How to Paint the Sentinels from Marvel: Crisis Protocol

Hello! This is a guide to painting the Sentinel MK4s and the Sentinel Prime MK4 from Marvel: Crisis Protocol: (amzn.to/32SGB8s)
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
0:34 - Overview
1:03 - Prep & Underpaint
4:32 - Contrast Colours
11:25 - Edge Highlights & Chipping
13:52 - Black Lining
15:08 - Glowing Lights
18:11 - Bases
19:18 - Dusty Weathering Etc
PAINTS USED:
Art Black (SC)
Art White (SC)
Basilicanum Grey (GW)
Gryph-Charger Grey (GW)
Ultramarines Blue (GW)
Aethermatic Blue (GW)
Frostheart (GW)
Shyish Purple (GW)
Volupus Pink (GW)
Guilliman Flesh (GW)
Prussian Blue (SC)
Black Panel Liner (T)
Red Leather (SC)
Black (SC)
Tenere Yellow (SC)
Orange Light (HM)
Orange (HM)
Walnut (SC)
Orange Leather (SC)
Vanilla White (SC)
KEY: T = Tamiya, HM = Hera Models, G = Games Workshop, SC = Scalecolor,
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Hera Models (orange pigments): www.heramodels.com/shop/paints/
PAINT BRUSHES:
I usually use the Rosemary & Co Series 8 Size 2: www.rosemaryandco.com/series-... (select "short handle").
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Daler Rowney Flow Enhancer: amzn.to/2HMR1AF
Urban Scatter: www.wonderlandmodels.com/prod...
Hobby Holder: gameenvy.net
For airbrush users, this is the black primer I use: www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/40ml...
And I also used Cold Grey from the Vallejo Model Air range.
The airbrush used for priming was the Iwata Revolution CR: amzn.to/2Qq2UQo
Clippers by Redgrass Games: www.redgrassgames.com/precisi...
All music composed by and © copyright owned by Sorastro.

[@buklau123890]

Holy! That bright orange fluorescent pigment is insaley bright!

[@Sorastro]

It really is! 😁

[@TheGodOfWarhammer]

i’m glad i saw this video before purchasing the sentinels. i haven’t tried using two different contrast colors to get shading before like you did what with the blues. the only thing im going to change is that ill prime with different silvers to give TMM as contrast paint covers over metallic beautifully while still maintaining the shine

[@Sorastro]

Excellent Jesse! 😀

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Love seeing the development and styles used. Been here since imperial assault stormtroopers . Nice work again

[@Sorastro]

Thank you my friend! You have indeed been following and kindly commenting for many years now! Much appreciated 😀

[@cerethpainting6606]

Ditto!!!

[@HypothermicIce]

I've never thought about using sponges for undercoating! This looks so easy and a really fantastic effect

[@Sorastro]

Thanks! It's a lot of fun, and is great for creating concrete/stoney textures too (which you can see me doing in my Sanctum Sanctorum vid)! 😀

[@davidtaylor142]

Oh man I gotta go buy those contrasts now. Beautiful work.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot David! I'm glad you like how they turned out 😀

[@pedrotallieu8894]

It is always a joy to watch you paint. Constantly learning new things from you. I’m looking forward to the Star Wars Shatterpoint series.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks so much buddy! 🤗

[@Nammley]

Your channel is one that always motivates me to try new things. Nearly every video I clock something new to try. Great as usual 👍

[@Sorastro]

Thanks so much Dylan! That makes me very happy to hear 😀

[@Nammley]

Keep up the great work man 😁😁

[@HotelCharliHill]

Amazing as usual

[@Sorastro]

Thanks so much 😊

[@goblinry]

I have been painting along with you for some time and it's been really gratifying to see your style evolve and grow alongside mine.

[@Sorastro]

Wonderful! Thank you Nathan 😀

[@Ascalante80]

This is just amazing! Im always baffled by your skill

[@Sorastro]

Thanks very kind - thank you! 😀

[@MrSmokincodz]

Contrast paint is so versatile. Great work all around.

[@Sorastro]

Thank you very much! I agree it certainly has its uses..! :)

[@redgrass]

As always, such an amazing video!

[@Sorastro]

Thank you my friend! 🤗

[@bobavontanelorn5713]

Thank you for sharing this amazing work!

[@Sorastro]

You are more than welcome! 😀

[@IamKnucks]

Glad you're back!

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! 😁

[@FOGHEAD_]

Beautiful work! Love the talent! I’m looking into purchasing the Sentinels set and WILL be using your video as a painting tutorial 🤞

[@Sorastro]

Thank you so much for the kind comment! I really appreciate that, and I hope you enjoy working on your Sentinels! 😀

[@thibaultmarthi777]

This is HUGE !! Great job !

[@Sorastro]

Thank you sir! 😀

[@BridgemillGamer]

Such nice painting and excellent video

[@Sorastro]

Thanks so much Matthias! 😀

[@aaronutley]

Just amazing, as always!!!

[@Sorastro]

Thank you brother! I hope we'll get to hang out again one day btw.. 😀

[@aaronutley]

@@Sorastro SAME! :) Hope you and fam are well. (Man, you really have elevated slapchop here. Just amazing)

[@manu_renton7929]

very interesting and apparently fun painting process. I don't really feel like trying contrast type paints but the result you have achieved is very nice. I will try to do something similar without using contrast paints. thanks for the video.

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! I'm glad you found the video useful 😀

[@syndromBE]

such a smart trick with the sponging and contrast paints, makes these really daunting figures to paint seem easier. I wonder if i can use the same technique on my hulkbuster :D

[@Sorastro]

Thanks Robin! I bet you could use this technique for a nicely-weathered Hulkbuster 😀

[@jovanniballardo]

Amazing. Thank you . This is what I love to see. Not like the juggernaut video.

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha, noted - thanks friend 😁

[@DialetoNerd]

Amazing vídeo!!!!!!!🙏

[@Sorastro]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@petermerz2704]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Peter! I'm glad you liked it 😀

[@cerethpainting6606]

I have said it before and I’ll say it again, these videos are great for hobbyists of all different scales and genres. Thank you for the excellent content!

[@Sorastro]

Thank you as always my friend 🤗

[@chauveaudamien9019]

Really good! I need to try contrast now ahah

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha, thank you sir 😁

[@abasheddevil]

I'mma level with you, chief, I am not really a fan of the Sentinels. Even by the outrageous standards of comic books, to me, it strains credulity that the United States government would, rather than employ the use of teams of trained federal agents or something, choose to commission a private contractor to tackle the mutant problem with... Big goofy robots. With that in mind, I was quite prepared to skip this release. However... Your video has done a wonderful job of changing my mind! I am pleasantly surprised by the customisation and posing options - building them looks like great fun! - and the paint scheme shown in this tutorial seems actually fairly simple to achieve. Sorastro, you've done it again!

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha, thank you friend 😁

[@abasheddevil]

@@Sorastro Will you be doing a video on Rhino, when he's released? He looks like he's perfect material for a video - I'm sure you'll find a way to make painting all that grey really interesting.

[@Sorastro]

I LOVE the Rhino sculpt, so it's quite possible that I'll be covering him with a video.. 🙂

[@lynettelouisli2607]

I honestly thought you were going to start with a basecoat of silver (Stormhost Silver / Iron Hand Steel) through the airbrush before going in with the Contrast. But once again you've surprised me by simply sponging gradients of black/grey/white to create the textured effect.... It definitely helped to sell the metallic effect. They turned out magnificently. May I ask how long did it take you to paint the 3 Sentinels? I know there's a lot that goes in the video production aspect as well.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks so much! Hmm I honestly can't remember exactly how long I spent, but they were pretty quick (comparatively speaking!) 😁

[@dylaren]

I know they aren't everyone's favourite but I absolutely love the Sentinels. You've made them look so good in this I'm going to have to pick up the box even though I didn't plan on running them just to add to my teams display board. X-Men all they way!!!

[@Sorastro]

Fantastic! Thanks a lot :D

[@Vandal_Savage]

Very nice! 🙂

[@Sorastro]

Thank you kindly! 😀

[@PatrickRauland]

What a great tutorial! Thank you! I've tried contrast paints and struggled with them each time. I think I'm using too much and the models are way too splotchy. Any advice on using contrast paints?

[@Sorastro]

Thanks Patrick! It's hard to give general advice with Contrast Colours because they can be used in a variety of ways. But I wouldn't usually expect to achieve especially smooth gradients with them when working over large areas (which in this instance isn't an issue because I'm going for quite a noisy, textured finish).. 🙂

[@karmaq8462]

Wow this is an awesome tutorial, I never figured you could use contrast like that , is it possible to use regular acrylic paints and get the same effect ?

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! And sure; I'd suggest thinning the paint with glaze medium or something 😀

[@Spadie]

I have the full set of the Tamiya Panel Liners, though I was told they can cause spider-webbing and cause plastic models and minis to become brittle and snap or crumble. I assume the primer will help protect it, but have you had any issues with that?

[@godhenry007]

Was the choice to use Contrast paints made to achieve that gritty battle-worn look, or did you have another reason for using it as opposed to normal acrylic paints?

[@Sorastro]

Hi! Good question! I chose them because they have the combined properties of being both quite saturated, yet also quite translucent, allowing the texture of the underpainting to show through. That being said, thinned acrylic paints could also be used ofc 🙂

[@rccmavis]

THANKYOU

[@Sorastro]

You're very welcome Chris! 😀

[@nrdydad1486]

amazing paint job as always, I only wish I was a quarter as talented as you are. i recently tried painting my sentinels with paints from turbo dork. i'd be very curious to see what kind of paint job you could come up with using said paints.

[@Sorastro]

That's a lot! I've not tried those paints actually but they look pretty fun.. 😀

[@eldarion4615]

Hi. Congrats for your job! Can somebody tell me the size of the miniatures?

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! The tallest one measures around 13cm 😀

[@0newingedcrow]

Phenomenal work as usual. How do you paint with a camera in front of you?

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! I position the camera to my left (so, quite close to my left shoulder) as I work.. 😀

[@0newingedcrow]

@@Sorastro thank you for the response. I've been trying to stream myself painting and I can't figure out how to do it without causing a big headache for myself.

[@fizberry8705]

How did you avoid the splotches that normally come about when using contrast paints on flat surfaces? Thanks!

[@TheGodOfWarhammer]

contrast medium bro, you gotta thin it down for sure

[@Sorastro]

Hey! I think thinning the paint helps, and soaking up the excess as you go. But also, the heavily textured surface I created here means that the paint doesn't actually need to be especially smooth 😁

[@josephcosta5688]

Great work! I do have a question. I can't seem to find "Prussian Blue" anywhere that you labeled as from SC. Any advice of where I can find this.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Joseph! I can't actually remember where I used it on the mini, but this is the SC Prussian Blue (they also have a US site): scale75.com/en/artist-range/820-prusian-blue.html 🙂

[@Thecostasaurus9]

@@Sorastro Thanks! Also what is the very thin bristled long brush you used for edging?

[@Sorastro]

Hey Joe! I think that was just a Rosemary and Co Series 8 (size 2), but one that I've used for a while so it's slimmed down a bit.. 😁

[@Angekie]

Think you could replace the contrasts with speedpaints?

[@Sorastro]

Hi! Sure thing! 😀

[@JamesNettum]

I went out and bought some Mod Podge because of this video. 😆 How long do you let it dry before painting? Do you seal it first?

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha, excellent! Unlike PVA glue, Mod Podge dried pretty quickly (especially if you blast it with a hairdryer..) 😀

[@JamesNettum]

Excellent! Thank you for the great content, and for always answering questions in the comments.

[@tobynoll999]

Do you have to clean the airbrush thoroughly each time you use it? I have everything to airbrush, but I don't want to take it apart fully just to clean it after each time. Every now and then is different, but each time sounds daunting and tedious when I can just use a brush and go for tabletop ready.

[@Sorastro]

Hey Toby! It depends how long I've been using it for, and whether I've been shooting primer too, but I do generally do a quick tear down and clean after using the airbrush. It's a bit of a pain, but I'm pretty fast at it now.. 😁

[@tobynoll999]

@@Sorastro I can see you disassembling and reassembling with a blindfold like you see military do with their guns.

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha, yeh - pretty much 😁

[@LEF3133]

What are your thoughts on the Star Wars Shatterpoint? It looks to be a SW version of MCP.

[@Sorastro]

Hi Andrew! I'm super excited about Shatterpoint, and I can tell you that the minis are beautifully well done! (Watch for a new painting series coming next year..) 😀

[@ArynCrinn]

I know you were asking Sorastro, but I will say that I love the new sculpts... I'm just annoyed the scale makes it incompatible with the Legion ones. Would have been nice if the minis were cross compatible with each game.

[@LEF3133]

@@ArynCrinn same as Legion was incompatible with Imperial Assault. I love the style change with the sculpts and art. I’m afraid how much it’s going to cost me in the future haha

[@ArynCrinn]

@@LEF3133 Price is a concern... especially when you compare Crisis Protocol prices to Legion prices.

[@LEF3133]

@@ArynCrinn price will be a concern and similar to MCP. Will be keen to see if it’s staying to Clone Wars timeline or we going to see the whole timeline for characters. I’d be happy if it stayed in Clone Wars era as there’s enough characters to release. Please be a Trench!

[@ArynCrinn]

A "slapchop" video without calling it "slapchop"? I applaud you for your integrity, sacrificing views to maintain some degree of dignity.

[@GettinJiggly]

Wanted to get into MCP but their is so much content and it's not cheap, being so far behind and wanting it all it's not even feasible anymore.

[@Sorastro]

I hear you.. perhaps if you just focus on a single favourite affiliation it might be more manageable? 🙂

[@heresyinsider]

Rhino is coming soon. You got a video planned?

[@Sorastro]

Oh, I think I'm gonna have to.. such an awesome sculpt! 😀

[@heresyinsider]

@@Sorastro Great. I get alot of compliments on my spider foes thanks to you and I would hate to go without a guide on the biggest model in the team and be outted as a fraud.

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha, well that seals it then; I'll definitely cover Rhino 😁

[@kylesanchez8790]

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