Savlar Chem Dogs - Preparing for Kill Team! [How I Paint Things]

[@perotekku]

As somebody who started with 40k, then went to scale modelling, and am now coming back to 40k for Kill Team, your tip at 6:37 was very good advice. Corvus Black actually makes a more convincing "Black" than a pure black, for a reason specific to scale. If we imagine these miniatures, or a scale model vehicle, are life size, then for us to see them at that size means we would be standing fairly far away. In the real world, colours become more washed out the further away something is, as your eyes are also perceiving tiny amounts of light refracting off the air in the atmosphere. So making blacks more of a grey-black is a really simple way of enhancing realism at scale.

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Excellent as always. Honestly I really liked how you listed the colours in the video. It was a very nice touch. Only…you should list Agrax Earthshade as “Your Friend and Mine!” 🤣👍 Cheers 🍻

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Aha, I knew I'd forgotten something! 😂

[@AF-kj2zl]

I do like that you list paints. Fantastic kitbash and paint job.

[@MrSphinchee]

I love the text that says the paint. Still amazing work as always!

[@nightlordAL]

Putting the paint name and type is handy edition. Love your work fella

[@phuryian]

Hey mate the screen colour prompts are great - thank you!

[@strongbif]

I simply love those Anvil Digital over the top bits. You used then fantastically well. Time to deploy all those spare cadian arms in my bits box!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Always love an excuse to bust out the spare bits! :D

[@Glasmn45]

Another great video sir. I love that you post the paint colors AND if they are a base, shade, layer, etc!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's rare, but since there are a handful of colours that have Base, Dry, Air and other equivalents through the range with the same name, it seemed safer to just include what type exactly I was using.

[@rick9663]

I appreciate you adding the colors you used to the video.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Sonic .

[@misteryk2067]

My guardsmen appreciate your tips and advice. Cool looking mini as always!

[@nathanreynolds4378]

Lovely scheme - great content and commentary - Thanks!

[@scottywan82]

The paint colors are VERY welcome. I really appreciate that.

[@davidnandrin8825]

Excellent paint scheme ! And as a side note : Oh my, Sonic, you are on fire ! Such a prolific stream of tutorials ! Thank you !

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm not sure quite what changed, but I'm on fire recently! :D

[@lachief237]

I'm pretty sure there was an illustration of a Savlar Chem Dog in the 3rd Edition Imperial Guard codex. There was a double page spread with dozens of images to illustrate the diverse appearances of IG regiments from different worlds. It was a shock returning to 40k last year to find the Guard getting about with some highfalutin faux gothic name.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Yeah, I think they showed up in the lineup of the couple dozen Imperial Guard regiments as inspiration for conversion and stuff. I remember there was also a Karl Kopinski piece accompanying them on the old (old, old...!) 3rd War for Armageddon campaign website, too!

[@Adi031978]

Great video again and thank you for taking the effort to write down all your paints in the video. Makes it much easier for me to replicate your tips 👍🏻

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It really seems like I'm on to a winner with the paints listed on screen if the reactions are anything to go by. That's really encouraging!

[@DM-CW]

That is a blue. Glad you have working eyes!

[@julianwarren7770]

Love the paint names flashing up as sometimes you can’t quite catch the name or have any idea how to spell it etc! Plus you can do a quick screen capture with name on!

[@FrMehman]

The paint names are neat to have.

[@Strawfoot]

I do like the paint names on the screen, I think a little graphic, like what they use on the website where you buy the paints would look really fancy too. I think things like that will go a long way to impress new viewers. I’m already hooked though so you do you and I’ll watch :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Colour swatches I'd thought about, but decided not to go that way for two reasons. First, not all colour swatches are accurate! Some of them in no way match what comes out of the pot, so I figure they're next to useless as a visual pointer when I'm painting right there. Secondly, not all the paints I use actually have colour swatches on their websites. It's relatively rare, but short of taking a photo of a bottle of some Vallejo colours, there's nothing to use! It's an odd one, and I know that some painting channels do make use of it, but this still isn't really a full time gig for me - gotta cut at least the occasional corner, right? ;D

[@leiferickson5602]

The little (big) soldier is marvellous, as always: the fabric is bloody smooth! indeed, the colours on screen are good but for personal taste i find more useful the good old list in the description, divided by company: i can rapidly copy the list and then see the video without any hustle.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I don't think I'm going to ditch the description lists for much that reason; it's a little easier to copy a shopping list if you really need them. Still, for the little extra effort involved, reaction is pretty positive. I might just make the text a wee bit smaller next time around!

[@leiferickson5602]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio @Sonic Sledgehammer Studio a smaller font could be doable; I'll maybe eliminate the "Paint Colour:" part to free up some space. Still, yout channel is marvellous!

[@johnkelley9877]

The model looks great and is very interesting! I like the paints you used listed on the screen and I think it is a good idea. Thanks for sharing this.

[@Strawfoot]

Ooooh chem dogs! So rad!

[@allanjenkinson4219]

Great job as always. I think having the paint name is better, personally!

[@mrben39]

Love the addition of the colour names on screen

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad to hear it!

[@Chopperkelly73]

Nicely done, looks great 👍

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Love me a bit of drybrushing! :D

[@gavinforbes5645]

I’m a big fan of Anvil Industry bits, and you’ve done such a cool job with them here. That blue-green is a really nice colour, I need to find somewhere to use that!

[@PeckLoveMedia]

This looks great! I was imagining a scheme like this when I finally get my hands on some of the new Krieg guys. Regarding the paint name title cards, I find it even more useful when tutorials keep the paint name on-screen for the whole time they’re using it. It makes it easier when skipping around the video trying to figure out what colour they’re using for a particular part. If you’re worried about the aesthetics of that I think you could get away with making the text like 50% smaller. Having said that, your tutorials are so easy to follow that I wouldn’t stress about it if it’s gunna add an inordinate amount of work. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Smaller is actually a really good suggestion. It's a bit difficult doing these for the first time to know exactly how large they're going to end up - my editing software doesn't have a particularly useful preview, unfortunately!

[@Sturmensky]

Fantastic video as always! It was nice having the colour names on screen. However, having them only in the description works just fine, so don't worry about upping your workload hideously. Also, I *really* don't know why Stegadon Scale is called *green* lol. I have perfectly baseline vision and that is *very* blue!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I think I've actually found about the quickest way to do it after tweaking the approach for the latest video - I've got adding each paint name down to about thirty seconds at the most, now, so it isn't as if it's an onerous chore to include them! :D I'm glad I'm not seeing things!

[@Sturmensky]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Glad to hear you found a way that isn't painful. Incidentally, I loved the latest video! Speaking of, you've given me the urge to grab a box of those musketmen. Feel like they would go well with the Frostgrave Soldiers, as they both have floofy hats - maybe as marksmen?

[@yurimastermind1601]

I really do love watching you work. It inspires me to work through my own tendencies to be overly critical of my painting. I've had a hell of a time working on my new custodes unit. So here's a question. How would you go about painting their fancy blades? I've tried blending and Duncan Rhodes lightning technique but both ended up very poorly. Way I see it I've got one more try before I need to strip their swords o plastic and start over...

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Something I'll need to have a think about, honestly!

[@zackcook5123]

Yeeeaaaahhhh boi You do not need to include the names if it's a hassle. I know I'm happy seeing the bottle, that's enough for me

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's not so much a hassle as just a little extra work on each color. It isn't so bad - I even figured out a quicker way of doing it while I was working on this video. :D

[@Myhayv]

I don't really care for color listing because I know them already. I can see how this could be useful for newer painters though. At least I would have liked color listing when I started out. P.S. - Sotek Green still looks just as blue to me.

[@user-ke6jj2nl7j]

Me: Hivecult tutorial? Finally? *Sees title* Ah.. that's okay too I guess

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, if the thumbnail made you think Hivecult, maybe the color scheme would work by applying it to different miniatures. 😉

[@user-ke6jj2nl7j]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio yea. And also now thanks to you I know that I can buy stl's from anvil industry. Too bad that they dont sell "boiler heads" as stl's, but I'm definitely gonna grab the renegade pack for my gsc when I'll get the printer

[@tomryan3768]

I'm thinking of painting my DKoK khaki coat + dark green armor and helm with dark brown leather. I.e. American WWII style.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Sounds like the 158th Siege Regiment, if I'm remembering my Krieg stuff correctly. It certainly should work!

[@KimHarderFog]

awesome result - which parts from anvil did you use? Is it the trench fighters Iron Corps torsoes and greatcloak legs?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You got it! There's a bunch there which would be useful, I think, but those are the sets I used.

[@funguy398]

Perfect skin color

[@alessiodecarolis]

All these Anvil Industry parts are very useful for conversions, let's hope that GW never change minis' proportions to damage the concorrence ☹️

[@TashiMortier]

Did you do something special to your army painter brushes? Somehow mine don't hold a tip well at all... Don't really have trouble with other brushes, but my character and regiment brushes just fray like crazy. :( I can paint better with their synthetic brushes... Wonder if I got a bad batch.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It might be? I've not had a problem across four separate Regiment brushes, and a couple of Character brushes. I don't do anything special with them, just rinse occasionally while painting so paint doesn't dry in the bristles while I work, but that's just water as well.

[@TashiMortier]

Ahh and I forgot to say thank you for the video, it's very cool, love the drybrushing on the coat.

[@jediknutt620]

I was fully on board the blue armor train. Right up until it was shaded. Aaaaaand now it’s green. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Yeah, in hindsight I'd probably have used Thunderhawk Blue as the highlight colour. It still looked blue to me after the shade, but the Sotek Green really shifted the overall tone. It's still nice, just not quite what I had in mind from the outset.

[@jediknutt620]

It looks blue in the thumbnail so it could just be the lights on the video.

[@LiliaArmoury]

i remember them from white dwarf before that codex

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

As chance would have it, I actually only earlier today found out they'd been around before their Codex appearance. Talk about coincidence! Their first appearance is listed as in a Chapter Approved article, which sounds about right. That'll teach me not to take the first source I read as accurate. ;D

[@robisonwells1]

Looks great. I really need to get a resin printer. (I have an FDM printer, but it just doesn't do for small parts.)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The sheer range of conversion parts and whole miniatures it makes available is amazing. Plus there's no shipping times for STL files! 😀

[@mrjesse150]

hey bud, nice work, how did you do the base? thankyou

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Armageddon Dust, Seraphim Sepia and a Tyrant Skull drybrush. Real quick!

[@DM-CW]

Saying the paint names and leaving in the description is plenty fine. Didn't add much having them pop up

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

See, I'd always assumed much the same, but the general reaction seems really positive toward them. It's not a huge amount of extra work, and I guess it's not hiding anything on screen you'd otherwise miss. 😅

[@DM-CW]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio look forward to seeing more collaborations with anvil industries!

[@puremgtowpaladin2940]

Great work as always. Sadly with how gw treats it's customers like crap, and their prices do nothing but continue to sky rocket, I no longer will be buying Warhammer. Excited to see more konflikt 47 though and others as alternatives that you do.

[@RWJP]

I expect better from you, you didn't apply the Agrax Earthshade properly... You didn't say "pthbbbththbbt"! Remember if you don't use the sound effects it won't work properly!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I should have made a game of it - a little audience participation!

[@RWJP]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Excellent idea! In all seriousness though, great tutorial. Those Anvil Industry bits are rather tempting!