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Great video! Over the past few years, this has become my go to method of painting infantry-sized models. Citadel Contrasts and Army Painter Speed paints have been a game changer for me. The concept of putting transparent colors over a Zenithal base is so powerful and allows you to paint armies so much faster than using traditional paints, with seperate shades and highlight steps. Vince Vinturella is also a huge fan of this method, and he did a number of tutorials a while back for using dry brush Zenithal and transparencies, pretty much identical to what you are doing here. Awesome stuff!
One suggestion on the clear bases. Before you attach the model take some of that fine sandpaper and sand the edges of the base. Clean off that gloss on the edge. REALLY makes a difference when you put the clear base down on terrain. Try it and see if you like it! Doesn't take much time but wow what a difference.
This was amazing to watch. I am a mediocre painter for sure and been on and off painting for 20 years now because of the joy losing like you said. I think this method will help me alot to stick in the game and I thank you for sharing not only the method but the down to earth way of presenting yourself. Cheers to you
Thank you so much, Im currently making a kill zone base look like its on a space ship so the clear bases will look great as you can still see whats underneath =)
Good results! I gotta say though, you sure picked almost all the techniques people get contentious about! LoL! Super gluing the models to your painting holder instead of using sticky tack, sanding after painting, and using clear bases. The only one you didn't do was paint on sprue! 😆 Good work! Maybe next time say more detail about what you are doing to the model. I like step by step stuff, so there may be more folks that are the same way. Have a good one!
Thanks for sharing, that is a very interesting technique to do the drybrushing FIRST instead of ahead the end and the colors come in later. Gotta get some speedpaints to try this.
About "metallic speedpaint", Marco Frissoni made some "Metallic Contrast" by mixing ink, medium and Vallejo Metal Color Silver if i recall (would have to check for the exact recipe, not at my laptop the whole day so can't check now), i'm pretty sure the same could be done using Speedpaint Medium, or maybe just mixing a Speedpaint with the silver. Alternatively both Contrast and Speedpaints look great over a silver
Your to humble quality paint job, great highlighting and agree with the method you use basing and then dry brushing!!! I also very very recently started doing and a real noticeable difference. 😎😎great work good watch 👍
I discovered this method and it's what made me subscribe to this channel. Lovely to see that it works with the kriegsmen as well. I'll definitely try this when I get my hands on the new Kill team into the dar box!
@@MiniatureHobbyist No, the shade would go into the recesses of the model, and if you wiped away some excess on raised areas it would be of a similar effect. However I think your dry-brushing method is simpler and retains better results :)
I tried this this weekend, you can’t really tell the difference to be honest! I did black prime, grey drybrush then white drybrush and compared it to grey prime, black wash then white drybrush and they look very similar!
i've been doing this as a undercoat for quite a while. i've tried using an airbrush but the issue is it's not a fine point brush so it's hard to pull off a good zenithal. i'm probably going to go back to my dry brush method it's really great
I don't play 40k or Kill Team but IDO play Deadzone from Matic and I have, well, nearly every faction and only two of them are painted. So I can see me blasting through them with this technique. Great video ANd a new subscribe for you
While I don't play killteam I'm mad for necromunda got 5 gangs. But these and your orks are fantastic, you bang on the money about finding a way to paint you enjoy
So I saw someone do the white dry brushing thing on a piece of terrain once and thought I might try that to make a better zénithal highlighting. Well it turn out I was close to slapchop method without knowing. So what a surprise when after hearing about it for some time but never checking what it is, I find out its in fact the method I came up with! 🤯
I tried to similar painting method but I don't have army painter speed paint. Instead I had to thin out my paints so I can getting very thin coats but it works pretty well.
It does work on larger scale builds. It tends to be easier with a airbrush or rattle can and often is referred to as Zenithal Highlighting. It is possible to do it by brush but takes more time and the model needs a lot of raised areas in order to do it by brush and get enough contrast to stand out. It's a very nice technique to speed thing up massively and if you want to add that extra layer of detail you can always give a try to edge highlighting just to put that extra layer of detail.
@@CrimsonKightsOfBaal Thanks for the explanation. But true zenithal highlighting follows a direction of light, doesn't it? The slapchop technique (or at least MH's application) doesn't.
@@andrevandervlies5700 There's not really a difference between MH's technique here and zenithal highlighting. By drybrushing the entire model, it's basically showing the model in a brighter environment, but there's still light coming from specific directions.
I painted 2k points of ironjawz across a weekend using this method including cavalry type models hero units and even 2 maw krushas all using this method with about 10 Colours in total for everything. They came out great too!
I love your videos, your paint holder for GW washes was a big help. I would love to see a paint shelf made out of sprues, I would like to make one that can hold 20-40 bottles of vallejo, GW etc paints but I have no idea how to go about making something like that.
I really like this. I try to get away from using Contrast and speedpaints, but the allure of painting models very quickly in a short session is too good to pass off. Also my technique has been priming white then applying the contrast paint, but your method is much better. Thank you.
Where did you get your paint pot holder for the speedpaints? I never thought to just unscrew the tops on them and just go back and forth to the pot when batch painting 😊
slapchop? This is basically a hand done zenithal. Get some black primer, apply to the model. Then get some grey or white primer and apply from above at an angle and WHAM you have zenithal priming!
IMO anything drybrush will give you a grainy finish that you may or may not like. For me I would like eldar to have a crisp and clean finish that would will never get like this.
Random question: what do you use to glue your minis to the painting handles ? Superglue, or pva ? also - really great technique. Next time I have to paint some troops, I'm going to try that (have a lot of Magottkin of Nurgle lined up, just after I paint my Tau).
Do you think this technique could work well on space marines? I got into 40k a few months ago and have considered painting an imperial fist army and have been looking for as much information as I can get to help me once I get to painting.
I can't tell you what primer was use but if you dry brush a light grey or white in a downward motion from above (or wherever you want your light source to be coming from) and it will catch on the raised surfaces giving you a natural shade and your recesses will remain dark and it will do a lot of heavy lifting for you. Your contrast paint being translucent with show the pre shading through and this is how you get such amazing results.
i dont know how to tell you this, but it isnt a technique lol, its literally just how lazy painters like me paint. its called "wanting to get shit done in 10 minutes because id rather be doing anything else".
realy nice paintjob and video....but i despise those bases. in my opinion a base is like a framework for the artwork, like a frame for a painting. your having a snapshot of a moment in time and space. yes your base might not fit the terrain your playing on all the time, but clear bases rhuin the look of the mini in my opinion evan worse then unpainted black bases. this clear plastic sticks out like a thore thumb....but in the end, those are YOUR minis and you have to like them and not me, so my opinion is totaly invalid for you ^^
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Great video! Over the past few years, this has become my go to method of painting infantry-sized models. Citadel Contrasts and Army Painter Speed paints have been a game changer for me. The concept of putting transparent colors over a Zenithal base is so powerful and allows you to paint armies so much faster than using traditional paints, with seperate shades and highlight steps. Vince Vinturella is also a huge fan of this method, and he did a number of tutorials a while back for using dry brush Zenithal and transparencies, pretty much identical to what you are doing here. Awesome stuff!
This is a game changer for those without the skills of doing highlights like myself lol, so simple but looks great =)
One suggestion on the clear bases. Before you attach the model take some of that fine sandpaper and sand the edges of the base. Clean off that gloss on the edge. REALLY makes a difference when you put the clear base down on terrain. Try it and see if you like it! Doesn't take much time but wow what a difference.
any chance for a paint list for the speed paints ?
This was amazing to watch. I am a mediocre painter for sure and been on and off painting for 20 years now because of the joy losing like you said. I think this method will help me alot to stick in the game and I thank you for sharing not only the method but the down to earth way of presenting yourself. Cheers to you
The clear bases are certainly a neat idea. Nice paint job too.
Thank you so much, Im currently making a kill zone base look like its on a space ship so the clear bases will look great as you can still see whats underneath =)
Good results! I gotta say though, you sure picked almost all the techniques people get contentious about! LoL! Super gluing the models to your painting holder instead of using sticky tack, sanding after painting, and using clear bases. The only one you didn't do was paint on sprue! 😆
Good work! Maybe next time say more detail about what you are doing to the model. I like step by step stuff, so there may be more folks that are the same way. Have a good one!
Thanks for sharing, that is a very interesting technique to do the drybrushing FIRST instead of ahead the end and the colors come in later. Gotta get some speedpaints to try this.
I love this method for speed painting and getting your batch painting done very quickly.
I love the clear basing
About "metallic speedpaint", Marco Frissoni made some "Metallic Contrast" by mixing ink, medium and Vallejo Metal Color Silver if i recall (would have to check for the exact recipe, not at my laptop the whole day so can't check now), i'm pretty sure the same could be done using Speedpaint Medium, or maybe just mixing a Speedpaint with the silver. Alternatively both Contrast and Speedpaints look great over a silver
Cheers I may give that a go =)
Thanks for the advice
Those guys looking spankin'! The effect of the transparent paint over the dry brushed texture gives a lovely, painterly look.
Cheers, yeah I like the look, its not for everyone but its definently for me lol =)
Damn i need this for acolyte/neophyte hybrids. Awesome stuff
Yeah give it a go =)
Took the basing words right out my mouth 😄
Haha, yup clear bases all the way =)
Your to humble quality paint job, great highlighting and agree with the method you use basing and then dry brushing!!!
I also very very recently started doing and a real noticeable difference. 😎😎great work good watch 👍
I discovered this method and it's what made me subscribe to this channel. Lovely to see that it works with the kriegsmen as well.
I'll definitely try this when I get my hands on the new Kill team into the dar box!
Thanks for subscribing and I think this is now my go to style of painting......until I find something else even better and quicker lol =)
Never heard it called that, but I've been dong that for a while now. I find it's better for contrast type paints than just a flat primer.
You should try a reverse slapchop and compare results, prime in white then add a shade (nuln oil/strong tone) and do a side by side
problem there is you would have light areas where it should be dark and vice versa lol =P
@@MiniatureHobbyist No, the shade would go into the recesses of the model, and if you wiped away some excess on raised areas it would be of a similar effect. However I think your dry-brushing method is simpler and retains better results :)
I tried this this weekend, you can’t really tell the difference to be honest! I did black prime, grey drybrush then white drybrush and compared it to grey prime, black wash then white drybrush and they look very similar!
Looking great! I love this technique. It gets a nice looking army on the table quick.
That’s bloody great. Thanks for the tips
No worries, good to be of help =)
I’m going to give this method a shot for my upcoming Drukhari and some Warcry figures. Should speed up the masses of infantry what need doing.
Good luck with your Drukhari. I started mine a couple months ago. Unfortunately, my method sort of precludes the Slap Chop style. Alas.
Yeah have fun and you will wiz through those figures =)
This is why I play Nurgle and Death Guard. Noob painting is even better. 🤣
Haha, yup they really do just have it slapped on lol =)
Awesome method. Thanks for sharing!
No worries and thank you for watching and sharing =)
i've been doing this as a undercoat for quite a while. i've tried using an airbrush but the issue is it's not a fine point brush so it's hard to pull off a good zenithal. i'm probably going to go back to my dry brush method it's really great
Excellent technique.
It is and so easy any one can do it =)
I don't play 40k or Kill Team but IDO play Deadzone from Matic and I have, well, nearly every faction and only two of them are painted. So I can see me blasting through them with this technique. Great video ANd a new subscribe for you
Dude, you’ve done a great job!
Thank you so much =)
While I don't play killteam I'm mad for necromunda got 5 gangs.
But these and your orks are fantastic, you bang on the money about finding a way to paint you enjoy
Cheers buddy, Im just working on a kill zone base that would look great for Necromunda =)
So I saw someone do the white dry brushing thing on a piece of terrain once and thought I might try that to make a better zénithal highlighting. Well it turn out I was close to slapchop method without knowing. So what a surprise when after hearing about it for some time but never checking what it is, I find out its in fact the method I came up with! 🤯
Cool, I was always think the simpler the solution the better =)
I tried to similar painting method but I don't have army painter speed paint. Instead I had to thin out my paints so I can getting very thin coats but it works pretty well.
Hey that good to know that works, Andre asked me earlier and I said I didnt know =P
Where do you get these clear bases, i would love to try them out?
From amazon - amzn.to/3pwr6kt =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist thank you very much :D
Excellent stuff. I think I'll need a visual way to show veterans and FNGs in a series so weathering is going to play a part.
I do like the worn/weathered look =)
This technique is pretty effective. I wonder if it works on larger builds as well.
I will be trying that as I am currently building the kill zone as well as painting all the scatter terrain, video coming soon =)
It does work on larger scale builds. It tends to be easier with a airbrush or rattle can and often is referred to as Zenithal Highlighting. It is possible to do it by brush but takes more time and the model needs a lot of raised areas in order to do it by brush and get enough contrast to stand out. It's a very nice technique to speed thing up massively and if you want to add that extra layer of detail you can always give a try to edge highlighting just to put that extra layer of detail.
@@CrimsonKightsOfBaal Thanks for the explanation. But true zenithal highlighting follows a direction of light, doesn't it? The slapchop technique (or at least MH's application) doesn't.
@@andrevandervlies5700 There's not really a difference between MH's technique here and zenithal highlighting. By drybrushing the entire model, it's basically showing the model in a brighter environment, but there's still light coming from specific directions.
I painted 2k points of ironjawz across a weekend using this method including cavalry type models hero units and even 2 maw krushas all using this method with about 10
Colours in total for everything. They came out great too!
lol wearing in the trenches the last two years haha good one
=P
Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for watching =)
I love your videos, your paint holder for GW washes was a big help.
I would love to see a paint shelf made out of sprues, I would like to make one that can hold 20-40 bottles of vallejo, GW etc paints but I have no idea how to go about making something like that.
Cheers buddy, if you dig through my videos you will see a video where I make a pot holder from sprues =)
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Thank you =)
Not bad at all - just, please, drill your barrels!
That really makes a difference, especially on good paintjobs.
I thought you very publicly said that you weren't going to be making any more 40k videos?
I did, then stumbled across Kill Team which has blown my mind and noe Ive actually played games its amazeballs =P
Holy hell man, take a breath once in a while.
why? =P
I really like this. I try to get away from using Contrast and speedpaints, but the allure of painting models very quickly in a short session is too good to pass off.
Also my technique has been priming white then applying the contrast paint, but your method is much better. Thank you.
The allure is strong as its a quick paint job with great results =)
Love a good slapchop! These are lovely, man. The new speed paints are so good!
Cheers, yeah this technique makes anyone a half decent painter lol =)
Could you maybe make a guide like this one for easy, fun, black legion scheme for CSM?
Where did you get your paint pot holder for the speedpaints? I never thought to just unscrew the tops on them and just go back and forth to the pot when batch painting 😊
Nice work, they look great. How do you avoid frosting/ghosting when using superglue on clear bases?
slapchop? This is basically a hand done zenithal. Get some black primer, apply to the model. Then get some grey or white primer and apply from above at an angle and WHAM you have zenithal priming!
does this work with regular paints? got some vallejo model color laying around.
Are you painting under a freeway round about or bridge?
I remember being in the stream when Rob from TheHonestWargamer came up with the slapchop name
Oh cool =)
Wow! I think I found my favorite painting method now. I painted a strike team of t'au in the slapchop style and it looks awesome!
haha yup me too =)
Hope you enjoy playing!
I will be playing in about 14 hours time and cant wait =)
Where did you get that bottle holder? STL file?
Any guess how this method would work with lighter contrast colors like Aethermatic Blue?
So you used contrast paint
IKR ? So revolutionnary !
yup =)
Noice job mate.
Idk how effective it'd be on rainbow eldar tho
Cheers, maybe you need to give it a go......or send me one and I will =P
IMO anything drybrush will give you a grainy finish that you may or may not like. For me I would like eldar to have a crisp and clean finish that would will never get like this.
damn I really need to try and get into kill team, I got a box of sisters that I want to finish for this.
You should, its only been 2 weeks now but Im hooked and playing my first game tomorrow =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist I will! Im a sucker for squad tactics.
Random question: what do you use to glue your minis to the painting handles ? Superglue, or pva ? also - really great technique. Next time I have to paint some troops, I'm going to try that (have a lot of Magottkin of Nurgle lined up, just after I paint my Tau).
I just used a cheap super glue I have =)
How do you find speed paints reactivating when you paint over them?
I've heard bad things about that.
Hrrrrrrrr... Moldlines!
Nice video, but moldlines.... 😆
Sssshhhh dont look co close =P
Do you Mix your colours with water ? They looks so thin.
no, its contrast paint its made that way lol =P
@@MiniatureHobbyist ah ok, not much XP with contrast, i see i have to try it. Thx mate
Great paint job! What is that bit you have on your plastic glue container? It looks much easier to maintain than the metal rod bit.
Cheers, its these - amzn.to/3AIRy0B
@@MiniatureHobbyist ❤️❤️❤️ - thank you so much.
How do you get your brushes to hold paint? I feel like the brushes that i have barely hold any and I've run out of paint on my brush after doing a leg
I do dip my brush in the paint a lot too lol =P
Do you think this technique could work well on space marines? I got into 40k a few months ago and have considered painting an imperial fist army and have been looking for as much information as I can get to help me once I get to painting.
Yeah of course, I will be getting some space marines soon and doing a video painting them =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist thank you, I’ll be anticipating it!
Killteam for every faction.
4 40k 2k pts
2 30k 2kpts
Please would you say what black primer you used and how you applied it?
I can't tell you what primer was use but if you dry brush a light grey or white in a downward motion from above (or wherever you want your light source to be coming from) and it will catch on the raised surfaces giving you a natural shade and your recesses will remain dark and it will do a lot of heavy lifting for you. Your contrast paint being translucent with show the pre shading through and this is how you get such amazing results.
Its the cheapest black primer I could find on amazon and I literally just completely covered the model in several passes all around the model =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist Looking at the pattern on the temporary bases, in guessing it's a spray.
@@J-Hell oh yes, sorry I didnt say that, yes its a spray can =)
🙌🙌
Cheers buddy =)
i dont know how to tell you this, but it isnt a technique lol, its literally just how lazy painters like me paint. its called "wanting to get shit done in 10 minutes because id rather be doing anything else".
That name people have decided to call grisaille is ridiculous... great video, though
What ever people call it, it works wonder for me and cheers =)
bro.. remove the mold lines..
Returning to GW content? Nice. I will resubscribe.
Good to have you back and yup Im finally going to be playing Warhammer 40k and cant wait to assemble and paint more kill teams =)
Also known as underpainting
Krieg is the best regiment. I will not elaborate.
Haha, they are growing on me =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist Glad to hear! Wouldn't wanna be playing with models you don't enjoy.
realy nice paintjob and video....but i despise those bases. in my opinion a base is like a framework for the artwork, like a frame for a painting. your having a snapshot of a moment in time and space. yes your base might not fit the terrain your playing on all the time, but clear bases rhuin the look of the mini in my opinion evan worse then unpainted black bases. this clear plastic sticks out like a thore thumb....but in the end, those are YOUR minis and you have to like them and not me, so my opinion is totaly invalid for you ^^
The Porkchop method is as old as gaming itself...
This isn't new at all.
Stop saying “Obviously”.
Obviously there is no way that is going to happen =P
it's just underpainting. this technique is not new nor did it need a new catch name.
It may have been around for hundreds of years but to me its new (10days old) and whatever name people want to call it I love it =P
You talk a lot