Review & Paint - New Winter US Army from Warlord Games [How I Paint Things]

[@DD-qw4fz]

I am painting/playing Germans, mostly Fallschirmjager so i cant wait for Sonics video on the new winter ones from this set, but these greatcoat US infantrymen are just awesome.

[@Jim-yk9if]

The "They shouldn't have gaiters." voice is great! LOL

[@rozzer666]

Theres a guy at my gaming club that sounds exactly like that

[@irishtom30]

Super cool. I am getting pretty hyped for Bolt Action 3rd edition.

[@SPD3DPrinting]

Thanks for “gushing” your techniques to inspire others to give painting a try!

[@ARed-TailedHawk]

This is the one I’ve been waiting for. Thank you, and awesome work as always!🎉

[@patimusprime72]

They look great. I know I always appreciate a simple approach. That ancient stone is great. I use it for all kinds of things.

[@TiberiusWallace]

The issues I had was there's weapon slung right arms but no great amount of choices for the left arm options. The kit they have sort of doesn't make sense - the pistol belted models can't have rifles so you're limited to what weapon goes with them. There's also those shoulder bags on them that from a historic point of view seem made up - because they're not anything issued - and because it puts a shoulder strap for them on the models. I agree given the only webbing option is the canteen. No bayonets, no first aid pouches, one shovel between six guys there should be a lot less heads. Losing those fantasy bags would have given us six 36 musette bags that could have been backpacks or shoulder bags. I do agree the molding is absolutely top notch, though.

[@jamesfirth-haydon7381]

Another gorgeous video. Really love the final look of the pieces. Tempted to get some myself now but just got a shed load of the new Lord of the Rings figures and need to clear those. Great content as usual Troy. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@woodyfx]

Great work as usual pal! That strong tone really unified all the colors to correct shades of late war OD7.

[@dannyferguson7514]

Oldschool is cool. 🤙🏻

[@iamtheoriginalmotegi]

Absolute legend man! I was just looking for a guide like this

[@ScottB1775]

Looking forward to painting these guys when they come in. Meanwhile I'm going to practice on some Reble Veterans from Star Wars Legion

[@jamesfirth-haydon7381]

Such a great video. I’m torn between this set or getting the rangers. Really love your tutorials and may you have a fantastic weekend. All the best from across the pond. 🇬🇧

[@BaconstheName]

If you wanna be more accurate for winter airborne just use market garden and paint the Uniforms up to be wet with hints of snow. Airborne were not well supplied going into bastogne and most would've only had their m43 uniform. Throe in these guys with the buckle boots and you'll be fine

[@briankennedy4851]

After seeing this I am happy that I pre-ordered some of these. Great video, I am going to try out that shade and speed paint medium mix I think.

[@thenerdyknight1559]

Just wanna say congratulations on this video being featured on the Warlord Games website

[@Ner-vod]

Oml they turned out wonderfully. Very cool, definitely going to influence how I paint my winter GI's!

[@paintingpanzers]

Excellent video as always mate, quick but so bloody good! Great work. Now it's time for me to paint mine ;)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I have to admit, I haven't *quite* got the skin down in just the way I'd like, but that'd take more fuss and I think that defeats the purpose of this method. 😅 I've done nice, so fast is on the cards!

[@nickdavis5420]

Looks great I'm excited because I hear k47 is gonna get a new edition as well !

[@ShaunTame-re5us]

Another really good video, thank you.

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Excellent kit, shouldnt be too horrid to do a few minor surgeries to get all buckle boots should one desire. Also cracking work on these lads. Im looking forward to getting a box of these. Cheers!

[@alessiodecarolis]

A nice group of minis, about the gaiters, perhaps with a file and a good modelling knife could be possible modify the boots. The only thing that puzzles me about these figures is the heads, they seems a bit out of proportions, these ones remember the early plastic IG.

[@Matt-md5yt]

they look awesome my friend. glad I was right they were US soldiers

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy . 🐺Loupis Canis .

[@floyd1911]

Awwwww yeah new bolt action!

[@MultiPaintballbeast]

Anyway you can do an updated Japanese infantry speed paint video?

[@horatio_]

Curious in Vallejo colors to accomplish this

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Take a peek at the original video linked in the description! All the paints are listed in there as well, using the Vallejo line.

[@user-mc4sq3fk5d]

Very nice job sonic. Very pleased to see a blast from the past on the technique front A few questions from a beginner. Why do you dry brush before using the shade? I notice you used a one color dry brush, would you ever use different dry brush colors for each primary color? (For example 19th century uniforms). Which size brushes did you use? Thanks in advance from one of your earlier fans.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You can use different drybrushes if you like, and on some miniatures it's a necessity. Ordinarily with a lot of WWII uniforms, though, something just off beige will work as a highlight to almost anything. Which goes with the answer to the first part of the question; drybrushing before adding the wash over the top will help tie in the colours together, dulling down some of the chalkiness without losing the texture you've added.

[@samueltyler889]

How well will these kit bash with the new SneakFeet from Wargames Atlantic? I'm thinking mostly of heads and arms.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The Sneakfeet torsos are much broader than these guys, so the arms and hands aren't going to line up. I wouldn't say they're compatible.

[@samueltyler889]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Right. That saves me some trouble. I love the SneakFeet, but I want more variety. Thanks for checking and nice paint jobs on both kits.

[@McBurnside6380]

2:45 Already I can see a flaw in the sprue. Not enough BAR's and also no empty arms to model them with even if you get 3D printed ones. This has been a source of frustration for those of us that bought the previous US Army and Airborne plastic kits. * Also, you painted the hands flesh color. They are wearing gloves.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

How many BARs do you need? There's a maximum of 2 in a late-war squad as it is, so one on the sprue for every six guys seems reasonable; personally I'd prefer it wasn't in a firing pose, but that's just me. As for separate arms, Warlord haven't done those in their plastic infantry boxes for a couple of years now? It sounds like you'd be better served by picking up a handful of metal figures with BARs from a supplier that does them, most don't look out of place alongside Warlord plastics.

[@McBurnside6380]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Two BAR per 8 men. I had to use the extra BARs from the Airborne kit for my US Army because I ran out. Also, as you said they only had one pose and I wanted to mix it up. I see they added a loose rifle and Thompson. Would have been nice to add a BAR too and a couple empty arms for all of those weapons.

[@VicodinElmo]

Curious what countries have difficulty getting Vallejo. Pretty ubiquitous from what I’ve seen but I can only speak for a few countries in Europe

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The US, Canada, a few stores in the UK... sitting on top of the Spanish distribution network in the EU doesn't make them all that difficult to source here, no. 😅

[@horatio_]

You can order Vallejo online in US, but when Xpress came out it was delayed by many months I was very patient

[@joshuasorensen3363]

You mentioned the issue with the non-Airborne boots, but if we wanted to paint them as winter Airborne, would we use the same color scheme you showed here?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Yup, nothing colour-wise changes.

[@richardrussell7082]

What's your thinking for thinning your tone/wash with Speedpaint Medium rather than Wash Medium?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It just flows a little more easily. You could use the wash medium but I find it slightly more sticky - good if you're comfortable moving it around, but the speedpaint medium is just much simpler.

[@richardrussell7082]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you 😎👍

[@rottiehood3872]

You actually get 30 figures in this kit? Thanks for sharing.

[@Pyre001]

So, weird question, not a criticism. You painted the minis without gloves, but wouldn't winter infantry be wearing those? Or did US infantry have mittens? Cheers! EDIT: You actually adress this in the vid, I jumped the gun. Cheers!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You got it! 😅 In hindsight I actually should have done one bloke in gloves, but hey ho.

[@machinegundevildog5097]

Should rub paint off on junk plastic as to not dry paint out on the paper towel

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The effect is intentional; I've used the paper towel on purpose.