![Quick Army Painting: East German Motor Rifles [How I Paint Things] @SonicSledgehammerStudio](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMlQ2VlofGU/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Motorisierte Schützentruppen - literally motorized rifle troops - were the backbone of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik's ground forces in much the same way as the Motostrelki were across the Soviet Union. Though not as heavily armed as their 'bigger brother' Russian troops, they made up for this in part with a higher concentration of machine guns in rifle squads, meaning that any assault by DDR troops would feature a true hail of lead!
The Bruderkrieg Kickstarter is running right now and has already smashed through wave after wave of stretch goals. If you're looking for a cheap way into Cold War-era or What If? WWIII wargaming, you can't go wrong. Check out the entire range along with further projected stretch goals here: kickstarter.com/projects/flankmarch/bruderkrieg-1-cold-war-east-german-infantry
Find more Cold War NATO and WarPac forces at the main Flank March website: flankmarch.com
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - On the 'Strichtarn' Camo
02:50 - Basecoats
09:55 - Shading
11:55 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
14:48 - The Finished Miniatures
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, Chris, and Timothy Ferguson - 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:
patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://bsky.app/profile/sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social
instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer
ko-fi.com/sonicsledge
http://exit23.games
Backdrop by Jon Hodgson Backdrops - https://handiwork.games/product-category/everything/backdrop-books #jhbackdrops everywhere a hashtag works for more!
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Leather Brown (Vallejo Spray Primer)
VALLEJO:
Flat Earth
German Camo Beige WWII
German Field Grey WWII
Olive Grey
Green Grey
Cork Brown
Beige Brown
Flat Brown
German Grey
Military Green
ARMY PAINTER:
Moonstone Skin (Fanatic)
Plate Mail Metal (Fanatic)
Strong Skin Shade (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Military Shade (Wash)
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Dorado Skin (Fanatic)
Motorisierte Schützentruppen - literally motorized rifle troops - were the backbone of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik's ground forces in much the same way as the Motostrelki were across the Soviet Union. Though not as heavily armed as their 'bigger brother' Russian troops, they made up for this in part with a higher concentration of machine guns in rifle squads, meaning that any assault by DDR troops would feature a true hail of lead!
The Bruderkrieg Kickstarter is running right now and has already smashed through wave after wave of stretch goals. If you're looking for a cheap way into Cold War-era or What If? WWIII wargaming, you can't go wrong. Check out the entire range along with further projected stretch goals here: kickstarter.com/projects/flankmarch/bruderkrieg-1-cold-war-east-german-infantry
Find more Cold War NATO and WarPac forces at the main Flank March website: flankmarch.com
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - On the 'Strichtarn' Camo
02:50 - Basecoats
09:55 - Shading
11:55 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
14:48 - The Finished Miniatures
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, Chris, and Timothy Ferguson - 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:
patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://bsky.app/profile/sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social
instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer
ko-fi.com/sonicsledge
http://exit23.games
Backdrop by Jon Hodgson Backdrops - https://handiwork.games/product-category/everything/backdrop-books #jhbackdrops everywhere a hashtag works for more!
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Leather Brown (Vallejo Spray Primer)
VALLEJO:
Flat Earth
German Camo Beige WWII
German Field Grey WWII
Olive Grey
Green Grey
Cork Brown
Beige Brown
Flat Brown
German Grey
Military Green
ARMY PAINTER:
Moonstone Skin (Fanatic)
Plate Mail Metal (Fanatic)
Strong Skin Shade (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Military Shade (Wash)
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Dorado Skin (Fanatic)
![Quick Army Painting: East German Motor Rifles [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMlQ2VlofGU/mqdefault.jpg "Quick Army Painting: East German Motor Rifles [How I Paint Things]
Motorisierte Schützentruppen - literally motorized rifle troops - were the backbone of the Deutsche Demokratische Republiks ground forces in much the same way as the Motostrelki were across the Soviet Union. Though not as heavily armed as their bigger brother Russian troops, they made up for this in part with a higher concentration of machine guns in rifle squads, meaning that any assault by DDR troops would feature a true hail of lead!
The Bruderkrieg Kickstarter is running right now and has already smashed through wave after wave of stretch goals. If youre looking for a cheap way into Cold War-era or What If? WWIII wargaming, you cant go wrong. Check out the entire range along with further projected stretch goals here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flankmarch/bruderkrieg-1-cold-war-east-german-infantry/
Find more Cold War NATO and WarPac forces at the main Flank March website: https://www.flankmarch.com/
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - On the Strichtarn Camo
02:50 - Basecoats
09:55 - Shading
11:55 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
14:48 - The Finished Miniatures
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, Chris, and Timothy Ferguson - 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:
https://www.patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://bsky.app/profile/sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer/
https://ko-fi.com/sonicsledge
http://exit23.games
Backdrop by Jon Hodgson Backdrops - https://handiwork.games/product-category/everything/backdrop-books #jhbackdrops everywhere a hashtag works for more!
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Leather Brown (Vallejo Spray Primer)
VALLEJO:
Flat Earth
German Camo Beige WWII
German Field Grey WWII
Olive Grey
Green Grey
Cork Brown
Beige Brown
Flat Brown
German Grey
Military Green
ARMY PAINTER:
Moonstone Skin (Fanatic)
Plate Mail Metal (Fanatic)
Strong Skin Shade (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Military Shade (Wash)
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Dorado Skin (Fanatic)")
![Painting the Cerberus Squad - The Best K47 Unit! [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NOQRCYyLtpQ/mqdefault.jpg "Painting the Cerberus Squad - The Best K47 Unit! [How I Paint Things]
Cerberus units are genuinely point-for-point one of the most useful units in the British Commonwealth line-up and theyre phenomenally quick and easy to slot into any Konflikt 47 force. They also count as specialist troops for an Assault Platoon, you cant lose by taking them along! You also get to take genetically modified murder dogs in your army!
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00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Painting the Dogs
07:22 - Painting the Handler
15:05 - The Finished Cerberus Squad
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, Chris, and Timothy Ferguson - 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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http://exit23.games
Backdrop by Jon Hodgson Backdrops - https://handiwork.games/product-category/everything/backdrop-books #jhbackdrops everywhere a hashtag works for more!
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Brainmatter Beige, Skeleton Bone (Army Painter Spray)
ARMY PAINTER:
Brainmatter Beige (Fanatic)
Command Khaki (Fanatic)
Leopard Stone Skin (Fanatic)
Webbing Green (Historical)
Tree Ancient (Fanatic)
Gun Metal (Fanatic)
Matt Black (Fanatic)
Strong Tone (Wash)
Soft Tone (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Matt White (Fanatic)
Olive Drab (Fanatic)
Agate Skin (Fanatic)
Mid Battle Dress (Historical)
Skeleton Bone (Fanatic)
Strap Grey (Historical)
Midnight Olive (John Blanche)
Fair Skin (Historical)
Light Battle Dress (Historical)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Fur Brown (Fanatic)
Deep Grey (Fanatic)
THE BASE:
Apply a layer of PVA and sand. Paint with thinned down Vallejo Flat Brown. Heavily overbrush with Vallejo Brown Sand, then drybrush with Vallejo Dark Sand. Add small splotches of PVA at random to apply static grass, then tufts to taste and paint the base rim dark brown.")
![Painting Bad Squiddos Simone Segouin - WWII French Resistance [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N_Rmkkxoj4s/mqdefault.jpg "Painting Bad Squiddos Simone Segouin - WWII French Resistance [How I Paint Things]
One of the things I really appreciate about a lot of the Bad Squiddo range is the attention to detail for clothing and fashion of the periods represented. Its a weird thing to point out, maybe, but with most of the civilian and even more of the military female figures having their hair covered in the 40s... yeah, thats accurate!
https://badsquiddogames.com/shop#!/Simone-Segouin/p/800861848
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Priming Notes
02:31 - Basecoats
08:20 - Shading
10:03 - Returning to Basecoats
10:38 - Highlights
16:53 - The Finished Miniature
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, Chris, and Timothy Ferguson - 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:
https://www.patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://bsky.app/profile/sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social
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https://ko-fi.com/sonicsledge
http://exit23.games
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Brush-On Primer (Army Painter Effect)
ARMY PAINTER:
Brainmatter Beige (Fanatic)
Matt Black (Fanatic)
Night Sky (Fanatic)
Dragon Red (Fanatic)
Bootstrap Brown (Fanatic)
Tundra Taupe (Fanatic)
Oak Brown (Fanatic)
Dark Tone (Wash)
Strong Skin Shade (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Thunderous Blue (Fanatic)
Wolf Grey (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Angelic Red (Fanatic)
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Ruby Skin (Fanatic)
Dorado Skin (Fanatic)
Paratrooper Tan (Fanatic)
CITADEL:
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Retributor Armour (Base)
Reikland Fleshshade (Shade)
Lahmian Medium (Technical)
Carroburg Crimson (Shade)
VALLEJO:
German Grey
VARNISH:
Varnish+ (Instar)
THE BASE: Apply a layer of PVA and sand. Paint with thinned down Vallejo Flat Brown. Drybrush with Vallejo Dark Sand. Add tufts to taste and paint the base rim dark brown.
Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with thinned down Vallejo Brown Sand, then lightly drybrushed with Stone Grey before a very, very light final drybrush of Green Grey (971 - the light one). Add a few tiny dots of PVA and some static grass for a scrubby, mountainous finish.
Marine Juice MkIII/Sonic Tonic:
3 parts Reikland Fleshshade, 3 parts Army Painter Dark Tone, 4 parts Lahmian Medium - for simplicity, this is just a bottle of each. Mix well and apply liberally!
Army Painter Marine Juice/Sonic Tonic:
Equal parts of Speedpaint Medium, Dark Tone, and Warm Skin Shade. Mix well and apply liberally!")
![Konflikt 47: Painting British Armoured Infantry [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nc01ZQKazwk/mqdefault.jpg "Konflikt 47: Painting British Armoured Infantry [How I Paint Things]
The British Starter Army for Konflikt 47 I bought myself, so Im allowed to gush. 🤪
As well as being a really neat miniature, the platoon commander with the Tesla rifle adds another Rift die to your force, which can be dead handy if you exhaust a couple at the same time and have to roll them on their return to a unit. Always worth having more options!
Check out the entire Warlord Games range at their website here: https://r.warlordgames.com/aff/?SONICSLEDGEHAMMER Purchases made through this affiliate link net me a small commission at no cost to you!
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Priming Notes & Colour Choices
01:56 - Basecoats
08:42 - Shading
10:36 - Highlights
16:50 - The Finished Platoon Commander
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, and Chris - 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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http://exit23.games
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Russian Uniform (Vallejo Spray Can)
ARMY PAINTER:
Moonstone Skin (Fanatic)
Mid Battle Dress (Historical)
Rifle Brown (Historical)
Mud Spatter (Historical)
Matt White (Fanatic)
Gun Metal (Fanatic) - Steel (Historical)
True Copper (Fanatic)
Crystal Blue, True Red (Fanatic - used off-screen on lights)
Beret Maroon (Historical)
Strong Tone (Wash)
Soft Tone (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Dark Tone (Wash)
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Dorado skin (Fanatic)
Light Battle Dress (Historical)
Fur Brown (Fanatic)
Plasma Coil Glow (Effect)
True Brass (Fanatic)
Mithril (Fanatic)
VALLEJO:
German Grey (Or Strap Grey - AP Historical)
Russian Uniform WWII
Khaki
VARNISH:
Colour Forge Matt Varnish Spray
THE BASE: Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with thinned down Vallejo Flat Brown, then lightly drybrushed with Dark Sand. Add a few dots of PVA and some static grass for a scrubby, generic grassland finish along with a couple of tufts.")
![Painting Orc Cavalry - Wargs from Shattered Plains Kickstarter [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O0WePKgDMYs/mqdefault.jpg "Painting Orc Cavalry - Wargs from Shattered Plains Kickstarter [How I Paint Things]
Its not often I get a chance to paint something fantasy-related that doesnt involve buying a huge box of miniatures where I only need one, rather than a whole army... but a 3D printer opens up a whole realm of possibilities!
The Quartermaster3D ranges of LotR-inspired miniatures are always a real treat; theyre clearly inspired by, but not slavish recreations of the heroes and villains weve seen on screen, and sometimes take more from lines of description in the books. Either way, theyre cool as hell, and painting wargs is way more fun than it should be - drybrushing is king!
Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/qm3d/the-battle-of-the-shattered-plains-orcs-vs-men
Quartermaster3D Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064033445197
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Priming Notes
02:08 - Basecoats
12:27 - Shading
13:33 - Highlights
17:18 - The Finished Rider
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison and Woodcock - 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, drybrushed with Golgfag Brown and then Tyrant Skull. Paint the base rim in Rhinox Hide, add tufts to taste. Done!
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Zandri Dust (Citadel Spray Can)
CITADEL:
XV-88 (Base)
Mournfang Brown (Base)
Tyrant Skull (Dry)
Screaming Skull (Layer)
Flash Gitz Yellow (Layer)
Word Bearers Red (Layer)
Pink Horror (Layer)
Eshin Grey (Layer)
Death Guard Green (Base)
Khorne Red (Base)
Rakarth Flesh (Base)
Iron Warriors (Base)
Morghast Bone (Base)
Leadbelcher (Base)
Agrax Earthshade (Shade)
Lahmian Medium (Technical)
Nurgling Green (Layer)
Wazzdakka Red (Layer)
Skavenblight Dinge (Layer)
Skrag Brown (Layer)
VALLEJO:
Black Grey
Steel (Model Air)
VARNISH:
Varnish+ (Instar)")
![No More Mixing: German Grenadiers with Vallejo Xpress [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OMCQo38Y16c/mqdefault.jpg "No More Mixing: German Grenadiers with Vallejo Xpress [How I Paint Things]
When Citadels Contrast came out, I spent a couple of weeks tweaking, testing, and adjusting the ratios on a bottled mix of three different colours to get Contrast Feldgrau. It looks pretty good, but its definitely a lot more tweaking and fuss than Id prefer out of a one coat solution. Enter Vallejo Xpress Wave 2 releases - the colours I think we were all waiting for!
Are they the magic bullet? I guess that depends on how this all looks to your eye! But it certainly fits the bill for me!
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Priming & Prep Basecoats
03:12 - Painting the Camo
05:39 - Painting Equipment & Uniform
08:35 - Highlights & Extra Touches
10:15 - The Finished Grenadier
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:
https://www.patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://twitter.com/sonicsledge
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https://ko-fi.com/docwholigan
http://exit23.games
THE BASE: PVA and sand, painted with Flat Brown, heavily overbrushed Brown Sand, then drybrushed Dark Sand. Dots of PVA again to add some static grass, and done!
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Premium Grey (Vallejo Spray Can)
VALLEJO:
Off-White
Bag of Bones (Xpress)
Armor Green (Xpress)
Willow Bark (Xpress)
Rotten Flesh (Xpress)
Wasteland Brown (Xpress)
Battledress Brown (Xpress)
Camouflage Brown (Xpress)
Landser Grey (Xpress)
Dark Gunmetal (Game Color)
CITADEL:
Wraithbone (Base)
Guilliman Flesh (Contrast)
Black Legion (Contrast)
Flayed One Flesh (Layer)
ARMY PAINTER:
Slaughter Red (Speedpaint)
VARNISHES:
Varnish+ (Instar)")
![Quick Review & Paint: Traitors Toll Villagers [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OXNqEZQhdKE/mqdefault.jpg "Quick Review & Paint: Traitors Toll Villagers [How I Paint Things]
Sometimes a mistake or two made along the way leads to an interesting experiment. Sometimes theyre just mistakes! But whether youre looking to put villagers on the table as quickly as possible or to make the most out of a limited palette of paints, a few simple basecoats and a drybrush will help accentuate the detail on miniatures whore going to take a back seat compared to the starring roles of your Guards, Heroes, or What-Have-Yous.
Check out the entire Wargames Atlantic range at their website here: https://wargamesatlantic.com?ref=sonicsledge Purchases made through this affiliate link net me a small commission at no cost to you!
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Looking at the Kit
03:29 - Priming Notes
04:17 - Basecoats
11:13 - Drybrushing
12:55 - Shading
14:44 - Thinning Highlights & Fixing Mistakes
17:24 - The Finished Villagers
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, and Chris - 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:
https://www.patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://bsky.app/profile/sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer/
https://ko-fi.com/sonicsledge
http://exit23.games
PAINTS USED:
PRIMERS: Skeleton Bone, Matt White (Army Painter Spray)
ARMY PAINTER:
Agate Skin (Fanatic)
Deep Grey (Fanatic)
Ash Grey (Fanatic)
Alpha Blue (Fanatic)
Leather Brown (Fanatic)
Paratrooper Tan (Fanatic)
Bootstrap Brown (Fanatic)
Dryad Brown (Fanatic)
Gun Metal (Fanatic)
Pure Red (Fanatic)
Wasteland Clay (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Strong Skin Shade (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
VARNISH:
Army Painter Matt Varnish Spray
THE BASE: Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with Vallejo Brown Sand, then heavily drybrushed with Vallejo Stone Grey with a little touch of Vallejo Pale Green Grey on the larger clumps of texture. Tiny dots of PVA and static grass to add texture.")
![A Little Personal Hobby Time - Ronin [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OZWch1Iq8Mc/mqdefault.jpg "A Little Personal Hobby Time - Ronin [How I Paint Things]
Surprising nobody, Shōgun has landed in this house like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. I pretty much immediately started looking up printable STLs, plastic, and metal miniatures to sate a sudden new interest in samurai...
But beyond the well-connected samurai retainers to a daimyo were those samurai without masters, not always *technically* dishonoured, but second-class in the eyes of many nonetheless. Ronin would often travel wherever a blade was needed, making coin and living on the fringe of society wherever they could.
Check out the Kurosawa classic Yojimbo for a great piece of cinema, or Seven Samurai if youve a mind for something longer. Theyre classics for a reason!
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Priming
01:06 - Painting Time!
12:11 - The Finished Ronin
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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http://exit23.games
THE BASE: Stirland Mud, drybrushed Golgfag Brown and then Tyrant Skull. Add static grass and tufts to taste, paint the base rim in a mid-brown; Ive used Vallejo Flat Brown. Done!
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Wraithbone (Citadel Primer)
ARMY PAINTER:
Peachy Flesh (Speedpaint)
Bony Matter (Speedpaint)
Tidal Wave (Speedpaint)
Speedpaint Medium
Grim Black (Speedpaint)
Ghillie Dew (Speedpaint)
Platemail Metal (Fanatic)
Strong Tone
Dark Tone
Military Shader
Necrotic Flesh (Fanatic)
Maize Yellow (Speedpaint)
CITADEL:
Wraithbone (Base)
Skeleton Horde (Contrast)
Black Legion (Contrast)
Stormvermin Fur (Layer)
VALLEJO:
Basic Skin Tone (Model Color)
VARNISHES:
Varnish+ (Instar)
Stormshield (Citadel Technical)")
![Painting Napoleonic Bavarians - 1806-1813 in Style! [How I Paint Things Redux]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OoyJ0J-K9GA/mqdefault.jpg "Painting Napoleonic Bavarians - 1806-1813 in Style! [How I Paint Things Redux]
Bavaria was an absolutely vital ally to French interests during the Napoleonic period. Instrumental in victories at Wagram and Austerlitz, and a useful buffer for Napoleon against Austrian aggression on his eastern borders, Bavarias army would be absolutely savaged during the disastrous invasion of Russia, losing almost 30,000 men as part of that ill-fated campaign. As a result, Bavarian commitment to the French cause faltered... and theyd break entirely with France, switching sides just eight days before the Battle of Leipzig.
Piano Wargames incredible range of French, Austrian, and a whole host of German nations can be found on their main site: https://pianowargames.de/
Find the book mentioned at the start of the video here: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Bavarian-Army-1806-1813-Peter-Bunde/dp/3938447990
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Book Suggestion
02:20 - Basecoats
11:58 - Shading
13:37 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
17:05 - The Finished Bavarians
Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Rod, Phil, Ben, Robison, David Kinney, Fred, Fool in a Hat, and Chris - 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:
https://www.patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
https://bsky.app/profile/sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer/
https://ko-fi.com/sonicsledge
http://exit23.games
PAINTS USED
PRIMER: Matt White (Army Painter Spray)
CITADEL:
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Imperial Fist (Contrast)
Blood Angels Red (Contrast)
Gore-Grunta Fur (Contrast)
Basilicanum Grey (Contrast)
Skeleton Horde (Contrast)
Cygor Brown (Contrast)
Liberator Gold (Layer)
Retributor Armour (Base)
Iron Hands Steel (Base)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)
Flayed One Flesh (Layer)
ARMY PAINTER:
Imperial Navy (Fanatic)
Matt White (Fanatic)
Regal Blue (Fanatic)
Ice Yellow (Fanatic)
Pure Red (Fanatic)
VARNISH:
Colour Forge Matt Varnish Spray
THE BASE: Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with thinned down Vallejo Brown Sand, then lightly drybrushed with Stone Grey before a very, very light final drybrush of Green Grey (971 - the light one). Add a few tiny dots of PVA and some static grass for a scrubby, mountainous finish.
Marine Juice MkIII/Sonic Tonic:
3 parts Reikland Fleshshade, 3 parts Army Painter Dark Tone, 4 parts Lahmian Medium - for simplicity, this is just a bottle of each. Mix well and apply liberally!
Army Painter Marine Juice/Sonic Tonic:
Equal parts of Speedpaint Medium, Dark Tone, and Warm Skin Shade. Mix well and apply liberally!")
![History That Wasnt: Great War Confederates from Wargames Atlantic [How I Paint Things]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PAycvzj0IiE/mqdefault.jpg "History That Wasnt: Great War Confederates from Wargames Atlantic [How I Paint Things]
One of the great and enduring What If? moments in history is the fate of the Confederate States of America. Theres dozens of knife-edge decisive moments, and though its widely agreed that the Confederacy was almost certainly doomed from its inception... well, what if? Wargaming lets us explore some of the weird possibilities and unlikely outcomes of history without anybody having had to have lived through it - but wanting to extrapolate likely outcomes encourages one to delve more deeply into the very real history of the period in question.
Confederate forces would fit right in with games like Gloom Trench, A War Transformed, Forbidden Psalm, or something like SLUDGE - or even Bolt Action! Theres plenty of ways to tweak and adjust rules sets to fit what youre doing, or simply using Confederate-themed miniatures with extant rules for a particular nation that fits them most closely works just as well.
The face painting guide mentioned (you can skip to the good bits, theres timestamps!): https://youtu.be/TKP_9NXQi_4
The three STL packs used in creating this guy are listed below.
Heads from: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-death-fields-rebel-yell-270834
Body and pack from: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-what-if-ww1-confederates-345305
Arms and weaponry from: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-ww2-chinese-infantry-322506
Of course, theres nothing stopping you from taking a box of plastic WWI German troops and painting them up in this same method, if you take the supplied by and modeled after the German Imperial Army to its logical extreme; itd be a bit cheaper, and far easier if you dont have a 3D printer at home!
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - What If? Storytelling With the Miniature
04:08 - Painting: Basecoats
10:02 - Painting: Shading
11:06 - Painting: Highlights
12:49 - Varnishing & Finishing Touches
14:21 - The Finished Miniature
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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http://exit23.games
THE BASE: Stirland Mud, drybrushed Golgfag Brown and then Tyrant Skull. Add static grass and tufts to taste, paint the base rim in a mid-brown; Ive used Vallejo Flat Brown. Done!
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Premium Grey (Vallejo Spray Can)
ARMY PAINTER:
Tanned Flesh
Deep Grey (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Ash Grey (Fanatic)
Strong Tone
Speedpaint Medium
VALLEJO:
Stone Grey
Light Sea Grey
Cork Brown
Beige Brown
German Grey
Chocolate Brown
Ivory
CITADEL:
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)
VARNISHES:
Varnish+ (Instar)")
