Behold a Pale Horse - Contrast & Layering White Cavalry [How I Paint Things]

[@m.p.1140]

Just a perfect work,compliment.👍

[@roberthuffman2620]

Excellent speaking voice, great presentation, good light... great video! Inspirational too!

[@stephenjohnston7630]

You went to town on this one, and it was well worth it. Inspired anew to tackle my cavalry mountain over the Christmas break.

[@markwarne893]

Your painting has improved 10 fold

[@knightsofrreee7961]

Glad I found this. I'm about to tackle 'Charge of the Scots Greys'

[@knightsofrreee7961]

Just found out 'grey seer' is 20 quid for a rattle can. Reckon I'll just use vallejo pale grey primer and go from there. GW be crazy.

[@gameswithtoasty3246]

I love your vids. Very clear, easy for a newbie like me to follow, and very soothing on the soul to listen too

[@sgtbenton8518]

Great result with a tricky colour to get right.

[@johnkelley9877]

I really think this is one of the best figures you have painted! Thanks for sharing this.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Cheers, John! I think on a technical level he's probably not that much different to the other stuff I've done, but there's something remarkably striking about the uniforms of the period that's hard not to enjoy. :D

[@philRminiatures]

Cracking job on the difficult white cavalry painting, thanks for the tips!👍

[@daniele0375]

Awesome video! Great timing, as I'm about to start painting my death korps rider lol

[@dwadland]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[@ernieme101]

those are lovely models and you've done a very nice job painting this fellow ! i considered buying into the Kickstarter and reality jumped up and reminded me i'm halfway through a Napoleonic project that i started five years ago , in addition to many other projects , some completed , some not :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Haha, isn't that always the way? 😂 I shudder to think how long some of my cunning plans and clever projects have been languishing on the pile...

[@mobileandhostile7895]

⭐️ lovely sculpt and lovely brushwork 😎 ⭐️ 👍

[@gorlestondoug]

As a cavalry fanatic I found this very helpful indeed, so many great tips in one tutorial is awesome. I would be interested to know how you tackle black horses as I find them very tricky myself. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work.

[@jamisonmunn9215]

This is now my painting goal.

[@Oviton]

Thank you for this nice tutorial boss.

[@stevepickering5978]

Looks Brilliant I only wish I could paint half as good as you Keep up the Good work

[@lucioquinziocincinnato7984]

Great painting! Cheers from Francesco Thau

[@e-4airman124]

you are just plain awesome merry Christmas and happy boxing day

[@TheEccentricMan]

Turned out nice again!

[@patriciaolsen7816]

You did a great job on your horse miniature figure I have learn a lot from watching your video on painting a horse and miniature to keep up the great work happy miniature painting have a great day and be safe to merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@allanburt5250]

Fantastic thanks for sharing 👍

[@gkspain1]

Very nice, more horses please

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Super helpful, I will be starting on some F&I War French lads soon. Running about with their knees bent in the woods of North America in white uniforms. Insanity. Cheers!

[@stevenbuerkle9329]

That looks awesome. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Stan3eme]

Amazing paint work and stunning figure from Piano miniatures!

[@timothyyoung2962]

Ah yes, painting a mini and then realizing it would have been much easier to paint it in separate pieces and THEN fully assemble it, but only realizing that AFTER you're 75% done. Been there more than I care to admit. Mini looks great, Horse turned out fantastic.

[@RotGolem]

Yep, so many times. I'm currently experiencing the opposite roadbump, made too many subasseblies. You paint, you learn. ;-D

[@furiousv775]

12:16 one shade to rule them all.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

...and in grim darkness bind them.

[@walkaboutgamez2502]

Awesome work I’m looking forward to painting this army after I print them

[@ericboyle8296]

Brillant tutorial thanks! How did you get that Iyanden Yellow to turn up yellow!?! It always ends up orange for me at least over a Wraithbone or White primer.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I have no idea - it just went on yellow for me! I shake the everloving snot out of my Contrast stuff before using it, is the only thing I can think might be a difference.

[@torros1839]

The facial features remind me do much of the Italeri 1/72 figures

[@swaaahtome]

Great tutorial as always.. now heres an irrelevant question for you, if you had to pick the best German infantry kit from bolt action which would it be?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It depends an awful lot on what you mean by 'best' though! If I were pushed to answer without any more input, I'd probably say the Grenadiers. It's showing its age a little now, but it's an excellent box with a ton of weapon options. The Afrika Korps is a more recent box that's likewise extremely good, with AT rifle and light mortar options in there as well; that'd be my pick for best value single box. But short of knowing more about what constitutes the best, I'd really just be guessing what question I'm really answering. ;D

[@swaaahtome]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you for the informative reply I just ordered a box of Grenadiers there! My first bolt action box. I hope you have a great Christmas.

[@ChairmanMjau]

But what about painting a black horse?

[@frigginsepone446]

Nice color for a unicorn...

[@stephenrenwick8781]

Very nice

[@lamontgreen9991]

Was waiting for you to do a white horse. Thanks for the video mate!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Had to happen eventually, right? :D Check out the video linked in the description, too; I rather like that method as well!

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Really nice work SSS. I have no chance of getting close to your lovely work hehe . This will be the future of wargaming . Buying STL files . It cuts out shipping costs which can be put towards better models and painting. Plus getting, for example the minor nations that have no hope of getting tooled up for, from the Rhine Countries inc Artillery and cavalry

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There's been another release from this chap featuring a couple more of the minor nations of the Confederation of the Rhine, it's been fascinating seeing them come to life. Not having to wait for shipping and handling is certainly a bonus from my perspective, too! 😂

[@norm977]

Thank you - very helpful, I have napoleonic Austrians in the queue

[@nisranders6172]

Great tutorial, thanks! Contrast paints seem to be really helpful with these wargame miniatures. I am painting mostly 54mm display figures. Have you any experience if these paints work with these larger scales also quite well?

[@loupiscanis9449]

A Very Special Thank you , Troy . 🐺

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Awuu!

[@trainboy1739]

Oh yea, The spinning machine is back!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I think I finally figured how to get the best focus and lighting on it since moving house. It's only been, what, seven months? 😂

[@trainboy1739]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio eh give or take it has

[@davidcollins2648]

I don't know why but it seems no one looks at horses eyes. You can give them a directional gaze that really adds to the emotional impact. The sculpting will limit your options as this figure does by having very small eyes. For instance a frightened horse will have bulging eyes, pupils forward and down with white showing to the rear and top of the cornea. The flare of the nostrils and the attitude of the ears also tell parts of the story. Your painting method is very good, but to be honest the legs look strange being segmented by dark lines. That is the sculpting but I find it too much of an abstraction. If you are printing these figures is there a program where you can go in and tweak things? For a top notch figure I would seriously consider remolding the eyes and lower legs in some fashion. I realize few wish to go to this level of detail but there's always a figure or 2 you wish you could do more with. All that said I only today discovered your channel and have subscribed. I can't wait to explore the rest of your videos so thank you!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There's a lot to answer here, so I hope my being short won't come across as being more terse than intended! 😅 To summarize, the eyes are left as they are on purpose - my painting style is really more to get models on the table than for display, so ordinarily there's quite a few bits left deliberately either entirely unpainted or quite plain. If I'm not painting the rider's eyes, I'm surely not going to paint the horse's! But just so, they'd probably look a lot better with a little touch of white to properly convey the expression. As for sculpting 3D miniatures... strictly speaking, yes, it's possible to tweak them in a sculpting program of your choice (such as Blender or Meshmixer, which are both free) but it's rather like sculpting using traditional methods in that it's another skill set that requires practice to perfect. For miniatures viewed at table distance the deliberate exaggeration of those features is reminiscent of how many sculptors will exaggerate heads and hands on human figures. It'd not be impossible to adjust an STL before printing, but at least in my case I'd find it more trouble than it was worth. Now, tweaking heads and faces on some of the infantry figures I've got...

[@irishtom30]

Whenever people think historicals are boring to paint, remind them about the Napoleonic wars. The main tactic was to blind your enemy with your glamorous uniforms and fancy hats

[@kazama6245]

Is this 28mm?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Yup. I'd have very small hands if it wasn't!

[@geronimo8159]

"Württembergian" cavalry, well that sounds specific 😀. I'm from that area, maybe I should get some 🤔...

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm hoping to see the same sculptor tackle Bavarians, myself! ✌

[@geronimo8159]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio that greedy Württemberg duke basically traded the lives of his subjects for the crown though, a sad period for the people 😐

[@thanasisgeronimos9124]

chaaaaaaaarge....for the emperoooooor.....wait...what...we are in 1800's??? ok...For the Kiiiiiiiing...... Also...for a white finish on any model that has some other colors on it i advise Ivory from Valejo...its almost like pure white but it tints a bit towards yellow...but its sooooo little that alongside the other colors you cannot see it

[@Marconius6]

Did you forget to highlight the sword, or did I just miss that in the video?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I didn't forget, I just didn't highlight it! Part of the beauty of Iron Hands Steel. It's bright enough that after a shade, you can leave it and it still looks fine.

[@ratbert69uk]

Generally no such thing as a white horse. They are nearly always referred to as grey. Just a useless bit of information.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I actually didn't know that, though! I had always thought there was a distinction made between grey and closer to pure white horses. Never hurts to discover something new!