Whoa. I missed this video because I was away on vacation with the family. Amazing behind the scenes is cool. I don’t know how close you are to LA, but wishing and hoping that you and your friends are safe

Toasted Marshmallow Deep Wasps!

Cool video! Exciting stuff!

Great work!

You said in a few other comments that you are ok where you are at, hope it stays that way! The paint schemes on these wasps are really good. When you first put down all that yellow I was worried for you…but they turned out great. This video also reminds me I have a few Turbo Duck…er Dork paints I still need to try! Stay safe!!

LA looks like Hell, hope you're staying safe over there.

Super cool paint scheme! Love how they turned out. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I've seen some mecha painted with Turbo Dork that look pretty awesome. I wonder if it is better on large flat areas... 🤔

Some advice from someone who's been playing with color shift and interference paints for a while: 1. You're going to get your most striking results by laying this stuff down over a dark, glossy coat. The reason for this boils down to physics. The inherent mechanism for how these work depends on the light reflecting off of the treated mica flakes, and not being overwhelmed by the light reflected back through the layers of paint. 2. Because of the reflection issue, the other bit you need to worry about is the angle of incidence, i.e. the flakes need to be deposited as flatly as possible, hence the reason for a high-gloss undercoat. Your best shot to accomplish this is kinda counterintuitive, though. You're gonna wanna work kinda dry, and work gradual. If you're adding anything to thin the paint, use a high-gloss additive, such as gloss varnish, or actual acrylic ink, and add it in small volumes. You're basically trying to drybrush the features you want to have the effect, and it's gonna take a few passes before you really start to see results, since you're basically trying to paint with a metallic medium. If you're going to add pigment, go one of three ways: black, complimentary (the hue opposite on the color wheel...), or hue-matched, depending on your desired effect. Stick to single-pigment inks to achieve this, as it will save you a lot of headache in troubleshooting later.

Love where you landed, the end result there - looks amazing!

Sharp new look and a sharp new paint job, I love it. The test model gives me very strong jRPG vibes really reminiscent of some of the monsters you'd fight against in such games. Also, there was no scorn, I am the master of overloading paintbrushes, trust me! And who can resist a paint called "Laserface"? I mean, we are only human, most of the time.

They turned out really cool. Very atmospheric. I can't wait to see them on the table (I assume/hope you'll do a battle report with them at some point?).

The 'Deep Wasps' turned out great! I've had a bunch of Reaper 'Demonic Fly' miniatures that I always wanted to use in RoSD but I had been procrastinating about which paint scheme to put on them for...um,...too long! But, I think you have solved my problem. Thank you. Thinking of everyone over there. Stay safe ay!

Even before I watch the video, I hope you, your family and friends are all safe from the fire's (not sure where you are in California). The rest of the world seems to be freezing, by which I mean most of the US and the UK. See we do care!

Those look awesome

On your test piece, try undercoating with gloss black, then airbrush on several coats of the color shift paint, blowing straight air to dry the layers before applying the next. The effect builds through multiple layers. Some colors need only 3 - 4 coats while some require several more. Airbrushing really speeds up the process, and keeps the layers more consistent.

Love the wasps , you rock!🎉 I wish my buddies were as cool as you. And just an FYI the donuts were a little stale, LOL 😂

We are strange creatures indeed that “deep wasps” is so much more terrifying than “giant flies” … though “plague drones” I have to say is indeed terrifying (I love using papa Nurgle minions in D&D)

Thinking of you in L.A. and the hell-scape it seems to be at the moment. The burnt wasp thing seems like fore-shadowing. Great looking monsters. The paint job is hitting the nail on the head.

I'd be curious to see laserface test over zenithal priming, or even a textured 3d printed swatch card with white, greys to black up top and a limited color palette on bottom. with a detail texture to test out how it works into recesses. maybe thinning and blending each swatch at the edges to really see what can be done with it. But that sounds like it would use up a whole bottle just trying it out.

Couple things: 1. Most important: Are you and yours OK? Are y'all whole? Are you safe? 2. These are awesome! I didn't know I needed... mini giant wasps until now. I hope you're good and not in the path of the fire. I'll be praying for ya.

That looks ggggggrrrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaaattttttt

Yeah, I have seen using an airbrush gives far better results. A buddy of mine tried both methods. Full color shift with the airbrush

and the toasted wasp scheme turned out great, lava-like glow from the inside, they should totally be in the movie as well as practical effects :D This is the problem with videos like this, I see cool shit, and now I wanna spend tomorrow and the weekend making one of them Magma Wasps as a larger model, but then I remember I have to do two paid web projects tomorrow and the weekend is already lost to another thing - I hate adulting.

Hahahahaha, I would totally pick that color just for the name as well :)

Loved your buddy suggested a colour scheme and you ran with it to produced a fantastic result. Koala stamp. Well done! Luv ya work.

Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh- Turbo Duck! The wasps look great! Nice stippling! Hope you're staying safe and away from all smoke and fire in these crazy days.

Looking great

Great job, it's not a colour scheme I would have even thought of.

Very nice.

Cool, didn't know you were involved with #rosd. We play that sometimes, and even have a battle report on our channel. Just finished painting another ranger today. Regarding the Laser paint you're using, I tried that brand of paint once. Once. Those wasps you painted look WICKED COOL.

Very cool. I definitely don't mind the flight stands. I'm a "clear bases for life" kind of guy myself. What if my desert troops get called away on a spec ops mission in the tundra? (These are the thoughts that I think.)

Cool! But did you keep the color-shift wasp too? She could be a mutant or something. Hope the fires are not in your area and you're safe.

"Deep Wasps!" 10/10! Thank you, as always, for reminding us how fun and approachable our hobby can be -your enthusiasm continues to come across in each of your videos!

Always entertaining!

Your world is dying and your hope is a lie. Welcome to 2025.

Thanks for sharing this. My friend and I were talking about building a couple of 4x4 tables that we could link together to get an 8x4 table. This is probably the easier route.

yeah I'm looking for fantasy names for certain areas and tribes. and chatgpt makes the worse things I could ever lay my eyes on. there's a few that stick out but because I dont know how chatgpt got them or thought of them they dont feel like my own which makes me dislike them after a few reads.

I love this. All of it. Media production is a passion hobby of mine, especially voice acting. The more I learn and get to see, the better

Dude!! You had me at voice over. I love watching and listening to pros at work. Even if I do it on a daily basis. Mainly commercials and on air. I do love hearing a pro. She has a hell of a nice set of pipes. Her voice was perfect for the role. Not a lot of people know the work involved in doing any type of voice work or even acting. Having a home studio is a plus. What recording software are you all using for the voice work? Personally I use adobe audition. I love what I can do with it. From editing out inhales to an odd tick or two. This video started my day out right.

Without knowing the nature of the narrator, i wounder if you could layer the different takes to give it more of a i am legion type effect but would also distort the delivery enough to where it would make the narrator and her as a ranger distinct entities

Dude. I've got a backlog of your videos to catch up on. If your buddy doesn't like it, I'll take it! This is awesome! I'd bet Kelly would like it, too!

All these behind the scenes videos are great! I'm not a fan of the "and I'm watching you right now." line, feels corny to me. Still great content.

Try applying the low pass filter to the voice over and the high pass filter to the word ‘run’

I would LOVE to do voice acting! Doing line readings looks like so much fun! Editing the tracks together and picking your favorite readings looks like fun too! I love the freedom you get with voice-over/acting to just "chop and screw" them in any order that sounds good. Mixing different takes and such and until you get the *one perfect edit* 😁 Love these deep-dives into the bts of filmmaking! You could make her voice work for both but it would require playing with the audio a bit, I'm sure some effect would do the trick Of course my Hope is a lie - we all lie to ourselves in some capacity 😉

Very cool on your process. As to Laura possibly doing both...Why not use something 'simple' like Audacity to alter the 'evil voice'? As one who does almost all the voices in my ASMR podcast, changing timber, speed, etc, is my go-to for altering voices, sufficient enough that listeners can differentiate the characters (more so the male voices). Thank you for posting this vid!

Exciting stuff!

Your hope is but feeble candlelight, sputtering, dying in the dark, cold and alone. Allow me the pleasure of extinguishing it.

"I know what you've done!"

Very cool! Thanks for the behind the scenes look!!

Once more i must say this is just one great ride of a show. You never know what is coming. Love it all, and keep them coming 🎉