Paint and Ramble Vlog

Squeezing in Paint Time

This turned into one of those days where I thought I was going to get a lot of paint time in, and instead I’m trying to slam in a little bit before bed. This is where we left off with the Crucible Guard jacks—if you want to see how we got here, watch yesterday’s video.

Experimenting with Speed Paints

Now we’re going to cut in the black. I think I’m going to stick to these Army Painter speed paints. I haven’t used a lot of them, so I’m still learning how they work. The traditional slap chop method is great, but I don’t really like it for my style of painting. I use them more as premixed glazes.

We’re going to cut in this black and try to stick to using Army Painter paints as much as we can until it’s time to do the final highlight—then I’ll probably switch over to some acrylics.

Being Careful with the Airbrush Work

Just being careful. I definitely don’t want any paint to get on our airbrush work. I don’t know why, but something about the speed paints just makes me slow down. I realized that when I was painting the Butcher.

I’m being super careful because we’re coming up against that airbrush work. This will probably take more than one coat to go over. I probably shouldn’t be using speed paint to go over this—a normal black would have done it in one coat. But I’m using this as an opportunity to experiment with these speed paints.

Rambling About Life

My air compressor just kicked on—forgot to turn it off. It’s crazy, I still don’t have my voice fully back yet. This is the worst I’ve ever been sick. Two steps forward, one step back. The fever and stuff is finally gone, and I’m not coughing so bad, but this has just been brutal.

Luckily all the kids are good. My wife and I got it worse than everybody else. But I guess if it had to be someone, I’m glad it was me.

The Worst Part About Having Kids

That’s really the worst part about having kids—one, you get sick because they’re just sickness magnets, especially my son who puts his mouth on everything. They get sick first, and I’m still recovering from all the damage I did to myself in my 20s. So they bounce back a whole lot faster.

By the time they’re super healthy, I’m usually the most sick I’m going to be. So it’s even worse because you’re still just trying to chase them around.

The Black Makes a Difference

You can already see that’s making a big difference. The black cut in between the airbrush work is really making the airbrush work look good. Even the stuff that’s going to be gold, I’m going to hit with a silver first. It’ll make our golds brighter and make up for having to do the gold over the airbrush work.

Showing Up Matters

This one is really just about showing up. These last two weeks have been crazy because I’ve got a lot of cool stuff I’ve been recording, but I haven’t finished any of it yet because I was out of commission dying from being sick.

It’s wild—I did that whole Ultimate Dungeon terrain board while I had such a high fever I was hallucinating while painting. I’m looking at it behind me and I don’t even really have a memory of doing it. It really shows what’s possible when you show up.

The Temptation to Skip Highlights

When you come in with this airbrush stuff, it’s really tempting to just call that done because we did some cool airbrushing effects. I didn’t even think about light—I just put the shadows where I wanted them to go, kind of played it by ear.

Once we base coat everything, you’re going to be really tempted to just say screw it and leave the airbrush work without edge highlights. But if we come in and edge highlight, hit the tops of those little bumpy things, it’s really going to do wonders for the paint job. And it’s not going to be that hard to do.

Goblin Skin Struggles

My problem with the goblins is I painted and finished a couple, but I don’t like the skin. I’ve been playing with a bunch of different greens and can’t get the skin I like. Some of them I’ve stripped down and repainted just trying to figure it out.

I didn’t like the super bright skin tone at first, but now it’s kind of growing on me. I think maybe I will do a super bright crazy green skin tone on them and just get them done.

Wrapping Up

It’s pretty late, I’m pretty sleepy. I think that’s all I can do right now. We just got to paint a bunch of metal—I’m joking. Probably got a couple hours left on this guy. Still looking forward to not being sick anymore and just trying to get as much progress as I can.

Almost happy New Year time—see you tomorrow!

Transcript

This turned into one of those days where I thought I was going to get a lot of paint time in and instead I’m trying to slam in a little bit before bed. So, uh this is where we we left off the crucible guard jacks. Uh if you want to see how we got to here, watch yesterday’s video. Uh now, uh we’re going to cut in the black. And I think I’m going to stick to these armor painter speed paints.

I haven’t used a lot of them. Uh so I’m still kind of learning them and and how they work. I know that like the traditional kind of like slap chop method uh I think it’s great. Uh I just don’t really like it for my style of painting. So, uh the way that I kind of use these really I just use them as kind of like premixed glazes and this still kind of getting used to them.

So, we’re going to cut in this black and we’ll try to stick to using Army Painter paints as much as we can like the speed paint style uh until I think when it’s time to like do the final highlight and stuff. We’ll have to or I’ll probably switch over to some acrylics. But okay. Yeah. So, this this part is is black.

This stays green. And then this collar is black. So, let’s uh let’s get this dig in. Start painting. Um see, I’m kind of curious how this will go over the first layer of speed paint.

And my air compressors kicked just kicked on. I forgot to turn it off. Just being careful. I definitely don’t want any paint to get on our airbrush work. And I don’t know why like I have the brush control.

So I don’t I paint pretty quickly when I’m using other paints, but something about the speed paints uh just makes me slow down a little bit. I realized that when I was painting the butcher. So, this right in here, I’m just being super careful cuz we’re coming up against that airbrush work. Make sure I keep you in frame. And I think this will probably take uh more than one coat to go over this.

And I think like probably shouldn’t be using speed paint to go over top of this right now cuz I could have done it like if I just grabbed a normal black. I probably could have done this in one coat. But again, we’re kind of I’m I’m using this as an opportunity to experiment with these speed paints. All right, cool. So now, um I think the only other parts that are black are this foot part and then these things on the side.

So time to hit those. And I think once we get this black in, like we’re still going to highlight everything. I’ll go back and just I just want to get everything base coated and cut in and then we’ll come back in with our highlights. But I think like getting this black in here is really going to make that airbrush work. Oh, that was a little bit too much paint on there.

Uh, look really good. And it’s what’s it’s crazy. I still don’t have my voice like fully back yet. This is like the worst I’ve ever been sick. Like we’re still It’s like two steps forward, one step back.

I finally like the fever and stuff is gone, but I’m not coughing so bad. But it’s this has just been brutal. Luckily, all the kids are good. But my and I got it worse than everybody else, too, which kind of sucked. But I guess if it had to be someone, I’m glad it was me.

But um the kids are all good. Now my wife and I are like trying to struggle to keep up. It’s how it goes. I think that’s really the worst part. I’m just going to ramble while I’m painting, but that’s really the worst part about having kids is like one, you get sick cuz they’re just like sickness magnets, especially my son who puts his mouth on everything.

Uh, but they get sick and they get sick first and then I was still recovering from all the damage I did to myself in my 20s. So, they bounce back a whole lot faster. So, like by the time they’re like super healthy, I’m usually like the most sick I’m going to be. So, it’s even uh it’s even worse cuz you’re still just trying to chase them. All right.

Uh, hitting this part with the camera in the way is going to be gonna be fun. Being very careful pull I’m pulling the paintbrush towards me so I just have more control over it. And just going to hit this last bit. And you can see I’m not I’m just letting the model sit on the table. Uh, one because I’m pretty coughed up at this point and also I just don’t want to risk having any handshakes coming in and mess that up.

So, there we go. We’re looking almost good. Just a little bit more. Uh, I just don’t I just want to make sure I don’t get paint. on that airbrush work.

And you can see I’m kind of I got a bunch of paint on my brush and I’m letting it just fall into there and like wick wick down in. All right, cool. So, you can already see like that’s making a big difference. It’s really just cutting in the the black in between the airbrush work is really making the airbrush work look good. Even the stuff that’s going to be gold, I’m going to hit that with a silver.

I don’t know if I’m going to do it tonight cuz it’s like I said, I’m still pretty sick and it’s been a very long day that I wasn’t expecting to be uh as challenging as it was. But I I’m I’m gonna I’m gonna do that so that it’ll make our golds brighter and it’ll kind of make up for airbrushing. Uh having to do the gold over the airbrush work much glaze consistency. So that time I just yellowed it. I did it in one quick pass.

I just zoomed in a little bit uh for you so you can see. So the only other part that’s black is actually this band on the foot right here. Uh, so there’s really really not going to be a lot to painting these guys, which means we can really spend a lot of time on the highlighting and the detail work, which is really cool because now like we’re going to paint this this black and then the only other stuff is either silver or gold. And so we’ll hit everything with a pass of silver before we do the gold on stuff. And I uh I kind of I’m still going to use the speed paints for the metals and we’re going to do true metal metallic, but I there’s a kind of like this way of painting true metal metallic where you treat it the same way you would as if you were doing non-metal metallic.

And it just makes a really cool uh finished like final effect. And that’s how we’re going to do these. And it’s still pretty fast. I zoom in so you can’t see what I’m doing. Um, this one’s really today was really just about like making sure I still showed up.

I really like this last two weeks. It’s really crazy because I have I’ve got a lot of cool stuff. I’ve been like recording uh I’m doing but I haven’t finished any of it yet because I was like out of commission dying from from being sick and I really want it to be cool. So I just haven’t been able to get back to it. But this one this is definitely just about like you show up and it’s what’s kind of crazy is I did that whole ultimate dungeon terrain board able to like even get downstairs.

Like I had like at some of those videos I was flat out like hallucinating. I had such a high fever while I was painting them and I still just did it and like I just was cool. Like I it’s almost like I’m looking at it behind me and I don’t even really have a memory of doing it cuz I was so sick while I did it. And it just really shows what’s possible when you show up. Um we got to do a better job right here.

Oh man. Okay, we’re just going to yellow it if it if it’s too terrible, I’ll print another one and I’ll do it over again. All right, so there’s the all the blacks cut in now. And you can already see like having the black cut in here really makes the shoulder work look really good. And I know like when you come in with this airbrush stuff, it it’s really tempting to just call that done, you know, cuz it’s like we did some cool airbrushing effects.

I didn’t even think about light. I just put the shadows where I wanted them to go. Uh, I kind of played it by ear. Um, and once we base coat everything, you’re gonna be really tempted to just say screw it and leave the airbrush work without. But if we like if we edge come in, I should not be doing this with a paintbrush in my hand.

Uh, but if you if we come in and we edge highlight and we hit the tops of those little bumpy things, uh, it’s really going to do wonders for the paint job. and it’s not going to actually be like that hard to do. So, um it’s pretty late. I’m pretty sleepy. I think that’s all I can do right now.

Um the back doesn’t really have anything that’s going to be black. So, like this will say green. All of this is metal. All that’s metal. Uh I think this under this part right there is metal.

Uh the bottom part of the shield is metal. So, uh, we’re pretty much like done. We just got to paint a bunch of metal. I’m joking. Um, so probably got a couple hours left on this guy.

Uh, let me let me just go over I see a few spots that I missed here. It’s pretty dark under here. Uh, but my my problem with the goblins and where I’m at with them is I painted a I finished a couple and I just like I don’t know. I look at them and I don’t I didn’t like the skin and I’ve just been playing that you can see them like scatter. >> I’ve been playing with a bunch of different greens for the skin and I just can’t get the skin that I like.

You know, I’ve uh I’ve actually some of them I’ve stripped down and got and repainted back up uh just because I’m trying to figure out this like I don’t know. I think I think I didn’t like the super bright skin tone at first, but now it’s kind of growing on me. I think maybe I will do like a a super bright crazy green skin tone on them and just get them done cuz that really does need to be done now. Uh but while I’m dragging my feet on them is just I can’t figure out the green that I wanted on them. But uh here we go.

I think that’s it for today. Going to go sleep still. Uh I desperately got to trim this up before tomorrow too. But just very uh very much looking forward to not being sick anymore and just trying to get as much progress as I can and I’m doing a lot. It was pretty cool.

So, I’m just showing up. I hope you guys are are hobbying, having a good time. Uh almost happy New Year time. So see here.