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I was looking for inspiration to make a Tzeentch type base for Magnus and I knew Vince would have great video for it! And sure enough, Vince did :)

Great video Vince! Is that the Tauren Dave sculpted around the 8 min mark? Great paint job!

Hope everyone is okay with Tyler

You are the goat, sir

Vince, I have been loving your series. Your videos are straight forward and all about the subject and not trying to impress me with your production quality, accent or goofiness. I was wondering if you can suggest alternatives to the dark plum and burgundy within the fanatic range.

“Eating the paint or whatever you do” I feel so called out right now

This is an amazing recipe! Tested it… works like a charm!! Do you think it would be wise to pre-mix a small bottle? Thank you!

Love the video, there is nothing more frustrating than finishing a paint job, like the result, take pictures, and see how the pictures have turned your good paint job into and absolute mess.

12:01 oh, I must be the oddbod who actually likes glazes.

Hey Vince, great video! I picked one up on your rec and love it. But I do have a Q: how do you artists deal with blue light, sleep cycles, and eye strain? I find the 5000k range messes with me on those fronts. Thanks!

Would you recommend matte black for a dispaly plinth or satin black? And when painting the base, what is the best way to protect the plinth, Masking tape?

Thank you very much for the video. I have ordered a couple winsor newton's after watching it. But I do not have access to white spirit or mineral spirit on where I live. Are there any alternatives? I use vallejo acrylics and I don't want to varnish before washes.

Interesting video. But I have a question: why the small F settings? With a fully open aperture you get a really small field of focus, and risk to have some part of the mini out of focus. I always use the biggest F in my camera to be sure to have everything in focus. Of course I need to use a longer exposure time, but since the camera is on a tripod I don't have to worry about motion blur.

Hey Vince, a really useful video. Do you have the link to the backdrops you use? I couldn't see it in your list? (I maybe being blind of course!) Thanks

So from experience you have changed your advice on the grey cloudy background.

This is the only hobby channel I need. There is so much here, and all of it is so well taught. It's comprehensive and relevant, all without feeling like a lecture. And not just WHAT to do, but also WHY (the why is something I need or I struggle to get a grasp). Thank you, sir. I greatly appreciate your work.

Great video! A few pieces of advice I'd add - first, if you're using a camera which lets you set your white balance manually, do that (e.g., using a white card / gray card). It'll help avoid having a false color cast to your photos. Second - if you're using a camera with an adjustable aperture (f-number) and/or adjustable focal length (or optical zoom), you can use those to control the depth of field of the photo (how much is in or out of focus). Large aperture (smaller number in the f-number) will result in a shallower area of focus - this can accentuate the feel of it being a three-dimensional object, but it also means more of the mini isn't clearly visible, so it's something you'll want to make a conscious choice about. And third - don't be afraid to do a little bit of photo editing, particularly if your photography setup is less than ideal. Going into Lightroom / Capture One / whatever and gently tweaking exposure, contrast, highlights, etc can really help get a photo that's more true to what the mini actually looks like, rather than to what your camera was able to capture by default.

A white balance card is a great addition if you are shooting with a DSLR. Shooting outside on an overcast day can be a great alternative if you don't have lights. Needs to be sufficiently overcast such that you can't make out the sun disc though, otherwise you get top down lighting again. Also, focus stacking can help ensure that all parts of the model are in sharp focus, but you do need a tripod.

Has anyone compiled a list of all of the paints used? I don’t see one anywhere and figured I’d check before running through the video for a 3rd and 4th time lol

Thanks cuz

You hit this right on the button. The best video I have seen on masking. The how, when, why. You are the only guy I have watched that approached it from this angle. Good job!

Fab, thanks for making and sharing. Squeak-squeak 🐀🪄🤩🌠

Thank you so much Vince! I have some questions. I currently own both 0.2 and 0.4 nozzles and I struggle with constant tip drying with the 0.2 nozzle. Shall I switch to 0.4 for priming? How can I prevent tip dry with 0.2 as I want to do some detail work in the future and not scared of 0.2 tip. I tried retarders, thinners, flow improvers but still having the same issue. What is the ratio do you recommend? Thank you!

Vince, when I take pictures of my minis that look really smooth and nice to my eye all of the tiny imperfections become glaring. Blends that look smooth to my eye are suddenly extremely stark and tiny tiny variations in the brush stroke look gigantic. Should I reduce the reolution or take the picture from further back so it looks more like what I see when I hold the model in my hand or are good paint jobs really that precise that even with a high res close up pic the mini should look smooth?

Excellent advice and well structured video. I think focus is definitely one of the more tricky aspects of miniature photography, especially with large minis or groups of minis. If everything is supposed to be in focus I recommend focus stacking if your camera supports it. Otherwise every objective has a sweet spot F stop wise where it is the sharpest. You would assume something like F22 would provide superior results, but you will have to fight with refraction. Accordingly, F8 could be sharper than F22, but won't get the entire scene in focus. Hence focus stacking can be a solution. I use Affinity to stack the resulting shots, some cameras have the function built in. Smartphone cameras are basically pin hole cameras and due to this less problems with focusing on the entire plane a miniature is in. So, why did you go for 2.7 F stop? Sweet spot on your camera?

Thanks for the great tips Vince! Also what bust were you showing in the video?

The heart and soul of warhammer is pre-7th edition

Been playing with the idea of a TK on Dragon, with Armour of Ages, Potion of Toughness and Talisman of Protection. It is very expensive - almost 460 points - but a 4+ 5+ 5+ with re-roll enemy successful Wound Rolls on T6 that can be boosted up to T9 potentially with potion once seems like it would be tough as nails! (the person I play with really wants WoC to get a Chaos Dragon lord when we finally roll round to them, so I want my guy to survive combat with this!)

Hey Vince, I'm loving your vids, this is incredibly useful. You've brought back some of my hobby mojo and I'm trying some new techniques. I've tried your zenithal followed by thin glaze method on a few minis now and I've gotta say, they tend to look kind of washed out, and if I go back over and try and increase the depth of colour, I end up 'painting over' the undershading work that the zenithal did in the first place. Then this voice in the back of my head tells me to just do what I'm used to doing (classic GW base-wash-layer-layer). Any hot tips on how to navigate this? Do you talk about how to improve vibrancy / depth when using glazes in any of your other vids? I'm using a combo of vallejo and GW paints - the colour I'm working with most is mephiston red over a standard zenithal with a super light coat of brown sprayed over the zenithal. Thank you!

For me photography is pretty easy...I've been a photographer for 45 + years. When I do some photos of my miniatures, I set up a little photo booth on a table and do several at a time. It's so fun and they look great every time. And you don't always need a black background...it's pretty cool to change it up sometimes. You can make a white background look dark to black with the lights you use to light it up and camera adjustments. So much fun...Thanks for sharing...peace

Great video as always Vince.

There is a phone app called open camera that I recommend, gives you a lot of customization

Thanks Vince! One of the early pieces of advice I heard for photoing minis is to make use optical zoom on the camera. This is to make sure that the near and far parts of the mini are all in focus. When the camera is at 1x, it might have a focus depth of 1” if it is close to the mini (close enough that the mini fills the picture without cropping). If the mini has a depth of 2”, the face will be in focus, but maybe not the arm behind it. With a 3x zoom (the newer IPhones), the depth of focus will be larger, meaning that the sword in front, the body of the mini, and the arm behind will all be in focus.

I would like to see a video on how to transport competition minis on an airplane. I dread the TSA going anywhere near my stuff.

Hey Vince, another great video sir, and it came at the best time. I have a question for you. I am moving and will be fortunate enough to have a little hobby room just for me. What color do you think I should paint my walls so it best helps with painting, photographing and recording myself painting? Flat white, Satin white, Semigloss white, Gloss white? Or do you suggest a different color and shine altogether? Like eggshell grey etc? I appreciate your time sir. Thank you.

This is something I've been thinking about recently, so great timing Vince! 🤘🤘 The bust looks sweet too!

What a huge difference! I need to work to improve my miniature photo game.

Hi Vince, you mentioned you would put a link to the backdrop you used, but I'm not seeing it. Am I missing it?

Great video. Got some paints from both sets wish I just bought the sets while. Loved the way the flesh tones came out. I'm painting Kharne so I can't wait to try those on his arm.

Great video. Got some paints from both sets wish I just bought the sets while. Loved the way the flesh tones came out. I'm painting Kharne so I can't wait to try those on his arm.

Great video. Got some paints from both sets wish I just bought the sets while. Loved the way the flesh tones came out. I'm painting Kharne so I can't wait to try those on his arm.

First video i watched of yours. Thanks for the insights on Hedonites. Another channel said the faction ability was SO BAD, they're HAS to be something in the battletome we aren't seeing to at least make it not suck. Lol

Great video, lots of goid stuff, thanks for sharing.

what flow aid do you use?

One thing I'd encourage people to try is to build terrain to display your mini's to display on. I find it much less stressful that regular painting and clearly people like the results.. my bombardier has more likes than all the recently posted one on reddit and it's not cause its the best.. but because the whole picture is brought to life by the background.

Great video as always. Do you find you need to make any adjustments if you’re photographing a mini with a lot of TMM to avoid glare from the reflective surfaces?

Can you use the ring light without a diffuse cloth? I see the color settings and like that and am happy to dump my flex neck lights and diffusers if I can get away with just a single device.

i like army painter true copper as a base and army paitner greedy gold as a highlight. if i need an area based in gold and don't care ill use retrubutor gold.

Who says don't cut towards yourself? That's exactly what you're meant to do since you're controlling the blade

As always great and amazing advice. Literally covers every aspect of the hobby, even things we wouldn't have thought needed covering ;)