@LohnPondai]

Great video Zumikito. Big fan. I think edge highlighting and recess shading are awesome techniques. I mean, for someone who has studied art or has been painting for some time and is ready to improve, i think its much more fun to grab a mini and start highlighting from a dark tone and do all your light gradients or your NMM like you show on your videos. But try to teach that to my 10 year old or to a new painter with no arts formation and it's gonna be a lot harder for them to pull that out. We all begin somewhere!

[@denisfedak5567]

Thank you, it's a good idea to use lining after the base coat. Have you tried Micro pen 0.03mm for that?

[@Aridiki]

Dude these videos are so useful. Keep it up man

[@DodgethisCZ]

Hodne paradni zalezitosti. Klobouk dolu pred tvym skillem a diky za dobre rady

[@Haunting_Hyena]

Always appreciate when something other than space marines as their example. I'd rather learn how to operate on things with unique shape rather than the same armor that most of 40k is.

[@gimmethattea4119]

I think GW box art is perfect the way it is. I've heard many people complain that its too bland but i think thats great about it. For new painters that are just coming into the hobby the models look great and with a few months of practice you can reach that level of painting and be happy with it. But you can also go much beyond that. It set an achievable goal for people that just a tabletop ready paint job and a good milestone for those that wanna go beyond

[@redgrass]

Great video - this is really helpful for any mini painter!

[@MrRoman0629]

I really enjoyed this video. A lot of great information that is easily overlooked. Happy New Year

[@MarcinEstkowski]

I like the style of your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@sonmarsha69]

The egg 😂😂 a man of culture i see

[@Wijkert]

It shows that you are spending more time on the bases. I especially like the nurgle base.

[@HeroSevenRacing]

Great video and tips. I prefer to do my recess shading (lining) with citadel shades because it’s more forgiving then just using normal paint, even though I know its not as high contrast. However I really do want to try doing this using an oil wash or tamiya panel liner soon, as it looks faster.

[@rybastudio.artwork]

To fill all those recesses I'd recommend to use acrylic ink mixed with a water (70:30) ;) I've painted 2 armies of f*** Thousand Sons like this, and the ink helped me a lot.

[@FrogPaintz]

You made me remember when I said gw models were painted well

[@privateusername2222]

Question: Do you “always” gloss varnish before using oil wash to pin-shade ???? If yes, then your process is something like: base>recess shade(layer/wash)>highlight(layer/drybrush)>gloss varnish>>oil wash (pin shade)>matt varnish>metallic paint ??? (Do you gloss or satin varnish metallic paint??)

[@ScytheNoire]

I love seeing different methods of how to paint something. There are so many ways to skin a cat... I mean, paint a figure.

[@georgeratkowitz8023]

You can actually wash white models, but you gotta use retarder/flow improver/glaze medium, and play with the ratios on test models until you are satisfied with the result. Glaze medium + agraxt wash ( around 50-50 mix) on white skeletons produced such a great cappilary work and smoothness in transition, and it was all on rattlecan cheap primer (surface is not so good as with priming with airbrush). Gloss vanishing with airbrush produces even more brush control when washing to stop wash stains forming

[@Vleshma]

'No, pokémon are awesome.' Subscribed immediately

[@Aurica34]

I love the breakdown in this video. A lot of amateurs or "pro painters" in our community often give rubbish advice to newbies to just wash their model and call it a day. But the end result is NEVER near what GW box art is. Not even remotely close. These people usually steadfastly defend their "pro painted" as a personal style instead of just admitting that there is nothing wrong to aspire to be better or that they themselves are lazy and want to take short cuts

[@pastorkris]

Best commercial ever.

[@Swooper86]

I know nobody is going to believe me, but this is the literal first KZbin video I've seen that is actually sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends (and I watch a LOT of KZbin videos). Until now, I only knew them from the meme.

[@Cannonhead]

Where is that bird creature at 11:02 from? That looks awesome. Great video as well.

[@Zumikito]

Phoenix from Kingdom death monster

[@GenJester]

Your kdm Phoenix is amazing.

[@rumenmatanov303]

Well done mate, actually loled several times watching this! :D Informative as well, as always!

[@chex999999]

Thank you for your work. All your videos are extremely interesting.

[@Daydam]

Amazing video as always! Those tips are extremely useful, and your explanation is just incredible. Thanks!

[@marchukuk6948]

Amazing tutorial, thanks for making it!

[@Valtid_]

Awesome explanation, many thanks for all the usefull tips!

[@northparty1222]

Will be trying this, thanks !

[@lunatykuku]

Lol, first time I watched Raid SL advertisement without skipping :D

[@Weusten1]

I really love the game :) I play it for over 2 1/2 years, everyday xD

[@lunatykuku]

@@Weusten1 Not really a mobile games guy, but advertisement was funny :D

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Another fantastic, informative and useful vid!

[@ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣΓΙΑΛΙΔΗΣ]

Great video . Helps a lot. Thanks. Hope this comment helps you beat the you tube algorythm ha ha ha... I watch all of your videos for some time now...but this is the first comment (sorry about that). John Gialidis from Greece .

[@SubSonicEctomorph]

1st of your vids I’ve seen. Immediate subscribe. Thank you! ❤

[@Itstheminiatureguy]

Really enjoy watching your videos.

[@affenbauch]

Awesome artist! Best beard! Classy content! ❤

[@spencerwaters9645]

When painting volumetric highlights on the nurglings in this video, are you just lightening the same dark color for each new layer, or are you adding in new, lighter paints?

[@AndersArman]

Super usefull - as always. I like ur straight on approch!

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

I really could have used this video in 2004 when I started this hobby.

[@MasterNeptor]

Revell contacta. Man ur skills are approved. What other glues do you recommend tho? Also Washes are great for memes like making something more grimy than it really is

[@thelonepainter4760]

Just base coating = low settings Base coating + shading + volumetric highlights = Ultra Settings . 😊👍🏽

[@expingo]

Very very great Video, Thanks for this detail explanations 🙃