No-Fuss Fallschirmjäger! - How I Paint Things

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

Very nice & well-exicuted demo. Sprinter patter camo was used both by the Luftwaffe & Heer, but there is a difference between the two. The Heer version base colour was more toward the sand /tan spectrum, where the Luftwaffe on was more toward the green spectrum, the green khaki you used for the bread bag would be a good colour in my opinion. As for the Luftwaffe uniform; what I have concluded from my own research is that in the early war years, the blue Luftwaffe uniform was worn in battle, but was replaced mid 43 with the field grey uniform when the regiments were incorporated into the regular army, but Fallschirmjäger troops did retain their Sprinter patter jackets as well as the Luftwaffe uniform officer & NCO caps with the Paratrooper & Luftwaffe badges.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Always good to get a little more perspective from someone who knows their stuff! Cheers!

[@kristophermelin7160]

The Vallejo Air paints are great brushed - they are already thinned to just about the perfect consistency for hand brushing (as opposed to the other Vallejo colors, most of which need thinning.)

[@themagicalcactus1941]

Yes! I was hoping someone would make this, and then my favorite painter does! Brilliant!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You know me! Trying to avoid endless faff when it comes to tiny plastic mans. :D

[@euansmith3699]

Crete happens. The Axis, "We'll never do that again." The Allies, "Wow! That was neat! Let's give it a go!" Thank you for another very special video. The camo pattern was especially interesting.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The camo patterns of Germany's armed forces over the period are absolutely bonkers. There's no surprise there's whole libraries dedicated to the where, when and which were deployed and used. Still, starting with the common stuff gives you plenty to do with most painting projects!

[@euansmith3699]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio People obsessively studying the minutia of Nazi equipment?! Well, that's totally unexpected 😋

[@ConstableGrey]

Very nice. Probably the best FJ tutorial I've seen.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Much obliged!

[@Strawfoot]

I’m so happy every time you have a new video! I learn something every time!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

I love Vallejo Luftwaffe Uniform. It’s a great highlight for black hair, and it seems to be a good color match for the mid/late war Confederate uniforms made of English blue-grey kersey.

[@kevh6948]

Another great episode which epitomises the fascinating, relaxing and satisfying nature of your style.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Really glad you like them, it's very kind of you to say. :)

[@gardensbytheminute2668]

Thoroughly enjoy your videos mate.

[@alessiodecarolis]

This mini is well detailed, plastic sets give justice to these soldiers. P.s. german paras' helmets were Luftwaffe bluegrey for early war, then in feldgrau.

[@dupeesfashionconsultant4204]

You make it look so easy and yet still come out with these beautiful paint jobs

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I try! Obviously there's a bit of practice involved, but by breaking these things down into simple steps, it's way less daunting.

[@dupeesfashionconsultant4204]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio your videos are awesome man that's incredible skill. But I've gotten so much help from your content. Like tons of tips and it's really made my skills better. I mean I could practice every second of everyday for the rest of my life and still come nowhere near your results lol. But it's definitely been incredibly helpful! Especially with the historical figures. I play a little of middle earth and Warhammer but historical is definitely my number one and there are thousands of Warhammer tips but it's very hard to find quality historical painting tutorials so I was hyped when I saw yours

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Amazing video as always. Love the history lesson/uniform breakdown. Thank you for sharing as always! Cheers!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you kindly. :D I'm always trying to strike a balance between how much history lesson is in each of these things - ordinarily I try to keep the videos under that 20 minute mark, so it's a battle between demonstrating and talking for the most part.

[@УрфинДжус-д1п]

Great movie! As a result, the miniature turned out to be very lively and fresh. I would like to suggest ideas for future videos. It would be cool to see you paint Blitzkrieg German Infantry or German Pioniers. There are not enough such videos in your performance. ;)

[@Grantux]

14:16 smock is going to stand out. Isnt the purpose of the Smock not to stand out? Looks great!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Well, there have to be SOME concessions for our tiny plastic mans. 😉

[@Volgan16666]

Excellent as usual.

[@garyclarke4889]

Wonderful video thank you- it has inspired me to some Fallschirmjaeger too.

[@matthewdaniels478]

That's a cool 3d printed pot holder, another great video you good man.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The STL is up on Thingiverse somewhere, it's a dead useful bit of kit!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Sonic .

[@davidnandrin8825]

Bravo ! Thank you mister Sonic !

[@e-4airman124]

thank you you are so talented

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Thank you too!

[@stuthorne7808]

I've actually got the jacket, they are great because they are reversable to all white, I swear by it in winter and it is such a heavy jacket, im sure it was designed for the Russian front because I sweat like mad in it when it is -3 get one!..Great painting with the jacket mate, but use a darker green instead of that bright green and it would be spot on!...once again, impressive painting and skill.

[@NeoByteNL]

Stunning mini !

[@smoggstersmoggie3839]

You said you would list the paints used in your comments but I can't see them! Great video by the way, I've just built 6 of my 30 Paratroopers and wondered how to paint them.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Check in the description, they're all in there rather than the comments. Easier to keep them that way!

[@rnp497]

and they had the mass drop on Create because the ships needed for a sea-borne invasion were sunk in the invasion of Norway

[@WarGamingNewbHistorical]

Fantastic tutorial! Thanks for this!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You're very welcome!

[@cunneyes]

This was great, cheers

[@yurimastermind1601]

Hi sonic! It took me over 24-ish years since I first stepped foot in a games workshop, and a years hiatus cuz of 2020- but I just finished my first army and theres no more sea of grey shame on my shelf! It was you that helped me stick to it, and gave me the drive to see it done. I just wanted to say thankyou for your videos, mixing and matching bits of your tutorials let me make the genestealer cult I've always wanted! Hive Fleet Ripley approaches... If you actually see this I've got a question! Red boltgun casings on ultramarines, yay or nay? ;P

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Awesome! :D Really glad to hear it, that's great to know. Especially an excellent choice like Genestealer Cults... Personally, I dig the red bolter casings, but it's very much a Marmite kind of thing - some love it, some hate it, but everybody will have an opinion on it. Do what you feel looks best, but if you go the route of red, be prepared to hear about it! ;D

[@phildent7534]

Fantastic how to again

[@ewelina9224]

Lovely to watch and listen to you paint as always! p.s Still waiting on Kabalite Warrior video grrr! ♡

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Whoops! I'd actually completely forgotten about it, if I'm honest. I'll see what I can do in the coming weeks.

[@ewelina9224]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio No worries, do not feel rushed or anything like that! ♡

[@Fredeye63]

Excellent job as usual. Now this is ironic...I just bought a bunch of Fallschirmjägers and now I'm dying to paint them but can't. I've been moving out of my house for the last few weeks and will not be into the hobby for another couple months until the house has been remodeled. I'm going to have stacks of stuff to do when it's finished as have never stopped buying gaming materials.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Oh, no! I know all too well the pain of being stuck without hobby supplies when the itch is there... The worst was six months without all my kit when it was on a slow boat from New Zealand to Germany. Now that was hard! Glad to hear that this might prove some use when you do get your hands on your paints again. Fallschirmäger are a pretty interesting unit and being everywhere, you can always have more of them!

[@stephendavinson4441]

Nice smock patterns.i think you could use various colours of browns and greens to add realism to your units uniforms due to supply problems in the war.Next up the dreaded SS peadot cammo pattern.🥺😥😢😭😱

[@swaaahtome]

Have you bought any of the new Cadians? If so what do ya think?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's kind of a Malibu Stacey's new hat situation for me. I've got so many Cadians already, and the new Cadians are just the old Cadians with a new sprue. There's more accessories, but they're still Guardsmen; nothing crazy about painting them!

[@jimhazel1544]

Is it Agrax earthshade Gloss? That was all they I say at the shop so I may have got the wrong one.

[@cjanquart]

I want to learn "the business", hence I hit the "like" button.

[@toddrf4058]

This is terrific. I cannot source German Camo bright green locally. Is there an equivalent Citadel color that you would recommend?

[@brucelee9346]

What was the brand and name of the wash you used? I couldn't make out what you said.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Agrax Earthshade, from Citadel. Everything's listed in the description just in case.

[@robisonwells1]

Looks great. I've always been intimidated by those smocks. I notice you're using Army Painter brushes--do you recommend the whole line? I've been using synthetics mostly and want to get better brushes without painting a lot.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've had pretty good results with the Army Painter brushes. In particular the Regiment brush is the perfect size for most of what I do; a little larger than the Citadel Medium Layer brush, but without losing its tip.

[@sagacity1071]

Hey Sonic! I was wondering you have (or have seen) made shoulder pads for the ice dragons space marines? Help a fan out?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I've never come across them, personally. I had to Google what the Chapter badge looks like!

[@sagacity1071]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Do you know anyone that makes stl pads for commission?

[@oktoberfest4424]

Could you paint their smock the light green gray of the m40 fallschirmjaeger jump smock too?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There are a few in the box which are wearing the shorter, early smocks which you could paint in green grey, but there's a lot of late war equipment with these plastic guys; you're best to paint them as 'later' figures, or pick up a dedicated set of metal miniatures if you want early war figures.

[@hobobeard]

Curious to see how this might’ve turned out with Aly’s brown liquid instead of aggrax.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Honestly not that much different overall, I'd imagine, just slightly brighter with a vague yellowish touch to things.

[@smoggstersmoggie3839]

Do you think I could use mechanicus grey by GW as a base colour?

[@cruzmellon4943]

Any chance you’ll do a tutorial on Vietnam era “tiger stripe” camo? Gaunt’s Ghost would be good candidates, don’t you think?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's a matter of when, but Korean and Vietnam war stuff is on the cards. I'm not going to pick up the Ghosts, though - not until GW releases a line of Tanith to go with them.

[@jesse-got-dolphins-into-heaven]

what grass stuff do ou use for basing?

[@Jt-wv4xh]

Do you reckon citadel’s The Fang would make a good luftwaffe blue?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It'll be close, but a little darker. I'd suggest mixing in a tiny touch of Russ Grey.

[@darioscomicschool1111]

FALLSCHIRMJÄGER!!!

[@woodandwheels]

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