Contrast Hacks! Painting Skaven Clanrats FAST for Warhammer Age of Sigmar Skaventide

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Hi everyone! Let's paint some Skaven Clanrats for Warhammer Age of Sigmar using Contrast paints and a few tricks.
Grey Primer, White Primer (Ace Hardware)
Rosemary and Co series 99 sable brushes, sizes 2, 1, 0
Vallejo Game Color: Bonewhite, Turquoise, Toxic Yellow
Citadel Contrast:
Contrast Medium, Darkoath Flesh, Magos Purple, Aeldari Emerald, Black Templar, Sigvald Burgundy, Basilicanum Grey, Karandras Green, Black Legion
Citadel Base/Layer:
Stormvermin Fur, Mournfang Brown, Iron Hands Steel, Runelord Brass, Stormhost Silver, Canoptek Alloy, Rhinox Hide, Steel Legion Drab, Dawnstone
Citadel Shade:
Targor Rageshade, Nuln Oil, Agrax Earthshade,
Basing materials:
Textured paint / basing texture (Vallejo Earth Texture, Dark Earth)
Coarse Gravel
Fine sand
Super Glue
Static Grass

[@beau5099]

First time I've watched your channel- some excellent tips for washes and mixes that I haven't tried before! Nice work.

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Welcome to the channel! Glad you liked what you saw. Thanks for watching!

[@Lady_Numiria]

If I had not already stopped on a scheme for my Skavens, yours is defintely one of the best quick and easy to do!

[@rakabosh]

great stuff, this style of painting achieves amazing results in much less time than other methods i’ve seen and tried.

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks for your support! I'm glad you like the method and results, more to come!

[@Gryndir]

I never would have guessed that was static grass. I would have sworn it was tufts it looks so good

[@MattsHobbyHour]

I think the trick is to use a really small amount of glue. Thanks for watching!

[@SvartElric9]

Great stuff, as usual! Good, now I have to go back to painting a hundred miniature ratmen or so.

[@MattsHobbyHour]

thanks for watching and good luck on the swarm of rats!

[@nathanstaker6325]

Thanks for posting color mixes. Great look.

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeremiaspennella5631]

Dude, thank you so much for posting this! I was waiting for skaven clanrats! They look really good too!!! I'm trying this out tonight. I Really enjoy your content, man =) Keep it up

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks! Good luck with your rats, I hope they turn out great!

[@shaneflickinger]

That's a really cool idea with the green glowing eyes. Don't think I've ever seen anyone do that before. I have enough 4th/5th ed. WFB Skaven to crush a small child. Most of it is old metal, but I have hundreds of the old "strike a pose" plastic clan rats. I toyed around with different schemes for them, mostly centered around using the Army Painter dips and they don't look too bad. Might have to try some contrast on them too now that I have those paints. Cheers Mr. Matt!

[@MattsHobbyHour]

I love those old Skaven models. Especially the plastic ones, even though they get a lot of hate. Lots of nostalgic value. Thanks as always Shane! Good luck with the horde of rats!

[@fancymichael6113]

Super great paint tutorial! I wanna see more Skaven on your channel :) BTW. Matt, Can you make some water effect/ toxic puddles on some bases?

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks! I'll make sure to get some more Skaven up in the rotation. Great idea for some bases; I'll include that in a future guide!

[@theepicspider1897]

I already like dark paint schemes and this is a fantastic color combo that I am absolutely stealing

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Sounds great! Hope the color scheme works out well for your army. Good luck!

[@dominiccote6184]

Great video as always! I’m gonna be totally honest and say that next week when I get my skaventide box set this will be my clan rat color scheme

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Awesome! I hope it works out for you. Good luck! Feel free to share your results in our Discord server!

[@dominiccote6184]

@@MattsHobbyHour a tutorial on the Greyseer would rock!!

[@MrGreenpaulo]

Brilliant mate! Easy to replicate and great results :)

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Glad to hear that, thanks for watching!

[@HasteHobbies]

Looks fantastic!

[@MattsHobbyHour]

thank you!

[@howardcoates6985]

nice work. really enjoying your channel

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Glad you enjoy it, thanks for watching!

[@HTM95]

I'd love to have a 6th edition WHFB Skaven army some day! I'll have to use these tips and tricks when I'm working on them in the future!

[@MattsHobbyHour]

A 6th edition Skaven army should be on every proper wargamer's list of goals!

[@jinxsD]

You have been my goto painting youtuber recently, absolutely stellar tutorials ! Loving the recent simpler faster style tutorials especially. Keep up the good work! Also Any chance for a fast tank guide ? Like Solar Auxilia etc ?

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks for the kind words! That's really cool to hear. Yeah I can try to work a tank in to the mix! It wouldn't be Contrast paint though, I don't think it looks good on vehicles and large surfaces. Probably more of an airbrush and traditional methods kind of guide.

[@jinxsD]

@@MattsHobbyHour That is fine !

[@Cobrasaur]

I'd love to see a Contrast Hacks! on the new Grey Seer. :3

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Sounds like a great idea! Once I get my claws on one I'll have to film it. Thanks for watching!

[@yurimastermind1601]

Hi there, friend. I've been trying to apply this tutorial to the new skaven but ran into a pair of roadblocks with my test models. First, my mix of grey skin contrast is too dark and isn't thin like yours, im not sure what went wrong with the mix. To lighten it, would you add stormvermin fur or medium? Second, you said you wash the fur with basilicanum grey to darken it after the first shade. Did you dillute the Basilicanum grey with medium/water or use it right from the pot? Great video, im looking forward to seeing if you cover anything from the new box!

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Hi and thanks for watching! To lighten the skin mix I would add in more medium. Make sure your undercoat (grey/white primer is light enough as well, because that will affect the final color too). And i didn't dilute the Basilicanum Grey, i used it right from the pot (I didn't have much paint on the brush when I painted it, that way I had more control over where the paint settled). Good luck!

[@simwalk]

Great tutorial and paint scheme. I’ll do my best to replicate it when I pick up my Skaventide this weekend. How long did it take you to do a single model?

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks! Good luck with your models! I would estimate it would take me 20-30 minutes per model, not including drying time, and if I wasn't filming. Since I was filming the whole process, it takes way longer.

[@nachodrd]

Lovely paintjob! It does cost like £60 just due to the number of contrast paints, though.

[@MattsHobbyHour]

Thanks! Yes unfortunately the paints are expensive. I wish the hobby was a little more affordable.

[@nachodrd]

@@MattsHobbyHour Ah, nah, paints can be a little steep, but they are real good quality products, so it's understandable. I might try to do something similar, as I have made quite a hefty investment in traditional paints already, let's see how things turn out :)

[@florianservant9546]

Encore plus de skaven ❤ please