Shadow Colors and Undershot Shading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJfNBMMZYBY Oh yeah, that's the stuff! By chance Dana and I did an outstanding job at covering different aspects of this technique, and plus it's always a pleasure to watch her videos 🙂

Thanks so much for coming to visit, and making these videos with me Brent!!! It was a ton of fun, let's do it again sometime!!! 😊😊😊

I imagine Brent yelling "I'm on vacation" every time Dana asked him to take a turn on the airbrush

Dana’s B-roll Brent faces are spot on

Such a cool video! We agree that “Undershot Shading” is a super simple way to add interest to your minis and Speedpaint is a great tool to use!

Oh my god, 2 of my favorite minipainting YouTubers in one video. The world is not ready.

Oh damn, I did NOT expect this collab! Feels like being given a spontaneous gift. Yay!

I don't know if it's cool name dropping other channels here, but I hope it's okay to say GRG Miniatures has been putting out great videos exploring this style of coloured under painting for a long while. Totally changed how I think about base coats, shadows and highlights.

Back in 1985 Boris Vallejo wrote "Fantasy Illustration Techniques" and I have long remembered (sort of) this quote (page 44) "I like to use a reflection of what is around in the shadow areas of the skin. If the scene has vegetation, it's nice to use some green on the skin as well as some warm colours to offset the coolness of the green. If it is a snow scene, I like to use blues and purples on the skin to give the impression of cold." This feels like a more deliberate approach to what you are doing with your shading here. Adding colours to the shadows to reflect the surroundings, or using a single colour in the shadows (of all materials) to establish a unifying light source are very valid artistic methods to help create the illusion of reality in your art - be it on a miniature or a painting.

One of the first humans other than Brent on the channel and its Dana Howl... you spoil us Brent , hope you have a nice day! (Edit for spelling)

So fun to see Goob and Dana together! Also at 2:49 the look on Dana’s face when you start unpacking all your stuff on her clean desk is PRICELESS. I laughed so hard I had to rewind and watch it a couple of times.

Two of my favorite and most chill mini painters working together! Nice!

Sometimes a video comes out that just hits harder. These results were just amazing and fascinating. Also how can Brent even make army men look so good!?

A lot of painters I notice do underpainting at the time they do the zenithal. So it’s first instead of after the fact to get really good results. I don’t have an air brush for stuff like this, though it can be done with a rattle can too. Fantastic video as always. So informative.

I'm going to be a forward thinker and use both! Just some advice though? It's okay to call it Shadowing and Highlighting. But, whatever floats your boat, skipper.

Really glad you guys teamed up for this project! This is very helpful.

Typcial Goobertown content (shoutout to Dana too) - precise and always well structured :) I like the approach a lot and imo it is superior to a wash, especially in batch painting.

warm transitions are the best

Back in the day Privateer Press helped put this sort of thing on the map. Almost no other painting guides actually recommended painting on the shadows. PP worked from mid-tones out, while everyone else just recommended to build up consecutive highlights. Seeing that in one of their books way back really opened up my painting.

Not only I have gone to watch Dana's channel, I have already subscribed to her content!