This was a really good video on what is possible with dry brushing. I loved the contrasts between the different shields and what you achieved with such a difficult colour to get right (well, for me anyway). I am curious how you would use contrast paint like Iyanden yellow. For a future video, I would love to see you paint a vehicle, such as a blood angel space marine repulsor, to see how you would blend the dry brushing with the different surfaces.
It never fails to amaze me how nice a finish you get with dry brushing! You make it look so easy and yet you get a finish that I couldn’t achieve with all the technics in the world lol
Fabulous tutorial as always. you are one of a very few seriously good artists and teachers. Please keep up the good work, it helps all of us who are aspiring to better techniques to persevere. Thank you.
I miss the whiteboard already :( you should totally do a segment on colour theory; using the purple as a base for the yellow is inspired, but some people (like me!) might not know "why" this works. Be nice to see how you handle Non metallic metals using this technique, when I saw the shields i thought (hoped) it was gonna be how to do NMM gold! Great content as always though. Thanks for all the hard work!
Really unexpected base colours to start with. These videos are really opening my eyes. The colour theory and points of interest on the back templars as an example was really cool. I am interested when varnishes can be used earlier in the painting stages.
Nicely done! I had dreams of an Imperial Fists army once but Yellow was so difficult. Might revive the idea. Also, totally random, I love when your air compressor randomly burbles at us during these videos.
Great! I'd love to see you keep exploring the range of contrasts that I personally find amazing! Keep up the great work, your videos are getting more and more interesting!
Great work. Loving the content of these videos. I have a couple of D-series brushes, a dampening pad and a texture palette on order. Can't wait to try them out!
I really like videos like this, and the one with the different white shields, where you should different methods for achieving a colour. I'd love see these kinds of videos for different blues and reds etc as well eventually, but I assume they're already on your list :P
Another great tutorial. Could you possibly do a tutorial on how to properly use the D series brushes along with the dampening pad and texture palette? Maybe some people are having the same issues I'm having. For example, when I first used my D series brush, I used the dampening pad and tested it it without paint on my hand. It seemed more than damp; so I 'wet brushed' my hand 'til I couldn't really feel the moisture any more, loaded some paint and tested on the texture palette. There wasn't a lot of paint coming off - so I took it to my test model. When I started brushing, the paint was almost a wash consistency and even bubbled on the details! It was late - so I cleaned the brush (using the demo video on this channel) and tried again in the morning. This time, I only put a couple drops of water in the well of the dampening pad. Did the same process as above but then couldn't discern any real difference from the regular square tipped dry brush I'd used in the past, and the D series bristles started to splay out. So now I'm in a position where I don't really want to keep pushing the brush for fear of damaging it. The D series brushes are evidently amazing tools as demonstrated in these videos, so some pointers could help me - and hopefully many others - get up to speed :)
Hey Greig! Great point, thank you for the question. :) One drop is all that's necessary. At some point of the future I will collect all the frequently asked questions and try to address them in one video. We have a video of me instructing Ross from Fauxhammer where I cover a lot of this in depth, it's being edited now and will be on the channel very soon! 😊
My Imperial Fists thank you 🙏 I have so many problems with Iyanden yellow. A stray stroke can lead to an instantly drying orange streak, and everything ends up blotchy. Ended up diluting with 3pts contrast medium to 1pt iyanden, then doing several coats. Now using airbrush - much faster 🙂
Kinda wish i had something yellow to paint now haha. I'm definitely keen to know more about glazing!. Also loving the slowly growing collection of painted minis behind you. Any plans to put a shelf up or something to that effect? also going to put in a request for a pink space marine... It's morphing time...
Haaa, that one's probably a while off! :D Glazing however will be much sooner! I should get one custom build to hold one of each space marine chapter ever... as it seems that's the direction that I'm going in :D
I am loving the shields to show how to do the color. So we now have white and yellow. Two colors that get a lot of complaints. Any other colors in the works? I wouldn't mind a pink or purple one.
Amazing! This could be used as some gold NMM. The video idea you suggested is nice, going through colour theory would be useful. Another idea is to show how to paint the different kinds of Warhammer Demons taking one infantry demon from each chaos god.
Thank you for the tutorial really useful tips to achieve an effective yellow. A little bug bare of mine is that all these types of tutorials paint the entire model, whereas I often want to paint just a section of the whole mini. Example looking to paint up the new Vampire Blood bowl team in a Batfkin style (yellow armour, red gauntlets, blue leathers and black cape) so the above video works perfectly for the armour, but worried it will go over the blue leather I have already laid down. Is there a particular set of steps for placing colour on a mini you would recommend?
Would love you to do the same with other colour groups say green, blues and reds. Colour theory would be useful showing good and bad examples Basing, say using the Vallejo white texture base as a starter and using different colours for different grounds Keep going!
They look amazing, any one of those would look great across an infantry line! I would still be tempted to weather them, maybe a quick dust coat at the bottom, some scratches and chipping, that kinda thing, then again I am physically incapable of not weathering a model, especially a vehicle, I think there's something wrong with me! 🤣
It's one of our Series S brushes you can find here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/brushes/products/series-s-brush-set The size 3 is particular favourite of mine 😊
Hey man, thanks for this ! Say, which one of the four themes would you say is better for Iyanden, or is there another solution that would work better for iyanden in terms of paints? I'm definitely going to go with a drybrushing option because yellow would be too hard to paint otherwise honestly, thanks !
Dumb question here: How would you approach this if it were something like a sash, which is relatively small, surrounded by other colors you really don’t want to get your yellows on, and may not have great access? Would you discard the dry brush for a more traditional brush/layering technique, but with a similar color progression as what you have shown?
I noticed that one of the brushes you were using was different, it was square at the ferule and seemed to be softer than the series D. Is that a new brush line your working on?
Forgetting for a moment that you're AO and you would like us all to buy as many brushes as we can fit into our postboxes... I am looking at your dry brush series and I WANT THEM YESTERDAY!!! I am wondering as a starter purchase which brushes would you consider absolutely essential and in what multiples?
Hey there! What are you generally painting? I use S, M, and D depending what I am working on 😊 My favs Series S set + size 3; Series D + XL; Series M00 + M1
@@ArtisOpus I've spent the Covid money my government has kindly given everyone on a couple of 3d printers (resin and fdm.) I've a huge backlog of Titan Forge and now Cyber Forge stl files to print and paint. Also terrain. So no, Warhammer but fantasy and cyberpunk/sci fi minis and a combo of scratch built and 3d printed terrain. Hoping to make some dioramas with the cyberpunk minis. I'm a big fan of what you achieve with your painting style(s) I'm looking for different things I can adapt it to.
@@incognitoatunknown2702 Perfect dude! You need the big boys. Series D set + 3 and 6 from Series S would be a great start. I'd maybe add S00 or 0 for detail work. Don't forget to update us with your progress 😊 Hope you're well!
Not sure if anyone else would be interested in this, but I'd love to see some Easy methods of Painting Liquids like the ones in the Death Guard Bottles, backpack Tanks, Jars, etc.
Hey dude, this is tricky. I tried to do it myself this weekend (semi-successfully 😅) and I need some more practice before I can teach others :) Thank you for your suggestion 🤩
@@ArtisOpus I'm in no hurry to learn. Take your time learning it yourself before you post a guide. Your experience is super appreciated and has been and will continue to be invaluable to me.
Could you tell us which of the base colors were used on each of the shields in the order in which you are holding them at the end? It seems as if the shields change position between the glazing portion of the viedo and the outro.
Would this method work on yellow body suits with more curves and less hard edges? I’ve recently started painting Marvel Crisis Protocol figures and have been struggling a lot with it, I have no idea how to go about painting the yellow on a predominantly yellow figure like Jean Grey.
7:55 If you are going to drybrush with a bright yellow after the contrast paint, then why drybrush the white over wraithbone to start? Surely the bright yellow drybrush is doing the same job?
Hey Uri! The biggest thing is to clean between colours, make sure you never put paint on 'dry' bristles, and don't leave them overnight. You should consistently clean/remove during the process of painting through using a dampening pad regularly (it helps paint exit, and encourages you to remove it, rather than adding!). Past this everything really is icing on the cake, and it does huge amounts to preserve life expectancy :) You can use our soap that comes with the brushes as well as s simple conditioner for full wash.
Hey Robert! I am using drybrushing technique for this video and you can find the palette here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/popular-products/products/xl-texture-pallet-graffiti-preorder Thank you for watching!
What did you think of the video? What'd you like to see next?
Paints used:
PURPLE BASE COAT
Xereus Purple - Citadel
Averland Sunset - Citadel
Flash Gitz Yellow - Citadel
Ivory - AK
CONTRAST
Wraithbone - Citadel
White 951 - Vallejo
Iyanden Yellow - Citadel
Flash Gitz Yellow - Citadel
Screaming Skull - Citadel
WARM CREAMY YELLOW
Doombull Brown - Citadel
Averland Sunset - Citadel
Flash Gitz Yellow - Citadel
Screaming Skull - Citadel
BLACK BASE COAT
Chaos Black - Citadel
Averland Sunset - Citadel
Flash Gitz Yellow - Citadel
Ivory - AK
GLAZE
Casandora Yellow - Citadel
It should be Xereus Purple instead of Xereus Yellow under PURPLE BASE COAT.
Cheers dude!
This was a really good video on what is possible with dry brushing. I loved the contrasts between the different shields and what you achieved with such a difficult colour to get right (well, for me anyway). I am curious how you would use contrast paint like Iyanden yellow.
For a future video, I would love to see you paint a vehicle, such as a blood angel space marine repulsor, to see how you would blend the dry brushing with the different surfaces.
It never fails to amaze me how nice a finish you get with dry brushing! You make it look so easy and yet you get a finish that I couldn’t achieve with all the technics in the world lol
Thanks so much dude! Practice, practice, and practice! ^_^
Fabulous tutorial as always. you are one of a very few seriously good artists and teachers. Please keep up the good work, it helps all of us who are aspiring to better techniques to persevere.
Thank you.
Made my day, dude, thanks so much!
I miss the whiteboard already :( you should totally do a segment on colour theory; using the purple as a base for the yellow is inspired, but some people (like me!) might not know "why" this works. Be nice to see how you handle Non metallic metals using this technique, when I saw the shields i thought (hoped) it was gonna be how to do NMM gold! Great content as always though. Thanks for all the hard work!
Cheers dude! All great suggestions. These techniques are actually very close to NMM gold, you're just a couple of glazes away😊
What I like about your videos is that they are so chill to listen to.
Thank you so much for the kind words buddy 🥰
This video deserves so many extra views. These are some really nice results
Really unexpected base colours to start with. These videos are really opening my eyes. The colour theory and points of interest on the back templars as an example was really cool. I am interested when varnishes can be used earlier in the painting stages.
Hey Trent! Great suggestion! I need to do some learning myself, this will definitely feature at some point in the near future 😊
Also would love to see this series continued with all the colors with the glazing segment expanded.
Great suggestion! One for our end of video teaching sections 😊
Love your content. If you and Duncan uploaded at the same moment, I'd be torn what to watch first. Thanks for doing what you do.
Thank you very much! High praise indeed 😊🤩
Man every one of these videos has something useful in it. Seriously keep up the great work.
Glad you think so! Keep watching and I'll keep painting ^_^ 🥰
I loved the Contrast Paint method. Really helpful!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much!
I’ve done it! I’ve finally took the jump and bought these brushes and cannot wait to try them out 😁
Amazing to hear! Thank you so much for the support, hope they serve you well! 🤩🥰👨🏼🎨
Artis Opus Thanks! I genuinely can’t wait to give these a go on YELLOW
really love the second example, i think i'll be experimenting with that technique very soon
Glad you find it useful! Thanks so much😊
So just ordered up the series D and series S brushes can't wait to try them out!
Amazing, thanks so much for your support, dude :)
Amazing, thanks for this! I'm wanting to paint my new Drukhari army in yellow so this is very helpful
Nicely done! I had dreams of an Imperial Fists army once but Yellow was so difficult. Might revive the idea. Also, totally random, I love when your air compressor randomly burbles at us during these videos.
I find this a comforting sound too, I've had it for 10 years 😅 Thank you so much and hope the tutorial will be useful for your Imperial Fists 😊
Great! I'd love to see you keep exploring the range of contrasts that I personally find amazing! Keep up the great work, your videos are getting more and more interesting!
Contrast will 100% feature in plenty of future videos! It's a great tool and compliments our style very well. Thanks so much bud! 😊
Gonna paint an Iyanden autarch soon so this is helpful ! I was tempted to try a pink base tho
Great work. Loving the content of these videos. I have a couple of D-series brushes, a dampening pad and a texture palette on order. Can't wait to try them out!
Amazing dude thank you so much for the support! ❤Hope they serve you well🤩
I really like videos like this, and the one with the different white shields, where you should different methods for achieving a colour. I'd love see these kinds of videos for different blues and reds etc as well eventually, but I assume they're already on your list :P
Cheers dude! They absolutely are :). I'm going to run out of Lumineth shields! ^^
loving all the content, it would be great to see a leather with drybrushing tutorial from you!
This we can do... but I need good fast recipient to do the technique on... or multiple if I'm going to show multiple, hmmmm...
Another great tutorial.
Could you possibly do a tutorial on how to properly use the D series brushes along with the dampening pad and texture palette? Maybe some people are having the same issues I'm having.
For example, when I first used my D series brush, I used the dampening pad and tested it it without paint on my hand. It seemed more than damp; so I 'wet brushed' my hand 'til I couldn't really feel the moisture any more, loaded some paint and tested on the texture palette. There wasn't a lot of paint coming off - so I took it to my test model.
When I started brushing, the paint was almost a wash consistency and even bubbled on the details!
It was late - so I cleaned the brush (using the demo video on this channel) and tried again in the morning.
This time, I only put a couple drops of water in the well of the dampening pad. Did the same process as above but then couldn't discern any real difference from the regular square tipped dry brush I'd used in the past, and the D series bristles started to splay out.
So now I'm in a position where I don't really want to keep pushing the brush for fear of damaging it. The D series brushes are evidently amazing tools as demonstrated in these videos, so some pointers could help me - and hopefully many others - get up to speed :)
Hey Greig! Great point, thank you for the question. :) One drop is all that's necessary. At some point of the future I will collect all the frequently asked questions and try to address them in one video. We have a video of me instructing Ross from Fauxhammer where I cover a lot of this in depth, it's being edited now and will be on the channel very soon! 😊
I can not wait to try this technique.
Awesome video, what about a series of videos with many of the popular colors? Blues/Reds/Greens etc?
Thank you Richard! This will definitely happen 😊
My Imperial Fists thank you 🙏 I have so many problems with Iyanden yellow. A stray stroke can lead to an instantly drying orange streak, and everything ends up blotchy. Ended up diluting with 3pts contrast medium to 1pt iyanden, then doing several coats. Now using airbrush - much faster 🙂
No worries dude, this method is pretty magic. I like using Averland and then highlighting it up, it just makes life a little easier 😊
Wicked work, very cool
Thank you very much! ^_^
Kinda wish i had something yellow to paint now haha. I'm definitely keen to know more about glazing!. Also loving the slowly growing collection of painted minis behind you. Any plans to put a shelf up or something to that effect? also going to put in a request for a pink space marine... It's morphing time...
Haaa, that one's probably a while off! :D Glazing however will be much sooner!
I should get one custom build to hold one of each space marine chapter ever... as it seems that's the direction that I'm going in :D
@@ArtisOpus haha I can imagine! I put to you, what do YOU want to paint?
@@bevanwilson8820 I'd love to paint a fully weathered KO army painted with 40K power armour techniques. I think it will look amazing and will be fun 😊
@@ArtisOpus Well I'd love to see you paint that! actually would be pretty cool to see a whole army come together. Or even a squad.
Thanks Artis, very informative!
My pleasure!
This time it's not brush brush, but white white! 😁 Love these as always, keep it up!
Thank you so much for the support! 😁 Keep watching and we'll keep painting 😊👀
I am loving the shields to show how to do the color. So we now have white and yellow. Two colors that get a lot of complaints. Any other colors in the works? I wouldn't mind a pink or purple one.
Cheers Damian! We'll definitely expand in the near future! Stay tuned👀
Amazing! This could be used as some gold NMM. The video idea you suggested is nice, going through colour theory would be useful.
Another idea is to show how to paint the different kinds of Warhammer Demons taking one infantry demon from each chaos god.
Thanks so much dude! This will happen at some point in near future (and the Greater Daemons) 😊
@@ArtisOpus Woohoo. The great unclean one was awesome. I am looking forward to the other greater demons
Really great effect!
Thanks! 🤩😊
Thank you for the tutorial really useful tips to achieve an effective yellow. A little bug bare of mine is that all these types of tutorials paint the entire model, whereas I often want to paint just a section of the whole mini.
Example looking to paint up the new Vampire Blood bowl team in a Batfkin style (yellow armour, red gauntlets, blue leathers and black cape) so the above video works perfectly for the armour, but worried it will go over the blue leather I have already laid down.
Is there a particular set of steps for placing colour on a mini you would recommend?
Would love you to do the same with other colour groups say green, blues and reds.
Colour theory would be useful showing good and bad examples
Basing, say using the Vallejo white texture base as a starter and using different colours for different grounds
Keep going!
Cheers Jim! Great suggestion! We'll definitely be approaching colour theory more in the future 😊
They look amazing, any one of those would look great across an infantry line! I would still be tempted to weather them, maybe a quick dust coat at the bottom, some scratches and chipping, that kinda thing, then again I am physically incapable of not weathering a model, especially a vehicle, I think there's something wrong with me! 🤣
Hey Simon, I am pretty similar - I can't stop painting things rusty orange, even Stormcast 😅😊 Thank you for the support!
If i may ask, what is the sable brush you use for the contrast paint? Looks very smooth to handle. Thanks for the answer.
It's one of our Series S brushes you can find here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/brushes/products/series-s-brush-set
The size 3 is particular favourite of mine 😊
Hey man, thanks for this ! Say, which one of the four themes would you say is better for Iyanden, or is there another solution that would work better for iyanden in terms of paints? I'm definitely going to go with a drybrushing option because yellow would be too hard to paint otherwise honestly, thanks !
I think it was up 36 seconds before I liked it and set a reminder haha
We appreciate the dedication! Hope you enjoyed it :)
Dumb question here: How would you approach this if it were something like a sash, which is relatively small, surrounded by other colors you really don’t want to get your yellows on, and may not have great access? Would you discard the dry brush for a more traditional brush/layering technique, but with a similar color progression as what you have shown?
Litterally just put some a comment on discord about yellow contrast and wanting to see how it looked thank you!
You're so welcome, glad it was helpful ^_^ Thank you for watching!
I noticed that one of the brushes you were using was different, it was square at the ferule and seemed to be softer than the series D. Is that a new brush line your working on?
Very observant 👀 It is actually just a second that got damaged in the factory and I hate throwing our brushes away 😊
Forgetting for a moment that you're AO and you would like us all to buy as many brushes as we can fit into our postboxes... I am looking at your dry brush series and I WANT THEM YESTERDAY!!! I am wondering as a starter purchase which brushes would you consider absolutely essential and in what multiples?
Hey there! What are you generally painting? I use S, M, and D depending what I am working on 😊 My favs Series S set + size 3; Series D + XL; Series M00 + M1
@@ArtisOpus I've spent the Covid money my government has kindly given everyone on a couple of 3d printers (resin and fdm.) I've a huge backlog of Titan Forge and now Cyber Forge stl files to print and paint. Also terrain. So no, Warhammer but fantasy and cyberpunk/sci fi minis and a combo of scratch built and 3d printed terrain. Hoping to make some dioramas with the cyberpunk minis. I'm a big fan of what you achieve with your painting style(s) I'm looking for different things I can adapt it to.
@@incognitoatunknown2702 Perfect dude! You need the big boys. Series D set + 3 and 6 from Series S would be a great start. I'd maybe add S00 or 0 for detail work. Don't forget to update us with your progress 😊 Hope you're well!
prime pink!
btw: how did you avoid purple and yellow become brownish? yellow is pretty close to orange as its complementary colour.
Not sure if anyone else would be interested in this, but I'd love to see some Easy methods of Painting Liquids like the ones in the Death Guard Bottles, backpack Tanks, Jars, etc.
Hey dude, this is tricky. I tried to do it myself this weekend (semi-successfully 😅) and I need some more practice before I can teach others :) Thank you for your suggestion 🤩
@@ArtisOpus I'm in no hurry to learn. Take your time learning it yourself before you post a guide. Your experience is super appreciated and has been and will continue to be invaluable to me.
@@ChibsterofNurgy Thank you so much for the kind words! It's all about learning and improving :)
Could you tell us which of the base colors were used on each of the shields in the order in which you are holding them at the end? It seems as if the shields change position between the glazing portion of the viedo and the outro.
Could you go through colour theory please. Something I struggle to get my head round.
It is a popular request! We'll definitely cover this in the near future 😊👀
Artis Opus fantastic ❤️❤️❤️
Would this method work on yellow body suits with more curves and less hard edges? I’ve recently started painting Marvel Crisis Protocol figures and have been struggling a lot with it, I have no idea how to go about painting the yellow on a predominantly yellow figure like Jean Grey.
7:55 If you are going to drybrush with a bright yellow after the contrast paint, then why drybrush the white over wraithbone to start? Surely the bright yellow drybrush is doing the same job?
Not at all, white is brighter, and the contrast is made as a filter!
Can't think of anything I'll use this for but I'll be watching this anyway
Perfect for OSL
I am sure you'll find somewhere to apply it! OSL is a great suggestion 😊
Do you think the purple to yellow would work on something less structured, like a tactical squad?
I could have used this video a few weeks ago, when I committed to a Bad Moon style Blood Bowl team.
You can always save it for future references :)
Could you use these techniques in conjunction with edge highlights or would that look odd?
Absolutely dude, they softly transition to the edge, but it's never a bad thing to hit them up with that bold finishing step!
@@ArtisOpus thank-you!
Our pleasure :)
how do you wash your brush after that?
Hey Uri! The biggest thing is to clean between colours, make sure you never put paint on 'dry' bristles, and don't leave them overnight. You should consistently clean/remove during the process of painting through using a dampening pad regularly (it helps paint exit, and encourages you to remove it, rather than adding!). Past this everything really is icing on the cake, and it does huge amounts to preserve life expectancy :) You can use our soap that comes with the brushes as well as s simple conditioner for full wash.
can you make a video on how to paint the death guard green?
Absolutely dude, I have some Death Guards models already, I am just trying to work out which one would be the best for a tutorial :)
What is the putty material you are using?
It comes with the red grass games miniature holder.
what pellet is this, and painting technique?
Hey Robert! I am using drybrushing technique for this video and you can find the palette here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/popular-products/products/xl-texture-pallet-graffiti-preorder Thank you for watching!
Maybe its just me, but I cant identify which one is the 3rd from ledt in the stages, as they look bright or dark to me 🙈
Can anyone help?
What brush is that again? Did i miss the name
It's Artis Opus' series D :) check the description/give us a google!
@@ArtisOpus thanks i will look
Great video. please just look into the camera tho :P
Thank you! I am trying really hard 😅 hopefully one day I'll get there
*Happy wraithguard noises*
Anyone know how to do metallic yellow, NOT gold?
Scale75 have some metallic yellows out there.
Or
I would mix yellow inks in with your silver of choice :)
Did I suffer from premature commenting 😂
No such things :)
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