How I Paint Things ft. Army Painter - Frostgrave Soldiers

[@oskarringdahl7241]

Fantastic. More Frostgrave stuff please!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some more of those North Star adventurers, to be sure. The new Rangers of Shadow Deep line look fantastic!

[@angrypantz87]

No worries! I sent a nice selection of toys for him to paint from the Frostgrave range. Just keeping asking for tutorials on the GA crew and the Snake People.

[@NerdNewsToday]

I really like this departure from the world of Warhammer and seeing you use some different tools. Nice change of pace, I started painting some non 40K stuff too in my spare time while I work on my first Blood Angels unit, these WWII and fantasy figures make me want to give those a try too.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thanks bud! I've learned a bunch of stuff from historical gaming groups that have worked really well on my Warhammer stuff, and vice versa; it's all just tools past a point! It's good to practice with a variety of different manufacturers, I find, since you might bump into something you didn't know you liked. :D

[@Atma012150]

The Quickshade medium is some amazing stuff. Especially if you want to only build up some very fine contrast over a 2-3 washes with something like 1-2 drops wash to 3 drops Quickshade.

[@johnkelley9877]

Great looking figure! The color scheme looks really nice. I have to admit the Army Painter paints look quite good. Thanks for sharing this.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There are one or two colours that are still a little thin compared to their Citadel equivalents - Averland Sunset would have given me an easier yellow base in this example - but given that they're not marketed as a range of separate Layer, Base and Edge paints, that's one I can shrug off. The colours are really rich, which makes them really bold from across the table.

[@garybullock5917]

great love your work Ive been painting miniatures for 40 years wish you where there when i started keep in up

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm the same! The internet has been an incredible tool for sharing techniques and ideas. Just the sort of thing that would have been amazing when I was getting started, too. :D

[@patrickd1968]

You make it look so easy. I'm impressed and now want to try my hand at painting miniatures.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It can be a little daunting to approach - there is a LOT to take in at first - but you don't need to master everything on your first miniature! I'd suggest checking out this older video of mine if you haven't painted anything before, I think it gives a pretty good primer on trying your hand at this for the first time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5ibiXR-oNV5nq8

[@timcallender999]

He does - it inspired me to paint my first mini... and it turned out pretty good! I'm now working on some minis from the boardgame Mice and Mystics. I keep threatening my wife that I'm gonna get into Warhammer 40k...

[@trevorclapham5571]

cool figure and you did it justice. Nice job

[@AF-kj2zl]

I love this! Can I suggest a quick painting tutorial for Frostgrave Gnolls? Or anything Frostgrave, but especially gnolls! LOL!

[@lefthandedpanzerfaust6583]

She looks wonderful, I am a massive fan of the Army Painter Technique!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I was a little suspicious of that Quickshade mixing medium at first, but it turns out to make a massive difference. Really impressed with how smooth that stuff dries!

[@MaZEEZaM]

To be honest when I first saw the model I wasn't to keen on it, but once you have painted it, it looks great, I particularly like and much prefer how you have done the tone wash on the jacket compared to your original AP review version. Thanks for sharing :D

[@jacquelinelove8481]

Okay, now I think I like the Strong Tone a lot more. Army Painter seems like a really good system for getting very natural tones on a model. It seems silly to switch into the system now, but I do have a bunch of Sylvaneth that might benefit from a really simple scheme for their wood...

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

That medium stuff does a great job of smoothing out the finish and getting rid of the super hard-edged look from the pure Strong Tone, I'm really liking it.

[@ryanmurray3027]

That came out fantastic. If your interested in doing some scibor miniatures I'll have to order you a couple next time I get some.

[@tompratz4848]

I did'nt know about frost grave miniatures....very kool

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

North Star have a few really awesome lines under their banner. Check out Artizan Designs, Crusader Miniatures and Copplestone Castings as well! :D

[@theandf]

Your painting is awesome as usual. The model is also fantastic. I *really* need to get the female soldiers box from North Star, and when I do, I'll definitely assemble one gal to look like this one! (I don't know if you use your minis to play, but Rangers of Shadow Deep is indeed a very cool game).

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I rarely find the time to put out scenery and play a game myself, unfortunately! I've got my hands on the rulebook, and North Star also have the official Rangers of Shadow Deep miniatures coming so there's a lot to look forward to hobby-wise, as well. :D

[@Keltik0ne]

Army Painter paints have so much pigment, if you 50/50 with a good glaze medium and paint over a white undercoat, you get pretty much the same as the new Citadel contrast effect.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Something else I definitely need to try! Would you suggest the wash medium or paint medium is the better mix for that?

[@chrisrobin4962]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio jumping in here. I've read it's the quickshade medium you should use. But i'm going to try both. For science!!! :)

[@thebrewgeek]

Great video.

[@Robbostrong]

More Frostgrave and fantasy stuff please!

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Awesome, that is a really nice painting man. I have to steal some of your trips and tricks to improve my own painting. Especially your histocal stuff.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thanks bud! I really do hope these videos help folks out in the wild. Even if it's just demonstrating a technique or a product I've found useful, being able to pass along the information visually is a massive bonus KZbin has.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio yes this platform helps a lot. If you want you can check out our content and give me a short feedback, when you have the time.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ahaaa, du sprichst Deutsch! Ich muss es übung. Ich denke dass das richtig ist! :D

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio das war richtig. Ja wir sind aus Deutschland :-)

[@julianwarren7770]

I noticed in your previous army painter video (the female gunslinger) you said you put a steel ball bearing in the dropped bottle. I’ve seen a few people say this can rust and stain the paint, and suggest using a glass bead... any experience of this?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's not something I've noticed happening yet, and some of my paints have had bearings in them for a year or more at this point. I think as long as it's stainless steel rather than an ordinary, functional bit of metal it should be fine - AK Interactive where I got mine from use stainless steel as the agitators they sell, as do Army Painter. Glass beads would be a fine solution, of course, but I haven't had any problems with steel. ...yet!

[@darkstorminc]

It will depend on the quality of the steel. Get them from AP or look for those used for nail polish. You want a high quality stainless steel. Glass beads just dont have the weight needed to make a good agitator in most cases. Still better than those who say use plastic beads lol

[@merlin566]

I'd like to see how do you paint Ogryns. Can you give us a tutorial on that?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ogryns are definitely on the list!

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

What citadel colors would you recommend for painting someone in a similar way to her?

[@angrypantz87]

Yeah BOI! Love it.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I was honestly a little torn between going full-on grimdark black and brown - proper 'booargh companions dragonborn' - or like this, but I think the colour looks way better. ;D

[@arxwng]

have u ever tried their green shade? does it work over light yellow as nice way to highlight?

[@guardbrandon5005]

I have to spray the model with a little bit of black primer before using uniform grey.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I might do the same in the future, it was honestly a little difficult to tell whether or not I'd primed her right! It all came out right in the end, at least. :D

[@Gabbiano88]

Super cool what size kit did army painter give you? The big box with all the paints? Been eye balling the medium size box....

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

They did send me the big box with all the kit. The completionist in me is determined to paint something with every single one of the paints, but there are some I don't think will see a huge amount of use. That being said, their Effects line has been really fun to play with, too - expect to see a couple little bits with those soon!

[@Rocks_in_my_brain]

I got the Mega Paint Set from Game Nerdz for 10 bucks cheaper than Amazon. ($79.97 with free shipping.) First time I ever ordered from them, but they give you a point for every dollar you spend and they give you 300 points for making an account AND the 80 points you get for ordering the paint set puts you over 350, the first tier of rewards, which will give you five dollars off any future purchases. *Deep breath.* Just a thought.

[@danisuj8708]

And again a nice painting video and new Inspiration for my armies :-) My next project will be some chaos guys and I really liked your Alpha legion guy! I want some friends from black legion for them, fighting side by side. Sooo maybe if you have some time (and another chaos model of course) I would appreciate to see a black legion chaos space marine painted (what can be done with black/gold and all the other nuances?) :-)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Black Legion are off in the distance at the moment, but I'm getting there slowly. I do eventually want to have a video up for each of the 'main' Chapters/Legions, but I can't honestly say exactly when it'll drop!

[@danisuj8708]

When the time has come, I will be there! Thats for sure!

[@Drewscipher]

The video gives so much zoom, part of my issues for painting stem from my eyes starting to go (i'm new) and proper lighting. I've got a small directional light with a 150 watt bulb but what do you or anyone in the comments use?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've got a ring lamp on a swing arm that's got an LED light and an inbuilt magnifying glass in the center. I'm lucky enough not to have to use the magnifier yet, but the light's a lifesaver. A quick search for 'lupelicht' or 'magnifying lamp' or something similar should give results in your area. :)

[@kevingallagher2366]

Great painting sir were did get idea for quickshade washing med with strong tone I seen that with the war gamer Pete Harrison check out his channel Brilliant painter

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's actually suggested in the little pamphlet that comes with a lot of the Army Painter boxes. I was dubious at first, but it turns out to work really well. Definitely one I'd suggest trying out.

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Woohoo, finally using a wet palette :) Congratulations! Btw, I use those frostgrave soldiers sprues mostly as a source for conversions, tons of weapons and cool tools on them...but the bodies are not that interesting.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've been using it for a while - it's only now that I've moved the desk around that I can at last get it on screen while I'm working with it, too. ;D There's one or two bodies that are very definitely for specific poses, it feels like, but it's nice to have the variety. What other parts are you converting them with? Might be fun to have more plastic to play with...

[@MentoliptusBanko]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio converting them mostly with GW minis, but also some Reaper minis. The GW infantry (e.g. daughters of khaine) have more dynamic poses than those frostgrave minis, but their weapons are all the same, so this makes for nice variants. I don't play army-size games, only skirmish games so I don't need them to be "uniform" and can use them for d&d, frostgrave and similar games.

[@13Robzilla]

The Instar Water+ tells me you got last months asset drop.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's good stuff! It made painting a platoon of US infantry an absolute breeze. Got 36 guys painted in just under three days, all because that Water+ would make a couple drops of paint last forever.

[@davidpoirier4257]

I just noticed the paint on your thumb.... Do you make the intro when you're done painting?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Easiest way to do them! I used to film and edit completely chronologically, but the finished product at the start of the video helps cement what it'll actually look like rather than taking it on faith that the bit of grey plastic is going to look cool. ;D

[@adriant1654]

Noticed some new toys... wet palette and handle?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've been using each for a while but usually off-screen. I've finally found a way to set up everything on the desk so that I've got room to use them and still paint in front of the camera! :)

[@epocalypse2]

Redgrass Games Everlasting Wet Palette and 360° Handle?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

That's them!

[@epocalypse2]

Awesome. I’ve got the painter palette rather than studio but I can’t live without it now. Still waiting for the handles to come out from the Kickstarter.

[@adriant1654]

How does the wet palette compare with the DIY one you made?