Listen, if I want the reinforcements I've got to fill in the paperwork the way the Departmento Munitorum requires, and that means I gotta write 'Astra Militarum' at the top of the page! I can get away with saying Imperial Guard as much as I like... so long as there's no commissars within earshot!

Fuck you nuln oil gang

Fool i use orange juice to shade my minis

It's something that came up on a previous video, where someone mentioned finding it useful that they could see how I fixed a problem. It seemed like it'd be useful to keep those little bits in for exactly that reason; you can fix the little things, and it doesn't need to be the end of the world. :) Recovering after a mistake is its own skill, I figure, so I'm going to leave in any little flubs from now on.

If it takes a wee bit of tweaking, all the better - it means you've got your own style! :D

I'm glad to hear it! These guys are a lot of fun and they look absolutely cracking on the table. Those red berets stand out from a mile away so they make for awesome shock troops hidden amongst your Guardsmen.

I ought to be sponsored by Agrax Earthshade at this rate! The Scions are really cool miniatures, packed with detail and little touches that make them look like incredibly well prepared veterans. :D

I think GW ought to sponsor you too!

Thanks a lot! May it serve you well in service to the Emperor... I hope. ;D

There's been a few that've requested the Scions, so I knew I had to get to it sooner rather than later! These models are packed with character, so they benefit from a little extra attention.

Sounds like a neat look! I'd be interested to see how the arms go on the Cadian body and whether they fit without any rejiggering. :D

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I already have the arms on, just have to order the heads. The arms didn't need to be modified at all, and the backpack sits nicely on the back piece of a guardsman. I did shorten the cable for the volley gun though.

Thanks for sticking around! The Scions are a lot of fun to paint, and I wanted to tackle something a little different than the classic look. :)

Glad it could be of use! :D

They're such cool models, you can't go wrong. The only real trick is remembering to move him around to reach behind those blasted cables!

There's a few providers out there that do better sand for miniatures at this scale. I've always found Citadel's basing sand to have chunks in it that're just way too big! I get asked about bases on the regular, so I'll hope to have something up this week on those.

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thanks a million! I can feel a new series of ‘How I Base Things’ coming along!

Man, I do not know why it flags your comments as spam all the time! That's bonkers. Thanks for stopping in to say hi, though! I gotta figure out how to wrangle KZfaq... :O

These guys are such cool miniatures. It's hard not to have fun with them! :D

I'll be swinging back around on Imperial Guard eventually, I'm sure, but in the meantime you could try Castellan Green followed by a light drybrush of Straken Green. Paint in the armour black and then shade the lot with Nuln Oil? Could do the job!

I don't usually go back over with the base colour unless something goes really funky. It can happen sometimes if you manage to put a little too much on, but in most cases once you highlight you'll barely notice it. Just try a little less shade next time around!

Thanks a lot! I've had a few suggestions for alternate colour schemes, so I might do a quick video with a few different recipes for people to try out. :D

Anytime! That sounds really cool and I have a feeling like that'd be a first here on KZfaq, you know there are few videos of other combinations than the standard Cadian scheme. I'm looking forward to it, meanwhile I might as well get something to paint myself!

I've actually got a Salamander on the table, waiting to be sprayed. It'll be next week that one goes up - probably around Thursday/Friday at this point. A few folks have asked about how I'd do the Salamanders, so it's a Chapter I definitely want to touch on!

Thank you

Good question! There are a couple of starter sets with paints included, though they tend to be smaller pots that're really more of a taster than the beginnings of a collection. You can get boxed sets of each of the 'types' of Citadel paints, though, and I particularly recommend the Base Paint Set, as you'll find a use for all of those fairly regularly and it saves a little money versus buying them separately. Then pick up whichever Layer and Dry paints you're interested in to go with the troops you're interested in. If you're really looking for a big bunch of miniatures, tools and some paints to get you started, though, there's the Dark Imperium Starter Collection. Again, it's the smaller pots of paint, but you can top those up and replace them as you need. www.games-workshop.com/en-EU/Dark-Imperium-Essentials-Collection-ENG-2017

I use an ordinary Citadel Small Layer brush for my highlights. I'll be doing a little something on brush maintenance that works for me soon, combining a couple things on brush care and keeping a point on things.

With the ordinary Guardsman, the fatigues make up most of the miniature, so drybrushing them is the quickest way to get that shade and highlight in one fell swoop. With the Scions there's actually very little visible clothing, so it's not quite as effective. It actually works out a little bit easier to go back in and paint the trousers in this fashion than trying to stay neat and tidy around an area you've drybrushed that's surrounded by detail, I find. If you find it's still not quite working out how you'd like, try putting on the Zandri Dust basecoat, then hit it straight with some highlights of Ushabti Bone, and don't worry too much if they look a little thick or crooked. Do that before you shade the miniature in Agrax Earthshade, and it'll help tidy up any of those little rogue splotches or crooked highlights. :D

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio awesome, thanks! I picked up all of those colours yesterday. Time to give it a go!

How's your painting hobby going? Won any battles?

Next I'll bust out a Leman Russ and some Ogryns... and then you'll have to follow me over the top! ;D Guard are the way forward, my dude!

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio oh no please don't haha. I've got a space wolves leman Russ. My be that will be my 1sy tank of the army

Mostly it's old Citadel brushes that I've been using for a while. Their Medium and Small Layer brushes are pretty good!

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Okay, cool! Thanks! Guess it's time to invest some actually good brushes. Thanks for responding. I really appreciate the advice

What you see is what you get! Between the shade going on and the effect you see once it's dried, there's nothing additional done. Anything else that happens after that you see on camera. The shades are magic in a bottle. ;D

With a bit of practice, these guys take about 40-50 minutes to paint, but that's individually. Batch painting in blocks of five miniatures at a time will cut down that time and you'll find they'll average out to about half an hour each.

Yep! You can skip it if you like, it's not strictly necessary.

Chaos Black, but it's honestly not important which black you're using here. Almost all of it is going to be covered, anyhow.

If you wanted to stick to a silver trim, I'd probably keep it quite dark so there's a bit of contrast against the armour. Personally, I quite like the brass. Once it's had that last highlight of Liberator Gold, it's fairly similar in tone to the fatigues - it keeps to the palette and breaks up the green without introducing a whole new colour, more or less. Silver would probably work similarly, but again, I'd definitely try and keep it darker.

I was thinking with sticking to a darker, Grey/navy colour scheme for the model, and I want to try to keep the use of gold to a minimum as a part of my regiment. I'm not a fan of the brass as I generally don't like the torso of the Scions, but hopefully a darker silver trim will help to adress that :) ... Either that or I try and torso-swap with regular Cadians...

Oooh. If you're planning a deep navy for the armour, then a silver trim would actually work really well, I think. Keep the gold to a minimum for spot colours, but yeah, I think that'd work really well. From trying it myself, swapping the Scion arms onto the Cadian torsos is a bit of a muckabout. It works, but it takes a lot of fudging to get the hand to meet the left arm properly - just stick to the silver, instead! You might try once everything is highlighted going back to it with a little Nuln Oil to darken it even further.

Thanks man! Really appreciate the advice, I'm off to buy a box now! :)

Be sure and let me know how they turn out! I'd be dead keen to see once they're finished. I've got a feeling they'll look pretty cool. :D

If you're keen on getting back into Ultramarines specifically and this video was any use to you, take a look at the one where I attack blue power armour specifically! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bd16p66Ay5q9hok.html It's a pretty limited palette, so not too many paints to pick up. Depending on what you're interested in painting these days, though, there's not really any specific paint sets from Citadel for most armies. They offer bundles of paints, but there's usually not much off the top and you'll probably end up with a handful you won't use terribly often. It's a mixed bag, but you're honestly better off picking up the ones you like the look of. If you're getting started again, I thoroughly suggest the Base range as a good place to start, as well as the Shades to go with them. I think it'd be worth finding a few tutorials you like the look of and picking up some of the first few paints from those to get your eye in, see what you think works! As far as brushes I'd definitely suggest Citadel or Army Painter as nice, relatively cheap and reliable brushes to get back into the game with. Citadel's got the edge in being a little more easily available, but both will do much the same thing, though I'd definitely lean toward Citadel's awesome drybrushes. A small and a medium sized layer brush, a couple of basecoat brushes, a shade brush and a medium drybrush will do almost everything you need to get started without breaking the bank! As for kits? Pick something you like the look of! Space Marines remain a great place to get started and cut your teeth, and with 8th Edition being fairly open about what armies can ally with who you can paint up a couple of squads and play with them alongside most anything else in the game if you're just wanting to practice first. Personally, I'm always biased toward the Imperial Guard, but I think the best place to start is always what you find interesting. Good luck, and welcome back! :D

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio thank you! I’ll bear all of this in mind during my first trip back to a store. I really appreciate your detailed and considered response, thank you! Best wishes from England!

It can be pretty daunting getting back into it! There's a lot of options out there these days. If you've got a store local to you, though, sticking with Citadel for the most part does make things a lot easier, though if you can hunt out a supplier that offers Vallejo paints for certain basecoats you might find it a bunch easier. The staff in-store are generally pretty helpful, too! Though... they kinda do want you to buy stuff, too. ;)

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio I will give them a visit soon! I’ll try shop smart to make sure I don’t spend toooo much, ha! Thank you for your help

Honestly, I find it's very rarely necessary to paint a miniature in stages just to get to the chest. If you can't reach it with a brush easily, you generally can't see it that often. Easier to just leave a little bit of primer and a touch of green in there rather than fuss with it endlessly.

You might find those hazardous environment helmets look pretty good on the Scions. I know some folks have been using them to convert with Cadian legs, but I don't think you'd need to go to that extent; just that familiar helmet profile with the plugged-in hellguns and extra carapace would do the business, I think!

It's just the Tempetus Scions plastic box set.

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio ahh I see, the head's just different.👍

I'm pretty sure that counts as heresy, but if you don't tell Duncan, neither will I... ;D

Other paints as in other colours, or other brands? Because ultimately the answer is yes, you'll just get different results.

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio well do other companies have the same colors as GW? And thank you for replying!

Gotta rep the classic names. ;)

Somehow I'd managed to forget the Eye of Terror campaign. Just like the writers... ;)

Sonic Sledgehammer Studio it’s funny because it’s true

Gotta make do with what's on the requisition forms! If the Departmento Munitorum ships you red berets and a hotshot lasgun pack, you strap them on and do battle with what you've got. ;)

they are a section of their own that fall under commissars... they have nothing to do with Cadia but Astra Militarium in general

Because it's spelled Kasrkin? Referring to the old Cadian word for fortress, kasr. So Kasr-Kin.