Hahaha, I wanted to check out an older Shatterpoint tutorial to paint some droids but have 5 Clones lined up as well, and here you are posting again exactly what I am looking for without me even knowing. You are the best!
Inspiring work, Sorastro. I love your approach on these and definitely feels like an elevated approach to painting white. I love that you are making color theory understandable and achievable and yet still look effortless, thank you!
Dear Mark, impeccable work... you surprise us again with your inspiration, and your ways to bring life to minis; with you the white is not ‘flat’ at all... amazing lesson... So grateful, among so much content, that you continue with the open tutorials...
Really enjoyed your showcasing three different environments head to head here. White really offers a lot of room to play with the colors from its surroundings. Not going to pure white too soon affords you the opportunity to bring in those bright highlights like you showed with the bright ivory on the ARF trooper.
After watching this, not only do you inspire, but it shows how much further I have to go…and I thought I had already come a long way in my miniature painting LOL
Thank you very much! I hope it's not too complex though - it's really just about throwing some colour into a grey gradient to create a pleasing ambience 😀
@@Sorastro Perhaps "advanced" is a better word! You explain everything very well, I guess I am still just new enough at painting that I stick to more basic methods. I do thoroughly enjoy watching, so in the future I will maybe work some of these techniques in!
Currently working my way through the figures from Imperial Assault. I have to say that the Stormtroopers have been the most challenging. Thanks heaps for this!
Awesome video as always! The most striking thing to me is how often it seems you kind of paint outside the lines and then just touch it up later. I'm going to try and think of the surrounding environments more like you do :)
Great tutorial and they all look amazing (as always)! I will be re-watching this in the near future, specifically the middle trooper, as I want to paint the Cur for Oathworn with a white cloak with green shadows due to being in the deep wood.
If you want to work with Speedpaints specifically, I've seen a few tutorials that actually base in pure white (usually ProAcryl), and use something like the "white" Speedpaint to shade it. It helps if you brush over a thin layer of medium, usually the Speedpaint medium, prior to actually painting on the SP. This helps it flow even more.
Thank you, sir! I don't have a video specific for these bases, but I just used some Vallejo basing paste and some resin pieces from Epic Basing: epicbasing.com/en-gb 🙂
Thank you! Very educative! I usually dread paint white armor and shy away from doing so. Ironically, I have quite a few Warhammer 40K Death Guard (!) models where I‘ve painted white armor with heavy use of browns, beiges, purples, and ivory and it always looked good. Have I been doing it right all along? 😅
Ha ha, for sure! I mean, there's no specific "right or wrong" but it's generally good to incorporate colours from the environment when painting white.. 😀
@@Sorastro Yeah, I guess it always depends. Reminds me of the following: I‘ve seen a short documentary on how they avoided using green screen for the Dune movies since it would reflect the light wrong (instead they‘ve used sand-coloured screens or something like that). I‘ve never thought of miniatures in the context of their environment apart of just blending them into the bases with pigments. Anyway, thanks a lot; your tutorials are always appreciated 🙂👍
Incredible work! One little question on Scalecolor artist range. I used them a little and they are super creamy, did you use flow enhancer during the work on the wet palet? Thank you!
Thank you very much, Kevin! Yes, I'll be covering more MCP for sure! My initial priority is to finish off the last few models from the Earth's Mightiest Core Set.. 😀
Sorastro, I feel like I should warn you, whatever eldritch being you must have made a deal with to perform that kind of color theory sorcery, it cannot end well. They are very tricksy beings, and no matter how insane your painting is, I'm sure it won't be worth it! Just looking out for you, man... Seriously, though, I cannot figure out how you do that, I blink once and it goes from strangely blocky colors to a fully realized painted miniature. It's incredible
Thank you very much! I don't have a guide specifically for these, but it was just some Vallejo basing paste, and some resin terrain pieces by Epic Basing 😀
im really struggling to start painting with such a variety of colours, i dont undertsnad how im supposed to choose what colours to use and what colours to mix and how to make them flow into each other ??
Hey! I was really just trying to emulate some of the nuances I could see in the movies (Ep.VI - Endor), where I noticed a hint of purple in the shadow and mid tones (that dark brown is also a little purplish).. 😀
Great video. Might try a few of these techniques on the new legion minis. Anyone know where to get those geonosis spires in EU/UK. These are nice but pricey to import from US
Thanks a lot, Alan! I just buy a crap-tonne of stuff from them to qualify for free shipping, but if I was on a tighter budget, it might be pretty fun to simply try making some out of Green Stuff.. 😀
Hello, Sorastro! Thank You for your tutorials! Is there any chances to resume tutorials for SW Imperial Assoult miniatures? It would be great! =) P.S. I started my painting hobby with your SW IA tutorials, stormtroopers were the first minies I've painted in my life more than 4 years ago, thanx to You =)
Thank you for the kind words, sir! I'm afraid I won't be returning to SW Imperial Assault, partly because I much prefer the finer sculpts of Legion and Shatterpoint.. 😀
Hello, how come, that you are always told to not let paint into the ferrule and you seem to not care at all 😅. Is it a thing or not? Awesome work as always ❤!
Ha ha, not at all! The reason is that I knew those are the paints I'd be provided with for my classes at Adepticon, so I thought I'd better try them out to get used to them.. 😁
@@Sorastro that makes sense. I like the paints but I dislike how they act when left on my wet pallet, so I only use them when I have time to paint for a while.
Hahaha, I wanted to check out an older Shatterpoint tutorial to paint some droids but have 5 Clones lined up as well, and here you are posting again exactly what I am looking for without me even knowing. You are the best!
Ha ha, awesome! Thanks dude 🤗
Not playing shatterpoimt but my lord is this great for all my legion troopers. Thanks
Excellent! Thanks man 😀
I am once again amazed, especially how easy you make it look😅
Thank you! 😁
Excellent work again Mark. I never would have thought about going that dark for the Stormtroopers legs, but with the base it makes total sense.
Thank you my friend! That the thing - it has to tie in with the base, what with bounce light etc.. 😀
Absolutely phenomenal, great techniques. I remember commenting "enjoy painting white" I'm glad you did.
Thanks a lot, Mike! 😁
Inspiring work, Sorastro. I love your approach on these and definitely feels like an elevated approach to painting white. I love that you are making color theory understandable and achievable and yet still look effortless, thank you!
Thank you, Mitch! I'm glad you found it useful, and I really appreciate the kind comment 😀
A really nice studium of white. You’ve opened my eyes to additional possibilities, good sir. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I'm very happy to hear that 😀
Dear Mark, impeccable work... you surprise us again with your inspiration, and your ways to bring life to minis; with you the white is not ‘flat’ at all... amazing lesson...
So grateful, among so much content, that you continue with the open tutorials...
Thank you for the kind words, David! I really appreciate that 🤗
As always you’ve inspired me. And not too soon. Commandos come out in a month and I’m now excited to paint white for once
Fantastic, Matthew! I'm happy to hear that 😀
Really enjoyed your showcasing three different environments head to head here. White really offers a lot of room to play with the colors from its surroundings. Not going to pure white too soon affords you the opportunity to bring in those bright highlights like you showed with the bright ivory on the ARF trooper.
Thank you, my friend! You're absolutely right 😀
excellent as per norm,and it's great to see you using pro ac paint , I've been using them for a year or so and love them.
Thanks buddy! They're pretty nice paints, and have a useful range of grey tones in particular.. 😀
They have and personally I love the skin tones they're pretty much my go too when doing skin
After watching this, not only do you inspire, but it shows how much further I have to go…and I thought I had already come a long way in my miniature painting LOL
Ha ha, thank you! The journey goes ever on.. 😁
Such a complex and artistic way to paint white, you have my respect!
Thank you very much! I hope it's not too complex though - it's really just about throwing some colour into a grey gradient to create a pleasing ambience 😀
@@Sorastro Perhaps "advanced" is a better word! You explain everything very well, I guess I am still just new enough at painting that I stick to more basic methods. I do thoroughly enjoy watching, so in the future I will maybe work some of these techniques in!
Good man! 😀
Great tutorial, white and yellow can be really stubborn at times, I do enjoy a challenge.
Thanks a lot! 😁
Really good painting mate ! , always great to see some shatterpoint content
Thanks so much! I've got plenty more SWS coming.. 😀
What kind of magic is this, painting brown and ending with white🤯
Ha ha, yeh, it's all about the ambience.. 😁
I'm always fascinated by how subjective our perception of colour can be.
It will surely change my perception of painting! I will need to practice this wichcraft aswell
It looks so marvelous when you paint it
Thank you! I hope the instruction helps you/others.. 🤗
Currently working my way through the figures from Imperial Assault. I have to say that the Stormtroopers have been the most challenging. Thanks heaps for this!
You're very welcome! 😁
Awesome!! I was waiting for this one and so glad you're still doing Shatterpoint. Please keep it coming.
Thanks so much! Oh I've got plenty of Shatterpoint to come.. 😀
Another Great video! As someone who is now entirely using pro acryl, I especially enjoyed seeing your use of them in this video.
Thank you so much! They're pretty nice paints - a little thin out of the bottle perhaps, but I'm getting used to them.. 😁
Awesome video as always! The most striking thing to me is how often it seems you kind of paint outside the lines and then just touch it up later. I'm going to try and think of the surrounding environments more like you do :)
Excellent! Thanks so much 😀
wow, just wow my friend! Really helpful and easy to understand!
Thanks so much, Steve! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀
This couldn't have come at a better time! Literally just finished putting together the Hello There box.
Fantastic! 😀
@Sorastro for President 2024 painting us into a better Tomorrow ! (Far Better than what we have coming)
Lol, my dude 🤗😁
C'est toujours aussi beau, bravo.
Continue à nous régaler.
Merci
Thank you so much! 🤗
This is just in time for me to paint some stormtroopers and clone troopers! looking forward to trying that style you used on the Stormtroopers
Thank you my friend! 😀
Stunning paintjob as always, also very good tutorial! Thanks a lot for the effort. I hope to see something about reflections sooner or later.
Thank you very much! 😀
Absolutely astonishing
Thank you so much! 😀
Yay! Another Sorastro! Already worth a comment before a watch. Also topical for what I'm working on so thanks!
Ha ha, excellent! Thanks 🤗
Great tutorial and they all look amazing (as always)! I will be re-watching this in the near future, specifically the middle trooper, as I want to paint the Cur for Oathworn with a white cloak with green shadows due to being in the deep wood.
Excellent! Thank you, Derek 😀
I kind of struggle with white since I love speed paints and even bright white is pretty grey
If you want to work with Speedpaints specifically, I've seen a few tutorials that actually base in pure white (usually ProAcryl), and use something like the "white" Speedpaint to shade it.
It helps if you brush over a thin layer of medium, usually the Speedpaint medium, prior to actually painting on the SP. This helps it flow even more.
For sure! It is certainly possible to take a more speed-painty approach with white (as I did with my Legion Clonetropers..) 😀
Cad bane next please. Both the legion and Shatterpoint models are amazing and I'd love to see how you tackle him
Sorry buddy, it's Ewoks and C-3PO from me next, but I do have Cad Bane assembled and ready.. 😀
As per usual, brilliant work! I may have to revisit this one for ideas when next I paint something white (*shudder*)...
Ha ha, thanks man! 😁
Amazing job, middle one is goint to be useful for endor troopers 😁
Thanks a lot! Yes, I took inspiration from the Scout Troopers in Ep.VI for that one.. 😁
This is so useful, I need to paint some troopers soon, we've started playing Imperial Assault recently!
Awesome, thank you my friend 🤗
Cannot fit better, I just assembled these troopers from the base set yesterday evening. Thanks Mr.
Excellent! You're most welcome 😁
I'd be interested in doing a drybrushing technique on painting white armor
Sure! Once you've created your gradient, you can apply the paint however you like.. 😀
very nice and the bases look amazing is there a video on how you created those please
Thank you, sir! I don't have a video specific for these bases, but I just used some Vallejo basing paste and some resin pieces from Epic Basing: epicbasing.com/en-gb 🙂
Looks cool 👍
Thank you very much! 😀
GREAT video. I love these theoretical concept videos. Perhaps we’ll see a similar one for painting black?
Thank you, Christopher! I'll certainly give that some thought.. 😀
Amazing as always!
Thank you, kindly! 😀
Thank you! Very educative! I usually dread paint white armor and shy away from doing so. Ironically, I have quite a few Warhammer 40K Death Guard (!) models where I‘ve painted white armor with heavy use of browns, beiges, purples, and ivory and it always looked good. Have I been doing it right all along? 😅
Ha ha, for sure! I mean, there's no specific "right or wrong" but it's generally good to incorporate colours from the environment when painting white.. 😀
@@Sorastro Yeah, I guess it always depends. Reminds me of the following: I‘ve seen a short documentary on how they avoided using green screen for the Dune movies since it would reflect the light wrong (instead they‘ve used sand-coloured screens or something like that). I‘ve never thought of miniatures in the context of their environment apart of just blending them into the bases with pigments. Anyway, thanks a lot; your tutorials are always appreciated 🙂👍
Another great tutorial! Could you be nudged into a deep dive on painting skin and faces? 🧐
Thank you! I'll think about that.. 😀
Incredible work! One little question on Scalecolor artist range. I used them a little and they are super creamy, did you use flow enhancer during the work on the wet palet?
Thank you!
Thanks so much! Yes, it's not essential, but I usually like to add a few drops of flow enhancer to the water that I thin with 😀
I love your work good sir. Fantastic as always. Will be you updating your crisis protocol series with some new models by any chance? Thanks!
Thank you very much, Kevin! Yes, I'll be covering more MCP for sure! My initial priority is to finish off the last few models from the Earth's Mightiest Core Set.. 😀
@@Sorastro o that's great news! I know iceman would be a great model. Showing off some ice effects we don't normally get to see.
wow, using pro acryl - a paint range I have / can match! This is great :)
Why do you apply the matte varnish prior to glueing the stormtrooper?
Ha, thanks! 😁
Sorastro, I feel like I should warn you, whatever eldritch being you must have made a deal with to perform that kind of color theory sorcery, it cannot end well. They are very tricksy beings, and no matter how insane your painting is, I'm sure it won't be worth it! Just looking out for you, man...
Seriously, though, I cannot figure out how you do that, I blink once and it goes from strangely blocky colors to a fully realized painted miniature. It's incredible
Lol, buddy! Thanks a lot 😁
Do you have a guide for your basing on these please? They look top notch!
Thank you very much! I don't have a guide specifically for these, but it was just some Vallejo basing paste, and some resin terrain pieces by Epic Basing 😀
@@Sorastro thanks for letting me know. I’ve seen the epic stuff before so will have another look
No problem! 😀
im really struggling to start painting with such a variety of colours, i dont undertsnad how im supposed to choose what colours to use and what colours to mix and how to make them flow into each other ??
Fantastic
Thank you, Justin! 😀
Why purple in the midtones of the second model? It works but not sure I understand why brown/purple/green works exactly.
Hey! I was really just trying to emulate some of the nuances I could see in the movies (Ep.VI - Endor), where I noticed a hint of purple in the shadow and mid tones (that dark brown is also a little purplish).. 😀
💯!
Hey you should paint a Zombie Boba Fett miniature. Like your logo 😃 If there is one that'd be so cool ! Awesome work
Ha ha, I've not seen one yet, but hopefully one day... 😀
When you apply the thin black lines for area separation, are you using a black paint or an ink? Any preference?
Hey there! Yes, I just used black paint - I think this was the Scalecolor Artist Black 😀
Great video. Might try a few of these techniques on the new legion minis.
Anyone know where to get those geonosis spires in EU/UK. These are nice but pricey to import from US
Thanks a lot, Alan! I just buy a crap-tonne of stuff from them to qualify for free shipping, but if I was on a tighter budget, it might be pretty fun to simply try making some out of Green Stuff.. 😀
How about a Vader redeemed mini? In battle damaged white armour, holding a lightsaber with a colour gradient from blue to red? 😊
Sounds like a fun challenge..! 😁
Hello, Sorastro! Thank You for your tutorials! Is there any chances to resume tutorials for SW Imperial Assoult miniatures? It would be great! =) P.S. I started my painting hobby with your SW IA tutorials, stormtroopers were the first minies I've painted in my life more than 4 years ago, thanx to You =)
Thank you for the kind words, sir! I'm afraid I won't be returning to SW Imperial Assault, partly because I much prefer the finer sculpts of Legion and Shatterpoint.. 😀
@@Sorastro copied that, I agree but still hoping xD Anyway thank You for your great tutotials, they are really interesting and wounderfull, nice job!
Thank you my friend! I really appreciate that 😊
Grievous is comming?
Hi! I don't actually have that pack yet tbh.. 😀
Bummer. I don't have any pro acryl paint and all I have is citadel :/ just bought some clone troopers and I feel like I'll never get them painted
Hey! You can still use Citadel paints - just try to incorporate colours of the ground/environment into your white (grey scale) 😀
Do you have a guide for how you do the clone skin?
Hi James! It was just my standard "Caucasian" approach (see my Shatterpoint Anakin video) but with a little orange mixed in.. 😀
@@Sorastro brilliant thank you!
@@jamesketley6657 No problem! 😀
Is there nothing this man can’t do!
You're too kind 😁
@@Sorastro honestly your guides are fantastic and thanks for replying! 😃
Thank you, sir! I really appreciate that 😊
Hello,
how come, that you are always told to not let paint into the ferrule and you seem to not care at all 😅. Is it a thing or not?
Awesome work as always ❤!
Ha ha, oh, I'm terrible to my brushes; don't be me! 😄
Ok,
Trying to take care of my brushes and being only you in terms of the paint jobs ;)!
Ha ha, sounds good! 😊😁
Is it weird that I was surprised that you used proacryl?
Ha ha, not at all! The reason is that I knew those are the paints I'd be provided with for my classes at Adepticon, so I thought I'd better try them out to get used to them.. 😁
@@Sorastro that makes sense. I like the paints but I dislike how they act when left on my wet pallet, so I only use them when I have time to paint for a while.
I agree; they're quite thin out of the bottle already, so it doesn't take much for then to become over runny.. 🙂
STOP MAKING ME WANT TO BUY MORE PAINTS!!!! 😅
Ha ha, sorry! Ignor the actual paint brands, but absorb the general approach, and rough colour ideas.. 😀