this video is sponsored by skillshare I love walking into an art store being
surrounded by beautiful paints and brushes gouaches overpriced pencil
sharpeners talking to Weirdos wearing thick framed glasses that rejuvenates
me and I always see beautiful watercolor sets like this I love a good watercolor painting
although I'm more of a digital man myself but the real question is will it Warhammer
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I want to paint a space for you using nothing but watercolor paints I want to see if it can be done
I want to learn how to watercolor paint probably on a project that's inappropriate for watercolor
paints but I want to see what happens and I want it to be good I don't just want three colors and
up I want this model to sing and I want it to look like it was painted with watercolor paints that
might seem like it'll obviously happen because I'm going to be using only watercolor paints but
I don't want to find a way to cheat and make this stuff act like my normal acrylic paints I want it
to look like a watercolor painting and of course all of this hinges on is this actually possible
I've never tried this before I have no idea if it'll work and it could very easily all come
crashing down around me I have a very nice set of watercolor paints I don't know what brand they are
I don't know what that says but it was about 30 bucks so these should be good paints and I have a
really spicy Space Marine for this project this is a squat of Space Marines I kit fashion converted
way back in 2019. it's a kill team of Space Wolves who are on a top secret mission to scour
the Galaxy for any news on their missing Primark Lehman rusts I was moving house at the time and
so I put them in a Ziploc baggie for safe keeping and then I probably lost them until today I think
one of these guys would make an excellent canvas to try out these watercolor paints on I'm gonna
paint this guy now watercolors are transparent paints and they're typically painted on white
thick crunchy absorbent paper I can't really turn a miniature into that but I can give them
a white Prime that should give me the best chance of success I was considering xenothaling the mini
but really I have no idea how this paint will behave I know I can make things darker I don't
know how easily I can brighten things up and the space wolves are bright colors already this
is the fun part of experimentation right before you get started no experience just expectations
oh ah that's how it always starts then comes running and screaming
name the movie copelow alright let's see what happens I dipped a drippy paint brush into the
light blue paint and it soaked up the water quickly I transferred it to a dry palette
and did a bunch of swirls to make sure the paint and water was thoroughly mixed on the
brush then the moment of truth I touch paint to miniature it already cleared my first worry I was
really scared that it'd be hydrophobic and just beat up but no it stuck down to the primer okay
it was messy though the paint is really watery so it got a little runny and float into places
I didn't want it to go and the paint settles and changes color a little wet versus dry okay
it's doing something kind of interesting it's a little bit like a wash flowing into the recesses
and it's really really fragile any little bit of water immediately pulls all the paint off of it
drying there must be just ever so slightly a little bit of linseed oil in this paint and
so since there's no paper to absorb it it's just sitting I think I can figure this out
probably it is tricky to see the colors in the palette as they're all darker than they really
will be what I thought was dark blue was actually blue so I went with a different color blue and
brown mixture to get a desaturated dark color to shade My Space Wolves armor this is the real test
how will these colors interact with each other the darker color quickly overpowered the light color
and because I'm working in such small quantities the paint pretty instantly mixes together I wanted
shade in the bottom of each armor panel but really just ended up as a dark blue base coat I used a
clean damp brush to rehydrate and pull paint off the raised areas and wipe the pigments off on a
paper towel this worked really quickly and I could be pretty accurate about the paint I removed and
what I let stay this is definitely a tricky way to paint one thing that is nice though is I can
take a damp brush and erase anything on the armor I did a light blue and then tried to apply a dark
blue on top I think for the yellow parts of the armor I'm going to try it in reverse and put a
dark yellow on and then put a light yellow on top and see what happens there is a lovely Earth Brown
a very Tau color if you will and this will be my dark I even mixed in a little brown to darken it
further and I tried to leave less water so the paint went on with more coverage I'm getting a
little closer to the correct water ratio the paint stuck on was a little less runny and then I came
in with the bright yellow paint it instantly mixed with the brown and made a decently smooth
transition Then I wiped most of the paint off my brush and began removing paint letting the white
primer show through with just a hint of yellow glaze there is definitely something of this dark
layer of paint put on a light layer kind of kind of mix together and then you come back
with a damp brush and wipe it away to that white primer it's kind of like an oil wash it's really
really interesting and it's pretty easy to do a little hard to control but there's something to
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brown and prepared it on my palette and then mixed in some black paint this color has boots and belts
written all over it I laid it on even thicker than I did the yellow it stuck right where I wanted it
without running and then I went in with a red Brown and not even bothering with the palette
smeared this onto the front of his boots mixing it with the brown and creating a transition from
dark brown to red to a cream color on the front of his boots and belt I used steinle res white primer
which seemed to create a layer with enough grit that the paint stains and will not 100 wipe away
which is good I have to be a little more careful but the paint works better I did the Purity seals
next and speaking of that grit these Purity seals are made of green stuff and must be a little
smoother than Games Workshop plastic because the paint started to beat up I think texture matters
a lot and maybe I should have painted over these with a matte paint before priming to give it just
a little bit more grit for the watercolor to stick to I still managed to get them painted and looking
properly pure now for his chainmail and loincloth this Marine is actually built out of the old chaos
Warriors box with Space Wolves arms shoulders and a head I'm finding I don't have to use the palette
as much as I'm getting more used to the brush feel of saturating the watercolors just right and
similarly to how speed paint works I painted the wolf's tails in three layers gray red brown and
black and then mixed them together the paints mixed together a little more than I would have
preferred but I bet with a little practice I could get it just right I mixed up the red as thick as I
could to paint the wolf on his backpack and with just the right amount of moisture it
behaves pretty much like a regular paint this is going tremendously I am very pleasantly surprised
I thought this would be a little bit like a gag like painting a miniature with paints not meant
for miniature painting but this is going really well it's working like I see oil paints working
for other people but I can never pull it off the blending is going really well wiping the paint
away is going really well is it going to be able to paint really crispy weapons I am excited to
find out this guy's got a chain sword and a bolt pistol I think I want to try Hazard stripes on
the chain sword and a little ruby red Accent on the bolt pistol I touch down on the earth color
paint with barely any moisture on my brush and then touched it to a paper towel to pull
off even more moisture then I began working on these Stripes using the paint like this lays it
down nice and saturated but also a little thick it got the job done though I went in with the watery
yellow and Blended this into the Earth color and wiped away some paint lightening these Stripes up
a little then I went in with a red laying this down in between the yellow then I got cocky I
thought maybe a little water would blend the two colors just perfectly and make a fun watery color
transition nope the paint instantly mixed into red and I had to wipe it all away and start over
to darken the red I put a drop of black paint on the edge of each stripe and then tapped the tip of
the brush over these spots to get the red and the black paint to mix together now for the metallic
Parts I mixed the white pigment and black pigments together to make a gray and these two colors
seem to behave a little differently they had much better coverage than the other colors and I had a
little trouble wiping them away I'll have to play around and find other combinations to get a good
dark wash going but it still got the job done the handle painted perfectly though one drop of watery
Brown and the chain sword was complete now for the bull pistol my gray mixture was still misbehaving
a little the pigments are probably slightly larger so the transition from the edges to the larger
surfaces were a little more Stark than the colors the red went on beautifully in a watery brush
pulled away the paint nicely to make lighter sections this red seemed to be sliding into
magenta it probably needs to be mixed a little with yellow or orange to keep the color warmer and
then the gold I painted just like the yellow armor the weapons came out pretty good the black paint
seems to behave just a little bit differently than all the other colors and I do notice ever
so slightly some cracking on the thickest most saturated parts of the paint job I'm using the
hair dryer a ton so that could be causing the cracking although I would tend to think it would
happen regardless I don't know if it's a deal breaker but if they get any bigger it might be
now it's time for that face faces are hard to paint but often I find myself struggling with
acrylics because I'm not that good at blending and this pain is impossible not to blend with so this
might actually be a bit easier I made up a tan color and then touched some brown paint onto his
eyes and cheeks and they filled in nicely then my little trick for skin magenta I put this on
the sides of his head and cheeks and they mixed in to create some nice warmth and make his skin
look more alive like a lovely shade of sunburn now all Space Wolves are Santa cosplayers so I need a
white beard but not just pure white I put gray over the beard and then pulled off most of the
paint with a damp brush it ended up more Gray beard but I can live with it maybe his facial
hair just needs a shampoo I made up watery colors for the head but the freehand on the shoulders I
have to make thick paint that won't blend into the other colors already on the shoulder pad I
wiped away excess moisture on a paper towel and then got to work painting as straight Alliance as
I could and it worked they went down without disturbing the paint nearby I am loving the
watercolor paints the face turned out lovely the free handing was really nice it wasn't easier than
with normal acrylic paints because it's easy to be really precise and they dry so quickly but I kind
of messed up on the tip of all of those little triangles so I just went back in with a damp brush
and just cleaned those right up it's like having an eraser it's really really interesting and it's
behaving a lot like oil paint and so it should be perfect on the cape I struggle with capes
I've been using contrast paint and speed paint to do them but they always look really clean and
plasticky because they literally are clean and plasticky but I bet watercolors work out great
I made up a slurry of brown and then gave the cape a solid coat I'm finding that step one is
always laying down thick solid coverage and then manipulating it later the opposite of how you'd
paint on paper or you want to work up in layers after the brown I went in with a reddish brown
watery layer of paint and this mixed with the brown reactivating it and I pulled it away with
a damp brush this made a nice textured distressed looking cloth and I bet I could get it even better
with more practice maybe smaller brushes would help as they hold less water this is a cape made
from the Pelt of a wolf so for the inside I want a pinkish Brown so I mixed together some white
Earth and red and for whatever reason this little corner of the cape was the only spot on the model
that just would not accept paint I don't know if it's finger grease an extra shiny spot of plastic
or chaos Shenanigans but it would not accept paint and you know it always cheers me up when
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on my mini Factory when I highlight the inside I just pulled away paint until there was a
transition in place between the primer color and that annoying little spot the fur around his neck
and shoulders got brown and then this mini was almost done I haven't noticed any new cracking of
the paint on the miniature since I stopped using the hair dryer and I think it was the hairdryer's
fault also on my dry palette which is just the plasticky thing that came with the paint the
paint on here is way thicker than anywhere on the miniature and there's absolutely no cracking so I
do think it was the hairdryer's fault all paint shrinks just a little bit and this paint when
I was blasting it with the heat I think it was trying to constrict and there was just nowhere to
constrict two and so it just broke so I'm pretty sure that I have solved the cracking problem and
because the paint is so fragile and it reactivates so easily I bet I can fix the cracking that's
already on the miniature all along the sides of his legs the paint cracked really bad so I took a
slightly moist brush and just padded the paint which reactivated it and filled in the cracks
it's not perfect it seems like with watercolors you want to get it right the first time but a
little loss of smoothness is better than big old white cracks I'll have to experiment though
I wonder if I could make cracks happen if I wanted them for effects yep that fixed it right up now it
is time for that base and nothing is more perfect for watercolors than a landscape this should be
awesome I slobbered blue all over the base I want a cool dark landscape so step one is blue then a
dark brown then more blue and then black and you know what it didn't actually work all that well
every new layer of paint knocked off the old layer and Blended them together a little too thoroughly
and revealed some of the white primer it's okay but I'm gonna have to experiment more perhaps
the matte medium would make the paint behave a little bit more like a wash now for some snow
I made up some snow out of army painter snow and plenty of clear Elmer's Glue you have to get the
ratio just right on the glue versus Snow powder so you can get past the cat turd phase and move
nicely into the sticky crunchy snow then I picked this up with an old paintbrush and touched it down
on the mini I I don't know what I was thinking but I guess I forgot that I was painting with
watercolor paints because I made my favorite snow recipe and then I applied wet snow to watercolor
paint and so every time I put the brush down the watercolor reactivated and mixed a little bit with
the snow I think it'll be fine it'll just look a little bit like dirty snow thank goodness it's
not yellow snow but it'll be fine also nobody get mad at me but I'm gonna paint the base for
him with normal black acrylic paints I think I've proven that I can paint with watercolor paints I
don't want to be here for the next hour trying to get a beautiful coat of watercolor black so
I can use normal acrylic paint for that base Rim I poured this right onto the dry palette a whole
mini painted with no wet palette no paint medium no washes or contrast paint it was a really unique
new experience I don't know if a black bass Rim is always necessary I do like it when people mix
it up and try different colors but black bass rooms always look pretty good now stick around
to the Grand reveal because I'm gonna let this guy sit for about eight hours and then I want to try
something to see if this watercolor paint is going to become a permanent addition to my collection
I am blown away by the watercolor paints I paint a ton I have tried almost every paint range Under
the Sun I've done dumb experiments like apple Barrel paints which were actually sort of fine
watercolor paints I thought this would be an absolute train wreck paint that is activated
by water I thought everything would be so fragile and it sort of is but in a really
really good way I enjoyed the spit out of this style of painting it's really really interesting
and I'm actually going to continue like this isn't going to be my standard style of painting like a
standard acrylics are better for achieving like the results you want they're very very easy to
use they're very easy to control where these are much harder to control but man was it a
fun painting experience if I was traveling to a friend's house to paint or going to a friendly
local game store I would be really tempted just to grab this and one brush I painted this whole
model with one brush it's so easy you don't have to take figure out what colors you're gonna need
put all of those pots into a baggie bring a water cup bring your different mediums along it just
works and the one thing that I did to see if this was absolutely feasible was I Matt varnished this
mini and it worked fine I thought maybe maybe I got all the pains to lay exactly how I wanted them
to but they're always going to be incredibly fragile and my Cheeto fingers are just going
to destroy the miniature but the Matt Varner stuck perfectly fine all of that paint is trapped safely
underneath it and it's it's perfect I am going to paint up the rest of the squad I'm probably
gonna do half of them with watercolor and half of them with normal acrylics because I think I think
I could get really good at this I don't know if everybody needs to run out and get a watercolor
paint set it is different and tricky and this guy took a fair bit of time to paint he probably took
about five hours to paint although you know I was learning the process I think I could get
that time down a little bit but I am very very pleasantly surprised watercolor paints thumbs up