8 Essential Miniature Shading Techniques | Painting Guide | Warhammer

In today’s video we will be talking about shading your miniatures. Why shading is important, the different ways you can achieve it, the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods and which one you should use in which situation.

After watching this video you should know enough to start competently shading your own minis and producing much better looking figures.

So, let’s start with the basics first, what is this shading thing and why should you bother with it?

You could say that shading is the dark side of highlighting, and the two methods work hand in hand to create a well defined mini that looks awesome on the tabletop or in the display case.

So If you want to paint pretty miniatures, it is time to join the dark side and let the shades flow through you. :p

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:49 What is Shading?
2:06 1. Acrylic Washes
4:04 2. Oil Washes
5:27 3. Contrast Paints
7:14 4. Zenithal
8:46 5. Glazing
10:03 6. Airbrushing
11:30 Black Lining
12:38 Layering over Black

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