Simple Speed Painting Methods for Cult of the Rusted Claw [How I Paint Things]

[@PriestessOfSlaanesh]

I started 40k as a hobby 2 weeks ago. I go with GSC as my first army. This here helped me ALOT. Thank you so much. My first painted miniature almost looks like the one you made. Someone even told me that it was the best "first miniature" he has ever seen. Im so grateful sir.

[@KireektheAndroid]

Seeing how much you've improved since your first GSC video is incredible. Bravo.

[@justingao5176]

Very nice and helpful tutorial Sir, Just have one question is which exactly primer you would suggest if one cannot get citadel - wraithbone , any one from Army Painter could take place? Thanks a lot!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

A white or bone colour will work fairly well. Skeleton Bone will give you a darker finish on your Contrast, but it might honestly work quite well with the wash/drybrush beforehand like I've done here. Otherwise, a plain white could work just fine!

[@KimHarderFog]

Perfect timing with this video, got my GSC kill team ready and primed at my hobby area, gonna take a lot of inspiration from this movie!

[@BullionSmash]

Great video/ run down. Man you make contrast work so good for you. (I feel like I'm still in the blob stage)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's got a bit of a learning curve, but once you've got a handle on how it flows you're on to a winner with it. Just don't make the same mistake I did and layer it on too thick over a face! 😅

[@carminethewolf]

Basilicanum Grey over gun-metal, reading my mind again.

[@robertojonnathangarciavene4003]

Great video, thanks for the tips!!!

[@furiousv775]

1:40 sets the tone for this.

[@timothyyoung2962]

My son has painted up a bunch of these guys. In our games of This Is Not A Test he used them as mutants and I used a group of old school Chaos Cultists as raiders. And henceforth the bloody feud between the Rusted Claws and the Zone Raiders was born. Great tutorial. You could really field a decent amount of cultists in little time with just a few paints.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm seeing This is Not a Test mentioned a lot recently. Must be something I need to put my eyes on, too!

[@timothyyoung2962]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio It's a good game. Inexpensive PDFs and it is a miniature agnostic game so you can use whatever minis you have. I pretty much play that, Space Weirdos, Planet 28, Reign In Hell, Blood Bowl, and Killteam. Picked up Mini Gangs from Ramshackle Games the other week and waiting for it to arrive in the mail. I lean more toward skirmish games.

[@BasedGhoul]

I sooooo want a Gaunt's Ghosts tutorial. The poor Astra Millitarium get so little love on this platform

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's over 50 euros for me to get my hands on six models I'd only paint one of - unfortunately, I don't have much use for them. 😅 As for 'so little love,' you might take a look back through some of my other videos on the subject of the mighty Guard. There's a few camo guides that'll no doubt work just fine on their cloaks.

[@BasedGhoul]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Oh trust me my friend I have and thank you for all the videos. You're one of the few people on this platform who does a lot of tutorials for the rank and file grunts of the army. I just wish more people would do the same. Please don't mind me, I was just venting a bit about the Astra Millitarium. Oh and one last thing, thanks for your camo vids involving tanks, you've given me a few ideas an I've experimented a bit here and there on some cheapo bits and bobs. I always like to buy myself a little something for Xmas and I've got a baneblade an a couple of leeman russes heading my way. I can hardly wait to put all my tinkering to the test. :)

[@johnkelley9877]

The model looks great and I especially like the technique you used on the weapon. Thanks for sharing this.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

That grey straight over metallic silver is one I picked up from someone on Twitter, and what a trick it turned out to be!

[@TheTroublebrewing]

crazy I just decided to paint Rusted Claw and you posted this video today. Thanks!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Excellent choice on your part, if I do say so myself! 😂

[@alexandresk48]

HAHAHA In every video I try to remember your technique like : "Ok, first primer, base coeat, dry brush then shade" or "Oh wait he switched the shade and the dry brush step" and now you started with shading then dry brush and the result is always stuning. Really enjoing your videos !

[@MechanicalFrog]

Good stuff. Thanks for making the video.

[@mateagleeye]

Gonna try this with my big GSC army! Question, would you consider starting with a zenithal of wraithbone over chaos black and then still do the Agrax onwards? Or would that just be overkill? Thanks!!

[@yoyoyo9669]

very good job!

[@jeremyjohnson9053]

Hey I really loved the video, Incorporated alot from here into my scheme. I do have one recommendation, please keep the paint name up while using it instead of showing it quickly.

[@corvusgamesterrain]

Love to see some Judge Dredd and/or Gates of Antares tutorials in the future. Some of the JD block gang members would work well with your contrast/shade method

[@lesliestevenson5261]

Love it. I got the combat patrol of this mob. That pre shade you've done is inspired, what a differenceit makes. Look at that detail popping out.. Excellent work.

[@generaldirt7546]

Love this video, how do you paint the genestealers tyranid parts to fit this scheme? thanks!

[@perkz505]

Why does his Basilicanum Grey look so dark? Mine looks like more of a mid grey and drys more like admininstratum grey.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Are you applying the metallic paint first and then the Basilicanum Grey, or just the Contrast straight on your primer?

[@perkz505]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio both of them seem to be much darker than the BC I have. I even bought a second pot to see if the first one I bought was faulty. Your BC looks more like the army painter speedpaint grey.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

@@perkz505 That might not be where the problem is, though. Are you applying the grey straight on to the Wraithbone primer, or are you applying a coat of Iron Hands Steel and putting the contrast over the top of that?

[@flindude2681]

I like genestealer cult and astetic but for people who have the best stealth rules they are as bad as space marines in being subtile, they pick blue and purple which is the same shade as the monsters they are associated with and worship, have huge icons dedicated to said monsters and ones which pass or sort of pass for human even have armor molded to resemble genestealer carpace.

[@irishtom30]

Fantastic job as ever. I love the look of these mutated miners and industrial labourers, such a cool faction idea.

[@nicholassmith7984]

GSC are really one of the better looking factions out there. And the great thing about them from a modeling perspective is because of the way the operate, they can look like anything.

[@froehmar]

Such a wonderful tutorial - i will (like almost always) do my new GSC exactly like this. Thank you so much, you are inspiring me the most out of all the painters out there

[@vthunder4238]

I’m definitely using this for shadow throne. Thx mate

[@davidknight2220]

Best example of using contrast and traditional paints on a figure..

[@corvusgamesterrain]

Great timing again. Just box myself a GC Start Collecting box and was looking for inspiration for colour schemes

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The best thing about this one, in my opinion, is that the same method works perfectly well exactly the same on the larger bikes and vehicles. Spray, shade, drybrush - boom! Grime and wear to taste and you're done.

[@jonesy279]

This is what I’ve had in mind for some GSC and you delivered without me even having to ask! What a top bloke!

[@yoyoyo9669]

you are my hero man, you make everything so much easier and i now have 60! imperial guard painted and will be painting another 40 soon thanks to you! i hope you have a great year filled with lots of beautiful minis thank you for all your assistance!

[@stevepickering5978]

Looks Stunning good colours brilliant job as always My Friend

[@Azazello123240]

Отличный гайд по быстропокрасу генокульта)

[@JBenderP]

Looks great! What kind of brushes are you using? They seem to keep an excellent point? My brushes from GW last about four painting sessions, before they split...

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I use a mix of Citadel and Army Painter normally. I still end up with them splitting occasionally, but a quick twirl against the palette will straighten them out and let me get back to painting.

[@theandf]

Superb! Another Sonic Genestealer Cultists paint video. These are some of my favorites, and I know you have a few. One question though: why the base with dirt and a tuft of grass? I'd expect these to be mostly factory workers or miners, and so the base should be either rocky or urban/Necromunda-ish. Just in my opinion, of course, and I *might* have commented the same in one of your older GSC videos! :P

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The Rusted Claw are noted as being wasteland types that see to the mining and recovery operations largely above ground, so I figured in this case a grubby desert base would work a little better. It ties into the orange scheme a bit more as well - a neat example of keeping the base in the same general style as the miniature rather than using it as a place to add a lot of visual contrast.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy .

[@MarkusMaximus2000]

Beautiful work and brilliant guides. Cheers for sharing.

[@whishky]

Love your videos, it's my main reference point for how I paint Any plans to paint Sylvaneth stuff at some point?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Eventually! Some time in the new year, for sure.

[@herostrate]

Adding the Agrax under the Contrast is a great idea, I'll have to try that out soon.

[@tomwainwright845]

Great stuff! Would you follow the same painting recipe if primed with grey seer rather than wraithbone?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Grey Seer is going to give you a slightly more washed-out finish overall, but the shade and drybrush will help keep the highlights from the Contrast nice and bright. It'll work just fine using Grey Seer, I'd say.

[@Arukandi]

Thank you! Was really useful!

[@joenewkirk6136]

You are so talented. Awesome stuff as usual.

[@martyncurrill2766]

Awesome work!

[@thelonepainter4760]

Amazing stuff!👌👍

[@danelmore2783]

Love it. Another fantastic job

[@ernieme101]

excellent method , i'll try it soon !

[@simdoyle]

Great video as ever. Thanks!

[@josesolias]

The way you paint helped me get the confidence to paint my own models. Hundred of models later I owe it to yourself.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Really glad to hear it! I'd say after that kind of investment in time and effort, though, you've got yourself to thank for all that practice.

[@duncanmcallister8528]

Great tutorial! - there’s so much scope for colour schemes with GSC.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Just changing up the colour of the suit would make a huge difference, and it's as simple as picking one different paint! 😂

[@j453]

Any chance you might paint up another les grognards? Maybe with a face, since you didn't like the masked look as much

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Probably not any time soon, to be honest. There's not much about them that's terribly different to how I paint Cadians. For the most part, if it'll work on Guardsmen, it'll work just fine on Les Grognards as well. I've done a fair few footslogger types by now! 😅

[@j453]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'll look for some of those, thank you

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Never say never, mind you! Just not within the next month or so.

[@Modge17]

This is awesome!

[@Marshal976]

Looks great!

[@DaneSaysStuff]

I just.... I just can't get into contrast colors. They always look so lacking no matter where they're used. At best it's more wash colors when thinned down, but it's never a solid replacement for actual painting.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

To each their own, I guess! Ordinarily I'd prefer to take things a little further as well, but to my eye they work perfectly well as the base for adding more to. From experience I can say they're not just more washes, but given some of them do behave differently to others in the line (looking at you, Aethermatic Blue) without it being clear from the bottles, that can be a little frustrating.