Salamanders, Fast! Quick Army Painting Method [How I Paint Things]

[@richardokeeffe8375]

Drybrushing the base rim is some serious pro manoeuvre!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's a tricky bit to reach, obviously - only for those with steady hands! 😜

[@AmateurBarbarian]

Last time I was this early, my home planet was overrun by Chaos.

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

Every time I see green & gold, I thing of the Springbok rugby team. Looks great, well done.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy . 🐺 Loupis Canis .

[@nocturnenoble2468]

An interesting update to your original process, which I still study to this day.

[@SirCircon]

100% saving this burner recipe for my marines, thanks bud

[@centermassgamer323]

Perfectly timed video, I just bought my first space marines and I’m doing salamanders.

[@MorkaiAU]

I think this is my favourite method of painting Salamanders so far. I only recently bought some Heavy Intercessors two weeks ago, the first 40k minis I've purchased in almost 20 years since high school, and I think this is what I'm aiming for, though i will be trying to paint sub-assemblies because I absolutely do not have the fine motor controls to paint behind the gun to hit the aquila on the chest.

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

Vallejo Black grey is a godsend. True pitch black isn’t really common in real life, and Vallejo Black Grey in conjunction with a wash can help you get an easy black that looks more natural and realistic.

[@Specterish]

Is the plan to do a couple more of these updated chapter paint guides? I always enjoy seeing you paint space marines, they're so vibrant.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It depends mostly on whether or not there's been any new stuff come out which makes it easier, or if the guides are *seriously* old and in need of a refresh!

[@mirage809]

That muzzle burn is awesome! Looks great and simple enough to easily do on a whole bunch of flamers. Perfect for those who have a lot of Infernus marines to paint with Leviathan.

[@TH3Dark0N36]

Can we please see you do the Rogue trader Salamander paint scheme please? I love the way you explain how to paint each part of the Salamander Marine its very helpful.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The orange and black striped version? That one's not gonna happen, I'm afraid. 😅 Sometimes the answer to how I'd paint things is just... I wouldn't!

[@TheLordUrban]

I’ve always preferred the flow and longevity of sable brushes.

[@huwtindall7096]

100% agree with coloured primers. Pretty much my colour choices are down to what primers/sprays I can get. Could use my airbrush but I'm a bit lazy and like a rattle can!

[@moggyd5822]

I really like that green! Looks a lot better than warpstone glow imo and isn't too dark that it can't be distinguished from Dark Angel colours. Nice job!

[@battleshipman56]

Use white primer and then do warpstone with an airbrush, can't be beat for quality and colour

[@Otherworldlyobjectives]

My favourite and the best and most relatable painting channel on the you tubes! Hope you get back into more ww2 stuff, I’d still love to see you tackle some North Korean or Chinese troops from Warlords Korea line. Best wishes from Canada 🇨🇦

[@adamsboringvids]

Love your simple but effective approach to painting

[@davidgpeterson]

YEEEEESSSSSSS! MY FAVORITE CHAPTER!!

[@trainboy1739]

Quick, Simple and Beautifully Done. Your burnt metal method Sonic could be use on melta or plasma as well. Cheers

[@alessiodecarolis]

The burned flamethrower's top is the most important part of this mini, given that it's only a common rank & file, I'm waiting for some very special one, such as a veteran NCO.

[@yagsipcc287]

Bro I swesr I am seeing Salamander stuff way more this week, right as I am doing a mini project printed off several models one is very much a salamander chaplain and the nost complex detailed one (scales and all) an Emperors Children hero and a genestealer cultist medic. Looks great bud

[@johnkelley9877]

This is a quick method but it looks great! I have used the Army Painter Color Primers and they work really well and lay down a nice finish. Thanks for sharing this.

[@MegaBrucemoose]

I've started a Salamanders army with the Leviathan box as a base and I love your painting style (used a lot of your methods on my guard) so this is the perfect video, THANK YOU! Also your video is the first I've seen that uses a coloured primer which is good as I got a colour fordge can of Salamander green just for my new army and wasn't quite sure how I should use it.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Happy you did a Salamander, and him being a flamethrower guy is ironic

[@Adi031978]

The mini seems to have some kind of texture on it 🤔 Is that something that the camera brings out but is not visible to the naked eye or did maybe the primer dry to quickly due to the weather?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You don't really see it in person, but yeah, a little bit of flecking came up during priming since it was so damn hot this morning!

[@Adi031978]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio ah, gpod to know. I was not used to the rattle can primers being impacted by high temperature. Will need to watch out for that now

[@christophervonwilczur7052]

With marine juice and Ultramarines, would it make sense to start with a lighter blue than Macragge and use the all over wash to darken it down into something closer to Macragge? I’m thinking of replicating this approach with Caledor Sky for instance to get closer to a traditional violet blue using the red hues from the wash.

[@bluedotdinosaur]

This is actually a common trick. For example I've tried base of Calgar Blue and a overall wash of Drakenhof Nightshade cut with some Lahmian Medium. The final result ends up extremely close to Macragge. I've also done it as: a very heavy dry brush / stipple of Calgar over Macragge ("artis opus" style technique) then the Drakenhof+Lahmian mixture. This also worked great. The mid-tone level Calgar was darkened pretty organically down to Macragge where it needed to be.

[@FransNilsen]

What would be a good alternative for the underhive ash? The paints you mentioned are more greener than yellow.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

That's why I used the Underhive Ash; there are alternatives that are close, but none which precisely match it without mixing.

[@torros1839]

Why did you drybrush the green after you'd done all the other colours. Woukdnt it be easier to do it before?....

[@adamsboringvids]

I’m wondering if there is a thinned down contrast paint that you could use as an alternative to ‘marine juice’ TM. Thinking Gharaghak’s Sewer - rapidly becoming my favourite paint btw.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The juice has a slightly more red tone to it than straight Garaghak's Sewer would have... mmmmaaaybe Cygor Brown really thinned down would be more similar?

[@killedalot4134]

I still use the recipe from the older salamanders method you did. It’s seen me through 11,000pts of space marines!!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Woah! Now that's something I'd love to see! 👀 11,000pts of anything has gotta be a spectacle!

[@olivermatthews1009]

How did you get the molded shoulder pad on the infernus marine, those are the new leviathan box ones right so the shoulder armour is molded into the arm

[@OldManRogers]

How did you manage to get the shoulder onto him as they are moulded on the Levithan ones - dremel ?

[@Rasmus.Elnegaard]

That flamer nozzle method was great! I like the basing scheme, how did you do that?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Basing method's laid out in the description. 👍

[@Rasmus.Elnegaard]

Thanks a lot for the reply 👍

[@mrmlmxyzptlk6376]

Not sure if this had been mentioned before, but had you any plans to do more successor chapters (mantis warriors, carcharadons, etc)? Would enjoy seeing some of those, much like the Crimson Fists one you’d done previously.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've done a few Successor Chapters already; Carcharadons amongst them, but also Flesh Tearers, Minotaurs, Emperor's Spears...

[@mrmlmxyzptlk6376]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Ah. My bad. I must’ve missed the carcharadons one. Thanks!

[@centermassgamer323]

Any recommendations from AP to use instead of Underhive Ash for the dry brushing?

[@centermassgamer323]

Also would APs Quickshade Wash Mixing Medium work in place of Lahmain Medium for Marine Juice? Lahmain is sold out currently.

[@MrSphinchee]

I've noticed you use marine juice a good bit now and agrax earthshade a lot less. Why's that?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The simplest answer is they're different colours, and the juice doesn't tint most miniatures as strongly as Agrax will. I also don't especially like the new Agrax recipe and how it flows; it clings a lot more heavily over flat areas and tints the colours far darker than the old stuff did, so out comes the medium. 😅

[@MrSphinchee]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio that's a pretty good reason. I understand the not wanting to tint the color. That's why I've resorted to recess shading. It's super tedious. I'm going to have to give your marine juice a go.

[@ochoaE3]

Awesome stuff. I always enjoy seeing others take on Salamanders. As easy as you made this look, I still think like it'd take me some time to get to the end result. Also, of all painters on KZbin I see, I think you're the only one who hasn't adopted the new dry brush technique from the people at Artis Opus. Is that because you've gotten your drybrushing really down you see no need to try it?

[@swimmerspack40k62]

Army Painter strikes again. I wish they would reformulate their spray paints to stop the orange peel. Some will say its the heat or humidity that does it but I've had their primer ruin models in 3 different countries with 4 wildly different climates. Shame because some of the color choices are excellent.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm not seeing how this one's 'ruined.' The drybrushing almost certainly brings out more of the texture than is usually visible at all.

[@swimmerspack40k62]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Didn't say yours was ruined but my experience with AP primers has been ruined models.