Ive watched this multiple times, But today, i sat and treated it like an actual class, and followed what you did. I wont swear, but OMG, I've produced something I would never have believed i was capable of. I really cant explain how happy and proud I am of this little plastic head. Pity i didn't see this 40 years ago, Thank you sir. Awesome
I am not into those 15 minute video tutorials that just very quickly tell you what you’re doing wrong. But this lecture formate with actual advice is really nice
This is insane, Erik! Literally in a 15 minutes you have painted single head in really a exhibition quality level (yes, I know that eyes and mouth were not painted yet but still - it's much faster and better than I could do in a several hours and I'm not a total newbie)! I think videos like this are really precious pieces in the internet and moreover - you share it for free! It's really freaking insane! Thank you from the deepest parts of my heart for such priceless gift!
A very different way of painting space marine faces unlike any of the 1000s of so called tutorials on RUclips very informative and instructive explanation on the process
Just from the thumbnail, these are legit some of the best looking 28mm scale heads I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t say “stylized” necessarily, but they have sooooo much character on each head. It’s really astonishing work!
This is absolutely incredible. I’ve been trying to move away from the recess shading for faces but never found a resource showing me how. Clearly a lot of skill that goes unspoken here in mixing and thinning paints. The organic process you use is exactly the sort of painting that is most enjoyable - free flowing, instinctive and (in my case) not putting too much pressure on yourself! Thanks Erik for the time and effort you put in here.
I do think a lot of people underestimate this. I'm a fairly intermediate-advanced painter but still seeing the way he isn't glazing really, but the transitions are beautiful is mind blowing. I still get unwanted texture sometimes when trying to copy, doing what Erik does is way harder than it looks eh!
Painting heads with exposed skin used to be a nightmare till I got the hang of it when I realized the application is what matters the most than the ''recipe''. Great job Erik!!
@@erik_swinson To me recipes work in things where each step is one and done whereas when painting minis there is a lot of back and forth so they automatically become obsolete.
Great video, absolute treat for people who like painting faces. Super exciting to see how other people have a go at one of the "less liked" parts of painting miniatures.
This is fantastic. I try to teach very similar concepts to new and intermediate painters. A lot of miniature painters get stuck on which colors or which brand of paints to use, or which technique to apply. The tools and the how-to's aren't as important as understanding two concepts: 1. Shapes/volumes 2. Contrast appropriate to the material you're trying to represent For skin, in particular, you want it to "pop" at this scale, but you don't want to outline features with hard, dark lines. Skin is one continuous organ, remember, so subtlety is the name of the game!
That's absurd The ammount of detail and work in such a small spot Those are definetly some of the best faces ive seen And the longer video format, even though it isn't my favorite, shows exaclty how much work is needed to a display standard Awesome work.
Love your technic, is the first tuto that actually show me how to paint different heads with all the steps 👏🏻👏🏻, the sad part is that, even when I understand the theory and I achieved some good layers on my heads, I have the pulse of a drunk mastodon for make the tinny details like the eyes 😅
Its amazing to see how easy you blend the colours together, especially on such small scale. I wish I could do that, maybe a video showing blending? 🙈 Great video, love that you show the full process
We have the same glasses headset. Used them for about 4 years now. Not long after I got into the hobby. They have electrical tape on one side leg and the front magnifying piece has been superglued on twice. I have a backup pair, but i refuse to give up on these. They've been through alot with me 😂
Amazing! Love the detail you can achieve in that scale. You are truly a master, not that you needed me to designate you as such. Fun to watch you work.
I'm just getting started, and I also have a box of KT:Scouts, thank you for sharing your techniques, very inspiring for me, you also now have another follower. Take care of yourself!
Amazing video. I’m new to the hobby and trying to grasp the fundamentals. Are your paints pre thinned in the bottle or are you using small amounts of un-thinned paints in this video?
I've learned so much in just this one video. Thanks for posting this! I Wish I could make it to your class in Dallas. Will you be teaching at NOVA this year?
This is one of the best tutorials on painting heads that I have seen. I will definitely try this technique of not painting everything in one dark color and trying to layer up. I have found that by the time you get to the last highlight the paint is too think and starts to look lumpy due to the micro size of the head. What you can get away with on larger scale doesn't work on a "canvas" this small. I would also love to know what primer you used. I usually use a dark or black primer because white has a tendency to need to go on too thick to look smooth or leaves a texture if sprayed lightly.
Hey Erik! Ive been watching your videos and have been practising my mixing, its been a big help in improving my painting! Thankyou. I know these videos are uploads of live streams, but would you Please consider letting us know exactly what colours youre using? It would be a big help! I was finding that my colours didnt look quite like yours and it took me ages to realise that the top left was a brown and not a black!
Absolutely stunning work, I’ll definitely going to try replicate your step by tutorial 👏🏻💪🏻 In the video, are you using a wet palette? And what kind of paints are you using? Looks like they dry slowly, and gives you time to place the paint before it dries. It’s one of my biggest issues with paint, drying out when I paint. And what type of brush are you using? Size etc 😅
The thing that's impressing (everything is, but this isn't adressed) is that you don't shake, like at all. If I tried this I would just swipe accross his face constantly.
Are you licking the same brush every time after you wet it? Or what’s going on there? I’m sure your doing it to keep the brush point I just don’t know I’m a new hobbies and isn’t their paint on that brush?
@erik_swinson been slowly going through your videos as they're phenomenal in how you approach your artwork. I did want to ask though how is your camera positioned? you look to be able to get pretty close with your magnifiers on and not accidentally get in frame.
@@erik_swinson Appreciate the reply. I have my camera set similarly but kept getting my magnifiers in shot! moved the arm up and forward a bit more now. looks like stepping back and not trying to get the camera as close as possible was far better.
I will not, because it wouldn’t be helpful. Because it’s not step by step, you wouldnt have the same ratio of mixture or the same dilution. The idea is to search for the correct tone. The name on the bottle isn’t important and skin tones are very diverse.
Okay I wanna say 3 things: 1. The first 5-10 min I was like holy shit that can’t be this dude must have eagle eyes. But you then turned to put on magnifiying glasses and I was like phew thanks man, I thought my eyes were just dogshit 🤣 2. the tips on those brushes are amazing! What brands are these? Is the white one an Artis opus and the black one something like a W&N / Rosemary Co.? 3. I thoroughly and deeply enjoy(ed) - I’m 1 1/2 h in - watching this was not only immensely educating (!) it’s also absolutely amazing to see this in real-time no speed ups no nothing. And I wanna thank you for that! I‘ve never seen someone have a process like that and it’s definitely something I’m going to try out. Your faces look amazing brother! ❤
@@erik_swinson may I ask which size and line the artis opus one is? Can’t remember which ones I had probably S but I don’t seem to remember that they had that long nicely tipped hairs. Also just finished with the ravenguard segment. Crazy good as well!
@@erik_swinson nice I give them another try. Currently rolling with Winsor & Newton Series 7 Size 3 for almost anything but they are getting old so I need a replacement 😅
Hey Erik, thanks for the video. When you’re painting female faces on 32mm figures do you take a similar approach to what you do on the ‘Lady Knight’ and ‘Shiv’ videos and just replicate that on a smaller scale, or does the small scale require you to increase the contrast far beyond what you do on a larger scale even though female faces are generally less contrasted than male’s?
And not a female miniature in sight! Sorry had to have a dig, brilliant paint job. Still have some leads in the loft from the early to mid nineties. Just remembered I have my LOTR collection up there too.
@@erik_swinson I’m so glad we are in agreement, although I would have completely understood if the comment was removed as your channel is about magnificently painted miniatures and not agreeing or disagreeing with statements made or not. Thank you for sharing your talents.
Female faces are a completely different animal than male faces. In fact "Space Marine Faces" are a thing on their own. They have extremely exaggerated features. I've spend hundreds, maybe thousands of hours learning to paint marine heads, I can't paint squat on a female face so far. Nothing political going on here, purely technical (I reckon)
@@BSJDynasty completely agree, I had a few harlequins, amongst other female miniatures, I was quite happy with the resulting paint job at the time but now realise my efforts did them little justice as characters. The features were more subtle in comparison, but this further reinforces the dig I made (at Games Workshop/ Warhammer caving in to Amazon). Female miniatures have a place in the 40k universe, sorry I cant say any more as I distracts from Erics magnificent channel content.
Ive watched this multiple times, But today, i sat and treated it like an actual class, and followed what you did. I wont swear, but OMG, I've produced something I would never have believed i was capable of. I really cant explain how happy and proud I am of this little plastic head. Pity i didn't see this 40 years ago, Thank you sir. Awesome
I am not into those 15 minute video tutorials that just very quickly tell you what you’re doing wrong. But this lecture formate with actual advice is really nice
This has to be the best face painting tutorial I have ever watched, I will be watching again and following along on the weekend.
This is insane, Erik! Literally in a 15 minutes you have painted single head in really a exhibition quality level (yes, I know that eyes and mouth were not painted yet but still - it's much faster and better than I could do in a several hours and I'm not a total newbie)! I think videos like this are really precious pieces in the internet and moreover - you share it for free! It's really freaking insane! Thank you from the deepest parts of my heart for such priceless gift!
You’re welcome!
the best head and skin, painting tutorial I have ever seen.
A very different way of painting space marine faces unlike any of the 1000s of so called tutorials on RUclips very informative and instructive explanation on the process
Just from the thumbnail, these are legit some of the best looking 28mm scale heads I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t say “stylized” necessarily, but they have sooooo much character on each head. It’s really astonishing work!
Would love to see his take on salamanders, probably the hardest skin tone, even heavy metal painters struggle...
Subscribed…..thank you for your effort in making this.
That just all looks incredible. Great work.
This video has helped me paint my best head yet. Thanks. You do, I would say the top 3 best work I've ever seen man. Very talented.
This is absolutely incredible. I’ve been trying to move away from the recess shading for faces but never found a resource showing me how. Clearly a lot of skill that goes unspoken here in mixing and thinning paints. The organic process you use is exactly the sort of painting that is most enjoyable - free flowing, instinctive and (in my case) not putting too much pressure on yourself! Thanks Erik for the time and effort you put in here.
I do think a lot of people underestimate this. I'm a fairly intermediate-advanced painter but still seeing the way he isn't glazing really, but the transitions are beautiful is mind blowing. I still get unwanted texture sometimes when trying to copy, doing what Erik does is way harder than it looks eh!
This guy is a hobby hero
Painting heads with exposed skin used to be a nightmare till I got the hang of it when I realized the application is what matters the most than the ''recipe''. Great job Erik!!
I try to explain this a lot, you will never see recipes on my channel.
@@erik_swinson To me recipes work in things where each step is one and done whereas when painting minis there is a lot of back and forth so they automatically become obsolete.
Great video, absolute treat for people who like painting faces. Super exciting to see how other people have a go at one of the "less liked" parts of painting miniatures.
Absolutely has increased my face painting game. You are truly a master of this craft
Glad to hear it
This is fantastic. I try to teach very similar concepts to new and intermediate painters. A lot of miniature painters get stuck on which colors or which brand of paints to use, or which technique to apply. The tools and the how-to's aren't as important as understanding two concepts:
1. Shapes/volumes
2. Contrast appropriate to the material you're trying to represent
For skin, in particular, you want it to "pop" at this scale, but you don't want to outline features with hard, dark lines. Skin is one continuous organ, remember, so subtlety is the name of the game!
What is the magnifying glass you are using? Looks dope...
I was wondering that too. I've tried a few, found them too cumbersome, now using reading glasses, but want more than 3.50 mag.
That's absurd
The ammount of detail and work in such a small spot
Those are definetly some of the best faces ive seen
And the longer video format, even though it isn't my favorite, shows exaclty how much work is needed to a display standard
Awesome work.
Thank you very much! The best tutorial on how to paint minis faces I've ever seen. You have taken it to the next level!
Love your technic, is the first tuto that actually show me how to paint different heads with all the steps 👏🏻👏🏻, the sad part is that, even when I understand the theory and I achieved some good layers on my heads, I have the pulse of a drunk mastodon for make the tinny details like the eyes 😅
Its amazing to see how easy you blend the colours together, especially on such small scale. I wish I could do that, maybe a video showing blending? 🙈 Great video, love that you show the full process
The most helpfull miniature painting video ive seen in a solid while! Very informative, chill and down to earth. Massive Thumbs up and a subscribe!
Thanks 😊
You sir just gained a subscriber. Absolutely amazing work and tutorial!
impressive, Erik. the tones are gorgeous
Thanks!
We have the same glasses headset. Used them for about 4 years now. Not long after I got into the hobby.
They have electrical tape on one side leg and the front magnifying piece has been superglued on twice.
I have a backup pair, but i refuse to give up on these. They've been through alot with me 😂
Bro they are like $12, let ‘em go haha
@@erik_swinson NNNNever!!!!!!! 🤣
(That's $12 I can use on bare space marine heads 😉)
Awesome tutorial. Love the glasses..... Where can I get a pair. What model / Brand ???
12:19 the space marine is blushing like "please notice me erik senpai"
Love your painting videos! Thanks for sharing Erik😊
desde Valencia, España. Me encanta como pintas, eres de mis pintores favoritos!
Gracias tío!
Amazing! Love the detail you can achieve in that scale. You are truly a master, not that you needed me to designate you as such. Fun to watch you work.
Subbed! Amazing that you have a RUclips channel for us to watch and learn from.
I'm just getting started, and I also have a box of KT:Scouts, thank you for sharing your techniques, very inspiring for me, you also now have another follower. Take care of yourself!
Art ! Thanks for sharing !
I'm going to try and apply this on my next heading paint ❤️ thankyou
Thanks for posting the stream, it's been a joy to watch, followed on Twitch so hopefully I can catch a live stream if shift patterns allow
Absolutely wonderful painting! Something to aspire to if i can ever get there
Amazing mate. Thanks for sharing. Fantastic content ❤
The Fighter is tremendous 😍
Cool Painting guide from a badass viking? I must subscribe.
This is so ridiculously good. Amazing job as usual
Amazing video. I’m new to the hobby and trying to grasp the fundamentals. Are your paints pre thinned in the bottle or are you using small amounts of un-thinned paints in this video?
Amazing
Erik thank you thank you.. This is amazing. best face video on YT
Thank you very much for this detailed and awesome video, you´re a master
Great tutorial 💪🍻
These look great!
Incredible work! Love your videos!
Brilliant. Thanks buddy
I've learned so much in just this one video. Thanks for posting this! I Wish I could make it to your class in Dallas. Will you be teaching at NOVA this year?
I will, but my classes are all sold out. I think I will also be teaching in Tampa in October.
You are the man
We're the heads primed and zenithal highlighted first?
amazing video !
epic faces!
What size brush are you using here? It seems to be a 2 which is insane to me because my control is all over the place.
These heads do be looking nice. I would lke to know which brand of colors you used. And also, that pallet looks unusual, which one is that?
Do you have a tutorial for chaos marine faces? Pale skin, corrupted skin, possessed skin?
This is one of the best tutorials on painting heads that I have seen. I will definitely try this technique of not painting everything in one dark color and trying to layer up. I have found that by the time you get to the last highlight the paint is too think and starts to look lumpy due to the micro size of the head. What you can get away with on larger scale doesn't work on a "canvas" this small.
I would also love to know what primer you used. I usually use a dark or black primer because white has a tendency to need to go on too thick to look smooth or leaves a texture if sprayed lightly.
Always have to keep the scale in mind! I used black airbrush primer and zenithal with white ink
Hey Erik!
Ive been watching your videos and have been practising my mixing, its been a big help in improving my painting! Thankyou. I know these videos are uploads of live streams, but would you Please consider letting us know exactly what colours youre using? It would be a big help! I was finding that my colours didnt look quite like yours and it took me ages to realise that the top left was a brown and not a black!
I want an Squickmar ORK from you paited ! Howmuch are the costs in Studio Qualität
Absolutely stunning work, I’ll definitely going to try replicate your step by tutorial 👏🏻💪🏻
In the video, are you using a wet palette?
And what kind of paints are you using? Looks like they dry slowly, and gives you time to place the paint before it dries. It’s one of my biggest issues with paint, drying out when I paint.
And what type of brush are you using? Size etc 😅
Is that first head included in the scouts killteam set? All of mine appear to have the antennas
It’s from the Black Templar neophytes
The thing that's impressing (everything is, but this isn't adressed) is that you don't shake, like at all. If I tried this I would just swipe accross his face constantly.
Are you licking the same brush every time after you wet it? Or what’s going on there? I’m sure your doing it to keep the brush point I just don’t know I’m a new hobbies and isn’t their paint on that brush?
woah !
i mastered painting using brisk ice tea as my medium.
That’s brisk baby
@erik_swinson been slowly going through your videos as they're phenomenal in how you approach your artwork. I did want to ask though how is your camera positioned? you look to be able to get pretty close with your magnifiers on and not accidentally get in frame.
Thanks, it’s on a microphone arm just in front of my forehead
@@erik_swinson Appreciate the reply. I have my camera set similarly but kept getting my magnifiers in shot! moved the arm up and forward a bit more now. looks like stepping back and not trying to get the camera as close as possible was far better.
And just like that you've made your most popular video yet!
The space marine effect 😅
Can you tell me the colors that you used on this video or this is not the way? Thank you so much.
I will not, because it wouldn’t be helpful. Because it’s not step by step, you wouldnt have the same ratio of mixture or the same dilution. The idea is to search for the correct tone. The name on the bottle isn’t important and skin tones are very diverse.
GRACIAS
ASTOUNDING!!!
Are you doing the rest of the eliminator fig on camera? I would love to see how you do camo in 28mm scale
He’s not for an eliminator, he’s a scouts I just like the head and it fits well
@@erik_swinson cool. But i meant the one to the right of the one you painted
@@komma8203 yes I know, I took it from the eliminator kit but it will still go on a scout sniper
@@erik_swinson okey nice, then i am following along😆. Are you using the hood part or are you removing it?
Are you doing commission job
Okay I wanna say 3 things:
1. The first 5-10 min I was like holy shit that can’t be this dude must have eagle eyes. But you then turned to put on magnifiying glasses and I was like phew thanks man, I thought my eyes were just dogshit 🤣
2. the tips on those brushes are amazing! What brands are these? Is the white one an Artis opus and the black one something like a W&N / Rosemary Co.?
3. I thoroughly and deeply enjoy(ed) - I’m 1 1/2 h in - watching this was not only immensely educating (!) it’s also absolutely amazing to see this in real-time no speed ups no nothing. And I wanna thank you for that! I‘ve never seen someone have a process like that and it’s definitely something I’m going to try out. Your faces look amazing brother! ❤
Haha thanks, yes I need glasses to paint stuff that small. White brushes are Artis Opus and the black "dagger" shaped brush is from Kimera.
@@erik_swinson may I ask which size and line the artis opus one is? Can’t remember which ones I had probably S but I don’t seem to remember that they had that long nicely tipped hairs. Also just finished with the ravenguard segment. Crazy good as well!
@@paintbusch series s size 3 is my favorite
@@erik_swinson nice I give them another try. Currently rolling with Winsor & Newton Series 7 Size 3 for almost anything but they are getting old so I need a replacement 😅
wow great, wold love to see tattoos on the Faces or maybee burning skin if its possible to draw... or a blind eye and and and :)
Haha, there are other videos of me painting tattoos at larger scales on the channel, but the concept is the same
One of the best miniature painters on YT has only 7k followers? Seems wrong 🎨🖌️
Like and subscribe, share it with your friends! (I’m a terrible “RUclipsr” lol 😅)
well its simple for me, I just use heads with helmets xD
Hey Erik, thanks for the video.
When you’re painting female faces on 32mm figures do you take a similar approach to what you do on the ‘Lady Knight’ and ‘Shiv’ videos and just replicate that on a smaller scale, or does the small scale require you to increase the contrast far beyond what you do on a larger scale even though female faces are generally less contrasted than male’s?
You have to exaggerate the make up (like lips etc) to make them appear more feminine
yeah no i think ill forever stick to helmets
Thank you for doing brown skin, there aren't a terrible amount of videos on it
And not a female miniature in sight!
Sorry had to have a dig, brilliant paint job. Still have some leads in the loft from the early to mid nineties. Just remembered I have my LOTR collection up there too.
How could they!? (Really, who cares? The whole thing reeks of pandering and angry man childs)
@@erik_swinson I’m so glad we are in agreement, although I would have completely understood if the comment was removed as your channel is about magnificently painted miniatures and not agreeing or disagreeing with statements made or not.
Thank you for sharing your talents.
Female faces are a completely different animal than male faces. In fact "Space Marine Faces" are a thing on their own. They have extremely exaggerated features. I've spend hundreds, maybe thousands of hours learning to paint marine heads, I can't paint squat on a female face so far. Nothing political going on here, purely technical (I reckon)
@@BSJDynasty they are quite different, I’ve talked a lot about it, but on larger scales
@@BSJDynasty completely agree, I had a few harlequins, amongst other female miniatures, I was quite happy with the resulting paint job at the time but now realise my efforts did them little justice as characters. The features were more subtle in comparison, but this further reinforces the dig I made (at Games Workshop/ Warhammer caving in to Amazon). Female miniatures have a place in the 40k universe, sorry I cant say any more as I distracts from Erics magnificent channel content.
Nice panting style. GG. It is possible say how get this kind small additional ocular ? Any tool name ? My eyes is bad...but i like back too hobby.
www.amazon.com/Beileshi-Magnifier-Professional-Interchangeable-Magnifying/dp/B00KAU5FSC/
@@erik_swinson thanks