@@DanaHowl🤔 I'd be fascinated to see what updates could be made to this; your work is stellar. I'm an obsessive over-researcher who hasn't brush painted anything since middle school 25+ years ago. I'm on my 4th or 5th time re-wathing your underpainting and glazing videos and hope to start with the brushes tomorrow morning 😂.
This video was really interesting and surprising. I never would have imagined that after zenithal highlighting you should then dry brush (which I was leaving until much later when I paint my minis) and then use a wash (which I was doing last!) but it makes total sense to really define the mini as you say “like a coloring book” so you can then “paint inside the lines” when you then start to apply the base colors. I learnt so much watching this video. Thank you so much. I think my mini painting is going to really improve now!
i heard this and it made my day, where were my art teachers to tell me this? sometimes my itch for perfection is what drives my creativity as i am musician as well as a wargamer. its healthy but unhealthy so dont let it bother you just let it nag you to paint more
I'm very much enjoying seeing you implement more of your dry humor in your already great videos. Adds another layer of enjoyment. Keep up the good work!
You helped me perfect my underpainting technique years ago with your first video! For me I do the Nuln Oil first and then the drybrush highlight but that's because I don't do the second highlight at the end. Thanks for the great videos!
“Re: Drybrushing: We can spend as much time on this as we want to.” Please spend about an hour. That was the most relaxing thing I’ve seen in weeks! ;)
I'm not a beginner and I use an airbrush, but I enjoyed every second of this video, laughing out loud on occasions. You are a joy to watch and I always learn something new and useful. Please keep producing content.
this video and your previous one about Underpainting your Miniatures and investing more time and care into that phase helped me improve a lot, thank you!
First 20% is the Minimal viable product. Love it. Your videos are the one me and my mates like listening to while painting. I think we need to add a photo of a horse that says "be gentle" to our painting cave :p
Dana, you are an AMAZING teacher and so talented and creative. You are also so kind and generous for making these videos and sharing with the community, thank you very much! I am proud to say I am a subscriber to your channel!
Hi Dana, just stumbled in here, and I am glad you showed up in my recommendations. You've got great style. And thank you for giving me permission for ruining my brushes, because I needed it!
I am just getting back into the hobby and this is really helpful, especially for someone like me who really needs a long expaination. Still have alot of catching up to do. Again, thank you so much for this.
You are awesome. I have been painting for a year. I have decided to join i and bought your supplies. I have stayed away from Warhammer....but now a own a box ;) Looking forward to next video
After getting back into the hobby after a 30 year hiatus, and after watching "other" RUclips instructional videos...YOU are now my favorite teacher/miniature guru. Thank you Dana! Funny as Hell. Greetings from the inferno which is Southern CA.
I'm an old fart that only recently started painting minis and I've watched this video a few times over the last couple of months. You do a great job Dana. Thank you. I do keep reading the title as 'Underpantsing' though. I don't know what that is...
How good is this video? I don't paint miniatures, I don't have any interest to start painting (at least not for now), but I sat here watching all of it, that's how good it is! I love the "subtle awkward comedy" and the Bob Ross vibes you give
I’ve gotten complacent with mini painting, but now I’m looking forward to trying these new (to me) tricks with under-painting. Looking forward to seeing more!
I’m watching your video as I’m working and I hear you say “perfection is impossible and the pursuit of it is the path to hell”. That coupled with your facial expression was too much. I laughed and spit coffee all over my keyboard nearly choking in the process. Thank you for the videos. You’re a great teacher.
Thank you for your stand against Fascim. I love how you take position in a highly toxic enviorment like the net. Your dry humor and the nice cuts and infills in your Videos have leviated my mood by a dozens. I hope you will reach your goals and stay save and healthy.
The fierce Canadian vibes in this video are delightful, and I’m glad to see that I was correct in assessing that you were Canadian :) I really love the effort you put into the aesthetics of this video, it’s super delightful :))
This is great. I painted 40k for extra lunch money back in early 2000s. I’d just sell game ready squads for double the box value at my local GW shop on the weekends to older guys who were playing. I was maybe 12 years old, but some of them were playing with models right out of the box with no color, so they were happy to trade me or buy them off me to build their army. If I had RUclips back then I could have made some better looking models. I’m 33 now and looking to get back into the hobby, I’ve enjoyed your videos, please keep them coming.
Super tutorial! So many other youtubers just show a few brush strokes of a color, and then, thru the magic of editing, skip to the next color. Seeing your slow and careful brush strokes is very helpful. Also having everything in frame and in focus is great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
As an engineer and avid warhammer miniature hobbyist, measure twice, cut once. Apply this to painting - prime it correctly and you won't need to piss about later on. Love to Dana, amazing advice lots of new stuff in here for me
Been watching your video for 9 minutes now, Dana and I've learned a lot... I am even afraid of what's going to happen in the next 50 minutes. Thanks a lot for putting that much effort into it!
This is a beautiful channel - as a guy from Mother Russia who just started collecting WH40K - and has ZERO experience with any kind of paint - this is a really helpful series. Also funny =) Thank You!
the pursuit of perfection has cost me entire cans of spray primer because I see fuzzy plastic underparts and go fully tunnelvisioned, it must be eliminated,
I've been painting for a little while but basically have no idea what I'm doing. This series is extremely informative and well presented, and you're hilarious to boot. Thanks for the awesome content!
Amazing! I just watched your video about underpainting, and thought: wow, this seems so cool! Too bad I don't have an airbrush though.... Was going to look for exactly this kind of video by google, but what's up: it's right there in the suggestions sidebar!
Thank you Miss Dana. I just finished Storm Cast Eternals and i am now looking forward to trying these lessons on Nighthaunts. Great channel and I am ecstatic knowing i have more to watch.
This is video is perfect. I've been getting back into the hobby (waiting on my Lumineth box, painting up some of my old high elf models) and while I can slap on a decent base coat, it's hard to get a feel for highlights and shadows. This approach takes a lot of the difficulty out of it and makes the whole thing way more relaxing. Also some of my zenithal highlighting was really tragic, and this helps rescue it some. Always appreciate Canadian content, getting the prices in our dubloons and products that are actually available up here.
First video series I've followed where the wash didn't ruin my model! Excellent stuff. Subscribed and also became a patron. Rock on with your bad self, Dana Howl! You're doing a great job.
Stumbled across ur videos the other week only been in hobby for about a year now, taught myself some bad habits. I’m going to reprime a couple of my Stormcasts and try ur zenith/under painting. Great videos can’t wait for the next few episodes
It's been over 18 years since I've built a model, and I have $300 worth of Drukhari still in their boxes. Thank you for the video! It's time for me to get to work!
Speaking as a coward that lives in a secret priming grotto the thing that speaks to me the most that no matter what your hobby is, black lives matter and don’t be a fascist
If you were making this video today, would you still do zenithal? Lately, I've seen videos about slap chop and wondered whether that might be easier or harder for absolute beginners.
I think if I did this video again, I’d approach it very differently, starting with just layering over black primer, getting into zenithal/slap chop type stuff later
Small correction: the pursuit of perfection is not the path to hell, but to the agonizingly sweet embrace of Slaanesh. :D Great video as always Professor Howl
how is it you are so deadpan, yet so hilarious? I love your videos. They somehow manage to entertain and inform in the most wonderful ways. I am sharing this video with the painting group from the 3d printing DM Danny discord
For really emphasising the zenithal/highlights, I’m a big fan of having a desk lamp with a daylight bulb (I conveniently have a soldering magnifier ~$30 I think) that I can hold the mini under, it really helps me step back from individual shadows and highlights and look at the mini as a whole
**Looks directly into camera**
"Kept you waiting, didn't I?"
Or in Solid Snake fashion, "Kept you waiting, huh?"
I like when you say something really funny, directly into the camera, and then cut just as you make yourself laugh. It's great.
These videos are gold
Thanks!!! I need to make an updated version!!!
@@DanaHowl🤔 I'd be fascinated to see what updates could be made to this; your work is stellar.
I'm an obsessive over-researcher who hasn't brush painted anything since middle school 25+ years ago. I'm on my 4th or 5th time re-wathing your underpainting and glazing videos and hope to start with the brushes tomorrow morning 😂.
@@gijimbo1337 I'll see what I can do! I'm definitely due for another beginner video(s)
This video was really interesting and surprising. I never would have imagined that after zenithal highlighting you should then dry brush (which I was leaving until much later when I paint my minis) and then use a wash (which I was doing last!) but it makes total sense to really define the mini as you say “like a coloring book” so you can then “paint inside the lines” when you then start to apply the base colors. I learnt so much watching this video. Thank you so much. I think my mini painting is going to really improve now!
"perfection is impossible and the pursuit of it is the path to hell"- YESSSSSSS
This needs to go to my boss.
i heard this and it made my day, where were my art teachers to tell me this? sometimes my itch for perfection is what drives my creativity as i am musician as well as a wargamer. its healthy but unhealthy so dont let it bother you just let it nag you to paint more
I need this on a T-Shirt, Mug and Bumpersticker!
True words of wisdom.
@@emchamberlainadd to that: 'perfect' is the enemy of 'done'
This channel is a solid balance of painting and guided meditation.
And dry humor!
Absolutely
I'm very much enjoying seeing you implement more of your dry humor in your already great videos. Adds another layer of enjoyment. Keep up the good work!
27:59 Is dropping the mini optional? Because, and I don't mean to brag, I have that technique nailed.
I'm too high, I got scared for a second when you mentioned the legality of grey priming
Where fine art meets the hobby. You live in a brilliant zone.
I absolutely love your tone and "hobby tips". Running through basics again to resolidify them. I need to step up my underpainting game...
Thanks for keeping "mistakes" in the video - brush choice, dropping items. It makes it more real for us getting started!
You helped me perfect my underpainting technique years ago with your first video!
For me I do the Nuln Oil first and then the drybrush highlight but that's because I don't do the second highlight at the end.
Thanks for the great videos!
"And then you spray from above using a white or gray paint."
*extreme closeup with Canadian flag overlay*
"Sometimes even both."
“Re: Drybrushing: We can spend as much time on this as we want to.”
Please spend about an hour. That was the most relaxing thing I’ve seen in weeks! ;)
YAY! It's finally here. I don't think I have ever in my life been so excited for a homework...
I'm not a beginner and I use an airbrush, but I enjoyed every second of this video, laughing out loud on occasions. You are a joy to watch and I always learn something new and useful. Please keep producing content.
This. Very much this
I think I found the best channel on youtube.
Dana. You are a gem of a human being.
this video and your previous one about Underpainting your Miniatures and investing more time and care into that phase helped me improve a lot, thank you!
You’re very welcome, glad it was helpful!
First 20% is the Minimal viable product. Love it. Your videos are the one me and my mates like listening to while painting. I think we need to add a photo of a horse that says "be gentle" to our painting cave :p
Dana, you are an AMAZING teacher and so talented and creative. You are also so kind and generous for making these videos and sharing with the community, thank you very much! I am proud to say I am a subscriber to your channel!
Hi Dana, just stumbled in here, and I am glad you showed up in my recommendations. You've got great style. And thank you for giving me permission for ruining my brushes, because I needed it!
Listening to this in the background while I scrape some mold lines, got to 19:54 and briefly went O.O - Silly Hubris, Dana just shakin' them paints.
I am just getting back into the hobby and this is really helpful, especially for someone like me who really needs a long expaination. Still have alot of catching up to do. Again, thank you so much for this.
Ohhh Cadiaaaaaaa ♪ [Spikes mic]
Thanks for this video!
You are awesome. I have been painting for a year. I have decided to join i and bought your supplies. I have stayed away from Warhammer....but now a own a box ;) Looking forward to next video
Yes!!!!! Happy you’ve joined the class!!!
After getting back into the hobby after a 30 year hiatus, and after watching "other" RUclips instructional videos...YOU are now my favorite teacher/miniature guru. Thank you Dana! Funny as Hell. Greetings from the inferno which is Southern CA.
I'm an old fart that only recently started painting minis and I've watched this video a few times over the last couple of months. You do a great job Dana. Thank you.
I do keep reading the title as 'Underpantsing' though. I don't know what that is...
That VHS intro was a really good touch, awesome video overall.
Deadpan humor in this is amazing
How good is this video? I don't paint miniatures, I don't have any interest to start painting (at least not for now), but I sat here watching all of it, that's how good it is! I love the "subtle awkward comedy" and the Bob Ross vibes you give
Never seen that approach, it always prime, Then paint. I am going to try it your way. Thank you.
I’ve gotten complacent with mini painting, but now I’m looking forward to trying these new (to me) tricks with under-painting. Looking forward to seeing more!
I’m watching your video as I’m working and I hear you say “perfection is impossible and the pursuit of it is the path to hell”. That coupled with your facial expression was too much. I laughed and spit coffee all over my keyboard nearly choking in the process. Thank you for the videos. You’re a great teacher.
Thank you for your stand against Fascim. I love how you take position in a highly toxic enviorment like the net. Your dry humor and the nice cuts and infills in your Videos have leviated my mood by a dozens. I hope you will reach your goals and stay save and healthy.
Thanks Dana! Great lessons, and I love the dry humor. Also - important messages in there. Time to get crackin om some underpaint...
The amount of information and the fun here is illegal. Great job
The fierce Canadian vibes in this video are delightful, and I’m glad to see that I was correct in assessing that you were Canadian :) I really love the effort you put into the aesthetics of this video, it’s super delightful :))
This is such a great resource, thank you. Found this channel thanks to Midwinter Minis
This is great. I painted 40k for extra lunch money back in early 2000s. I’d just sell game ready squads for double the box value at my local GW shop on the weekends to older guys who were playing. I was maybe 12 years old, but some of them were playing with models right out of the box with no color, so they were happy to trade me or buy them off me to build their army. If I had RUclips back then I could have made some better looking models. I’m 33 now and looking to get back into the hobby, I’ve enjoyed your videos, please keep them coming.
It’s amazing to me how far the hobby has come from then, washes and the like just weren’t a thing back then (as far as I remember)
Great attention to detail in this! Very helpful.
Super tutorial! So many other youtubers just show a few brush strokes of a color, and then, thru the magic of editing, skip to the next color. Seeing your slow and careful brush strokes is very helpful.
Also having everything in frame and in focus is great.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
This series is great! I just ordered the Stormcast figures so I can follow along. I can't wait to get started!
Yay!! The wait is over. Dana-mite goes boom!
Love the video. I'm trying to get in touch with my artsy-fartsy side, it it exists. Just jumped into miniatures, and I'm over my head. Thank you!!!
As an engineer and avid warhammer miniature hobbyist, measure twice, cut once. Apply this to painting - prime it correctly and you won't need to piss about later on. Love to Dana, amazing advice lots of new stuff in here for me
Great guide to underpainting AND hilarious. A rare mix! I love it.
Been watching your video for 9 minutes now, Dana and I've learned a lot... I am even afraid of what's going to happen in the next 50 minutes. Thanks a lot for putting that much effort into it!
This is a beautiful channel - as a guy from Mother Russia who just started collecting WH40K - and has ZERO experience with any kind of paint - this is a really helpful series. Also funny =) Thank You!
I'm just starting getting into painting minis and I'm really enjoying your vids. Stay awesome, and have a happy and healthy day.
thanks for sharing your knowledge, it's a wonderful class.
About to tip my toe into miniature painting and these videos and you have definitely inspired me. Love the format!
the pursuit of perfection has cost me entire cans of spray primer because I see fuzzy plastic underparts and go fully tunnelvisioned, it must be eliminated,
Great stuff! Super in depth and answers so many questions for beginners and experienced painters
I've been painting for a little while but basically have no idea what I'm doing. This series is extremely informative and well presented, and you're hilarious to boot. Thanks for the awesome content!
"Connecting with your local communities to oppose fascism." is possibly the single most important hobby tip you could have shared.
Yeah and the anti-communist groups as well. There’s no room for these destructive ideologies in western civilization!
Was sent a video of yours to watch, now subscribed, your so soothing and easy to follow unlike other miniature painting videos. Love it thanks.
Amazing! I just watched your video about underpainting, and thought: wow, this seems so cool! Too bad I don't have an airbrush though....
Was going to look for exactly this kind of video by google, but what's up: it's right there in the suggestions sidebar!
How am I just now discovering this channel?! Dana, this was absolutely informative and funny! Keep this content coming!
This is the exact next thing I was hoping to learn to progress my painting to the next level. Thank you so much for making this video!
Thank you Miss Dana. I just finished Storm Cast Eternals and i am now looking forward to trying these lessons on Nighthaunts. Great channel and I am ecstatic knowing i have more to watch.
Thanks for the great videos that you are putting out. I really enjoy watching them!
This is video is perfect. I've been getting back into the hobby (waiting on my Lumineth box, painting up some of my old high elf models) and while I can slap on a decent base coat, it's hard to get a feel for highlights and shadows. This approach takes a lot of the difficulty out of it and makes the whole thing way more relaxing. Also some of my zenithal highlighting was really tragic, and this helps rescue it some.
Always appreciate Canadian content, getting the prices in our dubloons and products that are actually available up here.
First video series I've followed where the wash didn't ruin my model! Excellent stuff. Subscribed and also became a patron. Rock on with your bad self, Dana Howl! You're doing a great job.
Stumbled across ur videos the other week only been in hobby for about a year now, taught myself some bad habits. I’m going to reprime a couple of my Stormcasts and try ur zenith/under painting.
Great videos can’t wait for the next few episodes
Very helpful video, but I can’t watch it while painting because the laughter makes my hand shake. Quality stuff.
I can't express how helpful it is. Thanks so much.
Absolute entertainment and informative!!!
Superb and informative video!! Thank you!
Cheers Fam always helpful, I’ve been painting for years and still enjoy these.
Just found your channel, love the disclaimer and the video.
Thank you, Dana!
I’m not even a complete noob and this painting has some helpful undershading tips I hadn’t thought about using
Nice class. Looking foward for the base coloring one.
*immediately abandons family and locks himself in room
It's been over 18 years since I've built a model, and I have $300 worth of Drukhari still in their boxes. Thank you for the video! It's time for me to get to work!
Yes! I‘ve been waiting for this. Love it all
This has been the most useful video on painting for me by far! Awesome job
Thankyou so much for doing these! Great production and information.
Thank you! Very much look forward to the next video for beginners! My preshaded miniature is waiting :)
Dana, great technique for beginners and intermediates.
I am enjoying your series, to help me try out painting. As a Canadian, I was at a loss as to why Gray Primer might be Illegal.
Thank you for this great content. I appreciate the time and effort to produce this. Great stuff. I am eager for the next lesson.
This is fantastic! I love your delivery of your jokes :) Thank you for showing us newbies how it is done.
Thanks for this! If you have the option, could you generate Chapters in youtube for quick navigation.
This is nerdy Bob Ross. I love it
I really wanted to up my game with my model painting and this is exactly what i needed! Thank you so much!
Speaking as a coward that lives in a secret priming grotto the thing that speaks to me the most that no matter what your hobby is, black lives matter and don’t be a fascist
Well said Nosh
@mdgibsonism Really? Which ones?
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
The grey primer comment had me cracking up. Glorious
I didn't get it. 🙈
The second half of this video was very soothing and zen to watch, with your Bob Ross instructional tones. I love your videos Dana, thank you.
This is an absolutely fantastic video. I am so glad MWW introduced me to your channel. Great content and I love the synthwave aesthetic.
Thanks for this class, been wanting to paint for years but your tutorials are the inspiration I needed. Subscribed :)
If you were making this video today, would you still do zenithal? Lately, I've seen videos about slap chop and wondered whether that might be easier or harder for absolute beginners.
I think if I did this video again, I’d approach it very differently, starting with just layering over black primer, getting into zenithal/slap chop type stuff later
Small correction: the pursuit of perfection is not the path to hell, but to the agonizingly sweet embrace of Slaanesh. :D
Great video as always Professor Howl
Have you tried the Vallejo colour shift paint? If not you should, I’ve done a model car with it.
no but i will at some point in the future!
Loving these longer video lessons, keep up the great work!
how is it you are so deadpan, yet so hilarious? I love your videos. They somehow manage to entertain and inform in the most wonderful ways. I am sharing this video with the painting group from the 3d printing DM Danny discord
Bird sounds in the background :) Great tutorial with a very relaxing mode. Thank you very much, learned many things.
For really emphasising the zenithal/highlights, I’m a big fan of having a desk lamp with a daylight bulb (I conveniently have a soldering magnifier ~$30 I think) that I can hold the mini under, it really helps me step back from individual shadows and highlights and look at the mini as a whole