Hobby Cheating 107 - How to Achieve Smooth Blends
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In this Hobby Cheating Tutorial, I take you through my methods for achieving smooth blends. Instead of focusing on a single technique or style, I talk about how you can set yourselves up for success in blending from the point of priming, how different brands and colors of paints may affect the techniques you choose and how the surface area will influence your time and outcomes.
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You are an awesome teacher. I really appreciate you taking your time to make these videos.
Glad you like them!
Nearly a year and a half later, I'm still linking this video when I mention blending to new painters.
That's awesome to hear and I am happy to help as always. :)
This is a good one.
Please keep repeating your remarks about the colors. It's very pleasing for people like me with adhd. Thanks for your great work!
Vince, I've been figure painting on and off for around 15 years. I've never taken it super seriously which I'm now attempting to change. I cannot express how beneficial your videos have been. This more than any other shows that you're creating tutorials for 'how to be a better painter' rather than technique specific stuff. Higher level concepts like which technique to use when, colour theory and transitions, how to effectively combine techniques etc are all things you learn through experience (and largely trial and error) but you sharing these with everyone is hugely beneficial. Incredible content, seriously man. thank you.
Thank you, I am very glad to hear that and I am always happy to help. :)
This video is pure gold, not that fake nmm stuff, pure gold! ;)
I've been looking for a video like this, that is, one that goes deeper than just explaining the technique.
Much appreciated!
Thank you!
Awesome, that is exactly what I was going for, glad to help. :)
This series is pretty much my only go to for painting now, very grateful and a joy to watch!
Thank you, that is very much appreciated. :)
Oh this is a GOLD MINE! I just got back into painting, and started with dwarfs, not realising how much skin they had, i'm going to try all of these! I watched a few of your more beginner videos, but this one really changed how i look at mixing the paints! thank you so much
Glad I could help!
Still the best blending Tutorial out there. I love how you take your time for explaining things and although english is not my mother tongue you are very good to understand. I think you helped a lot of people with this!
Happy to help!
This is the best blending video of all time.
Thank you, glad it was enjoyable and helpful. :)
It’s funny how things sink in after 4 and 5 times. I’m such a slow learner. Thanks again Vince.
Always happy to help!
Realizing this myself. I took a break from the hobby and came back, somehow forgot fundamentals of layering and blending. Slowly relearning 😅vince is by far my favorite channel for mini painting
Your appearance on Tabletop Minions brought me to your channel, and it's been almost all I've watched since then. This is all golden content. It took me far too long to find you.
Well thank you, Adam is amazing and it was great to be on with him. :) - I am glad you're finding the content helpful and if you have questions, never hesitate to ask.
I’ve watched this video many times before and it has gone straight over my head but recently I have been really trying to push my painting and this video massively helped and actually makes sense to me. The penny has finally dropped thanks to you. Thankyou !
That's awesome to hear! Glad to help. :)
I love this style of tutorial where you go through the strengths and weakness of each style, I find it more informative that separate tutorials for each. Oh, I really like watching you use your palette....can you try and keep it in frame in future tutorials? That was one of the things I liked so much about Painting Buddha's tutorials.
I am going to try, I can't do the 2 camera set-up, so this is probably as good as it gets, at least for now. :)
I would like to see a video about using the wet pallet. It may be a short a simple one. I've found that moving from a regullar pallet to wet has some learning curve. Using it is not only somehow different. There are techniqus for thinning and mixing paint that you can do only with wet pallet. I had to figure them out from expriencing and watching the glimps of the wet pallet on painting tutorial videos.
I will add it to the list. Good suggestion.
This is really helpful, and the comments on the medium of the paints was something I wasn't aware of, great video even 5 years later.
Awesome, always happy to help. :)
Props to one of the best (if not THE best) mini painting channels on YT
Thank you, I really appreciate that and I am always happy to help. :)
Vince, I have a bone to pick with you. As my first project I am painting an action figure (Marvel's Thing), and because of your videos, the quality of my work improved so much that I may be forced to repaint the parts of the figure I painted prior to watching. Thanks a lot for making more work for me.
I seriously love that I learn something new every time I watch one of these videos, thank you.
Well, I am happy to hear that and on the bright side, just think of the next figure. ;)
I can do nice primes , dry brush , stipple and improving my highlights and were to put them ect. I am struggling with learning how to glaze / blend , iv done wet blending but im determined to learn this glazing / blending. Thanks so much for your video's man they have helped me so much.
You can do it!
Excellent blending tutorial. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Very clever and instructive video, thanks a ton Vince, you're the man !
Thanks!
The best painting tutorial on RUclips, thanks for sharing.
Thank you, always happy to help. :)
Vince Venturella Glazing is my favorite, got some Glaze medium and Retarder medium to test with my Vallejo paints. Noticed when I do very thin glazes with just water the paint dries super fast on my brush, think a bit of glaze medium will stop the paint from drying so fast.
Thanks for your great work.
The palette on camera is such a great help.
Keep it in the future plz.
I am going to try to include it whenever possible.
Vince man I love your work. You are an excellent instructor.
Thank you, that is very much appreciated.
Thank you for this informative video. For me as a beginner who is trying to improve, this helped a lot!
Always glad to help. :)
Wet smooth blending, I could watch you all day teaching how too do this really enjoyed it... from Aiken South Carolina 😀🙂🙀👍🇺🇸
Thanks so much - always happy to help. :)
Beautifully explained and presented Vince! Feel confident in giving these techniques a go after watching this video. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent, glad to help as always.
You are an amazing instructor my friend. Thank you very much!
Thank you, happy to help as always and greatly appreciated. :)
Incredible tutorial, thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
Thank you, always happy to help.
Great video
I dig your style making these, simple concise and knowledgeable.
Glad you like them! and always happy to help. :)
Vince you're an excellent teacher thanks. I love the approach you have to the reason behind to the techniques.
Thank you, I appreciate that very much and I'm always happy to help.
Awesome video. Thank you for the guidance
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, I needed it. I stopped painting a special project about 2 months ago because I stalled at being able to get the blending effect I wanted. I'll restart it this weekend.
Always happy to help. :)
Always a pleasure to listen to and watch your tutorials mate.
Thank you sir, that is appreciated and I am glad it was helpful.
There was a question from a new painter on reddit some time ago asking about the difference between spit and void blending and the thread got filled with some wild responses. I felt kinda like that guy when digging through RUclips to learn techniques early on. I love our RUclips community but sometimes my only criticism is that we all get hung up on the tutorial and not the painter. I don’t mean that to sound flip but I know plenty with fine arts degrees that never thought about the terminology in their approach. Point being, instead of saying “should we glaze, wet blend, void etc..?” The question should be in my opinion... what consistency should our paint be and what’s the most suitable way to apply it? I suggested him watching kommets paint and a lot of people were adamant on loaded brush being too advanced. I don’t buy it. There’s always a mix of opinions on the skill someone should learn next but videos like these, where a new painter can see somebody push paint around in different ways, I feel is far more helpful than a 6 part synopsis of different techniques. I reference the old one you did with the cape quite often and I enjoyed this one just as much. Kudos
I agree, it's easy to get lost in the technique and forget the real purpose and how we can just blend them together.
Mind blown. Damn Vince. So much to try and work in. But a brilliant breakdown I have to say.
Thank you, that is very much appreciated. :)
I just discover you channel: thanks a million for all your video they are brilliant, simple and very well explained, you don't speak too fast and each topic is very interesting. Thanks
That's awesome, happy to help as always. :)
hmmKay!
This was the most insightful video and now I feel a lot more confident to start blending myself.
Excellent, happy to help as always. :)
Excellent stuff Vince, thanks a gain for another awesome tutorial
Thank you sir, glad to help as always.
Thanks for this video. Great to watch and really helps understanding the various blending techniques. I'd honestly never thought of directionality when brushing highlights on so it's much appreciated :)
Excellent, thank you and glad to help as always.
What are you doing when you "void your brush?" Thanks for the video and clear explanation and examples.
Licking it clean or mostly clean. Sometimes I just press it into my tongue and drag a little to water it down. It's something you either don't mind or are soundly against. If you don't want to lick your paint, then a wet sponge near your painting area you lightly drag across can achieve the same thing.
He does what all painters do but never show on camera, the licking of the brush, it's a big no no but everyone does it ha ha
Thanks for this video Vince! I was having issues blending highlights - I'll try using the lighter colour as a base and blend on the shadows.
Awesome, always happy to help. :)
Great video, some amazing new information for me to digest. Whenever I hear someone put a brush in their mouth I get the same feeling when I hear people chewing.
Yeah, then you would not want to be around me painting for sure. ;)
@@VinceVenturella I have problems watching Sam Lenz too. The problem is you are both too good to not watch, I am just going to have to keep cringing.
A very helpful video, a smooth blend is always tricky for me to pull off but your advice goes a long way. BTW I can remember when GW very briefly had the Ogres with a pale green skin tone, shortly after Shriek came out but never again! A ruddier skin tone works best for Ogres.
I like either ruddy skin or straight blue (I have some ice ogres as chaos ogres for my Tzeentch army and I like that as well. :) )
I love Arbuckles Brown!
I don't use it much anymore, but it is a great color.
Super informative and well put across. Thanks!
Thank you, happy to help as always. :)
Never knew Steve Buscemi was into miniature painting but thanks anyway; great video Steve!
Much apprecaited, not the first time I've been told that's how I sound, so I am glad to hear I am consistent. ;)
@@VinceVenturella Fantastic video b y the way, all slagging aside. Learned a lot.
Thank you sir. Your channel and content are a treasure for new and experienced painters alike. I find that many other channels link us back to yours when trying to explain technique. You are a great teacher.
Side note: Does paint taste good?
Thank you, always happy to help. At this point, I think for the most part, I'm numb to the taste. ;)
Love your work!
Just so awesome.. feels like an hidden chest i found on a hindden island i got lost, where is everything Inside i need to keep surviving
Excellent, happy to help as always. :)
tried wet blending today on a test model. failed overall but i had some small sucesses. will be following the techniques here very closely tomorrow
You can do it!
@@VinceVenturella i can report that it worked very well indeed. ill be using this as opposed to layering which is a technique ive never been a fan of. cheers vince
Thanks for this video, Sir! This really helped me get the concept of wet blending more clearly in mind. Question: Are you using masking tape on your brush to get a better grip, for comfort, or to help protect it?
Actually, the masking tape is bcause I am an idiot. I was using Winsor and Newtown Brush cleaner and left the brush slightly to low in that, which meant that the plastic melted and it wouldn't dry, so I had to put tape over it to be able to still use it. :)
@@VinceVenturella I would never have guessed that! Sounds like something I would have done....lol
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Very informative. Thank you for the great video!
Excellent, happy to help as always. :)
I am just working on these guys. your tutorial quite advance level for me. but i will sure give a try!
Awesome, glad to help as always.
What is your favorite type of paper to use on your wet palate. So far I've tried WAX and PARCHMENT. Both seem to work pretty well. I was wondering if you had a favorite type/brand?
Reynolds Parchment baking paper - wax doesn't allow the water to properly soak through I have found.
Really good video, thanks for sharing all the tips
Thanks, happy to help as always and glad you enjoyed it.
Very good tutorial. Thank you.
Thank you, much appreciated.
Super helpful for me, thanks.
Excellent, happy to help as always.
Nice vince, good tips,thank you
Thank you, happy to help as always.
I wanted to invest in an airbrush until someone told my wife it would give a dust allover the house! I hate dusting lol.
QUESTION... Is it better to blend from light to dark or dark to light tones to get an ultra smooth transition?
Thank you for sharing such an excellent video.
Either can work just fine, though I will say, as I mention here, it's much easier to glaze and feather darker more transparent colors. So having more light and then working down can mek your life easier.
Watched!❤
Great vid .. thx
Thank you, happy to help as always. :)
Love the video
Thank you, always happy to help.
Baller video dude
Thank you, always happy to help. :)
Awesomeness
Thank you. :)
Not sure about licking the brush / paint...but if it tastes well and is full of proteins why not.
Agrax earthshade is to die for. Mmmm
Vince you are an amazing tutor! Having worked my way through the hobby cheating series over the past few weeks I have learned so much from them (and I believe previously shared this with you lol!) however there were a few blank spots where I wasn't 100% on actually attempting the techniques myself. This has now filled in those areas and I now feel a lot more confident in going back to my test mini.
Oh after watching your review over on your Product Reviews on the Daler and Rowney FW inks I've sent off for a few of them to get me started. I was wondering though are they glossy like the Scale 75 inks or a matt finish like the Vallejo inks?
Many thanks.
They are mostly matte, I have found a few colors with a shine, but most are quite matte. Glad to help as always.
Thanks I was hoping they would be matte as the S75 & warcolours are pretty glossy. Cheers :)
Perfect tutorial.
Thank you, glad to help as always. :)
As always, thank you man!
Glad to help as always.
Great video as always. I love your videos because don’t just explain how to paint minis, but how do you think about painting minis. This one is one of the best in doing it.
You didn’t mention layering throughout the video. Is that a personal choice or that you don’t consider it as a technique to achieve smooth blends?
Thank you, that is greatly appreciated. It's not a technique I really think achieves smooth blends unless you are making nearly invisible incremental steps. I know there are some great painters that use layering, but then they usually use some of these techniques over the top to smooth them together. In the end, you should use the technique that works for you, and I have just never found layering to be truly smooth.
Amazing bro. Great hack and great tool to have in the toolbox. :)
Thank you, happy to help as always.
Great stuff man!
Thank you, very much appreciated.
Good video Vince
Thank you sir, much appreciated.
What are you doing at 9.20 to 9.26? Adding water to the brush while having flesh color on the brush and then wiping excess water of on a "wipiee" or ?
Yes, I just touched the tip VERY lightly to the water and then touched a wet part of a paper towel to thin it down.
@@VinceVenturella Ok, brilliant. Thank you. Do you keep clean water for each such thining as not to pollute the color loaded in the bristles? I'm asking because I'm used to using hard pallets with wells and I'm trying to get used to how to thin paints on a wet palette. If I do so with a drop of water onto the drop of paint and then mix them on the palette I get it over a large area of the palette.
What are you thinning your paints with? Water? Glaze Medium? Flow improver?
And by continuing to watch I answered my own question. Awesome video!
Always happy to help. :)
Hey Vince, you mentioned at 1:50 that the basic requirements for having an airbrush is a bit of space and $100. I really want one, but I also don't understand the difference between cheaper and expensive airbrushes and whether a cheap airbrush is even worth the money. Which budget models or brands would you recommend?
JUst your standard generic Master G22 that comes in the starter kit is your best bet for an absolute beginner. The reality is, you're going to screw up your first airbrush (not a judgement, I certainly wasn't great to mine and broke it pretty bad) and then you're only out like $20 to replace it. Learn with that, get your basics down and then look at a bigger investment like an Iwata HP-CS.
@@VinceVenturella Thanks!
do you recommend dry brush > layer > galze? or just go straight to glaze after dry brush?
Whatever works for that surface, I don't drybrush every surface and I don't layer or glaze every surface, If you have a large flat surface, you likely go from layering straight to glazes, if you have a heavily textured surface, you likely go drybrush into maybe some glazes to set some hue changes etc.
When I apply my Golden heavy body Titanium White to my wet pallet it curdles. Have you experienced this?
Haven't had the issue. What specifically is happening and over how much time?
@@VinceVenturella Something I realized is that at one point I tried putting white vinegar in my pallet to fight the mold. That was a bad idea. I need to try this again to see if those two things happened at the same time.
Let me rule that out first.
Can't vouch for Citadel but Vallejo definitely has enough pigment to thin down to a glaze.
Oh certainly, most any paint can glaze, and medium really helps. It's a question of how pigment rich the paints are where you can break them down to very thin and control your glazes without tide marks. Ironically, this is one of the places where model color actually outperforms game color.
@@VinceVenturella The more saturated the color, the more translucent the paint... and VGC has more saturation generally than VMC. :)
Great video as normal. I am having trouble with my drybrushing after shade an area with Agrax Earthshade or Nuln Oil. The effect turns out chaulky. Will highlighting via drybrushing and then using a shade smooth out the transition?
So drybrushing will produce a chalky result if the bristles are hard or too much paint is deposited or you push to hard. My best advice is a very soft bristled brush and a very light touch. That being said, you are exactly correct, a light shade (or any glaze for that matter) can really go a long way to remove that chalky result.
Thanks Vince
Helpful
Still trying to achieve a good zenithal when using warm tones
Any suggestions
I like a good deep brown tone, rust and then ivory.
Super behind the times but just wondering how you get the flesh tone applied after the zenithal? Is it a thinned down airbrush of flesh or brushed on? Just starting with airbrushing and struggling a little! Love your videos mate.
Thank you sir and happy to help. The answer is generally a simple base coat with the airbrush, but it depends on the size of the surface. I prefer a nice thin two glazes of a mid-tone skin tone over the zenithal to start, and then go with the various methods outlined here. The smoother the surface of the skin the better, hence the preference for the airbrush, but it;s not essential.
@@VinceVenturella Thanks again! One more quick question - when making this skin tone glaze to airbrush, any recommendations? Glaze medium and water like making a glaze for brush painting?
@@davidbates7279 Your mid-tone skin tone + a few drops of vallejo airbrush thinner. That's all you need (assuming you are using an air paint) if a full paint, a little more thinner and a few drops of water.
Would i literally need to buy "glaze medium" or could i use my "liquatex matte medium" for vallejo paint glazes? Like, one part vallejo pait to one part matte medium to however much water?
Could i make a small bottle of "glaze medium" out of my matte medium, water and i also have flow improver. I guess i f i have to i will buy glaze medium but i have a HUGE bottle of matte medium.
No, you could certainly do exactly as you describe and that would be just fine.
For void blending, can you use a second brush that's loaded with simply water, or something like a glaze medium?
Absolutely you can, you can also just wipe your brush on a wet towel if you don't want to void the paint.
Awesome video. What do you think about army painter paints?
I think they are fine, they are far from my favorite, but there is nothing inherently wrong with them.
Great video Vince! Now I know Why i have had trouble with the color blue👍
Blue confounds so many people because of that white issue, don't worry, you are FAR from alone.
Vince Venturella The thing that work best for me is to start with a really dark blue and then gradually add a lighter blue
Great video! And my god you eat a lot of paint! Do you find that one brand tastes better than others? Lol
Honestly, as one brand no, though there are certainly some individual paints in the lines are better than others.
Thanks for this video I really appreciate it. I want to use these techniques but I'm having trouble with small features. Is there any trick to doing blends on small textured surfaces? (An ork face for instancd) thanks
Sure, you need much less smooth blending the smaller the area. If you want to see my techniques in action on an orc face, go toward the end of this video and you can see how I do it with an orc face as that is what i am painting here - ruclips.net/video/QcnAyDGUA1E/видео.html
Studying this! Also what does Rudie mean?
Ruddy, red.
Interesting technique, but dont you have as much paint on your tongue as on your model?
I'm wiping a fair amount on a wet paper towel before I put it in my mouth, but yeah, I end up eating paint. You can rely completely on a wet paper towel if you don't want to eat paint.
What paper are you using on your wet palette? I have the Masterson wet palette,also. I have used their brand of paper,and the Reynolds folded version. The Masterson version is too thick,and the Reynolds curls too much. How is yours staying flat?
I use Reynolds Kitchens Genuine Parchment paper and I have never had an issue with it curling. Make sure that your sponge is nice and wet (pretty much saturated), then run water over the parchment before you lay it onto the sponge. Use a flat edge to smooth out the paper so that all of the bubbles are gone and the edges are flush with the sponge. As long as you keep your wet palette sufficiently loaded with water, the edges shouldn't curl. If they do, just add some more water and smooth them back down.
Hope this helps!
I'm guessing mine just isn't wet enough. Thanks for the reply.
Agree with everything said, to also answer the original question, I utilize the P3 Wet Palette paper, I have always liked it.
Hi. Your paint layer needs to be a little bit shorter than your sponge. that will prevent drying up at the edge so it wont warp/curl.
Is it healthy with void blending to put paint in your mouth? That doesnt seem good
In general, you shouldn't eat paint, I do it, but I don't recommend it to others. A wet sponge will get you to the same place.
Could someone define for me, in one sentence, what 'void blending' is?
I talk about it in some other videos, but basically, it's much like feathering. It's when you are adding a large amount of paint, then using a mostly dry brush to remove and smooth the paint on the mini, constantly pulling paint away. Think of it as a smoothing and subtractive process like you would do with oil paints.
How to void brush without licking the paint Vince ?, rinse it into the water or wipe it off on a paper ?
A wet sponge in your area in a plastic small tupperware you can wipe across the top of or touch your paint to. That will simulate the same thing as your tongue is doing.
ah, also can i ask this, does Void blending and feathering is the same technique ?, since both do spread the paint around
Yep, same thing. Two brush blending also is the same thing but with a second moist brush.
It’s a crime this has so few views
Well thank you, I greatly apprecaite it. :)
Are you voiding out the brush in your mouth?
I am, I eat paint quite often, don't recommend it, but if you want a similar effect, just keep a wet sponge next to your working space and draw it along.
Like this video a lot...thanks for sharing but, I am having problems hearing it. Other videos are good...Thank you...
And couldn't you wipe the brush on your parchment paper rather than eating the paint.
I'm probably going to end up eating paint too aren't i?
So if you don't want to eat the paint (which is understandable), then what you should do is keep a folded paper towel in your work area and make sure it's moist to quite wet. When you need to soften or water a little, you can lightly touch or wipe your brush across the wet area of the paper towel. Has the same effect but no need to eat paint.
IT STARTS TO BE BORING! WHY IT CAN NOT BE A BAD VIDEO AT LEAST ONCE! WITH LOVE
Video length and detail is always challenging, one person's interesting is another's too long, so I always try to find the best middle ground. :)
I have to ask...hull red keeps coming up in convos...why? Lol
It's just a fantastic warm shadow color and has been used on several of my projects recently, so it's at the top of mind.
Being completely honest, I actually prefer the original look lol.
Well, I made him very red to show up on screen, but the start just didn't have enough contrast. You could certainly shift the colors and keep to more normative shadows. :)
I believe the proper nomenclature is mentally challenged medium
Good point, you got me on that one. ;)
I don't have an issue with it personally. In fact it isn't easy to offend me, but you might have some sjw's chaining their nude bodies to the hood of your car. And no one needs that. Anywho, You the man. I've already started using your techniques. Subscribed.