How to Airbrush Zenithal Highlights (Fast & Easy)

Zenithal highlighting is a technique that quickly reproduces the light and shadows produced by an imaginary light source directly over the subject. Using a spray can or airbrush with a bright …

Painting 201: Zenithal Priming, or how to shade

Zenithal Priming is priming your model with 3 colors instead of just 1. I mean, if you're cash strapped or lazy you can get away with using 2 colors, but 3 gets best results. You'll apply black, grey, and …

How to use Zenithal Highlight Techniques for …

Zenithal Highlight Techniques for Miniatures Explained. A zenithal highlight is a highlight that is applied directly above or from the "Zenith" hence the name. Fancy name aside it is an exceptionally useful …

Exploring the Slap Chop Painting Method

In a nutshell, Slap Chop is all about using a greyscale undercoat much like zenithal priming. You apply a gradient from black to white underneath the layers of paint. What sets it apart from zenithal priming is that it doesn't …

Zenithal Priming: The Secret to easy & natural shading

Guide to Zenithal Priming

Zenithal priming is a method of pre-shading our miniatures with two different highly contrasted colors to emulate shadows from a specific direction and in a way that light will naturally fall onto our models. When thin layers of paint are applied over the top of this pre-shading, the work you have done will show throug…

Zenithal Undercoat vs Slapchop differences explained

Zenithal undercoating is primarily an OSL (Object Source Lighting) technique of undercoating your model that sets the source of your light as the sun. It is primarily done …

Zenithal Priming in Miniature Painting: What It Is …

Zenithal priming in miniature painting is a technique where you paint shadows and highlights without using washes or filters. This gives the miniature more depth, definition, and realism by creating contrast …

Zenithal Dry Brushing to "SlapChop" Paint Miniatures

In this article, I'll explain the concept of zenithal dry brushing and how it can help you reach that tabletop or even competition level miniature quality in a fraction of …