Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hello! This is a guide to painting the soldiers and uruk warriors from the Spreading War expansion to The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth: (amzn.to/3AzPjMq)
Become a Patron! patreon.com/Sorastros
Twitter: twitter.com/Sorastros
Facebook: facebook.com/Sorastro
Instagram: instagram.com/sorastro
Webpage: sorastro.com
Sorastro on Spotify: goo.gl/idxkB5
(Amazon, Element Games, and Firestorm Games links are affiliate links - thank you!)
Spreading War expansion at Firestorm Games: firestormgames.co.uk/journeys-in-middle-earth:-spreading-war/?aff=643ef2b900a6f or at Amazon: amzn.to/3oJiQjU
Seige Towers PDF Painting Guide (and others): sorastro.com/2023/01/26/siege-towers-pdf-painting-guide
Complete LOTR Journeys in Middle-earth Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6xOeNhrVj9ubJb-dNd-S_M4G3jRGrsBJ
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Overview
1:13 - Contrast Colours - skin tones
3:00 - Contrast Colours - the rest
9:16 - Finishing Touches
PAINTS USED:
Guilliman Flesh (GW)
Militarum Green (GW)
Plaguebearer Flesh (GW)
Skeleton Horde (GW)
Snakebite Leather (GW)
Wyldwood (GW)
Basilicanum Grey (GW)
Black Templar (GW)
Space Wolves Grey (GW)
Akhelian Green (GW)
Magos Purple (GW)
Gryph-Charger Grey (GW)
Ivory (VMC)
Dark Sea Blue (VMC)
Mars Orange (SC)
Black (SC)
This is an affiliate link to Element Games where I buy most of my hobby supplies: elementgames.co.uk/?d=10786
S = Schmincke, SC = Scalecolor, VGC = Vallejo Game Color, DR = Daler Rowney, VMA = Vallejo Model Air, VMC = Vallejo Model Color, GSW = Green Stuff World, GW = Games Workshop
OTHER EQUIPMENT:
In this video I used the Rosemary & Co Series 33 brushes (mainly the Size 1 and 2): rosemaryandco.com/pure-kolinsky-pointed?u=21774e
Grass tufts are from Gamer's Grass: gamersgrass.com
Daler Rowney Flow Enhancer: amzn.to/2HMR1AF
Vallejo Brown Earth Basing Paste: amzn.to/2JZgvJD
Everlasting Wet Palette: redgrasscreative.com/everlasting-wet-palette/everlasting-wet-palette-studio-xl/?ref=171
Hobby Nippers by Redgrass Creative: redgrasscreative.com/precision-nippers/?ref=171
Desk Lamp by Redgrass Creative: redgrasscreative.com/redgrass-r9-desk-lamp/?ref=171 (I actually use a larger, overhead lamp when filming, but this is a great hobby lamp for most people)
Hobby Holder: gameenvy.net
For airbrush users, this is the black primer I use: scalemodelshop.co.uk/40ml-mr-finishing-surfacer-1500-black-mr-hobby-sf-288-p17113
The airbrush used for priming was the Iwata Revolution CR: amzn.to/2Qq2UQo
All music composed by and © copyright owned by Sorastro.
"..despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not." Gandalf.
Hello! This is a guide to painting the soldiers and uruk warriors from the Spreading War expansion to The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth: (amzn.to/3AzPjMq)
Become a Patron! patreon.com/Sorastros
Twitter: twitter.com/Sorastros
Facebook: facebook.com/Sorastro
Instagram: instagram.com/sorastro
Webpage: sorastro.com
Sorastro on Spotify: goo.gl/idxkB5
(Amazon, Element Games, and Firestorm Games links are affiliate links - thank you!)
Spreading War expansion at Firestorm Games: firestormgames.co.uk/journeys-in-middle-earth:-spreading-war/?aff=643ef2b900a6f or at Amazon: amzn.to/3oJiQjU
Seige Towers PDF Painting Guide (and others): sorastro.com/2023/01/26/siege-towers-pdf-painting-guide
Complete LOTR Journeys in Middle-earth Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6xOeNhrVj9ubJb-dNd-S_M4G3jRGrsBJ
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Overview
1:13 - Contrast Colours - skin tones
3:00 - Contrast Colours - the rest
9:16 - Finishing Touches
PAINTS USED:
Guilliman Flesh (GW)
Militarum Green (GW)
Plaguebearer Flesh (GW)
Skeleton Horde (GW)
Snakebite Leather (GW)
Wyldwood (GW)
Basilicanum Grey (GW)
Black Templar (GW)
Space Wolves Grey (GW)
Akhelian Green (GW)
Magos Purple (GW)
Gryph-Charger Grey (GW)
Ivory (VMC)
Dark Sea Blue (VMC)
Mars Orange (SC)
Black (SC)
This is an affiliate link to Element Games where I buy most of my hobby supplies: elementgames.co.uk/?d=10786
S = Schmincke, SC = Scalecolor, VGC = Vallejo Game Color, DR = Daler Rowney, VMA = Vallejo Model Air, VMC = Vallejo Model Color, GSW = Green Stuff World, GW = Games Workshop
OTHER EQUIPMENT:
In this video I used the Rosemary & Co Series 33 brushes (mainly the Size 1 and 2): rosemaryandco.com/pure-kolinsky-pointed?u=21774e
Grass tufts are from Gamer's Grass: gamersgrass.com
Daler Rowney Flow Enhancer: amzn.to/2HMR1AF
Vallejo Brown Earth Basing Paste: amzn.to/2JZgvJD
Everlasting Wet Palette: redgrasscreative.com/everlasting-wet-palette/everlasting-wet-palette-studio-xl/?ref=171
Hobby Nippers by Redgrass Creative: redgrasscreative.com/precision-nippers/?ref=171
Desk Lamp by Redgrass Creative: redgrasscreative.com/redgrass-r9-desk-lamp/?ref=171 (I actually use a larger, overhead lamp when filming, but this is a great hobby lamp for most people)
Hobby Holder: gameenvy.net
For airbrush users, this is the black primer I use: scalemodelshop.co.uk/40ml-mr-finishing-surfacer-1500-black-mr-hobby-sf-288-p17113
The airbrush used for priming was the Iwata Revolution CR: amzn.to/2Qq2UQo
All music composed by and © copyright owned by Sorastro.
"..despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not." Gandalf.
