Painting Adeptus Custodes - Trajann Valoris Made Easy! [How I Paint Things]

[@beerthug]

In my youth I used to paint D&D figs till 4am. I haven't touched a brush since grade 12, but watching this is inspiring me to start again with the futuristic miniatures since I now have the time and $ to indulge myself. Thank You!

[@mirage809]

I need to remember the way you did Valoris his grey hair. That is a super easy way to getting it to look great! Custodes are an awesome range of models. They're almost impossible to mess up and are both a beautiful canvas to go ham on with every trick in the book and also models that will look amazing with only a couple basic tricks. This video is a prime example. No insane highlighting, no wet blending on the cape. Just a man, a drybrush and a little creativity and he looks bloody brilliant!

[@johnhart7704]

This is a glorious , golden custodes . Well done .

[@irishtom30]

Love the way that lion's head turned out, what a great model

[@timothyyoung2962]

That turned out super. Mini looks great.

[@jakubmikulski2703]

Magnificent. The golden armour is fantastic.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy . 🐺

[@Challanger463]

Thanks for the video, i will gladly use it!

[@mcnab4236]

Absolutely fantastic paint job. Many thanks .👍

[@phoen31]

Man that pelt looks great. Really well done

[@benstewart8516]

I very much approve of your technique for painting dooblers

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, dooblers are serious business. You don't want to muck those up!

[@je6017]

The lion pelt is amazing!

[@mcdanger1985]

You showed me the powers of burnt red in an old video. I still love/ use it. Enjoyed seeing your approach to a chunky character!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad to hear it! There's some really awesome reds and browns in the Vallejo range which massively compliment the GW range.

[@c-lab-3714]

I cant like this enough!! Got a Custodes army Im gonna be working on bringing to the table and this will help tremendously!

[@johnkelley9877]

Fantastic painting! I would say it was one of your best. Thanks for sharing this.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you very much! There's a LOT going on with this dude, so it's nice to see people reacting to different things about the miniature.

[@christiangelewski2863]

A great tutorial video! Also appreciate mentioning the "Varnish+" stuff, never heard of that before and will put it on my wants list ^^

[@josesolias]

I have Custodes and tried using Guilliman Flesh as a shade over the gold and the effects are really good too.

[@Will-db5el]

Looks great, trusting the process is key. The end product really came together lovely.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's a little hard sometimes - especially the first time - to bear in mind what the end result will be, but as I'm fond of saying you gotta keep the faith! 😂

[@Will-db5el]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio amen to that 😉

[@blobbymenfantastico4475]

Hello 👋 I recently came across your channel 😊 I wanted to get into bolt action but had no experience with figures so the past month or so I've been looking through your videos and they have helped so much, I ordered a set of German infantry and they are arriving today, I can not wait and thanks for the videos keep them coming 😅👍

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Good choice, and glad to have you aboard! I hope it's an entryway to something you're really going to enjoy. :D

[@andrewbeasley]

Need sunglasses with that guy - not over the top at all :-) The little touches of blue pop very nicely.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

He's definitely not subtle!

[@HighEyeWorkshop]

Lovely job and great video.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you very much!

[@legalam]

They looks incredible, you make it look so easy.

[@robisonwells1]

I have to admit that when I saw you break out the dry brush on that cloak I thought you were crazy, but it all came together spectacularly! Really nice!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Have a little faith in me by now, surely. ;D But I know it'd shock most people!

[@StackingLimit]

I have to admit I held my breath when you were drybrushing the cloak. Great Job Troy! This is one of your best Videos ever.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Nobody trusts me! 🤣 I bust out the drybrushes and people think the end is nigh...

[@StackingLimit]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio i trust you it was just a fiddly bit of work around that Aquilla. I hold my breath whenever you are doing tight work or fiddly bits. Not a matter of trust it's a matter of suspense.

[@TashiMortier]

So many techniques in this video, it's amazing. Goes straight to the bookmarks for reference. :D

[@jammywesty91]

Fantastic work here Sledge. I feel like drybrushing is one of those techniques that gets wrongfully left behind by a lot of people when they really advance their painting. It is such an effective way of boosting highlights and making them a touch softer, particularly when used in underpainting. Anyhow, I'm clearly preaching to the choir. What I wanted to say is, I'd love to see your filming and editing set up - maybe a behind the scenes video of the whole process (if you don't have one already). If you don't, please consider doing one!

[@oswaldbastable4139]

I enjoyed that thanks, one day soon™ I will paint a miniature!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You can do it!

[@KurtMifsudBonnici]

Really awesome video!!

[@infantry121]

Awesome job man! 🤌🤌🤌

[@andreaspersson5639]

Your pain with the lightning axe is greatly appreciated. Just need to figure out some Vallejo equivalents, and I have a magic sword to paint :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Luftwaffe Uniform, Azure, and then maybe Pale Grey Blue or even just a little white mixed in to Azure. ;D

[@andreaspersson5639]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you :D (and hilariously, I already have 2/3 of those, only missing Azure (although Andrea Blue might be close enough?))

[@thelonepainter4760]

Great work! 👍🏽😊

[@Nortic111]

I'll say pre-congratulations on reaching 50K subs!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ha! Yeah, getting dangerously close now... Thanks very much!

[@DarkWatch-Ian]

Wow! An epic miniature and a fantastic tutorial from you. I was amazed and transfixed with how the figure progressed. Although it was very detailed, you give us all the confidence to have a go and achieve brilliant results each time. As always, your enthusiasm shines through and a joy to watch. Ps. We all love you too. Kind regards Ian.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NaktheCow]

Oh my god this is going to save me SOOOOOO much time on my Steelhead mercenaries

[@yellaturd]

I was building a custodes kill team last year and was not happy with my test model so I put the project down. I'd be happy to return to it and give this gold a shot, once everything else I'm working on is done.

[@yellaturd]

P.S that painted head is one of the best I have seen.

[@firmak2]

i combined your way for armor with "The Painting Coach" schemes for the cloaks/cape and leather and with a third guys way of making the power axes blade and am super happy i put in the effort because i got some of my best work and got to do nmm for the first time so thanks.

[@wesbrown3831]

Whoopsie doodel... is that a technical term? 😅🤣😂 As usual I appreciate you simplicity and speed... good stuff my friend!!!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You know, the tragic thing is that I think I picked that up from Ned Flanders years ago... 🤪

[@rickyl3136]

Awesome 👍

[@captainbaconsky]

Really loved this! One thing I would do, besides decapitating him, is actually not gluing him onto a base. I'd just attach a spare sprue to one of his leggies so that I can still rotate him around but without the base in the way. That way, reaching the inside of the cape would be even easier. Also, any thoughts of using the gloss version of reikland for shading the armor for more shine?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I had a little experiment before priming him of whether or not it'd be worth painting him on a separate stick, and honestly didn't find much of a difference on how easy it was to reach most of the cloak before or after putting him on his base. The big kicker would be to paint him with the cloak removed entirely and glue THAT on later, but it's got so many of the gold armour parts attached to it in one big piece that it's then farting around with some other thing to hold... 😅 The only part which would be made any easier is the spot just between his legs at the rear of the cloak, and honestly you can jam a brush in there just fine. Hide any mistakes with a bigger grass tuft! 🤣

[@briw4647]

Instead of using sigmarite after fleshshade, I re apply a bit of retributor armour then dry brush with liberator gold, gives a nice shiny gold

[@UnusualHat7]

Anyway you could be convinced to paint a chaos Helbrute and make a tutorial? It’s a very intimidating model for myself with a lot of flesh and metal mixed together, but I think you have a talent for breaking hard tasks into easier sub steps.

[@Myhayv]

For a moment, I though you might not do the lightning bit and panicked. In the end everything was ok.

[@Rukkrum]

Hi, im new to this hobby and you inspired me to paint this model. it was real hard but u helped me a LOT on this journey. But i had a real hard time with the corax white, could you explain to me how you get it smooth like yours. Thanks man! Watching you painting was pure joy, i could feel how much fun you had. Keep it up

[@jordansjensen]

Hi there sir, I’ve really enjoyed watching many videos of yours. It’s super cathartic to watch and the final products are wonderful looking. The biggest issue I have is I have 5 kids and frankly can’t imagine using 15+ or 20+ paints on a single model, not to mention the time required. You have any tips, channels, search terms I should use to find video guides for 40K with quick wins for my models? I’ve found it incredibly difficult to find SIMPLIFIED, faster results 🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@ath3lwulf533]

I wonder if Henry Cavil took notes here

[@valaquenta220]

Super painting !!! Say, can I use the same technique for the entire army? Thanks !!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It should certainly work for everything, yeah!

[@furiousv775]

17:42 for the juice.

[@Spardin]

i like to prime mine white then do the gold makes the gold super bright and shiny

[@eldarmark]

Not seeing a link in the description for the Speedpaint video mentioned early on in the vid...

[@Anathema0420]

@sonicsledgehammerstudio did you use a wet palette?

[@ThePatriotsRiot]

Does anyone know what brushes are used?

[@TheeMrRasmus]

Hi man, I don't know why, but YT has stopped sending notifications when you release new videos.. :-(

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I had a funny feeling!

[@frostytheram7490]

Took me 4-5 layers of corax for my nids