Good tutorial videos/books

[StingrayP226]

Hello all I am lurker turned poster... I'm an average painter at best (I swear I have painted one model that made me think... I'm pretty good then the next model I'm a bit disappointed to really disappointed). Right now I lack an Airbrush (a problem I planned to fix then a "friend" I traded for one from never sent me the Airbrush after me handing him somewhere north of $200 of out of production miniatures), but plan to fix that.

Now there is a lot of tutorials out there but which good videos/books that you all recommend?

 

[gohkm]

I like Painting Secrets by Jennifer Haley. Some of the Miniature Mentor ones are quite good, especially the Violinist video which shows combination airbrush and traditional brush.

Laszlo DVDs are good for beginners.

I'm just going through Angel Giraldez book, but from what I can see so far, a lot of it is really good stuff to try.
And the Forgeworld Masterclass books are nice for weathering.

You could also look at Painting Secrets by Natalya Melnik. Her explanations aren't very clear, but look at how she paints by wetblending. The visual is quite instructive.

 

[MAXXxxx]

my recommendations:

general:
- free CMON kickstarter videos on YT (wrath of kings, arcadia quest, sedition wars)
- Jennifer Haley cmon dvd and the dark sword ones (altough I consider them intermediate / advanced)
- free GW YT vids (they are only TTQ, but a nice TTQ)
- JBT DVD 1
- a few from Miniature Mentor (Wolfen Prowler, Monochrome, ben komets bases)
- Painting Buddha free YT vids
- Privateer Press Vol1 (TTQ only, but super presentation)
- Figurines-tv.com free vids (most are french, so...)


with airbrush:
- MMentor (Thomas David speedpaint, violinist)
- free Buypainted YT vids
- free Awesomepaintjob YT vids
- Micro Airbrushing DVD

books / mags / blogs:
- FigurePainterMagazine (pdf, 1 pount/issue)
- The Weathering Magazine (from MIG)
- Angel Giraldez book??? (no idea, I'll get mine around in 2 weeks, but what I saw on reviews: beautiful pics, too little to almost none explanation, so it's more of a step-by-step picturebook)
- Massivevoodoo blog (extreme amount of info)
- tutofig.com (good index of tutorials from other sites)

other:
- Bob Ross DVDs