Painting an Army in 24 Hours - HC 299

In this Hobby Cheating Video, I take you through my experience of painting my 77 model FEC Smashbat army in less than 24 hours. I show you the tips and tricks to get your army painted fast, on the table and looking good. Hope you enjoy!
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[@serarthurdayne9490]

Painting an entire army in 15 minutes is really impressive!

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, had to grab my time turner. ;)

[@hinti24]

Aaah - the technomancer intro. a true gentlemens choice

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, it will be (mostly) the intro from now on. :)

[@jakea3950]

@@VinceVenturella do you have the link to that vod? If its in the soulblight review im halfway through. So good 😂😂👌

[@BarokaiRein]

Man this absolute madlad painted an entire army faster than I paint heroes and it still looks great.

[@VinceVenturella]

Well thank you. :)

[@angelozaccarin9130]

They look awesome! Also it's really nice to see you talking sometimes instead of only hearing your voice 😄

[@VinceVenturella]

I'm going to try to work that in more and more as time goes on. :)

[@oldragnar2746]

Love the little changes in your editing and the different use of the camera 👍🏼 The content as usual is usefull and well done. Thank you Vince

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, happy to help. :)

[@MileinaJuarez]

Im painting a Nighthaunt army. I’ve been in need of inspiration, so thanks this is awesome!

[@VinceVenturella]

Excellent, happy to help. :)

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Amazing! Congratulations! The conversions alone are amazing

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you! 😄

[@travislankford9254]

I literally just watched you paint these models but still astonished with the pics at the end. Was also super cool getting a peek behind the curtain at your hobby space. I'm converting my garage into a hobby space so always looking for ideas.

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you like them! :)

[@adamduncombe594]

Thanks Vince. Great video and really well explained! Thank you for taking the time to share the knowledge

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad it was helpful!

[@1989eol]

Please just acknowledge that you are a god, it would save us all a lot of time. Not only the speed you paint this in, others do that too, not only the quality you paint other stuff in, others do that too, not only the amount of really REALLY usefull content you put up, others do that too... to an extend... not only... you get the idea. but ALL OF THAT by ONE person, and then just "casually" dropping a game in colab with uncle adom... uncle atam... you know who I mean. (love Uncle A., had a clown for breakfast) I mean, everyone makes a fuss about becoming a god, like Morathi, Kragnos... Eminem. You just do it totally chill Vince V. style. I am also very hyped about HC#300. I am expecting something special, grandiose, breathtaking. Like... a HC episode like any other. Keep it up, you are a treasure for the community all over the world, typing from central Europe here. I've learned a ton from you, and you are kind of a true idol in a very modest and realistic sense to me. Your attitude and pragmatism coupled with the fun and enthusiasm you communicate with your videos and streams inspire me a lot! Thanks for all of that.

[@VinceVenturella]

I am very excited for 300. :)

[@Ranca666]

Smashing job! The video is absolutely lovely as always, thank you, Vince!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@mikeadams3722]

Wow, that was impressive, thank you for the inspiration Vince.

[@VinceVenturella]

My pleasure!

[@adamfillier3515]

You're a killer Vince!! Got me hyped to tackle my blood knights today!!

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome. :)

[@davidfortin6437]

Man, wow. Big upgrade in montage and quality. As always, top content. Thanks Vince for everything you bring to the hobby.

[@VinceVenturella]

My pleasure! :)

[@danieln6721]

Awesome work as always, great improvement on the audio! Keep up the great content

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad to hear I'm getting better. :)

[@angerworm]

I love these army painting videos! They're highly motivating!

[@VinceVenturella]

Well, you won't have to wait long for more motivation.

[@angerworm]

@@VinceVenturella There's a tipping point, sir!

[@andreileucuta9323]

Loving the production value in this one Vince. Well done.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, this was a fun one. :)

[@annoyingrequirement]

Awesome stuff and the details you provide are great. Appreciate the hard work and content.

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@martyp00s]

Fantastic. Would love to see more projects like this

[@VinceVenturella]

I can only do so many, I already have 19 armies. ;)

[@KelRiever]

As a complete compliment, it really is amazing what you did with the army in that time and use of technique to accomplish your goal! It also proves to me....speed painted armies are becoming less interesting to me! Because this army is done so well in such a short amount of time, I can only think that there is a large community that wants to paint fast for gaming purposes and things like tournaments. An army painter myself, what happens is, though in the agenda, a loss of love of the slower build and paint. I appreciate the speed paint, but more and more if I see a full army, I want to see the love, the time taken, and the joy of the art. When you knuckle down and paint one figure amazing, Vince, that would be the cap really for this army, even if you speed painted the units. (again, awesome! so this is more of my own wishes, which of course would be outside the goal of speed painting :) )

[@VinceVenturella]

Sure, often with stuff like this, I will take more time and do a better job on a character, it's fun. :)

[@seanglynn9587]

Amazing. Absolutely amazing as always. But Vince we need details on that winged Vargskyr!

[@VinceVenturella]

I'll share some more photos out. :)

[@mattdeeley4302]

@@VinceVenturella where do we find the additional details? Need to know where all these wings came from! 😊

[@13Robzilla]

Love everything about this video. Thank you Vince!

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cfeduke]

Fantastic! Efficiency is what I live for. Seventeen hours, unbelievable, great demonstration of skill!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, always happy to help. :)

[@keeferofsecrets9577]

Great stuff man! Came out great. Animal !

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you brother. :)

[@Maya_Martian]

Love your use of contrast paints and pushing what they can do. I really need to step up up my airbrushing game as I only really use it to prime and base my miniatures.

[@VinceVenturella]

It's a very versatile tool for sure. :)

[@bradlothrop4076]

The deciding to "start" at about midnight and then check-in at 2:00am is awesome. Really good job at trying not to appear "weary" but you were probably telling yourself this was a decision made and needed to be done: "no regrets!!!". I was silly enough to decide to build 100 Cadian rank and file troops, the sergeants became the "dessert" for each squad so your advice resonates. Happy to see the techniques for speed and you wearing a bit more of your craft. Anything worthwhile tends to get messy: thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, getting messy is how you know you've done it right.

[@ger5956]

Awesome results and great video as always 😁👍🏻

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@the250mikec]

Super awesome. Put the love into the characters, minions, just get em done👍. Thanks Vince

[@VinceVenturella]

Nailed it, exactly.

[@TheGImp1214]

Ey you’re getting way better at the yt algorithm good job man hope you really blow up you deserve it

[@MrBigBonson]

Actually got really inspired after this video and went down the rabbit hole of watching your older 24 hour videos. Bought 2k+ of bonesplitters to do something similiar :)

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome. :)

[@nathanfee9644]

Thanks for the video Vince!

[@VinceVenturella]

You bet!

[@xXxCatsnakexXx]

Excellent work Vince

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@rottenseed02]

Holy 🐄! And only 17 hours. Absolutely amazing!! Well done!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, this was fun. :)

[@gregcharlebois2674]

When you show what is possible it inspires me to paint without fear. It's like you paint the REAL box art. Rock on sir.

[@Numerlon]

are you saying you suddenly Paint Bravely? :^)

[@VinceVenturella]

Always happy to help. :)

[@jakessofa8187]

Tis no man! Tis a remorseless painting machine! fantastic work Vince, has a real grimdark look to it, and with some sweet conversions the reverse Verdaccio was really effective as well

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you like it! :)

[@drewcradduck2790]

That color scheme looks LOVELY! I'm going to be painting FEC myself soon and that wyldwood/Flesh Tearers Red combo for the fur looks very nice and easy to replicate! :D

[@VinceVenturella]

It really is simple. :)

[@MrNaadi]

Great video as always Vince! I'm not sure I'll ever get up the nerve to try painting a whole army in 24h, but there's still so much information just for army painting in general to take away from this.

[@VinceVenturella]

Always happy to help. :)

[@Stardog081]

You are damn good at painting Vince, this gives me motivation to strive to get better. Wow amazing!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, happy to help. :)

[@Curran_Kleen_Brown]

Awesome video. I absolutely love the look of this army. The conversions are amazing. I hope to get a few Vargskyrs to convert. The only thing is that I wish I hadn't finished my FEC before this came out.

[@Curran_Kleen_Brown]

Also those ghoul models are so much nicer than GWs

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, those ghouls are awesome and have bat faces, so perfect. :)

[@timmcmenamin1187]

The texture work on the wings of the big character model is inspiring.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@geraldpower5031]

You sir are a legend in this hobby. Thanks for another brilliant hobby cheating video.

[@VinceVenturella]

Always happy to help. :)

[@thel1chking]

Great step by step !

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed. :)

[@andrewpepper-parsons9630]

I loved the use of contrast paint, really clever. The army looks brilliant flesh eater courts are on my favourites.

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome, happy to help. :)

[@andrewpepper-parsons9630]

@@VinceVenturella I'm annoying my kids by wandering around my flat saying 'smash bat, smash that'. Thanks and keep up the good work Vince. P.s. looking forward to the solo rules to reign in hell.

[@ageofsigmarlistlab1706]

This is so helpful Vince, thanks! Interested on your take on this build for 3e, losing double move seems like a big hit for the smash bat

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, it's a hit for sure, on the other hand, you gain a lot of points back not paying for 2 battalions, and you still have summons. In the end, the army is very sensitive to being unleashed, that's the major challenge, but the bat can generally hold and then strike in the mid-field. I will say that the Varghulf unit restoration is very potent in this new MSU world.

[@ForgottenStreams]

That color scheme is dope! And you are a painting machine :) good job!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Winterydee]

After seeing this video of you painting 77 models in about 17 hours only proves to me that you are more machine than human Vince! An that is not a bad thing at all good sir! They look wonderful! Great work and great video as always. Even if this is something that we can not do at this point in time, it gives us something to aspire for.

[@VinceVenturella]

Always happy to help. :)

[@benrichardson5662]

9:00 I suggest audiobooks. Uses less phone battery and depending on the book (I prefer fantasy novels) you won't have to change what you're listening to, since a 20+ hour book will outlast your painting session just fine. It helps me get through 10 hour shifts at work, it can help you paint! But anyway, I really like the ideas here. I have two armies to paint in 2.5 months so I need to buckle down and get my speed up.

[@VinceVenturella]

It's a good suggestion, but I just can't do audio books when I paint, not sure why.

[@johncastellano297]

Great work Vince. As someone who started an FEC army with a start collecting box. Now I really want those Cursed City models. Cursed City is the upgrade that FEC fans have been waiting for. CHEERS!

[@VinceVenturella]

Totally agreed.

[@katuhtonik]

Absolutely incredible.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you!

[@morzorkatvfm]

The Vargskyre came at the right moment

[@VinceVenturella]

Yes indeed.

[@adamoakson3076]

Great stuff Vince! I'd love to see a channel crossover speed painting challenge one day. So many great speed painters on KZbin atm

[@VinceVenturella]

It would be fun for sure. :)

[@CrazyTom34]

Oh excellent! I just started putting together some crypt horrors and was rolling over how to tackle them

[@VinceVenturella]

Excellent. :)

[@fireimp2007]

Instructions unclear painted the army in 24 weeks. BTW love the video shots of the paint bottles in the background. That's my true Goal. Forget painting the army in a day.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, I may have a fair amount of paint. :)

[@LokeBroken]

Great video! 😁✌🏻

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you!

[@Rhone007]

Vince, you are a machine! Great video & holy crap you have a lot of paint. 😁👌

[@VinceVenturella]

Thanks 👍

[@snuffyluf]

Amazing work as always. I wish you had a clock in sight at all times to give a frame of ref.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, I am not as cool as Goobs in that regards. ;)

[@rhellion]

Great video!!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thanks brother. :)

[@seanclarke8015]

I'm painting all of dominion, it's taken me atleast 100+ easily. I totally feel that "pick your army" cause speed painting highly detailed minis has killed me off. Time to paint some middle earth rohan to blow off some steam.. Great video vince and the army looks great. Loving smash bat, he can smash that.

[@VinceVenturella]

Happy to help as always. :)

[@MoronDude92]

Impressive and educational as always. Love your army speed paints. Btw, in case no one's mentioned, rotbraun is pronounced like "rote brown"

[@VinceVenturella]

Interesting! I pronounce everything wrong, so no surprise there. :)

[@leoverperez8111]

just perfect,perfect,perfect

[@Kidzrul]

Vince, your skills are insane!

[@VinceVenturella]

Well thank you, happy to help as always. :)

[@michaelthebarbarian5527]

The intro!!! Yessss!!!

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, it should show up (most) of the time from now on. :)

[@Elyeras]

Can we get a video or break down on those Vargskyr conversions please and thank you?? Those look tremendous

[@jedi9935]

I 2nd this request!

[@VinceVenturella]

Well, I already compelted them and didn't record anything of the conversion, but it was pretty simple. The smaller ones, I just used the extra wings from the crypt flayers and used sprue goo to meld them on. For the big guy, those are the balrog wings, and I had to green stuff around and recreate and extend the fur. :)

[@mattdeeley4302]

@@VinceVenturella this is what I was looking for!

[@jedi9935]

Thanks for the info Vince!

[@tomaszskubis4785]

great one, ty

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@brentashby1549]

Always love these 24 hour army challenges. But the true legend actually finished it with over 6 hours to spare! I need to pick up the pace 😅

[@VinceVenturella]

Gotta get after it. :)

[@TheVengefulDeath]

Awesome vid, as ever. Thank you. Do you recall where the wings on the one Vargskyr are from - the largest one with the largest wings. Thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, they are from the Balrog from the Lord of the Rings line.

[@TheVengefulDeath]

Brilliant. Thanks Mr @@VinceVenturella :D

[@michaeln5660]

Really enjoying the new choice of music

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you enjoyed. :)

[@jonbauml225]

Smashing success

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, this was a really fun one. :)

[@marceld3086]

I love this video and i will definly try some of this when i start my fec army. Do you think a verdaccio would work with other colors, as long as they're complementary?

[@VinceVenturella]

Absolutely.

[@geteavnroc2250]

Awesome work/video, Vince! Thank you for sharing!! Hey Vince, this reminds me...i have a question. I'm going to be doing a Fyreslayers/KO army sometime in the future. I forget which realm it is, that has all the Sylvaneth (Ghur?), but i want to do up my army with greens. Do you know of anyone who has made an army like this, and do they have pics online somewhere? I'm thinking lots of greens/yellows/reds.

[@VinceVenturella]

Ghyran has all the sylvaneth, but I haven't really seen anyone do such an army, sounds awesome though!

[@davidwasilewski]

Good effects. You are an iron painter! I’m doing my Beasts of Chaos horde in batches of 30 at a time and that’s enough for me!

[@VinceVenturella]

Happy to help as always. :)

[@Fallen_BDPS]

Great work! Do you have a video on the conversion process? I'm curious about what parts you used.

[@VinceVenturella]

I do not, but the big guy has the Balrog wings, the little ones have the extra wings from the crypt flayers.

[@thesixthhousedagoth9439]

I love your work

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@guyfromtheinternet1432]

Really looking forward to Episode 300!

[@VinceVenturella]

Myself as well. :)

[@Bluecho4]

You showing off these Clay Beast Creation figures, and how easily they can be brought to the tabletop, is tempting me to grab some models and make my own force. Probably a skirmish warband, I don't want to go crazy (yet). I've got enough models in my pile of shame as it is.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yeah, I really like their work.

[@darrinscott6612]

"I did everything I could with an airbrush" Marco Frisoni: Hold my beer! ... Great video as always! I was looking forward to this one!

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@purehavok]

Ideas for future hobby cheating: Color Theory: Grey. How to paint red demon skin. How to paint sun bleached bone. How to paint dirt and mud.

[@VinceVenturella]

All good suggestions.

[@adamjackson260]

Great job. Love the kitbashing. What was the name of the colour palette you used? I have noticed you explicitly refer to the names of these colour palettes that Old Masters used in their painting in other painting videos and discussions. I really appreciate it. I feel like I am always learning when I watch or listen to one of your videos or shows whilst I am painting. Thank you. Maybe you could create a new series Hobby Cheating Plus. But seriously you are an inspiration.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, always happy to help. It's the Zorn palette.

[@goodgamenore]

Cool stuff

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@ketrosegaming386]

The new intro is banging, and double plus bonus it isn't +30db my dog is even happier about that than I am. I'm fairly sure I've spent as much time fussing over an unimportant face as you took to churn out an entire horde of cannibalistic gentry. Do you have any advice for a power/magic weapon effect on a 4 sided chunky spearhead ? I'm not having luck applying the same basic techniques that work so well on any other weapon. Thanks for another great video.

[@VinceVenturella]

It's tricky, the spearhead is goingt to use the same basic trick, but you have less space, in the end, you need to make sure you have opposing contrast and hard edges, then just play with where the blends happen.

[@benzen69]

You're a beast Vince, this looks great. I like a simple base, you had dry pigments on there too?

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, you got it. :)

[@spamslamwich1776]

Vince! My man! Contrast is my preferred way to paint my Orks for 40k

[@VinceVenturella]

It's fast and easy. :)

[@georgeratkowitz8023]

Vincy V truly a legend!!!

[@skimnsurf72]

Super entertaining and unbelievable result. Any suggestions on a recipe (the initial drybrush and airbrush layers) for demons with colored flesh, like bloodletters? Amazing work as always.

[@VinceVenturella]

More or less the same stuff, but then a thinned red contrast paint. I have some earlier videos in the playlist about speedpainting Red and warm zenithals and those would be the way to go.

[@Leviticushateford]

Hi Vince, super cool. What wings did you use on the bigger Varsyer? Looks amazing! As always thank you for all you do for our hobby!

[@VinceVenturella]

They are the plastic wings from the old Balrog kit.

[@Leviticushateford]

@@VinceVenturella Thank you!

[@philipjackson1589]

Awesome!!!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@hobbithubby5076]

This process looks perfect for daemons of Nurgle too. I was told never to use a good sable brush with contrast paint. Did you not have any issues using a W&N sable brush with the contrast paints? Thanks Vince!

[@VinceVenturella]

This was actually a slightly older one that had lost it's fine tip, so perfect for this sort of work.

[@chrisofd3athlol]

very impressive

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you. :)

[@owenjackson508]

Happy to fire your imagination brother. Amazing job, time to get smashing!

[@VinceVenturella]

Can't wait!

[@MadMonkeyMonkInc]

Awesome! Where’d you get the alternate ghouls?

[@VinceVenturella]

Marrow Suckers from Clay Beast Creations.

[@Lifewast3d]

Hello, nice to see someone doing great service to my favorite nobles. I really like the creation of such a complex skin color through just a few steps. I was thinking of doing mine with more of a turquoise skin color, is there anything you would change about the colors sprayed from below to achieve that? I was thinking of spraying a crimson color from below so that the shadows would turn a purplish color where the turquoise met the crimson, but I am not sure.

[@VinceVenturella]

I think that sounds perfect. :)

[@Lifewast3d]

@@VinceVenturella I'll give it a shot and share the results

[@haldanerobbs4837]

The end result is amazing! I'd love to see the conversion process too. Do you think the 'reverse verdaccio' approach, or indeed classic verdaccio, would be doable doable without an airbrush? Obviously slower as a whole, but could you achieve something similar(-ish) using glaze consistency paints? Asking for a friend...

[@VinceVenturella]

Sure, I mean canvas painters weren't using airbrushes. ;) - So yes, it could be done, mainly through priming and drybrushing would be the fast way.

[@haldanerobbs4837]

@@VinceVenturella Haha yep, it's obvious when you say it out loud. I was unsure, because there are a lot of painting videos out there that do similar things with a sort of undercoat/priming approach for display and better. Cheers for the reply

[@mattcurr9931]

Havent seen a vid for a while LMAO at Scott's intro. And good timing I'm about to start a FEC warcry warband. Andd i'm curious, what varnish(s) do you use?

[@Lodorn]

Thats jon not scott

[@VinceVenturella]

1/2 mix of Vallejo Satin and AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish.

[@Isrephael1]

Looks great! What are the more upright, non-standard ghouls?

[@VinceVenturella]

Marrowsucker Squad from Clay Beast Creations - www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-marrowsucker-squad-157295

[@Isrephael1]

@@VinceVenturella Thanks! Those are such a huge step up from the GW ones.

[@theezekarion164]

Vince "The Man, The Myth, The Legend, The M'Fing GOD Of Showing Us How it's Done!"

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, always happy to help. :)

[@Uknurse464]

Awesome army! How did you do the bases please ?

[@VinceVenturella]

It was just some vallejo basing paste and some rocks on top. THen brown and dryrbrush, couldn't have been simpler. :)

[@Uknurse464]

@@VinceVenturella aw cheers Vince!!

[@frontpanzerung]

An Awesome video :D I do have a question though. Do you seal your minis or not and why?

[@VinceVenturella]

Usually during the process, not at the end. I generally varnish everything with 1-2 Satin to Matte Varnish to even out the finish. It's more about evening out the finish than proecting anything and I do that BEFORE any metallics are applied, as I never varnish metals.

[@frontpanzerung]

@@VinceVenturella Ah, thank you for the answer :) Does it dull down the metallics too much?

[@VinceVenturella]

@@frontpanzerung As I said, I never varnish metallics. So all that varnish is over the matte paints only, then I do the metals after. :)

[@frontpanzerung]

@@VinceVenturella Do you think that there is a way of sealing metallics without loosing the metallic look? I was thinking about that, because I want to use enamels and in order to protect the metallics below I want to seal them first (and afterwards if possible to protect the paint job for playing).

[@Music_From_Outer_Space]

I love your Vargskyr / Varghulf conversion. Do you have any WIP pictures, or could you share which wings you used?

[@VinceVenturella]

They are the wings from the Balrog for the big guy and the extra crypt flayer wings for the little guys. I don't think I have any early shots beyond what you see here.

[@Music_From_Outer_Space]

@@VinceVenturella Thanks Vince! Stellar work!

[@secondbourne182]

And I'm struggling through 15 Castigators... great work!

[@VinceVenturella]

Always happy to help. :)