A Guide To Assembling And Painting Your First Miniature. Perfect for Beginners!

[@Cry4Tanelorn]

I would definitely love a followup video showing off her army once it's all painted! 😊

[@PlayOnTabletop]

us too! can't wait!

[@christiangruening352]

THIS!

[@tradingjedi63]

You should do a follow up skit where she’s a WAAC meta-chaser who gloats about her airbrush technique and talks smack on citadel paints 😜

[@powrongster]

wow my beginner friends saw this video now they are even more hype to build/paint and play in the new edition. Excited for the rest of this series. It's like walking us to our first game too!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thats amazing! Exactly what we hoped for from this series!

[@Dracobyte]

Variety of content is always great!

[@zacnewman7140]

14:50: Watch out for putting the brown in places that are already green. One way to make that significantly less challenging is to start with the deepest part of the model. On that Tyranid Warrior the armor that they painted first is the outermost surface, it would make more sense to paint the body brown first and then do the armor. That way you're not trying to reach past something you already painted without touching it. It's no guarantee that you won't get paint somewhere you don't want it, but it helps.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Great tip! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@StivoxiusPrime]

this make sense, thank you for the tip 🙂

[@theodorleberle]

Never did model painting but this was my first thought when they started with the brown after green.

[@RaldoronWOR]

Hats off to Steve for being an A+ servitor for the emperor today! It was wonderful to see.

[@lancechamberlin8687]

Steve's dejected "I've ruined it" at 9:12 is relatable to too many things in this hobby.

[@Haroith]

It is so... It is real calm pleasure to watch 'how to begin' videos. I do not know why, but even after 20 years of wargaming, when I know every step by heart, I continue to have fun from such beginners videos. Beginning is a very delicate and excitement time!

[@Dracobyte]

This variety of content is always great!

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Is it weird that I like watching assembly and painting more that battle reports? I love seeing the hobby side!?!?!?! Unless it is Kill Team, I love watching Kill Team BPs......Pew Pew Pew.... I have been putting together Kroot. Been Krootin' so hard guys, so hard.....

[@KiwiSpartan01]

Agreed. Assembly and painting videos are much more interesting

[@chimeraelite]

I enjoy them both, but yea, assembly streams or vids would be a wonderful low energy change of pace I think. Especially with 10th coming out and new models/boxes on the way.

[@PsychicAlchemy]

One thing I'd love to see is videos assembling entire kill teams from start to finish, including narrative elements. For those of us who've only recently gotten into the hobby, it's a little hard to know what a given character's backstory could feasibly be, so hearing others' stories helps a lot.

[@sirleo003]

It's honestly one of the great things about the hobby. There are so many different aspects to enjoy. It's funny how much you can enjoy without even playing the game.

[@KiwiSpartan01]

@@sirleo003 I'm not good at the game, but I'll play it anyway. It's the building and painting and building a narrative that drew me in

[@32Loveless50]

Tips: Use plastic glue for the plastic models and Super Glue for the Resin models or resin bits, it is much easier to work with plastic glue. DON'T cut out all the pieces all at once, cut out a few that you are going to use, put them and repeat, in this way you know what pieces you are going to use and what goes where, also lets the glue dry. if building Resin models, remember to clean them first with soap to get excess mold releas off, if this is not done it can do so the paint will not stick properly.

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for the tips!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thanks!

[@StivoxiusPrime]

very helpful, thank you 🙂

[@cavemanbum]

Great video! Rebecca's excitement at completing her first miniature is palpable. Having never seen her before, I found myself curious as to who exactly this young woman was. Fan of the channel? Fellow gamer? Long-lost niece? 🤔 Perhaps in other videos like this, you can give your audience some details about your guest?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Those are coming! In fact we launched one today! :)

[@snoopyxcore]

THANK YOU for assembly and painting content. It's one of my favorite things to see new people try out this side of the hobby! GREAT CONTENT!

[@Dracobyte]

Variety of content is always great!

[@OveratedUnderdog]

Great video! Fun to see an enthusiastic new player like Rebecca take on the hobby. So happy this series has started!

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

I'm a fairly experienced player but man these guides are still really helpful as I'm guiding a few friends who are just getting into the hobby

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Any advice aside the tips from the video?

[@Thefrozenarrow]

4:25 teaching her the classic "nah that's battle damage" trick.

[@ovan2190]

This is great, it's fun seeing people take their first steps into the hobby. The energy is so different than just watching the game being played, I'm even more excited to watch the battle report they play when their armies are ready to go

[@SolidCastor]

What fantastic timing for this video, my partner has shown some interest in the hoddy (already has chosen two factions) and at the moment she is trying to take in as much information she can, to help her find the path she wants to take. So it's great to have a new and updated beginners guide from a awesome channel and hosted by two of the most welcoming and entertaining 40k'ers out there. Keep up the great work.

[@Tigerheart01]

She should be very proud. That's 100 X better than my first paint jobs way back in 1994 in the days of 2nd edition.

[@doctorxbw4986]

I love this, the Tyranids was my starting army and I still am actively building it today along with 2 other armies for when I have friends over, I was excited just like her when getting and building my first minis and it's just awesome too someone so excited about getting into the hobby especially a fellow Tyranid player

[@quantumgaming7414]

Been watching your guys content since space marines 2 dropped and you have really helped me understand and fall in love this the game. So much so i just order my ultimate starters edition

[@gamerjoshwhite97]

This is an Awesome thing you guys are doing. I've loved your channel for a long time, especially yalls positive attitudes in the hobby community. It took me awhile to find my own way in to it, however I know these vids will be helpful to anyone jumping in. Keep it up guys!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Yeah they are cool!

[@SherlockHulmesDM]

Great series of videos to introduce folks to the hobby, and stoked you guys got to do this with Rahul!

[@justinsinke2088]

Man, these are the kinds of tips I wish I had when I tried picking up the hobby many, many years ago with Imperial Guard. I struggled so much with painting and making it look nice. Dry brushing was a technique I just wasn't really sure how to do properly and I could never seem to thin paints right; it was always either too thick at base or runny and watery when I tried to thin it.

[@Bluecho4]

Yeah, threading the needle between too thick and too runny is a tricky prospect. Especially if all your paints have different consistencies out of the bottle.

[@Dracobyte]

This variety of content is always great!

[@michaelraniga9336]

Great videos guys! Love this new tutorial series…please keep creating more stuff like this!

[@No_nameOG]

One of the best, most succinct description of how to do slapchop I’ve seen. Thanks for this, I’m definitely trying it on my next space marine. Edit: and basing is that easy?! That’s what I’ve been hung up on. I’m no good at scenery, so this really helped, a lot!

[@slow_runner]

I wish I had contrast paints when I started twenty years ago. But on the bright side, they're what got me back to painting again after years of just playing the odd game once or twice a year.

[@mondaynugget6503]

I love this series. A few people I know are planning on starting up/back up once 10th edition releases and this is fantastic.

[@kevinosborne8071]

This brings me back 20 years when I used to have a world eaters army. 😂 Wish I had the dollar to take this up again 😢 I enjoy watching this channel though, brings back some happy memories ❤

[@Teeleer]

when i cut my pieces out of the sprue, i leave a bit extra on so i can shave it off with a hobby knife. I find that if you make too close of a cut with clippers it can dig into the plastic you want

[@Bluecho4]

Couple points: 1. While it may seem intuitive to only cut away from oneself, cutting towards can paradoxically give the user more control. You generate less force, and thus do less damage if you slip. (If you feel apprehensive, you can employ finger protectors found at any sewing supply store or aisle). In either case, always use a fresh, sharp blade to cut, as a sharp blade requires less force. Whereas a dull blade might induce pushing too hard and lead to greater injury if it slips. 2. Clipping bits from a sprue _too_ close might pinch the bit itself. Creating unsightly deformations. While clipping apart from the bit will require additional trimming, you can't un-gouge chunks from your model. (Well, you potentially can with two-part modeling puddy like Green Stuff, but that's another matter entirely).

[@PlayOnTabletop]

These are great tips! Thanks for helping make it easier for people to get in the hobby :)

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for these tips. Do you have any more regarding miniature assembly?

[@stevenwillett5728]

This video is awesome, not going to lie as someone just getting started in 40K I was really nervous about painting and the results being poor. This looks like a simple approach that is doable, even for a hobby noob like myself!

[@MrDavehor]

Love how the colour of the tyranid armour (almost) matches Rebeca's nail polish! :D :)

[@Fox01313]

Great series! In addition to the craft knife I highly recommend going to a craft store for small sandpaper sticks. Super glue is useful early on but I find the better choice is plastic glue with a slightly slower dry time & dry fitting gives a better time building minis.

[@afxtjet]

Steve did a great painting tutorial and it would be great to see more 🙏please!

[@lionsoldier1179]

Another great way to think about the dry brushing is that you want it to look like the sun is shining directly down on it, which is where it gets its technical name: zenith painting!

[@Dracobyte]

Do you have any other tips regarding painting!

[@rhvette]

Love the green carapaces on the Nids, wouldn't have thought of that as a Xeno color, but it looks great. Really sells that chitin, insect vibe. One tip for newbies, pick up a pack of those little deli containers with lids, like you get potato salad in, like an 8 oz size or so. They're an amazing tool for organization since you can button them up if you have to stop partway through building a model, you can batch process a bunch of the same model by clipping the parts for each model into separate containers and then working down the line, and they also make for great tools for basing and other finishing touches. You can pour some base material into one and then dunk the model in to get a thorough coating with zero mess. You can even mix and match that way, combining different sizes and colors of base materials into a custom blend to really make it your own, without permanently mixing the parent containers.

[@rattail72ful]

As someone who has been wanting to get into the hobby for a while, the daunting task of figuring out what the first steps are was real! Thank you for this great video and series and I can't wait to start my own painting journey

[@greentrees2023]

Just finished the video. Awesome walk through. Can't wait to try it out!

[@kendalladams5975]

That slap chop method is insane! takes me hours to get mine to look like that. Just started a year ago into warhammer

[@mainmanarzy8643]

Love the content guys super helpful as always and done to such a high standard

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Much appreciated!

[@warrentang7459]

Agree completely. The Play on tabletop golden standard

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@PlayOnTabletop Thank you for the introduction videos!

[@derekgarcia3069]

Looks fantastic! Hope we get to see the finished army!!

[@insafinar5995]

Fun Series. I recently started again after a very very long break and forgot almost everything. This helps alot :)

[@arkitektual]

dry brushing: a note on having a teeny bit of moisture on the brush before the paint would help avoid chalky dusty models

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you! Do you have anymore tips regarding painting?

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thanks for the tips!

[@atron62]

This series is fantastic, as someone who has never played a table top game and only know some of 40k through video games, this helps with the accessibility of it. I'm interested in trying, but hesitant to invest in a new hobby without any experience in it.

[@chesteratienza5175]

Yes i've been waiting for this beginner to the hobby series ❤

[@XMan-mi6gs]

Great video guys! Easy to follow steps. I think you help a lot of beginners.

[@scottfontaine3798]

Thank you for the great beginners video. I'm just starting to get into this and this video is really helpful.

[@Got3wag]

I've never seen the black primer dry brushed with white and then contrast before, thank you. It came out looking great!

[@Lilliathi]

It's a recent trend, as he said. Slapchop method.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@Lilliathi Is it good?

[@Lilliathi]

@@fernandozavaletabustos205 It's fast and good enough for play.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@Lilliathi Thank you for the recommendation.

[@noxel99]

Perfect timing was just about to start assembling my first army :D

[@ScholarofProspero]

if you are starting out use plastic glue i would recommend with tamiya thin plastic glue because of the easy application

[@bowtiemouse]

I'm so excited to try that painting technique!!

[@And-c7n]

Good luck and lots of fun with your new hobby!

[@pepi560]

This is definitely a great tutorial, I will share it with my beginner friends

[@ZanaTheBatPony]

I shit you not, this video came out yesterday, the same day Amazon delivered the last of the Miniature Painting stuff I bought. I got myself a Necron Paint Set for Christmas last year, and have been buying the stuff I need from Amazon in small portions once a month throughout the rest of Winter, but now that I got everything I need, I can pick up a thing or two from watching this video before I start painting (once I get a good nights rest that is).

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Good luck!

[@longshanks2006]

I've found when clipping the parts off the sprue it's best to clip a few mm away from the part then once the part is free clean these bits off. If you clip close to the part there isn't much give and clipping stress' the plastic and either leaves nasty marks or you end up taking more off than you intended.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Great tip! Particularly with some of those really finicky bits.

[@longshanks2006]

@@PlayOnTabletop Just want to say I love the channel. I used to collect 40k/ Epic/ battlefleet gothic/ Blood bowl and mordheim back in the mid to late 90's and have just got back into painting again. I'm finding your channel and others like it great sources of information in a format that's easy to understand 👍

[@PlayOnTabletop]

@@longshanks2006 Thats awesome to hear! thank you!

[@tetsushatarii2108]

Oh man. This painting technique seems perfect for a beginner like myself. I can’t wait until I can start painting my Tyranids

[@davidintrabartolo5887]

YOOOOOOO Rahul's here! Praise the Emperor!!!!

[@Hathcock2500]

Can’t believe they got hollywoods bad boy

[@OneMoreParadox]

Funnily enough I have just started my first box of space marines in the last two weeks! Wish I had a mentor like Steve or Nick to help me along 😂

[@chimeraelite]

Any motivation to paint is a good time.

[@nelsonvanwyk226]

Stunning i learn a lot now to try my first one

[@azmiraclegirl441]

Can you imagine painting on an airplane? "Excuse me, Ma'am, could I get some water and paper towels? I need a wet palette if I'm going to finish this before Adepticon."

[@juriaan13]

Lol valid reason to fet free airfare

[@Dracobyte]

"Sir, your air compressor is making too much noise. Some people are trying to sleep!"

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@Dracobyte "But I really need to finish this!"

[@kylefindlay8411]

Yay!! So excited for you Rebecca!! Get those Nids ready to eat!

[@sneakyalpaca5167]

Having these dudes walking u thru this, couldn’t be luckier!

[@Dracobyte]

Variety of content is always great!

[@Logan-m6k]

Thanks for the help i used your tips in painting my Stormfiends from Skaven AoS :)

[@Vin_Venture896]

Excited to see her reaction to the brand new tyranids, hope she doesn’t have to rebase all those nids though 😂

[@g3arsnros3sproduction7]

This is has lots of helpful tips for someone like me. I love Warhammer 40k and I want to build my own army, when I get the chance.

[@SuperCleary]

This is exactly the video I needed. Thank you.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Please make more of these tutorial videos!

[@circusmonkey28]

Man! This makes me wanna try! But I dont have mucxh space for the final products in my home

[@Just_Kenneth_63]

really great idea, this will be a good series of videos. welcome to the new bees oh by the way new slogan for a shirt "IF STEVE COULD DO THIS YOU CAN DO THIS"

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for these tutorial videos!

[@kenciles]

The great thing with Nids, doesn't matter what colors you go with. Just a new hive fleet in the system. It's so nice.

[@andrewcaballero660]

This was great and I want more of it

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Me too!

[@scottturner3831]

Wow. Love the green tyranid...

[@TheJerbol]

I magnetized my first model yesterday! A helbrute :D

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

How did the assembly go? Any advice?

[@TheJerbol]

@@fernandozavaletabustos205 It went really well, but I wish I had watched a magnetization guide for it first. Like putting internal magnets in before sealing the body. But it was good otherwise, fairly easy to magnetize every option. I just have to get better at not drilling right through the plastic lol

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@TheJerbol Hahahaha wow.

[@zacnewman7140]

Been said lower in the comments, but worth repeating: GW plastic can be assembled right out of the box, anything made out of metal or resin needs to be washed first because those involve a release agent that interferes with the glue. Superglue exposed to mold release agent can actually start acting like a solvent. It's freaky.

[@Dracobyte]

Cold or hot water? Do you need soap?

[@zacnewman7140]

@@Dracobyte I personally use a little dish soap, really hot water, and a soft toothbrush.

[@Dracobyte]

@@zacnewman7140 thank you for the advice!

[@Icehawk55082]

Whoa whoa, you get assembly instructions now? Back in my day they just threw a bunch of sprues at you and said "Have fun!"

[@dariusfafoutakis8021]

She's gonna love all the new Tyranid releases from 10th edition 40k! I wonder if she's gonna prefer hordes or monsters as her favorite side of Tyranids.

[@StivoxiusPrime]

i wish there wouild be a great combo army for big monsters but also have a little horde to interrupt or capture with objectives. but i can't find any good guides and lists of nice combo armies, but i prefer horde more overall.

[@valianthobbies]

Lets go Rebecca!

[@cannonballbaker62]

I wish this had been around when I first got into the hobby. Would have saved me a lot of poorly glued, mold line covered, disjointed minis. Duncan's mantra of two thin coats was the only thing that saved them from being coated in a thick layer of paint on top of all of it.🙃

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Welcome to the Hive Mind!

[@ceegronlee]

That looked really good!

[@rudiseb]

Im sitting here for the last couple of beginners videos thinking where the hell did i see rahul already? AAAAAh yes iZombie best man

[@EmceeMOTH]

I loved him in Midnight Mass!

[@Dracobyte]

Yes, it is him!

[@adamreed2088]

I love this video. Keep doing them.

[@fathurshaon123]

Much more user friendly than a certain platform which feels robotic and charges a premium for an overall lackluster experience. Shout-out to Rebecca for the positive energy, unlike the Cult Mechanicus trio on a certain platform 😅

[@Zashzila]

This is a good idea guys! Much less intimidated now.

[@KaineVillante]

Also cutting away on a sprue is a good way of accidentally chopping into another piece of a model hahaha done that a couple times it's to a point that since I like to scrape off mold lines I just use a nail trimmer and fix it later with my hobby knife.

[@charlesgao2179]

rahul already knows how to paint minis! cheatteerrr!!!

[@VallentRo]

Do you have a video more on the clean up of the miniatures before painting with close ups of the before and after for us newbs?

[@theTemplar08]

Great introduction show to the hobby

[@OmegaLittleBob]

Dang I keep forgetting how big that Tyranids combat patrol box is. You could kill a man with that! Too bad I don't want 30 of those old Gaunts.

[@Slenkamure]

i paint at work, the joys of second shift and slow times

[@Psyqhical]

I'm a big Infinity fan. Can you guys do an Infinity match? 😁

[@climid]

Oof, thats gotta be one of the hardest combat patrols to make. just the sheer number of termagaunts!

[@MJHKing1]

Very cool video. I started off using Classic painting style because I thought it was 'proper'. I've learnt a lot but it was extremely slow for me. If you're hyped to get playing sooner these contrast painted models look fantastic and might stop you getting disheartened

[@josesaavedramartin415]

Great video!

[@TreeBeardBookReviews]

I didn't know the play on tabletop team was Canadian

[@Dracobyte]

Me neither.

[@evilstans]

For the ladies out there - wear gloves. Plastic glue will melt your acrylic nails, and gels. CA glue will wreck all painted nails. Just a public service anouncement while watching this. As a side note what's the Vancouver equivilent of Pm hobbycraft?

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for the tips. Do you have aby other?

[@evilstans]

@@Dracobyte Starting out, buy a brush multipack. One with a size selection or maybe some different tips. Don't go expensive at this point but don't go cheap. Micheal's has some creylon (artificial bristle) pack's around $10-$15. This way you can dail in what ones work for you. It'll probably trim down to about 3 brushes that you uses all the time: a fine detail tip, a coverage tip like a small flat (also good for drybrushing), and a general tip that does both ( i use a 2-0 fine for minitures) Take care and they will last a good time ( but don't worry you will wreck at least one), and then just replace what you use, and go up to a better quality one if you want.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@evilstans Thank you for the tips!

[@Dracobyte]

@@evilstans thank you so much for the advice!

[@thelinsky2319]

I really don't like the "always cut away from yourself" tips. You have much more control when slowly cutting toward yourself in a controlled manner... especially with scalpels and hobby knives. Midwinter Minis did a really good video on the topic.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Fair enough! But I would suggest thats a step 2 verses a step 1 tip.

[@911TwoThousandAndFun]

I was waiting for them to try and show Rahul how to paint and have him go “u fucken what bruv have you seen my Instagram?”

[@christisking2373]

I did the necron combat patrol in 7 nights. With terrain textured bases... yes I have adhd

[@Bluejayount1]

Mandatory Rahul Appreciation Post