November 10, 2016 by elromanozo
We're sitting down to go through the awesome Masterclass Volume 2 guide by Angel Giraldez!
This is a fantastic tome packed with all manner of interesting and well designed tutorials and helpful tips to get you painting some amazing miniatures.
Don't forget you can pre-order this now right HERE.
Have you got your mind set on this?
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I’m still torn if I should pre order it or not maybe this video can tip the scale. 🙂
on must have list.
I have the first one and I want this one, but it isn’t as readily available in the states.
Romain is correct, there is no substitute for time. A year’s worth of practice is not unreasonable to achieve a high level of competency, and retaining the muscle memory that you establish in that time takes effort to maintain the same standard. The most common reason I see people stop painting is because they expect too much too soon, even with tools like this book.
I’m sure there are blogs available where people put out timelines for their painting progress, but it would benefit a lot of people to see some timeline examples from beginning and novice painters which shows one month’s progress, two months, six months, etc. Something that can establish a reasonable expectation of progress. I suspect there will be people who buy this with the idea that they will be painting the same as Angel in two weeks. Then they are frustrated or disappointed with their progress.
However, there are plenty of people in the forums here and elsewhere that are happy to comment, offer advice and relay their personal experiences to new painters. These books are tremendously helpful, but not a one stop teacher. Just something to keep in mind that is sometimes forgotten.
Everyone is different… and not everyone has the time to practice painting every day. Age also is an important consideration, as are other hobbies, and free time. One can’t expect everyone to learn at the same speed. This is a hobby, not a university course with exams. I’ve learned “old school”, without the Internet, with the help of my big brother, my friendly local game stores, rare painting articles, and years and years of dedication. The Internet and the Rackham years were a true revolution in sharing the best techniques… a truly artistic community discussing, sharing, doing what works and discarding the rest, not being ashamed of coming from different backgrounds and hobbies (display painting, historical, models, garage kits, and so on). Since then, with modern tools, tutorials, better paint ranges and minis, and finally guides in the form of master classes in videos and books, the opportunities to learn have multiplied. I have personnally seen a guy go from complete newbie having never touched a brush in his life to winning painting contests in less than a year… and that was five years ago. It’s true he was a student at the time, and had a lot of time on his hands, but even so. I can only imagine how fast he’d have gone with the plethora of tools and tutorials on offer we now have !
Well said. Like many people, I have more hobbies than time. I started painting about 25 years ago, just after high school. All I had were the rather poorly made lead minis from the 70’s and early 80’s. It wasn’t until ’92 that I met someone who had Warhammer 40 models, which were a ton more exciting than the ones I had for D&D. When I bought my first airbrush, the only book I could find on how to use it was about painting t-shirts. But then I got married, and my mother got cancer, and life happened. Then I injured my spine and I couldn’t hold up my arms, let alone a brush. I don’t think I’ve painted in 10 years.
I’ve read books, watched videos and kept up with techniques. I find it all fascinating, but now I don’t think I could paint half as well as I used to. Just sitting down with a mini, some water and a few pots of paint is daunting, but i keep trying to make time to do it. I find the videos here inspirational, and full of ideas that never occurred to me 20 years ago. My goals aren’t to win any awards in a year, but I would like to at least block paint a couple of minis this year; get past that initial hump. Keep painting, Romain, and I’ll keep watching. Cheers.
Your courage is commendable, and I feel honored to have you as a viewer ! In time, I promise you you will get at my level or even better : you have already surmounted far more bitter obstacles in life.
Try the Warstore.
Thanks. I just out in my preorder at the war store.
…. Just got my preorder in…. I wasn’t going to get this one as I haven’t gotten my airbrush out atall this year but…. you guys made me want it….. goddammit
Loved the first book, picked it up to help learn airbrushing and he makes it seem so easy!
Definitely want this one. Was planning to pre order, but its landed on a really bad month for me. Here’s hoping t doesn’t sell out!
there can’t be many painters in the world who wouldn’t benefit from this book and they will probably buy it out of curiosity. an absolute must I my opinion, even if you don’t play infinity.
I didn’t even know it was a Faction by Faction guide this time.
I might even tackle the Tohaa at some point 🙂
No clue when mine will ship, Wayland have it listed as a Saturday release date 🙂 Oh well, next week I hope!
looks like a book well worth buying should help every painter even if its just with different technique’s for the same paint colours to get subtle differences.
I liked Romain doing a Negan at the end of the video.
The miniature is almost worth the price of admission. The painting book is a nice bonus 😉 I’m really looking forward to upping my painting game!
In reality I am about a year into painting again after a long break. Just getting to paint a little thievery couple of weeks has improved what I can do. Watching 3 Colours up alone has helped. Having so many quality products to help has made me confident enough to keep at it and know I can tabletop paint pretty okay. The first book got me looking at New options and from what the new book seems to present will really build and improve on the first set of lessons. I do have a copy on pre-order and it will be dog eared once it gets here.
Sometimes I hate autocorrect.
I’m really torn on this; I don’t think I’ve ever likely to get an airbrush, so I worry somewhat how much of this book is “going to be for me”.
Half of this book is strictly about brushwork, and most of the stuff about airbrushing is merely about explaining how to treat your light. It’s still a very good book no matter what… but there are others you’d possibly be more interested in, if a book is what you seek (figopedia, for example).
I ordered this as soon as I could. In the first book Angel mentioned that he chose the Joan of Arc figure because she had an open pose (arms out wide) which would be easier to paint. The figure with this book looks to have a trickier stance to paint. Has he given a heads up as to why he chose this figure?
Also, was John cold when this was filmed?
And Corvus have just answered the question for me:
http://infinitythegame.com/article.php?id=253
That is a detailed book. Glad I ordered it.
Great video guys and can’t wait to check it out.
From what you guys told us in the vid it looks like this is the book most expected the first one to be….so a must have for a little intimidated “not even beginnerjet who wants to get into painting” like me 🙂
I do suggest you get the first one as well, if you don’t already… it’s a great treasury !
Pre-ordered! Nice figure included as well!