 All right should be going here. Give it a second to catch up Hey, there we go. Hello everybody and welcome to another hobby cheating Q&A live so Today we're gonna sit down for about the next hour ish or so and I'm gonna try my best to answer all of your hobby related questions over here on one of these sides you've got Hopefully everybody can hear me. All right, give me somebody give me a sound check and make sure I'm coming through Okay, looks like everything on my side says I am so please tell me if you can hear me but We are going to you're gonna over here. There's some comments There's a comment box drop them comments in and I'll do my best to answer all your questions So Yes, there is definitely a lot of shine in my skull. That's just that's just polished up today, so absolutely Looks like we got some people checking in from all over the place very good to see all of you I'm just gonna tweet out another little message here that we're alive So Related questions. Yay. Okay. So the idea is you put your hobby related questions over in the sidebar And I do my best over the next hour to answer them And hopefully this time I won't sit on the mute button Like halfway through the stream and not realize it for five minutes. Wouldn't that be an A plus? So while we're waiting for some questions I am going to I'll just talk for a moment about what I'm working on I just finished up this big guy as well as something else for First Lanesh and that really does hopefully bring all of that to a close and I realized I had no Actual army to be working on but if you watched Warhammer weekly on Wednesday, I kind of went through a little Tempest's I list I thought was fun and So I started scheming out some various ways to do that to convert everything You know, what would be gyrocopters and what would be kind of everything? And I just started grabbing pieces today and converting cutting stuff out of Imperial Knights and frigates and every other machine oriented thing so That's going to It's gonna be a very fun army. I'm making a prototype right now of every Unit to make sure I like the sort of prototype of it and then assuming I do I'll actually then go get the bits to do the rest. That's kind of the idea of the thing So it should be a lot of fun fun project. I've kind of been like slanash was a very straightforward Project like I didn't feel the need to convert anything is what I mean because Frankly, I love the aesthetic. It was good out of the box. I needed nothing else So I didn't convert anything, but I've kind of had a Hankering if you will for a little while to get some conversion on So that's what I'm that's what I'm doing with this project. It is going to be Whoa boy convert a thon. So that'll be fun All right, let's see what what questions we've got drop your questions in there folks Let's we'll get answer in them Tyler does a K interactive make an ultra matte shampoo. That would be nice That would be nice. It would really help The problem is I'm a naturally very oily person it helps because mosquitoes don't bite me, but it's unfortunate for for this sort of thing There you go, all right, so let's see Hello, everybody. Yeah, hello wherever you are lots people all over the world I know this a little later in the evening for some people over in Europe. I apologize. My morning was a little bit busy Let's see Peter says Can you mix dollar roundy inks with the Vallejo metal color paints or would that be too strong? No, you absolutely can I do it all the time. I mean this thing that's up on the on the screen right now and all of his fellow keepers I'll all have dollar roundy inks mixed in with their their metals. I do it all the time He's a little more flat I didn't go quite as flashy on him because he was a little bit more of a speedier project. I wasn't looking to be To take a super long time with him because he's just sort of he was just sort of a Fun unwinding project something I had had sitting around for a little while and I was like, you know what let's just get this done So just powered him through and just tried to make him look nice, but not not go into the nines for him. So there you go But yes, I mix them all the time. Payne's gray is great to darken your steel and give it a nice blue tinge works wonderfully Niko question when you varnish do you use a separate airbrush do you clean it after varnishing or just continue using it for paint? Do you add mediums to matte varnish great questions? Yes, I do use a specific airbrush But it's actually the same one that I use for like base coating and everything that is to say like I have a fine detail brush Airbrush, and I don't use that to varnish But I but like my priming slash base coating slash kind of workhorse airbrush is what I use to varnish as well Do you clean it after varnishing? Yes, but no more so than normal that is to say like I just Basically do the same thing I always do to clean it I actually recorded a video today that you'll see in a while Because just the nature of the schedule about how to clean your airbrush in like 20 seconds Because I'm I'm tired of people saying that using an airbrush is hard and requires a lot of cleanup time and so It's so time-consuming and I get clogs and it doesn't work and I'm like it doesn't I've never I never have clogs Like an airbrush for eight hours straight ripping through paints grip them and rip them Like 20 second changes in between and so I'm gonna show you how to do that, too Because it's very easy. So anyways, yeah, the answer is yes, I use the I Just continue then I will use that for paint. I mean like I clean it out. Do I add mediums? No, I don't add any medium as it were but I do add like I do add additives Which I think might be what you're asking Niko. So like I do add a couple drops of flow improver still even to my varnish Just because it's always good to have a couple drops of flow improver in there like It doesn't disturb the varnish at all and will actually help it lay down a more even coat So in general, I'll almost always have like a little bit of A little bit of varnish in there or sorry of a flow aid in there Okay Nathaniel will you magnetize your current project? No, no, I will not I never magnetize anything I hate magnetizing figures Like weapon swaps and stuff like that commit Just commit if you wanted to have a different loadout get a second one. That's my answer. That's that's harsh I know but like it magnetizing things is just asking to lose pieces Like every night I've ever built I committed to like this is the night This is the way he's built and if I don't like that that's too bad like I make the choice magnets are just touchy and It's very easy to like lose a hand and then what are you gonna do like you get you know, you're just out of luck then So the only time I'll generally use magnets is if I want something to stay mobile for some reason Like if I was doing a big Titan and wanted to be able to like turn his torso still There I would probably do a big magnet and flatten that out So that way he could like rotate and I do a big n-52 magnet or something So if it's for like some kind of scale modeling purpose all magnetized But just for like weapon swaps or something like that Nah, just buy another one or just get another one or beg another one or get the bits and build it out of what you got Or or or whatever, you know or just don't have a second don't have that weapon loadout Okay Let's see Jeff Bryant I want to move from painting flesh with a traditional layering technique to the painting on the miniature style you employ Could you suggest a course set of paints for getting started with this? Sure? Proacryl if you or and or just heavy bodies traditional heavy body acrylics like from Golden Nershman Ki or somebody But yeah, I like I like if you're talking about a traditional miniature paint proacryl is my it's my new favorite for that sort of a technique it's Thick it's creamy it smooths out really well It stays wet for quite a long time and it's wonderful for that kind of like wet blending painting on the miniature stuff So yeah, that's that's what I would say and they have a good set of sort of flesh colors The the original recipe scale 75 is also good and I frequently mix that in with that as is war colors Like war colors flesh five especially is really nice I like their flesh five and their flesh four one is very pink one is very shadow color So like those three ranges is where I do most of my painting on the miniature and I find them all highly valuable When I'm doing my flesh tones I'll usually have like I did a space Marine's head recently for like a golden demon piece and it was you know the face itself had Probably nine or ten colors of paint in it and it's you know It's this much space Because he had you know something on his head and he they have the chin thing Um I just think that like faces are unbelievably expressive and fun to work with and fun to play with those colors on Like flesh is just fun to mess around with because like that was part of the challenge with this guy That's on screen right now It was just a fun chance to mess with like weird colors for flesh and you know just play around right Good evening from the Netherlands. Good evening to you. I was just over here in the Netherlands not too long ago. It was very nice Uh, let's see Okay, anthony question. I'm working on a Oh, where we at? I lost it. There we go. Okay. I'm working on a living city variant But I'm struggling with how to get a foresty feeling on the 25 mil bases. Sure. It can be tough. Um, here's my best answer layers of stuff So what I mean there is you know have people up on rocks and logs and things like that And that'll give you more space to play around with the miniature itself. And when I say layers, I mean like use some some uh Static grass maybe a little bit and then put some tufts over top of it And then put a couple little flowers around like you just use these little micro things You just kind of apply everywhere. So you put down some mud you drop a little grass You throw it on a couple tufts you drop you drop in a little tiny flower Set and like if you use Yeah, here we go If you use like these kind of flower sets with these which like you can get these from mini nature You can get these from Annie the dice bag lady still has a bunch of nice really nice tufts and stuff. Um, you can get them from gamers grass and um They or I'm sorry, Annie bad squid oh games. That's what she is now. Sorry I it's hard for me to switch. She changed her name to her company Bad squid oh games has a bunch of them Um, but like you can get very small with these you can really pull these apart And so if you kind of layer all that and then you stick a log in there And then you glue your fig to that or you stick a rock in there and you glue your fig to that It gets that feeling of being foresty Um, you can then also use do do do do one of these little dudes This is like one of the little green stuff world leaf punches You can go grab the trick with these you go grab yourself like a coffee filter You just stain it with some inks various colors of like sepia and orange and stuff like that And then you just go along and punch punch punch punch punch punch punch And you get a bunch of little leaves and you can just sprinkle those right on top And like the the key with that kind of nature is it's very layered right when you walk out in nature There's just layers and layers of stuff because no one's walking around cleaning it up right so There's dirt and then there's grass and there's little rocks and nuts and gravel in there and and branches and twigs and Leaves that have fallen on top and just kind of all that right so when you When you when you layer it similarly even on a small base you can kind of get that impression. Hopefully that helps Bert Macklin. Oh, yeah fbi I was just watching parks and rec with my wife at lunch What is your go-to gap filling method when building your models? I have found green stuff to take a lot of time to look good and putty takes many layers before the gap is gone Boy, you know, I'll tell you if I solve this problem, I'll tell you it's it's challenging What I want to build is I've got myself some Tamiya extra thin cement and I'm going to build myself a little goop bottle Um, I have an extra bottle of some old ink. I have extra sprue bits So the trick here is you like you take a glass bottle You put some Tamiya extra thin in there You put little sprue bits in there of plastic like the little bits of of sprue you get off of your When you you know cut and things out and you get tiny little pieces sprue You drop some of that in there and you get a goopy mixture and I think that'll be the best now What I actually use for putty most of the time Because it takes a lot less and it shrinks very little Oh come here Is this stuff which is uh deluxe materials perfect perfect plastic putty Okay This shrinks very very little it dries at the tip all the time. So every time you got to like unclog it, but It dries really hard and solid and doesn't shrink much And you just I mean you need so little So, uh, it's kind of my go-to in the putty world and it's pretty good. I'll like apply I sort of over apply it and then just grab a file and sand it back down I find that if you over apply and sand you can usually get away with one layer and that's all you need I just did it on a model for this army that's sitting back behind me over there And it worked just fine Uh, hopefully that helps, but yeah, I'll I'll report back on the plastic goop depending on how Effective my experiment is with it. I'll do a little hobby cheating on it Uh, Nathaniel let's see Okay, yep just answering somebody else Narcolepsy posted this on your last vid too. What's the best way to deal with? Oh, yes slotted minis like chain rasps while adding verticality to your bases. Yeah, that's a great question Sorry, I didn't get to answer you yet. Narcolepsy. I did see that question come in I just haven't had a chance to sit down and answer questions today yet Um, yeah, I mean I would cut the slot off. It's my honest answer and like just to deal with that, you know, we like, um But here's here's kind of a simpler way to do it instead of cutting the whole slot of base off the whole slot of piece Cut it down to like You know like if a if a if a slot of base is normally this long Cut it down to like this much of the slot of left. Now, that's clear. You probably can't see it Cut it down to a thin piece, right? Like Like, you know something along that side is the tip of the the thing let's say about a half or quarter centimeter of that Uh, of that slot left because then you can much more easily like uh Force that down into something like you can you know dig out a little hole with your exacto Into a rock or into something and then you can putty over the rest of the the slot of base and then just build on top of it Um, I used to actually just as an easy quick simple trick I would just literally take a piece of masking tape and cover the slot except for the area I needed to use and then just put all my like ground and basing texture on top of it Like it'll get super solid once all that dries up. You just need something so that doesn't leak through um, so My advice is cut that slot either way down or if there's enough ghosty tendril touching the ground just cut it off completely Um, and just really get him like stuck in there or like if you have something vertical on your base Like let's say you had this little, you know fountain piece on your base or something You could like rest him up against that so that it's you've actually glued him there to there So you don't have to rely on the tip to touch. You can kind of push him up against something All right, uh I'll I'll answer something accordingly in the in the comments Uh All right, andrew Andrew yells, how would you go about painting black horrors of zeech? I want to differentiate for summoned units and black would work well with your scheme Uh, I would do a standard zenithal prime with them And then I would use a mix of very thin black and either red if they were meant to be pink horrors or blue if they were meant to be uh, blue horrors and I would I would get it in a very thin glaze like Eight to one thinner to ink And I would just slowly glaze them down pulling down and letting the airbrush stop where I wanted the most paint collected um And that should give you basic and then just then I would then go back and just pick out the details Because they're kind of just little gumballs, you know, so it's like they they have a pretty uniform texture um You could then go back with your brush if you wanted like pick out the edges of some muscles and fingers and knuckles and stuff like that with like a mid-tone blue gray or a mid-tone red uh red black and uh Kind of add that detail Um, but then you could even glaze over it again to kind of bring it all in spectrum So I think that's probably what I would do Because then there's still a hint of their original color in there. The reason I say red ink is one because there's not really Much in the way of pink ink I mean you can get magenta ink from dala rowney and it's a really nice color. I like it So you can use that too. It's just red tends to mix better with black and red over white turns pretty pink anyways so There you go. Plus the red might work better because you might want them to feel charred just a thought All right, uh, constantino's Question will you be painting more iron jaws with the new launch? Also, can it also be a four hour video like the city's one got a lot of work for armies on parade with that one? um, oh, I'm sure what we'll be doing in the iron jaws video next wednesday and I'm sure it's going to be pretty long like Yeah, don't worry. We'll tuck into that one. Uh, now will I be doing more more figs for them? I don't know maybe a little. I mean I have everything I want in my iron jaws army Um, I might add some more art boys and a second maw crusher. That's basically what I'm looking at Um, I'm just trying to decide if I really want to mess with them Uh, you know, I'm gonna wait till I kind of get the passion up to work on them and then work on them They're a fun in-betweener project because my army's big but the they're painted to like a the whole army's a display quality paint So they take a while to do it's like they're not a fast Project so I really have to like be in the mood to sit down and be like, all right I'm going to spend, you know, 40 to 60 hours on this unit and if I do the maw crusher I mean, that's a huge project. I have the conversion in mind. I'm very excited about it It's just like I have to go. Okay. Well, I don't want to do anything else for the next two weeks Three weeks something like that. Um, I'll probably use it to reward myself after I finish another After I finish something for golden demon. That's usually how I try to do it Like put a fun project in between the competition stressful projects. So there you go Uh, Jonathan says, uh, do you store your airbrush in a solution to make sure it doesn't rust? I heard some people suggest that No No, absolutely not That is that is crazy. Your thing is like if you have a good airbrush, it's it's made from like things that aren't going to rust Um And if you clean it every time it's it's not going to rust this airbrush this iwata hpcs My workhorse brush that I put primer through and varnish through and I cannot guess how many Hundreds thousands of hours, you know, definitely thousands of hours. I have painted with this brush It sits right there in a little airbrush stand And I it's not corroded or rusted in any way shape or form still Absolutely wonderful More or less good as the day I bought it But that's because it said like this hpcs is a great investment for a workhorse brush. So Uh, no, I mean now that that being said there's nothing wrong with it. You could do such a thing So I don't think it's gonna hurt anything as long as the solution isn't you know, uh Isn't going to accelerate the rest as long as it's like some kind of like water itself really won't mess it up Because again, they're all plated but like I would use some kind of cleaning solution more than anything, but no No, I don't think you need to Uh, let's see Steven I hope you're doing well. I am. I hope you're doing well, buddy Uh, Stasek, uh, hello. I started my journey in painting two months ago Could you tell me why painters use inks? Yeah, sure. They're much more pigment rich. They're much more intense They're much more thin Uh, these are three good qualities for certain tasks You're trying to do especially glazing and filtering Um inks are more naturally transparent because of the way that they're mixed And as a result when I want to filter a color or blend or something like that The ink is the go-to because it will smooth things out and still naturally show a lot of the color underneath And you can also thin them way down while still preserving their color They don't break up like paint does because the pigment level is so much more intense in them. So There you go. Um Yeah, I mean if you watch a lot of my videos, you'll see I use inks Especially to the airbrush. They're a dream come true, but I use them in painting as well all the time They also flow a lot better. So for things like lining Or drawing sharp lines like to edge highlight people who edge highlight with paint are that's a sucker play Uh, trying to draw a sharp thin line with paint is like This is crazy town. Um, use mostly ink and a tiny bit of paint And just to make it adhere better And uh, yeah, you you have I mean it's the difference between why does your pen have ink in it and not acrylic paint? Because it Because it flows better and it would you wouldn't get anything out of the pen if it was, you know, the thickness of our miniature paint, right? So yeah thin lines edge highlighting Uh filters glazing That kind of thing all that a lot of reasons a good set of inks is your best friend Uh Scott Baker high vents love the Vallejo metal color paints. Absolutely. It is the only metal paint. We use ever throw all your other metal paints in the trash Uh, thanks for the recommendation. Do you have any tips for highlight combinations? Using them and how do you deal with matte varnish taking off the shine? Okay, so I've said this in a lot of videos. I'll say it again here Don't varnish your metals, especially if not if you're using Vallejo metal color You don't need to you don't need to varnish them Just don't just don't do it I don't varnish any metals never have never will No point to it Those it's there the Vallejo metal color is a very tough paint that pigment is actual aluminum It's very it's very solid It's not going to chip or fragment very easy Unless you're like using some really high friction foam when you're just like rubbing them up against it every time you stick them in a carrying case Which stop using foam to transport your minis unless you literally have no other option use like a magnet case um But I don't varnish them at all Now as to tips for highlight combinations Yeah, I mean in general silvers you go to highlight pale burnt metal is your other one when you want a darker color And then from there I'll just mix in colors like blue inks and and stuff like that over the top if I want fresh steel Things like that. So but my general run is usually like either gun metal steel or magnesium They're all slightly different tones as my low tone And then I'll I'll oftentimes work in uh some dark aluminum as like a mid tone And then just start mixing in either silver or pale burnt metal as my highlight So there you go. Hope that helps Okay Oh, yes, absolutely the talking about little gaps So peter had mentioned that I use liquid text matte varnish for filling the little gaps seems to work so far Totally agree if you've got a very small gap or or a little mold line or something you need to get rid of I and I have a video about this Matte varnish or even gloss varnish is your best friend. You can just drop some in there And and you're good to go and it will like if it's a very small crack That's an excellent way to cover it up Even and even the the beauty of that is you can do it very late in the process After you've already even put some paint on I do that all the time as well Um, I was thinking like big gaps like what often happens when you're putting together like Vehicles or like, you know night titans or stuff like that. They're so annoying because they just have these massive seam lines in the middle of the legs Okay Joshua falls. Hey Vince had a question. I was gifted and I want to Turn one. Okay with the trigger Oh with the trigger gravity feed. Okay. Got it. It's got the trigger on it Was wondering what kind of a compressor would you recommend? Um, just any master compressor preferably one with a tank I think it's about 80 bucks on amazon us that is here. I don't I don't know what it would be if you're in a different part of the world um Yeah, there's no reason to buy an expensive compressor um They I like A a compressor with a tank will generally last about as long as an expensive compressor And maybe you get a year less out of it. Maybe I mean I had one I've had my tank one for a while and knock on wood. It still runs very well um Yeah, it's a couple years old. I put a lot of time on it You know the tank is good because then it runs the motor a lot less Um, it also keeps your air pressure a lot more even and beyond that you know I don't think there's really anything else you need just that that'll do it I use that that single compressor for everything and it's It's followed me around and stuff and it's it's uh, like when I've taken places. It's it's great Can't complain at all and if it breaks Well, I pretty sure I've already gotten my value out of it at this point. I'm down to like You know percentages of a penny per hour. So I feel pretty good about that Uh, okay narcolepsy when using gloss gel for liquid effects Do you just paint on top of the medium or do you die with the do you die the gel with inks? sure yep The answer is yep depends on what you want to do Um Either is fine It's often a good idea to die the gel just so if paint chips away or something It'll still show that color underneath But you don't have to I will often just paint on top of it So like when I do my lava bases and lava effects where I have like flowing lava using the liquid text gloss gel I just paint on top of it I just prime the I let it put it on the raw base let it all dry And then just go to town and then prime it up paint it from there But yeah, you could mix the inks as well when I'm doing it on top of that's what I'm using it for like lava When I'm using it for like waves like crashing waves against something um There I Mix a little bit of the ink in and apply it because I want to keep it somewhat white I want to keep it somewhat glossy and clear and I don't I'm not going to want to Prime over that when I'm putting it on to a finished water effect. So it's more about where are you in the process? right Hopefully that makes sense All right Steven Russo I want to start airbrushing for mostly base coating and priming, but my space is very limited I worry to put paint dust everywhere. Is it really a problem and also which airbrush to start with? Uh, no, it is not a problem. You need a three foot by three foot child's desk to have an airbrush setup Go get yourself the foldable like portable airbrush booth off of amazon If you don't want to spend that money get yourself a cardboard box cut out the back put a little cheesecloth filter on it done Uh, you don't want to spray at your desk because you will just get like paint will go places It's gonna happen Um, so you want to have something to contain the paint, but literally a cardboard box with the back cutout will do you Uh, you cut the back in the top and just put a little cheesecloth over it or something that way light still comes into But yeah, that foldable airbrush booth is all I've ever done. I run the fan for stuff like primers It doesn't externally ventilate, but it has a good filter on the back Um, so you can also wear a mask of varying types if you're concerned I don't generally wear a mask unless I'm doing something if I'm doing anything with any kind of toxic paint or Non acrylics. I absolutely wear a mask. You you have to you can't start spraying like enamels Or anything like that and not wear a mask. That's highly toxic stuff and very dangerous Um for your acrylic stuff, you know, I just run the fan and try to be responsible But yeah, I need a little booth like that it's I mean it takes up almost no space Like I said, it's a it is less than a like a three foot by three foot child's desk like you would use in a kindergartners uh You know school room, right So if you can find that amount of space in your house Because you can put the compressor right under the three by three foot desk the hose runs up the front Done and dusted. Uh, so yeah, that's really all the space you need. It's very minimal Uh, let's see Hey, Vance have you tried out the chimera colors? No, I have not I'm excited to try them. I just I just really haven't had a chance I've been messing with a lot of other paints recently and haven't had a chance to play with them I I will order them. I will uh, eventually do a review. I am excited to use them I love the idea the pure pigments and mixing is a lot of fun. So I mean, I'm sure I would like them. I know several artists whom uh, whose work I quite Love and adore and think they're amazing artists and they use them Almost as the main element of their painting Um, you know, Anthony Rodriguez, we who was just on the interview with the artist show last night uses them Chris sure who's an incredible artist who was also on interview uses them So and and they both achieve stunning results with them. So I I have no doubt they are up to the task Uh to do to do, um Uh get to have have you have I don't know how to say that you comment all the time And I still not to say your name, buddy Uh, but have you ever found that serious life events causes you not to paint for any period of time? Sure. Sure. Yeah. I mean painting is my happy place. So like not stress related stuff doesn't ever get me away from it Um, but like I I I will frequently have to travel for you know a week or more. So that takes me away from the desk Um, you know, there's been times where I've been just like really really sick And just not felt at all like sitting down like I couldn't muster the energy even so sure that'll happen. Um But in general it is my source of stress relief So I find myself here Usually if things are emotionally challenging then I actually find myself here more It's physical impediments, right that will do it more than anything Uh, you know, like there was a time a couple years back where I had some some minor surgery It wasn't a big deal is just you know Yeah, but but nonetheless, I was on like some pain meds and my head was all foggy and stuff like that. So There was just no way I could I could sit down to paint Um, so yeah, and I don't think you should feel bad about that, you know Um, you should try to get to your paint desk if it's your happy place and try to make the time for it To do a little bit all the time, but if it ever becomes a job and not stress relief like it should be Then stop doing it, right or take a break or change your project or something like that I think this is meant to be something that's incredibly Relaxing not Stress causing so yeah, that's my answer Okay Still not muted. All right I'm gonna make sure Darn it I'm gonna I'm trying to watch that audio like a hawk because it's just so scary to me that I would be muted again Uh, all right because I'm behind on the question. So I wouldn't actually see I was muted Uh, let's see Dio would Vallejo metal color be better to use to make a metallic wash than a metallic ink I don't know what you mean by a metallic wash Dio Can you help me out there with what exactly you mean? Do you mean like to wash over other metallics? Do you mean to glaze with it? Are you talking about a wash like we would traditionally use a citadel shade color? Or something like I'm not sure what you're asking me I mean for give me a little more detail on that and I'm happy to answer Uh, Ross. Hello from Moscow. Hey, how you doing? Uh, I just want to say helpful as usual awesome, man Well, that's cool. I hope everything over in Moscow is uh, is wonderful right now Uh, let's see Uh frozen zilu. Hey, Vince. I really love the Vallejo metal color range But one problem I have is that no matter what I try I cannot get a whole Get a hold color as strong as their model Gold any tips on that a gold color that I think I guess that I think that's what it was Okay, got it as strong as their model gold any tips on that Yes Yes, so what you want to do is you want to get the Vallejo metal color copper and gold I too wish there was more to this range Vallejo If you want to do you want to make my year you want to make my decade Give me a bigger range of golds and coppers to match your steel I just I don't know how this hasn't happened yet But anyways what you do is you take three drops of your gold which is a green gold You take one drop of your copper, which is very red green plus red make brown So the copper's a lot stronger. That's the trick. So three to one Mix those together you get a hyper intense gold. It's what I've used on all of my Imperial nights So if you've seen like any of my night Titans and that rich gold on there, that's what I'm using I'll then put a little generally like sepia ink as a thin glaze over top with like the airbrush Or very carefully with a brush or something like that just to warm up the shadow tones So yeah, that's that's my best advice All right water hyvents I keep my minis in a place where they get direct sunlight for part of the day You think sunlight can have an effect on the paint job. Yes. Yes, it can absolutely I mean, it's color it can fade it certainly. Yeah 100% Like I would try to move them if at all possible Sun is very destructive To to any kind of paint It'll kill oil paint. It'll certainly kill acrylic paint. I don't know how long it would take I don't know. I've never tested and I wouldn't want to But my very strong advice would be get them somewhere that's out of the sun Because that's not gonna that's not gonna end well in the uh when that all comes to pass Tyler hyvents, how much do I have to worry about acrylic paints freezing? I live in a very cold rural place and I'm worried about the community left outside the mail hmm That's a great question some you should worry about that some because they can and Most of the time most paints it won't damage them too bad as long as they don't get sub zero And completely frozen through all the way Like they have a lower freezing point Then say water because of all the additives so they freeze somewhere below 32 degrees I don't know it exactly where it's going to be dependent on like how much medium and and what kind of additives and stuff like that they have um But my very strong advice would be try to avoid it Now if it happens you want to bring them in, you know get them warm Like you put them in a little bucket of a little bowl of warm water or something like You know boil some water let it cool off slightly and then drop them in there sealed Not open obviously not saying to put the water in the paint I'm just saying you know like literally you would drop the bottle into the the very warm water Like think you want it like warmer than bath water, but not actually boiling um And then You know you kind of warm them up and then put an agitator in there Once you pull them out And shake the living bejesers out of them and that should get rid of any like crystals or anything like that and redistribute everything um I've not seen many paints where it permanently ruins them badger had a big problem Where like it can happen with primer badger had a big problem like last year the year before two years ago I think we're like a bunch of their primer froze solid in the winter when texas got down to like super cold and um and that ruined that entire lot permanently like they they were just dead So but I think as long as they don't freeze solid you should be okay But nonetheless try to avoid that so like if you order them and they come to the mailbox like pay attention to your shipping or whatever, you know Uh connor hey vents. I've been working on the new go track model sweet I've got that bad boy lined up too. I'm gonna paint a dwarf It'll be the first dwarf. I've ever painted in my life, but I have a I have a specific plan for him Uh, however the nmm on the filigree part of the axe and loincloth is turning out very flat Any tips for doing nmm on such small sections of detail? Yeah treat them as one giant flat surface Here's what I mean by that Think of like imagine that it wasn't filigree. Imagine it was a flat panel Okay So if it was a flat panel What would happen is you'd have like a light line coming down here And then you'd have bands of light going out, right? So you'd have like kind of a strong light band and then you'd have other Bands going out from that to shadow. Maybe you've got reflected light down on one side or something like that Treat the filigree the same way Just figure out like you take a line and you make that line that reflection line wherever your light is directionally coming from You draw a light line right there and that's gets the highest highlight And then you move out from there into the shadow into a deep shadow and then into a A higher reflection If you can if you can get really hyperfine brush control with an edge highlight You then get just the top edge of the filigree with a thin line of white But you got to be like you got to have you know that razor sharp control and some kind of white ink But that's the way to make it look more realistic. By the way, it's the same trick for like chain mail When you're doing it in NMM the key is you you stop thinking of it as what it is Like as this sort of individual filigree or these individual chain links Think of it as one big flat volume And how would the light fall and then just lay that mental map you've made Over the filigree and then remove the negative space, you know, and that's basically what you want to do Okay Let's see Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yes. Connor also says happy or excited for me coming down for can con Yeah, I'm excited as well. That's gonna be a fun trip. I've never never been to australia I'll be coming down in next january. So that's gonna be really cool Uh trevor evening vince just wanted to say thanks very much for all you do in your excellent videos Well, thank you. That's I really appreciate that. I'm happy to do it. It's a lot of fun. I love doing this Uh gaylin, uh says I asked this question on your earlier podcast, but still Curious if you read or tried paints from Uh from hotaka a mr. Hobby to me or pactra. I have not tried any of them But uh, but I have remembered. Uh, that's not true. I've used to me a paint. I shouldn't say that I've used to me a paints multiple times. Yeah, I like to be a paint. Just fine Um, both I've used their acrylic line and some of their enamels Uh, I generally hate to me as pots But I find a lot of their clear line of enamels really really good like obviously x27 Uh for goal or for sorry for red is just amazing. I've used some of their like candy coats and stuff Um, and to me acrylic paints are fine. Yeah, I've done I've done some work with them I hate the pot. I like the paint. The paint is just fine. I've never had a problem with it It's a nice. It's a nice paint mixture. So I have used that one Um, I haven't used the other three. So I'm not sure where They're from around here Um, or where I can order them. I looked on I did look up one of these on like, um Michigan toy soldier and it didn't seem like they had them, but I haven't looked again recently. So maybe they have them now Uh, Ariel uh, Cezynsky hyvins. Hope you're well Been using the Vallejo metal silver and light aluminum to highlight metal. No matter how little I paint No matter how little paint I use it wicks straight up into the brush ferrule. Can I fix this? Nope It's very liquidy paint. I mean you want to make sure you mix it down in there But that's why I don't use nice brushes for that Like you go might here is my very strong recommendation. Go get yourself some big packs of cheap But not super cheap just for like, you know Six to ten dollars for like 10 brushes or something Packs off amazon and use those like these kinds of brushes Are what I use for that for the most part because you're absolutely right. I don't know if you can see that or not There you go. Just like, you know, some crappy thing that came out of a paint pack Artist brush. Oh, that's my favorite brand Um, I use those like some kind of synthetic that way when you're done You can just literally soak the thing in alcohol or put it into like the winsor newton brush cleaner And that'll just eat it right out of there So that's my best advice Because you're right. It's it's it has a lot of flow Improver in it and it will just it will do what that does and so it will soak up I mean the other obviously the big key with Vallejo metal colors You have to make sure you wick it out of the brush into the um You know into a napkin into a paper towel or something Before it goes on to them the miniature Like a traditional shade. Oh, okay. Got it. Uh, so this is this is do rephrasing from the other question of using Vallejo metal colors will wash Um, no, I wouldn't do that, but I wouldn't wash miniature or metals in general Um, I don't generally have a reason to do so. Um, if I wanted to do that I would take some ink with a touch of the Vallejo metal in it and I would add some flow improver and I would just like Apply it in the area as I wanted It's often like you don't want to wash over a metal completely because that just don't for the same reason don't varnish metal You're putting a layer of non-metallic medium over top of your metal. It will necessarily Change its metal look So like if you need to do something like that Yeah, a little bit of paint mixed with like black ink or panes gray ink and some flow improver and then just in the area You're trying to shade So like this guy that's up on the screen. He has this little this nonsense up on top of his his Like halberd here or whatever this is And it's his witstealer halberd and you know, it has all this little micro detail, right? Of these little fine recessed areas What I just described is exactly what I did took a little bit of metal Mostly ink added some flow improver and then just like carefully shoved it into all these areas And then went back over and kind of highlighted for places that I didn't You know to kind of smooth everything out So there you go. Hope that helps Okay Joseph Poro. Hey, Vince. Have you heard about a Spanish artist called Antonio Penya? He lives in my area and he's a really good painter teacher and all around nice guy. Um, yes Yes, I have heard of him. I've seen his work online and really like it. Um At least I believe I've seen him online. Yeah, he shares this stuff Anyway, yes, I have heard of him But I've never met him or or don't know him would love to Uh, I I love meeting and talking to basically any artist because it's just fun It's why I do the interview with the artist series. It's just super fun to sit down and chat with people about this hobby um Okay, he has a channel called ap miniatures. Is it in Spanish? I've watched some Spanish language stuff, but I don't speak Spanish So it's hard for me to keep up when when the instructor is speaking in Spanish. I'll be honest Um, but I'll check it out Uh, Galen also about the Molotow chrome. Yes, will I get a similar effect if I use the pen? Rather than painting with brushes or spraying I doubt it, but I couldn't say for sure Only because The trick to getting the full on chrome mirror effect is really to have like A healthy application of it like you want a pretty thick application And I don't think it's going to come out of this like spongy tip in the pen to the same level But I will openly admit I haven't actually tried it out of there So I mean it could be worth an experimentation But again, I just do the same thing like I keep some isopropyl Some 99 isopropyl alcohol next to my working desk Which is you know, that's obviously very very a lot of pure almost pure alcohol And by the way, never lick your brush with that on there. You will die um The uh, but I use that to just clean the brush After that because it'll it'll just zap that right out of there. It's an alcohol-based Suspension in that Molotow chrome Uh, okay Oh Okay All right, James. Hi Vince. Thank you for all you do. I'm trying to make a very dark almost black green ork flesh Okay, I've been experimenting with nuln oil and gw or Nuln oil and gw or flesh regular and contrast colors But it seems to look like just dirty ork flesh any ideas to make it more flesh like um Okay, uh, yeah, sure my answer would be don't use black or nuln oil like I'll tell you how I would do it um I would add Some deep red purple which will turn basically black when mixed with green um and give you a shadow color And That'll give but it's still much more organic because it's an actual hue Like that kind of onyx color black isn't the color of flesh Um, even like when they depict drow, they don't usually depict them with that kind of like you know Truly like onyx colored flesh like if you really look your brain thinks that if you think back you're like, of course they have That kind of onyx colored skin their drow But if you go look at the art, they usually don't They have some kind of other color or lighter shade to them or highlighting because Just that would be that the pure black is too overwhelming And it's going to really dilute your colors pretty poorly um So a little bit of red, uh, red purple would give you that appropriate shade You could also play around with um Vallejo game ink black green It's a very nice dark. It's it's a very very nice dark green color You could use that for some of your shade or to smooth that out Um, but that's how I would build it I would build it with that and then just go straight up into the green and then I'd take it into like, um If you're gonna use it very red to be a nice a cold light would look good with a very warm shadow So, you know, you could mix in like some Uh Some glacier blue or something or some ice blue or something like that Or if you want to keep them in a more traditional work scheme, you know Use some ice yellow or something like that to mix them with that green and I think you'll get a nice effect Okay James had a nice thing about uh Oh cool about yeah call call your carrier and actually pick it up at the distribution center. That's a good idea All right Berserk, uh Every time I say your name in one of these streams berserk Then the berserk theme song goes off in my head. So all I can hear is like From the from the like 1997 berserk series the good one. Anyway from the golden era arc Uh, all right. So vince thoughts on creating a metallic gradient before using a strong glaze Will the gradients effect be amenable? No, it'll be very strong. Um, so this is actually how a lot of forge world Stuff gets like candy coated like that. Um, they'll do the full spread and I've done it before too. I really like it It's a it's a cool effect I'm mentioning like the to me is this one way to do it over the top contrast is a way to do it over the top Inks is a way to do it over the top Um, so like you want to go from like popped popped silver down to basically black because it will dull The variants when you put a color over the top But no, I think it's a really fantastic effect. So yeah Okay So yeah, you just lay down that true metal and you run the gamut from pure silver down to black and then You go with that like to me a clear or an ink or a contrast paint over the top and Molto bene you get like a beautiful beautiful metallic gradient transition Okay uh Clop foot would you go warm or cool base if the model had an equal warm and cold parts? I would try to make it the same I always try to carry elements colors themes from my base down into the miniature So the answer is I would use a little of both So if I'm gonna have like some grasses and stuff that are pretty warm like yellow green grasses or or tufts Then maybe I'll use some cool Like flowers that have some blues and cold magentas in them or whites or something like that You know like just that kind of thing or I'd use like if I'm gonna use a water effect I'll make the water effect cold and the Well, I'm so sorry, buddy and make the um the uh The you know the the grass and water and leaves and stuff warm. Sorry, not the water the grass and leaves and logs warm So yeah, I think like in the end, especially if you're dealing with like a natural base It just feels a lot better if it actually has kind of both elements in it But leans toward warm. I think would be my answer Uh, okay Molotow works really well it needs to be wet. Yeah, it absolutely does like you have a very short working time with that stuff When you take it out of there Um Joseph, how did you do the silver metallics on that mini? It looks awesome standard vileo metal color everybody That's all it is starting exactly the process. I described I started with gun metal on this And then went to silver smoothed out through the middle took a dark ink and glazed up into the shadows And then went back and edge highlighted everything And that's all it was to it edged with the pure silver. That's all there is to it It's it's super simple and it's so rewarding. You get such a wonderful grading out of it. If you want to go fancy Uh, if you're so fancy, uh, you can like add in A little bit of blue or some kind of color in the midtone there So there you go All right ice axe miniatures Hey, vince deep question. Are we seeing trends and fads come and go quicker these days in both styles and products e.g. I know multiple people who went all in on scale 75 Because that is what the cool twitch streamers are using and are now selling their entire scale 75 paint sets Ice axe miniatures or see all the hype for pro acrylic gw contrast paints, etc Meanwhile, I'm sitting here all like my reaver msp or okay Um, sure you want to get deep. Okay, we'll get deep. Um, the answer is Yes, we absolutely are that is a society-wide trend that's not related to miniature painting um, there is a a couple of good videos on if you want to look up like the sort of Uh, I think bouillard wrote about it But there was some there's some really good post modern philosophy out there about it about the definition of the self through acquisition and uh that as traditional methods of identification through community and family and religion and just other things that humanity has traditionally identified itself with Over the past three to four thousand years most of our existence where we were and then our existence for that We were mainly sort of more tribal Um, and and we were defined as that in group and that was the definition of our identity As that has broken down in the late 20th and 21st century. We've had a need to Have some kind of identity to ourselves to define ourselves in some way as humans seek We are meaning seeking machines and as we've done so Uh, one of the ways that one of the things that not all people but many people have Uh, placed in there as a sort of form of consumerism and this isn't like a capitalism bad thing It's just a just a sort of statement about uh, the fact that it's easy to Define your identity by an acquisition So you see a streamer or a person using something you want You want to be like them that defines your identity for that moment Even though there's no great roots that go down in there Like you might identify yourself as you know, italian or something like that, right? And so it's very it's very it's a transactional temporary association And so it becomes very easy for them to become unmoored and lose its value And you have to be on to the next thing to then try to seek out definition and value So that's kind of the broader trend So in the end, there's nothing wrong with exploring and using new things I love getting new paints and playing around with them. I think it's super fun Um, I think you just want to be careful that are you buying it because you want to use the the product yourself and you're interested in the The results you could get from it from the evolution of your your technique or your painting style you could gain from the learnings you could have Those are all valid and valuable things and perfectly good reasons to invest in something If you're doing it for sort of a that more transactional Momentary rush that I would say probably sit back and wait My rule by the way to stop myself from doing this is if anything costs more than 20 dollars I have to wait two weeks before I buy it Uh, and that stops me from ever spending money on things that are flights of fancy Um, other than like, you know, your car breaks down or the water heater blows up like okay that costs more But that's you know non essential purchases. How about that? So there you go So there you go. Is that deep enough for you? How about that? Thank you for letting me put my philosophy degree that I worked hard to earn in college and have And don't get to often use to good use. So there you go Okay Uh All right Berserk gave me the uh the opening line absolutely over the berserk theme song It's so good. I've I've sat and listened to that theme song for just just hours on loop There's like, you know multiple hour versions of it guts theme Uh is also incredible on a loop just like the actual guts theme is fantastic anyway Uh, let's see Uh narcolepsy not sure if it's a hobby question, but I'm in need of organization any recommendations on display cases that don't Break the bank. I've seen the Ikea model that everyone talks about It depends on how many you want and how much what and and what breaks the bank means to you So here's what I'll say These are the ones How can I move here? Is this way gonna get me out of the way? Yeah So both of these have the same name I don't know what it is. I can I can look in a second. We'll go find them. I'll actually bring them up on the screen Um I love these they're sealed the debt off that everybody likes that's like $65 the problem with those is they're not sealed They still have big cracks. And so they're not doing Like what you actually want to do with a case which is keep dust off of them Right, um So there's no point to that like it looks pretty But it's not actually doing anything Um, so that's kind of a problem. Uh, let's see probably under furniture Uh, let's see Display and storage cabinets. There we go. I'm sure people are like screaming at me the debt offs the one people always classically talk about Uh, but Where's it at? Load more. Oh my god. There's this many of these. Good night But there's a lot of these Really the one that I had is not in here This is killing me It was like the most popular one That was on the screen when I looked before. Nope Okay, we'll find it I wish I could remember the name but I'm afraid if I say Ikea names wrong I'll actually like I'll accidentally summon Cthulhu back to the The mortal plane Because there it is fabricor. This is the one. So this is like 169 Right. Um, it's not the cheapest shelf admittedly, but I will tell you it's a worthwhile investment. They are super sturdy Um, the shelves are unbelievably solid. It's like because I've heard debt offs collapsing before it was under too much weight They come in different colors. I got the black blue which can also get gray and white I think they're the worthwhile investment. They are not I mean, they're not sealed They're still not airtight, but they're a heck of a lot more sealed This room is a like my office is just a dust-a-thon and um, I don't have any dust problems in them So I think that's it's a worthwhile investment depending on how many you need and what your budget is I mean admittedly the idea of going out and spending like 500 on shelves is pretty scary Um, but I mean, you know, you might be spending 500 on your next army So I guess the question is like do you want to make the one-time investment in some shelves? That'll then last you for a real long time instead of getting that army and maybe wait for that army until the year after that I don't know But I like those a lot Okay Let's see All right, so then some philosophy weekly exactly now I'll start a new segment on on Wormer weekly like going deep on philosophy Tom would also be into that. I mean, he has uh, he has he's going for his doctor right now in a very academic sort of philosophically Aligned field as well. He and I have lots of conversations that are like that Uh, all right. So Galen, uh, how long it does it take you to paint? Uh, the smooth and clean skin on your models because painting skin on my bloodrevers Secretors and stokers is driving me crazy not long Uh, pretty fast actually because I I rely on a lot of wet blending and then smoothing with my airbrush So it's actually quite fast Um, so if you go back and watch the how to smooth with your airbrush video that I did That's that's I use that a lot to then smooth out blends But I I start with a lot of heavy wet blending especially in skin. So it's already starting out pretty smooth I'm really just like refining the blends at that point with the airbrush I'm not trying to do the blends with the airbrush and I do it even on 28 mil miniatures if you watch the imperial fist Video you'll see me do it on a 28 mil miniature where I'm just like where I'm just refining very carefully these blends with the airbrush um So yeah, I mean it that's my advice. I get you set yourself up for success earlier And you'll do a lot better now The other answer is if you don't want to work in either of those methods Then you can also use like a trivariant layering type technique, which is which can be time consuming But at the same time it can be very it's it is Produces very high quality consistent results Because you're just barely moving the color up and then doing another layer And then barely moving the color up and then doing another layer and you're doing the shingles on a house Right and so I think that's uh, that's kind of another way to go Uh many more longer high vents, uh, what varnish was it that you use and which ratio do you thin it? That would be ak interactive ultra matte varnish the only varnish you trust Except no substitutions Uh, and I put a couple drops of thinner in there with it is my best answer It's like I don't I'm not trying to actually ratio it out. I'm just trying to keep it smooth in my airbrush I'm glad that's well sealed since I just threw it on the ground. Um So yeah, like a couple drops thinner in there That's what I use Uh, if I assuming we're talking about varnishing for the purpose of varnishing and not like Gloss varnish to fill a gap or like gloss varnish before an oil paint or you know something like that, right? There's different purposes for varnishes. I want to make a video sometime called 10 uses for varnish that isn't finishing your miniature Uh, all right Oh, I wasn't I didn't Tyler. I did not take that as a dig at all, buddy Uh, okay I don't take anything as a dig. I'm a hard person to insult I'm on the internet for goodness sakes making content. You gotta have somewhat thick skin Uh, all right jack, uh, how would you paint silver birch type bark on sylvaneth? Oh, that's a great question Yeah, sure. Um It's tough birch is such a fascinating looking tree. Um I think I would paint them mostly white gray and I would shade that out completely So like I would do the whole white gray shading and transition and then I would get a nice brown black And I would stipple it All over there I think that's how I would do it because you want that like you want that kind of peeling away look of both that Um, you know, I just do some stippling with that brown black I think that's probably my answer I will openly admit. I've never tried to paint a birch tree not even in 2d In like a background, but just like That's what I would try first So there you go Oh, and somebody actually answered while I was looking it up the fabric or yep Uh, okay Manager junkie, but what would Kant say a lot of terrible things because he was a pretty horrible human being as a man as Sort of even in his own time. He was not a great guy Uh, certainly by the standards of the modern world. He's terrible. Um, but he would certainly tell us that that, uh You know that you would want to be careful as to what maxim you're carrying out there by By buying these things and then discarding them that it probably isn't a useful maxim to follow Uh, to to have this like sort of consumerism Uh, and and sort of buying and throwing things away. He would see that as being a very low value And not and not a maxim we would want to universalize All right, okay Uh Will why it's questioned do you use the ak matt varnish between layers? Yes, I absolutely do Um, I do it anytime I want to lock stuff in so often when I'll come in and glaze real thin inks with the airbrush to add color Or filters or smooth things out like that paint is so thin. It's extremely fragile So I absolutely then varnish before I go back to working with brush that locks everything in gives me a nice solid save point So if later on I kind of screw up and like my brush jumps I can just grab a big brush and just dig at it with a wet brush And it'll just pull that paint right off pull the paint that I jumped the brush with and won't touch any of the lower layers Uh, would you ever use varnish from a rattle can for sake of ease? For terrain sure if I like varnishing terrain is generally a good idea because it's going to get beat up So um, and if so, what would you recommend testers dolecoat? Testers dolecoacher go to out of a rattle can it's going to be your lowest chance of like Fogging up, which is the big fear with any kind of varnish, but yeah for terrain. That's the only time I use it Uh, Ian havens are you interested in the new chaos night at all? I enjoyed watching the videos with the imperial knights Ian you got to follow my socials buddy. Am I yes indeed. I just I finished one. He's back there Uh, here. Let's let's let me see if I can here hold on Mm-hmm Oh, give me just a moment Where is this bad boy at? But yes, I love this night. There he is He was on the he was on the cover to this video now that I think about it. He's the thumbnail Uh, so there he is Uh, now this is a mix of the chaos and imperial kit obviously like this is the chaos claw and mask and smokestacks and leg pieces Uh, but this is the imperial Oh, and the chainsaw is also cast Uh, but this is the imperial like ion shield and carapace and shoulder pads Because I wanted more room for the to for the smooth freehand since this was going to be slanish This is my house divine night. So Which was the first house to fall and it fell to slanish So yeah So yes, I love the cast nights. I'll do more. I'll probably do about one a year So they're they're a big long time consuming complicated project that I have to have like I need a good idea like that one came about when I saw this piece of art Of slanish and I was like, I want to paint that face or a face like that on the carapace I think that would look awesome So, you know, I got I got the idea and then the rest just kind of came out from there I went and did research and found a house and found color schemes and things like that I know everybody says I always paint in the same color schemes and like Yeah, I kind of do I kind of use things like what's on the screen right now a lot But I do try to vary within these ranges like yes, I'll often use a blue or a blue green or a teal But there's a lot of difference within that range, you know, come on now All right Uh, johnny boy, uh, I bought the Ikea ones and just added led strips for lighting and Draft excluder to the doors to stop dusks. Oh, that's cool. That's a nice idea. Yeah, the led lighting is a really good idea I want to do that as well sometime. That's a great call Uh, james, uh speaking of dust other than always cleaning. Do you do anything else to keep your area dust-free? No, I had like an air purifier for a long time. It's still back there It's like back. It's it's Which hand is it this one? It's right there sitting in the corner, but it's like all broken I should just throw in the trash just laziness is preventing me from throwing it out It didn't seem to do much But I mean the filter did get dust in it. I try to just dust regularly I have three dogs down here with me in my office almost consistently every day and like dogs make dander and a lot of dust So like this room is just a nightmare for it. I'm always pulling dog hair out of my web palette and stuff, but That's okay. I love the dogs. So what do you do? Uh sanguine. Oh, it's a lot else Haven's loving your content. How many times in the week do you how much time in the week do you spend painting? 40 to 60 hours every week So I'm pretty religious about it um Like I was painting for a lot earlier this morning and I had some stuff in earlier afternoon when I shut this off I'm gonna paint until I do hang out with doom later today at midnight I might still paint some during that And I'll paint until I go to bed at like 3 a.m. And so, you know, it's I try to get a lot of time in so 40 to 60 hours is my general answer Like a full-time job, that's that's really the key You don't need to paint that much, but it's it's what I do Uh Do do do Hey, Vince. Have you ever used bondic for gap filling? I have not I heard about some people use of it I've never tried it. I'd be curious to how it works. I'll have to look that up if you know a good review, you know pass along Uh ptv I did the skin of six ogres recently first skin. I ever painted airbrush bugman's glow base 45 degree cation flesh tone Kiss the flesh directly from the top and two water down sprays of likeland was quite surprised at how well He looked yeah, absolutely like getting that kind ogres are great for it too Like ogres are wonderful for that technique Because they have such wonderful like Folds to them They have a lot of like just mass, you know, they're their musculature Is really well defined and really over exaggerated Witness the muscularity, right? So they're just they're they're great for that kind of a technique They'll take so well to that so yeah Uh Dan dugle. Hi Vince. Do you do any commission work? Uh, no No, I do not Um, I will occasionally occasionally do special one-off things for people Um for various like reasons Um, my support of nash con means I like I paint one fig for Uh, like the the wooden spoon winner there every year Um, that's sort of an extra prize that generally gets given away um You know sometimes as gifts or something for my wife, but no, I don't do any commissions Um, I don't like commission work. I don't I'm I don't do this as a job. I do this as a hobby I'm not too keen to start making my hobby a job in that way Um, there may come a day, but uh, not right now So unfortunately, I'm not your guy. I'm sorry Uh, Nico, uh question. I have a Harley Quinn model from Suicide Squad movie. How would you paint the fishnet stockings? Uh, I would go watch the sheer translucent, uh Um Video that I have hobby cheating video Do do do do Let's see hobby cheating Let's scroll that down I hate that youtube doesn't load all this Shear yeah hobby cheating 161 how to paint translucent sheer cloth There you go. I don't know if that's showing on screen or not. There you go. That one. Sorry. It was my face was covering it up That's what I would go watch and then you just add the extra little thin lines It's like you do the whole process you see in there And then you just literally trace the little fishnets and an ultra thin lines across there Just like doing the diamond pattern on a on a on a harlequin model So that is what I would do It is a lengthy process, but I mean it's a single fig so it's probably worth it Uh, okay Uh Meister when you when you deep clean your airbrush. Do you like to leave it submerged and thinner overnight? Um, I use an ultrasonic cleaner. I'll do it once every month or two I put it in there with a bunch of jewelry cleaner And then I run the thing for just a long time and then I let it sit overnight And then I run it again several times in the morning Um, and that's just like more to get everything deep scrubbed The problem is then you need to re-oil all your workings in there because you will destroy all your all your like Oil so you do need to oil everything up to make sure all your metal and metal joints are Solid again. But yep, that's how I do it Uh, sanguinell another one. I'm painting my towel right now and I've got to edge highlight in Pure white and for me. It's really a pain in the tucus. I use white ink And vallejo model color white got any of the advices Just use the white ink like the model color is probably too thick Um, but no, I mean it's I have an edge highlighting video It's really just a kind of thing that comes good with practice If you I use mainly the ink I will mix in the tiniest bit of Like heavy body acrylic white just to to make sure it really sticks and is strong And then I get that flowing and going Wick off my brush and then just you know, it's a side of the brush thing just You know running that side of the brush along very carefully It's kind of you have to have a sense of like how How much paint is in your brush and how much is going to wick out you want just enough So you need to mix up a good amount of it on your palette because you're going to be going back to the well pretty often Other than that, there's not much I can help you with but you're you're on the right road I think at this point it's probably just practice How much for a creature caster commission Well, unfortunately the same answer, uh, but I will be if but if you paint a creature caster thing I'll be happy to judge you at resin beast next year at adept con That's going to be real exciting I hope to see lots of people bring their their creature caster minis and submit into resin beast It's going to be a great year. So I'm hoping to see lots of great stuff Uh aviade random thought looking at the scale modeling and gunpla side of things What's the biggest points you think many painters can take from that world and vice versa? realism color tone weathering uh using different Uh materials a lot more like craft work of understanding kind of how to use All sorts of elements in your miniature like grieving stuff um How to properly use the a host of different kinds of non-acrylic tools enamels and chalks and pigments Uh and getting like realistic tones and weathering patterns and having them still look realistic and still organic um Yeah, I mean a lot Stuff like that. I think I think it's a thing we don't get to To do as much in our world and we would be really well served to do so because Those scale modelers are so good at like often making a kit their own Through things like grieving and other customization And they're also so good at making it feel like it sits in the world It's in where every piece they do is a narrative in itself And I think that lesson right there is something that we would serve well to to learn over here on our side of the community Um, you know really think about the narrative of the piece like they do deeply. What's the weather? What's the campaign? You know, where's this person at? What's the terrain and all that factors in usually to how they paint everything and I think that that's That's all good thoughts. I think for sure uh Don't know if this has been asked before but if you only had to pick three Vallejo metal colors, what would you choose? steel dark aluminum silver Next colors would be gold copper next colors would be pale burt metal and gun metal There you go Post human gamer hyvins from the duchy of burgundy nice any advices on painting small scale faces 15 millimeters I never paint smaller than 28 to be completely honest. I do not like small scales. I don't even like true 28 Like my favorite scale is 75 millimeter and I paint a lot of monsters. I like having room to to to really work Um and and 15 mil scale just doesn't allow that as much That being said, um following the same basic structure, you know working in tones broadly kind of Making sure you still have some of that transition where like the t-zone is highlighted on the face You know and making sure you still have your shadow areas in your eyes and under your nose That kind of stuff like following those basic light guidelines Will still make the face feel a lot more realistic even on a small scale All right clubfoot. I just watched your mars bass video and want to Redo some of my bases because the cork is too obvious. Would you take the minis off the bases? If you can without hurting anything, yes If you cannot No, like, you know preserve the miniature first If you don't want to go and repaint a bunch of stuff But like in your perfect world, yes I would and I would then go and cover up that cork and grit them and paste them and all that kind of stuff If you have like a little bit of cork poking out here or there just in tiny little spots. That's okay It's fine. It just needs to be like mostly covered varied heights uneven surfaces things like that Okay Uh, absolutely Dan the more more interviews will be coming. It's it's a series. I love doing and I will I will interview any Artist that is willing to come on the show and sit down with me Um, I've got a couple requests out right now. So so we'll see I'm trying to get the next couple scheduled Uh gaelan, do you think gw is going to release a start collecting set for darkling covens and make new models? Uh They could do a start collecting. I don't know they need new models all the darkling coven stuff is really nice like the the executioners and black guard and Uh, bleak shards and bleak spears, whatever the heck dark shard dark shards and bleak spears I don't know all those things have crazy names They're all fine. I think they're all still really good sculpts. I think they hold up Um, you know, they did the whole start collecting for anvil guard, but that was mainly like pirate stuff Um So yeah, I mean they could do a start collecting at some point. I think it'd be cool I couldn't say for sure. Who knows maybe we'll get more cities boxes like that and they'll they'll show up in a big You know, they'll show up in a big like battle force box. That would be awesome Um, but I I don't think they're ever going to make new models for them. No, I and and I'm not sure they need to like I said I I think they're really good models. So There you go Joseph who is your current favorite artist that isn't yourself and why nice uh Probably richard gray because I think he's he does everything I want to do his use of like texture detailing freehand And sort of attention to interesting color and light usage on models is something I really love He has a skill with freehand that I aspire to in his storytelling capabilities He is wonderful with creating micro detail and miniatures, which I love Um, yeah, I think richard's just a fantastic painter. He's one of the best And he's an idol for me all the time like I look at his work all the time Uh The painted goomba Would you ever do an online class similar to the ones you run at events? Maybe like if if if Here's the answer that if I ever decided I would did want to like this wanted to be we're gonna become my living Right if I was like, well tired of sort of a nine to five and I I'll I'll do this instead Um, then the answer would be yes, and I would do it through probably You know patreon or something like that. I'd have a couple different venues for that In addition to still traveling and teaching and stuff like that Uh Master stoogell curious. It's what jewelry cleaner you use I could not tell you it's I got it from my wife and it's just what I've used And I keep using the same stuff like I'll like I'll pour it in there and then I then I pour it into a A strainer and then I put it back in the the bottle And it's just it's this pink bottle of jewelry cleaner. I don't know I've used it forever Uh, and it's kind of gross now, but it's fine. I also use purple power sometimes Uh, okay All right Oh, we're almost down to the end, which is good because we're over an hour and I need to start wrapping up. So Uh, let's see curious. Oh, sorry, uh, sandal. Thanks for your answers one last for me How do you avoid mold in the wet palette? copper wire I use the the Redgrass palette, which is so worth it because their sponge seems to be like ultra mold resistant. It does not get stinky or moldy So that's a good thing, but assuming you're not doing the redgrass palette copper wire And surfic tent or a drop of dish soap or something like that in the in the water That's the answer Any chance of dr. Faust coming on the interview series. I know I'd love to have him. I mean he was the first You know when I started really painting again At first not trying to take it seriously, but still just having fun painting. I mean I watched Every video he had, you know, uh, so yeah, I would I would love to have one Uh, what's what's your nine to five job? Uh, I'm a product manager for a software company Uh, alex, uh, I'm painting Cranon the relentless from dark vengeance any tips for osl with the glow of the sword on power armor Yes, I have an osl video. I would like osl is the most complicated thing you can paint Period There is no more complicated effect than osl Maybe like reflective sky earth non-metallic metal where you're trying to accurately capture the world around the person Is more complicated because that has like freehand elements in it too like some of the stuff You'll see kareel kanayev do or alex rostu in his paintings um So maybe that's the one thing but osl is very very complicated I would say watch the video. I mean the key is the simplest answer is the source of light needs to be the brightest It should then fade to on the thing to a slightly dimmer color Like you have the center of the sword or something like that be the brightest Then fade to a slightly different color to set your hue And then it should cast to a thin glaze of that color on the everywhere where that light drawing a straight line would hit And it should be stronger and brighter on the edges where light would catch That is my very very very fast summation. That's not going to be like watch the video for more detail Just a thought black black friday is a month and a half away start saving now for your airbrushing and pressure Yeah, yeah, sure. They they'll probably have they have deals all the time on like amazon and stuff like that or other sites like blick and Who else has that kind of stuff hobby lobby and you know all sorts of people overlord of each ecchi ecchi. I don't know. Hi You seen how uh, have you seen how war cry painting has a lot of two color lighting Like green from above and red from low. How would you keep the flesh from looking like a mutant christmas? You keep it in skin tone again like now we're into like double complicated So if regular osl is hyper complicated two varying uh Motivated light sources are like oh well now we're into the real complication Um, I did this on a bust I painted when I did the the Pharaoh that ben cantor had sculpted I had fire coming from a torch light that he was looking at somebody and then I had cold light from the moon above right and um You know the answer is you still need to you need to it still should be skin tone It's just skin tone with more red and skin tone with more green. So like it needs to be Controlled coloration Ashley dale hyvins what airbrush would you recommend for a beginner if it's truly your first time you're just getting your airbrush I would recommend you go get the master airbrush kit from amazon Which is this thing right here amazon master air brush kit That's probably this one I purchased this one time. Hey, there you go march 13th 2015. That's when I got my airbrush. How funny is that? Uh, so I've been using it now for more than four years Uh, so at any rate, this is the kind of kit I would uh that I would recommend to start with Um, you can get the either this one, which has like the tank with it or this one that doesn't You know depends on your your tolerance for sort of cost But this has like the hose and a pretty standard g 22 airbrush and needles and you know the just kind of everything you need And it's a perfectly fine set um Nothing wrong with either of them. You will screw up your airbrush when you first get it like You don't buy a 16 year old a new bmw because they will break it And wreck the car and it is much the same for an airbrush like when you first get your airbrush You'll clog it. You'll mess it up. It's nothing wrong with that. This means that there's nothing wrong with you It's just what everybody does because it's a very new experience to be painting with the thing So, um, that's what I would recommend That'll let you learn that'll let you get down thinning and priming And then you can take a step up to a nicer airbrush based on what you have sort of a tolerance for Uh Do your co-workers or colleagues know about your alter ego or is it a clarkent superman thing? Just like clarkent a few people know and most don't by day. I'm you know, a normal mild-mannered Uh, uh software manager Uh, Berserk is black Templar just too dark to show through to metal You mean like putting it over the top probably but if you mix it like three to one with the contrast medium It'll work really well Uh, let's see. All right cool, uh And then final question that's a funny final question. Do you think they will update slaves to darkness anytime soon? Yes, I don't know when but yes archaeon will get a book and all his and the verand guard and archaeon will be useful again I'm sure they're not thrilled at one of their most impressive sculpts ever And they and his retinue of the second most impressive sculpts ever and two of their very expensive kits that people love Are not actively being used or painted or bought very often except by hobbyists and artists. So Yeah, I would think that's probably on the docket When who knows? But there you go. All right, so great. There you go everybody. I hope that was all helpful Uh, so we spent about 90 minutes there going through your questions. These were great questions I do this once a month on saturdays in the afternoon Uh, I always say I'm gonna try to put the notification up earlier But then life gets in the way. So, you know, that's fine. If you had a question that you didn't get to ask You can feel free to drop it in the comments um Going to enter my first. Oh james says i'm going to enter my first ever painting competition that starts this monday What non-technique videos of yours would you recommend I watch before I start? um Watch the thing about Uh, I I don't know. I'm trying to think like I I have one on like thoughts on competition painting. That's probably a good one to look at um So I would I would say start there where I talk about kind of the nature of of painting for competition. So But there you go. All right, so thank you everybody. I really appreciate the questions I really appreciate you appreciate you hanging out with me today. This is a lot of fun As always, I appreciate it and we'll see you next time. Bye. Bye everyone