Marco Frisoni / Not Just Mecha

THIS Will Totally Change How You See Miniature Painting!

NEW VIDEO! ▶️ 

The ULTIMATE and most effective way (and ironically the most classic, but forgotten by miniature painters) to really improve your painting skills! 😉

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See you later at the premiere 😘

The Books in the video:
-Spectrum, 27 Volumes by FLESK
-The Art of Magic the Gathering by Wiz Media, 8 Volumes:
Ravnica, Ixalan, Dominaria, Zendikar, Innistrad, Amonkhet...

Upcoming Workshops: DENMARK and the last 2 spots for Dublin!

Hello guys!!!

I'm super happy to officially announce my first workshop in DENMARK in the weekend of 8-9th of October!
Thanks a million to Brian Rasmussen and the local community of Copenhagen for making this event possible and to the guys of the Chromanaut group for their hospitality <3 <3 <3
You can find all the details and book your place on this page that will remain a secret for the patrons until Monday:
2022-08-27 11:01:34 +0000 UTC View Post

I HATE Painting Terrains! In REAL TIME ;p

Hello guys!
Most of the YouTube video, especially the part about spray cans, is already in real speed, but here you can see the full length of the shots and extra examples from different angles.
A thing that I forgot to mention:
note how while using rattle cans not only my general mindset and colour choices are identical to my airbrushing style but also the actual spraying!
Short bursts pushing the cap just a bit (aka controlling and limiting the quantity of paint released. You c...

I HATE Painting Terrains so I Made It FAST and FUN! High Quality Speed Painting™

NEW VIDEO ▶
Third and last episode of the project "Painting a Full Box Set in a Weekend"!

The spirit of this video is perfectly summarised by the quote:
"Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" 😅
Of course I really like to play on fully painted, beautiful tables but I've never been too much into terrains... ❗️BUT...
I LOVE to play with spray cans and that always makes my day 😁

See you in CHAT at the premiere 😘

High Quality Speed Painting™ Horns of Hashut in REAL TIME

Speed painting in its most "utilitarian" form serves the simple purpose of quickly bring a bunch of models to the gaming table but for me is mostly a study of what is really really essential to make a model/illustration work and look cool;
speed itself becomes more like a nice sub product of this investigation that reveals how simplicity and a few clear key elements are often the best way to create a striking image!

Edit/Ps: here there is also the process for the bases!

High Quality Speed Painting™ NEW WARCRY Ep.2! Horns of Hashut

NEW VIDEO!!!
10 cool models in 5 hours with acrylics, oils and a lateral thinking process for the second High Quality Speed Painting™ step by step based on the new WarCry boxset!

Waiting for the release watch again my work on the Rotmire Creed because there's a lot of aesthetic and technical compare and contrast between the two speed paint 😉 ▶️ https://youtu.be/rSFY8B4_HN0

See you at the premiere �...

High Quality Speed Painting™ NEW WARCRY! Rotmire Creed in REAL TIME

After all the recent "high stakes" paintjobs, going back to relaxed speed painting feels like laying on a tropical beach XD

A little step back to an heavier use of oils disguised by the simplicity of the process as a "simple wash"; in reality they are the cornerstone of this extremely efficient workflow where they set almost everything in the spectrum that goes from deeper shadows to light mid tones ;)

Ps: If you are curious, the glossy yellow of the poison jars is a single coat...

High Quality Speed Painting™ NEW WARCRY! The Rotmire Creed

NEW VIDEO OUT!!! 😁

One of my most efficient High Quality Speed Painting™ runs using references, clever underpainting techniques, oils as Contrast paints 😱 and acrylics!

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Thanks a million to Games Workshop for the box 😁

NEW WORKSHOP: OIL PAINTS!!!

Hello guys!
I'm happy to announce a NEW exciting workshop powered by BIG CHILD CREATIVES ( https://bigchildcreatives.com/ ) that will have its first run the 10-11th of September in Dublin!
You are the first to know the news that will go public this Monday 😉.

After the success of the first round of courses it’s time to change topics (don’t worry, the “Colour Theory+Underpainting+Advanced Contrast pai...

Seraph Preparatory Work -REAL TIME-

Good morning guys!
Here's something to keep you company in this (I hope) sunny lazy weekend :D

This is a good example of how to set up an extended NMM and how I like to operate on strong environmental lights and OSL integrating them in an organic and "chronologically" correct order over the local colours of the materials to obtain a 100% realistic behaviour of their interactions!

Have a great weekend <3

Start and/or Keep PUSHING!!!

NEW VIDEO!!! ▶️

We take a look at the conceptual and preparatory work on Seraph by Mindwork Games, which led to the brushwork of the last live stream, talking about COMPETITIONS and why you should join them NOW! 😉

I'm still super hyped and crazily inspired after the long weekend at the World Model Expo!!! Again, a huge THANK YOU to all the awesome people that came by to say hello and have a chat!!!

Coming back to painting events with a show of this size and magnitude ...

Seraph #01, aka playing with light

First batch of pictures for my version of Seraph by Mindwork Games!
Will she fight for heaven... or hell?!? 😱
A little "placebo" gallery waiting for her video XD

Non Metallic Metal? Try This Quick, SIMPLE Method! In REAL TIME ;)

I’ll be honest, even more honest than in the YT video… Let’s say BRUTALLY honest!
I believe Non Metallic Metal to be almost impossible to explain with words…
And I’m preparing a workshop about NMM so I’ve analysed the problem from every possible angle!

You can go super in depth with the physics of light (and you know how much I usually like this option!) but still, totally miss its complexity, its unpredictable nature and the painterly vibe that makes it believable, in...

SIMPLE Non Metallic Metal? Try This Trick!

NEW VIDEO! ▶

Here's finally my monographic take on Non Metallic Metal! 😁

We start with a beginner/speedpainting approach based on a super contained palette and only pure basic layering with the brush, BUT as always, without sacrificing quality and visual complexity 😉.

I realized that I have too much to say about this stuff for a single take, soooooo, I plan to show you a bunch of other specific examples in a SERIES of dedicated videos 😅

DROP a LIKE and SUBSC...

High Quality Speed Painting! Grisaille + GW Contrast Hack in REAL TIME!

I love to work "en Grisaille"!
I'm in between two big workshops and these are precisely the main topics I'm bringing "on tour" these days, so this video is part an anchor for old and new students, a video reference/preview of the workflow and its general mindset, and part me stretching and exercising to be ready for this weekend's event :D
If I have to choose, gun to the head, a single drill to improve the understanding and quality of painting it would definitely be value sketching and ...

Abaddon The Despoiler with GW Contrast & Fine Art Tricks REAL TIME

My Space Marines mojo is back :D!
It has always been like that; if I don't have a solid plan or a good amount of inspiration, the smooth simplicity of the power armours becomes a scary void that I don't know how to fill... But all the recent talking about the Horus Heresy put me back on track (yeah I am easily influenced lol!).
The battleplan for this project was to keep the general workflow clean and simple especially in the first part of the foundational work; the idea is that you can...

Abaddon The Despoiler with GW Contrast & Fine Art Tricks

NEW VIDEO!!!
Painting BLACK armour, NMM and OSL effects with Contrast paints, acrylics, fine art ideas and cool unusual brush techniques 😉
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See you in chat at the première 😘

ONE LAST MINUTE SPOT!

Hello guys!
Sadly one of the attendees got sick so there's one last ticket available again for the workshop of this weekend in London!
If you don't have anything exciting already planned for the long weekend, this can be the solution :D
Here's the link to the protected page:  
https://www.badmooncafe.co.uk/product/marco-frisoni-painting-class/
Password: njmxbmc18
...

Well, it's about time!

Hello guys!

Quick, announcement:
In a week this guy up here will find a new home randomly picked from the patrons of the Nob tier and of course all the above ones!
At the moment you are more or less 200 so, the odds are pretty good :D!
Aaand these things will happen more often from now on ;)

As always, thank you soooo much for being here guys!
Stay tuned and have a great week!

The Third Dublin Workshop!

The THIRD NJM Dublin Workshop @Underworld Gaming is officially here!!! 

Check all the details in the official page of the event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1039498206655310/?active_tab=about
or skip the line and grab a ticket from Eventbrite 😁
2022-04-20 13:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Chaos Space Marines My Way! Make Mini Painting FUN again! REAL TIME

I want to start a long-term conversation about how painting is painting no matter what medium you are working on, and this is the first step into that mental space that has centuries of knowledge and academic knowhow that we can actually use in practical miniature painting!

Our little community is still deeply into the step-by-step, mechanical way of doing things and too often trapped into the techniques and the aesthetic rules dictated by commercial studio styles that are, let’s fac...

Chaos Space Marines My Way! Make Mini Painting FUN again!

NEW VIDEO! ▶
How to overcome the fear and stress of details and take back the joy of painting with the "secrets" of the old masters!

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See you in chat at the premiere 😘

Attendees of the London Workshop! Check your email ;)

Sorry sorry sorry for the spam!
I know it's stupid to bother 900 persons to target 12...
I have a bunch of different nicknames/names between Patreon and the online shop of the Bad Moon Cafe but since you are all on Patreon this post should echo and overlap the information nicely!
So, yeah, check you email XD (the one you used to buy the ticket).
You'll find the link to the Discord server of the workshop ;) See you there!
Uh and of course, let me know if you have a ticket but yo...

You DON'T NEED (Traditional) Blends! REAL TIME

A fun, palate cleanser, painterly project after the tighter brushwork of the last few weeks!

Still, I had so much fun with the textured underpainting that I had to use it again in a small scale :)
Applying rough, almost crusty layers at the beginning adds a ton of visual, tactile sensations (I don't know if this makes sense lol) but since later you add a ton of stuff on top of them you polish the "bad roughness" (you know, that kind of finish that makes you tell "ok, you don't know h...

You DON'T NEED (Traditional) Blends!

NEW VIDEO! 

After the super controlled stuff of the last video this was real fun painting straight from the guts!
NO traditional blends, a ton of texturing and ideas to render complex, interesting materials and a workflow that can be easily applied both to armies and (with some extra work 😉) display models! You can't miss this one 😉

See you in the chat of the premiere!!!

LONDON WORKSHOP SECRET BOOKING PAGE!!!

Hello guys!!!

It's live!!!
Here's finally the link to the booking page and the password to get access!!!

https://www.badmooncafe.co.uk/product/marco-frisoni-painting-class/
PASSWORD: njmxbmc18

The page will remain password protected for a week then it will go public, but judging from your comments and messages I have the sensation that by the end of the week t...

Be prepared to be prepared! The London event!!!

Hello guys!!!

Here's the big news:
with the collaboration of the awesome team of the Bad Moon Cafe my first painting workshop in London is officially a thing!!!

I'm SUPER EXCITED!!!
BUT
This is still a secret that only you patrons know!
I want to give you full priority so this is just a first notice to let you know that this thing exists;
in a few days (I'm hoping tomorrow) the official page of the event/digital ticket will be up on the Bad Moon Cafe website, but...

Looking for Realism - Advanced TMM & Skins in REAL TIME

An interesting challenge for which I felt the need of an extremely simplified general workflow to keep the focus on the conceptual part of the work.
Historical painting in the environment of shows and competitions has a super tight aesthetic and severe judges, things that coming from the total freedom of fantasy and sci-fi become a super frightening perspective, so I thought to contain myself limiting my palette and technical options... but it didn't completely work... check those illustra...

Did I Make It Realistic Enough? Advanced TMM & Skins

NEW VIDEO!!!
A 100% acrylic process and a bag of new tricks for more realistic skins and metals for my first proper attempt at historical painting! 😁
See you in the chat of the première 😘
Happy Saint Patrick's Day 🍀

Paint Better Armours! Mechs & Tanks for Wargamers in REAL TIME

I'm fully aware that “Not/Just/Mecha” without a single mecha in archive was starting to get ridiculous, lol!
This is kind of an introduction to break the ice with this macro topic and tease you with the very tip of the HUGE iceberg of building and painting techniques  used in these corners of the modelling word that are still quite compartmentalised and that didn't fully reach the miniature world!  
I've been deeply both into gunpla/mech and tank modelling and what came ou...