How I Paint Things - Medieval and Fantasy Infantry
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- čas přidán 26. 11. 2017
- Whether you're painting RPG miniatures or infantry for a medieval army on the march, it pays to think a little about what colours you want to use. The techniques involved are incredibly simple, though, and you can be churning out militias or infantry regiments in no time at all! READ MORE:
How I Paint Things is a series of simple instructional videos designed to help the newcomer through some of the basics and demonstrate how the very simplest techniques can still give you some great results that're easily replicated. Aimed at the beginner to painting miniatures, there might be one or two tips or tricks that help even you old hands!
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You are teaching me to paint as I begin in this hobby and I sincerely thank you for that.
Nice to hear it! Glad to have you aboard, and I hope you're enjoying your first steps into the hobby. :D
Please do the other ones, I really like these.
Excellent video as always!
Really good looking figure! The colors are great and the overall model looks the part.
Really cool. And good simple explanation.
Great tutorial.
I think the Frostgrave soldiers are chunky because they're wearing a lot of thick warm clothing.
I was checking out your Citidel model holder / hand vice.
Had to look it up for details... very posh!
For the last few years I've been using wine bottle corks for the job and when I transitioned to using rare earth magnets in all my bases, (a couple years ago), I added a magnet to each wine cork so the models would stay on each cork without glue. It has worked out pretty well but I must say, your solution is pretty cool...
I've seen a few cunning solutions out there for the same thing, and yours sounds like it might be the closest to what I'd actually need. The thing I like most about the Citadel version is the fact you can adjust the grip size for different bases, so you can swap in for whatever you're painting - the magnets would be a great fix for that, really! The main reason I picked it up was an idle curiosity that turned into a tool I actually really like. It's more comfortable than the MDF versions out there by a wide margin, and bigger than corks so I can actually grip it.
I really like this video man it makes me want to get out my Empire army
1:11 incorrect! Medieval clothing and armor was brightly colored, even for peasants. Reds, yellows, blues, greens, whites, that sort of thing. Clothing was mostly plain, but wasn't all brown. Hoods are darker colors often.
Edit: your model looks pretty realistic, despite what you said before.
Exactly, this is a common mistake about medieval clothes: there were lots of cheap, bright and home made dyes that people used in Middle ages.
Colors were more varied and vivid than just brown and greys.. those were the most common for the lower classes, but so was a semi muted blue, middle and higher classes used a lot of colors. reference, one of many if you look: rosaliegilbert.com/dyesandcolours.html
In my defence, I was going off of what I'd heard in one of the history parks I'd had a chance to visit which mentioned natural dyes, but didn't go into great detail about what was actually available - and their material stopped really in the early medieval period, late dark ages at the most! Dead useful link, though, so I'll definitely check that out for later projects.
Your final colors actually came out perfect for a professional solder though. =)
Face looks great... Just base coat shade and one highlight? Awesome...
Yup! If you aim for a slightly more reddish tone with your skin's basecoat, after a shade to dull it down slightly you can hit it with a single highlight and get that super simple result.
Fancy bit = Mantle
From Wikipedia (I know, I know) on purple: “I
t is a secretion produced by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name Murex. In ancient times, extracting this dye involved tens of thousands of snails and substantial labor, and as a result, the dye was highly valued.”
Hi Sonic. another great vid. the garment that he is wearing on his shoulders was or is called a chaperon (french). Keep up the good work.
Choice! :D I learned something today. Thanks for sharing!
My sis started playing as a Druid mermaid and i'm trying to paint it, you got a tutorial on how to paint the part that separates her human half to the fish half on the waist??
where did you buy them?
I'm afraid of using strong tone now as mine sometimes dries quite glossy. I don't know why it is hit and miss. It's baffling me.
A layer of matt varnish after the wash stage will take off that gloss and add extra protection to the paint job before layering (if you’re doing any).
What minis are they?
These are the Frostgrave soldiers. Pretty basic kit, but with some neat accessories and a lot of nifty options for poses.
Biggest misconcepton about the middle/medival ages. Dyes were actually incredibly cheap and we know medival society was full of colur.
Yeah, this is one I'd definitely revisit if CZcams would let me just swap out a video. I've had a chance to visit a couple of live museums and seen a -lot- more variety in cloths and dyes than I'd expected.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Apologies I just noticed this video is an old one. Love your work man!
@@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth No problem! I've got plans to come back around to some of the ancient guides and update them, either with new methods or just to correct myself - this one would probably end up being both! :D