Yeah cool. I pretty much do the same thing using light blue, brown, uniform grey, dark grey for clothing. Black, brown and grey hats. Red, blue, grey blanket rolls. Black straps. I then use strong tone wash, matt varnish. No highlights due to the scale.
Great paintjob! Great to see a lot of youtubers cover the Epic Range! Not really saving hours on your paintjob though as it is a pretty standard (yet great looking) formula of basecoats, washes and highlights. But a bit of clickbait is never a bad thing to get people exposed to your quality content!
Thanks Buddy. I admit I did go for a bit of a click bait thumbnail. Not something I normally do, however these tutorials take quite a lot of time to do and I haven’t been getting many views on them, so I thought “in for a penny “ and all that lol. I’d give it a try and see if it made any difference.
@@leont66wargaming31 absolutely relatable and your content definitely reflects the hard work you put into it! Trying to get noticed by a bigger crowd is always a good thing not only for motivation but also support-wise. Have you considered trying colabs with other youtubers? 7th Son or miniature realms would come to mind as a perfect fit there
That’s a good idea. I don’t know if you remember back in the old white dwarf magazine they’d do a tale of 4 gamers where they each build an army over the course of a few weeks. Might see if they’re interested in doing something like that. I talk to Martin quite often on messenger and also Stuart via email
@@leont66wargaming31 oh yes, those were great articles! That would be awesome to watch for sure and not be overwhelming as it would be for a very defined space of time. plus it would benefit all of your chanels as well
I slap on contrast/xpress colors and highlight from there so I save some extra time (also doing highlights on front rank and rear of the back one) but at a cost of the look. Your minis look fantastic. Also, I like the basing but It kind of look like it brings it back to a 28mm scale basing I usually use which is 60x40mm. Thanks for a list of colours used.
Yep contrasts are a way to go as well. I don’t own many of them though lol. The width of the bases is the same as 28mm however I only use 3 bases for a regiment so the frontage is a lot less.
Excellent painting tutorial and basing. It has inspired me to produce something similar for use with the Altar of Freedom rules, where a 60mm frontage base represents a brigade. However it should be noted that the main butternut wearing period for Confederates was 1862 into early 1863 when the first uniforms were worn out and Confederate uniform production and imports had not been fully embedded. Apparently the ANV was its worst dressed at Antietam 1862.
Thank you for your time, help, patience and professionalism, Leon. This has inspired me to finish of the...er...several hundred Reb`s I have left to do. Mine look as though they are on parade so I really appreciate the help over the finer details.
Great job Leon. In fact I still have a load of 28mm Perry's metal figures from my ACW project of 5 years ago, so you have inspired me to do a bit lol. I must try to get a video out. I have so many projects on the go, I should make the effort to show people. I cleared my table of my 1914 project the other day. My Sudan guys still occupy the sandy beach lol. Cheers Leon, Matthew👍
@@leont66wargaming31 lol yep, you are a perfectionist Leon, very dangerous thing to be in our hobby😀. They look brilliant ,great job as usual and as ever you are the king of bases👍. My bases consist of glue, pollyfiller, paint, homemade sawdust from cutting up firewood, and if i can be bothered, a bit of old lichen and coarse paint brush bristles. You see, where as you are a perfectionist, i'm most certainly a cowboy🔫 😂. Cheers!
Ace stuff, Leon. A really good tutorial for the epic scale which is also applicable for randomizing colours for batch painting for the larger scales. However, shouldn't each stand have a ginger guy? lol
I absolutely loved this video.... end product looks amazing!
Thanks buddy, hope it’s useful to you
I am not even into american civil war , but damn those figures look so good, love the variety of colors on figures and the historical background.
Thanks buddy. Glad you enjoyed the video
Yeah cool.
I pretty much do the same thing using light blue, brown, uniform grey, dark grey for clothing. Black, brown and grey hats. Red, blue, grey blanket rolls. Black straps.
I then use strong tone wash, matt varnish. No highlights due to the scale.
Nice one. Great minds think alike.
Great paintjob! Great to see a lot of youtubers cover the Epic Range!
Not really saving hours on your paintjob though as it is a pretty standard (yet great looking) formula of basecoats, washes and highlights. But a bit of clickbait is never a bad thing to get people exposed to your quality content!
Thanks Buddy.
I admit I did go for a bit of a click bait thumbnail. Not something I normally do, however these tutorials take quite a lot of time to do and I haven’t been getting many views on them, so I thought “in for a penny “ and all that lol. I’d give it a try and see if it made any difference.
@@leont66wargaming31 absolutely relatable and your content definitely reflects the hard work you put into it! Trying to get noticed by a bigger crowd is always a good thing not only for motivation but also support-wise. Have you considered trying colabs with other youtubers? 7th Son or miniature realms would come to mind as a perfect fit there
That’s a good idea. I don’t know if you remember back in the old white dwarf magazine they’d do a tale of 4 gamers where they each build an army over the course of a few weeks. Might see if they’re interested in doing something like that. I talk to Martin quite often on messenger and also Stuart via email
@@leont66wargaming31 oh yes, those were great articles! That would be awesome to watch for sure and not be overwhelming as it would be for a very defined space of time. plus it would benefit all of your chanels as well
I’ll have a chat and see what they say
Beautiful
Fantastic looking regiments.
Thanks Kevin
I slap on contrast/xpress colors and highlight from there so I save some extra time (also doing highlights on front rank and rear of the back one) but at a cost of the look. Your minis look fantastic. Also, I like the basing but It kind of look like it brings it back to a 28mm scale basing I usually use which is 60x40mm. Thanks for a list of colours used.
Yep contrasts are a way to go as well. I don’t own many of them though lol.
The width of the bases is the same as 28mm however I only use 3 bases for a regiment so the frontage is a lot less.
Thank you for sharing
Excellent painting tutorial and basing. It has inspired me to produce something similar for use with the Altar of Freedom rules, where a 60mm frontage base represents a brigade. However it should be noted that the main butternut wearing period for Confederates was 1862 into early 1863 when the first uniforms were worn out and Confederate uniform production and imports had not been fully embedded. Apparently the ANV was its worst dressed at Antietam 1862.
Thanks Andrew.
Thanks for the uniform info. I’ll mention it when I do the brigade showcase
Great looking Rebs! Very impressive!!
Thanks Bruce 😊
Thank you for your time, help, patience and professionalism, Leon. This has inspired me to finish of the...er...several hundred Reb`s I have left to do. Mine look as though they are on parade so I really appreciate the help over the finer details.
Thanks mate. Glad it was helpful.
I feel your pain lol. Still got hundreds to do as well hahaha
Simply outstanding 👌👌
Thanks Alex 😊
Hi Leon, very nicely done, appreciate the camera work.
Regards.
Alan.
Thanks Alan
Those look awesome. I’ll try your technique on mine.
Thanks buddy. Let me know how you get on
Cracking tutorial Leon, figures look excellent mate
Thanks mate 😊
Great video Leon! Some great tips that give fast and high quality results. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Dan 😊
Basing is cracking mate! Solid figures aswell!
Thanks buddy
Thanks for the great tutorial Leon! Those look excellent mate!.
Thanks Andy. Glad you liked it mate
Great tutorial Leon I will definitely use the front rank highlight tip on my 1/72 naps 👍
Thanks mate. Glad it was helpful 😊
Great job Leon. In fact I still have a load of 28mm Perry's metal figures from my ACW project of 5 years ago, so you have inspired me to do a bit lol. I must try to get a video out. I have so many projects on the go, I should make the effort to show people. I cleared my table of my 1914 project the other day. My Sudan guys still occupy the sandy beach lol. Cheers Leon, Matthew👍
Thanks mate. I’m blaming VK in part for this ACW binge and partly my own fault for wanting to redo the bases lol
@@leont66wargaming31 lol yep, you are a perfectionist Leon, very dangerous thing to be in our hobby😀. They look brilliant ,great job as usual and as ever you are the king of bases👍. My bases consist of glue, pollyfiller, paint, homemade sawdust from cutting up firewood, and if i can be bothered, a bit of old lichen and coarse paint brush bristles. You see, where as you are a perfectionist, i'm most certainly a cowboy🔫 😂. Cheers!
Thank you.
No worries
The way you base the minis seems interesting. Certainly makes a change.
Thanks Eric. As I said I’ll do a guide on the bases next. I felt making them look a bit more like a diorama brought the minis to life a bit more
Ace stuff, Leon. A really good tutorial for the epic scale which is also applicable for randomizing colours for batch painting for the larger scales. However, shouldn't each stand have a ginger guy? lol
Thanks James.
I’m going for a ginger guy in every regiment now lol.
Nicely done 👏👏
Thanks mate 😊
Top work Leon. 👍
Cheers mate 😊
Really great tutorial mate
Thanks buddy
Great job Leon
Thanks buddy
Awesome figures , you have probably been asked this before but how big are the bases? they look great.
Thanks buddy. They’re on 60x40 bases. I’m just finishing off a how I base them video this weekend
Fantastic work leon 👌👍 did you change the wash is it a new method
Thanks Kev, same method but yeah different wash on these for a change
Great stuff!
Thanks buddy
Well done!
Thanks David
Great stuff buddy
Cheers mate
Well done buddy.
Thanks buddy
At approximately 8:40 in the video, what exactly was used for the wash?
Hi Preston. The wash I use is from Games Workshop. Citadel Nuln oil.
@@leont66wargaming31 thank you!
And I thought you were going to show us some Austrians as the prize!!
Hahaha.