Painting Wargames Atlantic Great War French [How I Paint Things]

Get your French infantry ready for battle in no time at all with a primer in the right colour, a drybrush, and some simple basecoats. No fuss whatsoever, easy to tidy up, and looks great on the table!
Wargames Atlantic's French Infantry: wargamesatlantic.com/collecti...
Uniform and Equipment References: www.151ril.com/
Turnip28 'Slimy Trench' Basing: • Painting for Turnip28:...
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Priming Notes
01:39 - What was Horizon Blue?
03:03 - Basecoats
13:06 - Shading
14:48 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
17:02 - Le Poilu Fini
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison, Woodcock, David Kinney, and Matt Dischner - as well as all the other Patrons that made this video possible, and Exit23 Games for recording equipment that helps keep the channel ticking over! Find out more at the following links:
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THE BASE: Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with Flat Brown, heavily overbrushed Brown Sand, lightly drybrushed Dark Sand. Add dots of PVA and static grass, then tufts of your choice - these 'orange meadow' tufts came from Green Stuff World. While drybrushing the base, once most of the paint is rubbed off your brush, lightly stipple at legs and greatcoat to add a bit of dust to the uniform.
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER: Wolf Grey (Army Painter Spray)
CITADEL:
Fenrisian Grey (Layer)
Iron Hands Steel (Base)
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)
VALLEJO:
Grey Blue (Model Color 943)
Light Sea Grey
Green Ochre
Beige Brown
German Fieldgrey
Flat Brown
German Camo Black Brown
German Grey
ARMY PAINTER:
Tanned Flesh
Skeleton Bone
Wolf Grey
Thunderous Blue

[@JDSG360]

Watching this video gave me a renewed appreciation for the French infantry as well as them being the main inspiration GW took in designing the Death Korps of Krieg.

[@pistoneteo]

Now I have to paint a box. Damn you and your sonic tonic!

[@Pyre001]

Currently filing off the face off of a metal mini (I have no dremel and I must ~scream~ file). Hobby videos like this keep me going. Thanks for the company!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Oh lord... you're a braver man than I!

[@Pyre001]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Update: I have gone and bought a dremel...

[@Jim-yk9if]

Yay! I've wanted to see the Great War Frintch for while!!! Thank you! Excellent tutorial, tips, and history/links (as usual)! LOL @ "put the juice in the coconut"!

[@andyshaw5378]

Very nice. Love all the blues.

[@guehe99]

This varnish really makes the difference! 16:00

[@Glasmn45]

You put the lime in the coconut and drank em bo up.... 😁

[@Jfk2Mr]

I've watched this video a couple times by now and I kind of think about redoing my minis - they also were to be painted as horizon blue (with pants in different shade), but result was underwhelming. Well, practice makes a master

[@guehe99]

Sonic tonic time! 13:13 (first time in History it is pronounced)

[@tolemykus4805]

Alright. If I must. You broke me. I'll get it done. :)

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

C'est Magnifique! He looks absolutely fantastic. Cheers! (Also it seems weird to mix something in the coconut and not include lime, but I trust your process)

[@Matt-md5yt]

Awesome Frenchman, you have painted my friend.

[@beaushaver3779]

Such a great kit, and an amazing paint job

[@guehe99]

No pasarán! ✊🏾

[@leemangan2670]

Brilliant as usual you talented bugger! Particularly love the mud staining, looks so realistic. I’m now a fan of Instar varnish too. I’ll be using Sledge Juice on my Warlord Dads Army crew soon,it offers a more subtle,smoother shade than others I’ve tried. Well done!

[@KilgoreVoid]

"On ne passe pas!"

[@brushmans-guild]

Absolutely superb job here, Sledge ol' chap! I adore these miniatures and this uniform (impractical though it might seem at first glance!) and your paint job really does it justice!

[@johnkelley9877]

I like this tutorial because I was not sure how to paint WWI French Infantry. Thanks for sharing this and the model looks great!

[@leemangan2670]

Thanks

[@andreaspersson5639]

Definitely saving this one for when I get around to some Hairy Ones myself. Gorgeous!

[@loupiscanis9449]

A Very Special Thank you , Troy . 🐺Loupis Canis .

[@alessiodecarolis]

These WGA minis are really good, plastic figures today are incredibly well detailed. I'vent never been a WWI uniforms' fan , perhaps bcz these ones seems a bit "goofy" respect some of WWII 's ones, such as the US Marines or '43 model, but I've to say that the colours are really Ok, when you paint a monochrome uniform, the different parts had to have diverse colours' gradations, to avoid the "toy soldiers"' effect.

[@user-mc4sq3fk5d]

New to the hobby, unfortunately a bit late to the game, but zeroed in on your channel after what seems like an exhaustive search. Excellent content and dome of your older videos are great for beginners like me. I noticed on newer videos you incorporated more Vallejo paints into the scenes as way back you tended to use more citadel. I find myself in a bit of a quandary as to which mainstream paint line is best for beginners (even an older one like me who finally has more free time). I like the concept of Citadel (please remember I am new) but I can see the paint pot being an issue. I want to paint historical miniature so Vallejo looks good too but almost too overwhelming. Any advice is very much welcomed. Just subscribed so please do keep up the great work as there are people like me who appreciate it.

[@theolemoine9442]

Pour la France !

[@argy8141]

My son was in town today and he got the raw ingredients for sonic tonic and also picked up some Pro acryl washes too. I'm interested to see if they're as good as the rest of the range. Thanks for the insightful video and it's good to see you back painting.

[@KimHarderFog]

Sonic Tonic

[@angrypantz87]

Great video! I like the variety of blue grey.

[@escaperealityhobbies]

Hello young Skywalker!!! Great video as always! Question for you... have you ever thought about doing a video of your "Top Ten (or twelve) Go To Paints"? I know all miniatures vary and it's a personal choice with colors... BUT, I think it would be very interesting what you have to say and why these are your go to paints! - Tom

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Gorrrr... not asking me anything difficult, then! 🤣 Honestly, my Top Ten would change from day to day, depending on what I was painting! I get what you mean about a broadly applicable set of super-useful paints, though. Might be worth exploring! Go get yourself some German Grey if you haven't already, though! ✌ Spoiler warning: That'd be top of any list!

[@nickdavis5420]

Viva la France

[@stevek5060]

For this blue uniform I wonder what it would look like if you shaded with a diluted blue constrast or speed paint instead. it would make the uniform pop a little more, but you would need to be careful as you would want to shade with marine juice for the non-blue parts. I know it it outside the purpose of the video, as you attempting speed and simplicity, but just a thought I wanted to bring up.

[@ShaunTame-re5us]

Thank you for another enjoyable vid, and a great looking figure. May I ask whether you can varnish over the pencil highlighting?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You can, though I've never really felt it was necessary. It's very rare that it'll smudge off unless you're deliberately rubbing your thumb over your miniatures when you pick them up!

[@ShaunTame-re5us]

Thank you for taking the time to reply!

[@13JAMLAND]

Thank you for doing this, I've got my eye on these Great War models from Wargames Atlantic. Will you do Germans, British, Russian too? and what did you use for the dirty, dusty look?. Great work looks really good.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The dusty effect is achieved during the basing stage; take a look in the description for colours and tips there. I've also already done Great War British, and there's more on the horizon as I find time.

[@13JAMLAND]

@SonicSledgehammerStudio Great thank you! I'll take a look and look forward to the next one. Cheers!

[@kevinkuster5225]

So pumped you finally did WW1 French uniforms. Do you test your colors before you start a figure and filming. Your paint color choice are always AWSOME. I tried several blue colors on French uniforms but your choice is killer.

[@startlinewargaming2554]

Another great video buddy is there any British in Burma paint guides on your channel I have looked and can’t seam to find anything.

[@Grrwobert]

Sorry, noob question!… for the new marine juice (which I’m seeing recommended everywhere!), which dark tone is it? New fanatic or old quick shade? Thanks 😊

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Army Painter says that the Fanatic *washes* haven't changed formulation, but they've been repacked to come in line with the other bottles. Either way, it shouldn't matter!

[@Castillo525]

Plan on doing one for russian uniforms of ww1?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Eventually! Germans first, though.

[@Castillo525]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio great to know. May I be so bold as to recommend reading material? Setting the east ablaze by Peter Hopkirk, great book on the russian civil war, central asia and siberia. Been getting into back of beyond so its something that might interest you.

[@bulldozer360]

Nice Krieg lol. I wonder how they scale to the GW model .

[@garesonc9672]

No gas masks though?

[@saltfreegamer]

​@@garesonc9672there are a bunch of options for heads in that kit, including gas masks (2 styles IIRC).

[@mavstorm4588]

Will you make a guide for the new Bolt action US infantry winter models?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Whenever they're available!

[@mattsmith6514]

Non! Le pantalons ROUGE!