Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Some of the first 'professional' soldiers, sergeants were ordinarily non-nobles who performed a lot of the skilled work necessary to support an army. Mounted sergeants often served in a light cavalry role, skirmishing and reporting on enemy movements, while foot sergeants tended to be better armed, equipped, and trained than the peasants drafted into their lord's service as levies.

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00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Quick Review
02:54 - Priming Notes
03:45 - Basecoats
07:20 - Shading
08:34 - Highlights
11:21 - The Finished Miniature


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PAINTS USED:

PRIMERS: Skeleton Bone (Army Painter)

ARMY PAINTER:
Agate Skin (Fanatic)
Burnt Turf (Fanatic)
Wolf Grey (Fanatic)
Leather Brown (Fanatic)
Tree Ancient (Fanatic)
Command Khaki (Fanatic)
Gun Metal (Fanatic)
Matt Black (Fanatic)
Skeleton Bone (Fanatic)
Strong Tone (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)
Fur Brown (Fanatic)

VARNISH:
Army Painter Matt Varnish Spray

THE BASE: Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with thinned down Oak Brown, then heavily drybrushed with Ruddy Umber with a little touch of Urban Buff on the larger clumps of texture. Dots of PVA and static grass to add texture, and a couple of Mountain Tufts from Army Painter to vary the height.