Why You Need To STOP Blending.
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Published 2021-09-15
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Blending on your minis can be a real soulless grind. If you want to get better results, learning how to blend for those smooth gradients is great for you, but if you already know how to do that, it is better to use different miniature painting technques.
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All Comments (21)
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I'm just here for the beard and pompadore, minis are just a great bonus.
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I've painted like this for many years. I've generally been too messy and my eyesight not good enough for slow blends and glazes. The nice thing about layering like this is being able to work on multiple minis at a time concentrating on one or two colours. Great video
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My favorite color is "done"--and I think that's what you're getting at. I don't have the patience to really, really do beautiful blends and transitions, but I do have the patience to take the time to pick out detail, do some nice edge highlight, etc. And this is a good reminder that setting a target about how much time you are willing to spend and how nice you want anything to look is just a really great idea.
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This was exactly the video I needed. I was worried about improving my blending, but watching this made me realise I already knew how to blend to a decent level, I just needed to approach it a little more systematically. Thank you!
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I’ve noticed that with display/competition minis oil paints are the easiest to get smooth blends fast for best results in a shorter time frame.
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Thank you for this honest insight! It’s actually great advice to counter the ‘performance anxiety’/perfectionism that has been plaguing me after watching to many yt vids on how to paint better lol.
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It would have been awesome to paint the sime mini with blending so we can compare.
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I stumbled on this technique a few months ago and wow did it ever 1) improve my final results 2) saved me a bunch of time without going overboard 3) encouraged me to focus on painting more often Great to see you and others are using this type of technique as well.
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I remember an old post on Dr. Faust's blog from maybe 10-15 years ago in which he explained just the same ideas you say here. I mean It as a praise to you for advocating for this approach, like the great doctor did. Keep It up. I like your style and your thinking.
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Thanks very much for the informative tutorial, appreciate the work you did and the explanations of how to use this alternative method.
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you are hands down my favourite youtuber i love your content and youve helped me paint BEYOND my thoughts/abilities. thank you good sir
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Good vid, thx! Quality and fastness/time seem to be two of the more important aspects in the current painting meta of Tabletop.
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This video has taught me philosophy on painting more than technique. Great stuff!
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I'm here because I'm a simple man - I see a new Zumikito Miniatures video - I click watch. I do agree, I spend a ton of time on basic infantry units and I ask myself why constantly. I'm still trying to find a good balance haha. I've started using stippling a lot more and it does help get things done faster. Great video as always!
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I have been practicing my stippling and I have to be honest, I prefer that look to blending and feathering. One thing I have started doing as well with my feathering is doing a single layer of glaze over the stippling when I am finished with the stippling. I'll use the lightest of the shades I used in the area, make a very diluted glaze out of it, and do a single glaze coat over it. This, to my eyes, helps blend the stippling together so nice it's hard to tell it's not blended.
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I basically discovered this technique on my own after learning about glazing and randomly watching highly skilled painters paint "quicker" miniatures. I still struggle, but your tip about colours being "similar" helps - it is more forgiving and helps ease you into it.
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This is SUPER helpful! I am painting up the new 40k Ork box for my best friend's birthday and I will use this technique for sure!
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love to see you work with complimentary colors for cloaks etc. I used blue to create transitions and shadows for an orange cloak and it turned out very nice. The shadows seemed darker than using other oranges or black which grays the orange.
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I've really taken layering to heart and enormously enjoyed doing a couple of orks like this. It also helps create really eye popping contrast if you layer up from black, but maybe not to everyone's taste. I'm struggling to get it to work for me on space marines though, which are less organic and grungy. 😔
