How I Paint Things - Speed Painting British Airborne

[@patricpeters9716]

Great paint job! Simple and well executed, this looks great on WW2 miniatures, it even reminds me a bit of how the original un-restored war movies from the 50s and 60s look.

[@johnkelley9877]

Excellent wok Sonic! The figures look really good. Thank you for taking the time to make this and thanks to Exit 23 Games for the sound equipment.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

No problem! The boom in particular makes it so easy to just swing my camera into place over what I'm doing and get recording straight away, so I am super appreciative for the donation from Exit 23.

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

2 years on and still a useful reference for my pile of new SAS in Denisons

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Thanks for the video. You break it down and make it so easy! And I am sure I speak for the rest of that we were all flabbergasted that you picked Agrax Earthshade! Cheers.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Start from the beginning, and when you're finished? Stop. ;D Simplest way of painting, right? I think we can tend to overthink some of our methods, particularly for gaming figures. If I were painting for a museum I'd be way more careful, but I just want some dudes on the table to look roughly accurate!

[@raghnallmacaodh3220]

Great looking.. I've always favored historically close for my WW2 Mini's

[@JohnnyH1982]

Wicked tutorial, as someone who would ID as "detail challenged" in that, I get so bogged down on the small stuff that one mini takes far too long to complete... this video might see me start to move some units from half done to fully done fairly quickly. Thanks

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you liked it! It can be easy to get stuck in all the tiny things, and camo is probably one of the first things to absolutely kill your painting speed. The thing is that it's also relatively easy to cut corners on it and once that model's on the table you'll never think twice about it not being accurate. ;D

[@Kaddith]

this is a timely tutorial. :) I am working on the British Airborne Starter box this week.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Have fun! The starter box is actually a really awesome Airborne army, period. 😀 Strictly speaking the Market Garden selectors usually don't allow you to take armoured support, but if you stick to the generic reinforced platoon selector and take what's historically appropriate you can still slide in things like Shermans from XXX Corps, or even attached Tetrarch tanks if you want to stick to 'Airborne only' style kit.

[@Kaddith]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I was thinking of a Tetrarch :) Really excited to get to work on it. Once the starter is done I have the Pegasus Bridge box to get to as well. The bridge build is a little overwhelming to think about atm.

[@rozzer666]

You make it look easy. I been watching all your vids lately and it's made me buy the bolt action starter set. It's turned up today and there so small and detailed. Much more than 40k. Gonna be a nightmare to paint

[@thepainteddragon4985]

Took a few listens to work out you said 'opaque' 😆 was wondering what the hell 'oh pack' was 😋 Great video as usual 👍🏻

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

That's the trouble with my accent! I've lived in a fair few different places so it's all over the place; sometimes it can be a little difficult to follow.

[@cunneyes]

The film technique used in Saving Private Ryan is called skip bleach bypass, happens during the processing of film stock. I like the desaturated look of Band of Brothers too

[@milossacha3255]

Very nice. Don't you have similar speed possibility for painting of fallschirmjaegers, please. I'd highly appreciate it because of my huge stock of these soldiers and terrible lack of free time...🤔😉 Thank you very much.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I don't have any Fallschirmjaeger to demonstrate on, unfortunately, and the end result would pretty much be just 'same technique, different colours.' The guides available from Artizan Designs might help, though!

[@milossacha3255]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Well, OK, thank you.😞

[@Jesse_Dawg]

Looks very good!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Sonic .

[@loupiscanis9449]

100% agree that painting authentic cammo just do not work on minis , I now do cammo the way you show , You need the flavour of the cammo , Thank you for the upload . keep up the good work . :-)

[@joshconfer209]

I am always impressed with how well your models turn out. You really make it look easy.

[@stevebutler9757]

Really helpful - thanks!

[@e-4airman124]

that was just wonderful. you are soooo good

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ViscountSandwich]

Can you quickly go over which parts were historically inaccurate and which colours would be better for accuracy? Brilliant painting!

[@stevepickering5978]

Very Nice mate

[@stevenbuerkle9329]

Great as always. Stay safe.

[@garybullock5917]

Hi i got some instar paint you are right they are great I like the different size bottles small for colors you use once in a while and large for the common used colors

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you like them! I've made a terrible mistake in not buying the biggest bottle of Pure Black available. 😂

[@toddrf4058]

This is really helpful, I am about to do a bunch of Rangers but I will be adding decals. I am wondering if you might consider tackling a ranger or other US infantry with decals and how you would approach that today. I am assuming you would apply decals and then use Agrax Earthshade afterward? Then a coat of flat varnish?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Decals after shading is how I usually do mine. At this scale, it might seem more realistic to shade the decal along with the rest of the uniform, but it'll just make them much harder to see - and what a lot of work getting them on to just have them disappear! 😅 So I paint, shade, highlight if I'm going to, then it's decals and varnish.

[@Lustik1990]

Im not rly sure where to write this but can you show me battle ready how you paint rubric marines one day?

[@MrSphinchee]

Awesome video!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marcellocolombarini1653]

Congratulations nice job🍻

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nathanderricutt9638]

Great video, sorry I'm late to the party. But I wanted to ask I want to do polish paratroopers what colour would you recommend for their berets?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Something like Vallejo Black Grey or German Grey will work well as a really dark, aaalmost black finish that you can shade for a bit of depth and then highlight traditionally.

[@nathanderricutt9638]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio cool thank you, that a big help. I looked at a bunch of stuff online and it all said different things. Thanks for the advice

[@fogh]

Great tutorial - thanks very much! (My pitchfork and burning torch are now safely put away ... until next time ;-) .)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

To think just how close I came to a pitchforking!

[@ConstableGrey]

Looks ace. Would love to see a speedy fallschirmjager, I'm a hedonist for camo patterns.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It'd definitely be at some point in the future, since I've got to pick up a unit of them to get to painting. Still, since I've finished the core of my Grenadier force, a couple of units of Fallschirmjaeger aren't impossible!

[@leonleese4919]

I have some 15 mm Brit Paras to do for D Day along with Commandoes

[@joshwood1649]

Great video thank you very much, what colour would you recommend for berets? as for ease of identity all my NCOs will have them

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Khorne Red, Vallejo Flat Red or similar will all work under an Agrax Earthshade.

[@leonleese4919]

It is magic! 🙂

[@kensmith4354]

Could you recommend a brush on primer alternative to Skeleton Bone? Would Vallejo Skeleton Bone work just as well?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Specific primers are formulated slightly differently to ordinary paint. With Vallejo's line of airbrush primers you can also get a fairly decent result by brushing them on in a couple of thin coats. The Skeleton Bone doesn't matter too specifically; any light or off-white primer will work just fine.

[@m.maschur5832]

Great video. but which colours do you use for the miniature wearing a beret?

[@merb718]

Great video!!!! I have a question, how much would you suggest to thin down the Army Painter Strong Tone wash?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

When I'm using the mixing medium I do it to 2:1, and I find that two drops of Strong Tone and one drop of medium will be enough to coat one infantry-sized figure at a time. :)

[@merb718]

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio Thanks a lot for the help and for the videos!!! I watch them all!!! Keep it up!!!

[@theironleopard7445]

Question, What is that clear spinner in the beginning of the video. looks awesome!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's a 'solar display stand.' You can find plenty of them on Amazon or similar!

[@theironleopard7445]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you!!

[@HeadHunterSix]

3:00 I had to laugh because I have said precisely the same thing. I know exactly what you mean there. :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Somehow, people still don't always believe it!

[@HeadHunterSix]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Verisimilitude is more important than authenticity for tabletop gaming! You _want_ your models to stand out, not blend in. so, like you, I try to go for something that suggests the concept but is more vivid. It's why I actually like the more vibrant second example, myself.

[@Farmerwal]

The name of that look in film is bleach bypass

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ace! Today I learned something new. :D

[@deathfromabove7431]

Umm stupid question, what game is this for and what company makes the models? I’m a 40k player and this appeals to me 😊

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This is from Warlord Games for their Bolt Action range. If you're looking for where to get started, they do some really ace starter collections with free rulebooks and such. store.warlordgames.com/products/get-started-with-bolt-action-british-airborne?aff=10 You can of course buy the miniatures by themselves, but I think it pays to at least have the 'Armies of Great Britain' book so you can see how they're supposed to be armed! Think of it like a Codex for comparison.

[@Broadswordii]

I didn't see any matt varnish?

[@troopergio]

I'd like to see you tackle U.S. Marines from world war two, it would be cool to see how you would do them

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I think I might have some properly salty miniatures lurking somewhere. If I can find the parts, I'll pull them out and take a shot.