Painting a Warband - 21 Miniatures for Frostgrave in 2 Days

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[@ZEK.0]

Hi I’m looking into getting into dnd and want miniatures on the table. I really want to do some homebrewy stuff and want it to be a classic, vanilla or retro style adventure. Can anyone give me a list of classic “the ones you think of when you hear dnd” monsters I could get miniatures of? I have about £15 of pocket money to spend on minis. If you could help I would be really grateful! Thanks! Also great video learning loads about the hobby!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

£15 isn't going to go very far with miniatures. Best thing to do with no budget is to spend some time and a tiny bit of money making paper mins.

[@cayceh]

@@ZEK.0 Check out printable heroes for paper minis! He has a lot of the classic monsters available.

[@JPGotrokkits]

I'm surprised that a fellow who lives in such tropical climes, knows so much aboot snow! You must read a lot of books! ;-)

[@Penguin2923]

You know Scott! Two best mini KZbinrs know each other!?

[@leandrosi4950]

"Ive only painted max 6 miniatures at the time, i dont know how 20 will be" 40k players: "Hold my chainsword".

[@Aconspiracyofravens1]

yeah, those poor souls with 240 guardsmen

[@ChaiFairy]

Unsolicited tip from someone with Shaky Hands. If you hold your mini with one hand and rest the other hand, holding the brush, on your palm your two hands shake together at the same rate allowing you more control. I do this and it's been working for me.

[@oliviairene4637]

If you can do that and plant both your elbows on your table you'll find yourself really, really stable. My hands shake a bit too, and it's the only way I can paint any detail whatsoever.

[@nizzemanden]

wtf I never noticed this, thank you

[@cycoholic]

Holding your breath can help as well. Though naturally hard to do when painting a lot of figures at once. Mainly use it when painting finer details.

[@AzraelThanatos]

I've done the same thing since late high school since an idiot teacher caused some serious damage to my arm,

[@fhuber7507]

I just have to touch my hands to each other in some way. Tip of the "pinky" of one hand touching any part of the other hand is enough.

[@JokerFace090]

The video and the minis turned out great. As far as learning goes, I prefer to see people making different choices and discussing the options as opposed to a step by step format with no explanation of why choices are made.

[@paulschultz2331]

While the final video quality was highly polished, I appreciate how raw the “tutorial” itself was. The struggles are so much more valuable than, “How to paint minis in a perfect world, live from the unicorn ranch.”

[@kiarakeeper2154]

Yes.. struggle. It makes the rest of us mear mortals feel less intimidated

[@drskullcrusher3553]

I watched this while painting 30 warhammer minis. Great video.

[@reecewarden669]

Man do I ever wanna dive into this game. These minis look mint brother keep it up

[@TheLastWhiteKid]

Thanks for not being another air brush tutorial. Some of is still can't afford one and it's nice to see some one do it the old fashioned way.

[@DebbieBuckland]

i too avoid air brushing.... one because I really don't need yet another tool taking up little room I have for storage and i don't want to learn a new skill....lol - paint and brush does me fine.... I have the time

[@JPGotrokkits]

Same here, I live in an apartment and an airbrush is would be a no-no. I can however go out to the field behind and spray prime when the weather allows it.

[@edwardgurney1694]

"Quantity has a quality all of its own."

[@edwardclay7551]

I like this kit. And I like your process. The struggles and indecision are real. You did amazing work on these. Good work!

[@markblue777]

"I don't do complicated techniques when painting.... I am just making this paint really runny to tint the clothing." -> The complicated term for that is Glazing ;) haha. Ace results as usual man.

[@YetiLord]

Currently painting over 50 ghouls for my Warhammer army haha!!! You are half way to coming to the dark side! Jokes aside great video as always! Music was dope!

[@beeezlebub]

Loving it!! The cultists have so much bad ass factor! 🤘

[@AwkwardlySatisfying]

I actually love this video, and I’ve watched it multiple times. Not boring for me, lol.

[@FarmerRiddick]

In regards to painting 20+ warriors; Some 20 years ago (2001-2002) when the I.T bubble burst, painting models for W.A.B (Warhammer Ancient Battles) made my truck payment, credit cards and many other things until I was able to get a decent job. I painted 28mm pewter Celts. Celts are individualized for the most part. Lots of plaid, different hair colors and I was doing something no one else was doing - tattoos. I found that segregating a unit into 5 to 6 parts and focusing on shuffling the models into new parts after each block was the most effective way to paint a unit that was essentially individualized. Each part (5 models or so) would get their own color of trousers then, reshuffle for each part getting their tunics painted then, reshuffle so on and so forth. I'm not going to say it makes things faster but, it does change things up to keep one more engaged and having the "perception" of actually accomplishing things. lol Now it's 2023 and I'm setting up a hobby room for hobby crafting and pianting miniatures and I'm going to attempt to see what I can do - starting with terrain. My son as gotten my grandson into 40K recently and I want to setup a gaming area at my place. Me eyes are not as keen as they once were and the techniques, figure material, paints, etc, have changed considerably since 2001. I've been only painting in recent years, to well... just get mini's on the table and play. Now, I'm about to go all serious once again. I really appreciate some of those struggles with shaky hands. When I decided to have a farm years ago, the physical demands of carpentry and pounding endless T- Posts, is one reason I didn't really try to do quality work. Things are a little more relaxed now and the 'shaky hands' have subsided for me. Thanks for the video! You kept it real and it's a good video for those that are new to the hobby.

[@jeremygriffin620]

Fellow hand-shaker as well (and I'm an electrician). I really appreciated seeing the whole spectrum of the process, including a guy my age sitting there scrunched over a table thinking about how much his back hurts and how bored he is getting. I've done frostgrave gnolls and yuan-ti (eh snakemen), so thank you for letting me know that my process is normal.

[@mercurybard9794]

The snow looks amazing, especially clumped up on the lower parts of the minis

[@blister4walken]

Good job. The yellow 'n black reminds me of my Eldar guardians in my old school 90s Eldar army. Frostgrave is getting more appealing.

[@mikeelarsen1964]

Those snow effects on the clothing are excellent.

[@Dom2D]

I actually really enjoyed this "boring" video! Thanks!

[@trynda1701]

Agreed, nothing boring about this video. 😎😎😎😎

[@davidcollins2648]

Showing success will inspire, sharing your mistakes will teach.

[@Midnight_BRAZIL]

Not borring! It's awesome, I really enjoyed watching it.

[@LeonGarnet]

This is basically the personal hell I summit myself every week, glad to see I'm not the only masochist in the hobby (though not as good a painter as I wish to be). Great job! They look awesome.

[@barbaraleaweaver-mercado1820]

Very interesting, not boring to me. Striking figures that I wouldn't want to meet in a snow storm!

[@FigsArtsandCrafts]

I know this was three years ago however my hands too shake and I put off building stuff because of it. Thanks for putting yourself out there. I feel better knowing that it’s ok.

[@dkbibi]

Music felt a bit like 80's vibe. Like it 😊

[@oliviairene4637]

Yeah, at the beginning I couldn't help but start singing "Funkytown"

[@brucelammers6649]

I was thinking Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

[@RollCastPodcast]

I just finished my Zombicide boardgame, that’s 75 miniatures, it was a tortuous 5 days. So I feel you. Cool job man, keep it up

[@nickrogers3111]

I'm bout to start on zomb season 1.

[@oboylefamily1869]

Wow. Impressive

[@NicodemousBain]

As long as you like the end result, who cares what it took to get there. I have done some warbands using 4 colours and a wash or 2, and some I've used a lot more. Yours look awesome, my frostgrave necromancer is actually the old Mordheim possessed cultists. Sweet snow effect too, excellent work!

[@rat_datboi2185]

I painted all 63 zombies from Zombicide: Black Plague and it only cost my soul.

[@creaturecreator26]

Fair price for 63 minis, no blood sacrifice?

[@rossdiggle]

Not lengthy or boring. Great work

[@TheFearmonger]

this is my favorite vid of yours in a long time! the details came out pretty great i think, and this was super enjoyable. ty!

[@donald7216]

Using blue for highlighting black looks really good too

[@brettsteele7386]

One one my favorite video's from you so far. Those mini's turned out fantastic. Great Job. I bought some cultists a while back, but it was a small set of 4 or 5 mini's.

[@fletchtalon]

General painting tip that may especially benefit those with the shakes. Paint smaller areas first, the face and skin for example. If you make a mistake and paint fled onto clothes/armour then you can paint over it later. And you're less likely to make those mistakes when painting the larger areas. If painting for display this is especially handy for eyes. Always easier to paint around the eyes than painting eyes in the middle of a finished face.

[@ShadowDrakken]

It was a good and interesting video, especially for beginners who may be a bit more timid at trying out things without a solid plan. It shows great results can be done on-the-fly.

[@sblomkamp]

At the end you say this was probably one of your most boring videos. I have to disagree, dude. I've got a big miniature painting project coming up thats got me feeling pretty intimidated and just getting to relate to someone else's thought processes and technique is really helpful and definitely interesting. Thanks for putting this together. Great content as always

[@davidrodgers6141]

Hey I have pretty bad vision when It comes to small detail. I know you said your eyes were strained. I got an LED magnifying glass that's made for this stuff for 20 bucks. So worth it! My quality of paint has gotten so much better.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I, like many, find magnifying lamps to cause more harm than good because of how they screw up your depth perception.

[@luckybardgames3861]

I do love that this video was different from all your others. Vlogs aren't done enough when it comes to this sort of project. I appreciate you spent the time to do this and give us all your thoughts and processes. Really enjoying your videos and glad a friend recommended you to me.

[@Bhegtvedt]

Eshin Grey is a GW color that is almost black it still allows a wash to darken the recesses but allows a lighter grey for highlights. It allows for painting robes or boots in the same way you have been doing stone.

[@wearytraveler3524]

Shakey Hands! Make yourself a slanted board that slips onto the edge of your desk or table! Lean on the slanted board with your forearms while you paint! This has worked for me for years!

[@popburnsy3207]

This was really interesting. Really nice to see someone else's process, including the thoughts for why you chose the colors you chose, as well as a rough idea of just how long it took to finish painting the warband

[@phillbosque2183]

Those came out fantastic! Wish i could snap my fingers to get through painting minis too!

[@ernestorodriguez3637]

I love your opening!

[@paulgibbons2320]

Little dry brush of bleached bone works well after the washes. Gives that worn effects. Edge heights make things a little bubbly.

[@Renny_7777]

Those models look great! I actually like the longer videos like this. It gives me something to listen to while I paint my own models. Keep up the great work!

[@meraduddcethin2812]

Thank you for yet another solid, high-quality video. I can't express how important and valuable it is to show the actual process of doing a project like this rather than a polished "Do X...then Y....then Z....profit". Again and again, great thanks and appreciation.

[@bettsdn]

This was fantastic! For all of us normal non-professional mini painters, seeing this sort of process is invaluable.

[@whilehobbying5514]

I like seeing your process and progress!

[@dougsundseth6904]

For shaky hands, I'll suggest using longer paint handles for your minis. This allows you to rest the heal of your painting hand on the handle and only move tips of your fingers when painting. FWIW, I like scrap bits of 1x2 lumber, but an appropriately sized dowel would also work if you like the roundness of the corks you're currently using.

[@terrainaholic]

I just did 20 some thing demons and struggle is a KIND word for my time at it!!!! GREAT tips and love to see others work though the challenges that come with this hobby:)!!!!

[@fnorazril]

Those turned out really well. Fun video to watch as well, thanks for the insight into the trials and tribulations behind a large batch painting of units.

[@ModerateHipster]

Nice work, as ever! I really like the look of the snow paste on the figures themselves; really ties them to their environment. Great Idea.

[@duckmissile]

I enjoy seeing the process of mini painting. Thanks for the video!

[@marcuswilson3266]

I love the miding of your paint layers, they (the cultists) look great. Thanks for the video.

[@andrewmorris-costigliola2804]

Loving your Frostgrave vids! Thanks to you, I am now hoping to delve into Frostgrave!

[@stephenstoneii197]

Personally enjoyed seeing the decision process and showing how you struggle, it helps us know we can get through it. Thanks a lot!!!

[@PedroDoderoEscalante]

Great video, as you just don't show your process but also your thought process. Loved the music too. Keep up the good work.

[@juliehamel8330]

I really like you miniature painting videos. I'm still getting started in the craft and I find more advanced tutorials sooooo intimidating where as yours make me feel comfortable. I've learned a lot from watching you paint ( from mini prep to washes to green stuff etc.) and my miniature painting skills are getting noticeably better. So thank you for all your hard work. And I don't mind the longer video, I tend to have you and other creators playing in the background while I craft, I find it helps with my creativity. You've sort of unknowingly become my crafting buddy. I shall go now... I have a ninja toy to turn in a giant for next week's game.

[@AJsWargaming]

One of your best recent videos. I enjoyed it a lot!

[@The_Keto_Klingon]

I really like your blog style videos. Thank you.

[@gabormihaly172]

This was not boring at all! :) I enjoyed watching till the end. You did a really nice job! Thanks for sharing!

[@dfw_sleepypillz1007]

The struggle is real. Rock on, man!

[@Gextroll]

I love the Hide/Flesh Shield but the guy holding it does look a bit like he's wearing Corncob Armor (at least pre-wash, still watching) :D

[@jooke86]

The snow on their clothes looks really good!

[@marshallsonsteby3862]

This is the kind of stuff I want to build my skills up to! Love this video provided the needed inspiration to get there.

[@leeperry7068]

Really appreciate your note about having shakey hands. As I'm aging, I find that increasing to a notable level when I'm doing something like mini painting. Also, in the early-mid 40's expect as some random point to see your minimum vision distance blow out quite a bit (happens over the span of just a couple months), so all those magnifying glasses I used to make fun of suddenly become invaluable.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

My shaky hands may be shit but I'm very thankful to still have very good vision.

[@briangilgan]

Good video, man. Just a quick suggestion about choosing colours when painting units/warbands. If you pick one mini out of the bunch that is representative of the rest of the unit and paint it up completely first, it will free you up to try different things. If you change your mind about your colour scheme you only have one mini to fix. Then paint the rest to match that first colour-test mini. In my experience this is a more direct, and therefore faster, approach.

[@bubblesmccarthy1069]

I love the legion of cone head banana men before the wash. It could make a great shirt.

[@joeldude1998]

It's definitely interesting you see other people's process when painting. I'm very much a novice, but I'm having fun finding my own way to paint my miniatures. I still have a long way to go, and I'm building up my paint collection as I go. But I do really enjoy figuring things out as I go.

[@Rasnadov]

the final snow effect is genious!

[@jimpyre5038]

I get the shakes too... Respect!!!

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

I combined the cultist box with the demon one (for the heavy armour) they look great, frostgrave minis are so simple and totally compatible with each other.

[@adamwiley7625]

The music in this video is groovy baby!

[@MonstrousHandbook]

nice, more mini painting !

[@AlohaGamester]

I enjoyed this video and liked watching you struggle your way through it. Lol Thank you

[@thefunbot]

great job with these!

[@CraftsAndMinis]

They look awesome!! Great minis and great terrain compliment each other so well. I love the Frostgrave plastic kits - you can mix and match bits from all the kits. Another great video (I'm partial to the ones you do on minis)!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

They are really wonderful boxes. The fact that you can mix and match so easily between sets is great!

[@AzraelThanatos]

For doing black easily, I've found that it works better to paint it a darker grey as a base, then use a black wash to darken it and give the deeper parts the actual black. It rarely needs a highlight and looks right.

[@robpaul7544]

Would still really like to see some videos of games or a full campaign, I love Frostgrave. 🤘 Excellent video and your cultists look cool - particularly like how the zombie is clearly just a recycled cultist 😆

[@belegcuthalion3751]

Great Video. Been watching a lot of your videos lately and love them. Great to see you taking up Frostgrave. It's a favourite of mine and it was a good excuse for me to start crafting. I just have a flat to live in with one room in the cellar for storage so getting 'heavy' machinery for cutting foam etc is not an option. But I'd still love to see more some of the scenario-specific frostgrave-builds (although I have mine already finished - at least for the basegame-scenarios). At the moment I am thinking about some harbour-scenes for 'Thaw of the Lichking'.

[@shadow111d]

i like the long format vids. solid work!

[@dungeondm5849]

They look great! gj!

[@ishnifusmeadle]

I actually enjoyed the long format. I tend to listen watch longer vids/gameplay while painting to keep me in fantasy mode. But alot of creators are so short I spend more time selecting vids or music than painting.

[@macewen1]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it but you might try painting light to dark. It makes your life way easier when you have small fiddly light spots. Really like how these guys look. I may get a box of them for myself.

[@Cogency]

They look awesome man!

[@joeholloway1386]

Great work and details 👌

[@pkwork]

enjoyed this one very very much!

[@TheAzPackrat]

I like the techniques that you used and will remember to try this on my own mini's.....

[@peterfastenau9837]

Thanks for the video. I like to see the process!

[@heatherkiser90]

I dug this video. All of it felt real.

[@zeldamaster666]

Great job brother

[@dodspecops6199]

Suggestions sir, I've ran into this as well: I've learned to paint the faces 1st so if you make mistakes you can correct them fast: base coat , wash, highlights Some say that's not right, but what is right? It's a process that you follow over and over to get better at what you are trying to accomplish. Pointers and methods are what these videos are for, (not for everyone) , but an observation to someone else's look into the same result, to finish minis in a timely manner to allow more game play. Because you are doing a black color for most of the mini you can paint it fast and take heed to take more care around the face using a #1 or #2 brush because black will cover over most colors it's a faster process imo. Highlight black with greys or muted dark blues/violet hues. Hope that aids any way or to anyone . Have a great day and best of luck to your campaign look forward to more videos 👍

[@stevenq4859]

I have to say, i'm diggin' the tunes every video

[@Helonion]

I have been painting 12 Morannon orcs for a friend. I could do it in a few days but I prefer to space out the painting over a week because of drying time and sanity. Right now I am doing touch ups (because mistakes happen), and I found it best with the small areas I have to initially paint to be last, and having my hand on the desk to steady my aim (especially eyes....). Plus when I do touch ups its easier to start on the area I have painted, and slowly wiggly up to the edge of the touch up. My worst issue is when the brush ends up losing that perfect tip.....breaks my heart......and makes things more difficult.

[@ddesouz6]

The dungeon dudes just linked your channel as a great way to learn how to get started painting minis. Canadians unite!

[@Ragorn564]

For those with trembling hands, using a magnifying glass helps enormously. It tricks you brain and let you be much more precise :-)

[@bernardobertolini5693]

Golgari Hat!! Suitable for a necromancer or someone dabbing into the crafting of black magic

[@BrianJoyce]

Great job with the cultists. Would like to see other frost grave content.

[@bethanygraham427]

I am with you on the Satin Varnish! Good to know I am not alone :)