Speed Painting Project Elite Minis and 3D Terrain

[@dangonzales4644]

Just wanted to say that this video gave me the confidence to start painting miniatures last year. Thanks for helping me get into the hobby!

[@gaminggeek241]

Sweet! So glad that you took the plunge to dive in--so much better to play games with painted minis!

[@hpjk772]

Thank you for sharing your creativity. Love the trick with the speckles.

[@erichearth5061]

I love how you applied the speckles to the aliens!

[@moonpost]

Great stuff. I don’t know how you make the time... but thanks for showing us how to get nice results with a little bit of effort!

[@psavelli65]

This is the best tutorial on getting the most of out contrast paints. Now I get it. Thanks

[@womblissimo6666]

I have seen some of your stuff before - being an avid youtube watcher on all things gaming and creative .. but this was inspired and inspiring .. BOOM!! - sub right there - and I'll be definitely using your ideas and terrain for my KS Project Elite. I now have to go through your whole back catalog and find out what I've missed - sigh - lol Thank you sir - golden!

[@leewright415]

I have been watching your project elite rules and then this video. Love how detailed but not complicated with you showing how to paint. I subscribed to your channel and I look forward to watching more of your stuff. Thank you

[@HasteHobbies]

Very comprehensive! (and you made the terrain!) Thanks for posting! I especially appreciate you testing the heavy drybrush over black with contrast paint. That is something I've been interested in but haven't yet tried. I like how your test came out.

[@Nilly-tube]

This is great! Exactly why I bought Contrast paint. Maybe I'll push Project Elite up on my painting list!

[@johnvodopija]

Very nice! Turned out awesome! I need to give the contrast colours a go. 👍😎🇦🇺

[@guillaumebellanger9716]

You are just amazing how you are doing so fast to paint all this

[@colingraham339]

Wow, it looks amazing, I'll get working on those walls asap!

[@richardh1587]

Wow, I‘m in awe 😃

[@ZzScorpinoszZ]

Amazing ! Wow Thanks for the effort

[@carlosflores4179]

Wow that's nuts. Great paintings! Do you recommend the game? I'm still on the fence on buying it

[@ZimmermanTelegram]

Great work . Subbed

[@randyjones5429]

GamingGeek! Thanks for the files! I will have to get those printed out! I am loving the contrast paints. While it does add to painting time, I've found that using other light colors for base colors can make for some great results. For example, for a hero I paint the flesh in elf flesh by vallejo then hit the flesh with guilliman contrast afterward. The results look really nice. I use vallejo khaki for leather then follow up with snake leather. It works really well. On heroes I don't mind spending a little extra time. But again thanks for those files and for your great videos! Keep it up!

[@vorrachartlapsomboon4504]

So cool

[@paradox1995]

Using all contrast paints, how long would you say it took you to paint the whole base box set of project elite? Your models look fantastic by the way and I love your videos keep up the good work!

[@gaminggeek241]

There are so many variables... But once you get a paint workflow going, I would say two weeks of painting each night.

[@jakersni9499]

This is amazing, but how long did it take you painting them all!? There's loads of them!

[@gaminggeek241]

If I remember correctly, I painted all the minion aliens one weekend and the heroes and bosses on another. So not too bad, especially since I was batch painting the minions and using contrast colors.

[@HolyToilet1]

Thanks for all of this, I love project elite and am just getting into painting. I am just finishing up painting the swarm enemies and the method I have been using as led to some unfortunate effects and less than good paints....my question is I have a bunch of vallejo washes would it be possible to use these similarly to how you used the contrast paints on the heroes and bosses? Sorry if that was a dumb nooby question! Definitely subbed by the way, great content!

[@gaminggeek241]

There's never a dumb question! I've never used Vallejo washes so can't speak from experience but I've heard Uncle Atom from Tabletop Minions say that Contrast paints work similarly to Vallejo washes. If you haven't already, you can also watch this video I made and you can see that I compare Army Painter and Citadel washes to Contrast paints so that might give you an idea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYfcin-Gjc-XpMU

[@Babyboyo1]

How long did this all take you to do?

[@cubang71]

Been using your files to print the space ship terrain and the pieces are coming out smaller than they should be. (Using an Ender 5) I just referred back to this video and they are definitely smaller. Is there something I need to change in the settings? I’m using Creality’s slicer and just uploading your files directly from thingiverse. Thanks in advance!

[@gaminggeek241]

Hmmm, that's strange. They are to scale for me on my Ender 5 (I use Cura as my slicer). You might want to measure out the piece on the board to see what the measurement should be and then scale the stl file in your slicer. Record the percentage increase so you can be consistent with all of your pieces. Hope that helps!

[@abelkok2391]

Printed the bushes and spaceship! Looks awesome. Could you share the files for the 3D walls? Thanks!

[@gaminggeek241]

You will have to purchase them from the original creator for $5CD: tinyurl.com/2k9mke8c

[@abelkok2391]

@@gaminggeek241 Sure... thanks for the info. Also, I'm thinking of getting a neoprene mat made for this wonderful game. Wondering if you have the softcopy of the board (both sides)? If you can share it, it will be SUPERB!

[@gaminggeek241]

@@abelkok2391 I don't understand what you mean by "softcopy." I didn't grab the neoprene mats.

[@abelkok2391]

@@gaminggeek241 sorry for the confusion. I noticed that there is a small tear on my game board so thinking of printing a neoprene replacement. However, I'm searching for a PDF of the board picture in order to do so. By any chance you know where to get them?

[@gaminggeek241]

@@abelkok2391 Oh, I see what you mean. No, I don't have access to the image file--you might want to contact CMON directly to see if you can get it from them.

[@abelkok2391]

Hi, just to confirm if we are to print out all the files for this project? Any repeats between the Bushes and Wrecked Spaceship files? Thanks. I'm new to 3D printing, please pardon my ignorance.

[@gaminggeek241]

You can reuse one of the bushes for the wrecked spaceship side of the board but otherwise, you will need to print out the whole set. Which printer did you decide to get?

[@abelkok2391]

@@gaminggeek241 actually, getting a hobby shop to print instead. I'm not a very tech-person u c. Thank you for creating and sharing these files. :)

[@abelkok2391]

Also, I notice for the card holders, there is a single deck holder, is it meant for cards which are discarded?

[@cubang71]

Did u print the ship and bushes with the Ender 5? Or the Prusa MK3S?

[@gaminggeek241]

I used both machines to print out all the parts. Took me some time to get my Ender to print as well as my Prusa though. But I don't think you can tell which pieces were printed on which machine. I'm printing at .2mm height BTW.

[@cubang71]

@@gaminggeek241 Okay. I’m new to printing and just ordered an Ender 5 just so I can print this terrain lol I have a feeling I may be biting off more than I can chew

[@jettryker]

You mentioned that someone else did the walls. Is there a link for that? It would be great if they were half walls to help avoid bumping during all the chaos! :)

[@gaminggeek241]

Yeah, Colin from Starcrawler Terrain made some walls. www.starcrawlerterrain.com/ You can see mine painted up here, and they are half height: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqi7mGihgLJmaKc

[@TheCtznSnips]

Is it possible to buy 3D printed / painted terrain from you? Don’t have a 3D printer? If not which 3D printer do you have so I can look into it? Thank you!

[@gaminggeek241]

Sorry, I don't sell 3D prints but there are a lot of printing services available online. Or you can do it for free at your local library (here in the US) or local maker/hacker space. Many people own the Creality Ender 3 because it is relatively cheap. I own the Ender 5 and Prusa MK3S which is a lot more expensive.

[@TheCtznSnips]

@@gaminggeek241 I will look into a service. Thank you. What material did you use for the 3d print. Also did you spray all of the minis white before you started painting them? If so what white spray did you use?

[@gaminggeek241]

@@TheCtznSnips I use PLA for the 3D prints (Hatchbox brand). Yes, I primed all models with flat white spray primer from Rustoleum 2X Ultra Cover. You can get it at Walmart for about $4.

[@TheCtznSnips]

@@gaminggeek241 THANK YOU SO MUCH! The video was amazing and thanks for all the responses to someone looking to get into the hobby.

[@gaminggeek241]

@@TheCtznSnips No problem, good luck!