Tweaking the Slapchop Method - Quick Gunslingers for What a Cowboy! [How I Paint Things]

[@OnboardG1]

I hope there’s a dude who works at Army Painter called Matthew White.

[@arandomlostsoul753]

He's the arch enemy of Mattias Black.

[@martinbrennan2183]

Awesome. I want to thank you again from the bottom of my heart. I was unsure if I would be able to paint again after I lost my right arm. However, I took the leap back painting and the positive mental health aspects given my disease have been incalculable. I owe a lot of this to your videos. The style, amount of info you share, and the confidence you give to us is amazing. Once more thank you and thanks for keeping my hobby dreams alive! Perry Brothers, you, and Two Fat Lardies are saving my life…not an over statement.

[@RuthlessMojo]

Hey Martin. Just wanted to give you a message of encouragement. I haven't lost a limb but I do suffer from a degenerative neurological condition. I have lost strength in my limbs and I get severe muscle cramping and spasms all down the side of my body. Because of the severe chronic pain I suffer from my hands shake badly. I've had to adapt how I paint minis. I've learnt to use an airbrush and with some masking I can paint without having to worry about mistakes. You can use painters or pin striping tape to mask or you can use some masking fluid (I use liquid latex, it's cheaper than hobby masking fluid). Using larger minis will help too. This is where a 3D printer is great. You can scale up your minis to a larger size like 75mm. I wish you luck with your future endeavours. Don't give up what you love doing. Just adapt. There's always a solution.

[@martinbrennan2183]

@@RuthlessMojo Thanks for the insight. I very much understand a little of what you are going through. I had a massive brain aneurysm rupture so the nerve pain, muscle pain, and neurological things can be crushing but I am lucky it’s only one side sir. I wish you all my best! Liquid Latex this is a fantastic recommendation I did not even know that existed THANK YOU!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I'm really glad to hear it - and that there's others that're able to have such a positive effect for you. Someone else worth checking out might be @realironhand over on Twitter. She's an amputee that lost her dominant arm and has been 'learning' to paint with her off hand, and it's definitely worth checking out the work she's doing! More to show there's always a way to take part, and to enjoy the process.

[@TheEnd]

¡Viva Mexíco! This guy is awesome thank you for the tutorial!

[@-51_51-]

Brilliant as always, looks like I’ve found the colour for my Pinkerton jackets, ta.

[@irishtom30]

Top notch work as ever, you always find ways to make contrast style paints look their best. Time to watch a few spaghetti westerns!

[@angrypantz87]

I always enjoy a video with contrast paints and dry brushing. I am but a simple man. Great video as always buddy.

[@jeffr7752]

Awesome video! We did a reenactment where my older buddy was playing an El Jefe character and when the American officer tried to speak with him, I would interrupt and insist that he NOT speak to El Jefe, but rather address me and I would then speak to El Jefe... But the best part was how frustrated the officer got because El Jefe wouldn't even speak and I would just make up whatever I thought would be necessary.

[@sagebrother]

Excellent and some new approaches for me to try.

[@jasesask]

I'm gonna try the slap chop technique soon. But on 15mm figures, hope it still works good.

[@BMazeing]

This guy looks fantastic

[@loupiscanis9449]

A Very Special Thank you , Troy . 🐺

[@Woodcocce]

Notification squad! As someone with limited hobby time, I'm always happy to see a video talking slap chop or contrasts or what have you.

[@nickdavis5420]

Really nice looking

[@Matt-md5yt]

Awesome job on this cowboy.

[@Jim-yk9if]

El Jefe looks great! Really enjoying these videos illustrating "slapchop".

[@RuthlessMojo]

Another very special painting tutorial. Will you be showing your Italian army vlog builds here? Or are they on another channel or a patron site?

[@NickMeredith]

Looks amazing! Great to see the Too Fat Lardies rules are catching on over there too.

[@yarriofultramar]

Entertaining - as always!

[@txag007]

What a neato bandito! Contrast paints are still a little struggle for me. I love how you make it look so effortless!

[@JackSargePainting]

A very cool miniature and an excellent paint job 👍

[@howardcoates6985]

very cool, love the result.

[@startlinewargaming2554]

Fantastic work buddy brilliant

[@russeads2995]

Looks fantastic, note that bullets didn't have brass jackets over them until the 1890s at he earliest. Until then it they were just lead, in a brass cartridge.

[@samellowery]

He's carrying a shotgun the whole cartridge would of been brass with no lead sticking out

[@russeads2995]

@@samellowery good point, but weren't most shotgun shells in the 1800s made of mostly paper? I believe brass ones were around but were more expensive.

[@samellowery]

@Russ Eads depends on the time period but yes paper shells were common but would probably not be worn on a bandolier due to exposure to the elements plus rule of cool a bunch of brass cartridges just looks neat 

[@dysartes]

One brush, or Juan Brush, Sonic?

[@dennisduszynski2755]

El Vaquero Jefe really looks the part with your paint work on him Sonic! He's such an interesting character too. He's carrying a shotgun, with no spare shotgun rounds, has no pistol belt, and has a bandolier with rifle rounds in it, but he is not carrying a rifle. It really creates a mystery about this fella. I wonder, where's his rifle is? Maybe it's in a rifle holster on his horse. Where's his pistol? Who knows? There is a story in there somewhere, and it's really cool! "Badges?! We don't need no stinking badges!" -"Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" I also have to tell you that sepia is pronounced with a long "e." see - pee- uh. Also once again, Vallejo is pronounced Bah-yay-ho. Say it three times to yourself and your pronunciation will be as superb as how you said sumbrero.

[@TheKillingBean]

Looks great! Do you also thin the Varnish when putting it on?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Nope! For most brush-on varnishes it's just not necessary. Some will also react weirdly with water and end up frosting much more readily; best to try on a small figure you don't mind having to fix first, juuust in case something goes bonk.

[@robisonwells1]

I love how that beadwork looks--it looks like it took a lot more effort than you showed! I'm curious: is there a reason you used a brush on varnish this time? It seems like you usually use a spray varnish.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

What's the secret? Just don't paint it! 😂 As for the varnish, it's getting a little too humid for spray-on at the moment, and I don't need him going frosty!

[@alessiodecarolis]

Great job, this mini is perfect for some "High Sierra" bandido, next one could be more "colourful", mexicans liked more garish tones, so a dark red/green jacket won't be out of place!😜 P.s. your advice about Ivory for highlights was VERY helpful!

[@richardhertz7345]

I guess I just started a western tabletop project.

[@Itstheminiatureguy]

Love this ❤ great video thanks

[@Lee-lm9xi]

Can you remember best size to scale to so its fits with similar miniatures. Ive been looking at a few of the sets. Thanks

[@rileysmith7763]

Hey Sledge, if I wanted to try SlapChop on a model that I usually have used white primer on (Valhallan Officer), how would you suggest I go about that? Still white prime it but invert the dry brushing to dark? Just prime it black like normal slapchop? Any help (besides the amazing vids!) would be appreciated!!

[@dysartes]

Were you using one of your make-up brushes for the drybrush steps, Sonic? If so, any particular make-up brushes you recommend as drybrushes?

[@Poland805]

Just getting back into painting for first time in about 15 years. The contrast paints have been a great gateway for someone still relearning. Quick question: What brush are you using? Maybe it's a matter of pressure, but the other night when I was painting my Legion miniatures I had a hard time controlling my bristles which resulted in contrast paint going in undesired areas. In your video it seemed your brush stayed together nicely...almost stiff in application and very controlled.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This one's the basecoating brush from the Army Painter's 'Hobby' line of brushes. They've got red handles to mark them out from the 'Wargaming' line, and if memory serves they're synthetics. The basecoat brush is perfect for most of the Contrast stuff, until you get to much larger areas of a single colour where a bigger brush will give you smoother coats.

[@cardboardfortress1855]

Excellent work as always, really pushing the speed. I’m looking at starting an early imperial Roman army for Hail Caesar later this year. Any tips on speed painting those guys?

[@tumbleweed1970able]

have you a link to the drybrush make up brushes you use

[@russeads2995]

The quintessential mexican suit he he wearing is called a charro suit. The more you know, lol!

[@HyperEwok1]

Would actually love to see a video of how you'd do a film black and white paint job (sounds very appropriate for monster hunting like Dracula's America and Silver Bayonet)

[@steviebwoyy]

Sorry to ask, but what brush are you using there? It looks pretty fine detail?

[@theandf]

Love this mini and your paintjob! Interesting that the Lardies are doing a cowboy game... though the name "What a Cowboy" seems a bit uninspired, just a copy of the template of What a Tanker... they lost the opportunity to pick a more colorful and cowboy-like title in my opinion.

[@theyawningowlbear6758]

Is there a way I can buy this already printed or where I can go to get western miniatures already set to buy? I will admit I have a phrozen 8k printer...but it's not set up yet and honestly it's been sitting in the box since February last year lmao😅 call it intimidated to set something up I have never used yet that wasn't cheap. Same with air brushing I want to get into it but it seems too complex for me. If anyone knows a good teacher or tutorial I'd be game to try.

[@EdAllen]

When you do set it up, look up the The Cones of Calibration and print it a few times for different layer lengths varying by about half second steps until you know the calibrated best printing time for your resin. Then print your minis at that or a smidge longer layer times for reliable supports. It will save you a LOT of wasted time and resin by getting you good prints quite reliably. Also getting a couple of lipped silicone mats or cafeteria trays to set up your printer and wash and cure station on and a bit of space on them for doing your scraping from the plate and other handling, so resin spills are contained and easy to clean up. A trash container with a lid for the paper towels will help keep down odor.

[@planetactionfigures4570]

Hey Sonic. Two questions. Which printer do you use and where you from? I think English but the Mrs thinks Australian 😂

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

This chap came off of a Mars 3. I've got a Mars 4 as well, but for most purposes I'd suggest finding a 3 will suit just fine. As for where I'm from, the Mrs is a fair bit closer - though still a couple thousand miles off! 😜 I'm a Kiwi!

[@7bootzy]

Shoulda painted him pink. Where my Sunset Riders peeps at?! Cormano, baybee!

[@petersaczko6192]

That’s not a slapchop… now, THIS is a slapchop! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ7LZphjbsehbtk