Speedpainting Grimdark Bretonnia with no airbrush

Today we paint some Boxdark troopers for Bretonnia with a yellow and black scheme, commonly famous for the connection to Mousillon. These undead Bretonnians seem very popular and this method is one readily available option for the Old World troopers needed to play. Regardless if you use Bretonnians or the Vampire Counts.
This will all be done using a simple process streamlined enough to speedpaint an entire army worth of troopers while also relaxed enough not to get bored. It does include a step using oil colors but there is no airbrush involved so it can be done by anyone.
Most things in this video are pretty common stuff and I will not go into details as I assume that most viewers have already seen at least a few of videos about it. To keep it short I will try to only talk about the stuff where I actually have something specific to say.
I do not concider these miniatures to be actual Grimdark, that in my view requires a bit more artistic skill. They are grim and dark enough to support some proper grimdark charcters or units while still being easy to produce and boxarty enough to tie the army to the common astetethics of Warhammer Fantasy.
Their bases are the bridge between these boxdark miniatures and whatever green Warhammer Fantasy field you will find yourself on. Or one for The Old World, if that makes any difference.
In the end they are not the greatest paint job I've done but that is not the point of these troopers. Their job is to be a part of a unit at table top distance. As such they do a really decent job. Especially compared to the effort to paint them.
0:00 Intro
1:24 Foundation
3:18 Overbrush
5:08 Colors used
11:21 Applying colors
15:16 Oil bath
16:49 Oil cleanup
18:15 Tints
19:45 Pigments
21:18 Bases
23:50 Result

[@Arrowintheknee702]

Your points about rattle cans vs airbrush, and the notion of specific highlighting areas you wish to be brighter are lessons I had to learn the hard way. I wish someone had mentioned those nuances in a video when I first started using speedpaints. I hope more painters see your video.

[@honestminis9530]

I almost cut this part out when i realized how long the video had become but I felt I could not. Especially information about not all zenithals being equal is surprisingly scarce. Just as for you it took me several failed attempts to find this out so I figured that if I can help someone to cut our half a year of frustration it is worth keeping. Thank you for confirming that it was a wise decision :)

[@Matt-md5yt]

this is awesome my friend.

[@honestminis9530]

Thank you! It was way more work than I expected to make a video like this and I'm happy that someone liked it :)

[@Svengar]

These minis turned out really great, loved it. Some very interesting techniques that you used throughout the process. Certainly as I watched parts like the black oil bath there was a bit of faith that it was all going to turn out, and you certainly deserved that faith :-) Do you use Discord much or considered using it much for hobby purposes? I'm on a pretty good discord belonging to Miniature Realms that has a good atmosphere where people can share their hobby, even has a section on promoting your own stuff (like your KZbin channel). There would I think be a lot of people who would appreciate what you do over there. I'm not affiliated with the Discord other than being someone on there...just suggesting a place you might enjoy sharing your work.

[@honestminis9530]

It is a leap of faith but I've done it so many times now. That Newsh stuff will be a real leap if I do that :) I check in on the 'build and paint' channel oh the Mordheim discord from time to time. I've tried some others as well but I usually fall behind of I try to follow something as I have a low social media addiction. But I'll at least have a peak at the MR channel!

[@Svengar]

@@honestminis9530 that would be cool. Certainly there isn’t any pressure or commitment particularly required to use it. I check sometimes during the day or night during my quiet times. You can see the Bretonnians I have been painting there recently, my user name there is the same as here. I’ve been doing the hobby pledge which just gives a little extra motivation. I like seeing a broad range of people’s efforts

[@blackcarnival4770]

Really enjoyed this I’ve learnt a lot of techniques but sometimes the simplistic methods are the best Where can I find these models?

[@honestminis9530]

Thank you! I've also tried a lot of fancier stuff and totally agree. The miniatures are actually just the standard Bretonnian men-at-arms combined (in general) with skeleton arms. I bought the arms as scraps on something similar to ebay but as I understand it they are actually in the Tomb Kings skeletons as well.