Currently filing off the face off of a metal mini (I have no dremel and I must ~scream~ file). Hobby videos like this keep me going. Thanks for the company!
Watching this video gave me a renewed appreciation for the French infantry as well as them being the main inspiration GW took in designing the Death Korps of Krieg.
I've watched this video a couple times by now and I kind of think about redoing my minis - they also were to be painted as horizon blue (with pants in different shade), but result was underwhelming. Well, practice makes a master
Yay! I've wanted to see the Great War Frintch for while!!! Thank you! Excellent tutorial, tips, and history/links (as usual)! LOL @ "put the juice in the coconut"!
Brilliant as usual you talented bugger! Particularly love the mud staining, looks so realistic. I’m now a fan of Instar varnish too. I’ll be using Sledge Juice on my Warlord Dads Army crew soon,it offers a more subtle,smoother shade than others I’ve tried. Well done!
Absolutely superb job here, Sledge ol' chap! I adore these miniatures and this uniform (impractical though it might seem at first glance!) and your paint job really does it justice!
My son was in town today and he got the raw ingredients for sonic tonic and also picked up some Pro acryl washes too. I'm interested to see if they're as good as the rest of the range. Thanks for the insightful video and it's good to see you back painting.
New to the hobby, unfortunately a bit late to the game, but zeroed in on your channel after what seems like an exhaustive search. Excellent content and dome of your older videos are great for beginners like me. I noticed on newer videos you incorporated more Vallejo paints into the scenes as way back you tended to use more citadel. I find myself in a bit of a quandary as to which mainstream paint line is best for beginners (even an older one like me who finally has more free time). I like the concept of Citadel (please remember I am new) but I can see the paint pot being an issue. I want to paint historical miniature so Vallejo looks good too but almost too overwhelming. Any advice is very much welcomed. Just subscribed so please do keep up the great work as there are people like me who appreciate it.
These WGA minis are really good, plastic figures today are incredibly well detailed. I'vent never been a WWI uniforms' fan , perhaps bcz these ones seems a bit "goofy" respect some of WWII 's ones, such as the US Marines or '43 model, but I've to say that the colours are really Ok, when you paint a monochrome uniform, the different parts had to have diverse colours' gradations, to avoid the "toy soldiers"' effect.
C'est Magnifique! He looks absolutely fantastic. Cheers! (Also it seems weird to mix something in the coconut and not include lime, but I trust your process)
Hello young Skywalker!!! Great video as always! Question for you... have you ever thought about doing a video of your "Top Ten (or twelve) Go To Paints"? I know all miniatures vary and it's a personal choice with colors... BUT, I think it would be very interesting what you have to say and why these are your go to paints! - Tom
Gorrrr... not asking me anything difficult, then! 🤣 Honestly, my Top Ten would change from day to day, depending on what I was painting! I get what you mean about a broadly applicable set of super-useful paints, though. Might be worth exploring! Go get yourself some German Grey if you haven't already, though! ✌ Spoiler warning: That'd be top of any list!
For this blue uniform I wonder what it would look like if you shaded with a diluted blue constrast or speed paint instead. it would make the uniform pop a little more, but you would need to be careful as you would want to shade with marine juice for the non-blue parts. I know it it outside the purpose of the video, as you attempting speed and simplicity, but just a thought I wanted to bring up.
You can, though I've never really felt it was necessary. It's very rare that it'll smudge off unless you're deliberately rubbing your thumb over your miniatures when you pick them up!
Thank you for doing this, I've got my eye on these Great War models from Wargames Atlantic. Will you do Germans, British, Russian too? and what did you use for the dirty, dusty look?. Great work looks really good.
The dusty effect is achieved during the basing stage; take a look in the description for colours and tips there. I've also already done Great War British, and there's more on the horizon as I find time.
So pumped you finally did WW1 French uniforms. Do you test your colors before you start a figure and filming. Your paint color choice are always AWSOME. I tried several blue colors on French uniforms but your choice is killer.
Sorry, noob question!… for the new marine juice (which I’m seeing recommended everywhere!), which dark tone is it? New fanatic or old quick shade? Thanks 😊
Army Painter says that the Fanatic *washes* haven't changed formulation, but they've been repacked to come in line with the other bottles. Either way, it shouldn't matter!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio great to know. May I be so bold as to recommend reading material? Setting the east ablaze by Peter Hopkirk, great book on the russian civil war, central asia and siberia. Been getting into back of beyond so its something that might interest you.
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