Ultimate guide to painting your first miniature - everything you need to know

Squidmar Miniatures β€’ November 1, 2022
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AD: The Redgrassgames wet palette featured in this video: https://www.redgrassgames.com/redgrass-wet-palette-2-miniature-painting/ Wet palette Painter v2 : https://www.redgrassgames.com/product/painter-v2-wet-palette/ Wet palette Studio v2 : https://www.redgrassgames.com/product/studio-v2-wet-palette/ _________________________________ Our own kickstarter Champions of Sona with 75mm minis and Squidmar Brushes: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squidmar/champions-of-sona-75mm-resin-miniatures?ref=8nje2s _________________________________ This is the ultimate video to get started with miniatures, no matter if its Warhammer, Dungeons and Dragons or any other miniature based hobby like 3D printing. We go through everything from picking the right miniature, building your first miniature as well as the three most common ways of painting miniatures. *Chapters:* 0:00 Intro 0:19 Buying Your First Mini 4:04 Building Your First Miniature 7:45 Gluing Your Miniatures 9:44 Filling Gaps 11:14 Sponsor 12:30 Brushes 15:15 Priming 17:20 Paints 17:53 Acrylics 18:30 Washes 19:06 Contrast Paints 20:37 Wet Palette 23:39 Start Painting 24:02 Painting Lights 25:38 Painting with Acrylics and Washes 32:53 Painting with Contrast Paints 37:52 Painting with ONLY Acrylics 40:40 Making Simple Bases _______________________ Products we talk about in the video(affiliate links): Kolinski Brushes: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squidmar/champions-of-sona-75mm-resin-miniatures?ref=8nje2s Clipper Worldwide: https://www.redgrassgames.com/precision-nippers/?ref=48 Hobby knife USA: https://amzn.to/2ZKEbY2 UK: https://amzn.to/2NF7jOa DE: https://amzn.to/2LgEx4R CAN: https://amzn.to/2MQKJSX Glue USA: https://amzn.to/2NK3JCd UK: https://amzn.to/2Zt1QRN DE: https://amzn.to/2PyFNV0 CAN: https://amzn.to/34jD4C8 Milliput USA: https://amzn.to/2LqolPE UK: https://amzn.to/2ZKInac DE: https://amzn.to/2ZM9GB4 CAN: https://amzn.to/34baWkC Vallejo Plastic putty Check your local gamestore Acrylic paints Vallejo Model Color: USA: https://amzn.to/2NLABL8 UK: https://amzn.to/2HDmjbj DE: https://amzn.to/2PA219e CAN: https://amzn.to/2zHOuBx Speed Paints USA: https://amzn.to/3sOHLS3 UK: https://amzn.to/3sLK6Ny DE: https://amzn.to/3zADyVL CAN: Washes USA: https://amzn.to/2JRftPZ UK: https://amzn.to/2zFpDi1 DE: https://amzn.to/2Llfa0B CAN: https://amzn.to/2zPkofr Wet Palette USA: https://amzn.to/3FzsNa0 UK: https://amzn.to/3T0fbHP DE: https://amzn.to/3sLPWP9 CAN: Swedish Dish Cloth: USA: https://amzn.to/2KNJVuB UK: https://amzn.to/2z4y4mp GERMANY: https://amzn.to/2TvRsCv Canada: https://amzn.to/2yXuVEX Daylight Balanced Light Bulbs USA: https://amzn.to/3kk5TG6 UK: https://amzn.to/2ZujWTs DE: https://amzn.to/2RFnAmo CAN: https://amzn.to/37nc3Sq _________________________ πŸ–ŒπŸŽ¨ You can now get the Paint sets, Wet Palette and Airbrush hereπŸŽ¨πŸ–Œ https://www.squidmar.com/shop-landing-v2 πŸ† Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/squidmarminiatures πŸ‘ Squidmars website for full list of gear I use: https://www.squidmar.com/gear __________________________ πŸ–ŒοΈEU/UK hobby store affiliate - Reference code for extra store credit: EMI7383 https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/element-essentials/egaps/squidmar-miniatures?d=10425 _____________________ Amazon Affiliate Links to stuff i use(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases you do after following this link - at no cost to you): Canon M50 (the cameras i use) USA: https://amzn.to/2MWGIN9 UK: https://amzn.to/2PBlkyT DE: https://amzn.to/2PA1Nio CAN: https://amzn.to/2MTqaoT Anycubic i3 Mega (the FDM printer i use) USA: https://amzn.to/2FSRDly UK: https://amzn.to/2xu0Hsz DEUTSCHLAND: https://amzn.to/2JdquvX CANADA: https://amzn.to/2YA95CW HARDER STEENBECK EVOLUTION SILVERLINE (the Airbrush I use) USA https://amzn.to/2ZO6HrI UK https://amzn.to/2Ll5LGm GERMANY https://amzn.to/2LmurOD CANADA https://amzn.to/2NGv3S2 Phrozen Sonic Mini (the Resin printer I use): Worldwide: https://phrozen3d.com/collections/resin-3d-printer-phrozen/products/phrozen-sonic-mini-resin-3d-printer?aff=43 USA Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FuFsyl Phrozen Sonic Mini 4k Worldwide: https://phrozen3d.com/products/sonic-mini-4k-resin-3d-printer-phrozen?aff=43 _____________________ Emil On *Instagram* http://www.instagram.com/ageofsquidmar *Facebook* http://www.facebook.com/ageofsquidmar *Twitter* http://www.twitter.com/ageofsquidmar *Lukas Instagram:* https://www.instagram.com/seth_miniatures/ _____________________ Painting miniatures for your warhammer & d&d games. Age of sigmar and warhammer 40k. Blood angels, Slaanesh, Death Guard, Space Marines, Space Wolves, Stormcast Eternals, painting scale models, miniature busts! How to paint NMM. How to paint warhammer, how to paint d&D figures.

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