Should I Slap Chop or not?! Painting 10th Edition - Leviathans | Tyranids

This week we're smashing out the new Warhammer 40k box - Leviathan. I wanted to test out what's the best looking, fastest version of the Tyranids I could paint, so here we try out Slap Chop vs Not. What do you guys think? What are your plans for the box?
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[@WatchItPaintIt]

Which is your favourite? And how will you be painting yours?

[@sitasama]

Third one with no Doubts ^^

[@ScytheNoire]

The final one done after the video, those highlights make all the difference. Prefer a black base over brown. Get those deep shadows.

[@jenniferriddlesworth9140]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I think the dry brushing at the end was totally worth the time, and I’ll be doing that after Speedpainting them! You’ve gained a new sub here ❤

[@PartNinja]

Part of the beauty of "slap chop" is that you can get them to a decent table top standard easily and start playing. BUT you can also go back later and add some extra work to bring them up another notch.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

That’s a really good point actually. Should probably mention that more. That you can smash out an army and get playing. But there is NOTHING to stop you improving them after they are ready enough to play! Can add more highlights in between games! Etc. thanks for pointing this out

[@ochaco81]

The third model. It looks crisper with the added highlight. Awesome paint job man!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

It’s definitely a step up. I think if im batch painting I could swallow the small amount of extra time. Think it was well worth it. Thanks!!!

[@Kristophtehrussian]

@@WatchItPaintIt I'm really struggling to hit some of the areas of the model while drybrushing. What techniques do you use to reach those tight spots? How many layers of white drybrush did it take on that 3rd model?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

@@Kristophtehrussian use a small brush, I have a tiny one from Rosemary and Co, but really my technique here was just to do the easy to reach bits! I really didn’t put much effort in, a single pass, just where was easy! Just gives the illusion it’s better highlighted :-) which is perfect for a big horde army

[@jacktowers7533]

I prefer how the bone looks more textrued on the brown slap chop but prefer the brighter purple plates on the white one, so the hybrid the style of the Third works to get even bigger contrast between the two areas

[@CelticpredGaming]

Great video as usual! I see a Watch it Paint it video with speed paints and click Watch + Like!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed

[@SavageBehir]

I would probably prefer the slapchop one with the bonus entry chitin drybrush (as it makes it really pop) :D. Still pondering the scheme for when I get my Leviathan box. At first I was 100% going to paint them in the Leviathan scheme, but that certainty slowly eroded over time. But I'm sure that I'll slapchop the hell out of the little buggers, though

[@Himle_]

Tried SC a few times, but never liked it, so I'm either sticking to white/light grey or much more likely a zenithal. Favourite must be the white one, it looks cleaner on screen. White + the 3rd's carapace is a winner.

[@Springheel01]

Did you do the purple drybrush on the 3rd one with speedpaints or regular paints?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Regular paints. It was Toxic Boils by The Army Painter

[@williamtrinidad3520]

What are those little crystals that you have on top of every paint so you can color them?

[@BeforetheStorm.]

Great video

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed. Anything else you’d like to see?

[@sirpoupadou]

I prefer the third model, it has more contrast and feels less flat than the pure white. Great idea to try the brown primer, looks really natural I think. Have you considered games like Core Space (sci-fi) and its newer cousin (late pledge at the moment) Maladum (fantasy)? They're a great hybrid between board games and skirmish games, but are all-in-the-box kind of games. Worth investigating 😉 Great video again!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thanks man! Noooo I haven’t heard of them. I’ll have a look! I keep wishing GW would make some board games that I’d be interested in. I wonder if them and CMON could ever make a Zombicide 40k!

[@iamaraindog385]

I like the brighter, non-slap chop version better, with the exception of the darker shade to the purple carapace. I think with another coat or two of the purple, Mr. White would be perfect, but that's me. I have no idea but I'm actually going to paint my 'nids, but I'm enjoying watching folks do theirs!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

It’s so close and if I had done a quick dry brushing on the carapace on the brighter one… I could easily have preferred it too. Also to note I thinned down which lightened up the purple! Perhaps just not thinning it was correct in this instance!

[@knabseraph]

More coats of contrast would darken the colour for sure, but it would reduce the contrast between the recess, midtone and edges alot.

[@j.taylor7361]

That’s a dope shirt 😂😂

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Think now there’s 90 colours I won’t make it stupid names for them all any more :D

[@LoneTailProductions]

Back bit near the hand is can be referred to as the grip, the other bit that usually sits by the shoulder can be referred to as the stock. -Brought to you by a American Brother within Texas haha.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Hahahahah. Love this. Thank you sir!

[@jhl5093]

Honestly, I think the Army Painter quickshades would have functioned better here than the speed paints. Other than the lovely purple used for the carapace.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Interesting! I think I’d have to highlight back up the body though. Might try it though. Be interesting to see

[@southpaw5483]

May there be a benefit to applying a "Gloss Varnish" on the Primer before applying the Speed Paint? Will this create more contrast between the peaks and valleys of the model? Will Speed Paint adhere to the Gloss Varnish? (I was also thinking of trying a (WhitePrimer with Black Panel Liner) and then Speed Paint). Your response and thoughts are welcomed.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Pretty much does exactly as you said. Have a look at Experimenting with Speedpaint | Varnish before painting :-O kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpPMhKtvaM6dpas we tried it out a year ago!

[@razinoff]

I like the third entry ! The dry brushing makes it pop. 10 % time is well worth it, I spend hours per.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I think you’re right. If I did them all in batch. The dry brushing won’t cost much and it really pops them on the table!

[@PlagueBTDT]

Always look forward to your vids. Left one or last one !!! Dry brushing wisely is great. Slop chop is like putting ketchup on lobster. A total waste and it is very obvious the crap slop chop when done.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thanks the kind words and the feed back! I’m finding myself loving slap chop in some situations. I didn’t dislike it here but the none slap chop one is so close, what’s the point I love your analogy! :D

[@OMGYama]

Hmm, I kinda like the way the 3rd one came out. The highlights pop out more and the recesses are very dark. Also, is it me, or they kinda planned the new sculpts to be more accessible than the old where you need to literally do kung-fu poses to reach the inner side. Wonder if I can do the same for my color scheme (which is black skin, bone-colored talons and red carapaces).

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I think I would try a zenithal spray doing this again. The amount of dry brushing was a little time consuming and I think the spray would give a good head start. Is your colour scheme one of the factions? I’d like a red carapace army

[@OMGYama]

@@WatchItPaintIt Hmm that's a very good idea, zenithal is by far the quickest way to make speedpaints pop the highlights. Also, I don't really remember if it was a sanctioned subfaction of the hive fleets or not. But I did it simply because I wanted to create a xenomorph like hive fleet (hence the very black and shiny flesh) but took liberties here and there (the bone-colored talons and red carapace) just so the colorway is varied.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

@@OMGYama ooh interesting! Thanks for the info. The colour scheme sounds awesome!

[@theblackantonio]

The yellow looks better on mr brown but the purple looks much darker

[@phoenix4ever367]

whats the contrast paint equivalent to Howling sand?

[@mitcheldaniels5493]

Mr. Bonus Entry. 👍 And, it’s called “Crap Slop” lol.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Crap slop :D

[@cabellism]

I'm dead @ 6:58.... did not fucking expect that.... especially with a 3 year old grandson helping me prime my terrain parts.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Whoops! Sorry Adam! Hope it was subtle enough it flew over his head!!!!

[@cabellism]

@@WatchItPaintIt all good... it was funny as hell when tried to repeat it...

[@alexakurei1740]

What covers are these on the colors? Are they 3D printed?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Yes they are. I bought them on Etsy etsy.me/3HanA8w (use code WATCHITPAINTIT5 for 5% off) I’m not affiliated at all by the way, just thought a lot of people would be interested from this video so asked him for a discount code for people :D

[@alexakurei1740]

@@WatchItPaintIt Thanks a lot 🙂

[@nickdavis5420]

Definitely slap chop a few highlights

[@DukensteinA1]

I love paint.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

This makes me happy. Continue your good work.

[@noblegalifreyan4551]

I know it was quickly done but was your mix with hive dweller purple?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

The dry brush? On the top?

[@noblegalifreyan4551]

Your hive dweller purple and speedpaints mediummix for the carapace.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

The carapace was Hive Dweller Purple mixed with Speedpaint medium 7:2. On the third miniature I did a very quick dry brush on Toxic Boils on the edges too

[@Lucius292]

the last mix slap chot plus minimal highlights is mine to do. but… fangs must be brighter.. a highlight. 😊 biti bite grmpf…. 😊

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Ooooooooooh. That’s a good call! Pop those gnashers right out! Thanks for the idea!!!

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

Mr. Bonus by leaps and bounds.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I forgot to mention I did it off camera :D I wonder how much better not filming things makes my painting too :D

[@qzl9]

Just a tip if you have a airbrush, prime the model black. and after that, spray with a white ink from a 45 degree angle, let it dry, and then spray once again directly from above. This will create a very smooth transition from complete white to black. It will make your models look like they took 10 hours to paint, even tho they took you maybe 1 hour.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I do have an airbrush! I find the level of effort too high :-( but perhaps with practice it will become quick and easy so I should stick at it? Or maybe my airbrush sucks. Or I suck :D

[@qzl9]

@@WatchItPaintIt i usually never do it to a single model. I prime a bunch, and do it in batches, spille dont have to start up the airbrush for ever model. When you have done it 10 times, you have perfected it, its really easy! When using inks, the blends form naturally since they are more transparent. Give it a try !

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thanks for the advice. I’ll keep trying!

[@igelkott255]

Mr Brown is better than Mr White but of course Mr Bonus is better than the other 2. It's actually pretty close to the way I prime and paint my minis. I like the more subtle shadows using browns instead of black.

[@demon1103]

Honestly, I think certain parts look better in certain ways. I prefer the skin with a lighter drybrush, gives better definition IMO...but I like heavy for the carapace, it allows those edges to stand out better. So I'd say the best bet (if you don't want to do what I do and drybrush highlights afterwards) would be to lightly drybrush the whole model...then go heavy drybrush on any areas of carapace.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Good advice!

[@blackmagick77]

They're very close. Seems like at that point just do the white primer one. They look really good though either way

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I agree with you. Save myself a few minutes on these guys and just go white

[@Hokatoman]

Slapchop looks like a Wast of Time for my when using Speedpaint. I mean the Color Creates Highlights and Shadow! So why i should spend Time to make it by myself? And at the End it looks the Same. The only Different thing what i like on the Withe SlapChop is the Abraded looking edge of the Chitin. But that is the Only thing.

[@Lucky_PhilB]

Don't you really want 2 layers of drybrush for the slapchop? A heavy light grey and a very light touch white for the highlights? That's what gives you the highlighting effect with slapchop.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Yeah. But I’ve pretty much scrapped the middle layer. I found it makes very little difference (to me personally). I also think it depends on the mini and the effect you want. I’m going to do some soon where I use three layers again but it’s because I think the mini needs it

[@nickC114]

Red chitin exoskeleton purple Shadows teal class weapons and talents

[@WatchItPaintIt]

That sounds sick. Is that one of the factions or your own scheme?

[@nickC114]

It's my own but inspired by Hive Fleet Kronos

[@nvcn86]

tyranids? just spray primer and contrasts looks fantastic.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Easiest version too!

[@jasonsmall3364]

First!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

So speedy!

[@paintertovey]

Did I hear what I think I heard while painting the gun? 👀

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I believe I was correct on gun terminology

[@jamesdillane]

I heard that and laughed SO loud.

[@DFloyd84]

"Termagant" is the name of a god that medieval Europeans believed Muslims worshipped. The origin of the name is unknown. Shakespeare co-opted the name as a term for a bully and now it's an old-fashioned equivalent of calling someone a "shrew."

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Is this all true?

[@DFloyd84]

@@WatchItPaintIt I read it on Wikipedia, so it MUST be true!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

@@DFloyd84 hahaha. Well thanks for pointing me at it too. Fascinating! I’d not even considered it was a word outside of a pretend alien race :D

[@pdubb9754]

Nope, don't want to know about that t-shirt.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

It’s a paint colour. Too late now. You know about it!

[@DarrinSK]

I seriously don't understand the popularity of this slap chop shit

[@WatchItPaintIt]

It’s a very good point! Did you see the video where I questioned the point of slap chop? I’ve kept trying it since, and actually LOVE it for Zombicide miniatures! It helps me paint multiple miniatures every single evening! And they look really good for so little time. But then I paint something like this and the none slap chop is quicker and looks just about the same?

[@trisbane4086]

"I always enjoy being able to really quickly put colors onto a miniature .. to do the bit I actually care about, which is enjoying and looking at the finished guy." What enjoyment can you possibly get from doing a shoddy job at painting and then gaping at it?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

What enjoyment can you get out of being horrible about someone else’s paint job?

[@shaneschossow9705]

Nids painted like the aliens