As a longtime lover of the Seraphon, I bought a small unit (2 Magmadroths, Berserker and Vulkite unit) to join them. Have to say that your tutorial is invaluable - even with changing shades/colours, knowing how best to paint them and where is very useful!
Thanks for this video, it's really helped me move from drybrushing to glazing with layers.Do you have a tutorial on the lava bases used here? I've tried a few from other tutorials but haven't had much luck yet.
+Vesh nakar Thank you very much, I used The Army Painters Uniform Grey spray in order to prime the miniature although grey acrylic car spray primers would work nicely as well.
+john tailby The skin colour is pretty much how I would paint any Dwarf skin, its the exact same technique I used on my Dwarf Dragon Slayer. It's a little darker than how I would paint Human or Elf skin however.
I've actually painted up a magmadroth of my own, however I ended up using an airbrush in order to get the transition of the scales just right. It would be quite tricky to do with just brush techniques :-/
Personally I find plastic is the better option. Plastic kits give you options in weapon choices and poses. They are also (generally speaking) cheaper than their metal counterparts, less prone to paint chipping and easier to work with. However some would argue that metal does allow for better detail and more characterful poses but this is really personal preferences. The vast majority of GW kits are plastic now with some 'resin' kits replacing their old metal models.
+Paintalist I prefer to use AP paints for non GW miniatures and besides there a several differences in techniques and the paints used between mine and GWs tutorial.
+Talk Wargaming I agree there are plenty of difference to make this video a useful addition to the GW video. I particularly like seeing more silver on the helmet and your hair looks much better by layering instead of dry brushing. Your gold looks much warmer by using the sepia wash too. As noted in other comments your base is excellent, would be great to see how you achieved such results. Finally could I asked how you glued the head to the body? Did you ensure you didn't paint/prime the join and then use plastic glue?
+Adam Jones Thanks :) I am planning on creating a couple of basing tutorials so how I did the lava base will definitely be included. As for glueing on the head, I used a small blob of blu tac in the hollow to head to prevent the paint from sticking which I then removed after painting. I then scraped away a small section of paint from the neck and use a super glue to bond the two pieces together.
awesome tutorials mate. Can I give you some advise/criticism? Try not to start every new section with "so". Makes it a little hard to listen to in places.
Nice tutorial, gave me a few ideas but I do have a strong criticism for your narrative: you start EVERY sentence with "So...": So then, So I, So after... It grated me after a while. Other than that , it is a good tutorial.
I'm a much lazier painter than you. 1. Prime with Army Painter barbarian flesh 2. Basecoat everything except metals 3. Brush on a soft tone quickshade 4. Matte varnish 2 days later to get rid of the shine 5. Paint the metals
