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Villainy Inks review: Better than Streaking Grime?
Jul 4, 2024
Get 30% off awesome graphic tees PLUS an extra 10% using our link: https://intotheam.com/thepaintingphase #intotheam A new contender has arisen in the field of grimdark miniature painting, Villainy Inks! We put them through their paces and directly compare them to their biggest competitor - streaking grime. VILLAINY INKS: https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/villainy-inks/the-villainy-ink-complete-set?d=10835 STREAKING GRIME: https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-hobby-and-scenery-by-manufacturer/ak-interactive/ak-interactive-streaking-grime-x6?d=10835 DIRTY DOWN: https://elementgames.co.uk/games-workshop/warhammer-40k/starting-an-army/rust-effect-25m?d=10835 AK RUST: https://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-hobby-and-scenery-by-manufacturer/ak-interactive/ak-interactive-medium-rust-deposit-x6?d=10835 other videos: Byron: https://youtu.be/VMgPVBaoQK4?si=BS7HO030tR0_QNEt Spen: https://youtu.be/49zLsumqr8c?si=C017HwSZeTZJCqjG FauxHammer: https://youtu.be/TE3pi5Jm1T4 Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/thepaintingphase Merch: https://thepaintingphase.creator-spring.com Help Support the channel with our affiliate links:
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this video is sponsored by into the am
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enamel watches have been around for
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quite a while and when it comes to
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painting a miniature in a grim dark
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style the king of the jungle is AK
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streaking Grime but a new player has
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entered the chat fill in the inks and
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anals if you're new to them can be
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reactivated I'm a fan of the reductive
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method so you cover your miniature in
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the grime and then with a thinner take
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it back off leaving it in the recesses
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and you can get streaks over like armor
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panels and stuff it's really cool I've
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taken a few pointers tips and tricks
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here and there but really I am just bang
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average there's going to be some awesome
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creators that I'm sure are going to get
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incredible results with these but how am
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I going to do I'm going in blind is
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blind adjacent I've used some enamels
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before but I've never used villain inks
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before let's see how we do are these new
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inks better and easier to use than the
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alternative that's my focus of this
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video how do they stand on their own but
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how do they rank against existing and
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established competitors so I got sent
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the star set from element games it
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contains seven new enamel washes in a
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variety of colors you've got your Grime
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your black and brown and then a green
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turquoise and Crimson the packaging
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bottles and labels all look really cool
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definitely really fitting into that sort
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of grim dark aesthetic the lids can be a
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bit of a f to get off it can feel like
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you're just spinning forever but if you
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grip the bottom bit give it one good
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twist and then and then you you'll be
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away built into the lid is a pet and
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I've got some issues with this I can
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understand why they've done it it's cool
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and there is a design language when it
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comes to inks that I think they wanted
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to fit into just like the vast majority
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of all oil paints come in a tube all of
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the inks that I've got come in a glass
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bottle with a built-in pipet my issue is
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villain inks aren't your traditional
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inks everything else on the table here
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is acrylic water-based and flows super
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well villain inks are enamels they Gunk
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up they build up a residue in the bottle
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when they're not in use so I found a lot
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of these Petes are blocked out the box
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they just don't work opening the bottles
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you can see the buildup and in the pet
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too which is a bit of a pain comparing
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this to stre and grime we've got screw
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got the gunk is still there but it's not
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as dry it's easier to to move about
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easier to use the pot essentially the
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darker colors of the villain inks were
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the worst offenders with none of those
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Petes working I've got some plastic pets
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lying around that I used to help me with
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airbrushing dipping that instead no
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blockages nice seems like an appropriate
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time to bring up the cost of all these
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things on element games streaking Grime
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is
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$449 a bottle of villain inks is
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$12.99 more than double the price but if
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you get the full Starter Set there is a
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a nice discount on that but enough about
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how to open them I'd love to never say
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the word pet again let's see how they
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finally here I'm usually an autom or
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love into the am clothes I wear them all
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the time I first got introduced to them
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when they first sponsored the channel
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and then I bought a bunch of my own as
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well I think the cut and the quality is
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great I wear them in a ton of videos
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even when they're not sponsoring us I
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think they're awesome and if graphic
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for sponsoring this video let's get back
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to painting these are heavily marketed
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towards Grim dark and I think death
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guard are just that so I took a box of
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Terminators and got started I've been
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Keen to getting some airbrush practice
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so I primed everything Brown and went
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over the top with some Tamia flat white
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when it comes to Paints the grime really
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does dull down the color quite a bit
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this Terminator used to be more yellow
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streak and grimed him and now he looks
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orange so I'm going in with brighter
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greens than I normally would I picked
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out gut Ripper flesh and Gilly Jew I
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forgot some of the contrasts cover
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insanely well and just covered up all my
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airbrush work with the gut rer flesh
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oops Army painter however worked exactly
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as I wanted it to so nice one speed
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paint blacked out the details put in the
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rest of the base coats again a bit
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brighter than I usually would I usually
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do metallics afterwards to keep that
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shine there but wanted to see how
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everything reacted under Grime so put
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them down too went brighter with them as
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well going silver instead of gunmetal
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and then putting a DOT of silver into
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the brass just to brighten it up a
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little I also gave the fleshy bits a
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really light wash of crimson we're
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finally here it's Grime time drinking
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Grime first as that's my Baseline to
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test from goes through an airbush really
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well covers insanely well adhering to
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the miniature all over bright to dark
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just like that and then just getting a
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cotton Bud dipping it into the enamel
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thinner and rolling it over the
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miniature and taking off the grime stays
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in the recesses and you can leave
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deposits on the armor is Ace I'm going
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to use goons Grime now as a direct
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comparison it seems a lot thinner
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through an airbrush it's pulling on the
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mini a bit more but I got coverage all
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over eventually although a bit speckly
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in case it's an airbrush issue I painted
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on some too and that thinness definitely
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persevered it was taking a while to dry
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so in the meantime I got stuck into some
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of the additional colors on offer
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Crimson first for the skin you can see
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how gooey it was which made me kind of
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think I probably hadn't shook the
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bottles in enough and that might have
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been my issues with goon's Grime so I
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shook the crap out of this one it
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improved and we got started went on
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really well the color is really sexy
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taking it off with spirits and bringing
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back that bright undercoat I think it
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looks Ace and gross but mainly Ace rust
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up next I was worried shaking the bottle
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wasn't enough so stuck the back of a
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brush into the bottle and stirred up all
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the gunk at the bottom I definitely
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think an agitator would be a welcome
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addition here this did go on well
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however it's quite dark but it looks
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decent I'm trying the turquoise as a
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verree type thing painting it over the
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brass I did struggle with this a bit I'm
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not sure why but in the recesses and
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around the bolts and stuff it does look
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nice so I'm going to go back to the
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grime now and give this more of a go I
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gave up waiting for it to dry or it
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dried a bit shiny and use the same
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removal techniques most of the darkest
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Brown sludge seem to pull
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off of the miniature on the base which I
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don't know if if that's good or bad some
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of that specklin remained but trying to
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remove that I just ended up taking away
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all of the grime I think this one's on
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me for not stirring and shaking enough
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so I stuck the back of the brush in
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there again and shook it for 6 minutes
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the website recommends a Vortex mixer
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but I didn't want to use one as I don't
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think it's something many painters will
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have and there are 20 to £ 30 investment
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on top of an already premium priced
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product brushing on again airbrush on
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another and here are the results of
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goons Grime brushed on airbrushed on and
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then streaking Grime as a direct
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comparison through an airbrush as well
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goons Grime does just seem a bit lighter
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in application and then I thought
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compare the rust two I've got a couple
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of AK Ross paints that are enamels so
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gave them a go as well I also broke out
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dirty down rust because if you're making
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a paint that says rust dirty down is
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kind of the king of that one at the
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moment right then I'm calling it quit
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with the
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enamels I'm going to tidy up all of this
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crap Chuck a couple of highlights on
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these base
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them and then we will get on to some
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conclusions
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[Music]
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so now we're on to our spinny results
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time most importantly I've had fun and
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I've come out the other end with some
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cool grimy death guard first I've ever
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painted so I am pretty
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chuffed side by side in a blind test I'm
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not sure I'd be able to say that the
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middle one here is streaking grind and
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the rest the goons Grime the left here
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is goons and then the right is streaking
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Grime they look gross they look grimy so
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I've achieved my goals preg Grime I
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thought I preferred the speed painted
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Marines but the gut Ripper flesh being a
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bit brighter has helped more pale and
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Grim which is quite death guard isn't it
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Grime feels like Grim dark cheating and
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it's awesome I ended up using the three
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different rust effects AK dirty down and
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then sector rust from vill inks sector
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rust is dark kind of like the turquoise
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was I think I'd like it to stand out a
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little bit more I did really quite like
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the AK rust and then the the dirty down
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is is obviously Awesome by Far and Away
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my favorite of these villain inks is
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Crimson never used anything like that
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before and the results were smashing
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it's the most unique of the paints I
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think and maybe that's why I really
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really liked it so moving on to my final
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sort of conclusions and opinions I found
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these temperamental to use I'm sure lots
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of other creators got great results but
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I've definitely struggled a little bit
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now I get that hobby products can be
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like this and that is absolutely fine
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I'm just a huge fan of stuff that just
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works out the bottle so I could pay more
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than double the price I could store the
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bottle sideways which has been
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recommended to me by a few people I
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could keep a pin on hand to unblock the
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Petes if they get gunked up I could buy
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a Vortex mixer or I could heat it and
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shake it to within an inch of its life
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and after doing that I'm sure that I'd
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probably be able to get better
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results
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or I could just buy streaking Grime
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overall I really like the Miniatures
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that I've painted and that is the most
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important thing
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I'd highly highly recommend watching as
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many videos as you can of people using
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this stuff don't spend loads of money
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and dive in and think yeah see if it
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works I'm glad I've done it so I can
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tell you not to these do seem like
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they're more versatile B streaking Grime
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like as the set you've got all of the
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different colors and I think the Crimson
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like the blue and the green they're the
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the strongest ones in the set cuz
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they're less unlike any other product
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that you can get I think the more you
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put into these the more you will get out
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of them I think I think is is my
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conclusion at the end and there we go
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unsure if I provided any help to anyone
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with this one but hopefully it has been
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somewhat useful those were my
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experiences of playing with vill inks
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and that is that see you in the next one
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here we go
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