Grimdark & Blanchitsu - Hobby Cheating 292

In this Hobby Cheating Tutorial, I am going to take you through how to approach, fast, efficient and gritty grimdark painting using Blanchitsu style. Hope you enjoy!

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[ShesDeadJimMUSIC]

Vince has that same energy as the community college professor who's classes are out of major but you take them anyway because their fun.

[dawick]

Wipey dibble dibble dap... the dark chorus of Vince painting.

[hackusationmagnet]

As a bad painter, this video is kind of mind blowing.

[almost_zab]

This is hands down the best explanation of the Blanche style, palette and oils I have seen in a long while 👌🏼👍🏼

[MoonhareStudio]

This is fast becoming my favourite painting video on YouTube for my Mordheim Witchhunter minis. I've watched it several times and I still feel a sense of shock as the beautiful mini gets oil caked over it. Looks like I'm going to be stepping outside my comfort zone this weekend!

[catalinhaldan]

I love you Vince. I haven't had time to paint in about a year and your videos and instructions are inspiring. They make me take up the brush. You are an amazing painter and teacher. The best I've seen on YouTube. Keep up doing the amazing work you're doing!

[caseyfrechette]

You said "big ole brush" and now all I can hear is LL Cool J going "Vinny got a big ol' brush" I haven't had enough coffee yet for this video lol. Thanks always Vince for your videos <3

[davedogge]

I've always thought of John Blanche as a the British version of Mobius as an illustrator, that sort of weird other worldly style he has, different styles though.

[ve]

i’ve had some sisters of battle models for over a year now that i never really found a paint scheme for that was time effective and looked good enough for an army.

have tried a grimdark approach before but given up on it as i didn’t think it looked good. but this explaines it so perfectly and has such easy steps. really love the simplicity with only 4 colors. i’ve cranked out like 7 models the recent days and they look great so far. really helpful video vince, thanks.

[adraxagatone]

Exactly the way I worked with oils before. I just adapted your video about using oil washes on buildings for my minis. Awesome job! Best explanation on removing oil colours as a secret revelation!!

[mrjgking]

Great stuff! I follow a lot of techniques from Michael Rinaldi too. I've taken the highlights and shadows a step further. It you can paint the most raised surfaces white/off-white and with a dry brush fade them out to the pure acrylic. It creates a gradient of dark brown oil, faded oil, base color, faded white, white. In shorts, oils are great and I've been trying to work them in a lot more with my figures.

A couple of other things, I always put my oils on a small piece of cardboard to soak out a little of the linseed oil. It's not totally necessary but helps with drying time, especially when using artist oils. Secondly, I've found burnt sienna and raw umber combined makes a fantastic sepia-ish pinwash for gold.

[Carstig]

I was not interested in the topic at first, then I thought to give a try - THEN you had my interest! Very interesting look when sticking to this limited color scheme. I even learned some tricks on the wetblending! As always: it was a pleasure to watch and thank you!

[docbun]

Thanks for really explaining what this style means, Vince! I had been unable to understand so far.

[RandomGamer]

I have been trying to figure this style out for a while now, go glad you did this video. It makes a lot more sense then dip it in streaking grim, and pour mineral spirits on it.

[adamwattie]

Thank you for anothet golden nugget of wisdom Vince. You are truly inspirational.

[phillipchronister]

Ver'nice! I've seen several tutorials on this subject, but this was by far the easiest and best explanation. Thank you for another great tutorial!

[barrycarter]

Thank you Vince for this wonderful Blanchitsu style instruction video

[the_elder_medium]

I think this style would work wonders on LOTR minis. I find people often paint their LOTR minis too dark and they lose their pop on the table, but grimdark might be realistic enough for the setting without giving up the eye catching colours.

[IsakDai]

Thank you so much for this, Vince! This gets me inspired to paint up some converted Dark Angels that has been sitting on the shelf for far too long in a Grimdark style. Your videos are truly a great resource for learning new techniques and improving.

[Norskolld]

This is a great primer on the Grimdark style. I think what people often lose with grimdark work is they think its all about dirt, darkness etc. Really it is a style about contrast. 1 or 2 focal points of colour against the darkness. It makes things like OSL work so well in the style.