Slap Chop METALLICS! (it's so FAST!) 

May I ask you a question? Have you tried white for the second dry brush and perhaps for the non-metallic parts of the model? Curious how the highlights would look with white on metallic. Thanks for the excellent video! CSM might actually be an option now...

Thanks for watching! I haven't actually tried white for the highlights, I need to do more experiments with slap chop techniques so that could be a good thing to investigate! It may very well add some nice pop to some of the areas in a brighter way than even the silver! 😀

Okay, now I need a Nightlord one!

Nightlords are on my list of things to paint, love their scheme!

I'd definitely like to paint some Iron Hands at some stage, they have a very cool colour scheme 😀

Glad to hear you found the colour scheme helpful, and thanks for watching! I've recently started adding the paints in the video descriptions, I still need to go back and update my older videos but I've just updated the description for this video accordingly 😊

I might have to do one of those 24 hour challenges! 😆

Thanks for stopping by Dan! I'm a fan of traditional acrylics but I'm also really liking the applications for these contrast paints! 😄

Thankyou! I think time saving techniques like this that still look good on the tabletop are very interesting, especially seeing as I have a habit of spending too long on painting individual rank and file minis 😅

Thanks for watching! 😁

Good suggestion, lot's of silvers would work fine, it all comes down to your own style 😁

Thanks it's surprisingly easy and looks wonderful!

Nice one! Definitely adding in additional layers if you have the time will improve the look even more and get some nice transitions! 😀

Nice one! Yeah I definitely want to use this scheme again, maybe on some Legions Imperialis stuff! 😊

Thankyou! As someone who hasn't really used this style much, I was also very surprised at how well it turned out considering the speed of the technique. I'll definitely be using it more! Also another colour comment, nice! 😄

Thankyou! 😊

Thanks for watching mate, and great to have you on board! Excellent tips as well, some sparing wash and bright silver highlights can really make metal areas pop with pretty minimal effort! 😀

Great idea, I've never thought about this! I was originally going to paint the loincloth in a pale leather but then I thought it would be cooler to try and use metallic on the whole mini! 🙂

​@@TheHobbyGrotto Playing with matt to gloss varnish is in my opinion a good first dip into advanced trix. You can also paint a matt figure, example Eldar. Varnish it matt and then apply one or more layers of gloss varnish on just the gems to make them shiny shiny (and maybe other bits like blood) 🙂 I think it is good that you did metallic slapchop. A lot of people bash on slapchop because of the black -> grey -> white process that often results in dark tones. Truth is that you don't even have to do the black. Seen people start of with ta dark blue primer, then one or more shades of blue with a final white on top. Gives wonderful results when you use transparent paints on top of this. You could just as easily start from a dark red or why dark at all? You can use a much brighter color for the primer if you want and will give better results if you want a bright mini 🙂

This is all great stuff, thanks for writing! I do sometimes use gloss and satin varnishes in targeted areas after I've sprayed the mini in dullcote to bring back some shine, it's very useful! I feel the same way about slap chop, there are lots of useful techniques involved that can be applied to different things, hopefully I've inspired some people to experiment with these mediums and try new ideas! 😊

Cheers mate, thanks for watching! 😁

Thankyou! I'm honestly tempted to paint an army like this over a weekend, perhaps when 10th edition comes out! 😁

@@TheHobbyGrotto Niiice! Would love to see that! Talking of the 10th Edition, do you know if i can still use my WarDogs as part of my Super Heavy Auxillary Detatchment for Chaos Marines or....😵‍💫Haaha!😄

Haha hopefully! I've been a bit out of the loop with the 40k main game recently, this may or may not change with the release of 10th, I'd like a more lean game with less rules because it's honestly hard to keep up! 😅

Sweeeet! I love the Iron Hands, I think you could make the models look really cool! 😀

I should definitely work on something larger scale like that, you might even try a metallic spray so you don't have to drybrush the whole thing.

Haha man, any way to save time on that trim, I'm painting some other legions in a non slap chop style and the trim is brutal 😅

You should definitely try it on a test model, there are good black options in contrast and speed paints. I'm not sure if the end result will be too metallic for Black Legion, but then it also might be exactly what you're looking for!

Definitely would be something interesting to try, I was thinking of a similar effect with painting Celestial Lions. You could do a TMM gold over the whole model and then add blue contrast paints and the blue bits would have a nice greenish tone to them.

@@TheHobbyGrotto for that I'd paint it silver, paint it with transparent purple ink and then zentithal with siver again with an all over spray of something like sienna to colour it gold?

Sorry I missed your reply! Yes, best idea is to experiment with different colours on a test piece, the contrast paints create so many interesting and cool effects! I've not actually tried it over much other than silvers, because I want the silver to replicate the usual grey/white zenithal so I might need to check out some gold myself! 😁

You're in luck my friend, I'm actually working on a Thousand Sons tutorial right now with slap chop techniques so stay tuned! You can definitely use this style, I'm just working out the best way to do it at the moment 😊

Definitely the easiest way would be to apply a yellow glaze to the trim with something like Nazdreg Yellow, alternatively you could carefully apply some thinnned down metallic gold to the trim areas, this will give a more traditional tmm gold look for some extra time spent. My recommendation would be to try both styles on a small part of the trim and see which you prefer both in look and timewise 😊

@@TheHobbyGrotto I don't really know how to thin properly. Either ends up too wet and pigments pool/don't adhere, or too transparent. I probably should stick to the nazdreg and maybe just add TMM edge highlights haha

You don't really need to thin metallics, it just can help a bit with the brush control when applying them. You can't go wrong with Nazdreg Yellow though, any kind of yellow contrast/speed paint over the metallic silver will create a suitable gold 😄

I've not actually tried this on anything larger than a marine but it could definitely work on a vehicle, I'd recommend doing a test first on a spare piece about the size of a vehicle panel and keep an eye on any excess pooling on large flat areas 😀

@@TheHobbyGrotto brilliant, thank you!

Cheers mate! This mini is indeed a mix of primaris and chaos bits, to get that Alpha Legion feel 😁

@@TheHobbyGrottothat’s a cool idea, it definitely fits Alpha Legion

It would definitely work, I've often thought about making a Necron army for this very reason! 😀

Great question, I use a couple of different brushes, but the main one I use in my videos is the Citadel Medium Layer brush. For the drybrushing I use cheap large art store brushes 😊

@@TheHobbyGrotto thank you very much:)

No worries, always happy to answer hobby questions 😄

Definitely, those tones aren't too different. The main goal is to get a silver zenithal base so a variety of different paints would work well 😊

@@TheHobbyGrotto so leadbelcher and runefang steel is a go? 😃 I will get iron warriors if that's the better choice. Its my first going full in painting army. Using the 30k models and heads for my 40k chaos army.

The differences are pretty negligible, Iron Warriors is just a bit darker. I think once it's all done and the glazes are on it will work out pretty much the same 😀 Iron Warriors is a useful colour to have in the tool box though!

Cheers for the help bro. Like and subscribed. First video I've really seen on slap chop for Metallic and Alpha Legion. Keep up the great content! 👍

Glad to have you on board! 😀

Hey mate, thanks for watching! I've got a little splash image with all the paints I used in the video at the 17 second mark but I will update the video description with a paint list to make it a bit easier to refer to when I get the chance 😊

Hey thanks man appreciate that didn't see it butamazing paint scheme BTW I'm stoked to use it for my army

You're welcome, thanks so much for the kind words! 😊

I think I feel the same way 😆

The first colour comment 😆🔥