Star Wars Imperial Assault Painting Guide Ep.47: Maul

[@TheBlakeWhitaker]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! Get HYPED! Sorastro the real MVP!

[@Sorastro]

:D

[@rodboudreau3982]

You are an amazing artist. Can't wait to see Palpatine

[@Sorastro]

Thanks so much Rod! Palpatine is actually next in my queue for IA :D

[@darthd3615]

Not more than 2 days ago I thought: " where is my man, Sorastro?" And here he is, in all of his red glowing glory) Thank you for yet another great video)

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha - thanks buddy; glad you liked it! :)

[@goblinking2012]

Awesome work as always dude. We who are about to paint, salute you.

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha - thanks mate :D

[@luismartinezgc]

Thank you Sorastro for another amaizing work!!! Congrats!!

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Luis! I'm pleased you liked it :)

[@Ser_Jokki]

Those tats (correction; *the entire piece) are stellar! You never cease to amaze.

[@Sorastro]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)

[@MrCrystalwarrior1]

This tutorial is one I've longed to see. I LOVE the tattoo work, and the way you highlight his red skin. I'm about to re-paint a Heroclix Hulk figure to represent Red Hulk, so the skin part of this video will help immensely. Your tutorials help in so many different areas of the hobby, not just the painting of the figures you use in them. Also love the Australian Aboriginal influence in the background music, with the Clicky Sticks being used. PLEASE keep these tutorials coming, as they just get better every time. All the best. Paul

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Paul! I'm glad you liked the clicky sticks :D

[@davidtaylor142]

Which Hulk are you repainting?

[@MrCrystalwarrior1]

I don't exactly which Hulk, I bought a job lot, and am re-painting & basing them as I go

[@adammeney8841]

Bold reds. Love it to bits. Really stunning.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot mate! I'm really pleased you liked it :)

[@klaushanftop9228]

The light effects of the light sabre are fantastic!👍

[@Sorastro]

Thanks Klaus! I'm glad you like it :D

[@maxbrandt6]

Great job as always! The music is nicely done and really helps with the mood of each piece you paint.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Max! I really appreciate that :)

[@TetsuBo1]

When doing the lightsaber I would recommend going more towards orange than pink. Mine came out pink at first and that looked more "fleshy" than I liked. I glazed it over with some orange to fix the tint.

[@fulcrum8583]

Neat! I got a little tipp regarding the eyes: The 'eyeballs' are sculpted as recesses in FFG's Star Wars figures (Imperial Assault and Legion). This enables us to get immediate neat results with painting the eyeballs by taking advantage of the capillary-effect. Instead of painting the white or lighter colour of the eyballs into the recesses, dillute the white until it runs easily, take a bit of it into a brush with a very fine tip, and touch the tip lighly into the recess. The heavily dilluted colour will naturally run into the recess and stay there, resulting in a very neat, accurately-shaped eyeball that will need only minimal touching-up, if any at all. You might need to repeat this process two or three times, depending on how light you want the eyeballs to be, but it's easy enough. I paint my figures to a display standard and found this method to work very well. - 42

[@Sorastro]

Hi mate - thanks for the tip! I'll certainly give that a go; I might even try it with some white ink (or white mixed with a little Payne's Grey or something). 😀

[@cerethpainting6606]

I’m going to try a few of those bases in 50mm scale for custom painted 3.75 inch figures. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos!

[@Sorastro]

Thanks buddy! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@richardbaker2834]

As always, excellent my friend. Your OSLing is top notch.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Richard! I really appreciate that :)

[@junglehunterpredator101]

When I saw this video pop up I thought how in the hell is he going to get his whole head painted accurately. That is not an easy job at this size. hats off to you man!!

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha - thanks man! :)

[@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788]

Excellent! That came out of the Red! I didn’t see that one coming, nice surprise Maestro.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks buddy :D

[@twitchybristles]

Your miniatures always turn out looking brilliant. I hope you keep going with the IA series, would love to see your take on the coming waves of miniatures!

[@Sorastro]

Thank you very much! Yes I absolutely will be continuing with the IA series :D (Palpatine will be next...)

[@jasonr5248]

I love it bro! Fine job on him, I bet he looks great on the table

[@Sorastro]

Thanks mate! He does indeed "pop" quite nicely on the table top! Now I just have for wait for him to make an appearance in one of our co-op "Legends of the Alliance" games :)

[@luismolero3116]

Amazing work as usual! :)

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Luis! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

Another perfect paint job imo! Awsome work again my friend.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot mate! I'm really glad you like it :)

[@jedigreg4636]

As always awesome work!!!! I just wanted to point out the nice soundtracks you make for these videos - very cool!

[@Sorastro]

Cheers Greg! Much appreciated :)

[@leonidtrapeznikov8001]

Exceptional job sir👍🏻

[@Sorastro]

Thank you Leonid! :)

[@adamdahlberg3401]

great job.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Adam! :)

[@dovel1000]

Great work as usual S.

[@Sorastro]

Many thanks Christian! :)

[@christian_daigle]

Awesome work as always!

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Christian! :)

[@kosachilles2504]

Thank you for the video!

[@Sorastro]

You're very welcome! I actually have a new Maul video in the pipeline.. 😀

[@And-c7n]

A short video on how to get the best out that new wet pallet would be a great resource.

[@Sorastro]

Hi Andrew! I'll give it some thought although I don't think I have any unique insights to offer really - I just put some water in, then the paper on top and start painting! :)

[@And-c7n]

Sorastro's Painting Hi, It your show and you get to choose. I was thinking about whether you can achieve different paint thinning ratios with it and perhaps planning to make shades of one or more colours. How you did the Kingdom Death figures carrying lanterns comes to mind. I do own but haven't yet used the pallet but have seen a great many KZbin painters using it and figured there must be a few tips and tricks (or perhaps new ones being discovered). Your videos are great as always.

[@jakfuki]

I used a Micron .005 pen to do the tattoos, then hit it with a flat clear. I had a lot more control of the Black that way.

[@Sorastro]

Nice idea jakfuki! :)

[@acledfloyd]

Great video like always.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Erik! :)

[@acledfloyd]

I've never done model painting but I love watching these videos. You use so many different shades; do you know of a starter kit essential colors that get me started?

[@Sorastro]

Hi Erik! There are various paint sets available but I generally recommend purchasing just the colours you need for a specific project then expanding your collection over time :)

[@acledfloyd]

Thanks

[@gbgbust5727]

great Video

[@Sorastro]

Thank you very much! :)

[@mihancic]

Awesome videos man !! Very informative and enjoyable.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks miha!

[@lashleynationallibrary5695]

KENOOOOBIIIII

[@stevenray1628]

you have the best painting videos. i wish you would paint some Warhammer Age of sigmar models.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot Steven! :)

[@robertomenendez2292]

Hi Sorastrowill you upload more tutorials of the remaining miniatures?

[@davidtaylor142]

Hi. These tutorials are absolutely amazing. I was wondering though, if there was a certain schedule for your video releases, or maybe if you knew what figure you were planning on painting next.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks a lot David! Yes I usually plan several videos in advance - largely based on the voting of my patrons over on Patreon. Coming up in August will be the Shadow Dragons from Descent and the Screaming Antelope from KDM. For Imperial Assault the next mini will be Emperor Palpatine :)

[@davidtaylor142]

Sorastro's Painting thank you so much. I’ve only done the stormtroopers and the probe droids so far but they all look excellent

[@Sorastro]

No problem David! Well done for passing the stormtrooper test :)

[@monkadelic13]

came for the lightsaber since trying to repurpose my old 20 year old maul mini. THANKS!

[@Sorastro]

Awesome! Thank you :)

[@onetruehaldir9059]

I love it as usual, but I must ask if you plan on doing any more Imperial assualt miniatures in the future, would love to see you do Thrawn and death trooper

[@Sorastro]

Thank you James! Yes - I'm actually working on the next episode at the moment (Emperor Palpatine) and looking at the latest votes on Patreon it seems like I'll also be tackling Thrawn quite soon too.. :)

[@BadgerLovingFluffster]

Nice painting as always. Very neat work on the tattooing. Thinking about the lightsabre highlights and not making it pink... Would it work bringing the highlights up to almost white in the bottom third near the handle and then washing with bloodletter / orange / lahmian medium? That might keep it light without making it pink? (It might not as well, not tried it myself). Anyway another lovely model and another great example of OSL doing it's job well.

[@Sorastro]

Thank you sir! Highlighting up to white then glazing with orange could certainly work; I'm not sure how different the finished result would be from simply adding the orange as you highlight up but I think all options are worth exploring :D

[@evoFTMFW]

can we get a video for those amazing gamorrean guards in the intro please....

[@Sorastro]

Hi Lance! I’m afraid I simply don’t have time to cover every mini as a video, but I have covered the guards as a PDF guide over on Patreon if you fancy throwing a dollar/month my way..! 😀

[@MrJerkbones]

wonderful as always. Question? Do you add the inks after the dull coat matt varnish ?

[@Sorastro]

Hi Lucas! I didn't but certainly could do. I find the gloss properties of the ink still remain even after the dullcote :)

[@shinwonmoon6803]

Great work as usual! I love your NMM. Do you have a tutorial on how to achieve that effect by any chance? Thanks!

[@Sorastro]

Thanks mate! I don't have a NMM tutorial as such because I just kind of make it up as I go along, but it is an area I'm getting into a bit more so you may see something more on the topic from me in the future.. :)

[@HuHanCho]

It's the first time I see you use a wet palette. Do you prefere that to the regular palette you used ? I am not surge if I should use a wet palette. Love your videos!!

[@Sorastro]

Thanks Juan! I'm personally quite happy using both types of palette, but I do think it's worth at least trying a wet palette out to see if it's for you or not. I like the way they encourage a freer approach to mixing colours and of course it's handy that they keep the paint wet for longer for sure.. :)

[@HuHanCho]

Sorastro's Painting thanks

[@annekekramer3835]

You always make it look so easy! But after trying OSL myself, the first attempt failed quite hard (yellow). The second attempt (fluorescent green) was much better, but still much to learn. Third one's a charm, right? Just curious, how many mini's do you paint per week?

[@Sorastro]

Thanks Anneke! I usually produce two videos per month plus a set of three PDF guides on Patreon, so typically I paint around 5 figures per month, although some of them might be entire units of figures of course :) I also sometimes paint just for fun or to try out new techniques etc although not as often as I might like due to time constraints :)

[@davidfortezadelrey3181]

Hello! Lovely work as usual. Are you using the everlasting wet palette? If so are you applying thinner to your color mixes or does the humidity in the palette suffices? Thanks again for such great videos

[@Sorastro]

Thanks David! Yes I am using the Everlasting Wet Palette; I still usually thin the paint with a little water just as I do when using a normal palette :)

[@ElicasTT]

You going to paint the new Song of Ice and Fire miniatures line?

[@Sorastro]

Hi Elicas! Although I think the minis look pretty great, I won't be covering it any time soon as my schedule is just too full. Sorry! :)

[@raymondbabbitt4583]

I’m new to watching you and LOVE the content. I’m sure you’ve been asked this before, but how do you maintain your brush point? Is this a matter of the type of brush, how you maintain it, or just amazing control? I can’t get my brushes (even the smallest) to maintain a point sharp and stiff enough to pick out the details like you do with a #2. Just amazing!

[@beastmendelegate1946]

First off, amaze-balls. Can I say amaze-balls here? Now here’s a new game I didn’t know I wanted until about 30 minutes ago, so thanks for that, not. Secondly, I’m sure that you get, literally, trillions of requests every, single day from schmucks asking you to paint stuff and I’m sure that there’s a place for such requests but being a barbarian HighLord I don’t know about things like that. Thirdly off, I wanted to get to my request which is this: can you paint a ghost or something ghostly? There is some pretty cool stuff from the Age of Sigmar line but really any ghost will do. Just wanted to see how you’d go about it. Probably all awesomely, which is annoying but mostly cool.

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha - thanks Matt! I think amaze-balls is totally acceptable :) It's been ages since I last painted something ghostly (some old Vampire Count WH stuff I think). I don't have anything ghost-like in my immediate paint queue however, but I'm sure something will come along at some point.. :)

[@beastmendelegate1946]

Sorastro's Painting Right on.

[@cerethpainting6606]

Awesome video....as always! Still love imperial assault. So glad it’s still being supported. New palate?

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! Yes - I'm using the wet palette by Redgrass Games :)

[@HabitualJoker]

Another fantastic video! I think I’ll need a little more practice before I tackle this one. Sorastro, not to be greedy, but do you have any plans to do the Gammorean Guards? I would love to see your take on them if so.

[@Sorastro]

Thank you! I won't be making a video for the Gammorean Guards I'm afraid as I covered them with a PDF guide some time ago over on Patreon. Sorry!

[@Mailed-Knight]

What other miniatures have a PDF on Patreon?

[@Sorastro]

From IA so far I've covered: Alliance Smuggler, Echo Base Troopers, General Sorin, Hired Guns, ISB Infiltrators, Jawa, Murne Rin, Ugnaughts, WIng Guards and Wookie Warriors. I've also covered quite a few Descent minis, and the Gloomhaven starting minis. I usually produce a set of three guides per month, just as a way of covering more minis than I could in video form (and it's a nice reward for my patrons of course) :)

[@Mailed-Knight]

Oh year cool, I know I've asked this already but any chance of you doing IA Shyla Varad from Jabba's Palace anytime soon?

[@Sorastro]

Hi! The order I paint them is actually determined by patron vote and Palpatine is up next in the queue after which I'll host a fresh vote to see what the next few minis will be, so yes I'll get to Shyla but I'm just not sure when :)

[@EdgeOfEnding]

Hey Sorastro, l got some issues with my Maul. Normally when minis comes warped (lances etc) boiling water has always fixed them. Maul, however, refuses and his lightsaber soon bends back to a weird S-curve, any tips how do deal with this?

[@Sorastro]

Hi Lau! All I can suggest is holding it in the hot water for as long as possible before cooling it. Or just buy the new Legion Maul :)

[@EdgeOfEnding]

@@Sorastro yeah, maybe l should check him out! Thanks :)

[@awkwardgnomes]

Do you water down your paints?

[@Sorastro]

Hi there! Yes I always thin the paints with a little water :)

[@Fissi0nChips]

Do you think you'll do PDF for the Legion priority supplies, or just not bother with that sort of thing?

[@Sorastro]

Hi Apoc! Sure - even it's just quick rundown of the colours and techniques used with a couple of pictures; I'll be doing something similar for the barricades also :)

[@davidseim2991]

I see you switched to a mat, I'm guessing a non drying paint mat. We're you pleased with its performance?

[@Sorastro]

Hi David! Yes I'm enjoying it; I do find the paint starts to dry up eventually after a long session because the light I film with is extremely bright and hot but it's still a lot more convenient than using a non-wet palette :)

[@abenitez09]

Excellent!!! When a new chapter Blood Rage??? The girls are impossible! :( :( :(

[@Sorastro]

Thanks! I'm not sure when the Blood Rage video will be but I'll get to it eventually.. :)

[@RogueDakotan]

Hey Mark! Not to be overly pedantic, but teeeechnically, it's just Maul, not Darth Maul. ;) "Formerly Darth" as he says in Rebels. Amazing work as alawys!

[@Sorastro]

Thanks Joe! Yes that was pointed out to me on Twitter last week but I had already shot the video - doh! I've changed the KZbin title at least :)

[@jedigreg4636]

This is true as he left the Sith but people know him as both so it's an easy oversight to make.

[@RogueDakotan]

Haha no worries. It's the least big deal ever. I think only Maul himself would actually get upset about people making that mistake. ;)

[@gedgedk4929]

can you please give me your steady hands !! :)

[@Sorastro]

Ha ha - I kind of need them :)

[@gothknight6]

Tattoos? I thought it was natural Zabrak skin marking.

[@Sorastro]

Hi Kilrath! I'll assume you're right on that; they just looked like tattoos to me :D

[@gothknight6]

In video game and tv shows, even the children have the markings. I always assumes it was just their skin. Awesome paint job as always.

[@Sorastro]

Thanks mate :)

[@jedigreg4636]

It's tattoos, the other Zabraks in the prequels didn't have them. In the Clone Wars his brother got tattoos also.

[@Sorastro]

Good to know! Thanks Greg :)

[@LaPantalladelMaster]

Star wars again? So boring... :(

[@ThatWTVGuy]

You're boring!