Late to the party, but your tutorials are amazing for realistic ways of getting models ready for the tabletop at a good standard. Love them, and please keep them coming.
Like the final result, but, was most impressed with the error correction. One thing a lot of people skip over is how to deal with errors and that it isn't a "strip it and start over" moment every time you make a mistake. Showing how easy it is to fix really stops beginning painters from being disheartened.
It's something that came up on a previous video, where someone mentioned finding it useful that they could see how I fixed a problem. It seemed like it'd be useful to keep those little bits in for exactly that reason; you can fix the little things, and it doesn't need to be the end of the world. :) Recovering after a mistake is its own skill, I figure, so I'm going to leave in any little flubs from now on.
Militar....what? Your in the Guard Son! I loved my old metal Kasrkin models :) Hot shot lasguns were awesome! This comment is sponsored by Agrax Earthshade
Listen, if I want the reinforcements I've got to fill in the paperwork the way the Departmento Munitorum requires, and that means I gotta write 'Astra Militarum' at the top of the page! I can get away with saying Imperial Guard as much as I like... so long as there's no commissars within earshot!
I just wanted to say thank you for the amazing face painting tutorial. Helps me out tremendously. Also I really appreciate you showing the mistake on camera and showing how you fixed it.
I had never heard of the Kasrkin before but they are very interesting figures. I like the paint scheme quite a lot and the wash really changes the whole figure after it is applied. It looks great and I learned some new things from this tutorial. Thanks for sharing it.
I ought to be sponsored by Agrax Earthshade at this rate! The Scions are really cool miniatures, packed with detail and little touches that make them look like incredibly well prepared veterans. :D
Thank you. This will come in quite handy when i eventually get some Tempestus. I'll have to tweak it, but you've really given me some ideas, again, thank you! Cheers!
I'm making kasrkin from the cadian body, FW cadian helmet w/respirator, and the rest of the scion kit, so this a great paint tutorial for them; thanks a lot!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I already have the arms on, just have to order the heads. The arms didn't need to be modified at all, and the backpack sits nicely on the back piece of a guardsman. I did shorten the cable for the volley gun though.
Loving your work as ever! Could you do a basing tutorial please as your bases look great! Want to avoid using sand as the scale doesn’t look right! Thanks in advance!
There's a few providers out there that do better sand for miniatures at this scale. I've always found Citadel's basing sand to have chunks in it that're just way too big! I get asked about bases on the regular, so I'll hope to have something up this week on those.
I'm glad to hear it! These guys are a lot of fun and they look absolutely cracking on the table. Those red berets stand out from a mile away so they make for awesome shock troops hidden amongst your Guardsmen.
I'll be swinging back around on Imperial Guard eventually, I'm sure, but in the meantime you could try Castellan Green followed by a light drybrush of Straken Green. Paint in the armour black and then shade the lot with Nuln Oil? Could do the job!
There's been a few that've requested the Scions, so I knew I had to get to it sooner rather than later! These models are packed with character, so they benefit from a little extra attention.
I'm just starting to get into painting minis, and I've found your videos super helpful so far because you constantly reinforce why you do things as you go. Thanks! Quick question: in the 'simple Astra Militarum' video, you drybrushed the cloth pants before the wash, whereas you washed then highlighted this guy. Any reason to choose one method over the other? They both looked great in the end, and the drybrush-then-wash method looked much more doable for a newbie! Thanks again
With the ordinary Guardsman, the fatigues make up most of the miniature, so drybrushing them is the quickest way to get that shade and highlight in one fell swoop. With the Scions there's actually very little visible clothing, so it's not quite as effective. It actually works out a little bit easier to go back in and paint the trousers in this fashion than trying to stay neat and tidy around an area you've drybrushed that's surrounded by detail, I find. If you find it's still not quite working out how you'd like, try putting on the Zandri Dust basecoat, then hit it straight with some highlights of Ushabti Bone, and don't worry too much if they look a little thick or crooked. Do that before you shade the miniature in Agrax Earthshade, and it'll help tidy up any of those little rogue splotches or crooked highlights. :D
If you have the spare parts I'd see about using cadian guardsman body and legs and then put in the head, arms and weapon and pack pack from the scions. Keeps the iconic square chest plate while still being fairly obvious they are tempestus
Great Video! Hey just wondering, after applying the Agrax Earthshade wash, do you ever find that you need to go back over the armor with Castellan Green? My models seem to be a bit too dark after the wash.
I don't usually go back over with the base colour unless something goes really funky. It can happen sometimes if you manage to put a little too much on, but in most cases once you highlight you'll barely notice it. Just try a little less shade next time around!
Hi! Not directly related to this video, but I’m interested in returning to painting after butchering Ultramarines when I was younger! What steps would you suggest I take to get back into painting? How much should I invest in paints/what kits would you suggest I get to get back into 40K painting?
If you're keen on getting back into Ultramarines specifically and this video was any use to you, take a look at the one where I attack blue power armour specifically! ua-cam.com/video/7wJtKOf4YVU/v-deo.html It's a pretty limited palette, so not too many paints to pick up. Depending on what you're interested in painting these days, though, there's not really any specific paint sets from Citadel for most armies. They offer bundles of paints, but there's usually not much off the top and you'll probably end up with a handful you won't use terribly often. It's a mixed bag, but you're honestly better off picking up the ones you like the look of. If you're getting started again, I thoroughly suggest the Base range as a good place to start, as well as the Shades to go with them. I think it'd be worth finding a few tutorials you like the look of and picking up some of the first few paints from those to get your eye in, see what you think works! As far as brushes I'd definitely suggest Citadel or Army Painter as nice, relatively cheap and reliable brushes to get back into the game with. Citadel's got the edge in being a little more easily available, but both will do much the same thing, though I'd definitely lean toward Citadel's awesome drybrushes. A small and a medium sized layer brush, a couple of basecoat brushes, a shade brush and a medium drybrush will do almost everything you need to get started without breaking the bank! As for kits? Pick something you like the look of! Space Marines remain a great place to get started and cut your teeth, and with 8th Edition being fairly open about what armies can ally with who you can paint up a couple of squads and play with them alongside most anything else in the game if you're just wanting to practice first. Personally, I'm always biased toward the Imperial Guard, but I think the best place to start is always what you find interesting. Good luck, and welcome back! :D
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thank you! I’ll bear all of this in mind during my first trip back to a store. I really appreciate your detailed and considered response, thank you! Best wishes from England!
It can be pretty daunting getting back into it! There's a lot of options out there these days. If you've got a store local to you, though, sticking with Citadel for the most part does make things a lot easier, though if you can hunt out a supplier that offers Vallejo paints for certain basecoats you might find it a bunch easier. The staff in-store are generally pretty helpful, too! Though... they kinda do want you to buy stuff, too. ;)
What you see is what you get! Between the shade going on and the effect you see once it's dried, there's nothing additional done. Anything else that happens after that you see on camera. The shades are magic in a bottle. ;D
Thanks a lot! I've had a few suggestions for alternate colour schemes, so I might do a quick video with a few different recipes for people to try out. :D
Anytime! That sounds really cool and I have a feeling like that'd be a first here on UA-cam, you know there are few videos of other combinations than the standard Cadian scheme. I'm looking forward to it, meanwhile I might as well get something to paint myself!
Wow! That looks great! What brushes do you use and what sizes did you use in this video? Amazed at the sharp, detail lines you make with them and they don't even seem to have a super sharp tip
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Okay, cool! Thanks! Guess it's time to invest some actually good brushes. Thanks for responding. I really appreciate the advice
Man, I do not know why it flags your comments as spam all the time! That's bonkers. Thanks for stopping in to say hi, though! I gotta figure out how to wrangle UA-cam... :O
I love your tutorials and the look of your models. Also I am having trouble with the look of the salamander space marine and I just can’t seem to get it right are there any tip that you could give if so that would be great
I've actually got a Salamander on the table, waiting to be sprayed. It'll be next week that one goes up - probably around Thursday/Friday at this point. A few folks have asked about how I'd do the Salamanders, so it's a Chapter I definitely want to touch on!
Good evening from Spain I would like to congratulate you for the tremendous work you did and if you do not mind you could put the list of paintings for me to order? ... I am new to this. Thank you :)
I LOVE Scions! So glad to see this however, think the gold trim could be replaced with a silver one and still look effective? Great vid, keep them coming :)
If you wanted to stick to a silver trim, I'd probably keep it quite dark so there's a bit of contrast against the armour. Personally, I quite like the brass. Once it's had that last highlight of Liberator Gold, it's fairly similar in tone to the fatigues - it keeps to the palette and breaks up the green without introducing a whole new colour, more or less. Silver would probably work similarly, but again, I'd definitely try and keep it darker.
I was thinking with sticking to a darker, Grey/navy colour scheme for the model, and I want to try to keep the use of gold to a minimum as a part of my regiment. I'm not a fan of the brass as I generally don't like the torso of the Scions, but hopefully a darker silver trim will help to adress that :) ... Either that or I try and torso-swap with regular Cadians...
Oooh. If you're planning a deep navy for the armour, then a silver trim would actually work really well, I think. Keep the gold to a minimum for spot colours, but yeah, I think that'd work really well. From trying it myself, swapping the Scion arms onto the Cadian torsos is a bit of a muckabout. It works, but it takes a lot of fudging to get the hand to meet the left arm properly - just stick to the silver, instead! You might try once everything is highlighted going back to it with a little Nuln Oil to darken it even further.
I love your videos, also, I am getting back into 40k, I haven't painted in many many years, so I guess my question is where do I start? Is there starter kits out there with paints and minis?
Good question! There are a couple of starter sets with paints included, though they tend to be smaller pots that're really more of a taster than the beginnings of a collection. You can get boxed sets of each of the 'types' of Citadel paints, though, and I particularly recommend the Base Paint Set, as you'll find a use for all of those fairly regularly and it saves a little money versus buying them separately. Then pick up whichever Layer and Dry paints you're interested in to go with the troops you're interested in. If you're really looking for a big bunch of miniatures, tools and some paints to get you started, though, there's the Dark Imperium Starter Collection. Again, it's the smaller pots of paint, but you can top those up and replace them as you need. www.games-workshop.com/en-EU/Dark-Imperium-Essentials-Collection-ENG-2017
What are you using for your highlight brush?I’m having trouble with maintaining that time of a point (or getting the paint to flow that well off of mine...with out too much coming off).
I use an ordinary Citadel Small Layer brush for my highlights. I'll be doing a little something on brush maintenance that works for me soon, combining a couple things on brush care and keeping a point on things.
I really wish the Kasrkin were still a thing. I use Forgeworlds hostile environment conversations for all my Militarum troops, so if I could use Kasrkins as my scions in the army they would look so nice because they looks basically the same as the hostile evo conversations but with more armor and hot-shat lasguns, so they’d just mix into the army much more nicely
You might find those hazardous environment helmets look pretty good on the Scions. I know some folks have been using them to convert with Cadian legs, but I don't think you'd need to go to that extent; just that familiar helmet profile with the plugged-in hellguns and extra carapace would do the business, I think!
With a bit of practice, these guys take about 40-50 minutes to paint, but that's individually. Batch painting in blocks of five miniatures at a time will cut down that time and you'll find they'll average out to about half an hour each.
Honestly, I find it's very rarely necessary to paint a miniature in stages just to get to the chest. If you can't reach it with a brush easily, you generally can't see it that often. Easier to just leave a little bit of primer and a touch of green in there rather than fuss with it endlessly.
Great tutorial, keep the great work. Bullshit new names, kasrkin will be always kasrkin. Also as a Spanish mini painter, kasrkin sounds crazy different in english.
Kasrkin?! That's no Kasrkin... it's one of those pansy Tempestus Scions. Cadian Elite > Astra Militarum Elite Rambling aside, great video again. Keep them coming!
Gotta make do with what's on the requisition forms! If the Departmento Munitorum ships you red berets and a hotshot lasgun pack, you strap them on and do battle with what you've got. ;)
Late to the party, but your tutorials are amazing for realistic ways of getting models ready for the tabletop at a good standard. Love them, and please keep them coming.
Like the final result, but, was most impressed with the error correction. One thing a lot of people skip over is how to deal with errors and that it isn't a "strip it and start over" moment every time you make a mistake. Showing how easy it is to fix really stops beginning painters from being disheartened.
It's something that came up on a previous video, where someone mentioned finding it useful that they could see how I fixed a problem. It seemed like it'd be useful to keep those little bits in for exactly that reason; you can fix the little things, and it doesn't need to be the end of the world. :) Recovering after a mistake is its own skill, I figure, so I'm going to leave in any little flubs from now on.
Militar....what? Your in the Guard Son! I loved my old metal Kasrkin models :) Hot shot lasguns were awesome! This comment is sponsored by Agrax Earthshade
Listen, if I want the reinforcements I've got to fill in the paperwork the way the Departmento Munitorum requires, and that means I gotta write 'Astra Militarum' at the top of the page! I can get away with saying Imperial Guard as much as I like... so long as there's no commissars within earshot!
Fuck you nuln oil gang
Fool i use orange juice to shade my minis
I just wanted to say thank you for the amazing face painting tutorial. Helps me out tremendously. Also I really appreciate you showing the mistake on camera and showing how you fixed it.
This is the video that led me to your channel. I love your comments, techniques, color schemes. Please keep up such great content.
I had never heard of the Kasrkin before but they are very interesting figures. I like the paint scheme quite a lot and the wash really changes the whole figure after it is applied. It looks great and I learned some new things from this tutorial. Thanks for sharing it.
I ought to be sponsored by Agrax Earthshade at this rate! The Scions are really cool miniatures, packed with detail and little touches that make them look like incredibly well prepared veterans. :D
I think GW ought to sponsor you too!
I'm just starting a Tempestus Killteam, so this is perfect, thanks very much, liked and subscribed!
Currently following this for my Guard/Scions kill team, going good so far!
Thank you. This will come in quite handy when i eventually get some Tempestus. I'll have to tweak it, but you've really given me some ideas, again, thank you!
Cheers!
If it takes a wee bit of tweaking, all the better - it means you've got your own style! :D
As an cadian/kasrkin unit user i aprove off this vid! Real nice one.
Also, agrax for the win! 🤘🏻
I'm making kasrkin from the cadian body, FW cadian helmet w/respirator, and the rest of the scion kit, so this a great paint tutorial for them; thanks a lot!
Sounds like a neat look! I'd be interested to see how the arms go on the Cadian body and whether they fit without any rejiggering. :D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I already have the arms on, just have to order the heads. The arms didn't need to be modified at all, and the backpack sits nicely on the back piece of a guardsman. I did shorten the cable for the volley gun though.
Love the tutorial. I decided to paint mine in the 54th but as always there are great tips in your videos that anyone can use for their details....❤
WONDERFUL tutorial!!!
You have a lovely speaking voice. Thanks for showing us how you paint your figures. 👍🏻😊🇦🇺
Loving your work as ever!
Could you do a basing tutorial please as your bases look great! Want to avoid using sand as the scale doesn’t look right!
Thanks in advance!
There's a few providers out there that do better sand for miniatures at this scale. I've always found Citadel's basing sand to have chunks in it that're just way too big! I get asked about bases on the regular, so I'll hope to have something up this week on those.
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thanks a million! I can feel a new series of ‘How I Base Things’ coming along!
Brilliant video! Thank you for putting this out there, this really helps.
I'm glad to hear it! These guys are a lot of fun and they look absolutely cracking on the table. Those red berets stand out from a mile away so they make for awesome shock troops hidden amongst your Guardsmen.
I've had in my mind to start an astra militarum army, but using the colours of the 110th cadian, i'd love to see a tutorial for them
I'll be swinging back around on Imperial Guard eventually, I'm sure, but in the meantime you could try Castellan Green followed by a light drybrush of Straken Green. Paint in the armour black and then shade the lot with Nuln Oil? Could do the job!
Great painting tutorial as usual
Thanks a lot! May it serve you well in service to the Emperor... I hope. ;D
Nice! Been waiting for this one.
There's been a few that've requested the Scions, so I knew I had to get to it sooner rather than later! These models are packed with character, so they benefit from a little extra attention.
Very cool video.
I'm just starting to get into painting minis, and I've found your videos super helpful so far because you constantly reinforce why you do things as you go. Thanks! Quick question: in the 'simple Astra Militarum' video, you drybrushed the cloth pants before the wash, whereas you washed then highlighted this guy. Any reason to choose one method over the other? They both looked great in the end, and the drybrush-then-wash method looked much more doable for a newbie!
Thanks again
With the ordinary Guardsman, the fatigues make up most of the miniature, so drybrushing them is the quickest way to get that shade and highlight in one fell swoop. With the Scions there's actually very little visible clothing, so it's not quite as effective. It actually works out a little bit easier to go back in and paint the trousers in this fashion than trying to stay neat and tidy around an area you've drybrushed that's surrounded by detail, I find.
If you find it's still not quite working out how you'd like, try putting on the Zandri Dust basecoat, then hit it straight with some highlights of Ushabti Bone, and don't worry too much if they look a little thick or crooked. Do that before you shade the miniature in Agrax Earthshade, and it'll help tidy up any of those little rogue splotches or crooked highlights. :D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio awesome, thanks! I picked up all of those colours yesterday. Time to give it a go!
How's your painting hobby going? Won any battles?
Thanks for the inspiration I was looking for a color scheme and found it thanks again
Glad it could be of use! :D
If you have the spare parts I'd see about using cadian guardsman body and legs and then put in the head, arms and weapon and pack pack from the scions. Keeps the iconic square chest plate while still being fairly obvious they are tempestus
This scion reminds me of Stallone from the expendables when he wore the beret in it LOL.
Great Video! Hey just wondering, after applying the Agrax Earthshade wash, do you ever find that you need to go back over the armor with Castellan Green? My models seem to be a bit too dark after the wash.
I don't usually go back over with the base colour unless something goes really funky. It can happen sometimes if you manage to put a little too much on, but in most cases once you highlight you'll barely notice it. Just try a little less shade next time around!
Hi! Not directly related to this video, but I’m interested in returning to painting after butchering Ultramarines when I was younger! What steps would you suggest I take to get back into painting? How much should I invest in paints/what kits would you suggest I get to get back into 40K painting?
If you're keen on getting back into Ultramarines specifically and this video was any use to you, take a look at the one where I attack blue power armour specifically! ua-cam.com/video/7wJtKOf4YVU/v-deo.html It's a pretty limited palette, so not too many paints to pick up.
Depending on what you're interested in painting these days, though, there's not really any specific paint sets from Citadel for most armies. They offer bundles of paints, but there's usually not much off the top and you'll probably end up with a handful you won't use terribly often. It's a mixed bag, but you're honestly better off picking up the ones you like the look of. If you're getting started again, I thoroughly suggest the Base range as a good place to start, as well as the Shades to go with them. I think it'd be worth finding a few tutorials you like the look of and picking up some of the first few paints from those to get your eye in, see what you think works!
As far as brushes I'd definitely suggest Citadel or Army Painter as nice, relatively cheap and reliable brushes to get back into the game with. Citadel's got the edge in being a little more easily available, but both will do much the same thing, though I'd definitely lean toward Citadel's awesome drybrushes. A small and a medium sized layer brush, a couple of basecoat brushes, a shade brush and a medium drybrush will do almost everything you need to get started without breaking the bank!
As for kits? Pick something you like the look of! Space Marines remain a great place to get started and cut your teeth, and with 8th Edition being fairly open about what armies can ally with who you can paint up a couple of squads and play with them alongside most anything else in the game if you're just wanting to practice first. Personally, I'm always biased toward the Imperial Guard, but I think the best place to start is always what you find interesting. Good luck, and welcome back! :D
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thank you! I’ll bear all of this in mind during my first trip back to a store. I really appreciate your detailed and considered response, thank you! Best wishes from England!
It can be pretty daunting getting back into it! There's a lot of options out there these days. If you've got a store local to you, though, sticking with Citadel for the most part does make things a lot easier, though if you can hunt out a supplier that offers Vallejo paints for certain basecoats you might find it a bunch easier. The staff in-store are generally pretty helpful, too! Though... they kinda do want you to buy stuff, too. ;)
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio I will give them a visit soon! I’ll try shop smart to make sure I don’t spend toooo much, ha! Thank you for your help
Love the video, could you provide a a paint list please I'm using the video to paint along to
Quick question, how did you get the model to look so good after the wash, at 9:48?
What you see is what you get! Between the shade going on and the effect you see once it's dried, there's nothing additional done. Anything else that happens after that you see on camera. The shades are magic in a bottle. ;D
nicely done mate, wanted to see how you would tackle painting storm troopers, wasn't disappointed.
They're such cool models, you can't go wrong. The only real trick is remembering to move him around to reach behind those blasted cables!
Amazing quality and work mate, you should definitely try out doing some alternative IG schemes, if you've got the spare time? Subscribed!
Thanks a lot! I've had a few suggestions for alternate colour schemes, so I might do a quick video with a few different recipes for people to try out. :D
Anytime! That sounds really cool and I have a feeling like that'd be a first here on UA-cam, you know there are few videos of other combinations than the standard Cadian scheme. I'm looking forward to it, meanwhile I might as well get something to paint myself!
Wow! That looks great! What brushes do you use and what sizes did you use in this video? Amazed at the sharp, detail lines you make with them and they don't even seem to have a super sharp tip
Mostly it's old Citadel brushes that I've been using for a while. Their Medium and Small Layer brushes are pretty good!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Okay, cool! Thanks! Guess it's time to invest some actually good brushes. Thanks for responding. I really appreciate the advice
Thanks for sharing.
Man, I do not know why it flags your comments as spam all the time! That's bonkers. Thanks for stopping in to say hi, though! I gotta figure out how to wrangle UA-cam... :O
Useful and fantastic video, subscribed immediately
Thanks for sticking around! The Scions are a lot of fun to paint, and I wanted to tackle something a little different than the classic look. :)
Came here to stare at cool minis, stayed for the lore :)
I love your tutorials and the look of your models. Also I am having trouble with the look of the salamander space marine and I just can’t seem to get it right are there any tip that you could give if so that would be great
I've actually got a Salamander on the table, waiting to be sprayed. It'll be next week that one goes up - probably around Thursday/Friday at this point. A few folks have asked about how I'd do the Salamanders, so it's a Chapter I definitely want to touch on!
Thank you
Good evening from Spain I would like to congratulate you for the tremendous work you did and if you do not mind you could put the list of paintings for me to order? ... I am new to this. Thank you :)
I still have some old metal storm troopers that looked like SAS troopers.
Very Good like that a lot
I LOVE Scions! So glad to see this however, think the gold trim could be replaced with a silver one and still look effective?
Great vid, keep them coming :)
If you wanted to stick to a silver trim, I'd probably keep it quite dark so there's a bit of contrast against the armour. Personally, I quite like the brass. Once it's had that last highlight of Liberator Gold, it's fairly similar in tone to the fatigues - it keeps to the palette and breaks up the green without introducing a whole new colour, more or less. Silver would probably work similarly, but again, I'd definitely try and keep it darker.
I was thinking with sticking to a darker, Grey/navy colour scheme for the model, and I want to try to keep the use of gold to a minimum as a part of my regiment. I'm not a fan of the brass as I generally don't like the torso of the Scions, but hopefully a darker silver trim will help to adress that :)
... Either that or I try and torso-swap with regular Cadians...
Oooh. If you're planning a deep navy for the armour, then a silver trim would actually work really well, I think. Keep the gold to a minimum for spot colours, but yeah, I think that'd work really well. From trying it myself, swapping the Scion arms onto the Cadian torsos is a bit of a muckabout. It works, but it takes a lot of fudging to get the hand to meet the left arm properly - just stick to the silver, instead! You might try once everything is highlighted going back to it with a little Nuln Oil to darken it even further.
Thanks man! Really appreciate the advice, I'm off to buy a box now! :)
Be sure and let me know how they turn out! I'd be dead keen to see once they're finished. I've got a feeling they'll look pretty cool. :D
Great job mate
These guys are such cool miniatures. It's hard not to have fun with them! :D
Which pack is this specific model in? I can't seem to find it🤔
It's just the Tempetus Scions plastic box set.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio ahh I see, the head's just different.👍
I love your videos, also, I am getting back into 40k, I haven't painted in many many years, so I guess my question is where do I start? Is there starter kits out there with paints and minis?
Good question! There are a couple of starter sets with paints included, though they tend to be smaller pots that're really more of a taster than the beginnings of a collection. You can get boxed sets of each of the 'types' of Citadel paints, though, and I particularly recommend the Base Paint Set, as you'll find a use for all of those fairly regularly and it saves a little money versus buying them separately. Then pick up whichever Layer and Dry paints you're interested in to go with the troops you're interested in.
If you're really looking for a big bunch of miniatures, tools and some paints to get you started, though, there's the Dark Imperium Starter Collection. Again, it's the smaller pots of paint, but you can top those up and replace them as you need. www.games-workshop.com/en-EU/Dark-Imperium-Essentials-Collection-ENG-2017
I'm not sure how to do the eyes, can you offer any advice?
What are you using for your highlight brush?I’m having trouble with maintaining that time of a point (or getting the paint to flow that well off of mine...with out too much coming off).
I use an ordinary Citadel Small Layer brush for my highlights. I'll be doing a little something on brush maintenance that works for me soon, combining a couple things on brush care and keeping a point on things.
I really wish the Kasrkin were still a thing. I use Forgeworlds hostile environment conversations for all my Militarum troops, so if I could use Kasrkins as my scions in the army they would look so nice because they looks basically the same as the hostile evo conversations but with more armor and hot-shat lasguns, so they’d just mix into the army much more nicely
You might find those hazardous environment helmets look pretty good on the Scions. I know some folks have been using them to convert with Cadian legs, but I don't think you'd need to go to that extent; just that familiar helmet profile with the plugged-in hellguns and extra carapace would do the business, I think!
How long would that one model take to paint off camera?
With a bit of practice, these guys take about 40-50 minutes to paint, but that's individually. Batch painting in blocks of five miniatures at a time will cut down that time and you'll find they'll average out to about half an hour each.
what black is the primer?
Chaos Black, but it's honestly not important which black you're using here. Almost all of it is going to be covered, anyhow.
the first drybrush is optionnal right?
Yep! You can skip it if you like, it's not strictly necessary.
Enjoyed this. Hmm it's my birthday in April should I get some Guard haha
Next I'll bust out a Leman Russ and some Ogryns... and then you'll have to follow me over the top! ;D Guard are the way forward, my dude!
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio oh no please don't haha. I've got a space wolves leman Russ. My be that will be my 1sy tank of the army
They were called Kasrkin since Codex EOT in 2003, not the 2005 IG Codex
Somehow I'd managed to forget the Eye of Terror campaign. Just like the writers... ;)
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio it’s funny because it’s true
Is it worth it to paint them without their gun holding arms first so you can hit the chest plate easier?
Honestly, I find it's very rarely necessary to paint a miniature in stages just to get to the chest. If you can't reach it with a brush easily, you generally can't see it that often. Easier to just leave a little bit of primer and a touch of green in there rather than fuss with it endlessly.
this is better than 2 thin layers :]
I'm pretty sure that counts as heresy, but if you don't tell Duncan, neither will I... ;D
Watching this after the killteam team got released is amusing
Great tutorial, keep the great work. Bullshit new names, kasrkin will be always kasrkin. Also as a Spanish mini painter, kasrkin sounds crazy different in english.
Gotta rep the classic names. ;)
Kasrkin?! That's no Kasrkin... it's one of those pansy Tempestus Scions. Cadian Elite > Astra Militarum Elite
Rambling aside, great video again. Keep them coming!
Gotta make do with what's on the requisition forms! If the Departmento Munitorum ships you red berets and a hotshot lasgun pack, you strap them on and do battle with what you've got. ;)
they are a section of their own that fall under commissars... they have nothing to do with Cadia but Astra Militarium in general
These guys are just impossible if you have a shakey hand
kas er kin.. Who the fuck says it like that. KAR SKIN !
Because it's spelled Kasrkin? Referring to the old Cadian word for fortress, kasr. So Kasr-Kin.