How to Paint the new Lord Solar model for Astra Militarum!

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Here's my version of Lord Solar! While I loved the model when it was released, I felt it looked a bit too clean, like Lord Solar stepped out of a propaganda poster! I wanted my version to look a little more battle worn so I changed the paint scheme and added my own base! I hope you like it and maybe it will inspire you to change up something about a model to make it suit your idea of a character more! My Patreon video this week covered how I made this base so if you'd like to see that, click the link below to sign up!
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@chrissteel9179 4 ай бұрын

I just used this video to get my Lord Solar Leontas painted in day and on the battlefield within a week of buying him. However, he was obviously surprised at such a fast deployment, rolling four ones for his first two turns of shooting (before dying to an Imperial Knight Warden's fist). It's great to have these videos as a resource for when they're needed. Many thanks!

@MediocreHobbies 4 ай бұрын

The curse of a newly painted model is as old as war gaming. Glad the video helped.

@harrisharris5100 13 күн бұрын

Andy you are beyond talented! Thank you for the content!

@MediocreHobbies 13 күн бұрын

Thanks so much man, really appreciate the comments 🙌

@MrNeelneel 8 ай бұрын

That extra little bit of narrative you added to the base really makes a difference. I love when a special character is given a bit of local flavour. It's always nicer when you have that tie in instead of some bedroom poster come to life.

@MediocreHobbies 8 ай бұрын

Cheers pal. Appreciate it

@williamamely7038 Жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous model. GW has done a great job sculpting it. Your paint job and your custom base design look great!! Thank you for sharing this video with us. Keep up the great work you do for your channel, and viewers.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind comment.

@loosid5209 2 ай бұрын

This is the nicest one I have seen yet well done

@MediocreHobbies 2 ай бұрын

Aw cheers man, appreciate that!

@daviddalglish9430 Жыл бұрын

Love how you've made it fit with the rest of your army. I can't wait to see him in a battle report to see if he is as deadly as Creed was in the last one. I'm currently sitting waiting on the postman dropping a new model through the letterbox so this video helped distract me from pacing up and down the hall 😂

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Hahaha glad o could distract you for a bit. And yes he will take to a field of battle very soon.

@righteousfury5443 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, this looks so much better than the GW scheme, I love it!

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, that’s great to hear!

@PointlessSoldier Жыл бұрын

That base is awesome. Fits right in next to the rest of the army AND looks amazing

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Cheers pal.

@sludgedisciple Жыл бұрын

Stoked for this!!!!! Lord Solar needed a different color scheme for sure.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Glad you agree! He just doesn’t didn’t look right to me!

@sobagamarc8785 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful!!!

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Cheers pal

@RemdiBrolton 4 ай бұрын

Custom base is awesome but i think that kreigsman doesnt need anyone to scream at them or be motivated, they would go and die without it. So its better that it was regular guardsman just for accuracy!

@MediocreHobbies 3 ай бұрын

Fair point.

@Swampsong117 Жыл бұрын

You beat me to it! This is exactly what I was planning on doing with mine. I may do a head swap though. Great work as always.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thanks pal. Hope the head swap goes well.

@ecMonify Жыл бұрын

man that base looks amazing! :D really well done

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@casimirtn Жыл бұрын

Amazing paint, amazing base. As always, your videos are such a pleasure to watch!

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

That’s far to kind pal. Thank you.

@pauly985 Жыл бұрын

cool base

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thanks pal.

@alwayne6955 Жыл бұрын

Great idea on making him fit more with the colour scheme of the rest of the army. He looks like he leads a charge like Maximus at the start of Gladiator rather than just coming in at the end for the propaganda photo like you said

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

No i shall never think of him in any other way. And that makes me happy.

@maxhobo7387 Жыл бұрын

This model is not the pinnacle of bosses, its the pinnacle of price racing. A dude on a horse for 60 stones, lol.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@davidma6616 Жыл бұрын

Epic and masterfully executed. This is the scheme I was envisioning and there is a surprisingly small amount of pictures / videos doing it up this way. It's classic Cadian, yet very different from the box art. This video helped confirm that I wanted to take my model in this direction. Matching the rest of my green Guard army. Also, that basing is incredible and making me reconsider using the stock base. May need to donate a couple of guardsmen from either my Bits Box or even my other Cadia Stands squad sprue to do a simliar thing with the diorama effect. 10/10 video, easy sub. Will do from my other channel as well, Mo Magnets.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it pal. I just have the mo magnets a sub there pal.

@davidma6616 Жыл бұрын

@@MediocreHobbies Awesome, appreciate it back!

@MoMagnets Жыл бұрын

@@MediocreHobbies Legend.

@jaanikaapa6925 10 ай бұрын

Love the base. Just great.

@MediocreHobbies 10 ай бұрын

Cheers pal.

@tmarti24 Жыл бұрын

Turned out great!

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@zwergentyp3 Жыл бұрын

great paint scheme. worked wonderes on that mini.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Silex-Flint Жыл бұрын

I thought the best way to paint was as an AoS Freeguild General on Warhorse.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Hahah it would work very well.

@sweatilaa5325 Жыл бұрын

Wonder if the release of Lord Solar Leontus is a tester to see if people want various Lord Commander characters of if this is more of a template, hence the lackluster official version, for people to turn him into any Lord Commander that fits their army better with some slight modification, like a Lord Commander Tempestus or some such.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

That would be really cool. I love that idea.

@ExtradaemonYT Жыл бұрын

That green armoured colour scheme looks so much better omg. What's your opinion on Seraphim Sepia vs Agrax Earthshade?

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

I much prefer the sepia. Always have. I thinks it’s softer and leaves a better tone. I don’t use agrax if I can avoid it.

@jh1669 Жыл бұрын

Welp, once mine gets here, if I can make it look about 4% as good as this, I'll be happy

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Hahaha far to kind.

@Asteroidhawk594 Жыл бұрын

How did you prime that? I want to try and get a similar colouration for my own one

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Spray chaos black and then spray grey seer.

@asierfh10 Жыл бұрын

Great job as always... but more Middle Earth!!

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Yea sir.

@Khasidon Жыл бұрын

It would almost feel more fitting if he was behind the trench instead of in front of it as an actual lord commander.

@ecMonify Жыл бұрын

bruv probably charges headfirst into battle like king theoden! he was just back there checking in on the boys

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes for sure.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Na this beast wants the fight.

@jaanikaapa6925 10 ай бұрын

Deadpool is right. Wear red and nobody can see you bleed. Red is a good colour for a soldier.

@MediocreHobbies 10 ай бұрын

Hahahaha for sure.

@jeanbaptistecurtet8164 Жыл бұрын

Trop 👍 !. Je fais actuellement l’ascendant d’Horus !. Je suis entrain de le peindre selon tes schémas de couleurs !. Ps: j’ai eu du mal à coller les griffes !. Elles sont un peu fragiles !.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Yes they are. Super glue and activator i believe is the way to go of your having trouble.

@Archaneus Жыл бұрын

I think the design of the mini itself is.... well, aggressively terrible is probably the most kind way I could put it. However, your paint job and the basing with the trenchers does elevate it AT LEAST to halfway decent looking. Now if the model were just not a piece of ported over AoS garbage... I would actually call it great looking.

@MediocreHobbies Жыл бұрын

Harsh