Easy Army Painting: Bolt Action Canadians Made Simple! [How I Paint Things]

[@justanothercaptain6566]

As a proud member of the Canadian Armed Forces, that is what I call the perfect Christmas Present 🎁! Thank you so much! You will never have the “wrong” colour for Canadian uniforms. We NEVER matched the British. Not because we didn’t want to, we just couldn’t get the correct dyes or materials. When I was a young Trooper in the 80’s, the WW2 Vets would tell us stories about getting “chewed out” on leave overseas for wearing “mismatched” coloured uniforms. The Canadians wore whatever they were issued and were more worried about it fitting then the colour. So you’d have been right if you used different coloured paints and jackets. They were often called Gypsies by British. So it was nice to that you captured that. Thank you! And a very merry Christmas to you, your family and all your viewers! Cheers 😄

[@primeaardvark646]

Canadian rations look way way way better than British ones.

[@justanothercaptain6566]

@@primeaardvark646 honestly, after the novelty of the 1st one wears off, they all taste the same! Salt Peter is Salt Peter no matter who’s country cooks it! 🤣🍻

[@andrewwilson4975]

I second what "Just Another Captain" says...also as a former Canadian Army officer. Great work on stating the Canadian contribution to WWII! Most historians leave us pretty much out of the picture.

[@bobw2552]

I remember reading the WWII trilogy written by a Canadian Army veteran named George Blackburn of his experience fighting in NW Europe. He was a forward spotting artillery officer who was near the front lines to correct the fall of the shells. In his series he mentions that there was a difference between the colours of the Canadian and British battle dress. He gives one antidote in the Netherlands where the British were taking over a part of the line from the Canadians. A few days before the switch British officers came to the line to recon their new positions - to maintain security the British officers were required to wear Canadian uniforms since there were an obvious color difference that was well known to the Germans.

[@sergeys80]

I just wanted to thank you for the guide. I have been painting 40K for 2 years now and felt like I needed a change from painting blood angel red... so picked up these models from RKX, out of all the toturials, your seemed the best and easiest to follow. I was so scared going from big chunky flat armor to... smaller scale with more folds but holy **** did I do well on my first ever Bolt Action mini, all my friends love how the details pop up. Dry Brushing Dark Sand before adding a wash just made all the pockets and crevices pop out even more while still maintaining that... '' Our uniforms are not meant to be bright and we have seen combat'' look. Also, I painted the officer and he has a little leather bag, painting that Dark Umber and then applying the Dark sand as a dry brush gave it that wornout leather look for anyone interensted in how you can get the worn leather look without any extra effort.

[@1nONLY_DRock]

The funny thing is that when you look up history even the uniform colors weren't that... uniform. There were variations on the color due to different manufacturers and their different dye mixes trying to get the same color. Some were more green than others, some more brown than others. That sort of thing.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy . 🐺

[@Th3HondaGuy]

I've just started working on a Canadian Bolt Action force (the third one after Italians and Germans), your videos have been a go-to whenever I get to painting! I really appreciate the information given for picking colours and history sprinkled throughout.

[@MorrowindES17]

I just bought the British, and Canadian will use your guide to paint them

[@Red_Entropy]

Thanks for posting this video! It's quite timely as the missus gifted me a Canadian starter army for Christmas :D Now to figure out how to paint my Churchill and Bren Carrier... Do you have any research tips?

[@dwightgrosso5481]

A very nice and simple solution to how to paint Canadian uniforms!

[@Strawfoot]

Always happy to see another video from Sonic Sledge!!!

[@DaveLife25]

Me and my friends bought into Bolt Action and I chose Canadians, so this video is perfect!

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Fantastic results! Stands out just enough from typical British kit. Someday I’ll find a WWII miniature that can’t benefit from some Vallejo Russian Uniform, German Grey, and German Camo Beige, regardless of country, but today is not that day - I wind up using them on everything.

[@irishtom30]

I really appreciate these videos that express the small differences that can bring a lot of personality to an army, it's a great way to make your force stick out without making it any more difficult to paint!

[@ARed-TailedHawk]

Awesome! I love the in-depth discussion of finding the proper color, and glad to see some WW2 on your workbench. I may have to do up a squad of Canadians now. Thank you!

[@moof1315]

Haven't yet dived into bolt action painting yet, let alone a particular faction, but I just enjoy having your commentary on while I'm working. Thanks for putting out so much good content.

[@StackingLimit]

Very Timely as I am painting up some 1 Canadian division troops for the battle of Ortona. Thanks Troy, Love Just Another Captains post as well.

[@chrisrobinson196]

Cool to see! I muddled my way through 20mm Canadians and more or less ended up with the same flexible approach. Have 6mm to do at some point too!

[@cadian139]

I’ve been trying to replicate Canadian BD for a long time. I did something really similar to this for my Canadian army. However after further testing with different paints, I personally found Vallejo panzer aces Canvas or P3 Battledress green to be a great out of pot paint for Canadians. Love your videos! Keep up the good work.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ooh... Panzer Aces Canvas really would be a good base now that you mention. I'll have to give that a shot myself.

[@thalkan]

Always love watching you work, but the added insight into your process is just icing on the cake. I might try stealing this recipe for a Guard kill team I've been meaning to tool around.

[@Ishpeck]

Your mini makes me wish I had an Enfield pattern rifle. Those Brits made a great bolt gun and the .303 was a round way ahead of its time for ballistic performance.

[@CallumRFord]

Of course just as I'm onto the last squad of my Canadian & British starter box 😂

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, at the very least you can see there's no real wrong way of painting them! ;D

[@CallumRFord]

I have already taken tons of inspiration from your previous Commonwealth tutorials so it's actually pretty close! Just Dark Mud over Russian Uniform!

[@monitor1862]

Nicely done and you've given my next project. I've painted British, Australian, and Indian troops. Next up I'll do some Canadian and New Zealand troops.

[@tedwilliams491]

Great stuff mate I have a load of 28mm Empress LW British to paint and this has got me fired up to finally do them, cheers !

[@cameronward9443]

I would go for a little bit of edge highlighting to cleanup some of those dry brushing lines that came out a bit chalky.

[@robertlaplante8812]

I am about to start my own Canadians and I have that spray can of Russian Uniform. I think I will use this as the base coat insyeadr of grey, letting the head and helmet of the miniatures. I think it might speed things up. The only problem is that I have so many armies at different scales using the same base color! Anyway, yhx for the video!

[@rottiehood3872]

Thanks again for the tips! Maybe in the future have an episode on wet and dry paint palettes? Thanks

[@stevenbuerkle9329]

Great work as always 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. Another outstanding video by the master. I think I painted my Canadians almost the same way. 😆😆😆. Cheers 🍻🍻🍻

[@trainboy1739]

Oooh the brush on primer looks the business! Right oh, off to buy more! Thanks again Sonic Cheers

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's good stuff! You having bought some reminded me I actually had it, which made this muuuch easier than trying to nurse a frozen can of primer. 🤣

[@trainboy1739]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio agreed, always looking for ways to paint without the cannon a cold day

[@johnkelley9877]

Thanks for sharing this tutorial as you cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had on Canadian WWII uniforms. I had thought the uniforms were identical in color but now I have a formula for painting them. Have a merry Christmas and stay warm.

[@Jim-yk9if]

Once again, excellent tutorial!

[@simdoyle]

Nice ideas on colour - thanks a million for another great video!

[@patahern692]

Thank you sir!!

[@georgemartinezjr]

My favorite Painter

[@desertzombie]

FoW mentions using Brown Violet for Canadian uniforms.

[@Zoulezouzou]

comme d’habitude ,super travail avec de très belles couleurs,,j'adore !

[@huwtindall7096]

Love the history snippets included in your videos. Come for the paiting. Stay for the history. Are we going to have another video ike Bob Semple?

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

1945 Canadian green was re-introduced in 40,045 as Cadian green. LOL

[@julianorentani1046]

Great video!

[@seanmcwatt9818]

Looks good, but Division patches would really complete the mini.

[@TheEccentricMan]

Just a low ball to add in that to save space and weight on board the transport ships and freighters the Canadians used the British kit at their destination.......🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nice work as always.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

So after all that, I'm laid low by logistics... 😂

[@TheEccentricMan]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio 🤣

[@hedonia2497]

Many thanks for this. What would you use to create the shade of green that the Canadians wore in Hong Kong in 1941?

[@delbhoy5675]

What do you think of Vallejo Panzer Aces British Tanker Crew 317, for uniform?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's brown, rather than green? 😅 It's a good colour for British battledress, so theoretically you could use it for Canadians supplied by the British, but it wouldn't be my first choice if I was looking to paint Canadian-produced gear.

[@sleepsinleaves]

Man, wished historicals wasn't dead in my area.

[@leiferickson5602]

Marvellous job, as always! Which of the 3 colours you'd suggest for canadians in the italian campaign, especially beetween 1943 and 1944?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's a leap, but I'd probably go for US Field Drab. The British manufactured battledress would likely have been what they resupplied with, and in the sunny conditions of Italy (outside of those long, wet winters!) would quickly bleach a lot of the greenish tint out of them. Light brown works well for lots of stuff.

[@leiferickson5602]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'll take the leap!

[@RedTheSaviour01]

what color should I use for the ammo pouches ?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

They'd be the same colour as the rest of the webbing. ✌

[@RedTheSaviour01]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio tysm! :D is it the death guard green or the iraqi sand ? XD

[@wellsalan8569]

If you had used a spray primer, any suggestions?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

For these guys? Probably a simple grey primer in its place, Vallejo's grey spray or Uniform Grey from the Army Painter work well.

[@256Smurf]

wuhu i asked for it and you did. :-D awesome

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Hope you like it!

[@256Smurf]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio yes very much. i will paint my minis exactly like this for my next project for chain of command. thanks again !

[@nickdavis5420]

Mmm once I finish my death fields ruamjager I can paint some bulldogs as space Canada