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Grimdark Compendium Villainy Inks Review - FAST & EASY Painting Realistic Grimy Miniatures
Jul 6, 2024
*GET YOUR VILLANY INKS HERE * - https://geni.us/VillanyInks
*Reuploaded to resolve audio and resolution issues from the previously released video.*
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*Mezgike - Dredge Marines*
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The Painting Phase: https://youtu.be/gXphqhTnxrc
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here we are again with another paint
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review on a 3D printing Channel but
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since everyone was super happy with my
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approach to keeping the last one short
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my intention here is to do the same
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again after all how long do you really
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want to spend watching paint dry these
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villain inks have a somewhat specific
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use case assuming you want to add some
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natural dirt and grime to your models
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get a somewhat realistic water ONN Vibe
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and do this incredibly quickly these are
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some paints you probably want in Your
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Arsenal but there is a knack to using
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them actually there's a few but that's a
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big part of the point of me making a
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video and if you're looking at these
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you'll probably want to know the fastest
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way of getting started so hi I'm Ross
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and this is f a videos right then first
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up if you don't know these are enamel
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paints now on the plus side what this
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means is that the paint has incredibly
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long working time put it on a Model move
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it about or even take it off again for
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hours or sometimes even days after
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you've applied it but on the flip side
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it does mean you need some more
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specialist materials to thin them down
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you can't use water specifically you
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need artist grade mineral spirits and
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you should not put natural hair brushes
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anywhere near these or the thinners
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because they'll both wreck the strength
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of your bristles very fast so yeah
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beyond your basic set of acrylic tools
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and processes this requires a little
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something extra but boy are they are joy
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to use because when you're after this
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style of result it makes painting all
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miniature painting incredibly easy now
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you can buy these paints individually
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but in the set you get seven colors
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ior of the damn goons Grime dystopian
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Brown sector rust coelia green coia
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green whatever decay of death and
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carrying Crimson but this is basically
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black dark brown light brown light
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reddish brown deep bright green pale
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green and Crimson like a gory red now if
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you want the full set it's 90 quid well
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actually it's 80 quid when bought as a
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set from element games because they've
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got a discount or you can get the
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individual 30ml bottles which are $12.99
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each but it's worth knowing that if
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you're in the us or somewhere they ship
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if you get it from the Grim do
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compendium website which are the
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creators of this product you can also
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get it as a bundle which includes access
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to some of their exclusive videos my set
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was provided by well actually it was
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refunded by element games I'd already
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ordered them myself but they said if you
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do us a video we'll send you them for
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now I can't really argue with that since
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as I said I'd ordered them anyway I
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fully intended to buy them why not take
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them for free but review time so first
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up I love the design of these the
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bottles they come in look Ace and really
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sell that Grim dark buy from the off but
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these are nothing on the limited edition
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250ml bottles they offered as part of
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the crowdfunding campaign that actually
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launched all of these now I've been
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after a model that I could use all of
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these paints on to save time and I
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couldn't think of anything better than
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this dredge Marine character by mzgee
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and many of you should be able to tell
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what this model's heavily inspired by
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we're all thinking Bioshock right but
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anyway as a quick aside if you don't
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know mesg he is an amazing painter and
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now sculptor so I'll Chuck you a link to
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his channel along with this model and
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more like it down in the description
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also in the description is a link to
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these paints so please click that link
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before buying them as I'll make a
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commission on your purchase and it'll
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cost you nothing and I like getting paid
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to show off products assuming you want
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to buy the products if you aren't
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interested in them then I guess well
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done for sticking with me this far in
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the video what I don't get money for
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though is meses models when you buy them
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in fact I'm still paying for his patreon
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even though I've promoted them loads but
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despite my assumed arrogant YouTuber
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privilege yeah I'm still suggesting you
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buy them they're they're awesome anyway
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getting this model ready for these
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enamels was really simple I watched some
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of the free tutorial videos for these
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products to get an idea of how to apply
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each one again that video is linked
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below and I'm showing it on screen now I
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literally just primed my model in black
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and painted the stones with a light gray
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then I went in with a bright red for the
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capes and due to the fact that you're
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going to dirty all of these base layers
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down I find it's a good idea to start
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really really bright and actually that
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was recommended to me by a guy from Spen
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painting the the guy was Spen of Spen
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painting check out Spen painting real
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name Spencer moving on I painted the
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armor with white and the fleshy bits
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with dect tan now I wanted to do them
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with racko flesh but I've got no idea
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where my bottle of rakar flesh's gone
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now for Speed I did use an airbr brush
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for this but you can paint it on in fact
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arguably the more texture variation you
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have on your model's surface the better
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it's going to work with these washers
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and whilst I had some overspray the
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first layer of enamels should sort all
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that out anyway but I did reestablish
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some of the red areas just to make them
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really pop and I went in with some Thin
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Ren flesh shade on the fleshy areas
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before adding some drwy Violet to deepen
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them down even further and again both of
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those tips were available from the free
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tutorial which covers creat flesh tones
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and finally before the enamels I went in
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with some silver for the metal areas and
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Val's liquid metal gold for the gold
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armor trim and so far this whole process
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took me about an hour now it's not neat
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but it doesn't need to be and that's the
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glory of going with a grim dark style
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and using these paints speaking of as
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per the tutorial I started off with some
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goons Grime all over the model because
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it's just a fantastic unifier thin this
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down Splash it on and it's pretty much
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done as mentioned earlier you really can
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play about with this stuff for hours and
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I didn't need to apply any gloss varnish
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or anything like that I was able to pull
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this back off the surface using a cotton
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Bud which some of you may call a Q-tip
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in fact if anyone can explain where the
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term Q-tip comes from for these I'd
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really appreciate it but again as per
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the guide you can also apply this quite
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heavily and use a soft brush to drag
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down the wash and create natural looking
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streaks now I could honestly show you
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every single step but the process is
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basically the same stick it on and play
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about with it I used the various Browns
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across the armor and wood areas I
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applied the rust over the metal areas
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and a mix of the greens over the gold
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areas to create a weathered aged patina
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effect after that you just throw some
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Crimson over the fleshy areas then you
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just need to spend some time
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manipulating it until you're happy let
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it dry off a bit add a bit more take
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more off streak it swipe it splotch it
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stipple it do whatever you want to add
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variation and texture to the surface of
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the model this is so freaking easy to do
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seriously though In fairness I wouldn't
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be any kind of decent reviewer without
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pointing out any quirks and for this
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well there was only one in all of the
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bottles the neck of each one had a load
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of congealed crud in that neck area and
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all of this needed to be pushed back
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into the bottle as it left no breathing
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room for the pipette to actually suck
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because there was no air getting back
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into the bottle and in a couple of them
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in the tip of the pipette this had also
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gathered some congealed crud all I
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needed to do was just pop a pin in here
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and pop it out you can actually remove
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the pipet tube from the bulb I actually
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had to Google what the top of the
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squeezy bit was called but anyway you
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just tip the crud out of the back of
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this pepet tube back into the bottle and
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you're solid from there shake the living
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hell out of the stuff to ensure you get
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a really deep and Rich color when
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applying it and I honestly wouldn't even
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say this as a negative ative it's just
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something to be aware of hobby products
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aren't like technology products many of
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the greatest hobby products have several
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quirks to them just see my video on
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dirty down rust as an example but in
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this case The Quirk is actually an
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opportunity to showcase exactly what
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Grim dark compendium have done right
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with their new product launch that in my
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opinion should embarrass several larger
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companies and that is that they've not
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only done videos showing you how to use
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it but they have a full and detailed
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write up of every product in this line
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and how to get the most out of each
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color and the video coupled with that
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guide is exactly how I was able to paint
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this model so easily and quickly like
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this information's right there under the
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goons Grime info it says a Vortex mixer
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comes in highly recommended now in lie
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of one of these I'd recommend just
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sticking the back of a brush in your
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bottle and twirling it round a lot but I
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am thankful for my Vortex mixer I've got
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a video on those too now I will be
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honest and say in my opinion this web
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page can be a little bit hard to read at
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times because well there's a lot of
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white text on a detailed grayscale
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background and the index at the top in
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red is well it's also tricky to read and
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it's in a bit of an odd order but at
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least the web page isn't dripping with
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ads everywhere so you know that's a
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solid plus and look this is paint like
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me picking on a web page a static text
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web page for all that should show you
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that I'm having to scrape the bottom of
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the barrel just to find any fault here
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with this product I love Grim dark style
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painting I was a member of Zak Cason's
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Grim dark compendium patreon for a long
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time because personally I am a huge fan
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I was planning to buy these myself and
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sure there are other products out there
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that you can use for these techniques
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though I don't know about you but I
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would rather support a fellow Creator in
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our industry over many a large company
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and it's mainly because of the value ad
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and the love and care they put into a
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product and the value ad here is that
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not only do you get these products but
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you also get access to guides on using
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them for free alongside it and then if
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you really want to push it to the next
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level there's a patreon a Facebook group
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and a Discord server for further steps
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but I knock this model out in just a few
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hours by following the free guide alone
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so I guess in summary if you want to
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paint this way definitely get these if
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you don't want to paint this way thanks
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for watching if you do like this sort of
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stuff there are other creators working
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on content too and I'll drop links below
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the video for all of them as a thanks
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for the inspiration and advice that
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they've given me and that includes
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people like the painting coach artist
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Opus the painting phase and as mentioned
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earlier spend painting I want to give a
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huge thanks to you for watching and to
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our members who are on screen now please
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consider joining them they get Early
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Access their names up in lights Discord
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roles and exclusive videos so until next
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time would you kindly buy these paints
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and use my affiliate links before you do
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and if anyone can tell me what inspired
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part of that quote let me know down in
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the comments I have mentioned it once
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already in the video let me know see you
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next time F hammer out
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