HOW TO THIN YOUR PAINTS: A Step-By-Step Guide

This guide, is perfect for painters of all levels who want to know the secrets to achieving beautiful smooth paint on their miniatures without the use of an airbrush.

This video will lead you through step-by-step the process and characteristics I use to thin my water based acrylic paints, in order to achieve flawlessly smooth paint results without an airbrush.
With detailed instructions, theory and technique tips to help you understand paint thinning and the benefits it offers.
It will take you through:
🔸 looking at what the problem is
🔸 why thinning will help
🔸 how much does the paint need to be thinned
🔸 other consequences to paint thinning
🔸 show you how to put it all together

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🔸 *VIDEO CONTENTS*
00:00​ - Intro
01:00 - What exactly is the problem?
02:02 - How will thinning the paint help?
03:33​ - How much do you need to thin it?
07:12​ - Other consequences to consider
08:29 - Putting it all into practice
19:12 - Further viewing

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[Edheldui]

I started painting a couple years ago, it took me forever to understand this, everyone says "consistency of skimmed milk" which doesn't reall mean anything. I had a feeling the behaviour on the palette was a good indicator, and it's so nice to see it explained in just 20 minutes. This is arguably THE most useful video on thinning on youtube.

[MrCloud]

Just spent 20 minutes watching paint dry, but it was the most informative paint drying video I've ever seen.

[TVs_Brent]

Five years of trying to get a straight up answer on how to thin your paints and finally someone takes the time to actually do a proper demonstration. Thank you for this.

[fischziege]

This video should be mandatory viewing for people getting into the hobby. The concepts of "movement" and "shrinking have for the first time given me a clear idea about how thin paint should be, and I'm excited to apply this to my painting. Thank you very much.

[TheNutsyOne]

Finally! A thorough video that says more than "add water till it's how you want it". The demonstration of it springing back on the wet palette is a great way for me to take it in.

[saucemandela]

This is by far the most comprehensive video i’ve ever seen on the subject of thinning your paints. I always ran into the problem of thinning my paints little too much. things like the spring back and speed of the paint really put it into perspective for me!

[FauxHammer]

You and this video are not what the mini painting community deserves, but what it needs!!!!

[tgstory]

I’ve watched an awful lot of ‘how to paint’ videos, but this one has been by far the most educational where I can see what good looks like. Thank you.

[Treydog]

Recently started painting as a complete beginner with almost no knowledge of painting miniatures about a month ago and this guide as well as the paintbrush basics guide have been invaluable to me.

[nxranger]

I don't comment often but I need to: this video has dramatically improved my enjoyment of the hobby. As someone with anxiety and a need for things to be "perfect", painting models has been a huge issue for me. While I love building models and doing conversions I've always felt anxious and uncomfortable while painting. This video does an amazing job of showing a technique while also explaining the reasoning behind it with an example application. The combination of the visuals showing how the paint acts along with an example of you doing it correctly made it easy to follow along and try on my own. Instead of just "thin to X consistency" I now can see how the paint is going to perform and can thin/thicken it as needed. Now I can paint with confidence and really enjoy it!

[Xero]

My 1st piece of advice for any new hobbyists has always been "thin your paints", now I'm instead just gonna link them to this video. Instant sub+like from me. Great job.

[rokenwolf]

I honestly didn't expect to watch the full almost 20 minutes of this, but it was engaging and informative throughout. Simple as the concept is, the visuals and pace of demonstrating it all was perfect. Great video, well done!

[davidsonfamily]

As one who has been doing this for a couple years now and still struggles with consistency of my thinned paints, that spring-back tip is super helpful.

[thatbear]

I’ve watched dozens of videos about paint thinning and this is the first one that actually helped me understand a key point I’d been missing. I always felt like when I thinned my paints they filled up the recesses even more than when I didn’t but it never occurred to me that if there’s more water in the mix then most of that pooling will evaporate away.

[ZakvonMammel]

DUDE you explained what everyone else just skimmed over and my painting has improved drastically overnight. Thanks for the fundamentals! You're doing the gods work!

[skintbusker]

As someone picking up miniature painting again after 20+ years away this is one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen. Thank you for the in depth look! So helpful!

[MidnightMagpie]

Out of the number of painting videos I have seen NONE went through an actual method. Step by step and what your looking for as well was greatly appreciated.

[robbaldwin]

I have a feeling this video is going to be the key factor in deciding whether the gift I'm painting for someone will turn out good, or looking like a child's attempt at an arts and crafts project the rest of the family has to pretend to like.

[robbie]

This is EXACTLY the video I needed to understand how to thin my paints properly. I watched many other videos that explained various parts of this, but you really explained it extremely well from start to finish, with clear examples. Thanks for breaking it down in such a logical way and explaining it so well!!