And don't forget that the more models you field, the more you benefit from "platoon effect", which is when you see the models as a team that's all uniformly painted instead of a single, sad, quickly painted mini.
@Chef_PC2 жыл бұрын
They do kind of take on their own little life after a while.
@garyarmitage93592 жыл бұрын
Terrific "How to" Video! Have to paint a lot of Anglo-Zulu War Brits and this was really helpful. This was a terrific result too! Cheers
@TheEccentricMan2 жыл бұрын
Nice work Troy, however I'm one of those people who just don't like the effect of contrast paints, but I can see how for some people it can really work for them.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Fair enough! They're a bit Marmite, yeah. 😅 Personally I still find a base, shade and highlight to be just as quick, but plenty of people seem to swear that these are faster.
@TheEccentricMan2 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Whatever works for someone to get their figures painted and on the table is fine by me. 😀
@alessiodecarolis2 жыл бұрын
You're right about the different facings' colours, f.e. New Yorkers had buff ones. The hunting shirts were very popular in the continental army, whole units, expecially riflemen, were equipped with them, the last mini is surely from one of these, given the lack of a bayonet. These minis, as usual, are really well painted, it's incredible how the infantryman remember an early french revolutionary soldier.
@AnExtrovertPaints2 жыл бұрын
As someone who used to study this stuff professionally, uniformity of Continental troops really depended on the year, the unit, and the theatre. Some troops were very well equipped and others weren't--some southern colonies, for example, could not adequately outfit their troops during the fall and winter months, whereas mid-Atlantic and New England colonies had more success with uniformity. Pennsylvania Line soldiers also were typically (not always) well uniformed (though you get the odd new recruits or British deserters who were pressed into service without proper continentals--the coats with the different facings). After the 1779 reforms, you do tend to see greater uniformity as well as supplies from France started to trickle in more steadily. Prior to this, quite a few bolts of fabric were taken off in a raid by Loyalist troops during the winter of 1777-1778 outside Philadelphia (some of this cloth was meant to refit soldiers at Valley Forge). Of course militia, Associators, and Flying Camps were different beasts entirely. With the exception of Flying Camps, uniformity amongst these units was rare and also widely depended upon the colony and location at the time. Deserter reports offer some clues but these aren't always reliable on the whole (however sometimes you get four or five deserters from the same unit in the same listing at the same time that give clues to the kit of the regiment as a whole). Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Anyway, fun video as always!
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
I'm still very much a newcomer to the era, let's say. Spent a few days making sure that at least nothing's egregiously wrong! 😅 The Perry Miniatures boxes always come with the most specific painting guides, but the sheet in the Continental infantry one is pretty crazy, there's seven pages of colour examples. Makes a nice change of pace! If you've got any suggestions for good sources to turn to for someone dipping their toe into the water, I'd be dead curious.
@AnExtrovertPaints2 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio cheers, bud. Let’s chat over Instagram.
@simonbreckon79752 жыл бұрын
as always, a great tutoriol. would you be able to paint up some British and Zulus in contrast as a guide ? :)
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Well, British are easy. They're much the same uniform for a couple hundred years, except the trousers at that point. I'd probably paint those in Leviadon Blue and follow the rest of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXPGmGaXoJKYiLc
@irishtom302 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how old some Perry miniatures sculpts are and yet, for my money, they haven't been bested. Maybe it's just because I like the true scale more than heroic, but they also just have such lovely details, poses, and faces.
@Castillo5252 жыл бұрын
Loved this vid!
@euansmith36992 жыл бұрын
#2's uniform looks surprisingly camouflaged. Those Perry minis are wonderfully naturalistic. Silver Bayonet during the War of Independence could make for a nice variant setting.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Right? It's still close enough in terms of weaponry it should work, it's just crying out for a supplement...
@dougredshirt39912 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Sounds like the Headless horseman of sleepy hollow, would be a good place to start or maybe Rip Van Winkle.
@justanothercaptain65662 жыл бұрын
Wow! Okay this was awesome! This was totally my “jam”! What set was this? I need to pick it up. Thanks! Cheers 🍻
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Perry Miniatures Continental Army, these guys are ace! :D
@justanothercaptain65662 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you 🙏
@RdamplificationUk12 жыл бұрын
I'm creating a AWI set. Really enjoyed this VT. Any suggestions for getting a decent result for a Grenadier bearskin?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Anything just off black will usually work well. Something like Vallejo's Black Grey would still be my go-to for bearskin mitres.
@danieldruckman92162 жыл бұрын
Informative and entertaining as always! Slightly off topic but what basing material did you use for these?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
A bit of sand and PVA, then Flat Brown and a drybrush of Dark Sand. GW static grass and done!
@marcel_schweder-composer2 жыл бұрын
Hi @Sonic. After watching one of your videos a few months ago, I went out as a beginner and bought a lot of contrast colors. Then I started coloring my Napoleonic figures using the exact method you showed here and in the other "Painting with Contrast Colors" videos. Well...didn't go so well... 😀 Unfortunately, I often fail when drybrushing with white over the "Aly's" (I copied the recipe exactly) or preshading Seraphin. I usually use too much paint or I press too hard. This smudges the details. Was wondering if I was too stupid for this. I also never got the contrast colors right, mostly too dark (because I used too much paint or painted over the same spot more often) or too unevenly. Apart from my inability, it is probably also because I work with 1:72 figures, which are significantly smaller than the 28mm figures and the details are often not as pronounced, depending on the manufacturer of the figures. Well, I keep practicing. Maybe it's because of the size of the figures or I'm more of the painter who gets along better with the classic method and "classic" colors of Vallejo. Let's see, I keep practicing. I just wanted to share my experiences. Anyways, thank you very much for your content. 😀
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
1/72 figures can be a little tricky since - at least in my experience - they tend to be sculpted and cast in a slightly different style to their larger and smaller cousins. Detail isn't ordinarily as pronounced, which ordinarily means the Contrast-style effect doesn't work as prominently. They still make good base coats, though; you might try working from a white primer without the pre-shade I've used on the larger figures, and then highlight the Contrast stuff traditionally.
@marcel_schweder-composer2 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'll have to paint a bunch of French and Austrians and will try a combination of methods. Thank you!
@stevenbuerkle93292 жыл бұрын
Very nice work as always. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. Hey can you paint some French-Indian war minis. Maybe a Native American Indian, a French soldier & a British soldier. To give us amateurs something to stride for. 😂🤣😂. Thank you, Cheers 🍻🍺🍻 🥃
@darrinstanaway89432 жыл бұрын
Another good informative painting tutorial mate yes I'm slowly getting through alot of boxes of the AWI era for myself I'm using more of original paints not contrast but I still like the way the contrast gets you a good result and very fast I'm currently on a regiment of the British and man yes alot of buttons etc on them my figures are from wargames factory but also have some Perry miniatures always enjoy the look of rank and file of the musket era 👍
@BlackPersonExpert2 жыл бұрын
Do you reckon a color like dark Prussian blue would work well for a continental army dark blue? (I just love the color and want to bring it to your attention if you weren’t aware of it!)
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
It should do! Any really rich, dark blue will work well for the Continental jackets.
@musoseven82182 жыл бұрын
Another great video. As a novice, what scale/size are these figures please🤔👍😊
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
These are 'true' 28mm figures, from Perry Miniatures.
@musoseven82182 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you, much obliged 👍😊
@Chef_PC2 жыл бұрын
10:10 - What did you mean by saying “it’s a little too warm to be painting white at the moment”? I have been trying to figure that out for the rest of the video. 😅
@terminator5722 жыл бұрын
COMPLETELY irrelevant to the video Sonic BUT I finally found the guy who has the STLs for a lot of DakkaDakka Store's minis! His name is Ghamak, and he even has a MyMiniFactory page!
@markkuhn12972 жыл бұрын
Great job as always! Where can I find these figures? Are they part of a game?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Whoops! I thought I'd mentioned the manufacturer - I might have accidentally cut that. These are the plastics from Perry Miniatures, their Continental Army Infantry box. As for a game, something like Black Powder, Sharp Practice, Rebels and Patriots; there's a lot of options out there!
@thetraitorguardsmen.53212 жыл бұрын
Please please please can we a video conversion of the Hessian horseman. Before he lost his head. 💯🖤🎃
@leonleese4919 Жыл бұрын
They would make great Imagination’s Light and Line infantry, as Spencer-Smiths infantry were AWI figures.
@davidmoraleja712 Жыл бұрын
Your videos and painting style are amazing! thank you for all this content. It really helps me as I am starting with the hobby!! :D
@samsowden2 жыл бұрын
Aren't you a month late with these? #independenceday
@timberry47092 жыл бұрын
And why would a Brit be celebrating the American War of Independence? 😁
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
I'm not British. 😅
@timberry47092 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio 😳 Nevermind.
@tylerdurden1082 жыл бұрын
hello, could you paint a miniature with an oil wash ?t that would be cool
@NicGamz2 жыл бұрын
The 1779 Continental Army Uniform soldier is my favorite. Well done. 👍
@oldschoolfrp23262 жыл бұрын
Nice work; It took me forever to stop defaulting to how I painted RPG characters and focus instead on the appearance of the entire unit, to complete an army to a tabletop standard with less time and effort
@timberry47092 жыл бұрын
True, the various units of the American Army was uniformly ununiform.
@theandf2 жыл бұрын
I quite like them. Sonic, out of curiosity: you often discuss how models painted like these would "look on the table", and I have to wonder... which games with massed armies do you play? I imagine not for every game and period, because you simply wouldn't have the time to paint armies for all of them! So which ones do you play? :)
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
I wish I had the *space* for more, that's the tricky part! But as far as stuff I've got painted to 'army' size - without tying to game system - I've got Crimson Fists, Iron Hands, a pretty decent chunk of Imperial Guard, then at least understrength company sized forces for WWII gaming of US Army, British Airborne, German Heer and 2NZ Division. Otherwise I've got a *bunch* of small skirmish groups, gangs and such for different games and settings, but armies? It's really just those.
@johnkelley98772 жыл бұрын
They look really good! I like the variation in the unform styles and colors as it looks more realistic. Thanks for sharing this.
@rjlarose52712 жыл бұрын
While to corrax primer may be gone. Ill still take the time to thin it out for base coats. As its to good not to use for clone and storm trooper armor.
@CaseyHuebner2 жыл бұрын
I’m about to try this wash with contrast over for some Vikings. Any suggestion for which wash to use?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
There's not much to choose between Seraphim Sepia or Agrax Earthshade, honestly. It's up to how warm you want them to look. Myself, I'd probably use the Agrax, but it's much of a much once you get all the colour on.
@Fredeye632 жыл бұрын
It's ironic that you put this out when I am painting Prussians with contrast. Contrast on 15mm is challenging.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
With some colours it can really work, but at 15mm they're usually quite strong. A little of the medium might help to have more of the primer showing through?
@garyclarke48892 жыл бұрын
Terrific work! Could I ask what type of brush you used for the flesh work please?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, any medium-to-small brush will do the job, but I tend to find the Citadel Small Layer brush works best for highlighting faces. Applying the bases and the shade was a Medium.
@mattluszczak8095 Жыл бұрын
Hi bud im from melbourne. Where do you get your figurines
@SonicSledgehammerStudio Жыл бұрын
I could list you the German stores I get my stuff from, but I doubt that'd help you much. 😅 Google will have miniature stores and online stockists closer to you.
@auhjo84062 жыл бұрын
Have you tried the army painter speed paints? If so what do you think of them? I have been interested in contrast but never wanted to pay for them so speed paints seems like the way to go.
@horusheresy69492 жыл бұрын
So basically, all your videos are very special? Nice work btw
@hollywoodwerewolf2 жыл бұрын
were there 2 coats done on the blue coat?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 жыл бұрын
Nope, just one. Leviadon Blue is strong stuff!
@SnoddiesHobbies2 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you've read the book 1776 but it's a great history book about the American Revolutionary war.