Hadn't thought of this technique. I stipple Flecktarn onto my Guard instead of proper painting. I'll give this a go for my Zona Alfa guys. Thanks!
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Six (or is it seven?) colours is way beyond what I'd ordinarily do for camo, but there's no denying it looks pretty striking once it's finished. Good for small groups you want to look neat on the table! Zona Alfa would be one of my picks for that sort of thing. :D
@HeadHunterSix3 жыл бұрын
I used a stippling technique for my camo cloaks when I did Space Wolves and Raptors and the result can't be beat.
@Strawfoot3 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a video on how you film these. Lighting, cameras, audio, etc. There are so many painting channels on KZbin. Yours stands out from the crowd because you have a great personality, you’re an excellent painter, and because you’re able to film in a way that lets me see what your actually doing (As opposed to other channels that film from 5 feet away at 10x speed, which is next to useless).
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Hm! Something to bear in mind for next month, maybe. All of it's recorded directly from my phone, of all things; the camera works, so why not use it? In the mean time, Luke over at Luke's APS actually did a brilliant video on this already which I nabbed a couple of ideas from, so definitely worth watching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqiZkomFgpuSnM0
@theandf3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! For me it's the outstanding technical quality, and also that Sonic knows when to cut -- there's never a boring shot. But also his great friendly voice, the only other youtuber who rivals Sonic's voice is Uncle Atom. I could really listen to a podcast by these two!
@HobbyDad2513 жыл бұрын
Your titles for Agrax Earthshade are amazing. Keep it up!
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
I figure they're fun little gags for whoever's paying attention. ;D I've just got to keep finding more to use!
@theandf3 жыл бұрын
This looks superb. Great figures for modern and near-future, too!
@philgee4862 жыл бұрын
Great final result, realistic but balanced against preserving a ready sense of the volumes on a small model, for a very good visual table result
@StevenRead3 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing! I'm just planning a red based camo scheme for some ork kommandos. This workflow should be pretty easy to adapt to that!
@johnkelley98773 жыл бұрын
I was glad to see you make this tutorial and the way you broke down the method of painting the camouflage pattern was very helpful! I can see that this method can be easily applied with different colors for modern camouflage patterns. Thank you for sharing this.
@MrJoshuakirk853 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing, I've got 13 Empress Rangers on my desk that are freshly primed and ready to paint.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Well, that's a spot of luck! :D
@irishtom302 жыл бұрын
Did my first camo recently. Definitely felt that concern that it was all too bright, before agrax rescued all and made it look just right. I was surprised how satisfying it was to do though, I'm gonna look for more projects with camo now. Thanks for the tutorial!
@crummyautumn Жыл бұрын
first timer in this hobby and this helped alot thank you.
@pbeccas3 жыл бұрын
Straight to the favourites
@pdelic36443 жыл бұрын
That mini looks so cool. Amazing paint scheme as always.
@PulsefiredGaming3 жыл бұрын
I backed these figures during their kickstarter, thank you so much for painting them
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help! I backed the Kickstarter as well, and jumped on the Solaryn Dragoons from the same creator as soon as that one went live. :D
@cheddardubstep33572 жыл бұрын
Where are they from?
@samb20523 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial, excellent tip on flipping the figure to randomise the pattern. Thanks very much.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
It's something I was shown a while ago, and never really made sense to me until starting to paint camo patterns on various miniatures. It's a bit like flipping your canvas while doing digital art!
@justanothercaptain65663 жыл бұрын
Amazing video as always! Nice to see how to do camo. Thanks again for sharing! Cheers 🍻
@ConstableGrey3 жыл бұрын
Looks good! Wish modern(ish) military was better supported by manufacturers.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Spectre Miniatures and Elhiem Miniatures are two to check out, on the off chance you haven't seen them. There's some neat ranges in there! 3D printing does open up a whole new avenue, too.
@stevepickering59783 жыл бұрын
Very Nice love him
@loupiscanis94493 жыл бұрын
Thank you , Sonic .
@TashiMortier3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, really enjoyed. :D That's such a cool pattern. I really appreciate the overlay with the colors, too. :)
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! I'm still not totally convinced on the font, but it's good to hear that the on-screen colours is a useful inclusion.
@Strawfoot3 жыл бұрын
Put the text in a box so it’s easier to read. Clarendon is an easy on the eyes font that has a classic vibe which would match well with your style of painting. That’s my two cents :)
@nilsniemeier53453 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I've been trying to replicate Scandinavian/Russian/Flecktarn patterns starting with dark and going to light with big overlapping blotches, but this is definitely the way to go for multicam.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
For real, light to dark saves on so many brush strokes when it comes to this stuff. About the only thing I'd still paint the other way around would be old British DPM.
@nilsniemeier53453 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I own a surplused British Berghaus rucksack in DPM and you're exactly right. It's more like the Scandinavian patterns; a lot darker and with bigger splotches.
@thepiratepenguin44653 жыл бұрын
Great work. Ammo by Mig has a " Multicam" paint set, but your colour combo looks better in my option. When it comes to making the pattern I have found a toothpick give me more control. All so people tend to forget the environment when painting skin. A person in a desert skin would be more " tanned" than a person in Northern Europe, yours is spot on.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
I quite like some of the colour sets that are out there! I tend to find that even if they're not useful for the specific miniature I'm painting, they'll still find a use somewhere else.
@AgentHKG11 ай бұрын
❤❤
@yoyoyo96693 жыл бұрын
these are so cool wow!
@MustContainMinis2 жыл бұрын
Looks amazing!
@Adi0319783 жыл бұрын
Love the look. You manage to make these camo patterns look so easy. But I dread to think how many tries it takes you
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
First time doing this, honestly. A lot of it is either adapting other guides or suggestions I've seen, or just working backwards in steps from thinking about what I know ought to happen with the right combination of paints. In the future I might use a slightly less saturated green than Intermediate Green, but I think that works fine for the woodland stuff.
@Adi0319783 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio still hugely impressive for me as thus is exactly what I struggle with the most
@phuryian3 жыл бұрын
top video, thanks mate!
@toddrf4058 Жыл бұрын
I’d like to see how you would handle a patterned shemagh. Perhaps at this scale its an impossible task but it would be interesting to see your approach.
@HeadHunterSix3 жыл бұрын
SORCERY! What madness is this, sir. Camouflage is supposed to be difficult and time consuming! :D
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Well, I wouldn't say this is the quickest way of doing it, but it's easy to replicate. It'd be way quicker to batch paint four or five at a time, I think.
@SiDayUT13 жыл бұрын
Any chance you could do desert camo as it's fairly topical at the moment? Love the camo trousers on this guy, but was thinking the desert camo would look good as opposition to the Arabic style troopers you did previously.
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
It'd really just be a case of swapping the Intermediate Green for a couple of different brown - something like Tan Earth. I'm probably not going to do a second camo video straight away when there's honestly no difference in technique, though something like Marine Corps MARPAT or desert digital camo might come up sooner. Just as long as it's not that so-called 'universal' camo pattern junk! 😂
@SiDayUT13 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I was thinking about modern special forces of the American kind, some with camo jackets as well as trousers and I think sometimes the webbing is camo as well, but that might be a step to far for the table top!
@jax55375 ай бұрын
what would you recommend as a alternative to Ivroy?
@tp64983 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sonic for this tutorial. I've got a lot of survivors left to paint from my various Zombicide games. This camo pattern will lend itself perfectly for more than one of them. Incidentally, is that mini your painting 28mm or is it the slightly larger, beefyer 35 mm? Just curious. Thanks. 👍
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
This dude is a 'true' 28mm - a little skinnier than the average Imperial Guardsmen. More in keeping with Perry Miniatures by comparison.
@jamesgunnell77982 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. Which colours would you use to paint multicam black?
@Mighty_Jarhead3 жыл бұрын
Question: What game is this figure from?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
It's not from any specific game; in theory it'd work with anything featuring modern skirmish combat, or RPGs. The link to the STL files is in the description, though! Spectre Miniatures is also a good spot to find similar.
@user-nr8ub8su1v3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another handy tutorial and what skirmish games this kind of miniature is used for (if it does)?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Something like Force on Force, No End in Sight, or onepagerules' Double Tap all spring to mind. Honestly, there's probably a ton more I don't know about!
@user-nr8ub8su1v3 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I didn't know even about the games you mentioned :) Thank you!
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
WargameVault is a really good place to start if you don't mind PDF rulebooks. Going through creator pages and looking through each category for rules and supplements can take you years. ;D
@user-nr8ub8su1v3 жыл бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you for advice... I have nothing against PDF by the way)
@finnmelia45723 жыл бұрын
What figure is that? Where can I get it?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
This one's a 3D print; the link to the files is in the description.
@adriant16543 жыл бұрын
"Military Advisor"
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Ooh, now that's one I'll need to remember. 😂
@hanssanchez25333 жыл бұрын
You think you could try this on some 15mm lol I have a few soldiers I need to get some camo on and I’m scared
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the method and order would be much the same - I'd just use a slightly smaller brush! 😅 I'd also thin the shade with a little medium to keep it from making the smaller miniatures too much darker, but otherwise it'd not be terribly different.
@hanssanchez25333 жыл бұрын
Alrighty I’ll try it out hopefully my beginner hands don’t mess it up too much
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Well, you've got to give it a shot or it'll most definitely never happen. ;D
@HotelCharliHill2 ай бұрын
cool miniature. where did you get it?
@SonicSledgehammerStudio2 ай бұрын
You might try the link in the description. 😉
@HotelCharliHill2 ай бұрын
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio with youtube's new layout every time i pressed "more" it showed me the details of your video and the option to open transcription, but did not drop down the description section...
@samsowden3 жыл бұрын
Don't paint accurate camouflage, because it might actually work as camouflage!
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
Exactly that!
@torros18393 жыл бұрын
Camo? Don't see the point. Sure you'll never see it on the table when it's 3 feet away lol
@SonicSledgehammerStudio3 жыл бұрын
If you go the route of painting it properly, sure! I'd probably go to as few as three colours and call it done for regular gaming miniatures, but then I'd have everyone going to their Airsoft collections to tell me I used the wrong brown or it should be more green or blaaaaah.
@seanmalloy72493 жыл бұрын
Or, as was pointed out in an article about painting SJ Games' Ogre Miniatures, if you do the camo properly, you run the risk of losing your minis on the playing field, since the camo will be doing what it was supposed to and making them harder to distinguish from the background.