Absolutely amazing; with the limited color palette and glowing effects, I'd even go so far as to say haunting. Definitely not something I'd ever want to see coming out of the dark towards me.
Hi Sorastro, Recently got my hands on Kingdom Death and I'm literally unwilling to continue painting before I can see your recommendations for each miniature! I'm keeping a close watch on your profile for any KDM updates!
Your work ceases to amaze and inspire me. It's a style I've always done myself, but never to your level. Watching your videos have been a great help in improving my painting.
Man this one of the best painting tutorial I’ve seen. You have smooth way of explaining what you are doing. I liked how you mixed your paint on the wet pallet. The end result was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I will be watching more.
More of these please... the way you blend lighting is amazing, I'd like to see more of those fantasy miniatures with lanterns... when I saw your Darth Vader, I watched you slap orange and red on the leg and helmet and was so scared then it turned out amazing
Thanks wildboy! (I covered the lantern-carrying figures in episode one in case you weren't aware: th-cam.com/video/GFnlr_zF7rU/w-d-xo.html) Ha ha - yes, I sometimes do things that first look like I've ruined the mini but turn out OK in the end :)
I am loving this series so far. Motivates me to try wet blending finally and getting over my fear of it. Really hoping Aeon Trespass is on your radar because I would love to watch a series for that.
Hey, thank you for the cracking tutorials. A lot of TH-camrs tell you what they did without the how or the why. While your skills are clearly awesome, it's so good to see your techniques explained in such a way that is (theoretically) doable. These are easily my favourite painting tutorials online. And you write the music, boom! Keep up the good work, Sorastro!
A beautiful paint job and a great tutorial, the textures and the highlights on the fur are outstanding. As usual establishing a standard of how this miniatures should be painted. :)
Looking forward to it! Just started the game myself, and I'm loving the high contrast looks you're going for. Modifying them to suit my needs is helping me grow as a painter more than anything else I've done this last couple years.
Hello Sorastro. Thank you for the tip about wetting your fingers when using Green Stuff. Huge difference. Also tried to dip the tip of the tool I use to apply and get into the seams, helped keep the green stuff on the model and not on my applying tool
I see a lot of people saying how they hate the sculpture of the White Lion and that people replace theirs with other more realistic models, and while at first I thought it looks fairly derpy, I noticed all of the models have sort of a similar style and I began to like it (maybe for the wrong reasons though?). It reminds me of some of those dark children's books that kids would get back in the 80's that I can't remember most of the names of - Where the Wild Things Roam is one of them, but there were others. Books that were potentially haunting in the eyes of a child, where everything has slightly human characteristics, but mostly characteristics of things that would terrify. Apologies for the ramblings of a crazy person, I just wanted to share my thoughts :)
Finally!!! I've been waiting for that for so long. The lion has just become fantastic. Too bad you've been making so many Star Wars Legion videos lately. KDM and Descent 2 are so cool :)
amazing work as always. i have had people asking me if i was going to be doing KDM guides on my channel but the price of it has always put me off and after watching this i dont think i could do the model justice, look forward to seeing the rest of the series
it is that, i wish i had known about it when it was on kick starter, still i have the dark souls kick starter stuff arriving this month at some point hopefully to look forwards too :D
Another excellent video and tutorial. I almost feel like I'm getting to your level and then another video comes out and I'm like shoot, more to learn :P Thank you for the amazing work and to all the mini painters you are inspiring or creating. 🙂
Thank you! I do quite a lot of Star Wars it's true - partly because I love playing the games, but also because IA is still the most-requested game amongst my patrons who help me pay my bills! Having said that I will absolutely be continuing with the KDM series because it's also a game I love to play and the minis are truly extraordinary :)
I think it's all been said already. Fantastic work. Picked up some new tricks here. Would love to see you do some mythic battles pantheon stuff. Or guild ball. There's not alot of good stuff out there that I can find. Looking forward to the next one.
Another great video! I'm not collecting the Kingdom Death game, but I've got a Chimera figure that's been sitting on my painting table for a while and I can see how I can apply a lot of the techniques you used on the White Lion to that figure.
As someone who has to fight for my paint budget (nearly exclusively citadel), do you have any major reason for using the other non-airbrush paint brands in this video other than 'the color is just more-er right'?
Wow. Perfection! I'm presently starting to paint Proudmane and the cleric rider for a graveyard diorama so this is perfect as a reference. I hope that's ok obviously. :D
Really admire and appreciate your videos! I am struggling with the white lion right now, as I have been unable to conceal the lines on his back. I’ve stripped the prime twice now; the first to remove green stuff I since it was just too chunky and unsmooth. The second time I tried using Matt varnish to cover them up. I applied 8 layers, yet still when I went to prime - they showed up!! How did you manage to conceal these lines on the lions back???
Thanks! Hmm I'm not 100% sure as it was a few years back when I assembled the White Lion, but I think I used Green Stuff, just very sparingly and smoothed down as far as I can using wet tools/finger.. :)
Stunning blending and very effective limited color choice. I noticed you're using a wet palette that looks like the Redgrass Everlasting one. As I'm a backer of the KS and will soon receive it, and being it my very first wet palette, do you have any hints and tips about it?
Thank you! Regarding the wet palette I'm not sure I have much to say as it's pretty easy to use; I just add a generous amount of water to the spongy part and tip some of the excess out, then apply the membrane on top. After a couple of moments the membrane will wrinkle slightly as it absorbs the water so I'll then push the bubbles and wrinkles out, and I'm good to go! :)
Really like the work and blending. Good work on the glow around the eyes. The only thing that looked out of place is the face outline. It looks like the ink was a little too dry or thick when doing the face outline creating an almost drawn line around thd face. Perhaps some medium mixed in with the ink woud have brought a more subtle shadowing/softer blend line which would go with the rest of the painting. Loved the wet blending workad the idea of a first rough out before putting in more shades.
Hey Sorastro, quick question about the base: Can I use Citadel's Stirland Mud instead of the Vallejo basing paste or does the paste entail some sort of glue that helps stick the slate parts together? Thanks for the help!
Hi Gordon! The slate was actually mostly stuck together by the Green Stuff (and the wire pin) rather than the basing paste, but yes - I believe Stirland Mud is very similar to the Vallejo basing pastes. 😀
Hi Sorastro your work has inspire me to do miniature painting so thank you, I have questions regarding the Lion, did you used the same green stuff in the rocks as you did to fill the gaps or liquid green stuff, and I don't have titanium white I have ceramite white and dead white which of those would you recommend to use for the Lion and the survivors, thank you!
Hi Miguel! Yes I used the regular Green Stuff to fill the gaps on the lion and not the liquid stuff. Regarding the whites, I don't think there's much between them to be honest but I might favour the Dead White over the Ceramite White which I find to be a little on the chalky side :)
Thank you! I actually produced a behind-scenes video on Patreon detailing how I shoot the KDM minis, but I basically use some black foam board as the back drop, but tilted forwards so as to reflect virtually no light and produce a natural gradient of light to dark on the board. I'm currently shooting with the Panasonic Lumix GH5 with Leica 12-60mm lens (usually fully zoomed in) :)
How do you keep your colors fresh in the bottles? Have you build some DIY shaker or something like that? Currently I've mounted a curved wire on my battery screwdriver and mix the vallejo colors in the bottle. But there must be a better way, I think :) thx!
Hi Sven! For my Vallejo paints I just give them a quick shake before using. For some of my Scalecolor paints I add ball bearings to help "agitate" the paint as they tend to split a lot more.. :)
amazing video :) are you going to be covering the newer games from kickstarter like a song of ice and fire, hate, and mythic battles pantheon?also looking forward to the next imperial assault
Thank you! I think I'm busy enough with the series I currently have on the go so won't be starting anything new for a while, but will certainly be continuing with the Imperial Assault :)
Hi Sorastro, late to the party but once again inspired by your wonderful tutorial. I have a question: is your Titanium White oil based (like mine is) and if so, how did you mix it with the other water based paints? Doesn't the oil reject and separate from the water?
So how does Sorastro get the colours as seamlessly blended as he does in the first stage of blocking in the colours? When I try to blend colours to a gradient I can't seem to get it to smoothly transition. A couple common things that seem to happen: One colour seems to dominate or muddy the other, the paint is too thin(?) so it doesn't provide enough coverage and I don't think I'm supposed to blend the same spot 10 times, or the paint is thick enough that it gets ridges. Any thoughts? Similar experiences? I've started learning how to paint solely to work towards KDM. This work really is quite fantastic and a great exemplar.
Hi Garnet! A couple of thoughts from me: 1) Regarding consistency, for wet blending I usually go quite thick, so thin the paint just enough to avoid leaving ridges but no thinner. 2) Start by mixing just a small amounts of the paint to see if one ends up dominating as you put it, then find the sweet spot in terms of how much of one to mix into the other. 3) I obviously edit the videos to get them to flow well; in reality there's a bit more "back and forth" than you can see in the final edit until I have the gradient how I like it. I hope this helps a little! :)
Hi Lau! The answer is "both"; yes - the zenithal highlights do a nice job of mapping out the highlights for us, but they also allow us to more easily achieve a wide range of levels in our base colours. If it was just primed in black for example I'd have to work harder to achieve the lighter tones on the top of the figure. :)
Maybe a silly question, but I was wondering what airbrush you used to prime you KDM minis? So many different options and I’ve read too many things about needle sizes for priming, etc. your input would help! Thanks
That fur is my undoing, managed the underpainting just fine (just sketching out the colors in 30min was not quite on the menu for me) tiny strokes were too hard to maintain, need to try more of those deliberate strokes molding the shape instead of shaping the mold
Amazing work! When you make the gradient of paint on the palette I find it dries too quick even on a wet palette, have you any suggestions to prevent it happening?
As much as I love it, I'm never ever one time never going to paint a miniature made out of this stuff in a AAA way. If it was high quality resin, or pewter, sure, as a centerpiece model for a game I love. But this level of painting for this miniature? lel! XD Fun video to watch tho :)
It is! You deserve it! And for serious, I would love to see you paint something that is a high quality miniature, because I bet it would be hands down awesome.
This series is amazing! I am waiting for my copy of 1.6 to arrive and these videos hype me so much and give lots of inspiration! Do you always apply a varnish over all the miniatures after the painting is done? Doesn't that mess with the colours, metal effects, etc? I have applied varnish over some of my minis but I am not a professional painter haha and I can tell that it changed the final result slightly, specially over metals. Screaming Antelope next!
The black surface always clogs up my airbrush. The white and grey work fine. I thin them down with Vallejo airbrush thinner, but it doesn‘t help. What do you use?
Hi! Also use a few drops of Vallejo's airbrush thinner. I pump my PSI up pretty high for priming to help prevent blockages (up to around 35 PSI). I believe Badger make a really nice primer that might be worth investigating too.. :)
Hmm... I painted my white lion with blue and gray shadowing. I gave him glowy blue eyes and a golden back. He kinda looked like a ghost lion when I was finished. LOL!
Fantastic work, I notice you haven't used washes on any of your KD miniatures, any reason and will you be doing any more KD painting tutorials? Phoenix etc?
Thank you! I may have used some washes for the hair of the Prologue Survivors in episode 1? I thought about using a wash on the mane of the White Lion but didn't fancy the highlighting that would have been necessary afterwards! :)
..and yes, I'll be doing a lot more KDM roughly in the order the monsters appear in the game so will be doing the Screaming Antelope next in the series :)
Hi Benny! Inks can be used in lots of ways and I've only really dabbled with them so far myself; yes they do have an intense level of depth and saturation, but also have a thin consistency which makes them somewhat unique. These inks also have quite a glossy finish which helps increase the sense of depth and makes them especially effective when adding that final bit of depth in the shadows :)
No problem! I've not tried the Vallejo inks, but the Daler and Rowney artist's inks are also really good (they're a little pricey but come in 29.5ml pots so last for ages) :)
@@Sorastro I just discovered kdm and to see you have a painting series is another thumbs up. Not sure if I want to get stuck onto though... Looks like it becomes a way of life.
Do you think you will release the zombicide/KDM soundtrack you created like you did with the Star Wars one you released? It’s very good and fits the themes of those games incredibly well.
Thanks so much Pete! Yes - I've been working on the next album for some time and it's on track for a release around late July :) (sorastro.com/2018/04/05/coming-soon-summer-2018/)
Sorastro's Painting Aha! that is fantastic news. I will be sure to pick it up when it’s out, would love to have it on whilst playing KDM, Zombicide and Massive Darkness. Hope you are doing well. Thanks again.
Hi Sorastro, sorry quick question: If I don't have access to an airbrush, should I prime in grey and then white like the survivors, or do you recommend to use a black primer, then grey, and then white?
Hi Gordon! I don't think I'd like to apply three applications of spray from a spray can to be honest, so I'd probably just prime in grey, or prime in grey and spray white from above :)
Fantastic as always. Your attention to all the details (including what you write up in the description) shows your patience and dedication. I'm probably asking years in advance but would you ever paint the miniatures for Black Rose Wars? It's been on Kickstarter and won't be released until June next year. Again, I know I'm asking very early.
might i ask, if you were already going to wet blend, why would you bother with zenithal highlighting? wouldnt the thick layer of the wetblend be covering it up anyways?
Hi! That's a good question. I think the paint - even applied the way I did - still has some translucency, so I'm able to achieve the contrast levels I want much more easily (i.e. with virtually a single layer) :)
Thanks Alexander! I like the Schmincke Titanium White because it has a nice creamy texture and has a less chalky finish compared to other whites I've tried, but the differences are pretty subtle and there'd be nothing wrong with using whatever your go-to white might be :)
Sorastro's Painting ah, makes sense :) I find the P3 and Warcolours whites are not very chalky also. How did you come to try an artist tube acrylic for it? I’ll have to try. Any others you can recommend?
I've been experimenting with a few different paints and inks from a local art shop including some Liquitex acrylics, and the Daler and Rowney inks etc, and I'd heard good things about the Schmincke white in particular so thought I'd give it a go. The Daler and Rowney white ink is also very nice :)
Always a pleasure to see one of your videos, especially a Kingdom Death one! In your first KD video, you used some Vallejo Glaze Medium when wet blending, but you didn't on the Lion. Any reason why?
Its nice to see something other than Star Wars every so often. :)
Ha - thanks Russell :)
Absolutely amazing; with the limited color palette and glowing effects, I'd even go so far as to say haunting. Definitely not something I'd ever want to see coming out of the dark towards me.
Thank you so much sir! Given what I was aiming for I couldn't ask for a greater compliment :)
Hi Sorastro,
Recently got my hands on Kingdom Death and I'm literally unwilling to continue painting before I can see your recommendations for each miniature! I'm keeping a close watch on your profile for any KDM updates!
Thank you Sil! I'm several projects at the moment but I'd like to get to the next KDM mini pretty soon.. :)
I hope you continue with KDM. Looking forward to them! Thanks for this one, its stunning!
Thank you very much Roy! :D
Just brilliant! Plz do more kdm stuff
Thank you Peter! I certainly will do :)
Agree, I love the shading and lighting with the lantern figures too
The Phoenix would be quite a challenge to depict in this aesthetic style.
It sure will be a juicy challenge! :)
Your work ceases to amaze and inspire me.
It's a style I've always done myself, but never to your level. Watching your videos have been a great help in improving my painting.
Thanks so much Danny! I'm always striving to improve myself too :)
This is the best possible configuration for the white lion, I am in awe
That's very kind - thank you! :)
Beautiful work and brilliantly explained once again.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that. I've been enjoying your play through series too :)
Once again, amazing tutorial. Looking forward to seeing more KDM. You do it brilliantly. Fantastic job Sorastro.
I really liked the black-lining step towards the end, sells the effect perfectly.
Thanks Rob! It's a small touch but I felt it really needed it :)
Man this one of the best painting tutorial I’ve seen. You have smooth way of explaining what you are doing. I liked how you mixed your paint on the wet pallet. The end result was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I will be watching more.
Thanks so much Stewart! I really do appreciate that :)
More of these please... the way you blend lighting is amazing, I'd like to see more of those fantasy miniatures with lanterns... when I saw your Darth Vader, I watched you slap orange and red on the leg and helmet and was so scared then it turned out amazing
Thanks wildboy! (I covered the lantern-carrying figures in episode one in case you weren't aware: th-cam.com/video/GFnlr_zF7rU/w-d-xo.html) Ha ha - yes, I sometimes do things that first look like I've ruined the mini but turn out OK in the end :)
I am loving this series so far. Motivates me to try wet blending finally and getting over my fear of it. Really hoping Aeon Trespass is on your radar because I would love to watch a series for that.
OUTSTANDING! Your Kingdom Death series is really awesome and by far the best in your series. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much Robert! I'm glad you're enjoying the series :)
Beautiful work, explained in a way that actually makes sense. Stunning.
Thank you sir! I appreciate the kind feedback :)
Hey, thank you for the cracking tutorials. A lot of TH-camrs tell you what they did without the how or the why. While your skills are clearly awesome, it's so good to see your techniques explained in such a way that is (theoretically) doable. These are easily my favourite painting tutorials online. And you write the music, boom! Keep up the good work, Sorastro!
A beautiful paint job and a great tutorial, the textures and the highlights on the fur are outstanding. As usual establishing a standard of how this miniatures should be painted. :)
Thanks a lot Mikel! I'm glad you liked the fur :)
Your work never ceases to amaze! Spectacular painting and another amazing tutorial.
Thank you so much Mitchell! :)
Very nice. Cant wait to see what you do with he rest of the figures.
Thank you! I can't wait to move onto the Screaming Antelope :)
Absolutely wonderful work. Really captures the depth and malice of the artwork from the book. Stunning
Thank you so much! I've had those pictures stuck to my cabinet whilst working on this to get inspiration :)
I watch it. 30 minutes goes by fast. Even though I've seen it done, at then end my mind just isn't grasping how it looks so damn smooth. So good, man.
Thanks a lot Billy! I'm glad you liked the finished result :)
Love the mini and love how you've given it so much life with paints.
Thank you so much! That's very nice to hear :)
Exceptional, the setting evokes just cold darkness, the model's paint job embodies it and then the chilly music on top....brr!
Thank you so much Mazer! I'm glad you enjoyed the thematic feel of the video :)
This is the best toturial I've seen so far for KDM!
That's very kind - thank you! 😊
Seconding the "brilliant, more KDM" comments. It's fantastic to see such a talented painter going through the steps of an advanced paintjob.
Thanks so much Michael! I really appreciate that. I've got the Screaming Antelope coming up pretty soon in my schedule :D
Looking forward to it! Just started the game myself, and I'm loving the high contrast looks you're going for. Modifying them to suit my needs is helping me grow as a painter more than anything else I've done this last couple years.
Watching the old zombicide videos, your work has gone from great, to incredible!
Thank you Ken! I do try to learn new stuff and improve my game all the time :)
Absolutely stunning work! I'm in awe... I especially loved your fur texture technique.
Thank you so much Marek! I really appreciate that :)
As much love as the paintjob gets (and rightly so), 5 stars for the wonderful music! Obviously a man of many talents (:
Thank you so much! The videos do serve as a wonderful creative outlet for me :)
Hello Sorastro. Thank you for the tip about wetting your fingers when using Green Stuff. Huge difference. Also tried to dip the tip of the tool I use to apply and get into the seams, helped keep the green stuff on the model and not on my applying tool
No problem Jason! Wetting the tools is also a nice idea :)
Fan-freaking-tastic!
Finally preordered KDM! Version 1.6! I will totally be using your videos for inspiration and guidance 🙌
Thanks a lot! Congrats on getting you pre-order in :D
This is just insane! I can't wait for the Phoenix!
Thanks Cal! I'm glad you liked it :)
Phenomenal work. Please keep this series going!
Cheers Garrett! I'll do my best :)
The end results are gorgeous, Well done!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it :)
Great music this episode. Very KDM. Dark, sinister, brooding and uneasy. The lion is of course also stunning.
Thank you very much! I really enjoyed working on the music for this series :)
Sorastro's Painting Very cool, what did you use to make it?
Very nice :) It looks like it's straight out of the book! The eyes are fantastic.
Thanks man! Glad you like it :)
I see a lot of people saying how they hate the sculpture of the White Lion and that people replace theirs with other more realistic models, and while at first I thought it looks fairly derpy, I noticed all of the models have sort of a similar style and I began to like it (maybe for the wrong reasons though?). It reminds me of some of those dark children's books that kids would get back in the 80's that I can't remember most of the names of - Where the Wild Things Roam is one of them, but there were others. Books that were potentially haunting in the eyes of a child, where everything has slightly human characteristics, but mostly characteristics of things that would terrify.
Apologies for the ramblings of a crazy person, I just wanted to share my thoughts :)
Hi! I agree - I think it's a terrific sculpt :)
Top Work as allways!! One of your most complete tutorial!!! Congrats
Thank you so much Luis! :)
Sorastro's Painting your very wellcome!! I allways recommends your tutorials for anyone that wants to start painting, or improve their level.
Love the KDM video's. Thanks so much for them.
Thank you! I'm glad you like 'em :)
Sorastro's Painting your starter figures video inspired me to buy KD:M. I. Gotta give you a big thanks for that.
Oh nice - congrats! Not only are the miniatures beautiful to paint but I think the game is just so awesome too :)
Great process, great video as usual. Thanks!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it :)
Beautiful video!!! Now that I saw you have the ManHunter model I'm super keen to see that one painted!!!:) Keep the KDM figures coming!!:)
Thank you Emiliano! I'll keep them coming :)
beautifully done as always.
Thank you Jason! :)
Finally!!! I've been waiting for that for so long. The lion has just become fantastic. Too bad you've been making so many Star Wars Legion videos lately. KDM and Descent 2 are so cool :)
Thank you Da C! I just wish there were two of me so I could produce all the content I want in a shorter time frame! :)
Another excellent guide, thanks!
Thank you Sigmar! Much appreciated :)
amazing work as always. i have had people asking me if i was going to be doing KDM guides on my channel but the price of it has always put me off and after watching this i dont think i could do the model justice, look forward to seeing the rest of the series
Thank you! It is a "luxury" item for sure :)
it is that, i wish i had known about it when it was on kick starter, still i have the dark souls kick starter stuff arriving this month at some point hopefully to look forwards too :D
Awesome work!! Hope to see you do more KDM!
Thank you Daniel! There will be more... :)
YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I have my white lion all ready to be painted!!
Awesome! Have fun with yours Josh :)
Another excellent video and tutorial. I almost feel like I'm getting to your level and then another video comes out and I'm like shoot, more to learn :P Thank you for the amazing work and to all the mini painters you are inspiring or creating. 🙂
Thank you so much! Like you, I also like to try new ideas and push myself :)
Great texturing and paintjob :)
Thanks mate! :)
I was waiting for this ... I know you love star wars but hoping for more variety like this.
Thank you! I do quite a lot of Star Wars it's true - partly because I love playing the games, but also because IA is still the most-requested game amongst my patrons who help me pay my bills! Having said that I will absolutely be continuing with the KDM series because it's also a game I love to play and the minis are truly extraordinary :)
I think it's all been said already. Fantastic work. Picked up some new tricks here. Would love to see you do some mythic battles pantheon stuff. Or guild ball. There's not alot of good stuff out there that I can find. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks a lot Neil! My schedule is currently pretty full so I won't be taking on any new projects for a while :)
truly amazing
Thanks so much! 😀
Another great video! I'm not collecting the Kingdom Death game, but I've got a Chimera figure that's been sitting on my painting table for a while and I can see how I can apply a lot of the techniques you used on the White Lion to that figure.
Thanks a lot Michael! I bet a similar approach would work well for your Chimera :)
Love youre white lion .. got more of kdm show more kdm !!!!!
Yessss- more KDM! My body is ready!
Hurrah! :D
As someone who has to fight for my paint budget (nearly exclusively citadel), do you have any major reason for using the other non-airbrush paint brands in this video other than 'the color is just more-er right'?
1:50 IS THAT ... MANHUNTER?! What a nice spoiler! :D Amazing video as always.
Thank you much! Yes - I love that Manhunter figure :)
Wow. Perfection! I'm presently starting to paint Proudmane and the cleric rider for a graveyard diorama so this is perfect as a reference. I hope that's ok obviously. :D
Absolutely! It sounds like an awesome project 😀
DO MORE KDM STUFF!! YOUR TUTORIALS ARE AWESOME
Thanks Timothy! I'll be tackling the next episode pretty soon... :)
Really admire and appreciate your videos! I am struggling with the white lion right now, as I have been unable to conceal the lines on his back. I’ve stripped the prime twice now; the first to remove green stuff I since it was just too chunky and unsmooth. The second time I tried using Matt varnish to cover them up. I applied 8 layers, yet still when I went to prime - they showed up!! How did you manage to conceal these lines on the lions back???
Thanks! Hmm I'm not 100% sure as it was a few years back when I assembled the White Lion, but I think I used Green Stuff, just very sparingly and smoothed down as far as I can using wet tools/finger.. :)
As usual, a great job. What else can we say?
Thank you Anneke! That's all I need to hear :D
Stunning blending and very effective limited color choice.
I noticed you're using a wet palette that looks like the Redgrass Everlasting one. As I'm a backer of the KS and will soon receive it, and being it my very first wet palette, do you have any hints and tips about it?
Thank you! Regarding the wet palette I'm not sure I have much to say as it's pretty easy to use; I just add a generous amount of water to the spongy part and tip some of the excess out, then apply the membrane on top. After a couple of moments the membrane will wrinkle slightly as it absorbs the water so I'll then push the bubbles and wrinkles out, and I'm good to go! :)
Subscribed because of this and the survivors vid. please please please do the rest of the kingdom death set
As ever a fantastic tutorial thank you! How do you approach building new survivors when/why/which sets?
Thanks a lot! My approach to the armour sets has been pretty random so far; I typically just build/paint whatever I feel like.. 😁
Really like the work and blending. Good work on the glow around the eyes. The only thing that looked out of place is the face outline. It looks like the ink was a little too dry or thick when doing the face outline creating an almost drawn line around thd face. Perhaps some medium mixed in with the ink woud have brought a more subtle shadowing/softer blend line which would go with the rest of the painting. Loved the wet blending workad the idea of a first rough out before putting in more shades.
Thanks Dr Skollob! :)
Can you recommend me where could I get some slate for my miniature bases? So far I havent found any place to get those.
Hey! I bought a big bag of the stuff from a local garden centre.. 😀
Hey Sorastro, quick question about the base: Can I use Citadel's Stirland Mud instead of the Vallejo basing paste or does the paste entail some sort of glue that helps stick the slate parts together? Thanks for the help!
Hi Gordon! The slate was actually mostly stuck together by the Green Stuff (and the wire pin) rather than the basing paste, but yes - I believe Stirland Mud is very similar to the Vallejo basing pastes. 😀
@@Sorastro excellent! thanks!
Hi Sorastro your work has inspire me to do miniature painting so thank you, I have questions regarding the Lion, did you used the same green stuff in the rocks as you did to fill the gaps or liquid green stuff, and I don't have titanium white I have ceramite white and dead white which of those would you recommend to use for the Lion and the survivors, thank you!
Hi Miguel! Yes I used the regular Green Stuff to fill the gaps on the lion and not the liquid stuff. Regarding the whites, I don't think there's much between them to be honest but I might favour the Dead White over the Ceramite White which I find to be a little on the chalky side :)
Awesome thank you brother!
Miguel Rodriguez No problem mate! :)
could u tell me how u set the background of your miniature lighting and posturing. what lens u used, macro? it so dramatic picture, very good job.
Thank you! I actually produced a behind-scenes video on Patreon detailing how I shoot the KDM minis, but I basically use some black foam board as the back drop, but tilted forwards so as to reflect virtually no light and produce a natural gradient of light to dark on the board. I'm currently shooting with the Panasonic Lumix GH5 with Leica 12-60mm lens (usually fully zoomed in) :)
Inspiring!!! Thank you
Thank you Brian! Much appreciated :)
How do you keep your colors fresh in the bottles? Have you build some DIY shaker or something like that? Currently I've mounted a curved wire on my battery screwdriver and mix the vallejo colors in the bottle. But there must be a better way, I think :) thx!
Hi Sven! For my Vallejo paints I just give them a quick shake before using. For some of my Scalecolor paints I add ball bearings to help "agitate" the paint as they tend to split a lot more.. :)
amazing video :) are you going to be covering the newer games from kickstarter like a song of ice and fire, hate, and mythic battles pantheon?also looking forward to the next imperial assault
Thank you! I think I'm busy enough with the series I currently have on the go so won't be starting anything new for a while, but will certainly be continuing with the Imperial Assault :)
More please!!
There will be more! :)
Did you use glaze medium to thin your paints or just water? Love these videos
Thanks Josh! I can't remember to be honest, but I usually state in the videos if I'm thinning with anything other than water :)
Hi Sorastro, late to the party but once again inspired by your wonderful tutorial. I have a question: is your Titanium White oil based (like mine is) and if so, how did you mix it with the other water based paints? Doesn't the oil reject and separate from the water?
Hi Steven! Mine is actually just acrylic (so water based). I guess they also make oil paints too eh.. 😀
So how does Sorastro get the colours as seamlessly blended as he does in the first stage of blocking in the colours? When I try to blend colours to a gradient I can't seem to get it to smoothly transition. A couple common things that seem to happen: One colour seems to dominate or muddy the other, the paint is too thin(?) so it doesn't provide enough coverage and I don't think I'm supposed to blend the same spot 10 times, or the paint is thick enough that it gets ridges.
Any thoughts? Similar experiences?
I've started learning how to paint solely to work towards KDM. This work really is quite fantastic and a great exemplar.
Hi Garnet! A couple of thoughts from me: 1) Regarding consistency, for wet blending I usually go quite thick, so thin the paint just enough to avoid leaving ridges but no thinner. 2) Start by mixing just a small amounts of the paint to see if one ends up dominating as you put it, then find the sweet spot in terms of how much of one to mix into the other. 3) I obviously edit the videos to get them to flow well; in reality there's a bit more "back and forth" than you can see in the final edit until I have the gradient how I like it. I hope this helps a little! :)
@@Sorastro That makes...a ton of sense! Thanks so much for the quick and thorough reply!
No problem! :)
Do you use zenithal priming just to make a clear mark where to highlight or does if affect the colours as well?
Hi Lau! The answer is "both"; yes - the zenithal highlights do a nice job of mapping out the highlights for us, but they also allow us to more easily achieve a wide range of levels in our base colours. If it was just primed in black for example I'd have to work harder to achieve the lighter tones on the top of the figure. :)
Sorastro's Painting thank you for your reply :)
Maybe a silly question, but I was wondering what airbrush you used to prime you KDM minis? So many different options and I’ve read too many things about needle sizes for priming, etc. your input would help! Thanks
Hi Stephen! I have an Iwata HP-C Plus (0.3mm) and a cheaper Iwata Revolution CR (0.5mm); both are fine for priming. :)
Sorastro's Painting Thanks for the reply!
That fur is my undoing, managed the underpainting just fine (just sketching out the colors in 30min was not quite on the menu for me) tiny strokes were too hard to maintain, need to try more of those deliberate strokes molding the shape instead of shaping the mold
Amazing work! When you make the gradient of paint on the palette I find it dries too quick even on a wet palette, have you any suggestions to prevent it happening?
Thanks Jts! Hmm you could try adding a little Vallejo's Glaze Medium to help extend the drying time.. :)
As much as I love it, I'm never ever one time never going to paint a miniature made out of this stuff in a AAA way. If it was high quality resin, or pewter, sure, as a centerpiece model for a game I love. But this level of painting for this miniature? lel! XD Fun video to watch tho :)
Thanks Kel! If you're main criticism is that my paint job is too good for the mini then I'm happy to take that :)
It is! You deserve it! And for serious, I would love to see you paint something that is a high quality miniature, because I bet it would be hands down awesome.
This series is amazing! I am waiting for my copy of 1.6 to arrive and these videos hype me so much and give lots of inspiration! Do you always apply a varnish over all the miniatures after the painting is done? Doesn't that mess with the colours, metal effects, etc? I have applied varnish over some of my minis but I am not a professional painter haha and I can tell that it changed the final result slightly, specially over metals. Screaming Antelope next!
Thanks a lot Andrés! These days I use the AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish which I find preserves the paint job nicely :)
The black surface always clogs up my airbrush. The white and grey work fine. I thin them down with Vallejo airbrush thinner, but it doesn‘t help. What do you use?
Hi! Also use a few drops of Vallejo's airbrush thinner. I pump my PSI up pretty high for priming to help prevent blockages (up to around 35 PSI). I believe Badger make a really nice primer that might be worth investigating too.. :)
Sorastro's Painting thank you for the tips!
Amazing!
Thank you! :)
Hmm... I painted my white lion with blue and gray shadowing. I gave him glowy blue eyes and a golden back. He kinda looked like a ghost lion when I was finished. LOL!
Sounds pretty cool to me! :)
@@Sorastro Thanks! You've inspired me to go more crazy with it though!
Awesome! 😄
My wife just compared you to Bob Ross. You're amazing.
Ha ha - I get that a fair bit; thank you! :)
Fantastic work, I notice you haven't used washes on any of your KD miniatures, any reason and will you be doing any more KD painting tutorials? Phoenix etc?
Thank you! I may have used some washes for the hair of the Prologue Survivors in episode 1? I thought about using a wash on the mane of the White Lion but didn't fancy the highlighting that would have been necessary afterwards! :)
..and yes, I'll be doing a lot more KDM roughly in the order the monsters appear in the game so will be doing the Screaming Antelope next in the series :)
I've never used inks before. What in your opinion is a good way of using them? Does it act like a wash but with really intense colour saturation?
Hi Benny! Inks can be used in lots of ways and I've only really dabbled with them so far myself; yes they do have an intense level of depth and saturation, but also have a thin consistency which makes them somewhat unique. These inks also have quite a glossy finish which helps increase the sense of depth and makes them especially effective when adding that final bit of depth in the shadows :)
Thanks for the reply. I have been eyeing up the Vallejo ink set for awhile, but couldnt quite figure out how to use them properly.
No problem! I've not tried the Vallejo inks, but the Daler and Rowney artist's inks are also really good (they're a little pricey but come in 29.5ml pots so last for ages) :)
How do you get the paint to stay wet for so long?
I feel like mine dry very fast.
Hey there! It was a long time ago when I painted this, but I might have added some retarder to slow the drying time whilst wet blending etc.. 😀
MORE KINGDOM DEATH PLEASE!
OK! :D
Amazing
Thank you Karl! :)
@@Sorastro I just discovered kdm and to see you have a painting series is another thumbs up. Not sure if I want to get stuck onto though... Looks like it becomes a way of life.
@@mylor1066 It's a big investment for sure, but the miniatures are quite extraordinary, and the game itself is something else too.. :)
@@Sorastro cool, cool. Have a super Sunday Sorastro :)
Do you think you will release the zombicide/KDM soundtrack you created like you did with the Star Wars one you released? It’s very good and fits the themes of those games incredibly well.
Thanks so much Pete! Yes - I've been working on the next album for some time and it's on track for a release around late July :) (sorastro.com/2018/04/05/coming-soon-summer-2018/)
Sorastro's Painting Aha! that is fantastic news. I will be sure to pick it up when it’s out, would love to have it on whilst playing KDM, Zombicide and Massive Darkness. Hope you are doing well. Thanks again.
Thank you Pete! I'm pretty proud of the album and can't wait to get it out there :)
Hi Sorastro, sorry quick question: If I don't have access to an airbrush, should I prime in grey and then white like the survivors, or do you recommend to use a black primer, then grey, and then white?
Hi Gordon! I don't think I'd like to apply three applications of spray from a spray can to be honest, so I'd probably just prime in grey, or prime in grey and spray white from above :)
do you plan to make these videos fro gamblers chest minis?
Yes! 😀
What type of drill and drill bit are you using? I had trouble drilling into my slate.
Hey Jason! I honestly can't remember where I bought the drill bits (Amazon I think).. sorry! :)
Fantastic as always. Your attention to all the details (including what you write up in the description) shows your patience and dedication.
I'm probably asking years in advance but would you ever paint the miniatures for Black Rose Wars? It's been on Kickstarter and won't be released until June next year. Again, I know I'm asking very early.
Thank you Nortic! I really appreciate that kind feedback. I'll happily take a look at Black Rose Wars and keep it on my radar.. :)
might i ask, if you were already going to wet blend, why would you bother with zenithal highlighting? wouldnt the thick layer of the wetblend be covering it up anyways?
Hi! That's a good question. I think the paint - even applied the way I did - still has some translucency, so I'm able to achieve the contrast levels I want much more easily (i.e. with virtually a single layer) :)
What material are the slate in if you can drill through them? I have a hard time seeing a hobby drill getting through actual rock.
Hi Daniel! They really are just pieces of slate. 😀
@@Sorastro Wow! Tried to drill through one myself, and suprisingly, it actually does work! Thanks for the answer.
No problem! 😀
Nice work as usual. Curious as to why you've chosen Titanium White from a tube?
Thanks Alexander! I like the Schmincke Titanium White because it has a nice creamy texture and has a less chalky finish compared to other whites I've tried, but the differences are pretty subtle and there'd be nothing wrong with using whatever your go-to white might be :)
Sorastro's Painting ah, makes sense :) I find the P3 and Warcolours whites are not very chalky also. How did you come to try an artist tube acrylic for it? I’ll have to try. Any others you can recommend?
I've been experimenting with a few different paints and inks from a local art shop including some Liquitex acrylics, and the Daler and Rowney inks etc, and I'd heard good things about the Schmincke white in particular so thought I'd give it a go. The Daler and Rowney white ink is also very nice :)
Yes, the FW Inks are really good. I'll be trying the Schmincke white for sure - I see it also comes recommended by Ben Komets :)
Always a pleasure to see one of your videos, especially a Kingdom Death one!
In your first KD video, you used some Vallejo Glaze Medium when wet blending, but you didn't on the Lion. Any reason why?
Thank you very much! Yes - I simply ran out of Glaze Medium a couple of weeks ago and nowhere seems to have stock at the moment :)
Hi Sorastro!
Are these boulders that you use for the bases you can buy somewhere?
Hi there! I just bought a big bag of slate pieces from a local garden centre.. 😀
@@Sorastro thanks for answer! ♥️ You are doing an amazing job! We started playing KDM yesterday. Epic game. When is a painting film?
Thank you kindly! I am planning to produce a video for The Watcher some time in the next few months.. 🙂
@@Sorastro The last question. These rocks, what kind of material is it? Usually pebbles, bark, cork?
Im sad im late to the party but that model was ugly till you put paint on it now it looks awesome!!
Thank you Darren! Welcome to the party - it's still early! 😄
cant wait for the dragon king
Ha - might be a while but I'll get there eventually.. :)