HOW TO PAINT KOBOLD WARRIORS: A Step-By-Step Guide

[@BeardClipper]

I love how you show all the steps, particularly where you don't HAVE to be quite so accurate. It can be very daunting for a new painter to think "but i MUST stay always with the lines" and it is liberating to see these things on a TH-cam tutorial. Thanks for keeping it real, and being SO helpful!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks man. You’re so right! There can be a lot of pressure on new painters to feel everything has to be perfect, but the truth is by concentrating on apply your paints cleanly and smoothly you can tidy things up as you go and still get a good result at the end 🙂

[@Gotthammer71]

I just picked up this set as a horde leading up to the Hydra from the same mini line, and I wanted the kobolds to be green, not red, to match what I'd done with the Hydra. I love your tutorial - super helpful, super chill. I mostly use Vallejo, but I love Citadel shades, and your camera is sharp enough to make equivalent decisions with my Vallejo selection. Great video. Thanks for teaching me!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks for checking out my video. Really glad you found it useful.
I love these little minis. So much character. They look great in pretty much any colour you choose too.
Everyone does them red and I think it’s always nice to be a bit different 😉
Best of luck with yours

[@LifeofCDM]

Interesting paint design for a kobold. Nice work.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you
Tried to go for something in keeping with the boxart

[@benrichardson5662]

Great work, this mini is so cute! I'm going to have to grab some because my brother actually has a D&D kobold character who definitely deserves a nice model.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks man.
They’re great little minis with real character 👍🏻

[@jhoodfysh]

Very good job. The painting and your explanation was perfect. I especially liked the edge highlighting. Thank you.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you
You’re really motoring through the videos now, glad to see you’re still enjoying them and they’re proving useful 👍🏻
Will be interested to hear which was your fave when you finish them all 🤔

[@jhoodfysh]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides I did the same with Jon, started with the oldest and them went through them all to the newest. I also find Jon's playlists very helpful. You have a really nice technique.

[@DBZFAN612]

Thanks for the tutorial! I just got my hands on this set and it'll be my first jump into mini painting. This video helped me to no end.
I'm also expressing interest in you covering the rest of this set; I'm particularly interested in how you would go about painting the fire snakes and basilisk. I think this scheme covers the rest nicely, so if you made just one more, I'd love to see either of those!
Keep up the good work!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, really glad you liked the guide. I was invited to make the guide by Steamforged Games so there's a good chance they will ask for more from the range if enough people ask. Maybe drop them a message [e-mail] and say you'd like more painting vids :)

[@EpicParsnips]

Fantastic work! Been looking for a guide on these for ages

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, really glad you enjoyed it.

[@heartlessjustice1813]

Got the set for Christmas, and your the first video I found to paint the minis... So I hope you'll continue with the rest and possibly the other collections as well.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. I hope this recipe will work well for the other minis in the set.

[@heartlessjustice1813]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides I'll be honest I totally forgot about the tutorial when i started painting mine, but I would be excited if you checked them out... You can find images of them on instagram under @four_corners_of_yeg

[@BrianJoyce]

Would love to see you paint the red dragon from this set.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Been looking at it actually. It looks an amazing model. Would be cool to paint one

[@oliverkamp4689]

Thank you for doing these tutorials! Super helpful and so well explained!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, glad you’re finding my videos useful 👍🏻

[@georgistefanov1305]

Thank you so much for the effort! Just finished mine :D. Not as good as your demo, but im very happy with the result! 10\10 for the tutorial!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, really great to hear this video helped you with your painting :)

[@michaniedospia4100]

Nice one! I have the Hall Of The Orc King, and I'm thinking on buyinbg the Kobolt set also. I like what you made here, especialy the eyes, they nicely stand out. Are you planning on making videos on other sets form the series?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed this video.
Steamforged Games kindly asked if I would make the video for them, so if you would like more from the series please contact them and let them know you would like more videos 👍🏻

[@16431421]

I just subscribed in the hopes that you will do a video on the rest of the epic encounter models (ie the dragon, the orcs and the frost giant.) You said you’d do them if there is an interest, so I’m expressing an interest.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. Unfortunately, you seem to be in the minority, as there’s not been much interest in this one.
I do like the look of the frost giant though, so I’m tempted to do a video on that one.
I hope you’ll have a look at my other videos though, as the tips and recipes would certainly come in useful for the rest of the Epic Encounters range

[@16431421]

Meh. I really don’t like to start a painting project unless I have an idea of the color scheme, and I have to see it somewhere first. I lack the ability to proceed with the rest of the encounters line. I definitely think you should do the giant. Super detailed miniature. Have you painted all of your Kobolds in your own time yet? I’d love to see pictures of the finished looks for them for inspiration. The manuals provide very poor color detail. Too much gray, to get an idea of what these things are really supposed to look like.

[@stephenm1731]

Great video! I'm looking forward to giving this a try on my own. Are you going to cover the other models in this set?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you 😊 if there’s interest in me doing videos on the others I certainly will.
The whole set is very cool for sure.
Let me know how you get on with yours 👍🏻

[@NikSantSurvivedEndor]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides I went here to see if you are planning on painting the other sets rather then more minis from this one. you definatly made me sub!
nice channel nice style!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@NikSantSurvivedEndor thanks man 🤛🏻
Really appreciate your support.
I would like to paint more from Steamforged Games for sure. They’ve just released a great looking hydra for example, which would be cool to paint

[@charlesterrell929]

I really enjoyed your video. Do you think you will paint the rest of the set?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 😊 if there’s interest in me doing videos on the others, I certainly will.
The whole set is very cool for sure.

[@Castillo525]

Just found your channel, great stuff. Are you planning on uploading a bit more in the future?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, yes I have a lot of exciting content planned. Unfortunately I have to fit the channel in around my day job so I don’t get as much time to paint as I would like.
Is there certain content you would like to see? 🙂

[@Castillo525]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuidesUnderstandable. Id actually like to see you paint more models from this set lol

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

That’s great, thanks

[@jeffbrilhante5533]

Great Vid! Question around the base. Did you remove the model from the base in this video customize the base and then re-apply/prime? I know you mentioned the model was glued to the base, so curious how you did it. Great video, very helpful!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you.
No, I didn’t remove the model from the base. It seemed pretty strongly attached, so I didn’t want to risk damaging it trying to separate it.
I simply applied a little PVA glue to the base, pressed the skull and rock bits into it and then sprinkled fine sand over the rest of the glue.
Then it was just a case of priming the whole model and painting as shown in the video.
Thanks for giving it a watch, great to hear you found it useful 👍🏻

[@jeffbrilhante5533]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Thanks for the quick response and info. I just bought Halls of the Orc King. very excited to get started.

[@eggett1]

This will be my first time painting. I have them now and they came printed red. How did you cover over the red?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

You will need to prime them ready for painting. You can either use a spray can primer or a brush on primer.
As it’s your first mini I would suggest you go with a spray primer such as Games Workshop or Army Painter

[@eggett1]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Thankyou I appriciate it. Want to try keep to the fire/red theme of the box. Will you be doing any of the other creatures?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@eggett1 probably not for a while.
This one hasn’t been that popular, so I’ve moved on to some other ranges for the time being.

[@Jekdersnek]

Are these models made of polystyrene, so would I be able to kitbash them with GW minis?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Not sure what the exact material of them is. It's like slightly bendy plastic. They come as single piece minis, so if you were wanting to kitbash with them you'll need to cut them up. I can't see any reason why you couldnt kitbash them with GW minis other than that though. The scale isnt the same as GW though, so bear that in mind

[@Lazerus101]

Technically yes. But being D&D scale they are a bit smaller scale than GW standard.