Just stumbled upon your channel because I was looking for some tips on the Nighthaunt army I'm starting, and I have to applaud your down-to-earth approach! No "then you wet blend this tiny bit for 2 hours until it's worthy of a Golden Demon on all 50 of these cannon fodder objective holders" nonsense. Just a solid guide on how to make your army to look great (and cheeky corner cutting). Thank you!
What I love about your videos is your clear style of presentation and the simplicity of your method. I think people who are new to the hobbies would benefit tremendously from watching these videos and hobby vets could learn a few things too. Good stuff!
Thanks a lot! I think we get hung up too easily on stuff looking perfect before we're really satisfied with it. Taking box covers or the like as inspiration is one thing, but most of us don't have the time or manpower of a whole studio to turn out armies like that! Especially when we're getting started with something, finding a satisfactory balance between Good and Finished is the trick, and that's where I try to sit.
Lord Ashenwyte - Fairly New here to this hobby and I agree 100% Glad I ran into this channel, I’ve got some Nighthaunts to paint! Those GW technical paints look darn good! Trying to think how I can do it with Vallejo Inks and army painter washes?! OR for consistency I may just buy those two paints!
New to painting and the hobby (3 months) and as anyone that wants to get better I search for videos to get ideas and techniques to build on. Your videos are a joy to watch. Not only is the information great and your skills are evident, you are a pleasure to listen to. Rare combination to be talented and humble and it shines through that you are both!
Thank you kindly! Welcome aboard, and I hope you're enjoying yourself so far. :D I remember those first few steps being pretty daunting when I got started, but the rise of the internet has put so much great information out there for people these days.
I know it's an old video, but I'm just here to say that I'm painting my entire nighthaunt army using this colour scheme and getting great (imo) results, so ty man
Thanks for covering this. This'll be a fun challenge as I don't buy specialty paints to do my model work. It's always a fun challenge to ge the right color, and consistency in homemade constrast paints, especially the more "technical" ones. The ice is a great idea lore-wise. 💙
The only thing that's spooky around here is that joke. ;D The Nighthaunt Gloom works pretty well by itself, but I think the Nuln Oil helps to really seal it in and bring the drybrush together. It'll be interesting to play around with it over some different colours, with different choices of shade over the top!
Btw this is a really good tutorial :) I like how you take your time to explain how the 2 technical paints work and how to use them. I've not used these until now.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'm basically doing my chainrasps like yours, but I just can't decide how to paint the eternals and sequitors and such. Any ideas?
Thank you! I unashamedly followed precisely after buying my son Tempest of souls. We are really pleased with the results so far and we don't even have the Nuln oil on yet due to store being out of stock. 3 models complete (minus Nuln oil)... 30+ to go!!! Thanks again
Thanks @@caspianclaesson9161 I will give the drakenshade a go right now! I gave four of our guys the Nuln oil already (2x coats) looks nice and dark now but we would like a bit of variety.
Absolutely mind blowing, you share some really fantastic tips here which I am unbelievably grateful for. I use Army Painter paints myself and could possibly match up those blues and greens, but I think I'll get the exact same ones as yourself from GW, because the effect they give is brilliant, really brilliant. Your passion for painting miniatures really puts a smile on my face and gives me so much confidence every video that I watch of yours. You truly keep me motivated and 100 percent entertained. Many thanks as always, your way of teaching is excellent.
I think there's something to be said for trying materials outside your usual wheelhouse. I know I got started on Citadel and since I know the range so well it's where I'll usually turn to when I want to try something, but I have a fair few Army Painter products as well, Vallejo, Foundry and the like... Whatever works! Hexwraith Flame is a dead useful bit of kit to have in the toolbox - most of Citadel's Technical range are, in fact. :D
I just wanted to say thank you! I was gifted a nighthaunt army for my birthday and have been struggling to figure out how to paint them (everything I do looks awful....CURSE YOU DRY BRUSHING) However yours in the first video I've come across that was easy enough to understand, and now my dry brushing looks much, much less terrible. Please keep up the good work!
Happy birthday! :D Glad to hear you're getting on board with the Nighthaunt. They're an awesome spectacle on the table, and the way that their basic units grow more powerful with characters near to them layering on talents and abilities is really fitting for an army of specters drawn to strong wills. Drybrushing can be a little daunting at first since it never looks quite 'right,' but with a little practice you'll find it's got its uses on just about everything.
I finally decided to paint my nighthaunt. I followed your tutorial for my Genestealers and they turned out great. Your chainrasps tuned out nice so I’m gonna follow your tutorial.
The color sheme looks awesome! I always wanted to have the Nighthaunt Gloom and Hexwraith Flame combined in my miniatures. Now I got an idea how that could turn out! Thanks :D
Great job man- I've been looking into this army but was apprehensive thinking the ethereal techniques were unattainable by someone like myself who has trouble finding time to paint between family life and full time job- but this looks very much doable. I think you're convinced me.
I think we get hung up on reinventing the wheel, sometimes. It doesn't have to be perfect to look good, and sometimes just a 'close enough' at arm's length looks stunning across a whole army!
They're a lot of fun and aside from drying time, these Chainrasps take really very little time. You'll have a spectral host floating across the board to menace the living in no time!
Awesome video buddy, I hope to see more of this kind in the future. More from the Nighthaunt miniatures would be sweet, as I have bought the same starter set. I have subscribed as well. So do keep up the good work, amazing result!
Sounds scrumpdilly, I will be looking forward to that video. I did my first 2 Chainrasps the other day, after your method. After a bit more practice, they will look awesome!
I've been using these new paints to paint up my models from the box set. You do it pretty much the same way as myself. I ended up getting a start collecting Malignants box set as well to expand my new army at a reasonable price online, I'm just about done building & under coating the mortis engine. The new models are great. I think the new paints make the models very effective looking.mim going to buy a star drake at the weekend. That'll be my winter project. Your models are good.
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio it's a great box set, I'm happy with it. The spirit hosts are a nightmare to build. The mortise engine so a great model. I'm still trying to get used to these new paints. I'm not sure about them.
I have just brough Warhammer Underworlds so was looking on how to paint these guys. My fine motor skills are rubbish due to dispraxia but this way brings an amazing finish without the need for edge highlights. Definetly copying this, though the bases are different as the underworld ones are molded scenary :)
Excellent chainrasp video. Ive been watering down my hexwraith flame nighthaunt gloom shades and doing many layers for my fade effects. I'm definitely going to try out your white drybrushing technique as I think it will be a HUGE time saver. As well I started using Incubi Darkness for their robes but I really like how your straight N.H. Gloom with the dry brush effect came out. Thank you for this video. All you need now is several long minutes of silent painting with a carefully selected/crafted soundtrack behind it as you paint..heh heh...Sorastro's Imperial Assault Channel is amazing for that. I think your getting to his level of tutorial and quality. Actually, I think your actual painting is equal to his stuff. :) The Nighthaunt Gloom painted over Corax white primer on the tombstones followed by a wash of Nuln Oil really make for that perfect creepy old tombstone. A fast edge highlight on them and those are rocked out in no time if you do all the tombstones at once.
Another really useful video. I like using to these to brush up (no pun) on my basic techniques, and share with anyone I know who's starting the hobby. Thanks for posting. Would be interested to see the other uses you have for the Nighthaunt Gloom paint. Genestealer Cults sound cool.
After having a play around with it and seeing what it actually does over white, I'm definitely curious to know what it'd do over other colours. Even mixing in some other colours might make for interesting effects? Something to muck around with and see what happens, I think. It's way more easy to use than I'd expected, though!
Hi Sonic, I watch a lot of painting vids but they all seem to make things too technical, you are so easy going and laid back that I'm going to start again myself, but not with wargames miniatures they are too small at my age. I love the channel, stay well and take care.
I've seen some really neat game pieces in larger scales recently. A lot of board games are coming out with cool moulded figures included that I've meant to tackle at some point. I do try and keep things relatively simple, in the main; we don't need to reinvent the wheel every time we want to paint something! :D Thanks for dropping in!
I hear you. My eyesight started to go about 2 years ago. Between my Glasses, my magnifying led light and all the extra lights around my painting area, its starting to look like a science lab. I really should have gotten into miniature wargaming about 10 years ago. At least my Tau army would be done by now, lol. Arcadia quest is a great miniatures game with really awesome miniatures and their scale is a bit bigger/easier on the eyes (except thier damn anime eyes, granted there a lot easier than painting eyes on a space marine or tau figure).
Gotta find time to hit the books between all these Chainrasps. ;D Good luck in your studies! University campuses are always a good place to find like minds as opponents.
I’ve never painted anything before getting into aos use to play with 40k pieces my friend painted that sucked. Anyway followed this video.. and my pieces looking bad fucking ass I feel like bob ross literally perfect thank you so much more night haunt tips would be great for other models!
I just realized that those two colors were basically the first contrast paints. I wonder if they will move them over or if they will keep them as technical paints.
If I'm recalling correctly, Nighthaunt Gloom was the first 'failed' Contrast that was still super useful and worth putting out in public. Interesting to see just how long they'd have been in development!
Would grey seer work as primer to these guys? Followed by an overbrushz or ulthuan grey? Or could you go straight to the technical paints after the initial primer?
Yup! I'd suggest that you do put the Ulthuan Grey over it, though, since that's got a slight blue tint to it which will work better with the rest of the colours.
I'm going to dive in and buy my first medium starter set and it will be Tempest of Souls. Love your painting styles and I'm trying to work out the paints I'll need. I'm stuck on the Ulthurn grey you use, I can get vellejo glaicer blue that is apparently the alternative. Or maybe I'll mix up some white to make the grey but for £1.99 the vellejos a bargain. Any chance you have the glacier blue that you could compare? Paints can get really expensive!
I'm honestly not too sure what the nearest equivalent would be for Ulthuan Grey from the Vallejo range. If someone else has said Glacier Blue, try it and see! Though I'd look for something that's almost entirely white, if you can find it - you don't need much colour in the drybrush stage at all.
Lady Olynder's definitely on the cards, though I'll need to see how my wallet reacts to that first. There's way too many neat kits coming out of late that it's hard to stay on top of them all!
I think it's rare we get an opportunity to do something really wild that fits just about anywhere. Thematically you can push the ice and snow on just about any battlefield with the spectral gloom crossing over it, so I'm a big fan of making that green all the more stark and clear!
I've just discovered your channel, and after four or five videos I can say it's fantastic: your techniques are so simple, it's amazing you consistently achieve so excellent a result for tabletop minis. I guess it's a question of knowing when to do each thing, as you did with the Nuln Oil (I was skeptical too!). Also, your explanations are clear, and you manage to transmit the inherent fun of painting. Also, on a side note, your accent is amazingly clear for us foreigners, compared to other tutorials. May I ask where are you from?
Sometimes it's really a case of wondering what might happen and then going for it... There's a fair few videos where I'll wonder out loud whether or not something will work before just deciding to go for it! Lucky for me they usually turn out alright, and that's just a question of experience. It never hurts to try, though! I'm from New Zealand originally, but I've lived in the UK and now Germany, so I'm pretty used to having to keep my voice in check so that I can be understood. It's just habit by now, but when I first moved to the UK I had a lot of difficulty with my accent not making sense to the locals!
Simple , easy great result . I just have a problèm when using the nighaunt gloom the comportement of this paint and the texture really strange i cant deal with
Great guide for someone new to painting these. I couldn't make out what colour the yellow was for the wisps at the bottom. Is anyone able to advise please?
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thanks for replying and thanks for awesome content! You’ve made me paint 1k points of Nighthaunt, 1k of death Korps and others I have just watched for the pleasure.
New sub, thanks for this, Glad I ran across the channel! Fairly new to this hobby, this will help a lot! Newbies need simple. I find trying to paint everything beyond table top quality (from tutorials) takes a lot of time! This was super easy. I’m wondering if I can do the job with my Vallejo Inks and Army panther washes? But those new technical paints look super good AND would provide consistent results across all the Nighthaunts I have to paint (Storm of Sigmar + Tempest of Souls and some additional Haunts)
The Vallejo inks and Army Painter's washes are both really good (I particularly like the bottled Quickshade stuff) but they work very differently to the Technical paints. You might find it worth picking up those couple of Citadel paints and use the Vallejo stuff you already have to finish off the rest. It's really about finding something you like the look of and just sticking to it across an army! It doesn't have to be any specific brand to get the job done how you like. :)
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio ok thanks, good Points there. I’ll have to buy the technical paints because as you said they work a little differently than the Inks/Shades. And I really liked the look of this style of Nighthaunts, so why not get them. 👍🏼
funny you mentioned Gene Stealers for the blue, I was looking at the colour and thinking Space Wolfs ... strange how the same colour can lead to different levels of heresy ;-)
I haven't used them personally, but they do come very highly recommended from a couple of buddies of mine overseas that use them. I'd take it as a glowing endorsement!
Your Miniature looks amazing. Doing mine aswell but i got an issue with the drybrushing. The swipes are not looking asclean or decent as yours, even tough the color is almost fully removed from the brush. Got any advices? My thanks in advance.
Sometimes I have a similar issue where I'll leave behind way more than expected. It might seem silly, but make sure you're wiping the sides of your brush just a little if you're using a flat-edged brush, too, or the collected paint up the sides can make a mess! Otherwise try using less pressure - really just whisper-light little flicks that barely touch the miniature.
It really depends on what I'm painting, and what I want the finished product to look like. Because varnish will smooth out a finish quite a lot, it'll change up the surface of a paint job and can change how drybrushing or shading looks when it's done - it pays to plan ahead a little if you're planning it. If I'm painting something plastic, it's rare that I'll varnish it unless it's going to see a lot of use. Metal miniatures I like to varnish so that they're protected from falling over and chipping under their own weight!
Another great video, glad you overcame your burnout. Very quick question - what brand are the brushes you're using with the wood style handles?? They look like they keep an amazing point. Thanks very much
There's a couple with the wood style brushes, but the ones I think you mean are literally so cheap I can't find the brand online! I just pick them up from my local stationary store. They're a couple euros a pop and they last for a month or two before the bristles don't meet at a point any more, but in that time they're golden little monsters.
Brilliant, thanks for replying. Think I'm expecting too much from my GW and Army Painter brushes - I'll try some cheaper ones with a view to replacing them more often. Cheers!
Rumour has it that they were actually the 'failed' first tests of Contrast paints, which went on to be super useful all the same. I still thrash the Nighthaunt Gloom whenever I get the chance, it's good stuff. :D
I couldn't really say without seeing what's happening in front of you, unfortunately. It could be that you're using too much of the green goop? I'm sorry I can't be much more help than that!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you for the reply :) I haven't done the dry brushing yet so i'm hoping that will make it look better. Speaking of which, i see that the Dry Paint you used has been discontinued, Do you have any idea of an alternative i could use? I'm thinking Longbeard Grey might work.
You know, I honestly hadn't even considered that! That's not a bad idea at all... Not quite sure how I'd project that sense of light around the flames, but the Valhallan Blizzard does dry incredibly solid, so it ought to take paint pretty well. Hmmm...!
Kinda wish I'd found your videos before I started painting my Nighthaunts. I made a real pig's ear on the paint job- tried to go for a 'purple-ee darkness' affect, but it just look like my Lord Executioner and half my Chainrasps died drowning in Vimto.
On the one hand, I'm sorry to hear that things didn't turn out the way you'd planned... but now that you mention it, it's been a couple of years since my last Vimto and I'm craving that sugary goop more than ever!
Use something blue? ;) Drakenhof Nightshade would probably be where I'd start, but you could try Guilliman Blue if you wanted a more pale appearance over a white basecoat.
Well, that's really down to a matter of taste! :) Give it a shot and if you think it works, keep at it. I've actually seen pink used to great effect on the Stormcast, but I'm not sure quite how spooky and spectral it would look on these guys. Anything's possible, though!
Hey I've really been enjoying your videos and I've started painting some minis for DnD. It seems like the GW Citadel paints are great. Would you recommend a particular set of paints to start with? The base, shade, and layer sets?
The paint sets are pretty good value if you do want everything in them. The Base paint set for example is a really good one, though I'd probably pick up Retributor Armour as well to round out the range of colours. You can't go wrong with the Shades as well, but since they're larger pots they don't come in a single set; Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil are must-haves, and from there you can pick and choose what you might need on top. Don't be afraid to experiment with different paint manufacturers, too, if you've got a place local to you that offers them. Personally, I like Citadel's range for the vibrancy of the colours they produce and the range of awesome Technical paints, and there's something strangely comforting about knowing 'it's the right colour,' even if I am technically painting a fantasy figure!
I love your video, but I'm really not a fan of these technical paints, especially hexwraith flame. I wish people were making videos about how to paint them like they are on the box art, but instead GW is pimping out these ugly quick and easy new paints.
Mine's really a question of time. I haven't got the spare hours in the day to paint an army like they appear on the box, so 'finished' is what I'm going for. The technical paints work pretty well for what I'm after! I've seen some really good pointers on how to use the Hexwraith green over at twitter.com/MengelMinis if you're looking for something smoother, but where it concerns a horde of spooks that're going to come off the board as fast as I can put them down? Eh, I'll stick to the drybrush. ;D
Just stumbled upon your channel because I was looking for some tips on the Nighthaunt army I'm starting, and I have to applaud your down-to-earth approach! No "then you wet blend this tiny bit for 2 hours until it's worthy of a Golden Demon on all 50 of these cannon fodder objective holders" nonsense. Just a solid guide on how to make your army to look great (and cheeky corner cutting). Thank you!
What I love about your videos is your clear style of presentation and the simplicity of your method. I think people who are new to the hobbies would benefit tremendously from watching these videos and hobby vets could learn a few things too. Good stuff!
Thanks a lot! I think we get hung up too easily on stuff looking perfect before we're really satisfied with it. Taking box covers or the like as inspiration is one thing, but most of us don't have the time or manpower of a whole studio to turn out armies like that! Especially when we're getting started with something, finding a satisfactory balance between Good and Finished is the trick, and that's where I try to sit.
Lord Ashenwyte - Fairly New here to this hobby and I agree 100% Glad I ran into this channel, I’ve got some Nighthaunts to paint! Those GW technical paints look darn good! Trying to think how I can do it with Vallejo Inks and army painter washes?! OR for consistency I may just buy those two paints!
New to painting and the hobby (3 months) and as anyone that wants to get better I search for videos to get ideas and techniques to build on. Your videos are a joy to watch. Not only is the information great and your skills are evident, you are a pleasure to listen to. Rare combination to be talented and humble and it shines through that you are both!
Thank you kindly! Welcome aboard, and I hope you're enjoying yourself so far. :D I remember those first few steps being pretty daunting when I got started, but the rise of the internet has put so much great information out there for people these days.
Love your tutorials. As a dad with a full-time job, these videos are such a comfort knowing I can get great results with my limited time. :-)
I know it's an old video, but I'm just here to say that I'm painting my entire nighthaunt army using this colour scheme and getting great (imo) results, so ty man
You have the best videos on painting these miniatures - Thank you very much!
Nice clean guide - a pleasure to listen to as well.
Thanks!
Thanks for covering this. This'll be a fun challenge as I don't buy specialty paints to do my model work. It's always a fun challenge to ge the right color, and consistency in homemade constrast paints, especially the more "technical" ones. The ice is a great idea lore-wise. 💙
Your painting skills are just plain spooky. It looks great. Thanks for sharing this. I was skeptical about the Nuln Oil but it really works.
The only thing that's spooky around here is that joke. ;D The Nighthaunt Gloom works pretty well by itself, but I think the Nuln Oil helps to really seal it in and bring the drybrush together. It'll be interesting to play around with it over some different colours, with different choices of shade over the top!
Btw this is a really good tutorial :) I like how you take your time to explain how the 2 technical paints work and how to use them. I've not used these until now.
Fantastic! And you make it seem so simple. Thank you.
I really like the colours you have picked, it does feel very ethereal. Well done!
Thank you! Cheers!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'm basically doing my chainrasps like yours, but I just can't decide how to paint the eternals and sequitors and such. Any ideas?
Thank you! I unashamedly followed precisely after buying my son Tempest of souls. We are really pleased with the results so far and we don't even have the Nuln oil on yet due to store being out of stock. 3 models complete (minus Nuln oil)... 30+ to go!!! Thanks again
RiffMetalson you can use drakenhoffnightshade like he did in the newest video and it will look even better
Thanks @@caspianclaesson9161 I will give the drakenshade a go right now! I gave four of our guys the Nuln oil already (2x coats) looks nice and dark now but we would like a bit of variety.
RiffMetalson hope it works out
Wow, excellent tutorial. The final result is awesome.
New to painting and this video is super helpful and gives me confidence to actually try to paint something!
I've been painting a little and your videos are a great help the truth, thank you very much! PS: I hope I can see you painting Briar the Queen.
Just picked up nightvault. This will be most helpful. Thank you!
Loved watching this, great work!
Absolutely mind blowing, you share some really fantastic tips here which I am unbelievably grateful for. I use Army Painter paints myself and could possibly match up those blues and greens, but I think I'll get the exact same ones as yourself from GW, because the effect they give is brilliant, really brilliant.
Your passion for painting miniatures really puts a smile on my face and gives me so much confidence every video that I watch of yours. You truly keep me motivated and 100 percent entertained.
Many thanks as always, your way of teaching is excellent.
I think there's something to be said for trying materials outside your usual wheelhouse. I know I got started on Citadel and since I know the range so well it's where I'll usually turn to when I want to try something, but I have a fair few Army Painter products as well, Vallejo, Foundry and the like... Whatever works! Hexwraith Flame is a dead useful bit of kit to have in the toolbox - most of Citadel's Technical range are, in fact. :D
I just wanted to say thank you!
I was gifted a nighthaunt army for my birthday and have been struggling to figure out how to paint them (everything I do looks awful....CURSE YOU DRY BRUSHING)
However yours in the first video I've come across that was easy enough to understand, and now my dry brushing looks much, much less terrible.
Please keep up the good work!
Happy birthday! :D Glad to hear you're getting on board with the Nighthaunt. They're an awesome spectacle on the table, and the way that their basic units grow more powerful with characters near to them layering on talents and abilities is really fitting for an army of specters drawn to strong wills. Drybrushing can be a little daunting at first since it never looks quite 'right,' but with a little practice you'll find it's got its uses on just about everything.
great video, pure simplicity sir.
I finally decided to paint my nighthaunt. I followed your tutorial for my Genestealers and they turned out great. Your chainrasps tuned out nice so I’m gonna follow your tutorial.
Glad to hear the first run came out well; I'm sure you'll have a blast with the Nighthaunt, too. :D
Great spooky, cold, dread feel...
The color sheme looks awesome! I always wanted to have the Nighthaunt Gloom
and Hexwraith Flame combined in my miniatures. Now I got an idea how that could turn out! Thanks :D
Great job man- I've been looking into this army but was apprehensive thinking the ethereal techniques were unattainable by someone like myself who has trouble finding time to paint between family life and full time job- but this looks very much doable.
I think you're convinced me.
I think we get hung up on reinventing the wheel, sometimes. It doesn't have to be perfect to look good, and sometimes just a 'close enough' at arm's length looks stunning across a whole army!
Thank you for the great tutorial!
This turned out beautifully, thanks for the video. I'm excited to paint mine now!
They're a lot of fun and aside from drying time, these Chainrasps take really very little time. You'll have a spectral host floating across the board to menace the living in no time!
Just found your channel and am loving it so far! I used this method to paint the Reaper bones Dust King and he's looking rather nice! Thanks!
This was a fantastic tutorial ^_^ easy to follow and very punchy end result
O P chainrasp bro. Great job
That seems like a really achievable finish but it looks so effective!
I like a lot these style.. :-) thanks for share!
Awesome video buddy, I hope to see more of this kind in the future. More from the Nighthaunt miniatures would be sweet, as I have bought the same starter set. I have subscribed as well. So do keep up the good work, amazing result!
I'll probably touch on one of the characters, since the opportunity to paint some of the bones would make for a useful sideline as well, I suspect!
Sounds scrumpdilly, I will be looking forward to that video. I did my first 2 Chainrasps the other day, after your method. After a bit more practice, they will look awesome!
I've been using these new paints to paint up my models from the box set. You do it pretty much the same way as myself. I ended up getting a start collecting Malignants box set as well to expand my new army at a reasonable price online, I'm just about done building & under coating the mortis engine. The new models are great. I think the new paints make the models very effective looking.mim going to buy a star drake at the weekend. That'll be my winter project. Your models are good.
I honestly managed to completely miss the Malignants box and those look like some cracking choices to add to the Nighthaunt!
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio it's a great box set, I'm happy with it. The spirit hosts are a nightmare to build. The mortise engine so a great model. I'm still trying to get used to these new paints. I'm not sure about them.
Very good mate I really enjoyed this thanks! Hope you are well.
Thank you for your Videos. Im a slow and bad painter but your Videos give me motivation to try again and again.
very awesome sir... really enjoyed and will use something similar with mine. Thanks for sharing.
I have just brough Warhammer Underworlds so was looking on how to paint these guys. My fine motor skills are rubbish due to dispraxia but this way brings an amazing finish without the need for edge highlights. Definetly copying this, though the bases are different as the underworld ones are molded scenary :)
This is just awesome !! I will try that tomorrow
Great guide. U just got itself a new sub. 👍💯
Excellent chainrasp video.
Ive been watering down my hexwraith flame nighthaunt gloom shades and doing many layers for my fade effects.
I'm definitely going to try out your white drybrushing technique as I think it will be a HUGE time saver.
As well I started using Incubi Darkness for their robes but I really like how your straight N.H. Gloom with the dry brush effect came out.
Thank you for this video.
All you need now is several long minutes of silent painting with a carefully selected/crafted soundtrack behind it as you paint..heh heh...Sorastro's Imperial Assault Channel is amazing for that. I think your getting to his level of tutorial and quality. Actually, I think your actual painting is equal to his stuff. :)
The Nighthaunt Gloom painted over Corax white primer on the tombstones followed by a wash of Nuln Oil really make for that perfect creepy old tombstone. A fast edge highlight on them and those are rocked out in no time if you do all the tombstones at once.
Another really useful video. I like using to these to brush up (no pun) on my basic techniques, and share with anyone I know who's starting the hobby. Thanks for posting.
Would be interested to see the other uses you have for the Nighthaunt Gloom paint. Genestealer Cults sound cool.
After having a play around with it and seeing what it actually does over white, I'm definitely curious to know what it'd do over other colours. Even mixing in some other colours might make for interesting effects? Something to muck around with and see what happens, I think. It's way more easy to use than I'd expected, though!
Absolutly fantastic
Very informative and helpful. Thanks!
Hi Sonic, I watch a lot of painting vids but they all seem to make things too technical, you are so easy going and laid back that I'm going to start again myself, but not with wargames miniatures they are too small at my age. I love the channel, stay well and take care.
I've seen some really neat game pieces in larger scales recently. A lot of board games are coming out with cool moulded figures included that I've meant to tackle at some point. I do try and keep things relatively simple, in the main; we don't need to reinvent the wheel every time we want to paint something! :D Thanks for dropping in!
I hear you. My eyesight started to go about 2 years ago. Between my Glasses, my magnifying led light and all the extra lights around my painting area, its starting to look like a science lab. I really should have gotten into miniature wargaming about 10 years ago. At least my Tau army would be done by now, lol.
Arcadia quest is a great miniatures game with really awesome miniatures and their scale is a bit bigger/easier on the eyes (except thier damn anime eyes, granted there a lot easier than painting eyes on a space marine or tau figure).
this is so cool thank you!
Thank you so much for posting this tutorial! As a university student I would like to paint my Nighthaunt models to a tabletop standard quickly.
Gotta find time to hit the books between all these Chainrasps. ;D Good luck in your studies! University campuses are always a good place to find like minds as opponents.
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio Thank you! You have a new subscriber. Happy painting and wargaming!
That looks great. I like the character design. Very cool. :{J
You have a very good voice and presentation style. Subbed
Thank you kindly! The voice I didn't have to work on, luckily enough, but the editing took a bit of practice. ;D
Ah! The good old times when Contrast Paint was a Technical paint and didn't cost an arm and a leg!
Necrobump! 👻
Great job buddy
Thanks, dude! :D I'm a big fan of how these miniatures look, really. The spectral, legless look is super good.
I’ve never painted anything before getting into aos use to play with 40k pieces my friend painted that sucked. Anyway followed this video.. and my pieces looking bad fucking ass I feel like bob ross literally perfect thank you so much more night haunt tips would be great for other models!
I just realized that those two colors were basically the first contrast paints. I wonder if they will move them over or if they will keep them as technical paints.
If I'm recalling correctly, Nighthaunt Gloom was the first 'failed' Contrast that was still super useful and worth putting out in public. Interesting to see just how long they'd have been in development!
Really nice effects from some unconventional beginnings, I'll certainly be trying out the rusty chain painting technique on my chainrasps.
Would grey seer work as primer to these guys? Followed by an overbrushz or ulthuan grey? Or could you go straight to the technical paints after the initial primer?
Yup! I'd suggest that you do put the Ulthuan Grey over it, though, since that's got a slight blue tint to it which will work better with the rest of the colours.
What color did you use at 11:30. Just can't read it.🤷♂️
I'm going to dive in and buy my first medium starter set and it will be Tempest of Souls. Love your painting styles and I'm trying to work out the paints I'll need. I'm stuck on the Ulthurn grey you use, I can get vellejo glaicer blue that is apparently the alternative. Or maybe I'll mix up some white to make the grey but for £1.99 the vellejos a bargain. Any chance you have the glacier blue that you could compare? Paints can get really expensive!
I'm honestly not too sure what the nearest equivalent would be for Ulthuan Grey from the Vallejo range. If someone else has said Glacier Blue, try it and see! Though I'd look for something that's almost entirely white, if you can find it - you don't need much colour in the drybrush stage at all.
Are you planning on painting either Lady Olynder or Myrmourn Banshees? I’m curious to see how you’d tackle the ghastly white robes.
Lady Olynder's definitely on the cards, though I'll need to see how my wallet reacts to that first. There's way too many neat kits coming out of late that it's hard to stay on top of them all!
The Banshees!! Yes please. I haven't painted mine yet. Would love to see an example.
Which yellow are you using? I can't see it on the list of paints. Thank you!
lamenters yellow (glaze) i think
Well, heck, you've convinced me. Gonna do a snowy graveyard base theme for my nighthaunt. Awesome video.
I think it's rare we get an opportunity to do something really wild that fits just about anywhere. Thematically you can push the ice and snow on just about any battlefield with the spectral gloom crossing over it, so I'm a big fan of making that green all the more stark and clear!
I love this unique spooky boye
He'll do you a heckin' frighten!
I've just discovered your channel, and after four or five videos I can say it's fantastic: your techniques are so simple, it's amazing you consistently achieve so excellent a result for tabletop minis. I guess it's a question of knowing when to do each thing, as you did with the Nuln Oil (I was skeptical too!). Also, your explanations are clear, and you manage to transmit the inherent fun of painting.
Also, on a side note, your accent is amazingly clear for us foreigners, compared to other tutorials. May I ask where are you from?
Sometimes it's really a case of wondering what might happen and then going for it... There's a fair few videos where I'll wonder out loud whether or not something will work before just deciding to go for it! Lucky for me they usually turn out alright, and that's just a question of experience. It never hurts to try, though!
I'm from New Zealand originally, but I've lived in the UK and now Germany, so I'm pretty used to having to keep my voice in check so that I can be understood. It's just habit by now, but when I first moved to the UK I had a lot of difficulty with my accent not making sense to the locals!
So, a land of hobbits! That explains your good humour.
Danke für die Videos! Hab einen guten Tag.
Simple , easy great result .
I just have a problèm when using the nighaunt gloom the comportement of this paint and the texture really strange i cant deal with
Hi! Its amazing but, what's the name of the yellow?
Great tutorial fella 👍
Thanks a lot! These guys are a lot of fun, and super simple. :D
Excellant vid love it
Great guide for someone new to painting these. I couldn't make out what colour the yellow was for the wisps at the bottom. Is anyone able to advise please?
How many pots of stirland mud will one need to complete the whole nighaunts from soulwars?
Just one! I'd suggest if you need any more than that you're probably going a little heavy in your application.
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thanks for replying and thanks for awesome content! You’ve made me paint 1k points of Nighthaunt, 1k of death Korps and others I have just watched for the pleasure.
New sub, thanks for this, Glad I ran across the channel! Fairly new to this hobby, this will help a lot! Newbies need simple. I find trying to paint everything beyond table top quality (from tutorials) takes a lot of time! This was super easy. I’m wondering if I can do the job with my Vallejo Inks and Army panther washes? But those new technical paints look super good AND would provide consistent results across all the Nighthaunts I have to paint (Storm of Sigmar + Tempest of Souls and some additional Haunts)
The Vallejo inks and Army Painter's washes are both really good (I particularly like the bottled Quickshade stuff) but they work very differently to the Technical paints. You might find it worth picking up those couple of Citadel paints and use the Vallejo stuff you already have to finish off the rest. It's really about finding something you like the look of and just sticking to it across an army! It doesn't have to be any specific brand to get the job done how you like. :)
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio ok thanks, good Points there. I’ll have to buy the technical paints because as you said they work a little differently than the Inks/Shades. And I really liked the look of this style of Nighthaunts, so why not get them. 👍🏼
Is it possible to have a list of the colors used to paint the minuature?
Maybe take a peek in the description. ;)
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio unfortunately I don't speak English, so I don't understand the names of the colors.
great vid , what's the name of the yellow ???
The glaze is Lamentor's Yellow. It's pretty optional, but I do like how it brings out the flames a little more.
funny you mentioned Gene Stealers for the blue, I was looking at the colour and thinking Space Wolfs ... strange how the same colour can lead to different levels of heresy ;-)
I'd be really interested to see how it works to mix in some shades or other colours to the Nighthaunt Gloom to see how it takes it...
Have you ever used scale75 ?
I haven't used them personally, but they do come very highly recommended from a couple of buddies of mine overseas that use them. I'd take it as a glowing endorsement!
Imagine going into a gw and and this guy worked there. You must have made them a fortune
Your Miniature looks amazing. Doing mine aswell but i got an issue with the drybrushing. The swipes are not looking asclean or decent as yours, even tough the color is almost fully removed from the brush. Got any advices? My thanks in advance.
Sometimes I have a similar issue where I'll leave behind way more than expected. It might seem silly, but make sure you're wiping the sides of your brush just a little if you're using a flat-edged brush, too, or the collected paint up the sides can make a mess! Otherwise try using less pressure - really just whisper-light little flicks that barely touch the miniature.
i have a question...what kind of Yellow did you use for the flames to get the green to pop out ? i cant find your colour
Amazing video ! Just a quick question, do you use varnish on your models ?
It really depends on what I'm painting, and what I want the finished product to look like. Because varnish will smooth out a finish quite a lot, it'll change up the surface of a paint job and can change how drybrushing or shading looks when it's done - it pays to plan ahead a little if you're planning it. If I'm painting something plastic, it's rare that I'll varnish it unless it's going to see a lot of use. Metal miniatures I like to varnish so that they're protected from falling over and chipping under their own weight!
Another great video, glad you overcame your burnout.
Very quick question - what brand are the brushes you're using with the wood style handles?? They look like they keep an amazing point. Thanks very much
There's a couple with the wood style brushes, but the ones I think you mean are literally so cheap I can't find the brand online! I just pick them up from my local stationary store. They're a couple euros a pop and they last for a month or two before the bristles don't meet at a point any more, but in that time they're golden little monsters.
Brilliant, thanks for replying. Think I'm expecting too much from my GW and Army Painter brushes - I'll try some cheaper ones with a view to replacing them more often. Cheers!
It's weird seeing what are effectively contrast paints a full year before they were released
Rumour has it that they were actually the 'failed' first tests of Contrast paints, which went on to be super useful all the same. I still thrash the Nighthaunt Gloom whenever I get the chance, it's good stuff. :D
i got these with my Mortal Realms Magazine and my first one came out way too green. What am i doing wrong? lol
I couldn't really say without seeing what's happening in front of you, unfortunately. It could be that you're using too much of the green goop? I'm sorry I can't be much more help than that!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you for the reply :) I haven't done the dry brushing yet so i'm hoping that will make it look better. Speaking of which, i see that the Dry Paint you used has been discontinued, Do you have any idea of an alternative i could use? I'm thinking Longbeard Grey might work.
Smashing video, only other thing I think might have improved it would be a good from the green fire onto the snow
You know, I honestly hadn't even considered that! That's not a bad idea at all... Not quite sure how I'd project that sense of light around the flames, but the Valhallan Blizzard does dry incredibly solid, so it ought to take paint pretty well. Hmmm...!
The name color/ paint at 11.30?thnks
Kinda wish I'd found your videos before I started painting my Nighthaunts. I made a real pig's ear on the paint job- tried to go for a 'purple-ee darkness' affect, but it just look like my Lord Executioner and half my Chainrasps died drowning in Vimto.
On the one hand, I'm sorry to hear that things didn't turn out the way you'd planned... but now that you mention it, it's been a couple of years since my last Vimto and I'm craving that sugary goop more than ever!
Are you going to paint any more nighthaunt figures like the knight of shrouds?
The short answer is 'probably,' but it's really a matter of timing. I try to spread things out so I'm not painting a whole box of something at once!
But i want the parts you painted green, to be a pale blue. Where do i begin??
Use something blue? ;) Drakenhof Nightshade would probably be where I'd start, but you could try Guilliman Blue if you wanted a more pale appearance over a white basecoat.
Best video ever
Do you think a pink to replace the green a funny/cute idea?
Well, that's really down to a matter of taste! :) Give it a shot and if you think it works, keep at it. I've actually seen pink used to great effect on the Stormcast, but I'm not sure quite how spooky and spectral it would look on these guys. Anything's possible, though!
Brilliant
these models look so fun. too bad my backlog is gigantic. thanks for the video!
They're a lot of fun, really, and so easy. Don't mention the backlog! ;D
Hey I've really been enjoying your videos and I've started painting some minis for DnD. It seems like the GW Citadel paints are great. Would you recommend a particular set of paints to start with? The base, shade, and layer sets?
The paint sets are pretty good value if you do want everything in them. The Base paint set for example is a really good one, though I'd probably pick up Retributor Armour as well to round out the range of colours. You can't go wrong with the Shades as well, but since they're larger pots they don't come in a single set; Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil are must-haves, and from there you can pick and choose what you might need on top.
Don't be afraid to experiment with different paint manufacturers, too, if you've got a place local to you that offers them. Personally, I like Citadel's range for the vibrancy of the colours they produce and the range of awesome Technical paints, and there's something strangely comforting about knowing 'it's the right colour,' even if I am technically painting a fantasy figure!
Show how to paint olynder!
I know people who've been painting a lot longer than i have who would prime this black then paint with citadel layers.
Soul wars should be a DLC for Warhammer II.
I used nighthaunt gloom on some skeletons cloak and they look turquoise 🤣 don't know why
I love your video, but I'm really not a fan of these technical paints, especially hexwraith flame. I wish people were making videos about how to paint them like they are on the box art, but instead GW is pimping out these ugly quick and easy new paints.
Mine's really a question of time. I haven't got the spare hours in the day to paint an army like they appear on the box, so 'finished' is what I'm going for. The technical paints work pretty well for what I'm after! I've seen some really good pointers on how to use the Hexwraith green over at twitter.com/MengelMinis if you're looking for something smoother, but where it concerns a horde of spooks that're going to come off the board as fast as I can put them down? Eh, I'll stick to the drybrush. ;D
fvck that's ugly .-.
How insightful! Perhaps you'd care to show me a better way.