How to paint figures Part II: Oil paints - pigments.

[warlord69enrico]

I learned a lot in this video as a beginner painting figure hobbyist ,,thx

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@warlord69enrico i´m glad it was helpful for you :)

[UnityCZ]

Maybe stippling or wiping technique would be perfect for you (i talk about oil paints). I was said that painting miniatures with oil is somehow easier than with acrylics and that got me into painting with oils. I have one image that explains stippling tećhnique and if you're interested I can send it to you. It's in Czech, but I will provide you with instructions in English. It¨s from one of the best miniature painters in Czech republic. You will love it ;)

[jamesbritton1]

hi thx great tutorial i do use oil paints along with model color all my base cotes are acrylic thx again hope to see more of your models pls:)

[a24218361]

for a minute when i watched the oils coming out i thought damn, your about to lose

all your work by making them oily, but you have pulled it off, spot on.

im 100% acrylic when i paint figures, and 95% airbrush even on 48 scale figures

apart from hair eyes and mouths.

well done, good job.

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@a24218361 thank you :)

i don´t use oil paints very much and the effect is very small in the end, but somehow the figures look a bit better with them, although i just put very little of it on the figure.

i´m not a good figure painter at all, i just enjoy it to paint some historic figures from time to time. i usually stick to tank models.

i will upload a new white metal figure soon, it will be a roman triarius in 70mm scale from ares mythologic.

[TheSeasonman1]

Excellient work . Will be looking into these oil paints and how to build them into my paint method . Thank you 

[ftyuip]

most helpful well done

[lunhil12]

Thanks for this excellent series of videos. They are some of the best produced I have seen.

[billy3rdkill0311]

well done mike

[ww2hispanomodels]

nice tutorials and very usefulls. You could make the same but with ww2 figures

[100Tigrovi]

Ups. fast vergessen. Die figuren sehen fantastisch aus :)

[100Tigrovi]

super tutorial. Eine frage zu ölfarben. In welchem verhältnis muß man die verdünnen?

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@100Tigrovi fürs trockenmalen garnicht, als wash ziemlich stark, kommt immer drauf an wie man es möchte. ich schütte einfach den verdünner drauf und es wird meinstens so wie es soll.

[MakingModelsAgain]

You make it look so easy! :) Those figures are amazing!

I've tried the Mig Abteilung oil paint before - their engine grease mixture - but how long do you find they take to dry, as I like to try to use them for panel line and weathering effects on aircraft?

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@MakingModelsAgain thank you :) it may be not as easy as it looks but i can tell you, it is not as hard as you might think :)

the mig oil paints need more time to dry than acrylics, but after 24 hours it will be good (as long as you used them with the drybrushing technique). i primed a whole face of a 120mm figure with oil paints once and it was not dry even after 3 weeks.

a oil paint wash will dry quite fast, about 6 hours.

in my opinion these paints are good for weathering effects.

[lodhol]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 I cant stop watching your videos,almost every day I watch at least 10-15 minutes,and you are embarrassingly good!Keep posting more videos,I really enjoy them

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@lodhol thank you very much my friend! :)

[2paintminiatures]

Thanks for sharing your oil techniques Mike. The figures look great. I haven't been using oils for some time now.:)

[Generalsplatton]

Excellent work on the figures, they look wonderful! I have not tried oils yet.

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@Generalsplatton thank you sir!

[MrCrazySnail]

Nice job! Better then anything I could produce!

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@MrCrazySnail thank you :) but my techniques are not very difficult. i believe with some exercise pretty much everyone can do this.

[bohemianh]

outstanding, do you make them to sell, or just display? enter contests?

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@bohemianh uhm just do display it in my room. i don´t take part in contests very often.

[thehjupo]

the figures look very realistic, nice technique

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@thehjupo thank you.

[Devi1DogCota]

Awesome. I love the tuts.

[ModelloursWorkshop]

Great tutarial, my friend. The figures looks really good too :)

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@ModelloursWorkshop thank you very much :) i´m working on a sd.kfz 251 at the moment and will post a building review in the same style, i hope it shows more than my previous videos.

[ModelloursWorkshop]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 Looking forward to see the review. It's really cool you have started to record when you work. I think it will make your channel much more interesting :)

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@ModelloursWorkshop thank you for your feedback on my videos :)