Back to Painting Things!

I'm alive, I swear! Quarantine and lockdown procedures made it awfully hard to get to my paints - two flights and a train journey away, in fact! READ MORE:
At last I'm back home and all is well so far. I've got my fingers crossed to get through all of this with as little mess and fuss as possible, but as someone that's flown internationally in the last few days I'm required to self-quarantine for a little while longer. Better that I be out of action for a couple of weeks rather than inadvertently get someone else ill, right? I've been lucky enough not to have any symptoms of the virus yet, but wherever possible it pays to be cautious... so with my paints and miniatures in front of me it's finally time to do some painting!
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How I Paint Things is a series of simple instructional videos designed to help the newcomer through some of the basics and demonstrate how the very simplest techniques can still give you some great results that're easily replicated. Aimed at the beginner to painting miniatures, there might be one or two tips or tricks that help even you old hands!
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[@pervyturtle2673]

I was excited because I thought GW made Tallarn again. Then I was sad because I saw it was a 3d print and I dont have one. Then I was excited again beccause I can just buy the mini pieces direct from reptilian overlords. Its been a roller coaster these past 60 seconds.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I try to keep you on your toes!

[@zm0rc]

Victoria miniatures has an entire tallarn range that looks great...you're welcome.

[@evileyeball]

I love your little Turntable thingy its awesome

[@martynives305]

😀😀😀 welcome back. Great to hear your dulcet tones once again.

[@Ernzt8]

Welcome back and nice to hear that you are save.

[@MrSphinchee]

Glad you're back!!!!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Me too!! :D

[@nickn4127]

You always have such wonderful paint schemes and promote fantastic alternative models for the classic guard regiments! I never wanted to start a Tallarn army or a Valhallan army until I saw your painting videos for them :D. Keep up the wonderful work!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you kindly! We're lucky enough to have access to so many ways to customize and tweak our Imperial Guard miniatures these days that the only limit is what you're willing to go looking for and come up with. Doesn't take much to tweak stuff to suit your own style. :)

[@element4studios]

He looks awesome! Nice work sir!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thanks a bunch!

[@sophiewylie2521]

Yaaay you’re back painting glad you got back home safely

[@dwc4695]

I Love the Composition of this Miniature, also a good paint job. Really beautiful and a lovely inspiration.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thanks very much! 😀

[@timjmill]

Good to have you back. I always appreciate your enthusiasm and easy going presentation. Sorry your vacation wasn't as vacationy as hoped.

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Glad to see you back safe and sound! Great video, as always. Thank you!

[@Coalcrafter1999]

Bought these files awhile back for a Tallarn force. Been looking for a good turorial for a while now and I stumbled on this video. It's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for this, now I can start painting my models with some more confidence.

[@ianpettman7482]

Glad to see your back safe and sound.

[@andyswarbrick7452]

This was one of my favourite paint schemes I’ve seen you do, it looks so good. That model was so good, particularly for a home printed one. I’m on the fence with these but things like this are starting to push me over. Great work and glad you’re back safely.

[@Salty_Sassenach]

It's taken me quite a while, watching various tutorials for a paint scheme for my dusty looking, Perry Miniatures desert rats. This scheme is perfect 👍

[@rufffinoo]

Great to have you back. Excellent work, as usual.

[@andrewhintz6551]

So glad to see you back. I've missed your videos.

[@garybullock5917]

Hi glad your ok great to have you back all the best

[@alancafferkey3152]

Welcome back! Glad you're safe and sound.

[@AF-kj2zl]

Glad your back and safe! It must have been hard with nothing to paint. I have been fortunate to be 'stuck' with all my paints and things to paint. Looking forward to new videos!

[@andsmorris7225]

Great to see you back and thanks for another great video

[@stevemiller1345]

So glad you're back and safe. I love the way this guy turned out.

[@michaeljacobs2860]

love these

[@THEepicLAIR]

Love your videos mate! great to have on a monitor and paint and/or work on the other one.

[@johnkelley9877]

This was another great tutorial! If there were any mistakes I couldn't see them. I am glad you are back and well. I did not know there are water soluble resins for 3D printers. That makes me want to go ahead and invest in one. Thanks for taking the time and effort in making this.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad it was helpful! I haven't personally used any of the water-soluble resins yet, but a couple of buddies into their SLA printing have and highly recommend them. Once I'm through my supply of 'original recipe' I'll try picking up some of the shiny new stuff and give it a shot.

[@johnkelley9877]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio That would be a helpful review. I like the FDM printers but it is hard to beat the quality of the SLA printers for our hobby.

[@smoothgrvs]

Good to hear from you

[@WePaintMinis]

I love the model too!

[@maxbrandt6]

If I didn't know any better and if you didn't mention it, I would have thought GW updated the Tallarn gaurdsmen....which would be nice.

[@newe3]

Currently watching this in NZ lock-down :-) Glad you made it home OK.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Hope you enjoyed it! It's a bit of a hard one at the moment being stuck at home, but the numbers don't lie - the lockdown's working. If staying home is the hardest thing we have to do to keep one another safe, it's a small hill to climb!

[@rick9663]

welcome back!

[@Ben-fk9ey]

Good to see you back safe and sound!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thanks!

[@stompieandsuzie]

Welcome back mate! And keep em coming!

[@grayhaven451]

Glad you made it back. Missed your videos. All I've had to do is watch KZbin...lol.

[@solo2674]

Welcome back

[@shupactakur]

Smashing!

[@russ5838]

Looks A1 m8ty, I did miss the paint list as I try to follow your paint jobs as close as possible as you always seem to get the colour schemes spot on, glad your back and safe.

[@mt-ti7lt]

So glad to see you again!

[@jestology1180]

I'm glad you're back!

[@grimpaints9415]

good to see ya back princess, lovely looking mini and will be buying the files in the near future myself

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Princess? I always rather fancied myself a Duchess; it sounds like there's fewer responsibilities with the position. 😜 There's some great bits available to print from these guys, definitely worth checking out the whole range.

[@jlucas7804]

Glad you were able to return home! Great video as always!

[@carlotacconi9452]

We missed you dude! Happy you stayed safe

[@jacobbuchan7384]

I like the new transitions! Glad to see you're back

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thanks bud! Someone had mentioned a while back that the white flashes were a little hard to look at, so I swapped for the dissolve effect and I think they look a bit better, too. :)

[@RobbieB2606]

Glad to see you back

[@JackSimpsonJBS]

Wow, I can't even see the layers in the 3D printed miniature!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Resin or SLA printing allows for much finer detail than FDM printers do; the Elegoo Mars is similar in most respects to the Anycubic Photon, and a really cheap entry point if you're looking to print high-quality miniatures like this!

[@tycondrius23]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio been looking at the Elegoo Mars and the are very nice :) how much does the material used work out at ?

[@reubensullivan8849]

Glad you’re back dude hope everything you’re all good

[@mal2ksc77]

Glad you're back, glad you're safe. Keep painting.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you, I will be! :D

[@bluesun-qn9yr]

Great to have you back .... sonic doing he's painting videos... the world just got a little better...

[@stevenbuerkle9329]

Glad to see your back, nice job as always. 👍🏼

[@BSHVN2006]

Came here to get a sauce on these miniatures. But they're 3D-printed. Bummer. Fucking crisp paintjob, though. Love it!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

If it helps at all, there are 3D printing services that'll do you up bits if you supply the STL files. Reptilian Overlord sells the files on their site, and under normal circumstances would be selling resin parts to make the miniatures as well. Their casting service is shuttered during all the COVID-19 shenanigans, but with any luck they'll be selling physical stuff again soon. :)

[@NerdNewsToday]

Welcome back, missed you and your lessons!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you! 😃

[@maxbrandt6]

Reptilian Overlords has some really nice stuff, they are a bit sneaky...working the *Cobra Soldier* and *Cobra Viper* heads into the mix of parts! [Reference: 1980s G.I. Joe toy line.]

[@angrypantz87]

Glorious.

[@Katalmach11b]

I missed you, paint friend. My Guard army is growing, thanks to the techniques you taught me, I am able to paint my massive army efficiently and have fun with it

[@Mensch777]

Welcome back mate!

[@GrumpyThump]

Reptilian Overlords stuff is great! I was actually painting some of my Guard using their legs and carapace torsos when I saw this video was up. So glad you're back!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Very cool! Their stuff fits so well with the standard Guard kit as well that it's hard not to sit and try to find ways to incorporate them... :D

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , WB

[@Solaaris1]

Good to see you back mate. Could you do a vid about your 3d printer?

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

That spinning dude is making me dizzy! Now, back to work and make a video on german winter troops with reversible jackets! It never looks right when I try it, the interior cammo pattern just looks wierd in 15mm.

[@maxbrandt6]

It's 15mm though..

[@phuryian]

That's an amazing finish there mate - have you checked out Victoria Lamb's miniatures of the same theme?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I do quite like the Victoria Miniatures line, but they don't scale quite perfectly with the Imperial Guard stuff I've already got. Makes mixing and matching when I need certain weapons a bit more difficult, unfortunately!

[@zarev0k]

Glad to see you back !!! You will not quit the channel after all ? :O Thats great!

[@knightzix_01]

Nice to See ya back Hope ya family Ok after The Bull LOL

[@FernandoMartinez-dr8id]

Hello, congratulations on the channel, a question for those of us who do not speak English, what colors have you used? Is there any way to know the colors used exactly? Thank you

[@waylowsworkshop]

glad to see your back in action! I have a question where did you get the black army painter cutting mat ? or is that something else? great video as always

[@JamesThompson-1]

How do you find metallics on the wet palette? I've seen advice not to do it (as metal flakes get in the water) and then people that aren't bothered.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I haven't really noticed any negatives to it. I have managed once or twice to split the paper after using it for far too long and getting a little bit of normal paint on to the foam underneath, but it seems not to matter. As long as the paper isn't letting anything mix, I'm sure it should be okay?

[@JamesThompson-1]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I agree. To me, it doesn't sound that possible that the metail flakes (which one would assume are larger than the other components of the paint?) are going to get through the paper and contaminate the sponge and water when the rest of the paint would stay on top, but it does seem to be a well supported notion. Also, glad to see you're back home safe and well - it's bad enough working from home as I am, so can only image how trying the last few weeks/months must have been!

[@TimTheGrim]

Where are the arms with laser gun from? Can't find it at Reptilian Overlords...

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There's an arms pack, but the rifles aren't actually attached to the hands - you need to physically glue a lasgun or similar into the model's hands during assembly. Or once you've got the files, you could find an STL for a lasgun you like and attach it to the model in a program like Meshmixer or 3D Builder. :)

[@TimTheGrim]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thanks a lot. My main question was where to get these fine suiting lasguns??

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Reptile overlords!!!!

[@tanen7264]

Are the backpacks part of the model or is that a separate bit? I didn’t notice those on the RO website?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

They're all part of a single torso piece which included the head.

[@lorddyson6487]

Was just thinking when are you coming back lol

[@lucasszymanski114]

Colours look great! What is the colour of the base rim?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

XV-88. It's a nice colour, slightly deeper and more rich than Zandri Dust. Good for desert-themed bases!

[@lucasszymanski114]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you! I love that color. I usually use Vallejo but I do love XV 88. I used it to paint Dark Elar. Love your work!

[@lucasszymanski114]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio And I love Agrax Earthshade. I think GW makes really good washes and many really nice colours.

[@Salty_Sassenach]

Fast forward to 2021 & you can't fart without being quarantined 😜

[@MurderHoboRPG]

What printwr did you use to print this badguy

[@tylerdurden108]

what color do you use for chipping dark gray armor? dark brown and metal color ? or black and metal color ? many thanks from bayern in germany:)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Black and metallic will work with just about anything. If you want it to look more worn and old, a dark brown will work instead - something like Vallejo German Cam. Dark Brown works really well.

[@tylerdurden108]

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thxxx

[@alanbrooks1200]

Where are the rifles from? I dont recognise the part.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I believe they're from the 'Praeto Firing Squad' set, off the top of my head. The rifles and heads are the only things worth using out of there, unfortunately; the boots and legs are waaay out of proportion.

[@alabamagreaser]

I do not have a printer, any ideal here I can purchase these models already made?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Reptilian Overlords ordinarily sells resin casts of these individual parts, but during the lockdown period their casting service is on standby. Once everything gets back up and running you'll be able to buy these directly from them, too.

[@alabamagreaser]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you. Btw, great job painting the mini!

[@MurderHoboRPG]

There is no wrong side of the planet

[@frigginsepone446]

Wow, this is not *a very special* How I paint things? Seriously, they should've given you something to paint! They gave you food, didn't they? New Zealand should organise their priorities, that's just barbaric...

[@manorman01]

great to see you back

[@WePaintMinis]

Welcome back!

[@dennisflood9546]

Welcome back