With all the furor and frenzy over the Contrast Paints, it seemed wise to make a change in the schedule for my Army Painting series. I had another Oil Painting series set up but everyone wants to know about these paints.
So I grabbed some classic Khore Bloodletters and got those prepped for Series 10, which will focus on various ways to use those Contrast Paints!
I have been mixing them with a variety of "regular" paints, but this was the first time I got to see what they would do with the fluorescent paint!
As I have mentioned many times now, I have been asked repeatedly for options on the Reaper Clear and Liner paints, which can be difficult to obtain outside the US. I have already done 3 live sessions on the mixing of regular paint with Contrast Paints: https://youtu.be/r4e9b03jgdk
Ironically, this is nothing different than techniques that used many years ago when I filmed the original Painting Pyramid series. Here's another live session showing how I used the Contrast Medium to make my own lighter skin tone contrast paint... https://youtu.be/AyUAj05Xevo
I chose to do a classic color scheme on these classic Bloodletters, which seemed to suit them well. As with all Army Painting series, I begin with creating bases for the unit. In this case, working with the Green Stuff World texture rollers and the flaming skulls. The second episode is always the Color Test Figure, which is where you figure out how long a given effect or color scheme might take on each figure.
This is very important because what seems like a small amount of time on one figure can become a LOT of time once you multiply that across an entire unit or army! That is why I discuss the point over and over again during the subsequent episodes. Each series is normally 5 episodes, and around 12-13 hours total running time. These are designed to tie into the Painting Dark Sword episodes and other videos that are posted to the patreon page each month. The $15 pledge level means you will be able to see every series that has been done, and I am working on series 10 and 11 right now!
The Army Painting pledge level will provide access to all previous series and tutorials at all the other levels, so that means close to 100 various tutorials at your fingertips in an instant! You can find that here on the Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/JamesWappel
Very interesting to see how a professional painter handles these Contrast paints. The results you achieve look way better than other miniatures I already saw on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteStill not entirely sure if they're worth it though, given the fact I already have an extensive paint range.
Thanks! I would definitely take a pass on these. The only reason I got them was to find that alternative for folks as I mentioned, and because of all the questions. If these were half the price, it might be different :-)
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