Great results and nice that you used the resources GW has for painting as i think theyre underated.
Well... the "How to paint" books are quite disappointing (except for "How to paint citadel miniatures", which explains the basic techniques) - they basically just show you what paints to use, with little to no help on actual technique, and very scarce advice on the actual models (like "paint this part first because otherwise you'll make a mess trying to get to it"). I think most people are able to do this on their own, esp. with the shading/highlighting chart from one of the last autumn's White Dwarf.
Videos on the other hand allow you to pick up the small detail that is very difficult to describe in words - like how to hold a brush, or how much paint should be on it, or how watery it should be. It's much easier to see and copy than to figure out from text (especially if you have to google which finger is the "index" one). Seriously, I think Duncan did more for tabletop quality painting worldwide than all the painting forums and websites combined. You watch him, you know you can't paint for sh*t, but you feel like "THAT I could manage".
The disappointing beginning of things that will probably never go anywhere, or "Painting: Liberators"
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Well... the "How to paint" books are quite disappointing (except for "How to paint citadel miniatures", which explains the basic techniques) - they basically just show you what paints to use, with little to no help on actual technique, and very scarce advice on the actual models (like "paint this part first because otherwise you'll make a mess trying to get to it"). I think most people are able to do this on their own, esp. with the shading/highlighting chart from one of the last autumn's White Dwarf.
Videos on the other hand allow you to pick up the small detail that is very difficult to describe in words - like how to hold a brush, or how much paint should be on it, or how watery it should be. It's much easier to see and copy than to figure out from text (especially if you have to google which finger is the "index" one). Seriously, I think Duncan did more for tabletop quality painting worldwide than all the painting forums and websites combined. You watch him, you know you can't paint for sh*t, but you feel like "THAT I could manage".