Just finished 40 soviets using your methods, know Il use this ! Hope I don’t get done for copy right ! You put GW painters to shame mate ! Great work 👏
Really great to hear it, bud. :D Always nice to know these things are useful! Just saw your Grenadier painting video as well, I'm definitely going to rob a few colour choices!
Great video as always. Really appreciate you showing how you do the base for this. It's something I was going to ask for. I want to take my bases to the next level, but still for the game table. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! That Valhallan Blizzard stuff is magic. I know some folks swear by baking soda and varnish for snow, but somehow that always comes out looking like pale sludge to me; it doesn't dry with the same height and fluffiness that this stuff does. I'd be curious to try some of the Vallejo basing products some time, but for now I've got something I know works. :D
For snow specifically? Nothing else that I know of. I've used some snow flock a long time ago which was essentially white static grass, that was weird... went all cludgy and gross, didn't look like snow at all. There's crushed glass products out there for extremely realistic glittering snow effects, but I'm not one to mess with anything that comes with more than one or two safety instructions!
I did Stalingrad for this Army. There’s a whole lot of leftover GW43s that I can use for my Battle of the Bulge army. It’s doable but you’ll have a lot of same poses
Added this two my watch later section and forgot all about it until now.what a great white wash affect on the helmet.could you use this method to create a severe frozen effect to the great coat.A simple but very effective paint job to create quick winter troops for the table.Next step would be to show how to paint white winter snow suits as white is a bi#ch of a colour to get right and perhaps I should "watch this space"for future tutorials. cheers for the excellent consistency of your painting videos...😉👍
I tend to find that the binder in Army Painter paints doesn't 'release' quite as much when you thin the paint down. Vallejo goes a little chalky when it's watered down a lot, which works really well for the whitewash effect, though I haven't yet tried it with Army Painter. It'll certainly work for stippling on, at least!
The conflicts of the 19th Century aren't usually ones that catch my interest, but it's very much a case of 'never say never.' They're just not on the horizon in the near future, though.
That Vallejo varnish can seems to be working great for you but I'm always getting some white residue on whatever I use it. Sharking for five minutes doesn't seem to help. I tried spraying in different temperatures. Am I doing it wrong? It sucks to bust out the airbrush every time I want to varnish.
That's weird. I really couldn't say, I'm afraid. I've gone through three cans of the stuff without incident, and that's spraying it in some of the worst conditions, too - including while it's been raining. The only thing I can think of is that you might have ended up with a bad can, but I can understand not wanting to buy a second just to test that theory. The temperature outside isn't as important as the temperature of the can, so while I'm preparing to spray something, I usually tuck the can under my arm for a few minutes to bring it up to temperature on a cold day. Might be worth one last shot?
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Hmm.. I'll try to heat it up again, maybe it will work. You are probably right about the bad can, though. Their brush-on varnish is working great for me.
It's Stirland Mud drybrushed with some Sylvaneth Bark, since it's nice and dark. There's not really a single right answer, though; a bit of sand and some dark brown paint will do much the same job.
Are these rubicon models bases? it looks to my eyes like they are chunkier than warlords bases.. which im not a great fan of. Considering switching to another brand for all of my bolt action stuff tbh so magnets or metal sheet can go on the bottom + easy to pick up. Especially desireable to prevent the many many metal minis chipping.
Do you mean this specific greatcoat compared to a later cut? Because I've got plenty of photographs of front line troops in the Ardennes in '44 still wearing greatcoats in addition to the late winter smocks.
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ONE if not THE BEST mini-painting tutorials on the web... (Engaging, Entertaining, Educational...) xx SF
Just finished 40 soviets using your methods, know Il use this ! Hope I don’t get done for copy right ! You put GW painters to shame mate ! Great work 👏
And I just started my Konflikt 47 winter German army... perfect timing Thank you!
Yeah, these guys are going to pull double duty for Konflikt '47 as well. :D Good luck!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thanks I am working on a hoard of totenkorps first then the rest of my inf!
Definitely going to give the snow effect a go, looks brilliant.
Excellent work! The figure looks great and I really like the way the helmet has a worn white washed look to it. Thanks for sharing this.
Cheers, John! This one was a lot of fun, and I'm certain the whitewashing technique would prove useful for more than just the Germans. :D
Great video as always. Much of my painting inspiration comes from your channel.
Really great to hear it, bud. :D Always nice to know these things are useful! Just saw your Grenadier painting video as well, I'm definitely going to rob a few colour choices!
As ever, excellent video, thank you 😊
You really are a professional at these minis and an inspiration to me with mine.
Great video as always. Really appreciate you showing how you do the base for this. It's something I was going to ask for. I want to take my bases to the next level, but still for the game table. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! That Valhallan Blizzard stuff is magic. I know some folks swear by baking soda and varnish for snow, but somehow that always comes out looking like pale sludge to me; it doesn't dry with the same height and fluffiness that this stuff does. I'd be curious to try some of the Vallejo basing products some time, but for now I've got something I know works. :D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you. I think I will add that to my list. Any others you'd like to recommend? Thanks again. Cheers
For snow specifically? Nothing else that I know of. I've used some snow flock a long time ago which was essentially white static grass, that was weird... went all cludgy and gross, didn't look like snow at all. There's crushed glass products out there for extremely realistic glittering snow effects, but I'm not one to mess with anything that comes with more than one or two safety instructions!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you! Much appreciated! 👍
Great inspiration as always!
All your snow figures are awesome
Another good one mate. The white wash helmet was a top touch.
That looks very good
Thank you , Sonic .
BRILLIANT stuff
Great video again:)
Nice one mate really good.
Cheers Steve! This one was a lot of fun. Nice and quick!
I did Stalingrad for this Army. There’s a whole lot of leftover GW43s that I can use for my Battle of the Bulge army. It’s doable but you’ll have a lot of same poses
Ah darn! I already bought my paints for these guys. I’m glad to see you made a tutorial for it though!
On the off chance, some of the principles might still work. :D If nothing else, a bit of white on the helmet can't hurt!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio They will! After watching all the way through, I think it’ll still be very helpful!
Just happens to be my next project, albeit in 15mm. Thanks, chum!
Super helpful.
Glad you think so! I think there's a few techniques in this one which are fairly broadly applicable.
Absolutely amazing video there my friend really enjoyed this one thanks for sharing and stay safe 👍🙏
Added this two my watch later section and forgot all about it until now.what a great white wash affect on the helmet.could you use this method to create a severe frozen effect to the great coat.A simple but very effective paint job to create quick winter troops for the table.Next step would be to show how to paint white winter snow suits as white is a bi#ch of a colour to get right and perhaps I should "watch this space"for future tutorials.
cheers for the excellent consistency of your painting videos...😉👍
Hey, do you think your marine juice could work here instead of agrax?
Excellent work, I like the result you got with the make-up brush & using paint for snow. I wonder if I could replicate this with Army painter?
I tend to find that the binder in Army Painter paints doesn't 'release' quite as much when you thin the paint down. Vallejo goes a little chalky when it's watered down a lot, which works really well for the whitewash effect, though I haven't yet tried it with Army Painter. It'll certainly work for stippling on, at least!
Another great video,I'm thinking of getting in the Zulu war era gaming.Would redcoats and Zulu warriors be an interesting video for you?
The conflicts of the 19th Century aren't usually ones that catch my interest, but it's very much a case of 'never say never.' They're just not on the horizon in the near future, though.
That Vallejo varnish can seems to be working great for you but I'm always getting some white residue on whatever I use it. Sharking for five minutes doesn't seem to help. I tried spraying in different temperatures. Am I doing it wrong? It sucks to bust out the airbrush every time I want to varnish.
That's weird. I really couldn't say, I'm afraid. I've gone through three cans of the stuff without incident, and that's spraying it in some of the worst conditions, too - including while it's been raining. The only thing I can think of is that you might have ended up with a bad can, but I can understand not wanting to buy a second just to test that theory. The temperature outside isn't as important as the temperature of the can, so while I'm preparing to spray something, I usually tuck the can under my arm for a few minutes to bring it up to temperature on a cold day. Might be worth one last shot?
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Hmm.. I'll try to heat it up again, maybe it will work. You are probably right about the bad can, though. Their brush-on varnish is working great for me.
I love your tutorials! :D What paint did you use on the base before applying the rest? :D Is it some special texture paint or just a brown?
It's Stirland Mud drybrushed with some Sylvaneth Bark, since it's nice and dark. There's not really a single right answer, though; a bit of sand and some dark brown paint will do much the same job.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Ah thank you :) I'm still at the very beginning heh... Hard for me to even make such small guesses by myself.
Are these rubicon models bases? it looks to my eyes like they are chunkier than warlords bases.. which im not a great fan of. Considering switching to another brand for all of my bolt action stuff tbh so magnets or metal sheet can go on the bottom + easy to pick up. Especially desireable to prevent the many many metal minis chipping.
These are the Warlord Games bases.
Got a notification, but, I read "how to speed paint Germans" kinda disappointed now 😅.
But great video as always
Love the video I have a question, is German Feldgrau (field grey) is the same as Citadel Death Korp Drab?
Death Korps Drab is a similar colour, but quite a lot darker. It'd make a great shade for Feldgrau if you were looking to layer it up, though.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'm planning to build a DKoK army using feldgrau colors. And planning to use Greman Grey for the armour tanks.
For tabletop wargame, the greatcoat is usable but by middle of 1943 it was no longer used by frontline combat troops.
Do you mean this specific greatcoat compared to a later cut? Because I've got plenty of photographs of front line troops in the Ardennes in '44 still wearing greatcoats in addition to the late winter smocks.
Mmmm...German Chips...glarrghh