The Slapchop Technique! The Best way to Paint Miniatures Fast?

[@dkraytsberg91]

We spend so much time with Rob being a sassy biscuit that we forget he's good at explaining things and making really good content. Great video man

[@TheHonestWargamer]

If you don't want me at my sassy you don't deserve me at my explainy

[@Bakeddru]

Lol sassy biscuit is a beautiful phrase

[@GoobertownHobbies]

We are here, and We are watching you.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

YASSSSSSSSS.

[@damnyiffers]

Fancy seeing this guy here! I've painted many many hours of models to your videos

[@Ninjon]

"This is VAHLEYJO Gray, its a Light Gray, it works very well." Never change, Rob, never change

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Oh a celebrity. Hi babe

[@SebastianDot]

That pronunciation almost made me turn off the video and flip my desk... xD

[@remusventanus5341]

I didn't have to scroll far for someone to point this out. Lmao

[@mrtomleighton]

I'd been going through a tough time lately. The books were dropping thick and fast and I was having to dedicate extra hours to the painting table just to make sure I wouldn't get evicted from Adepticon. As I was completing my 7th edge highlight of my Glutton's armour plate, my wife told me that I was spending too much time painting and she wasn't sure if she could make it work anymore. I didn't know where to turn. Then I discovered this video, learned the Slap Chop method, and within a day my entire Ogor army was done, and my marriage was saved. Thank you Mr Robert sir. I'll let you know if Adepticon evicts me.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Hahahahahabahababahahababhaa

[@reflexdogtraining1337]

Lmao

[@OgreOnSprue]

Well obviously you have to go all out on the Gluttons!

[@JohnPelagides]

So no going back to painting that 7th edge highlight and spending 20 plus hours on a single shield then? New video Title “How to save a Marriage with SlapChop.”

[@rikkiwazzerman3654]

@@OgreOnSprue Exactly, no shame lol.

[@Luke-td2mm]

As someone with really bad tremors that wasnt an amazing painter before it got worse this technique got me back into painting and I really like the way they turn out. Ty for an awesome video

[@data9594]

I have really annoying random physical ‘ tics’. I can be in the middle of painting and everything is going well and boom my shoulders have to adjust and it ruins my work 😂

[@陳怡秀-r7y]

I find painting while tired and no caffeine for the day settles my tremors before painting. 2am painting sessions are also relaxing

[@junkpunkstore]

Hey I have tremors too, nice to know there a few of us out there! I really enjoy painting using an airbrush and more "grimdark" style with solvents etc. It's much more fun too !

[@kasparbaktat964]

Even almost 3 years after release still inspiring and on top it comes with a fine humour!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Appreciate you

[@0supermoose804]

This video single-handedly made me want to start painting minis. Not only because it’s an easy entry point, but because it really showed the creativity of the process, and how you could explore it without it being a super daunting thing.

[@Upsideround]

Hope you give it a try. You will be surprised how good it can look. Reaper makes a great "Learn to Paint" kit for new painters.

[@0supermoose804]

@@Upsideround I did! Painted a Jade Obelisk Warband, using mostly slapchop. I'm going to explore more layering based techniques with my next project (the free Seraphon). The video worked.

[@Upsideround]

@@0supermoose804 keep up the good work! try all kinds of different shades and colors. You only get better with time and experimentation

[@BOMMovies]

Before this video and the countless other videos singing Slapchop praises, I would stare at my pile of unpainted silver and grey shame... some going back over 35 years. I would chip away at this pile with some models taking a month to paint.... Now with Slapchop my method of choice I just finished painting 8 models in a day and that for me is a miracle. Yes, I still focus on the unimportant and generally invisible details but the basics are completed in no time. Thank you, kind sir... I salute you!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

I'm happy for you

[@jeremyhauck960]

i lost it at "vel eh jo". This video is a masterpiece.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Awh thanks xxxx

[@B4MBI72]

Come on, its well known how well the English pronounce funny foreign words properly, my father-in-law still pronounces pâté properly, payt, and dont get him started on fa-jeet-as.

[@LatteEsportsLeague]

I don’t paint miniatures. I paint gundams. And for about a year I’ve been watching random videos on hand painting. I loved this video so much. I’ve been so focused on learning techniques I’ve lost the enjoyment and fun and fantasy of what it is like to just paint something cool. Your video made me feel that again and I think this weekend I’ll go out and buy me some small stuff to paint with my son Thank you

[@TheHonestWargamer]

No. Thankyou

[@lewisevans8006]

Like a fine wine, this video just gets better with age

[@TheHonestWargamer]

It's so good

[@mikemattingly5825]

His humor makes these videos so enjoyable to watch. 😂

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thankyou

[@TheRobertkelly]

Thank you. I've often wished I could learn from the legendary Turkish master painters. Now I can

[@TheHonestWargamer]

They are kind and make good tea

[@chrispy808]

Lost it at "Rub it on your hand so people know you paint stuff" 😂 Great content Rob and really useful video!

[@willofdeath]

Its true though. if I want clean hands I wear a latex glove on my left.

[@Centurion_of_Terra]

This video is everything! Finally a painting video that didn’t bore me to death! Robs enthusiasm and explanations are just perfect! All painting tutorials should be like this

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks baby

[@shaneannigans]

As someone who's not painter, but still wants my miniatures to 'pop', this looks like the perfect compromise for me! Thank you for the great tutorial!!

[@RedHatRuss]

This is, somehow, one of the best painting videos I've ever seen for fast armies. Love it.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks Russ

[@reflexdogtraining1337]

OK for real... more videos like this, Rob... nailed the humor, quality and editing. Well done sir.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

On it

[@gangsterspairofdice1037]

Slapchop expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in tweeting and painting, originating in Northern England around the beginning of the 21th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas by the quickest means possible. Slapchop Expressionist artists have sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

I've screencapped this

[@gangsterspairofdice1037]

By a complete coincidence it looks remarkably like the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article on expressionism.

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

Hahaha, this comment is fkn GOLD!

[@JohnPelagides]

The SlapChop modern expressionism painting style really comes alive when the mini is engaged in the throes of battle. The emotional response is fully realized by the viewer of such works and not forced. The viewer is given the Freedom to feel one’s true emotions.

[@Christopheralb]

Bro, you are insanely entertaining to watch, the content is great and I actually feel like I could do this after watching it. Thanks man!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

You got this!!

[@Clovermilk83]

I used to get white fingers from wetblending everything, taking hours to paint even a Grot and me not being able to take care of my day job as a professional flutist. But now, since discovering #slapchop my fingers are back and so is the flutisting. Thank you slapchok!

[@daverini3928]

This is both legit funny, and legit a good painting method! As someone who really doesn't love painting, and has a 6-month old kid, I don't have a ton of time to do complex painting stuff. I'm excited to try this out! Thanks Rob!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Oh man please tag me in pics

[@shadowops666nate5]

I've been using the Slapchop method for years but now I feel relieved and reinvigorated to have a name and wider understanding of what I've been doing. You have changed my life Rob!

[@JBBIV]

I don't know anything about miniatures or painting but I came across your video and the first minute is absolutely hilarious, thank you. I will continue watching the other 15 minutes now 😂

[@TheHonestWargamer]

HOPE YOU LIKED IT

[@TheSilvercue]

I don’t game. Or paint. Yet here I am.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Cute x

[@Strider181]

You madlad

[@420420smokeup]

Me too

[@dylanlawson9097]

find a store near you, they often do games and wouldn’t mind showing you how to play im sure

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Better start slappin and choppin and pew pewin on the table top. The game needs you.

[@ashtoncox2192]

holy crap, this is the method iv been waiting for! thank you sooo much

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Glad it helped!

[@elliotthompson8972]

Brilliant tutorial! I've been doing something similar but with a base of: Wraithbone spray - Aggrax Earthshade all over - Wraithbone drybrush. Slightly warmer base for the contrasts.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Sounds cool!! The muddy chop?

[@aaroncraig7744]

@@TheHonestWargamer The mud chop sounds like a euphemism for butt sex.

[@TimPoultney]

I've had a similar method I've used for ghosts before -- black base, grey over-base, wash with Athonian Camoshade, drybrush ghost grey.

[@greenleader-vq2px]

Whenever I feel an overwhelming sense of hopelessness when it comes to painting yet another mini I remember your journey to the monastery and the ancient wisdom you learned there and how you so generously decided to share with the world and I just slap and chop the living hell out of my minis who has been mocking me from their pile of shame for far too long. Thanks!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

We love in a world of wisdom the monks have given us. Never give up hope

[@Rulo709]

Amazing video!!! i have lots of friends ( just 3) who struggle painting their miniatures, this should help them putting those minis on the table and stop ruining my immersion. Thank you Rob!.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

I only have 3 friends too!!! We should be friends

[@Rulo709]

@@TheHonestWargamer I thought we couldn`t be friends since im a youtube Thug, BEST DAY EVER!

[@travis8258]

Perfect blend of humor and information, that was so good man! Great gift to the community

[@SmoketySm0ke]

This method is truly amazing. It worked for me immediately and helped me get over my crippling fear of making mistakes painting. Very simple and low skill required. After drybrushing it's basically like filling in a coloring book picture!

[@Bosko-Boom]

Came for the instructional video, subbed for the humor and overall vibe.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Appreciate you

[@andreikoenig5718]

Nice, this is the speedpaint secret that has been used for a while now! Before contrasts and speed paints, this was used to fast paint with washes, inks and glazes! Great vid

[@FrostRend25]

this is a great technique! as someone who has just got their first army, this will be a lot of help! however, skarbrand's wings are tech-proof, but this will be super helpful for blood crushers

[@TheHonestWargamer]

You can do it

[@lordvladekc4846]

This is amazing Rob! You're killing me with the Vallejo pronunciation lol

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Hahahah I can't wait for actual painters to get this triggered

[@Jathom]

@@TheHonestWargamer My soul shrivels up a little bit more every time I hear it said like that. Not that I'm doing the ll = y pronunciation myself, but that J... it hurts.

[@Beatriz_Molina]

9:10 "Blanco". 🙂 I'm spanish, and you pronounced it really well, @The Honest Wargamer

[@mrpwnanator]

I thought this was going to be satire. I still laughed and added the first, and therefore, best paint, Valle-joe 001 white to my collection. I have not been disappointed. I look forward to the next installment of rob the honest painter.

[@ForTheOmnissiah]

I've always hated how contrast-painted miniatures look. I always wanted to do contrast paints to save time, but I really just don't like how they turn out (when done the way they're "intended"). This method looks more than passable, it looks fantastic! You just opened my world to contrast paints.

[@emiltronier771]

One of The Best and fun tutorials out there. Wish this was a thing when i started painting two years ago. Thank you for this gem

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Happy to help

[@megt8896]

This tutorial saved my saurus knights… and my life. Thank you slap chop. Thank you Rob.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

NEXT STAGE. GLITTER CHOP

[@megt8896]

@@TheHonestWargamer GLITTER OR DEATH.

[@Smilomaniac]

Man I gotta get me a ‘valley-joe’ number one paint! Excellent video sir, well done.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Its the best

[@Zumikito]

lmao! this was such a fun video! Subbed and looking forward to see more

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Oh thanks!

[@BlaedDEntertainment]

Legitimately laughed out loud a couple of times. I asked what this method was a while back and now I know! Thanks for the great video.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thats all I can ask for

[@adamjackson260]

Awesome. Great resource for painters and memeologists. Very wholesome and great linking to other resources online.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks you babe

[@allenbryant7740]

I have been painting and playing wargames forever or from 1984. I used to do this with inks back in the day. I still do it sometimes.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

I'm so proud of you

[@davidford763]

Great to have a video that is friendly to the common painter - thank you Rob!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Happy to help

[@Randomseb1]

I just stumbled across this video after ages of watching a bunch of detailed ways on how to paint minis with different techniques of varying difficulty, depressed and sad that I'll never finish my board game miniatures because of the time an amature like me has to spend painting. After seeing this, for the first time in a year I finally feel like I want to get painting again, using these paints and this technique! Explained in a perfectly easy and humorous way! Thank you so so much!

[@alexappleton4205]

Glorious! I too have started to paint on my hands to make sure people know I’m a cool person! In all seriousness though fantastic content here, the plaguemarine especially looks great.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks Alex. I can do paint throughs easy

[@CinderfallGaming]

Okay this may be your greatest ever video Rob. Really solid stuff and a great easy access video for new players and hobbyists. As with everything we can tend to over complicate things this I think is an invaluable video and way to paint for new members of the community. Well done.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks babe

[@adambattaglia2492]

I hate painting, but I love Warhammer. This has been the most inspirational video on painting I've ever seen. I may actually paint something now. Thank you, Rob. Sincerely, your humble KZbin Thug.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

LETS GET TO IT

[@adamblake1674]

Thanks!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

THANKYOU

[@miba379]

Before I used wetbrush and was sad all the time. Then I found this video, and now I'm happy all the time. Thank you Mr. Slapchop Rob

[@TheHonestWargamer]

MY PLEASURE BABE

[@JohnnyTightIips]

I've started to paint my hands so people know I'm a painter and leave food on my hands too so people know I'm a cook! Thanks Robert!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Anything for you

[@CulturedRuffian]

More in the NEAR future, thank you very much, if you’d be so kind, good sir. Much obliged. 😊 Although not revolutionary, you do present it so well, I’m instantly looking at my printed pile of resin and see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, whilst expecting to have a jolly good ride getting there! As some of your illustrious Tube compatriots say: Paint bravely!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Good luck buddy and thanks!!

[@ashg9023]

Bro this is amazing. I consider myself more of a painter/modeller hobbyist but techniques like this are incredible. Would love to see videos on your 3d printer etc

[@nelsonantunes7846]

This tutorial just made my day! Well done mate

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Omg, like thats all i needed to hear. Thanks

[@edwardromero3580]

This technique has changed my paint game for the better. I’m getting better results in a fraction of the time. I’ve watched other videos and applied some variants, but this is where it all started. Thank you. Sincerely.

[@nicholasdorich7939]

Dude, this was brilliant!! I’m gonna have to try this on some new project. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

HAPPY TO HELP YOU BABE

[@josechitty339]

Nice video, love the comedy tone throughout. Not sure why all the internet drama, it's a great video.

[@johnnykeathley9492]

This is easily the greatest painting tutorial/motivating I have ever watched. Thank youuuu

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Happy you liked it Johnny

[@gothicrabbit1984]

Ok my god this is cool! If been a traditional artist for years and when my hubby and I got into DnD a little over a year ago I started painting minis, but struggled with the techniques. He saw this and showed me and I NEED to try this method! Thank you for this video!!!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

That is awesome!

[@nickstanaway4872]

Rob, thanks for the slapchop vid, the hype is now real.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Get Slapping chop daddy

[@Scott-sm7kx]

Thanks for the great video! Im getting back into it again after many years. These new contrasts / speed paints are pretty amazing. Wish they were available when I ran a GW store 10 years ago. Cheers!

[@DoomDiveryaha]

Great video. Loved the slightly tongue in cheekness of it but also that it showed really how simple it is to get a well painted model ready for the tabletop. Looking forward to the next one

[@TheHonestWargamer]

I'm glad cause I ain't a pro

[@annwalton7888]

I have struggled with shading to the point that I had stopped enjoying my painting. I love this! I have painted three mini's today using this technique and the new Speed paints. This has helped me so much.

[@TimPoultney]

Genuinely interested in giving this a try -- a big barrier for me when painting is set-up time, such a faff getting everything ready to go, but this is such a simple method for some great results.

[@elumint]

Slapchop changed my life! now i got time to go out and meet my friends again that i havent seen in years. Thank you Slapchop!

[@CWRonnie]

This is the best video i've seen in a while! I learned new things, for example did not know that vallejo white was the first paint ever before watching this. Thanks Rob!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

We grow as a group

[@zwenkwiel816]

Ive just started painting with acrylics but these contrast paints look so cool. This is how i wanna paint em too. Off to the store to givd GW even more of my money i guess😂

[@TheHonestWargamer]

YOU GOT THIS

[@quitenich]

Yeah, this is such a well produced video. Great painting advice too!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks nick!

[@byronkok4473]

What a great way to start the day. You sir are a scholar and a gentleman.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks babe

[@lewisevans8006]

Excellent video, great explanation Rob. You’ve inspired me to try this on my 40K orks

[@TheHonestWargamer]

works so well on them. ive done the same

[@mr.nintendotapes2908]

thanks to this video i will start painting miniatures again. thanks friend.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

You got this buddy

[@stewartlogie1415]

How, how……how did you do it, i am speechless 🤷🏻‍♂️. In all honesty, a really Great video. Gonna try this technique on something myself in the future. Slapchop rules

[@TheHonestWargamer]

You can do it!

[@nurglematthew]

Great Guy, Best Method. Painting like a Pro via SLAPCHOP , Thank Rob and Grot Gang!

[@yawninghamster7238]

"...Magic Energy Ball... It's pretty intense." Image caught me off-guard, so I Lol'd.

[@NotTheStinkyCheese]

I've always been struggling to understand how dry brushing works, but until youtube I never even knew what the effect was and how it was supposed to be done. And this video does it in exactly the kind of detail I needed to understand it, because most tend to brush over it (ha ha).

[@lloydjamieson2143]

Finally a paint tutorial any one can achieve. Thanks mate!!!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Easy peasy. Let's get slapping

[@gameswithtoasty3246]

I had to check (multiple times) to make sure this wasn't an April Fools video. Excellent video, and supremely entertaining. Subbed

[@TheHonestWargamer]

HEY thanks

[@saltfreegamer]

I just wish I'd seen this before Adepticon. For realz, awesome practical painting guide. You're a hobby hero. 👍

[@hamerthyme7810]

I havent painted models for over 20 years as I was awful but bit the bullet after watching this great video and so far so good my Western legends miniatures (which are tiny and intimidating)are actually coming out semi passable. Thank you for sharing

[@Claypotthenineteenth]

Amazing stuff! Excited to see more

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks a ton!

[@RidgeHanna]

Great video with some cheeky humour in there ;) I use a very similar method over top of Zenithal highlighted models, but never thought of over top of dry-brushed! BRING ON THE SLAPCHOP!!!

[@FitzUrse]

I'm so glad I found this video. I've been doing army painters speed painting technique for a few months but I'm honestly just garbage at painting and was disappointed with the results. This has given me hope that all my creative ideas can still come to fruition!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Good luck bud

[@tremolo_painter]

Two years later, and this is still good fun! How anyone missed the satire in this I will never know. I have started painting the back of my hand, even if I haven't touched a mini in weeks. I gives me massive painting cred at the flgs :)

[@TheHonestWargamer]

FLGS CRED

[@jonvadmand1555]

A really good video. It made me wanna start painting again, thank you

[@natemeier2908]

Even if this was "too much effort" for me, you convinced me that I'd be willing to paint my minis with just a bit more corner cutting! Thank you so much!

[@nicolasjacquin3507]

Great use of contrast paints and great way to get minis done fast. One thing I've notice when working with contrast paints tho, they tend to pool a lot more when thined with water. Because of that I tend to not use a wet pallet for contrast paints (sometime they also seep into the sponge, which is annoying), and I thin them with contrast medium instead. It's a bit more expensive, but you really don't need much of it to thin it the way you want.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

All good points thanks. I'm going to just paint like this for a while so I'll try other tutorials

[@MegaSpektre]

You can use a paper towel to wick off excess paint. All the fancy painters do it :-)

[@joshuahorchler644]

Awesome job! This is an amazing place to start as a new beginner. Thanks for sharing with the community!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

You're very welcome!

[@HectorHernandez-bt4ud]

Bro this man is a fudging legend, someone give him an Oscar for that!!! Loved the video Rob and thanks to you I to will be using the slap chop technique ✌🏽

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Let me see when you do

[@HectorHernandez-bt4ud]

@@TheHonestWargamer will do m8

[@silviamartinezaijon9543]

Thanks a lot, your video help me a lot in my returning painting miniatures after a long time ^^

[@TheHonestWargamer]

So happy for you. Have a great time

[@LewDog83]

Great video,really well made,will definitely be using this technique!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks dude!!

[@ThePompousPeasant]

Really enjoyed that, thank you

[@TheHonestWargamer]

😊Glad to hear it!

[@LJamesWorkshop]

I can’t wait to tell my son when he grows up where I was when the slap chop was created

[@TheHonestWargamer]

The birth of q system

[@festa67]

Love this video, I hope folks get the tongue in cheek joke. A massive help to get noobs painting without fear.

[@dr.d3039]

Wow! 400 comments! Thank you for everything you do Rob! This was the first non-standard method taught to me at a FLGS a long time ago, with watered down paints and inks. I love it because I can really appreciate the sculpts revealed in the dry brushing. I’ve used just white and found if the paint is watered down I can get the grey effect and then the edge with a bit more paint but it’s too variable to so I’ll use the grey paint and second white from now on. Also, as I’ve gotten older and my eyesight is, well, I find it much easier to see the details and paint “in the lines”. Love this, love you, and Nathan and the rest!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

OH MAN THANKS. love ya back

[@tBauncer]

Who is this handsome man. I’m getting better at painting just by looking at him. Thank you Ron.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

THANKS CUTIE

[@dominicmelanson4613]

Fantastic Rob! Thanks for sharing the knowledge of the #slapchop. This will carry me a long way to completing a backlog of minis so I can get playing some AOS!

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Be like the monks

[@thomasjack399]

This is perfect and Rob is my hero.

[@TheHonestWargamer]

LETS GOOOOI

[@ProxyResearch]

I absolutely love that you've brought up the make-up brushes, incredible usefulness vs price, you can really up you painting game by using these as compared to the "drybrushes" offered by g-dub or army painter, I urge anyone who just likes to drybrush and call it a day to use these, you don't need to spend crazy money on just getting stuff #done

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Yeah thats the goal hahaha

[@stevehall364]

Makeup brushes are so good that it actually feels insulting to see how much artist Opus wants for their dry brush range

[@FarseerB1rdy]

@@stevehall364 You get a nice box 🤣🤣🤣

[@therustylumberjack9579]

Amazing Tutorial. Thank you u for producing it!! Loved the opening

[@TheHonestWargamer]

Thanks so much!