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Acrylics - Villainy Inks - Removal⁠
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It really is that easy.

1. Basecoat your models in acrylics as you normally do

2. Apply a Villainy Ink Wash - brush or airbrush

3. Remove and manipulate the enamel with brushes, Q-tips, make-up sponges, etc., dipped in mineral spirits for stronger removal and manipulation, or dry, smearing the enamel, blending and pushing it.

Create streaks, mottling, grime, and shading this way, and see how easily it transforms the miniature!

Interested in learning more? Head to our Grimdark Compendium YouTube channel or website, and feel free to check our best-valued bundle to date, with all 24 episodes of our Guide to Trench Crusade, alongside a set with 2 new paints: Trench Grime and Ill Omen Vermillion - yellowy and bright red enamel paints. Master the Grimdark style!
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Before the feast, there must be a hunt

Join in on the chase with the Flesh-Eater Courts painting course, where @echoes_of_vermin will teach you the basics of enamels and oils, and how to paint everything in the Flesh-Eater Spearhead, from ghoulish undead flesh to flayed human skin.

Episodes 1 and 2 are out, with the rest of the course up for pre-order. And you can get it for FREE in the Master Grimdark Bundle! Check it out on the Grimdark Compendium! And wear your best garments. grimdarkcompendium.com/shop/vi-course-bundle/maste…

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A Trench Crusade sniper priest⁠ would not move for long periods of time, making himself open to the elements. Let's talk a bit about how create a cloth like that, and a ghillie suit he could mask himself with!
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The best value deal currently running is our Trench Crusade complete series. It's our largest project to date, with a huge amount of content and tutorials for all 6 factions of the game. It also comes with the officially licensed enamel set, including two of our new enamels: Ill Omen Vermillion and Trench Grime.⁠
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If you’re interested, you can check out the bundle on the Grimdark Compendium website! We appreciate it if you do.
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Happy New Year, ya'll! Hope you are doing well after the holidays.

We're doing pretty well at the Compendium ourselves, with a few new goodies to shoutout. The 2 NEW paints are live now, by themselves or in an officially licensed Trench Crusade Villainy Ink enamel set, alongside the coming Anti-Death, our low-toxicity mineral spirit.

We've bundled all of our Trench Crusade tutorials in probably our best-value bundle ever, 24 detailed episodes of grimdark goodness paired with the mentioned new paint set, containing the 2 new colours:

Ill Omen Vermillion + Trench Grime

If you yourself yearn to learn paint in a gritty, moody way, feel free to check out the bundle on the Grimdark Compendium website! You will learn a bunch of different grimdark techniques, both painting and modelling-wise.
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Ultra-easy Ultramarines

This Friday, tune in to our YouTube channel to see this son of Ultramar painted, explaining and teaching you the process along the way. This time, we are going back to basics, so if you are a starting grimdark painter (and especially a starting Ultramarine painter), you don't want to miss this!

Want to see more while waiting? Check out our YT channel or our website for loads of different free and premium tutorials!
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Royal fashion can seem unconventional to some

Explore the depths of ghoulish style with the Flesh-Eater Courts painting course, where @echoes_of_vermin will teach you the basics of enamels and oils, and how to paint everything in the Flesh-Eater Spearhead, from ghoulish undead flesh to flayed human skin.

Episodes 1 and 2 are out, with the rest of the course up for pre-order. And you can get it for FREE in the Master Grimdark Bundle! Check it out on the Grimdark Compendium! And wear your best garments.grimdarkcompendium.com/shop/vi-course-bundle/maste…

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Painting and playing Trench Crusade has been a breath of fresh air for some in our team (looking at you @echoes_of_vermin), joining a grimdark setting, WWI aesthetic, and elegant skirmish rule set, requiring just a handful of minis.

We've explored each faction in our tutorial courses, both painting and modelling, bringing the miniatures towards our grim vision, teaching the techniques along the way.

We've bundled these tutorials together in probably our best-value bundle ever, 24 episodes of grimdark goodness paired with an officially licensed Trench Crusade set of Villainy Ink enamel paints, containing the 2 new ones:

Ill Omen Vermillion + Trench Grime

If you yourself yearn to learn paint in a gritty, moody way, feel free to check out the bundle on the Grimdark Compendium website!

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Let’s be honest more often than not we pour countless hours iinto painting our miniatures, only to rush the basing at the very end. It’s easy to throw on some texture paste and a few rocks and call it done. But the base is more than just an afterthought it’s what grounds the model in its world. ⁠
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If you enjoy these models or want to learn more about the grimdark style, you can find all of our tutorials and ongoing projects over on our website.⁠
Head to The Grimdark Compendium, where our Winter Sale bundles are now live. ⁠
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With the Learn Grimdark and Master Grimdark bundles, you’ll receive Villainy Ink enamel sets, and you can choose a course to get completely free.⁠
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Your support means the world to us—and helps us keep creating more videos like this.
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Painting bone-white armour with weathering, mottling, and chipping is far easier than it might seem. With a few simple steps and a slight shift in approach, you can achieve fast, effective results.

If you enjoy these models or want to dive deeper into the grimdark painting style, you can find all of our tutorials and projects over on our website.

Visit the Grimdark Compendium to take advantage of our Winter Sale bundles. With Learn Grimdark, you’ll receive Villainy Ink enamel sets and can choose a complete course entirely free.

We also offer the Dark Angels Complete Bundle, which includes Greenwing, Deathwing, and Ravenwing — everything in one package.

Your support genuinely means a lot and helps us continue creating and sharing these videos.
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The Winter Pack Core, which is a bundle of Grimcore I and Fleshcore I Villainy Ink sets, is perfect for weathering and other effects.
This comes with a 1-year FREE membership as well! That allows you to stream every course on the website, so you can try out the enamel paints and learn grimdark techniques at your own pace.

If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, feel free to check it out on the Grimdark Compendium website! We will be glad to see you there, and we appreciate the support!
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