Painting Modern Military Kit - Multicam in Miniature [How I Paint Things]

[@FrMehman]

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!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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

[@HeadHunterSix]

I used a stippling technique for my camo cloaks when I did Space Wolves and Raptors and the result can't be beat.

[@Strawfoot]

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).

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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

[@theandf]

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!

[@HobbyDad251]

Your titles for Agrax Earthshade are amazing. Keep it up!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I figure they're fun little gags for whoever's paying attention. ;D I've just got to keep finding more to use!

[@theandf]

This looks superb. Great figures for modern and near-future, too!

[@philgee486]

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

[@StevenRead]

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!

[@johnkelley9877]

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.

[@MrJoshuakirk85]

Perfect timing, I've got 13 Empress Rangers on my desk that are freshly primed and ready to paint.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, that's a spot of luck! :D

[@irishtom30]

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]

first timer in this hobby and this helped alot thank you.

[@pbeccas]

Straight to the favourites

[@pdelic3644]

That mini looks so cool. Amazing paint scheme as always.

[@PulsefiredGaming]

I backed these figures during their kickstarter, thank you so much for painting them

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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

[@cheddardubstep3357]

Where are they from?

[@samb2052]

Great tutorial, excellent tip on flipping the figure to randomise the pattern. Thanks very much.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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!

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Amazing video as always! Nice to see how to do camo. Thanks again for sharing! Cheers 🍻

[@ConstableGrey]

Looks good! Wish modern(ish) military was better supported by manufacturers.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@stevepickering5978]

Very Nice love him

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Sonic .

[@TashiMortier]

Thank you for this video, really enjoyed. :D That's such a cool pattern. I really appreciate the overlay with the colors, too. :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@Strawfoot]

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 :)

[@nilsniemeier5345]

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.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@nilsniemeier5345]

@@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.

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

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.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@AgentHKG]

❤❤

[@yoyoyo9669]

these are so cool wow!

[@MustContainMinis]

Looks amazing!

[@Adi031978]

Love the look. You manage to make these camo patterns look so easy. But I dread to think how many tries it takes you

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@Adi031978]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio still hugely impressive for me as thus is exactly what I struggle with the most

[@phuryian]

top video, thanks mate!

[@toddrf4058]

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.

[@HeadHunterSix]

SORCERY! What madness is this, sir. Camouflage is supposed to be difficult and time consuming! :D

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@SiDayUT1]

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.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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! 😂

[@SiDayUT1]

@@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!

[@jax5537]

what would you recommend as a alternative to Ivroy?

[@tp6498]

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. 👍

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This dude is a 'true' 28mm - a little skinnier than the average Imperial Guardsmen. More in keeping with Perry Miniatures by comparison.

[@jamesgunnell7798]

Great tutorial. Which colours would you use to paint multicam black?

[@Mighty_Jarhead]

Question: What game is this figure from?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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-nr8ub8su1v]

Thank you for another handy tutorial and what skirmish games this kind of miniature is used for (if it does)?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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-nr8ub8su1v]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I didn't know even about the games you mentioned :) Thank you!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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-nr8ub8su1v]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you for advice... I have nothing against PDF by the way)

[@finnmelia4572]

What figure is that? Where can I get it?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This one's a 3D print; the link to the files is in the description.

[@adriant1654]

"Military Advisor"

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ooh, now that's one I'll need to remember. 😂

[@hanssanchez2533]

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

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@hanssanchez2533]

Alrighty I’ll try it out hopefully my beginner hands don’t mess it up too much

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, you've got to give it a shot or it'll most definitely never happen. ;D

[@HotelCharliHill]

cool miniature. where did you get it?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You might try the link in the description. 😉

[@HotelCharliHill]

@@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...

[@samsowden]

Don't paint accurate camouflage, because it might actually work as camouflage!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Exactly that!

[@torros1839]

Camo? Don't see the point. Sure you'll never see it on the table when it's 3 feet away lol

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

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.

[@seanmalloy7249]

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.