Faces 3 Ways! From Beginner to Artisan!
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- 'Faces and bases make models aces!' Never a true word has been said about miniatures painting and a phrase that we have always referred to on our hobby journey. In this tutorial, we show you 3 different methods for painting miniature faces which are often the focal point. We start off demonstrating a speed painting method which is also fantastic for beginners and it only requires two, yes two, paints! Then we show one of the methods we most commonly use which is great for Intermediate painters. And finally, we go all out and use a multitude of techniques to paint a face to a higher level, an artisan level if you will. This is great for display pieces and perhaps even the general of your force. And the best part is, is that it is not as difficult as it might think. So go grab your brushes, paints, and wet palettes and follow along.
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Equipment used:
Medium Layer Brush (Citadel)
Small Layer Brush (Citadel)
Artis Opus S Size 1
Artis Opus S Size0
Artis Opus S Size 00
Wet Palette (RedGrass Games)
Paints Used:
Flayed Ones Flesh
Crusader Skin (AP)
Bugman's Glow
Reikland Fleshshade
Cadian Fleshtone
Kislev Flesh
Ushabti Bone
Rhinox Hide
Skrag Brown
Phoenician Purple
Pink Horror
Mechanicus Standard Grey
Matt Black (AP)
Matt White (AP)
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When Duncan looks you dead in the eyes and says something is ‘difficult’ let’s you know it’s the real deal. Super incredibly helpful tips for character models! A star as always.
Thanks Shane 😊
Yup!!
enjoyed that duncan. thanks very much.
Keeping the name of the paint you're using in the top left of the screen during the actual painting is so incredibly useful. It means you don't need to keep skipping back and forth throughout the videos.
Amazingly professional and well shot tutorials, thank you.
Thank you, we are glad you enjoyed it
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA😅nM look
I've always struggled with faces, but after watching this, my next few faces have been the best I've done. Thanks for another excellent tutorial video!
That's great. Thanks for watching 😊
To whom it may concern:
1:15 - Beginner/Speed paint
7:11 - Intermediate
19:24 - Artisan
Thank you for the timestamps!!
This is one of the better face painting videos. I appreciate you showing most of the stroke techniques instead of simply showing before and after of each step. Too many RUclipsrs do that and some noobs like me don't benefit from that.
Thank you. We are glad it helped :-)
The eye trick is fantastic! That looks great. Going to start doing that on my Call to Arms minis. Thank you!
Seriously that trick. oh man.
1/72 or 1/32, please?
So years ago I emailed GW customer service (because I didn't know now to reach out directly) thanking you for making painting WAAAY less intimidating in your almost Bob Ross style. While still bad at painting I'm "less worse" now and you still make it look too easy.
just a few thin coats more and you'll be a professional 😆
This is super helpful, I struggle all the time with faces. I'd love to see another video but with faces of different ethnicities
We have a great one on our website covering that very subject 😊
I'd love to see a series on speedpainting, especially for horde-type armies or model sets. There's so many techniques and orders-of-operation that can be used to shave minutes off groups of models.
Duncan's tutorials are the best. I remember when before I first started painting my first miniatures I watched a whole bunch of your videos on how to and what not. Incredibly useful and handy! My first miniatures came out REALLY good. Some of my more experienced painter friends experienced shock when they saw the miniatures. Thanks for your unbelievable work, Duncan! Keep it up and keep on rockin!
Thank you, we boith appreciate your kind words and are glad we could help 😊
Yes they are!!
I very recently got into the hobby so it was nice to see that I can actually make somewhat good looking faces with only 2 colors. Great tip so I won’t break the bank trying to paint a face!
Glad to see Duncan fighted the good fight against Nurgle's blessing.
This will now be my go-to video for help with faces. Really simplified it and took the intimidation factor down to zero. I like how you can work your way up depending on your confidence and how much time you want to invest.
Good lord, the artisan level is just an absolute masterclass in this sort of thing. It looked like he was just bringing it to life with ease. Incredible.
Great stuff. I have some Deathwatch and was too afraid to really tackle the faces properly. Now I know what to do, thanks for this video.
Glad we could help! Painting faces can be a little intimidating but it doesn't have to be 😊
Been painting for over 20 years, and have always struggled with faces. I'll give these tips a go, thanks Duncan
This man is so brilliantly talented. What a loss for GW. Glad he’s going strong with his own channel
He is able to teach all levels of painting. Truly gifted
Faces are turning out a lot better!
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
Hello there.
@@benthomson1132 General Kenobi.
@@Mr.Goufball You are a bold one!
Great video and also nice to hear someone acknowledge something that a lot of pro painters seem to forget to mention - that it’s difficult!
The Artisan part of this video is pure genius Duncan. I've been giving all my marines helmets for years, I finally decided to give faces a go. Got each of my colours out on the wet pallette, whipped out my thus far untouched kolinsky brushes and took a deep breath after watching this video a few times. I painted the mkvi HH sergeant head with eyepatch and beard. It is so damn good, that every time I look at the face I painted with your advice I blow myself away looking at it. He has a scar, a beard, shaved head and I even painted an eye in (and yup it took a few attempts). I'm actually astounded by the final product so thank you. Excellent video.
Cheers Duncan! I've always wondered how to do a decent face. In the past, I've taken the easy way out and always put a helmet on the model instead! However, with the arrival of my Chapter Master (a converted Garro), I should really give him a decent face to show off his olive skin, and set the tone of the chapter. I might try the 3rd version (I have a lot of marine heads to practise on) to get the skin tone right before applying it to the 'hero' head.
I just stumbled upon your channel, and I am already glad I did. You really take the time to explain exactly what you are doing and why, which is awesome. Plus, I really appreciate you making the effort to show your pallet and how you mix, even how you add water to get the consistency you want. Really, really helpful as I am still working on my fundamentals. Looking forward to seeing more!
Awesome, thank you!
Pro trick is to combine beginner and some steps from intermediate. Fast, easy, and looks perfectly fine!
I know this video is 2 years old but just wanted to say thank you for making it if it wasn't your simple guide I would still struggled to do the faces so again thank you so much 😊
Just watching the way you lay out the paints and mix them and thin them on the palette is pure value! Thanks!
You are so welcome!
This shows you how easy you can knock out a face using the standard wash method but also why it’s actually harder to bring the layers up and choosing the correct layering colours with the pressure of making mistakes.
While the last method is not generally harder, just more time consuming but you have more control over everything.
Just need willingness to dive into it!
Duncan my man, what a brilliant video! You’ve just got your self another website Subscriber.
Could you do more videos of you painting and working the wet pallet in the future please!
The trick of using Rhinox Hide for the eyes is great, I heard somewhere else to just flood them with a brown wash but I got a mini with eyes that were large and raised so the wash didn't stick where I needed it to
Your tutorials are fantastic at breaking down processes into achievable steps and explaining concepts simply. This simplicity is incredibly difficult to achieve and is proof of the time and effort spent on the material. Thank you.
You're very welcome and it's our pleasure 😊
I always got a strange result when using Contrst paints or Speedpaints over white or grey undercoat. Using Flayed one Flesh or something similar as undercoat is a wonderful idea! Thanks Duncan! 👍
Same here! I just tried it with an very small miniature, infinity from Corvus belli, and big chibi, Marvel United. It does a very nice job on both! You can easily add highlights as a final touch as well.
Small thing but thank you for actually enabling subtitles on your videos. Blew my mind that the Citadel team never enabled them for any of their videos.
I really appreciate this tutorial, thank you. Super thorough. A small thing that I really appreciate and feel makes a huge difference, you used the same head for all three techniques so I can get a good feel for the actual differences. Sometimes creators use different models for different techniques on the same video and it’s hard to compare them. Thank you for maintaining such good consistency in your tutorial.
Awesome!! Happy you guys are uploading more regularly!! Thanks for another great tutorial!
You've always made my life easier when it comes to painting my 40k models.. .for years!!! thank you!! You are known as "Lord Duncan" in my circle of hobbyists.
Just what I needed today! Thanks for the video Duncan!
No worries, thanks for watching.
Thank you very much. As someone just starting out this has really made face painting so much less of an intimidating task.
Cheers for the video, needed this for my new Custodes army! 😊
I love the format of these videos. Having the colors and tools listed at the top left is my favorite feature
Glad you like them!
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA any chance you can do a tutorial on painting 1/100 Gundam model kit pilots?
Thank you for posting this video up here on RUclips. It's appreciated.
I never really gave too much thought about faces or skin in general, since most of my miniatures have some sorta armor on them or they're orks or something, but recently I've been thinking about making some improvements to my models and started painting different models too, that have exposed faces more often, so this tutorial was spot on perfect for me 👌 Very well and clearly explained and testing these different methods will certainly improve my painting skills. Subbed, because of excellent content.
Outstanding video!! In my opinion the work you guys did on this is easily as good as many of the portraiture classes I took in art school. Well done! 👍😁
Excellent tutorial sir. Just watched this on the academy and wanted to ask you to show the process of the “second thin coat”. And then you did it. Thank you sir 😊
Thank you sir. I have been having a hard time painting faces as I have only just taken up the hobby. I will try these ways! Looks easy enough.
Faces have been the bane of my existence in the world of mini painting. Iv3 growm and gotten better but faces still offer a real challenge for me.
The man, the myth, the Legend! Excellent thanx
You're welcome! ☺
This was THE best video I have seen yet! Thank you!
Glad you liked it and you're welcome
I love this. This reminds me another RUclips channel I like Epicurious that shows 3 levels of cooking. Would love to see more of this 3 levels content.
This is awesome! Simply explained and a big help for a 1/35 scale military modeller.
Best face painting I have seen in a long time. Thank you.
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks for this awesome video. I was struggling a lot with faces (and especially the eyes) recently. You got me motivated and set to get my skills a step further on. Cheers!
I'm so late watching this one but THANK YOU,Duncan- superb tutorial & has revolutionised the way I use glazes!🤯 Wonderful work,sir.🏆
This vid popped up just at the right time. I’m looking at a face and was wondering where to start. Now I know ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thx a lot! I always hate painting faces, but i'm also always surprised about how good they turn out in the end. When painting eyes, i'm painting white all over the eyeball. Then, a thin straight line of black from the top to the bottom of the middle of the eyeball. Finally, i'm applying super carefully either Agrax Earthshade or a nicely watered down brown colour that sets in the recesses around the white, giving the white an off-tone and defining its boundaries. Easy, quick and super controllable in terms of direction of where the miniature is looking at.
Cool eye trick, I’m going to try it. I’ve been doing single color eyes with no pupil for a long time, most of the time white almost as if they’re glowing with power. Very cool trick
I don't think I clicked on a tutorial faster. I think this is a very welcome development.
Really good instructions for all levels. I have never seen the purple and pink steps. I wanted to try using a red and green base coat to work up to skin tones from to show shadows the face that were different colours.
This is simply the best tutorial I have seen for painting faces, and I have seen numerous ones.... You also offered a simple and very effective techniques to paint eyes, it will help a lot of people for sure.
Thank you so much Duncan, now I Wonder what a tutorial from you about painting nmm would look like 🙏
Today is your lucky day! We have two full, in-depth tutorials in the Techniques section, on painting NMM on our Academy website (duncanrhodes.com) for both gold AND silver ☺
Awesome tutorial Duncan thank you, when I did my first unhelmeted marine I used your face tutorial for Warhammer Shadesphire Severin Steelheart
Painting a lot of neophytes for GSC, and every time I am mostly happy with what I get until I get to the face, and just hate it. Thanks for the tips on how to get over this hump!
DUNCAN! Just found out you have this channel. I use and share painting techniques I learned from you in my Painting II class at the community college. You legend.
Duncan, you are an absolutely brilliant communicator. Awesome video, great production inovations, thank you.
Holy crap that eye trick is amazing I needed that so bad
Best vid I have seen from DRA so far. Of course I like the usual « simple yet very effective recipe to paint a given model », but this has so much more depth to it! As an « artisan » type of painter, geez, I am suddenly very interested in the speed painting process, especially for an army, and I do not master that technique at all, so yeah, usefull on many levels!!! Thanks.
What I do is use the begin tutorial for faces and for skin in general, and the eyes tutorial at the end of the video. Works really well !!
Gold as usual Sir.
Duncan, truly inspiring work..just off to continue my Cadian 122nd! One question, if I may..have you considered doing a video for other non-white skin tones..?
100% Seconded, I feel like nearly all the skin tutorials I see are based around Caucasian skin tones. I'd love to see more diversity in the guides
This is the first really detailed skin guide I’ve found, just tried the second method and I’m really happy with the result! Thanks for the tips
Glad it helped! And thank you for the kind words.
This is my favorite video from Duncan. One request. Could you timeline the vid so that it would be easier to jump to intermediate and artisan when watching?
So I've been doing a few (read: too many) of the McFarlane Space Marine figures. I've been getting resin-printed un-helmeted heads for them and I've noticed that at the larger scale, wet-brushing in multiple layers with a wash or two in-between produces absolutely fantastic results.
Following this video right now for intermediate. At reikland. First time painting faces. Wish me luck 😅
Great tutorial. You make it look easy.
Awesome tutorial as always!
Although my February 2009 issue of White Dwarf has always been a great referral for painting faces over the years, it's great to see different levels of detail done in person. Great content as usual Duncan!
Amazing tutorial, keep up the great work!🎉
38:47 this guy's fine motor skills could make a robot cry.
An even easier trick for eyes is to pain them white over the black and then use a micron pen to re-apply the final dots. These look slightly better, but for the precision, a .05 Micron Pen is an easier tool to use than any brush.
Awesome stuff as usual. Good to see you using an Artis Opus brush. I always wondered why you stuck to layer brushes rather than a high end brush. But then I guess with your skill you could get half decent results using a paint roller!
Man this is great, I never managed to do faces but this, this changed everything. Thanks a lot!
Glad it helped! 😊
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA For real I am working through all your vids trying to absorb everything, it revitalized my passion for minis.
@@CrestOfArtorias Awesome 🙂
Great information and easy to follow instructions! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This has been incredibly helpful. I've been practicing painting realistic flesh, but struggled hard with faces. Gonna practice these techniques until I get it. Well done
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial you can mix and match many of these techniques to get all sort of results for all sorts of levels of effort! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
One of the best tutorials👌🏼😮 Thx a lot 😎
You're welcome!
Thank you , DRPA .
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Awesome video and super helpful. I always seem to struggle with faces so will definitely need to get me some Space Marines and follow along to get some practice in.
I love how the GW models have such clear details to make use of the shading and layering techniques you show here. A lot of my issues with faces I think is I mostly play other table top games where the minis are often 28mm scale and softer shapes giving less defined features on the face to follow.
Earned a like just for that Intro.
Amazing video as always!!!
They look great. I gotta say, though, the face is already so nice and detailed. Painting old Middle-Earth sculpts from 15 years ago doesn't get quite the same results. I'd say my best stuff has been on ForgeWorld sculpts
Thank you for this video. I knew about all these techniques but not exactly how to do them. Your video was nice and very clear and I feel like I've learned a lot.
You are so welcome!
Dotting on the whites of the eyes on an entirely black eye blew my mind way more than it had any right to haha!
these tutorial are immaculately produced, not to mention incredibly helpful! Awesome channel man!
Glad you like them!
Thank you so much for this video! All my faces look like crap because I miss where the highlights should be, and don't even get me started on the eyes. I've ordered some reikland fleshshade and a fine brush to try again, wish me luck!
Thanks Duncan, this was super helpful! I’ve been looking for an instructional video on how to paint high end faces and this has covered that
Glad it was helpful!
What kind of Stick is that and how do you attach /release the heads from that?
Cutting it of would drestroy the round end so it doesn't fit in the body anymore, or?
This was really helpful to my little boy he actually listened!! Even though I be telling him this for ages but swears blind I didn’t lol 😂
I couldn't be bothered to paint in all the eyes on my Scouts from 7th edition but I might need to try the brown trick when they get their turn to be touched up.
Fantastic Tutorial, you have added to my skill set... absolutely love the shows music...it has a taste of FireFly... a western twang.
Brilliant all look great the last one Stunning.
Thanks so much 😊
One of the best tutorials I've seen. Love the two white dots eye idea. Thanks. :)
Awesome, thank you! Glad you liked it.
My favorite way to.paint faces is to use the helmet option and if there isn't one (glares at exalted 8 bound models out of corner of eye)...make one
Thanks duncan. In the beginning I was like how different could it be.. turns out a lot. I am very much at the start of my miniature painting journey but I love to try and paint well. The techniques on the artisan head are things I have been working on but the level of glazing is something I will be doing more thanks so much I owe so much to you for where I am already. Your work is so good. I wish I was able to contribute further but for now my subscription and like is all I can give cheers.