Painting Feudal Guard Engineers from The Makers Cult - How I Paint Things

[@MrHP25]

Love TheMakersCult. Their Dark Techno and Tempest Lords sculpts are amazing

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The Dark Techno stuff is incredible. I'm just too chicken to try printing any of it! 🤣

[@KaelBanner]

Currently have this on in the background to listen to while I kitbash as i cant sleep at 3am.😂

[@HeleentheArcane]

That is a wonderful cabinet in the background

[@southaussielad2496]

Another great maker is monstrous encounters. They do brilliant fantasy minis for a variety of games.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've picked up a few of the Monstrous Encounters packs and really like the design style they've got going. I've not been brave enough to get in and support them for printing yet! Mostly 'cause I'm too lazy...

[@alfonzisgreat]

I called that the two youtube chefs would be Max and Babish, I watch for the same reason you do, a fun and interesting video that I will probably never attempt. I'm glad to see you following in that same vein and releasing videos that you want to, not everything needs to be educational, and a lot of times you just watch these videos as a medium to listen to the presenters, and a lot of times I watch your videos for that exact reason. Do what you want, with passion, and you'll receive positive attention, as a positive passionate presenter can make all the difference. Keep up the good stuff, and I will continue to enjoy your content!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Really glad to hear it, thank you. :) Also excellent to know that you're already watching the other two guys! I doubt most would expect cooking channel recommendations from a dude that paints but it's really interesting you're not the only person to have said you're familiar with Babish and Max. Maybe there's something to that conversational style.

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Very cool 😎! Keep them coming. You’re right on the money. A lot of what you paint, I won’t buy, but I enjoy watching you paint. It’s fun. Cheers 🍻

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You might well have been one of those voices I was listening to when it comes to just painting for fun's sake. 😀 Glad to know these still hit the mark!

[@justanothercaptain6566]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio It absolutely does! If you’re having fun 🤩 know I’m having fun watching you paint it! 😊🤣

[@josephmendoza1156]

Nice to see that you enjoy painting "obscure" minis that might not go with anything. My son got me interested in painting Stormcast Liberators. They're just so freaking small! I found some minis from Russia on Amazon that are quite a bit larger than Warhammer models. I have fun painting them, stripping them and painting them again. They're relatively cheap and good to practice on. After some time with them I muster up a little confidence and go back to my Stormcast and Space Marines. Thank you for your videos. They're fun to listen to and your painting tips work for me (especially dry-brushing).

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's neat to have a handful of miniatures you can paint over and over - as long as they strip clean, why not go nuts? It's easiest to practice on a familiar figure, after all! The Stormcast are some of my favourite miniatures since they're relatively light on detail compared to some of the other overloaded GW designs, but there's enough there to really enjoy painting if you want to bump up the look a little. Great choice!

[@BasedGhoul]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Excuse me, not trying to sound overly demanding but could you please please pretty please maybe do a painting tutorial with one of the new Gaunts Ghosts models?? Please New Zealander Sonic dude, pretty please????

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

@@BasedGhoul Unfortunately, I'm not going to pick up the Ghosts. It's 55 euros for a box of figures where I'd only be painting one, and truth be told I'd really rather GW had put that effort into a new Imperial Guard range. If they'd launched the Ghosts with a new plastic Tanith range, it might have been a different story!

[@MiniatureAdventuresTV]

Great video. I'm also one of those people that like to put your videos on while I'm working. Now and again I'll stop and mutter to myself "he's doing what!?!" rewind the video and learn something new and really useful.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Haha! Great to hear it, Lee, much obliged. :) As it happens, I've actually got a couple sheets of blue foam on the way after watching your tutorial on making hills. It's about time I tried my hand at it! Going to need plenty of scenery for O Group.

[@jayseddon7525]

armour looks great. nice job

[@southaussielad2496]

Seriously though how good are the makers cult minis!! Valour korps are badass and print beautifully. We're going to get some VK vehicles coming soon

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Sonic .

[@yagsipcc287]

The Makers Cult have some of the best minis around for Sci Fi games 🙂 I also love how most things also have or are totally modular as well, easy to mix and match them (since they release other sets to expand upon them as well) as well as other STLs out there that are similar in scale but are also more chaos like so it makes it great to mix and match to get unique looking guys for any type of force 😁

[@Strawfoot]

What a nice face. I’d love to see more videos like this. This is fantastic!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Mine, or the miniature's? ;D

[@Morhgoz]

Planning to use the Faudal Guar models for me Horus Heresy Imperialis Militia army, just need do some 3d converting and physical converting as I want me cavarly to ride on terror birds, which I might have found perfect models, but they have lizardmen riders on them and need to put Feudal Guard riders on them... Also some of the cavarly will have shotguns and chain axes instead lances, so more work...

[@MrSphinchee]

This miniature reminds me of that movie 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Huh! I hadn't really noticed at first, but it does look familiar.

[@NeoByteNL]

I know what I am getting for Chrismas, man I love these printed mini's. Great color scheme as well.

[@therealorkdung]

Love to see your settings for the Mars 2 Pro.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I print at 0.04mm with 2.2s exposure time using Elegoo Water Washable Grey Resin. The little room I've got my printer in stays a fairly steady temperature, so I haven't had to tweak yet to account for cold. My support settings aren't much different to the defaults - I just tweak the diameter of the top of supports to get smaller contact points in hard to reach areas.

[@rustedbeetle]

Yup, I don't own a single Games Workshop mini, but I watch lots of painting videos that feature them. I watch it for the people as much as the painting. I find Sonic's videos informative, entertaining and instructive, but I'm not planning to paint a Space Marine or fantasy golden Space Marine. In fact, I'm not sure I've painted anything Sonic has painted other than a Dalek. Still a channel to watch and enjoy.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This is part of the reason I try to cast a pretty wide net when it comes to miniatures. Sure, GW's stuff is pretty ubiquitous and recognizable, but there's so massive a range of miniatures out there that it's a shame to restrict oneself to just their lines. Trying to gently nudge Space Marine fans out of their comfort zone is a secondary objective, but I'm working on it! ;D

[@nomcognom2332]

Amazing, fantastic result.

[@Gabbiano88]

love it

[@johnkelley9877]

I like to watch your channel for the painting techniques and the verity of different topics too such as 3D printing and companies that make 3D models. Thanks for sharing this and you should paint what you want to. I learn from it and enjoy it all.

[@nickdavis5420]

I watch both !

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It must be that you've got excellent taste. :D

[@euansmith3699]

This was a very special video.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

If ever I make one that isn't, I think someone's probably moved the covered portrait in the very top room of the attic...

[@Kubrzesz]

I really love your wall unit! Brings me back to my childhood in Poland back in the 90s 😂 Ours was very similar. One thing tho: one of the top cupboars door (top left corner) looks like needs some adjustments as it seems to be slumping a little. Anyway, great stuff otherwise, as usual and greetings, now, from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Ha! Yeah, it's been around a while... ;D There's a couple of the doors on this old monster that could do with a little tightening and adjustment!

[@JZStudios2]

Technically the use of Agrax Earthshade has been your first on camera since you've moved. So it finally feels good to use as it completes the channel's move.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I hadn't actually noticed, but that's a neat detail! That does feel like a nice capstone on the moving process.

[@monte8605]

I hope the move has treated you well! Best Wishes :)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's been alright, thanks! I'm finally settling in. :)

[@dupeesfashionconsultant4204]

YeA man I would absolutely suggest trying a live streaming paint along. The channel Napoleonic wargaming does that and it's a great time. Not trying to tell you what to do just a suggestion..if you ever decide to stream I'll be first guy in

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

I'll check out the people you've suggested. This looks like a nice model, wouldn't think it was 3d printed

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There's some really great STLs out there for home printing these days. I think the speed at which the technology moves surprises a lot of folks to hear that a miniature has been printed; these are pretty close to the equal of Forge World resins in some cases!

[@philhelm1318]

What layer height did you select to print this model?

[@sydriannevermore8442]

Did you have to scale the model up when print or was it straight from the file into the printer?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Nope! This was just straight in the slicer, then into the machine.

[@mig1739]

I really really want to buy some of the makercults minis files when they print do they print at a good scale for 40k proxies? I'm new to printing and it seems every free stl that say "heroic" or 28mm print way to small and ive been having a really hard time scaling and want files that can be printed at the right scale right off the bat.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

These are designed to print straight out of the machine at proper 'heroic' scale, or 40k-appropriate. No fussing around, no rescaling needed.

[@mig1739]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio thank you so much!

[@TK-wc1xj]

57 seconds ago, never been so early :D

[@wotfudboy]

Enjoyed your video! You make it look so easy, which is great. I suspect I overcomplicate things and for quite often worse results. #FeelingInspired

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Cheers! I think we do have a tendency to overthink when we're painting; sometimes 'good enough' is way better than we'd believe when there's a whole army of it on the table!

[@leonardogoncalves5372]

That red looks very pink in my screen oh noo

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've checked on a couple of my devices and it doesn't look terribly pink to me - hopefully it's not a screen issue!

[@lonegoat81]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio oddly watching it the coat looked very bright almost a fluorescent red. hmm strange.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I might need to tweak the colour settings in these videos before upload, then. The paint on the palette looked way brighter than it did actually going on the miniature, so maybe it's still a question of lighting. Hmm!