Pick Three Colours and Paint - Speed Painting Almost Any Guardsmen [How I Paint Things]

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The 'tricolor' method is an old, ancient trick I read in a White Dwarf lost to a distant and misty time before memory. Pick a Light, Medium, and Dark version of similar colours and run with those as the inspiration for a very simple colour scheme, letting you finish armies seriously quickly!
Check out the Majestic 13 team I painted using a variation on this same method, just with different colours: • Speed Painting for Maj...
That same method again works in all sorts of places! By using Vallejo Dark Sand or Citadel Morghast Bone as the armour colour, the same tricolor method would apply here: • Speed Painting Sikh So...
This guy is a 3D print from the Reptilian Overlords range, the 'Master Regiment Template' with heads from the patrol cap set. Check out the range here: reptilianoverlords.com/produc...
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - The Three Colour Method in a Nutshell
01:16 - Priming
02:22 - Basecoats
06:36 - Shading
07:54 - 'Stage One' Finishing Touches
09:22 - 'Stage One' Finished
09:53 - 'Stage Two' Highlights & Finishing Touches
11:56 - The Finished Guardsman
VARIANTS:
Urban: Mechanicus Standard Grey uniform, German Grey webbing, and Black armour.
Desert: Army Painter Skeleton Bone primer with Iraqi Sand webbing and Dark Sand armour.
Winter/Ice: Try priming with Grey Seer, Russ Grey webbing, and The Fang armour. Just spitballing with that, but it might work!
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison, Woodcock, and David Kinney - 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:
/ sonicsledgehammer
/ sonicsledge
/ sonicsledgehammer
ko-fi.com/docwholigan
exit23.games
THE BASE: Stirland Mud, drybrushed Golgfag Brown then Tyrant Skull. Paint the base rim in Rhinox Hide, and add tufts to taste. Done!
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Death Guard Green (Citadel Spray Can)
VALLEJO:
Russian Uniform WWII
Camo Olive Green
Steel (Model Air)
CITADEL:
Bugman's Glow (Base)
Nurgling Green (Dry)
Ionrach Skin (Base)
Agrax Earthshade (Shade)
Lahmian Medium (Technical)
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)
Nurgling Green (Layer)
Carroburg Crimson (Shade)
PAINTED OFF-SCREEN:
Metal - Iron Hands Steel (Citadel Base)
Black bits - German Grey (Vallejo Model Color)
Wooden handles - Beige Brown (Vallejo Model Color)
White badges - Corax White (Citadel Base)
Highlighting white - White Scar (Citadel Layer)
VARNISH:
Varnish+ (Instar)

Пікірлер: 50

@rpglazersharks7045 10 ай бұрын

I simply love how unpretentious you deliver those tutorials. down to earth and straight forward. Thank you very much

@Level30Commoner 10 ай бұрын

Most youtube painting channels are fawning about OSL, slapchop, oil washes, blanchitsu or any other flavor of the month. But on your channel people get to learn the stuff to actually finish paining armys. Keep up the great work and thank you very much again. 🙂

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

Even if I still think it's a goofy bloody name that took off for it, the fact that so many people are now aware of and giving slapchop a try isn't a *bad* thing by any stretch; it's certainly quicker than busting out the oil paints! There's room for all kinds of style, after all... but I haven't the time to be getting out an airbrush and oils and all that carry on!

@Ben-fk9ey 10 ай бұрын

Yea whenever I see people on Reddit looking for beginner friendly painting guides I always point them towards this channel for those exact reasons.

@arandomlostsoul753 10 ай бұрын

This is also something I love about Sonic Sledgehammer's tutorials. It's all down to using a coloured primer, applying solid basecoats, washing with an appropriate shade, and then applying some high-impact highlights. No nonsense, just good, honest painting advice.

@Level30Commoner 10 ай бұрын

@SonicSledgehammerStudio Slapchop by itself is an completely fine tool. But it's not the super painting hack some channels say it is (who seem to have built their entire youtube fame around it). Because those people deny one basic fact: It just takes time and effort to get good. I was absolutely terrible when I started painting miniatures six years ago. And it took me literally hundreds of miniatures to become a somewhat okayish painter over those years. That's plays into one of the reasons I like your channel so much: I have absolutely zero inherent talent for painting, but here I don't find any gatekeeping, just easy to apply techniques and positive encouragement.

@RenMomoDotPog 10 ай бұрын

@@Ben-fk9eysame, but I don't use social media so it's just when people are having a tough time

@lexi_9995 10 ай бұрын

The trinity of painting miniatures, light, medium and dark.

@nickellingham1764 4 ай бұрын

I still use your Cadian Sgt video from about 5 years ago as my go-to reference!! I've got a good selection of Citadel and Valllejo standard paints and really don't want to start buying more paints and going down the contrast road as most people seem to. The classic Cadian Zandri Dust and Castellan Green still holds up - plus all my Imperial Guard so far is that scheme so don't really want to start making changes. I slightly prefer Castellen to Vulcan Green for uniforms/tanks but started using Vucan for weapons and other bits on a few models. Ive got loads of unpainted Cadians still so will give this a one a trial. Your old Stormvermin paint guide was a particularly useful one for me too. I find your vids far easier to follow than most!

@mjr8888 5 күн бұрын

I've been wanting to paint my Guard in the colours of WW1 & 2 armies, and they are mostly mono colour, so this helps.

@thepenismightier 10 ай бұрын

The base spray and the webbing are so close, you could have even skipped that step. Excellent video. I enjoy your work.

@henrikhasell4470 10 ай бұрын

Another classic painting tutorial. Thank you!

@johnkelley9877 10 ай бұрын

I can see I will have to paint up more Cadians! This is a great scheme and the model looks really nice. I like the simple color scheme. Thanks for sharing this.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

Any excuse for more infantry on the table! ;D

@loupiscanis9449 10 ай бұрын

A Very special Thank you , Troy . 🐺 Loupis Canis .

@HNXMedia 10 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@thecalvatron1955 10 ай бұрын

Another great tutorial. Love the simplicity of this scheme and the colours used!

@alessiodecarolis 10 ай бұрын

It's a sort of return to IG's origins, when the classic paint scheme was codex grey for the uniforms and black/very dark grey or blue for armour & helmets. Good idea specifying various environments ' versions in the description.👍

@JohnR1298 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for an excellent, simple paint scheme reminiscent of the older cadian scheme of the 2000's AND exactly what I'm looking for my Wargames Atlantic Canon Fodder based IG army👍☺ (with Bolt Action WW2 German armoured support 😉).

@DaneSaysStuff 10 ай бұрын

I wish I would have seen this when I painted my GCPS.. This looks so much better and would have been so much faster! Definitely will be using this going forward!

@Strawfoot 10 ай бұрын

Alway happy to see another sonic sledge video!

@metajock 10 ай бұрын

Another beautiful job. Thanks!

@peterclarke7240 10 ай бұрын

Perfect: I've never liked the idea of having Guard all dolled up in clashing colours like Cadians (well, I say clashing... clashing for a warzone, is what I mean). Everything should be drab and similar colours (think world war 2 or Vietnam-era) so it makes it harder for them to be seen- they've got a rubbish enough time of it being the squishiest thing on the battlefield without their uniform giving their position away! My current scheme is based on Halo: ODST uniforms, so basically lots of black and dark grey, with the occasional deep colour on the pauldrons to indicate squad type (dark red for Tactical, dark blue for support, that sort of thing). It looks cool from a distance, and is VERY forgiving for those of us who aren't particularly steady of hand or clear of eye.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

I think the Cadians *juuust* squeak under the line of 'reasonable' since they're inspired by the proliferation of US Army equipment during WWII, but even then, the black or brown leather equipment is just adding more gumpfh to the list of things to paint! 😅 Catachans come close to reasonable until the red bandana comes out, but so help me, I can't help but love the goofy splashes of red on them.

@peterclarke7240 10 ай бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Oh, the red looks fabulous, but in the grim darkness of the far future, there is apparently only war. No mention of fashion shows! Also, for me, brown pouches indicates leather... I just can't imagine the Imperium would spend money on leather gear for their cannon fodder, not if cheap olive drab nylon is available. Plus, nylon is easy to wash the gore and chunks of brain off and sew up the holes from where some hellish warp spawn bit the previous owner in two. 🤣

@TheEr910 10 ай бұрын

great tutorial

@ochoaE3 10 ай бұрын

These Reptilian Overlord dudes are quite something. I've amassed quite a bit of them. I actually like the look of them more than the new Cadians. However, I'm not too sold on the Reptilian Overlord faces.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

I wasn't sure about them at first, but they've grown on me. I've come to really like how easy they are to paint; you can't miss those details! 😂

@timothyyoung2962 10 ай бұрын

I used a three color method for my The Doomed team. besides metal for their knightly armor and black, I kept to a red and two leather colors. I find limiting my pallet makes my warbands look a little more cohesive in a way and helps speed up the painting since I've already thought ahead AND I don't have so many options.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

I think going into something with a plan and taking the 'What next?' out of painting is one of the easiest ways to speed up the whole process. While you've got the paintbrush and water out and can just bam-bam-bam from one step to the next mindlessly while you're listening to something, that's the winner.

@ThePlasmaboy11 10 ай бұрын

Been wanting to change up my guard scheme for the new miniatures and this is definitely gonna be my scheme. But im wanting to get into using oils so will see how they compare to the agrax. Love the vids man keep them coming!

@MrSphinchee 10 ай бұрын

Maybe it's the magic of video. But your dry brushing seems so much more tidy than I've ever been able to achieve. How do you keep it from being chalky?

@hellcat64 10 ай бұрын

im using the new cadian models for my russian and allied konflikt assault power armor

@nickdavis5420 10 ай бұрын

Love it

@rozzer666 10 ай бұрын

Just incase you dont know army painter washes have less pigment so dont really need thinning out like youve done here with citadel. I use them so i dont have to re apply all the base coats again

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

I use a fair bit of both manufacturers and I still thin out my Army Painter stuff for the same reason; I just want it to tint the recesses and dull the colour a little, and the washes neat from the pot are still a little dark for purpose to how I want them to look.

@Matt-md5yt 10 ай бұрын

Sweet a new Guardsman and he's in non-camo

@swaaahtome 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video as always. The minis look great, any way to get them in Europe without a printer? Seems the only sellers on Etsy are in the UK or North America.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

Check the '3D Printers' tab on the main Reptilian Overlords site; they've got French, German and Spanish printers listed there as well.

@randomdan6475 10 ай бұрын

Always refer to your videos when painting miniatures. How about doing a drukhari model next? 😮

@simonday3740 10 ай бұрын

Do think the 3 colour method would work Space Wolves, 3 different Blues?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

Possibly? It couldn't hurt to try.

@Sammy6751 10 ай бұрын

Love this. I've done a similar color scheme like this. But I learned a few new tricks. And I will apply it to my other guard model's. Thanks for this one it was very fun to learn about it. 🪖 🤩

@Typhonis007 10 ай бұрын

Where is the miniature from?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio 10 ай бұрын

Reptilian Overlords. Links in the description!

@oskar6661 10 ай бұрын

This just highlights one of the things people waaaaaay too hung up - namely when new to painting. The idea that you need to paint every "thing" a different colour. This ends up making most models look way too busy and nonsensical.