When I start watching your videos, it was all about how to paint. But lately, I catch myself watching your videos because I enjoy how cheerful you are while painting the miniatures. You really like doing that and your cheerfulness is contagious. Keep up the good work.
I find it's easy to get caught up in results and the hobby can become a little stressful as you're constantly nitpicking your work and wanting to make sure stuff looks just like it does on the box... feh! Have some fun with it, relax. It's meant to be a hobby, not a job!
I'm very new to the miniature painting universe and also to SLA 3D printing. OF COURSE I printed a bunch of Stormtroopers first and now they need color! I also saw the technique with the apothecary white in another video, imitated it and it didn't look good. Also, my paint can was much darker than the one in your videos. And it was only because of you that I saw the white particles on the ground!!! I immediately put a ball in the jar and what can I say except THANK YOU SO MUCH. Now it looks just like yours, looking forward to painting it...
I did basically the same thing except used primed Seer gray, then zenithal spray of white. Then basically did recess/line shading using apothecary white instead of all over. Did a couple coats in certain areas to bump up the contrasts. Then Ardcoat on the armor panels.
I use white primer to make it little easier and so I just have to do some touch ups with white paint and then go in with the black and give it some highlights
I've actually seen a chap on Twitter doing just that - he's got a 1200pt Biel Tan army in which he painted the infantry in just a couple of days. Works well for that ghostly off-white, I think!
I’m sure you get a lot of comments like this but I just want to express my genuine appreciation for your channel. I’m pretty new to the entire hobby and your videos have helped me so much in not only painting up my Ork army for 40k but also just wrapping my head around some techniques for anything I might attempt in the future. Your way of presenting all the information and showing the results is insanely helpful. Thanks so much man!
Super glad to hear these help! I'm always really pleased to know these videos are out in the wild helping anybody get started, or just sharing techniques you might not otherwise have encountered. The internet's a pretty amazing resource for sharing these little tips and tricks.
Brilliant - a technique I'll try and emulate in my army building that will start soon. One observation, the black brim on the front of the helmet follows the raised detail, not just above where you have painted yours. But of course this doesn't really matter - a small geeky detail - as all your troopers will be painted the same and look consistent. Thanks again :-)
I made the mistake of following along with the artwork rather than just looking straight at a prop - I couldn't quite recall where the 'eyebrow' was and the art seemed to make it look set behind the brim rather than the whole thing being black. Shows what a bit of research is worth! ;D
Amazingly, it hadn't even dawned on me to paint Tau with this... and now I'm looking through the Codex after your suggestion, rubbing my chin and wondering how best to serve the Greater Good. :D
Just finished up my Imperial assault heroes & Special characters for Imperial assault core and a lot the expansions heroes, But I still have a million or maybe a couple less than that Stormtroopers to do, I think this is a good color scheme for them and Ive wanted to try the new contrast stuff.
I really like this look. Very tempted to do some marines in the same scheme. Could get a whole army painted in no time. Brilliant video mate 👍🏻🙂 I agree without the sound affects it just wouldn’t work
Painting sound effects are like the Whoosh Test for big flying things - if you feel silly going 'Wrrrrooosh!' with it in your hand, it's obviously not a flying toy. ;D
Hey, I miss your videos and with warcry coming out tomorrow I believe, could I make a request for how to paint flesh eater courts quickly? I like your attitude towards painting and would like to adopt a method of painting ghouls and whatnot :)
I've seen some better results for white using the contrast gray but watered down. I find the Apothecary white to be a little underwhelming for the darker details. Might test that a bit for what I feel is a better white with lines effect.
Great tutorial - will actually be using your technique on some resin printed Stormtrooper Skeletons from “One Gold Piece” Patreon. Was curious what the varnish was that you used - didn’t see it listed with the paints, and not sure I heard correctly which one you used. Regardless, thanks for the instruction
This one would have been Munitorum Varnish from Games Workshop. Any satin finish will work well, though; I like a slight semi-shine finish on Stormtroopers rather than a pure matt.
I've started to follow along with this tutorial as I haven't painted for years and wanted to finally take the plunge with the Legion set I got last year. Are you able to tell me if the lighting is a little boosted in your video? I thought I'd done a fairly nice base of Corax white spray, but after applying the Apothacary and starting to dry brush in Ceramite White (all I had on hand), overall it still appears quite a lot darker and more contrasted than what is being shown here. I'm not unhappy with the results, but just wanted to see if perhaps what I was viewing on the video was a little lighter than in real life. Fantastic tutorial by the way!
I think the lighting is probably pretty stark, but there's no tweaking of values or contrast in editing software, if that's what you mean. Ceramite White can be a little tricky to get the best results out of since it's ordinarily so gloopy, so if you're not getting quite the same look that's where I'd point to first, but you can give them another quick drybrush to see if it'll brighten up the finished armour.
I’ve seen this done is a few other videos and the troopers turn out too grey for my taste. Stormtrooper armor should be more of a pristine white, so I’m using Tamiya white as a base coat. I’ll test one guy with the Apothecary White contrast paint, but I don’t like the blue/grey effect. I’d rather use a pin wash and see how the dark lines turn out, but it’s really just personal preference.
It's definitely a style choice - had I more time, I'd aim for a more pure white, I think. These guys look better on the table than they do in photos, since you get more sense of the detail and proportion at a distance with the slight off-white than a pure white, but it's very much a Marmite kind of choice to make. ;D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio, agreed. White is so hard to get right, but your stuff looks great. I'm testing several methods with some Star Saga miniatures, since I can afford to paint those in an expendable fashion. I just really don't want to screw up my Stormtroopers, since that'll get noticed. LOL. Thanks for posting the video -- it has given me some direction.
So if I wanted to paint white a set of battletech miniatures would you recommend this way of doing it, or the other video you got to paint white marines with the drakenhof shade + lahmian medium? Also, if trying to achieve a 3 color camo with white base + light grey/dark grey, would this process work adding the camo before doing a final wash with apo. white? Thanks.
Thats really cool...HEY, The Army Painter Channel just TOTALLY copied two of ur vids....painting with washes and crackled ground for ur base....that's how good u r....thought u should know ; }
Ha! I imagine it's part of the state of things at the moment, really. With Contrast out and everyone's focus on the magic in a pot, I figured it'd be handy to show some alternatives. Though I do really like crackle effects for base painting. So simple and fast!
When you dry brush, do you run your brush all across the figure or just along the edges? I did as per your vid, and found the greyness of the Apothecary White to be very prominent if I just run the dry brush across the raised edges. Any advice would help :) I’m a beginner at painting miniatures.
With the Stormtroopers I find it's easiest to just drybrush the whole model rather than just the edges. With the right brush you'll end up catching the raised areas and sharp edges naturally anyway, but still adding a little powdering of white to the flatter panels of armour to help blend out some of that grey.
Grey Seer and Wraith Bone are just a little too dark to pull this off, I think. I actually really like them both, but in this case starting closer to white gets a quicker result.
I've got a few little stainless steel ball bearings from AK Interactive. Though I understand some folks prefer glass beads, which Army Painter supplies as well.
I made the mistake of following the artwork rather than just looking up a prop online. Turns out the 'eyebrow' should be black rather than the slot just above it, but eh! On the table you'll never think to care. XD
They're actually quite tall, it turns out! The helmets give them a bit of a bobblehead look, but their proportions seem pretty realistic when you put them up against Imperial Guard or Space Marines. The Legion style works pretty well across the whole range, and it does make assembly a snap-fit kind of job.
On the box art it's the little section above it; on actual props there's a slight recess above the 'brow' where that black line sits, from what I can see. On the miniatures it's a little hard to pull off at that scale, but I just painted in a line of Black Templar in the shallow dip where the brow juts out from the helmet and I think it works.
Looks good but gotta say it bothered me that you painted the wrong part above the eyes black that whole raised band above the eyes should be black not above it.
That they 'need' the Contrast-specific primers seems a bit unlikely. I've had some pretty good results over just about everything. They do tend to work best on a smoother surface, though, so if you've got something that sprays a little bit textured you can hit it with a varnish and you'll be able to paint the Contrast on no problem.
![Plastic-Looking Black Armour - Simple and Quick! [How I Paint Things]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8D9hw6J_B_M/mqdefault.jpg)
"And pretend it's a highlight.. shhh" thanks for the laugh :D
I have always found white a total nightmare to paint, really appreciate this tutorial and look forward to giving it a go.
I've been dreading having to do a Stormtrooper video, until quite by accident Apothecary White made it an absolute breeze. 🤣
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Like the great Bob Ross used to say, no mistakes just happy accidents :)
When I start watching your videos, it was all about how to paint. But lately, I catch myself watching your videos because I enjoy how cheerful you are while painting the miniatures. You really like doing that and your cheerfulness is contagious. Keep up the good work.
I find it's easy to get caught up in results and the hobby can become a little stressful as you're constantly nitpicking your work and wanting to make sure stuff looks just like it does on the box... feh! Have some fun with it, relax. It's meant to be a hobby, not a job!
I'm very new to the miniature painting universe and also to SLA 3D printing. OF COURSE I printed a bunch of Stormtroopers first and now they need color! I also saw the technique with the apothecary white in another video, imitated it and it didn't look good. Also, my paint can was much darker than the one in your videos. And it was only because of you that I saw the white particles on the ground!!! I immediately put a ball in the jar and what can I say except THANK YOU SO MUCH. Now it looks just like yours, looking forward to painting it...
I did basically the same thing except used primed Seer gray, then zenithal spray of white. Then basically did recess/line shading using apothecary white instead of all over. Did a couple coats in certain areas to bump up the contrasts. Then Ardcoat on the armor panels.
I did the sound effects and I've never had so much fun mixing my paint
Thanks for the video. Hands down you have the best tutorials on UA-cam😁👍🏻
Glad you think so!
Nice overview on standard technique.
I use white primer to make it little easier and so I just have to do some touch ups with white paint and then go in with the black and give it some highlights
It looks like the figure just walked out of the movie! THis was really helpful in painting a figure in white. Thanks for sharing this.
great - have been putting off starting biel tan guardians and this looks like a good quick path to white.
I've actually seen a chap on Twitter doing just that - he's got a 1200pt Biel Tan army in which he painted the infantry in just a couple of days. Works well for that ghostly off-white, I think!
I’m sure you get a lot of comments like this but I just want to express my genuine appreciation for your channel. I’m pretty new to the entire hobby and your videos have helped me so much in not only painting up my Ork army for 40k but also just wrapping my head around some techniques for anything I might attempt in the future. Your way of presenting all the information and showing the results is insanely helpful. Thanks so much man!
Super glad to hear these help! I'm always really pleased to know these videos are out in the wild helping anybody get started, or just sharing techniques you might not otherwise have encountered. The internet's a pretty amazing resource for sharing these little tips and tricks.
That looks smart and quick and a great table top finish !
Great to see some good results with the Apothecary White there :)
Fantastic video thanks. Been looking for a reason to try contrast paints and this should improve on my previous storm trooper efforts!
fantastic tutorial! Great use of the contrast paints.
These are great, can we get more contrast tutorials? I loved that Dwarf you did.
What?! No Agrax Earth Shade?! Something must be wrong... this isn't the Sonic I know!
Maybe for a sandtrooper? It's probably too earthy for a plain ST. :{J
You’ve been on a roll lately. Looks smashing.
A man on a mission!
Brilliant - a technique I'll try and emulate in my army building that will start soon. One observation, the black brim on the front of the helmet follows the raised detail, not just above where you have painted yours. But of course this doesn't really matter - a small geeky detail - as all your troopers will be painted the same and look consistent. Thanks again :-)
I made the mistake of following along with the artwork rather than just looking straight at a prop - I couldn't quite recall where the 'eyebrow' was and the art seemed to make it look set behind the brim rather than the whole thing being black. Shows what a bit of research is worth! ;D
Also good for Tau armour, thank you.
Amazingly, it hadn't even dawned on me to paint Tau with this... and now I'm looking through the Codex after your suggestion, rubbing my chin and wondering how best to serve the Greater Good. :D
cool
Just finished up my Imperial assault heroes & Special characters for Imperial assault core and a lot the expansions heroes, But I still have a million or maybe a couple less than that Stormtroopers to do, I think this is a good color scheme for them and Ive wanted to try the new contrast stuff.
Appreciate this mate. Will be put to good use.
Brilliant tutorial again.
Excellent result in very, very little time!
I really like this look. Very tempted to do some marines in the same scheme. Could get a whole army painted in no time.
Brilliant video mate 👍🏻🙂
I agree without the sound affects it just wouldn’t work
Painting sound effects are like the Whoosh Test for big flying things - if you feel silly going 'Wrrrrooosh!' with it in your hand, it's obviously not a flying toy. ;D
Hey, I miss your videos and with warcry coming out tomorrow I believe, could I make a request for how to paint flesh eater courts quickly? I like your attitude towards painting and would like to adopt a method of painting ghouls and whatnot :)
I've seen some better results for white using the contrast gray but watered down. I find the Apothecary white to be a little underwhelming for the darker details. Might test that a bit for what I feel is a better white with lines effect.
nice tutorial, thanks mate!
Great tutorial!
Great video
Love this video...I have a lot more of the Emperor's Flees to paint :)
Great tutorial - will actually be using your technique on some resin printed Stormtrooper Skeletons from “One Gold Piece” Patreon. Was curious what the varnish was that you used - didn’t see it listed with the paints, and not sure I heard correctly which one you used. Regardless, thanks for the instruction
This one would have been Munitorum Varnish from Games Workshop. Any satin finish will work well, though; I like a slight semi-shine finish on Stormtroopers rather than a pure matt.
I've started to follow along with this tutorial as I haven't painted for years and wanted to finally take the plunge with the Legion set I got last year. Are you able to tell me if the lighting is a little boosted in your video? I thought I'd done a fairly nice base of Corax white spray, but after applying the Apothacary and starting to dry brush in Ceramite White (all I had on hand), overall it still appears quite a lot darker and more contrasted than what is being shown here. I'm not unhappy with the results, but just wanted to see if perhaps what I was viewing on the video was a little lighter than in real life. Fantastic tutorial by the way!
I think the lighting is probably pretty stark, but there's no tweaking of values or contrast in editing software, if that's what you mean. Ceramite White can be a little tricky to get the best results out of since it's ordinarily so gloopy, so if you're not getting quite the same look that's where I'd point to first, but you can give them another quick drybrush to see if it'll brighten up the finished armour.
Amazing !
I’ve seen this done is a few other videos and the troopers turn out too grey for my taste. Stormtrooper armor should be more of a pristine white, so I’m using Tamiya white as a base coat. I’ll test one guy with the Apothecary White contrast paint, but I don’t like the blue/grey effect. I’d rather use a pin wash and see how the dark lines turn out, but it’s really just personal preference.
It's definitely a style choice - had I more time, I'd aim for a more pure white, I think. These guys look better on the table than they do in photos, since you get more sense of the detail and proportion at a distance with the slight off-white than a pure white, but it's very much a Marmite kind of choice to make. ;D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio, agreed. White is so hard to get right, but your stuff looks great. I'm testing several methods with some Star Saga miniatures, since I can afford to paint those in an expendable fashion. I just really don't want to screw up my Stormtroopers, since that'll get noticed. LOL. Thanks for posting the video -- it has given me some direction.
add a few drops of water to apothecary white and it solves yer issue
do you recommend washing this with nuln oil after wards to highlight those details more?
Nuln Oil would darken everything down quite a bit. You could try it, but I'd then probably go back over with the white again.
So if I wanted to paint white a set of battletech miniatures would you recommend this way of doing it, or the other video you got to paint white marines with the drakenhof shade + lahmian medium?
Also, if trying to achieve a 3 color camo with white base + light grey/dark grey, would this process work adding the camo before doing a final wash with apo. white?
Thanks.
Can you do another imperial guard tutorial but instead with contrast paints?
Wow!!!! Where did you get the mini from?
This is one of the Star Wars Legion miniatures, from the basic Stormtrooper box.
What is the thing that you used to hold the Stormie in place when you go about your painting?
Thats really cool...HEY, The Army Painter Channel just TOTALLY copied two of ur vids....painting with washes and crackled ground for ur base....that's how good u r....thought u should know ; }
Ha! I imagine it's part of the state of things at the moment, really. With Contrast out and everyone's focus on the magic in a pot, I figured it'd be handy to show some alternatives. Though I do really like crackle effects for base painting. So simple and fast!
that looks damn sexy great job m8 was looking forward to this one
When you dry brush, do you run your brush all across the figure or just along the edges? I did as per your vid, and found the greyness of the Apothecary White to be very prominent if I just run the dry brush across the raised edges. Any advice would help :) I’m a beginner at painting miniatures.
With the Stormtroopers I find it's easiest to just drybrush the whole model rather than just the edges. With the right brush you'll end up catching the raised areas and sharp edges naturally anyway, but still adding a little powdering of white to the flatter panels of armour to help blend out some of that grey.
So, is the choice of Corax white something you prefer over the new spray primers, or is this just what you had around?
Grey Seer and Wraith Bone are just a little too dark to pull this off, I think. I actually really like them both, but in this case starting closer to white gets a quicker result.
I followed this to a tee but my stormtrooper still looks kinda grey
Try giving him another drybrush of the white would be my first thought.
what do you use for agitators in your paint pots?
I've got a few little stainless steel ball bearings from AK Interactive. Though I understand some folks prefer glass beads, which Army Painter supplies as well.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio thanks
would this work on the new clone troopers that are coming to legion?
Well, as long as their armour is white...!
Nice work and show and tell. Should the black band above the eyes be painted black? it looks like you painted above it. Unless you went for that look.
I made the mistake of following the artwork rather than just looking up a prop online. Turns out the 'eyebrow' should be black rather than the slot just above it, but eh! On the table you'll never think to care. XD
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio you did. Stellar job✌️
That's pigment in the bottom... Acrylic artist inks do the same thing in their bottles.
I'm requesting some wh40k Ork grethins! :))
Hi :)
Great Vid!!!!! :)
Is ther any opption to get French inf napoleon 28 mm with contrast??
Does anyone else think these Stormtroopers are a bit..chunky?.
No reflection on the awesome paint job tho.
They're actually quite tall, it turns out! The helmets give them a bit of a bobblehead look, but their proportions seem pretty realistic when you put them up against Imperial Guard or Space Marines. The Legion style works pretty well across the whole range, and it does make assembly a snap-fit kind of job.
Is the “eyebrow” supposed to be black or the section above it?
On the box art it's the little section above it; on actual props there's a slight recess above the 'brow' where that black line sits, from what I can see. On the miniatures it's a little hard to pull off at that scale, but I just painted in a line of Black Templar in the shallow dip where the brow juts out from the helmet and I think it works.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio whatever works!
@@evanstrong4064 its supposed to be the band above the eyes that is black go look at pictures of trooper from the movies
@@Ugnutz I painted the eyebrow ridge black on my IA stormtroopers. o well
Would using white scar instead of praxeti white to dry brush work?
It certainly should do! Just go easy with it when you're putting on the first couple of brushstrokes and take your time to build up the white.
Awesome! Thank you so much! 🙂
Looks good but gotta say it bothered me that you painted the wrong part above the eyes black that whole raised band above the eyes should be black not above it.
how do you find the contrast paints with using a regular primer?
That they 'need' the Contrast-specific primers seems a bit unlikely. I've had some pretty good results over just about everything. They do tend to work best on a smoother surface, though, so if you've got something that sprays a little bit textured you can hit it with a varnish and you'll be able to paint the Contrast on no problem.
Please do a video collecting all of your sound effects.
Where is Dart Vader?...
In another box that I haven't bought.
Fleas
Lol the black headband
>calls stormtroopers bad guys
My Jimmies are beyond rustled.