Painting D&D and Medieval Adventurers the Easy Way - How I Paint Things
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- čas přidán 2. 12. 2020
- No matter what game you're playing, when you're in need of some sword-and-board adventurer types, it's handy to have a few of them on hand to act as heroes, henchmen or minions to this week's evil overlord. Painting them needn't be a chore! READ MORE:
Frostgrave and Oathmark are both the result of collaboration between North Star Figures and Osprey Publishing, and definitely worth checking out on their own merits. The miniatures are a breeze to assemble and come with a bunch of options in either kit, so you'll find a use for them in almost any game - I've even seen some of the Oathmark Human Infantry painted up reminiscent of old Warhammer Bretonnians, to give you some ideas!
As well as roleplaying games like D&D and Pathfinder, there's skirmish warband games like Five Leagues from the Borderlands to consider, and some folks are even out there still playing Mordheim. These kits are incredibly versatile and characterful, and scale well against most 28mm hard plastic miniatures out there.
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PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Army Painter Leather Brown
PAINTS:
Wolf Grey
Tanned Flesh
Mummy Robes
Fire Lizard
Monster Brown
Leather Brown
Fur Brown
Gun Metal
Crystal Blue
Strong Tone
Quickshade Mixing Medium
Fog Grey
Matt White
Moon Dust
Barbarian Flesh - Hry
A lot of people often call people the “Bob Ross of” something. But you truly reminded me off him!
D&D?? What a perfect timing, just ordered the Player's Handbook.
For the comments about the kits, one thing to remember is that the Oathmark kits are for a rank and flank army game, there's a lot less options in gear because they're an army who would be relatively uniformly equipped, while in Frostgrave, each figure is, basically, a character even if they're expendable options there, so they get a lot of different options to customize them how you want them to be.
It's called a surcoat (to my knowledge) because the surcoat covers the sides.
Ha! See?! I knew someone would have more of a clue than me. ;D
I concur
He looks great. Like that blue.
I've had a real soft spot for icy, cool blues lately. Wolf Grey is a little lighter than The Fang, which I really prefer over having to layer up three colours!
You always have fantastic timing! I just starting getting into Frostgrave and this is phenomenal. Thanks a lot!
Talk about a lucky coincidence! :D
Awesome buddy , love how your vids are so cheerful as everyone at moment seems down take care old bean 👍🏻
Thanks so much for this! You and Pete The Wargamer are the main two miniature painters I've been watching for instruction and, well... inspiration! I'm just about finished with my first two figures and I'll be posting a video soon. I hope you don't mind that I'll be mentioning you (a couple times) in the video. I need to give credit where credit is due! Take care - Tom
Yehhh, more fantasy miniatures!! :)
Most excellent you've a real talent
Thanks for the awesome vid, you can't have too many stock adventurers, and this one looks great after the sweet paint job.
Cheers! You always need more brutes and minions, right? :D
Great tutorial. Really nice looking figure. 👍
Really nice
Another great painting tutorial! Thanks for sharing this. The figure is really nice and the color scheme and nice and simple. I always learn from you and I am starting to consider buying a few Army Painter paints.
Army Painter's range includes some really nice turquoise and purple options that most other ranges seem to skip over, if you're looking for anything specific to fill gaps. Their bright greens are really something, too!
Thank you , Sonic .
Brilliant work my friend
Thank you! Cheers!
I have a question. Why did you use Strong Tone + Medium, and not just Soft Tone ? Is it not the same result?
Very good tutorial :)
They're different colors. Even if you thin the Strong Tone, it'll look different to Soft Tone when it dries. Soft Tone is a slightly more sepia finish.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Oh ok, thanks ! :)
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Sonic thank you so much for D&D! It is great to see other mini ranges on your desk then GW. What would be citadel equivalent for the robe, please? The Fang? Would work instead of Mummy robes as nonAP alternative better: VMC Deck tan or something from citadel?
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Glad to see you found the record button! LOL! (Sorry I couldn't help myself!) My first paints were the Army Painter D&D Starter and Monster Sets. If I knew then what I know now, I would have just bought the Army Painter 50 paint set. The D&D set is just Warpaints re-named. The Warpaints are 18 ml were the D&D are 12 ml dropper bottles. Nor, you can't add them to any painting app. And most importantly, when I watched CZcams channels like yours to learn, no one uses them! They use Warpaints or Vallejo or GW, etc. I ended up cutting out their Warpaint names and taping them over the bottles. So overall, in my opinion, I think they should be avoided. Rant ends. Love the video! Thank you again for sharing! Cheers
Not being able to add them to painting apps is a real pain in the butt. I'd assumed there might be one or two unique colours to the sets; with the Rapid Deployment painting sets available through Warlord Games, there are colours like 'British Battledress' which aren't available separately (except direct through their site) so I'd honestly guessed it'd be similar with those D&D themed sets. The Rapid Deployment sets are also full-sized bottles, so that's a little unusual! Might be that they can use the D&D sets as a lower price point to get people involved?
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio You are correct about the unique paints, but it was only 4 between the two set. Which honestly I have only used a couple of times out of the 80 plus D&D minis I have painted. But the cost for the smaller D&D bottles was the same price as normal War Paints. So honestly, I my opinion, I would recommend the Army Painter 50 paint start set over the 2 D&D paint sets. Cheers 🍻
I actually looked at buying the frost grave set the other day! But I have such a big pile of space marines ready to prime at the moment, and I'm just waiting for better (dry) weather
There's always room for more boxes of sprues... ;D
Hi 👋☺️ thanks for this really nice tutorial man !! Help a lot !! Please continue 😉 just one question, what kind of army painter brush did you use ?!
Most of this chap's done with a Regiment brush, with one or two smaller areas painted with a Character brush. :)
Good job on the figure - apart from the oversized weapons that seem to be a fantasy "thing" I agree the North Star figures are very nice. Given how many light colours are on the model why not undercoat in a white / pale sand colour rather than dark brown?
Hey Sonic, you always seem like your in such an upbeat, positive place when your sharing your painting skills with us and I have to ask. Do you ever find yourself getting discouraged or down about your painting and if so, how do you snap out of it? I'm asking because all of my finished minis pale in comparison to what I see here on youtube and I'm starting to think that maybe I just don't have the talent for this hobby, no matter how much I practice. Just wondering. Thanks, stay healthy. 👍
Another great video! would you ever consider doing winter tank camo? I just started my winter Imperial guard army after watching your winter guard video and would love to see your take on winter tank camo!
'Eventually' is the short answer on that one! It's a bit of a challenge finding a way to paint something specifically winter-themed on that kind of scale, but I'll figure something out, I'm sure.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I look forward to see what you come up with and thanks for all the great videos
Would you say the army painter's satin varnish (aegis suit, I think it's called) would be OK for this type of work? What would be the different outcome in colour vibrancy, according to you? In any case, great tutorial, I am a beginner and I find your videos very helpful!
It's always worthwhile using a varnish to protect your work once you're finished. Satin varnishes are an interesting middle ground; Citadel's own Munitorum Varnish is a satin, and I quite like the end result it gives. It's really a matter of taste!
Very nice result :) I recognised you always varnish your miniatures at the end, something I’m always a bit afraid of (I’ve heard a lot about getting a frosty effect). Do you have any advice on how to do it right? Thanks and keep up the great work :)
Brush-on varnishes will usually give you an easier result if you're worried about frosting. Instar's Varnish+ or Vallejo's Premium Airbrush Matt Varnish (which works perfectly well from a brush!) are my go-to for that. Otherwise, a Vallejo Matt Varnish from a spray can has also given me good results with no frosting yet.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio thanks for reply, really appreciate it :) just one more question: do you thin down the varnish or use it “straight from the pot”?
Awesome video!
How do these compare to middle earth miniatures, could such miniatures be used as ruffians without looking weirdly out of proportion?
These guys are almost identical in size to the old Warhammer Empire miniatures, or Mordheim adventurers. They're a little bit taller but a lot chunkier than the Middle Earth stuff, unfortunately; they'd stand out quite significantly against their buddies.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Oh well, who needs ruffians anyway lol
Thank you so much for writing back though!
Today I wanted to do something different - press record 😱 Sorry could not resist.
Your undercoat looked very shiny - almost gloss - was this the lights or weather?
Great result - I know the Frostgrave bits but the others were new to me - wonder if Santa is taking late letters???
It'd probably have been the weather - I wasn't spraying in particularly auspicious conditions, let's say! Some of the Army Painter primers still have a very smooth finish all the same, but it's not much of an issue once you get a couple layers of paint on. It does make for an interesting use of Contrast over something darker, like Skeleton Bone.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio have just watched Goobertown it seems that the use of undercoat is questionable as long as you let the figures dry very very well. Bit of a shock after all these years of looking for good weather to spray outdoors with a rattle can! Advantage of the Army Painter sprays was always to save paint time by being one of the block colours.
Stay safe
Why did you use a leather-coloured undercoat?
Did your varnish "frost" or is it the lighting? The figure looks a lot lighter in that final spin on the turn table than it does around time 14:50.
That's the lighting, I'm afraid. It's honestly a little hard to see how bright things are on my phone while recording, so overexposure at the final stages is sometimes an issue.
How did you stick the base to the wine cork?
Just a wee dot of Blu-Tac!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio it amazes me at what I don’t think of lol thanks for the info!
I love the Frost/Star-Grave plastics, but just like the Victrix Historical plastics, I can't stand that thick integrated base molded onto the feet. It drives me crazy. ITs so unnecessary and a pain to remove.