Armageddon Steel Legion in Plastic - Easier Than You'd Think! [How I Paint Things]

[@0hMax]

I've always imagined the Steel Legion jackets to be yellow rubberised anti-radiation coverings, so your yellow looks great!

[@Daktangle]

Definitely something synthetic to keep the ick of Armageddon off.

[@keithsimpson2685]

Mine are more mustard colored final highlight was proacryl warm yellow and brown washes with a tan mix in for the dry brush so its more like a Venus/sulfurus vibe. Fun models.

[@MrLlamatastic]

That post-Agrax transformation was sorcery!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's pretty magic juice!

[@solomonwalker4132]

Liquid talent

[@tp6498]

Hey Sonic, I just wanted to drop you this comment to let you know how much I appreciate not only your videos but your unique style of presenting them. I've been watching them now for what, nearly 4 years ? And they still put a smile on my face, which so few things on social media manage to do these days. You manage to keep your videos light, funny and informative, sticking to the hobby of miniature painting and not injecting any of your political or social opinions or observations. I can't tell you how much that means to people like myself who turn to this hobby and tutors like yourself to escape, even for just a few moments, the craziness of this world. Thanks again and God bless. 👍

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I figure there's plenty of places people can go to inform themselves - or not - on KZbin and other sites like it. I'm lucky enough to be able to share a little figurative peace and quiet. I don't think I've ever made much secret of my stance on things, but they rarely come up in the context of painting miniatures, and that's where I'd prefer the focus here be.

[@phillipapplecrisp6415]

I've been painting miniatures for about a month and his videos are awesome. They have helped me out alot

[@richardlacroix9069]

Agreed.

[@Draculord666]

Always love how you encourage the tabletop standard scheme and then going the extra mile if you want!

[@landotucker]

Personally I hate it when people push edge highlighting as the "proper" way to paint all miniatures, but you're never going to finish an army like that without going insane

[@RyanVillamonte23]

I just started painting minis about a month ago and the guy at my local game shop recommended your channel. I think I could watch your videos at 5x speed muted and STILL learn a ton. Watching you organize the order in which you paint certain surfaces, where and how to highlight, when and where to wash or highlight, and even just what brushes you use has been incredibly helpful.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Really pleased to hear it - and hi to your local game store! :D I always found the Why of things to be the most interesting when I'm learning something new, so even if I'm repeating information it might sometimes take on a different meaning in a new context. Great you hear you've gotten started with a brush! :D

[@levalexandrov4652]

I really hope they release these guys as a box set. You've inspired me to make a steel legion army.

[@snufflebunny539]

Using this exact scheme for the cadia stands box. Works amazingly

[@Level30Commoner]

I must confess that you're the only miniature painting youtuber I still watch after jumping from channel to channel for four years. The farcical self-aggrandizing or ineptitude at explaining the most basic techniques drove me away from all of them. I really appreciate your down to earth tutorials and just because of your videos I actually bought and painted a Stormcast army and several of Necromunda gangs, despite strongly disliking GW's company policies and rulesets. So thank you very much for your work! :-)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Really glad that you've enjoyed what you've been doing - wherever the miniatures come from, as long as you're happy with the end result and the process was fun, I'd call that a win. :D I don't know that I actually do very well at explaining basic techniques while I'm puttering along here, but each video still has a little something different to it which I'd hope continues to be interesting over time!

[@Level30Commoner]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio You absolutely do. Everybody has to learn how to hold a brush themselves but your insights into picking colors, contrasts and highlights is great for understanding the thought process behind creating a great color scheme that can be achieved without having to put dozens of hours into a single miniature.

[@samfish2550]

That guardsmans trousers are the envy of the legion. They are some very fancy pants

[@zackcook5123]

Fantastic sculpt and fantastic tutorial and I will fight anyone who says the steel legion don't wear yellow. Also those puns are gold

[@peteager3800]

This. Is. Genius

[@conradabdullah3189]

ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Now that's high praise!

[@davidgpeterson]

I love your practical approach to this and also how reassuring you are about making mistakes.

[@RWJP]

Brilliant video... The difference between pre and post Agrax Earthshade is truly incredible.

[@Guru_Swami]

I love that every video is introduced as very special…because really they are! You have such a wonderful presentation style. Thanks for all you do for the hobby Sonic! 🤙

[@davidknight2220]

Excellent Troy. I was looking for a scheme like this for my Copplestone Neo-Soviet figures.

[@willsham45]

haha love it. I was pondering doing this. Then again I also thought GW could have easily made it a box that could make either legion.

[@Lemming433]

I do enjoy your calm style of presenting these guides and the tips on brush strokes to use are great 😁

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@michaelstrange2285]

End result is fantastic.

[@FireDemon11]

I really like the look of this. I may paint my veteran guardsman kill team like this.

[@craigcook5121]

Wicked looking final result, everything works together really well great job

[@georgeaitken2719]

I remember when they brought out steel legion still have quite a few of them

[@megaduck7965]

Those metal Steel Legion go for silly money on eBay these days

[@dennisflood9546]

I really enjoyed the extra level of detail in this video. thanks a lot.

[@johnkelley9877]

The figure looks great and this was a very interesting tutorial! I did not know this color scheme was in the DKoK figures. Thanks for sharing this.

[@CatCrime666]

Yesterday I was discussing how I was disappointed by the lack of Armageddon models. Today you drop this extremely useful video. This is actually incredibly helpful and I'm definitely gonna be making some Armageddon Korps soon

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'd still love for them to come out with some specific Steel Legion miniatures in plastic, but until then... :D

[@landotucker]

I love steel legion. Maybe GW will release a whole range of death korps plastics that will be easy to convert?

[@ASpooneyBard]

They will be releasing the kill team at some point in a standalone box, but releasing an army would make the Forge World range obsolete, and I don't see them doing that, sadly. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the conversions when these guys are more common though.

[@landotucker]

@@ASpooneyBard I was thinking this might be a precursor to GW replacing the cadians with plastic death korps, since they sell so well with forgeworld.

[@andsmorris7225]

Great alternative idea for guard players or new starters who picked up the new boxed set. Great idea for a tutorial haven’t seen anyone else make the jump from death korps to steel legion 👍

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've seen someone a couple years back who was working on using the resin Krieg to run as a Steel Legion army. It looked pretty cool, though they'd opted for the Zandri Dust style jackets rather than the more yellow look. I don't recall if they'd adjusted the helmets, but I don't see that it's totally necessary if you do like the vents on top. There's no saying there aren't huge Departmento Munitorum stores with that old mark of helmet waiting to be issued! :D

[@andsmorris7225]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio very true I doubt they would let anything go to waste. Great tutorial I can see this cross over to steel legion proving popular. Look forward to the next tutorial 👍

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Great result mate!

[@honestindomitus1342]

Chimera antifreeze 😂😂 Great work, as usual. Makes me want to paint!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You should! Go on, bust out the paints and brushes. :D

[@Chopperkelly73]

Nicely done, will try this on a kitbash for stargrave 👍

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy , From Germany .

[@killercann93]

You know, this idea did cross my mind, didn't think anyone else would do it though, I love it and may end up stealing it bud XD

[@cazza1630]

You absolute legend I have been searching web alot for this ever since kill team box came out

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There you go, then! :D Easy as that!

[@TheTurbanatore]

Amazing video

[@brother_wesley]

Great video as always. Would have been nice to see him next to the mini you painted in your previous Steel Legion video for size and sculpt comparison. Great job 👍

[@smoessmee]

I have a squad and more of the metal Steel Legion that I want to repaint, I might use this as a guide, I like the traditional style of it :) Though I'll probably swap a few colours to match what I already have.

[@yoyoyo9669]

another one to watch! just amazing work as usual :p have an awesome week friendo!

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Cool 😎 as always! Thank you!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Much obliged! 🍻 Cheers!

[@JR79511]

Thank you for the tips!

[@timothyyoung2962]

Awesome job. Mini looks beautiful! Going to use that color scheme on my Traitor Guardsmen : D

[@bloodbarage]

Amazing paint scheme!

[@matthewlatchford4761]

wonderful! a really nice paintjob. I've honestly been umming and aahing about how to do some of these whensoever it is I can get my hands on a set of them. SL was one if my plans. I too remeber the third armageddon campaign with much fondness! Also felt that the whole circular thing about making dkok out of sl and now making sl out of dkok was very apt, as my sl were painted and converted as dkok back in 2002! (I used chaos spikes on the helmets as pikelhaubes!) so Yeah I too have been thinking of doing some along these lines, albeit taking the conversion a little further and using madrobot's 'capari shock troop' heads on the dkok plastics... but I was not sure about doing the yellow. not a colour I'm all that happy painting. your vid has shown me exactly how to do it and with such ease! thank you so much. also will be getting some of that varnish asap. good god what a nice finish! I also enjoyed your older vid about making sl out of anvil regiments (my current british themed army is mostly anvil models) again, really really great work on this. very enjoyable and nostalgic to watch

[@jonrollason5709]

Thanks, this was really encouraging. I only need to do a Kill Team, so I think I'm going to: 1 - shave off the aquila from the helmet, 2 - fill the puttees into boots with green-stuff and 3 - *try* to sculpt sand-goggles over the upper face instead of the gasmask eyes. I was worrying about doing a much more involved conversion that involved shortening the coat, but I'm not convinced that's viable.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I think getting into the realm of adjusting the coat or trying to give the lasgun that classic folding stock start to get into the realm of extremely difficult, at least by my perspective, but I'd think the boots would definitely be possible. Should make a big difference overall, too!

[@mikekulebyakin2055]

Thanks for this video, looking for color scheme for my krieg veterans and find this super video !

[@itsallpointless6501]

dude, that's awesome

[@stevepickering5978]

Another Quality paint job

[@Modge17]

There was a codex once where they painted Steel Legion minis as Kreigers, feel like we’ve come full circle!

[@robisonwells1]

Really loved this one!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I think this might be the cunning idea that gets me to go all-in on the plastic Krieg when they come out. The idea of this stuff being standard issue hazardous environment gear rather than specific to one world? Hell yeah, that works for me. :D

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

I usually paint my Krieger different colors for their speciality white for snow environments Black for black ops blue for Urban terrain.

[@thesmileyone29]

Incredible video man! I love your guard videos 😁 been watching for a couple of months but learned so much! Recently started printing a fuedal guard army, would love if you could to do a bullgryn tutorial maybe as the fuedal gaurd print. Much respect 🙏

[@geronimo8159]

Cool thing you got a kutami link now. It's the best option for me as a German, I think 🙂

[@galan8115]

YES. AT LAST. Thats the color scheme I wanted. Now i only need some kriegs.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm looking forward to the release of the individual boxes, myself! Now to just hope they end up with a heavy weapons and command squad box, too... :D

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

Great job, well done

[@sentientbean1]

I just found in my mini pile 4 steel legion minis with lasguns, a shell loader (demolition?) and a grenadier! Also a seargent with a chainsaw, missing an arm. Add to my Krieg Kill Team and I have a full squad! I copied the a45 arm part from the kit with some silicon putty and milliput so that I can build all special weapons options. I have a missile launcher steel legionarie but not sure what I could use him for.. Maybe another demolition dude.

[@JoyousOblivion]

I love this video so much. Codex: Armageddon was my 2nd codex (first was 3rd Ed orks) and I loved the Steel Legion, even if I was fully committed to Speed Freaks. Thanks to 3D printing I think I’ll try your colour scheme!!

[@Myhayv]

You've been really killing it lately with the videos! Are you going to tackle the vampire hunters that Anvil is releasing this month?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Oooh yes. Very soon, hopefully! They're brilliant sculpts.

[@philloynes]

10:49 - Every Imperial Guard Commissar

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Why stop here? Fix bayonets!

[@philloynes]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Exactly! haha

[@Dinguspool]

I was on the fence to buy the Kill Team Octarius set since the day it came out, as I'm already on a huge backlog to paint D&D and Fallout minis (and not knowing ANYTHING about 40K). This video made me bite the bullet because I just looooove the colour scheme you used.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Kill Team is a pretty good introduction to the 40k universe, and the best part is you can easily play other games with the miniatures as well. ;D

[@komma8203]

Uk and Norway, we in norway are not part of eu either, but all the places that ship to eu ship to UK and Norway

[@TheSixYardBox]

Dumb question but are the heads from a different kit or is that Mohawk thing on the krieg heads just been shaved off? I'm looking to make steel legion myself and yours are the best I've seen so far

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's just the little mohawk vent thing clipped and then shaved smooth, still the same heads! ✌

[@DeathonDanceFloor]

Super gemacht 👍🏻schöne grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@nian89]

Gorgeous ❤️

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Totally_A_Bot]

Aww making another krieg video just for me ;) thanks buddy!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Krieg? Where's that? Never heard of the place. We're on Armageddon these days with the rest of the cool kids, splattering Orks! ;D

[@Totally_A_Bot]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio LOL! hey anyway i can make my guys look cool ill take!

[@uwesca6263]

Kinda ironic since the DKoK was original a different paintsheme for the Steel Legion. :D

[@pablocamargo8744]

As a German I love the Steel Legion

[@devin8913]

Great video! Can you post a video or a clip showing how you modified the model before painting? Like the knife work?

[@ja37d-34]

Looking great. :)

[@ElRixSape]

washes really makes the diference.

[@TheKsalad]

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) for me I already have a substantial Steel Legion army made up of the original metal models, so all of a sudden adding plastic krieg would just be a clash of looks. I like both Steel Legion and Krieg but I'm glad the two regiments became their own separated model lines, the Legion with their two piece gasmask and goggles and the Krieg with their own gasmask design. There are just some things between the two that are too distinct for me to start adding mustard yellow kriegers into my army, like their gasmask, helmets, their boots and gloves all being different.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, if you've got the army already... :D No bad thing in having the originals!

[@TheKsalad]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Of course! That didn't stop me from picking up the new kriegers myself and painting them up in their classic ww1 French blues.

[@greekrailfan]

Don't forget their lasguns, very different than DKOK!!

[@loganhillman3926]

Hey Sonic! Love your content as always! Any chance you could do a workshop video on the new Cadian heads?

[@philloynes]

THANK YOU!!!! Stop painting Steel Legion brown! They are and always will be creamy/ yellow!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I never quite understood why GW would release a brown paint named Steel Legion Drab when I don't remember that particular shade showing up anywhere in the original style guides!

[@philloynes]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio It's Ghazghkull's misinformation and propaganda. Has to be!

[@thelonepainter4760]

I think I got a gloss seraphim sepia in a standard pot. Great job as always!👌 Also sent you a follow on instagram😉😃

[@5thlegion123]

Bit late but have you expanded on this model and have made a Squad for them? Inspired me to seriously consider running a Steel Legion Army once again with these models as the Standard Infantry and then hunt down some Grenadiers for my Storm Troopers.

[@andrewkennedy9134]

Dont know if you are still monitoring this thread, but i was wondering if you think a small steel legion force is doable from the plastic kit....including command conversions using the older cadian command set? I love this paint scheme and am wanting to do a mechanised SL force.

[@talaris-uk]

How does your wash not stain the underlying paint, without apply a gloss coat first? Mine completely ruined the model by staining the yellow jacket brown in areas that I didn't want.

[@cromwellthesynth]

One thing I still really hate that GW did with the plastic Kriegs is they completely changed the iconic gas mask design. I'd love to see someone carefully file down or adjust the masks on these so they look more like the iconic world war one british brown bag masks that they should be

[@richardcowan8785]

Hi Sonic great content as always and has inspired me to do my own steel legion. Do you think a similiar result could be achieved with contrast paints, and if so what coulours are best for coat/trousers etc?

[@firofiore6638]

Can you do the Alternative Green Death Korps from kill team

[@Mazku89]

Hi! The half rings in the rifle had very dark shadows after the metal paint, was this done just with aggrax earthshade or did you paint it black again and then highlight with metal to create than depth? thanks!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's just not painted over the black. Once you've blacked in the rifle, as you're applying the metallic parts you can just ignore the gaps in the rings and it'll look like that.

[@Mazku89]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio thanks!

[@Rustie3000]

Does this conversion work with the resin Death Korps from Forgeworld, too? If so you've saved my aspiration to make myself an Armageddon Steel Legion army once i have the money for it :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It should do, you're really not doing much more than changing the top of the helmet and painting them differently.

[@Rustie3000]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thanks for the answer! :) Also i just saw that GW also sells Kriegsmen as Killteam Veterans in their store and then realized, that you actually had one of these models in your video, lol i'm dumb ^^

[@Rustie3000]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Another question if i might ask: As an Army of Armageddon Steel Legion would be nothing without Tanks and other Vehicles and since i really like the more yellow colour scheme you did in this video, could it also be applied to said Tanks when painting them? I mean, obvious answer is yes, a Tank be painted with any colours one likes, but do you think it would look good?

[@AF-kj2zl]

Did you print the citadel pot holder or buy it somewhere? I've seen them before but would like to get one.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The one I've got is a print - the file is on Thingiverse somewhere. I don't remember precisely which one I'd used, but there are dozens of designs available, so you'll find one you like the look of!

[@treymartinez7398]

Do you think I can get similar results with a black primer and awesome job

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You'd be better to try and find a mid or even light grey than starting from black - you'll need a fair few coats to get a solid yellow over black.

[@treymartinez7398]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio damn I thought I would save some time getting the black out the way love the videos man you do vehicles also for the steel legion pattern? Have two leman tanks I don't know what to do with

[@travisjohnson622]

Greyish black. What is this in citadel range?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm not sure which one you mean? With the exception of the Flat Black and German Camo Brown, everything here is the Citadel range. Something like Corvus Black is usually the 'grey black' from Citadel, though.

[@tylerdurden108]

it would not help the parts of the drybrush are not hit properly, with a highlight aftertreatment ... and then agrax shading?

[@Kobrakai392]

What exactly did you adjust to the model to make him steel legion and not death korps?

[@stevenmcgrath5114]

Agrax Eathshade gloss is great dor Deathcorps Plegue Marins, eeewwwww ! ! !

[@maulcrusader7106]

What is the name of the paint color you used for the rim of the base??

[@ladycubed5605]

Awesome video - been struggling to decide on a paint scheme for my DKOK and this did it for me! Curious why you used Vallejo Desert Yellow vs Zandri Dust? You mention being able to use either, curious your rationale. Thanks!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Zandri Dust will work alright, but I find the slightly more saturated yellow base you'll get from Desert Yellow will give easier results for the jackets without having to worry about a third coat of layer paint.

[@Mikester88]

Steel legion was always my favorite guard regiment, too bad they got "overtaken" by a meme and discontinued. Have had the urge to do at least a kill team of the guys, got some of the old metal heavy weapon platforms too. This vid did not help to Still that urge im afraid! My poor wallet!

[@a-sheepof-christ9027]

I have tried painting tau in the red farsight and brown T'au scheme and I am despairing. It never seems to work as it does for others, the highlights turn out blotchy and smeary despite thinning, and various precautions (shaking longer etc). I am devastated to find that even simple looking schemes, arent at all really achievable for most "mortals".

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

If you're getting highlights that won't behave, the simplest answer is usually that you're adding either too much or too little water - and what I usually see when sitting with folks adding water for the first time, it's probably too much. Everyone starts from somewhere; everybody's a mortal, and everyone has to practice to find what works.

[@ДмитрийОстроумов-с1ь]

Щикарно!

[@elicarey938]

What is the model you are using in this video?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This is the plastic Krieg Guardsman with his helmet trimmed flat, from the Kill Team Octarius box. Hoping for these guys to come out for individual box sale soon!

[@swee3142]

I hate Krieg. Legion for life :D

[@samsowden]

An die orkische Position vorrücken! Weitervorstoßen!

[@tonitapiopakkis9864]

I would've wanted to see you do some weathering, mud and paint cracking and steel showing battle damage... love your videos,im totally subscribing to you now.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Man this is excellent. I really like that 'yellow', a lot of DK I see look nice close up but on the tabletop they're just a brown mass.