I really appreciate that the thumbnails show the finished product. So many hobby channels blur the results in their thumbnails, which tends to have the opposite effect than what they're going for. Thanks guy!
LOVED watching this! We love a good army painting project and it's so rewarding to see all of those models standing in uniform when they are done. Great job Guy!
Love that you had the most bleak, grimdark intro I’ve seen in a painting vid followed with a very cheery “Hey everyone!” Also that battle report is gonna be a marvelously vibrant spectacle!
Finally! I'll paint a big target on my back again, but I am glad that you get to try out these paints! Hope to see them more as a tool in your Arsenal.
I really like the orange jumpsuit aesthetic for your penal guardsmen. I never thought you could do anything interesting with guards beside "insert historic army here" paintjobs, glad you showed me otherwise.
I really appreciate the transparency about paint brands. It’s got to the point with speed paint that I don’t know if some hobby UA-camrs like them because it’s a good product or if they have a vested interest in showing them in a good light. Thanks for being honest and keeping your opinions objective.
We don’t pay for reviews. We DID hire three channels as consultants for their feedback in the development of the new colours and range but we’ve been extremely forthcoming about that. In their contract we specifically state that we were not hiring them to make content, we hired them as representatives of our great community :)
Really liked the super clear disclaimer about the paints, there’s defo a lot of channels out there that aren’t that clear about what they’ve been sponsored to show.
Awesome. I love off-the-usual-box-art-color-schemes, which is why it was so hard for me to 'Sandstone' my Indomitus Necrons, but I couldn't get away from the bony color pallet. Guy has become _'the Man'._
Awesome video Guy, it's really appreciated, and I enjoyed watching it. I know that AP has said that with the new 2.0 formula, that if you let the paints dry for about 2 hours (variable depending on weather) they shouldn't re-activate at all any more. That being said, I obviously haven't had the chance to try them out myself yet, so watching this, and seeing them being used 'in the wild' so to speak is really helpful.
I don’t think Guy waited the recommended 2 hours 😂 but you can see how easy it was to apply a coat of white overtop. After two coats of white and Speedpaint should be covered for good.
Good to see the formula hasn't changed much in the way the paint behaves. This technique is my go to now. The speed paint tells me where to add highlights which is my favorite part.
Pouring that paint back into the bottle was like every movie when the character is dying of thirst and pours their last drops of water or new found water all over their face spilling 90% of it.
Awesome video. The models have turned out great. The orange is great but that gold is amazing. Hopefully you can test more of that gold on other things and see how it ages. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
Ooh! I’ve just been getting started with mini painting using army painter’s starter kit and really been enjoying it. Definitely want to give these speed paints a try now!
The dropper bottle incident reminds me of my Lil incident with speed paint as well. We're the cap was loose and I shook the dang thing gushing a bit everywhere hahaha.
I have only used speed paint 1.0 but they can really pop if done over a colored undercoat. I wanted to paint a librarian with the blue armor so i based the model in purple, zenithaled it in teal, then a drybrush of white. When High Lord Blue went over it, it really looked good
I love speedpaints so much. With a white primer they are so fun to paitn with. You certainly need some regular paints along site depening on what you are painting.
6:38 i actually did this to myself the other night. It wasnt army painter but a random paint i wanted to try from a game store after a night shift. Shake it up, heard a ball inside and was like 'oh thats cool!'. Went to squeeze... nothing. I had let it sit for a long time (depression is fun, get therapy yall), so i figured it was a little gunked and just needed some help. I squeezed harder and ended up painting my palette, the wall, my pants, and my pride. Wish i saw this earlier 😅
Those speed paints are great I didn't know they had a metalic now. With the little pack of them I was making a bright gold whith zealot yellow by mixing it with vallejo silver but maby I need to check them again for the new colors
Testing the paints on the bases, finding which you like best, THEN RE-PRIMING THE BASES?! My god... it's so simple... WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THAT?! In my tiny brain, paint=forever so it's scary in that regard. But this is just flippin' smart work.
I've found it super helpful to prime and paint my speedpaint lids with the colour. It shows the range of colour really well due to the texture on the lids.
I recently started using some of these paints, and I've found that if you do a clean base coat of the individual colours you want then apply the relevant speed paint over the top you can actually get some nice effects. For instance I painted my vampire/zombie dragon things wings red then highlighted, t hen used speed paint red over the top and it really popped.gave loads of depth and amped up up vibrancy of the colours. Hope this was useful. And by the way, love your stuff.
I have the original plastic inperial guard box set from the 80's and even back then i made a " dirty dozen " inspired penal battalion squad and used orange for their uniforms too.
I love seeing how creative the community has been with Guard since the "Cadia Stands" box came out Also, the heavy weapon team is included in the start collecting box so that you can run it as part of the squad
Those are great colors. Your review is a happy surprise. I like army painter speed paints because they are much cheaper than Citadel and readily available at my local shop.
2:48 by far the best non contrast orange I’ve found is mixing the orange red and bismuth yellow both from the pro acryl rogue hobbies set together. The only actually good acrylic non contrast type paint
This was great. I got some white scar spray just to try it out. Been wanting to see some stuff over white primer instead of the off whites usually intended for contrasts
Great video, as always! I personally love Speedpaints by AP, I have never gotten models painted quicker, especially when combined with a Slapchop underpainting. I will check out the Speedpaints 2.0 package, since almost every color from 1.0 was very good but somewhat limited in color palette variety.
Omg I just got done doing the same combo of colors for the fatigues and thought of it on my own! I wanted to check your video for inspiration on the armor! Great minds think alike :)
Gun Metal, probably already mentioned, is already a color in the AP range. And it's pretty good, a regular gun metal paint. I like this tutorial, by the way, and am just wondering if it would have been better to do your black paints, touch up mistakes with white, then go in with your orange brew :)
Excellent stuff! I’ve fancied a penal squad or two for some years now, think this is what I’ll do for the unpainted older Cadians I have sitting untouched. Can’t wait to see what you do with the Russ!
How you did the commissar is exactly how I use my speedpaints. Adding some white or off white to the regular speedpaint colour creates the perfect highlights to give your paint job that extra pop.
If I were doing a force like this, I'd be tempted to do variant colors on a few of the armor panels and lasguns. I like the idea that their equipment tends to be picked up and re-used from battlefield casualties, so gear of different shades would end up cobbled together. I'm imagining orange-suited prisoners being herded directly from the prison ship, to the heaps of salvaged equipment, to the battlefield.
"Meat for the grinder in the gears of an endless war... Hey everyone, Guy here!" That was quiet the juxtaposition in tones there for the opening : D Loving that paint scheme.
Personally not a fan of Army Painter paints as a whole, and I admire your perseverance trying all these different painting techniques out, but I think this only solidifies how counterproductive "speed paints" can be generally speaking. Great video, always good seeing people's honest takes. Look forward to seeing these projects duke it out in the arena!
Dont think we missed that Velvet Underground reference guy! These guys look great. The orange is a really unique color, very eye-catching, and great idea with the barcode insignia. I imagine when you do the lemans russ, In order to sell it as a penal legion you could 'weld' the hatches shut or something similar, like they're ensuring the crew don't bail out at the first sign of trouble.
Anyone interested should check out the Last Chancers novels for penal legion action. Definitely hits the "Dirty Dozen in Warhammer 40k" vibe really well.
Ironically I got a speedpainter advert at the start of the video :) Really great results, though not convinced about how the bronze settled over white on the flamer, the rest look amazing. I also tend to find if you're not drilling barrels then a dot of black at the end can help give the perception of some depth.
Those Guardsmen look great, it's a very cool and unusual colour scheme! Also, happy to hear I'm not the only one to have accidentally squirted paint all over.
I really appreciate that the thumbnails show the finished product. So many hobby channels blur the results in their thumbnails, which tends to have the opposite effect than what they're going for. Thanks guy!
Yeah. I see some nice minis I go "oooh, I wanna watch that", I see some pixelated or blurred blob I go "f*ck off!" and never watch that video.
Yes! Spot on. Thanks, Guy!
Or I just skip to the end..
Preach
Agree with this.
LOVED watching this! We love a good army painting project and it's so rewarding to see all of those models standing in uniform when they are done. Great job Guy!
Pretty cool to see how quickly you painted one coat over another, and a white re-basecoat with limited bleed. Good work.
@@TheArmyPainter What caused the odd red dots in the spilled paint early in the video? Is that intended?
@@TheArmyPainterI’ll second that request. Were the ‘bits’ in Nuclear Sunrise an error?
@@ArchmageFel I think that came from pouring it back into the bottle after it spilled. Might have been something that settled on the pallette.
@@thelinsky2319exactly what i thought, seems fairly obvious
I think the mistake made pouring it back into the bottle was worse than the exploding nozzle incident. 🤣
That may have been where the spots came from :(
Ya seeing that hurt my soul
Something about the hard transition from "MEAT FOR THE GRINDER IN THE GEARS OF AN ENDLESS WAR" to "Hey everyone! Guy here! :D" made me laugh.
Personally, I find the speedpaints make a mild camouflage effect on the armor panels, which I think looks really good.
Agreed! The blotchiness on armor looks pretty good ngl.
You gotta love it when guy uses his grimdark voice
Love that you had the most bleak, grimdark intro I’ve seen in a painting vid followed with a very cheery “Hey everyone!” Also that battle report is gonna be a marvelously vibrant spectacle!
Wow, that orange really pops! Layering a couple Speedpaints was a good call on this one.
I can't get over how good Guy's music is. His tunage is legit!
Finally! I'll paint a big target on my back again, but I am glad that you get to try out these paints! Hope to see them more as a tool in your Arsenal.
Can you be the narrator in the new warhammer show, you killed it with that intro, sounded real good
Yep that intro was sic
And then that contrasting happy Hi..
It felt like a cold shower.
@@ttaibe yeah it hit just as hard lol
I really like the orange jumpsuit aesthetic for your penal guardsmen. I never thought you could do anything interesting with guards beside "insert historic army here" paintjobs,
glad you showed me otherwise.
There's honestly loads of Guard color schemes out there, both in official material and fan made.
I really appreciate the transparency about paint brands. It’s got to the point with speed paint that I don’t know if some hobby UA-camrs like them because it’s a good product or if they have a vested interest in showing them in a good light. Thanks for being honest and keeping your opinions objective.
We don’t pay for reviews. We DID hire three channels as consultants for their feedback in the development of the new colours and range but we’ve been extremely forthcoming about that. In their contract we specifically state that we were not hiring them to make content, we hired them as representatives of our great community :)
Really liked the super clear disclaimer about the paints, there’s defo a lot of channels out there that aren’t that clear about what they’ve been sponsored to show.
Awesome. I love off-the-usual-box-art-color-schemes, which is why it was so hard for me to 'Sandstone' my Indomitus Necrons, but I couldn't get away from the bony color pallet. Guy has become _'the Man'._
The tonal whiplash I got from the introduction to the actual video-
Awesome video Guy, it's really appreciated, and I enjoyed watching it. I know that AP has said that with the new 2.0 formula, that if you let the paints dry for about 2 hours (variable depending on weather) they shouldn't re-activate at all any more. That being said, I obviously haven't had the chance to try them out myself yet, so watching this, and seeing them being used 'in the wild' so to speak is really helpful.
I don’t think Guy waited the recommended 2 hours 😂 but you can see how easy it was to apply a coat of white overtop. After two coats of white and Speedpaint should be covered for good.
@@TheArmyPainter Yeah those are certainly top tier. I can't wait to get my hands on some. Just wish I'd been able to pre-order them.
Good to see the formula hasn't changed much in the way the paint behaves. This technique is my go to now. The speed paint tells me where to add highlights which is my favorite part.
Pouring that paint back into the bottle was like every movie when the character is dying of thirst and pours their last drops of water or new found water all over their face spilling 90% of it.
Awesome video. The models have turned out great. The orange is great but that gold is amazing. Hopefully you can test more of that gold on other things and see how it ages. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
Ooh! I’ve just been getting started with mini painting using army painter’s starter kit and really been enjoying it. Definitely want to give these speed paints a try now!
So hyped for this video as soon as I saw the notification
This was a creative colourscheme! Well done.
The dropper bottle incident reminds me of my Lil incident with speed paint as well. We're the cap was loose and I shook the dang thing gushing a bit everywhere hahaha.
These are undoubtedly my favourite videos of yours. So informative and therapeutic
I have only used speed paint 1.0 but they can really pop if done over a colored undercoat. I wanted to paint a librarian with the blue armor so i based the model in purple, zenithaled it in teal, then a drybrush of white. When High Lord Blue went over it, it really looked good
NEW MIDWINTER MINIS LETS GO!
Those mini's turned out great, love the Commissar....Well done..👍
These came out great, congrats! Thanks for some of the extra tips too, much appreciated! 😎👍
Wow-sticks and deep dark holes...great video!
I love speedpaints so much. With a white primer they are so fun to paitn with. You certainly need some regular paints along site depening on what you are painting.
6:50 had that happen to me when painting my first admech. Looking at the skitarri I painted next I liked the first one more.
This is how I’ll paint my guardsmen, makes them very unique
That looks amazing! I can’t wait to see them fight the forces of chaos!
I love the small lore you gave to them. Its real neat
that Commisar is genuinely gorgeous :D that purple is the best color of them all
6:38 i actually did this to myself the other night. It wasnt army painter but a random paint i wanted to try from a game store after a night shift. Shake it up, heard a ball inside and was like 'oh thats cool!'. Went to squeeze... nothing. I had let it sit for a long time (depression is fun, get therapy yall), so i figured it was a little gunked and just needed some help. I squeezed harder and ended up painting my palette, the wall, my pants, and my pride. Wish i saw this earlier 😅
I enjoyed this video! Sort of a return to form and I appreciate it!
Those speed paints are great I didn't know they had a metalic now. With the little pack of them I was making a bright gold whith zealot yellow by mixing it with vallejo silver but maby I need to check them again for the new colors
Testing the paints on the bases, finding which you like best, THEN RE-PRIMING THE BASES?! My god... it's so simple... WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THAT?! In my tiny brain, paint=forever so it's scary in that regard. But this is just flippin' smart work.
That commissar looks awesome … and a great tip on the paint bottles!
Awesome video and I love the superglue to plastic cups idea for painting the models.
I've found it super helpful to prime and paint my speedpaint lids with the colour. It shows the range of colour really well due to the texture on the lids.
Genius!
Love your videos.
Keep up the amazing work
I recently started using some of these paints, and I've found that if you do a clean base coat of the individual colours you want then apply the relevant speed paint over the top you can actually get some nice effects. For instance I painted my vampire/zombie dragon things wings red then highlighted, t
hen used speed paint red over the top and it really popped.gave loads of depth and amped up up vibrancy of the colours. Hope this was useful. And by the way, love your stuff.
oooh! lovely Velvet underground callout there, Guy!
Extra thumbs up for reviewing paints that you paid for yourself.
Kudos.
I have the original plastic inperial guard box set from the 80's and even back then i made a " dirty dozen " inspired penal battalion squad and used orange for their uniforms too.
Love those old mugshots in the introduction. Great touch!
Thanks for showing us the mistakes you make too, Guy. You are human after all!
A bit of weathering with a sponge and those blotchy armor panels would've looked great and worn!
I love seeing how creative the community has been with Guard since the "Cadia Stands" box came out
Also, the heavy weapon team is included in the start collecting box so that you can run it as part of the squad
Great video, love the colours.
Those are great colors. Your review is a happy surprise. I like army painter speed paints because they are much cheaper than Citadel and readily available at my local shop.
That's such an amazing color scheme! Love these
I've found contrast/speed paints through an airbrush come out really well. It's my go to for any big models with wings.
2:48 by far the best non contrast orange I’ve found is mixing the orange red and bismuth yellow both from the pro acryl rogue hobbies set together. The only actually good acrylic non contrast type paint
that blue for the plasma pistol is amazing
I have had a guard army sitting in a case primed white for like 2 years. Now I have a scheme, thanks Guy ♡
thanks for telling us how the nozzle incident happens. happened to me the other day too.
They look pretty good in orange def the best way to paint Cadians.
This was great. I got some white scar spray just to try it out. Been wanting to see some stuff over white primer instead of the off whites usually intended for contrasts
Definitely gonna use this video when i paint gsc, thanks Guy!
Great video, as always! I personally love Speedpaints by AP, I have never gotten models painted quicker, especially when combined with a Slapchop underpainting. I will check out the Speedpaints 2.0 package, since almost every color from 1.0 was very good but somewhat limited in color palette variety.
Very cool to see. Also, nice Velvet Underground reference.
I've also burst open my army painter bottles like that before, nice to see a hobby hero go through the same struggles
Omg I just got done doing the same combo of colors for the fatigues and thought of it on my own! I wanted to check your video for inspiration on the armor! Great minds think alike :)
Nice, I will be stealing that dayglo orange recipe. Looking forward to seeing the tank getting painted up.
Very interesting challenge. Thanks! Also, thanks for the ball bearing tip.
Just painted some space marines! They looked good thanks to your speed painting video on them!
Gun Metal, probably already mentioned, is already a color in the AP range. And it's pretty good, a regular gun metal paint.
I like this tutorial, by the way, and am just wondering if it would have been better to do your black paints, touch up mistakes with white, then go in with your orange brew :)
Finally Deathmatch returns!
Looks great. can't wait for that battle report!
I love how you did that electric effect on the sword! So simple, but the results were fantastic. I gotta give that a try
Thanks for the video!! More speed painting videos please 😊
Thank you!
Excellent stuff! I’ve fancied a penal squad or two for some years now, think this is what I’ll do for the unpainted older Cadians I have sitting untouched. Can’t wait to see what you do with the Russ!
How you did the commissar is exactly how I use my speedpaints. Adding some white or off white to the regular speedpaint colour creates the perfect highlights to give your paint job that extra pop.
If I were doing a force like this, I'd be tempted to do variant colors on a few of the armor panels and lasguns. I like the idea that their equipment tends to be picked up and re-used from battlefield casualties, so gear of different shades would end up cobbled together. I'm imagining orange-suited prisoners being herded directly from the prison ship, to the heaps of salvaged equipment, to the battlefield.
That Caribbean Ocean paint over white is pure magic. Hate doing plasma!
"Meat for the grinder in the gears of an endless war... Hey everyone, Guy here!" That was quiet the juxtaposition in tones there for the opening : D Loving that paint scheme.
Ive been dying to get my paint-hands on the speedpaint metallics!! I love that swarm purple!
Personally not a fan of Army Painter paints as a whole, and I admire your perseverance trying all these different painting techniques out, but I think this only solidifies how counterproductive "speed paints" can be generally speaking. Great video, always good seeing people's honest takes. Look forward to seeing these projects duke it out in the arena!
Dont think we missed that Velvet Underground reference guy!
These guys look great. The orange is a really unique color, very eye-catching, and great idea with the barcode insignia.
I imagine when you do the lemans russ, In order to sell it as a penal legion you could 'weld' the hatches shut or something similar, like they're ensuring the crew don't bail out at the first sign of trouble.
The content creator Warhipster uses contrasts for some of his tutorials and talks about how to get better coverage on flat panels
Love that the commissar looks like he would fit in well with the Ork army you have Guy, lol
Great job on these. Bright orange always scares me. :D
I saw a second brush in there putting in work lol. Also the orange and white look like perfect rebel pilot uniforms.
wowow I love that purple!
I saw on channel tht a warm flesh tone like bugmans glow is a good base coat, to layer orange over
OMG, they look like the security guards from ALien Vs Predator 2 game! Nostalgia just kicked in!
god tier content
Love the paint scheme!
Nice result! 👍😄👏
I loe the glory shot where the commisire is pointing his gun at one of his men's head, Spot on Sir :)
Anyone interested should check out the Last Chancers novels for penal legion action. Definitely hits the "Dirty Dozen in Warhammer 40k" vibe really well.
Shared on Twitter! Thanks, Guy!
Been looking for an orange like that for a while, my attempts so far have sucked. Gonna steal that for sure.
Ironically I got a speedpainter advert at the start of the video :) Really great results, though not convinced about how the bronze settled over white on the flamer, the rest look amazing. I also tend to find if you're not drilling barrels then a dot of black at the end can help give the perception of some depth.
Those Guardsmen look great, it's a very cool and unusual colour scheme! Also, happy to hear I'm not the only one to have accidentally squirted paint all over.
really sad that some armies never make it onto this channel, like custodes, tau....but there are 20 vids on necrons painting.