Painting Knights - Bright Liveries and Shining Armour [How I Paint Things]

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Of course I'd need to make things difficult for myself by deciding to go for white and blue! Still, the method is just as easily swapped out for any colour; useful if you're planning on creating a unit of individuals, or a knightly force in uniform.
Painting the Foot Knights: • Painting Knights on Fo...
The wonderful Knights of Gallia and other old-school fantasy wargaming miniatures from Highlands Miniatures can be found here: www.myminifactory.com/users/H... If you haven't got your own printer, there's licensed printers on Etsy and similar - try getting in touch with the team directly to see if they have a licensed printer in your area.
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Priming & Assembly
02:22 - Basecoats
10:03 - Shading
12:06 - Highlighting
17:49 - The Finished Knight
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison, Woodcock, David Kinney, and Matt Dischner - as well as all the other Patrons that made this video possible, and Exit23 Games for recording equipment that helps keep the channel ticking over! Find out more at the following links:
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THE BASE:
Stirland Mud texture paint applied in a thick layer, drybrushed with Golgfag Brown and Tyrant Skull once done. Apply thinned PVA and static grass in patches, then a tuft or two for volume and variety on the base. Paint the rim in Mournfang Brown and done!
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Premium Grey (Vallejo Spray Can)
ARMY PAINTER:
Fire Drake (Speedpaint)
Plate Mail Metal (Fanatic)
Leather Brown (Fanatic)
Crystal Blue (Fanatic)
Oak Brown (Fanatic)
Matt Black (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Monster Brown
Deep Grey (Fanatic)
CITADEL:
Corax White (Base)
Ungor Flesh (Layer)
Pallid Wych Flesh (Layer)
Lothern Blue (Layer)
White Scar (Layer)
Liberator Gold (Layer)
VALLEJO:
Steel (Model Air)
VARNISH:
Instar Varnish+

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@Strawfoot 6 ай бұрын

Everyone’s painting knights right now, it’s so fun! That blue looks great. Thanks for another great video.

@mrkapowski8507 6 ай бұрын

My 1990's Bretonnian army were all done in blue + white heraldry, so this guide is getting saved for later to help me recreate it for The Old World 😀

@johnkelley9877 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful work Troy! The figure is a great looking sculpt and your painting really made the knight and horse look fantastic. Thanks for sharing this.

@Castillo525 6 ай бұрын

Glad to see this video, Ive been assembling my box since saturday lol

@andreaspersson5639 6 ай бұрын

Looks absolutely gorgeous. Much better than black and red ;) (and some good advice, as I am soon to paint a bunch of knights myself, although later ones than these)

@torros1839 6 ай бұрын

Nice work. Your advice on painting white is very welcome

@johnoneill3654 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous colours bud 👍. Might use this for my Middenland Swordsmen.

@durzod2052 6 ай бұрын

I had a unit of knights back in WFB days that were all red and yellow but were each unique. I halved and quartered their heraldry in different patterns and even halved some quarters. The result was a group of unique knights that actually looked like a unit.

@Pyre001 6 ай бұрын

The Highland stuff looks really good. I don't have a 3D printer but there has to be a company printing these off...

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

There's quite a few licensed printers on Etsy.

@rutiguer2701 6 ай бұрын

Great job! I specially like the pale blue scheme. Thank you!

@Bluecho4 6 ай бұрын

I might need to do that "highlight metallics AFTER the matte varnish" trick more often. I've done it a few times in the past, but not always. The unvarnished highlight always retains the shine better.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

I always *think* I'm going to do it... aaand then forget. 😂

@davidknight2220 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant, I have to say I prefer the other manufacturers, but I appreciate that I have every right to be wrong 😂

@guehe99 6 ай бұрын

I was hoping for this since I discover your channel. The end result can’t be more crisp and alive. You have done again. Amazing job. What green do yo recommend us for our knights?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

Depends on what green you like! 😅 Personally something rich and bright would be my first choice; something like Army Painter Greenskin or a couple coats of Warpstone Glow over a light colour.

@michaelrossel7339 6 ай бұрын

„Ich habe den Sachsen das Angeln beigebracht, seitdem heißen sie Angelsachsen.“ Sorry I get in the mood for python every time I see bretonians Wonderful. Need to strip and rebase mine now :D

@h347h 6 ай бұрын

Looks great!

@mikeb4085 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful !1

@AndyPaintsPoorly 3 ай бұрын

Looks really good! Wish I had seen this before starting my Knights as they're the same scheme! Dead helpful for highlights though

@thepiratepenguin4465 6 ай бұрын

Very nice, it looks awesome.

@markmorris2207 4 ай бұрын

I bought the Gallia foot knights because of your video. Now I must buy the mounted knights as well!! Oh you are a devil, sir. ; ) Your painting is very nice and I like that color scheme. Thanks very much!

@goforitpainting 6 ай бұрын

Really cool.

@alessiodecarolis 6 ай бұрын

Very beautiful, the heraldry is simple but striking, also if generally I use for metallic parts Cote d'Arms ' Metal Wash , as, at least for me, give a more "blackish" tone to armour & weapons . You could try Vallejio's Satin varnish, given with a brush it helps to shine more the metallic parts. P.s. with these alternate heads is really possible make different knights with the same body, it's really a great option.

@nickdavis5420 6 ай бұрын

Ah a noble steed

@matteocinti6482 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I have been fighting with painting white "fast" for a while now. I guess it might be the colour that need the highest amount of work

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

It depends a little on where you're starting from - a predominantly white miniature with a few splashes of bright colour can be super easy from a white primer, but with something a bit more involved like this, yeeeah, it slows down the work just a tad. 😅

@donaldxavier2056 5 ай бұрын

Excellent paintjob! It is a shame that GW knight sculpts do not look this good.

@alteleier9595 6 ай бұрын

Greetings from Nuremberg/Nürnberg 😁👍

@guehe99 6 ай бұрын

I prefer this to Duncan’s One 😉

@Ernzt8 6 ай бұрын

Great model and I really like the bright colours. I noticed you didn't paint the glue part on the shield, but you did on the arm. Glue on paint, will that hold? I always mask my models on spots to be glued, but not sure now if that is needed.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

I've never really had it be an issue. I guess the paint's stuck to the miniature anyway, so short of pulling it off it ought not to be a problem. At least I've never had bits fall off, anyway!

@Zontarz 6 ай бұрын

Saved for a watch later! Stoked! Did you do any scaling for the Gallia figures or did you keep it at it 32mm?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

Nope, this dude's just straight from the STLs and on to the build plate. They're not really that much larger than the original knights, though the bigger base size for The Old World helps with the real estate!

@yendub 6 ай бұрын

I'm getting ready to start painting knights, but not for Old World. I have to get a 100 years war army painted up for Blood and Crowns.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

Even better! :D

@matteotani1360 6 ай бұрын

I love you 😂❤

@ieuandeakin6497 6 ай бұрын

I've ordered some Grail knight wannabes from Etsy and they've not turned up 😫 been slowly working on the new Pegasus BSB as practice since I'd probably use a regular pony BSB

@lukepeil8640 6 ай бұрын

Nice Work, i love this colors. Where did you get the Decals? ❤

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

This one came from the Cities of Sigmar Freeguild transfer sheet. I honestly wish I'd used something slightly different, but there's a *ton* of really neat decals on there.

@stompieandsuzie 6 ай бұрын

Are you using AP Fanatic paints straight out-of-the-pot, or diluted a little - if so, with water or medium?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

Mostly straight from the pot on a wet palette, with a tiiiiny, tiny bit of water left behind in my brush from rinsing a previous colour. Not even a full droplet, just 'damp brush' and get going.

@TomT531 4 ай бұрын

Hi there, Amazing knight! Do you think the 3d prints from my mini factory will come out well at 20mm if I was to re scale them? I run a mars 3 pro so the printer will be more than capable.

@theandf 6 ай бұрын

Looks amazing, as expected from you. A couple of questions: that white looks grayish, at least on my screen (so much so I was sure you were going to say "don't use actual white, use light gray instead because it looks better"). Is that so, or do my eyes deceive me? Another question: is varnish really needed for plastic/resin minis? (I know it's needed for metal minis, 'cause the metal is harsher on the paint when handling it by hand... but has anyone ever seen paint peeling off from plastic minis? I haven't. Is this one of those things we hobbyists do out of ritual?).

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

Which white? Only the very final highlight is a 'true' white - Corax White is a faint blue-grey off-white, and Pallid Wych Flesh has a very vague peachy tone to it, which I really like for 'cloth' white. As for varnish, it's less about protecting the miniature and more about the finish it gives. I varnish pretty much everything, regardless of material. A good matt varnish will often make cloth look more natural and smooth, where a satin varnish suits things like Space Marines or stuff with a gleaming, clean aesthetic.

@theandf 6 ай бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio ah, yes, I meant Corax White. You say you're applying "white" but it looked light gray to me (and I also heard the advice elsewhere that pure white must not be used as a base coat). As for varnish, your use makes sense!

@nordicmaelstrom4714 3 ай бұрын

Late to this video but I have a question in regards to what type of 3d printer you used to print that Knight?

@MightyWolve 6 ай бұрын

Where did you get these knights printed? Looks great!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

From my printer? 😅

@MightyWolve 6 ай бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio cool! What printer do you use?

@leiferickson5602 6 ай бұрын

Can't see any coconut!

@thanasisgeronimos9124 6 ай бұрын

with drying time for the wash , how much time do you think roughly did this took? did you kept time?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

The whole miniature? I'm afraid I wasn't really paying much attention in this case. Not a huge stretch of time, maybe an hour and a half?

@thanasisgeronimos9124 6 ай бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio awesome....

@jacawandersmok9043 2 ай бұрын

how you coneted sheald? to that small handy plasick samll stick handle?

@TheRealOrangeGringo 6 ай бұрын

Would love to see more genuine GW models, I certainly enjoy those vids more. But thanks for this, I’ll give it a good watch later.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 6 ай бұрын

I can't afford non-stop GW miniatures; it's either a few extra videos featuring similar-but-unofficial miniatures a month, or I can manage one or two videos each month, where I'm demonstrating the same techniques anyway. It's very, very rare that free miniatures end up on my painting desk, and certainly never from GW.

@johnoneill3654 6 ай бұрын

Tbf it's so similar you can just use the same scheme for GW miniatures. Don't see the need to have the exact official mini myself but to each their own.

@TheRealOrangeGringo 6 ай бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio that’s totally fair. I have so many GW models that I’ll never paint. I wish I could send them to you! 🙂