The Black Death! - Painting Soviet Naval Infantry for Bolt Action [How I Paint Things]

[@ConstableGrey]

Pre-modern naval infantry always go hard. No matter what country.

[@nickdavis5420]

My dad will want these I prefer my Germans fewer elite models the red army is send in the next wave .

[@loupiscanis9449]

A very special Thank you , Troy . 🐺

[@vogless]

Interested why you didn’t go with Contrast? Model looks awesome, though, and I backed the KS….

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

You could use Contrast, I just prefer the look of dark blues in traditional acrylic.

[@rossburkenstock4939]

This is a beautiful figure. I don't have a 3d printer. Anyone out there who would print a squad of these guys from the kickstarter?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Apparently there's plans to make physical versions available as well.

[@SPD3DPrinting]

those are some WOW! level models and your painting style brings them to life. I just backed the kickstarter. will be fun to field these in a bolt action matchup

[@Chris-jl6vp]

I like the look of them, more heroic scale than the other bolt action guys. And not made of metal either.

[@oger6946]

👍

[@danchapron5276]

Could you paint tank commanders for ww2? You can print them for free with 3D breed. I enjoy your history lessons on the colour schemes when you pain lol. Love the channel.

[@tracygrove3484]

I've got a platoon of the Warlord/Artizan plus some Black Tree Designs metals. A joy to paint. These look great & fill out the ranks a bit. I don't think I'd mix them in the same squad but otherwise they'll be fine on the table top together. As for the white stripes I painted a thick white line to the to the edge of the blue keeping the inside straight and tidy while not worrying if the outside edge was tidy Then I just painted a thin blue line to straighten & thin the white line back.

[@allanburt5250]

Fantastic job, great army to see on the table 👏

[@anxiousandworrying1]

Just in time for 37 of these lads to turn up at my place from Artizan and Copplestone

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Nice! I'd seen the Artizan squad, but I hadn't known Copplestone had some as well.

[@anxiousandworrying1]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio There Russian Civil war rather than ww2 mins but the main diffrences are minor

[@alessiodecarolis]

A very unusual subject,, but very useful for Eastern Front wargamers/modelers, expecially in Crimea (!) there were a lot of battles involving naval infantry. About different shades of black, generally I use a black base, then highlight with different colours, as VMC Black Grey or VGC Hawk Turquoise mixed with black, so achieving different shades. Keep doing unusual uniforms, as those ones could be used also for other weird wars scenarios.

[@oskar6661]

One thing that clouds the waters slightly is that the Soviets had a habit of referring to "marines" in several ways. The most common were actually beach/port defense militias which were called "marines" but were not naval infantry, and barely "proper" soldiers. It makes it confusing when reading battle and unit histories.

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

The figure looks great, I enjoy your videos as you are one in a handful of KZbinrs which paint Bolt Action related models.

[@irishtom30]

Count me as also very excited to see more historical miniatures by small companies. With 3D printing there's no need to make something popular to justify a big run, so lots of variety and little obscure things can be made

[@DaneSaysStuff]

Great work! I love seeing the "obscure " WW2 stuff you bring to the front! (no pun intended)

[@AF-kj2zl]

Dark Prussian Blue is a beautiful color! One of my favorite!

[@iowagrognard7715]

"I've got so much taste and style..." Fact check true. 😆

[@NSYresearch]

Always some great hints and tips with your videos ...even after a few years of watching.

[@jkluionmhjkyui]

Sonic Sledgehammer - could you do a video on all of your painted minis? would love to see more of each army.

[@caseyrogers7538]

Worth the watch just for the simple stubble tip.

[@michaelbarbour9827]

The white stripe on the blue naval collar looks the biz!

[@samellowery]

Sweet a new kickstarter I knew nothing about these are great looking thanks.

[@johnkelley9877]

The figure looks fantastic! It is great to see a WW2 painting tutorial. Thanks for sharing this.

[@mg1342mg]

I've got to try that blue for the shirt. All the dark blues I try have poor opacity and are shiny. I don't want to be forced to varnish just for that. The Naval Infantry were so hard-headed they largely eschewed helmets as they didn't think it was manly, and suffered a disproportionate number of casualties in its pursuit.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I always figured 'protect your brain case' was a priority, but... if I wouldn't look as cool in a helmet, then hmm. 😅

[@SLIPKNOT4LIFE69]

Very well done! The colors are awesome

[@phill8178]

Looking fantastic as always!

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

I have several squads of these - they were especially important in some of the port cities. I think many were sailors whose ships were blockaded or out of commission, so they were handed rifles and SMGs and used as regular infantry.

[@southpaw5483]

Thank you for sharing. Are the paints thinned at all? or just the moisture from the Wet Palette?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Just a tiny wee bit of water in the brush ordinarily, enough to make it flow smoothly while you're working.

[@southpaw5483]

thank you.

[@AutisticWombot]

You make me want to get into bolt action....

[@AutisticWombot]

This is not a good thing

[@oskar6661]

Definitely get into historical gaming, but Bolt Action is pretty "meh".

[@alexanderhammond7205]

So cool!

[@turroluca]

These are more gougeous than the warlord ones

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

They are quite a bit lighter, too! 😅