How I Paint Things - Speed Painting Skaven Clanrats (Super Easy!)
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2019
- The Skaven are a race of ratmen without counting, gnawing away at the very roots of reality and chewing at the gaps between realms. An endless tide of furry bodies, gnashing teeth and crude weapons, they are a primal force to be reckoned with, burying their enemies under swarms of Clanrats. READ MORE:
Painting a whole Skaven army can seem pretty daunting, but it doesn't need to be! There's plenty of places you can cut corners and get a pretty decent result on the table without worrying about highlighting every strand of fur, and for those that have enjoyed the speed painting and simple techniques in some of the other 'quick' videos so far, here's how I tackle the Skaven. Remember that you can swap colours as necessary to fit your own clan allegiance - green, brown, purple or even putrid yellow all work perfectly well with these same techniques.
I'll give you a clue: Agrax Earthshade may very well feature heavily in these...
If you do decide to stick to Citadel paints, then after using Bugman's Glow as the base colour for your Skaven's skin but before the Agrax Earthshade, just go over with a coat of Cadian Fleshtone and all will be well. :D
How I Paint Things is a series of simple instructional videos designed to help the newcomer through some of the basics and demonstrate how the very simplest techniques can still give you some great results that're easily replicated. Aimed at the beginner to painting miniatures, there might be one or two tips or tricks that help even you old hands!
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PAINTS USED:
BASES:
Leadbelcher
Mephiston Red
Steel Legion Drab
Rakarth Flesh
Balthazar Gold
LAYERS:
Evil Sunz Scarlet
Ushabti Bone
Liberator Gold
Kislev Flesh
SHADES/DRY:
Agrax Earthshade
Sylvaneth Bark
VALLEJO MODEL COLOR:
Beige Red 804 
Игры
This video changed how I paint miniatures, no procrastinating or over thinking, everything I paint now follows this template and I've never been happier. In two years and pretty much ten months I've painted 986 miniatures, including some terrain pieces, lots of monsters, bestiary entries & characters for Warhammer Quest, my Undead, Chaos, and Skaven army. I also learned painting Skaven is what I enjoy painting most of all. Thank you for this tutorial.
Thanks for another great tutorial. Whilst you clearly have a huge amount of skill, these pragmatic "good enough" recipes take some of the fear away for ageing newbies like me. Greatly appreciated.
Not everybody's got a week to paint each miniature in their army, unfortunately! I also subscribe to the idea that there's nothing I will show folks how to do that I wouldn't put on the table myself; there's no 'second best' in my own armies, either. If you're painting for spectacle there's tons of corners you can dance around! :D
My thoughts exactly 👍🏻
One of the best painting tutorials on youtube, quick, to the point, and goes through a process I can take to other minis.
There's never not a special episode of this series, and that's because they are all very, very special.
Well, nobody wants to watch a perfectly ordinary How I Paint Things, surely! ;D
Still waiting for that raven guard vanguard primaris painting
Great videos as always
Didn't you ask like just two or three days ago?
Unfortunately, I don't have the cash to just go buying the latest boxes immediately - I still don't even have Kill Team: Rogue Trader! In the mean time, though, this might help: ruclips.net/video/75g05-w_WBs/видео.html I honestly wouldn't do anything different on Raven Guard (except a bit of colour on the shoulder trim!).
Dude, I'm so glad the way you lay out your videos, with the paints in a line you step through each one calling out the paint and the brush. You also paint using simple effective techniques with a small choice of colors. The GW videos always use like 45 colors for every model. You're one of the few youtubers who does step by step painting at this nice simple level, others are going for very high level. Thank you for your work. Much appreciated
I've long thought there's a niche for folks that just want to get things done. I could easily have used a dozen or so more paints, but as I'm fond of pointing out, you don't need to reinvent the wheel for every detail. Sometimes a dose of Agrax Earthshade is all you need. ;D
Once again I watch one of these videos and look over at my painted miniatures and this time I quickly slide everything into the bin and decide to take up knitting.
I'm loving these speed painting videos! As others has said, this is where your channel really shines. The quality of the finish compared to the time put in is excellent. More of these speed painting vids please - especially AOS! ;)
Amazing work as always! That skaven looks like really nice with such a short time.
So I just started painting my first models and the first two I made actually look really good but it took me about 5 or 6 hours to finish them as I was super careful not to paint over the edges. Knowing that I can skip this a little by just shading will save me a lot of time, thanks :)
great tips! i recently started a skaven army and need every speed painting tip i can get :)
Thanks for your great content. I don't paint a lot but I love watching your videos! Always inspires me to paint more!
I just bought my first set today and chose Skaven, this is really making me less anxious about the painting of them.
I love these little ratty dudes, ever since I read the exerpt from the Gotrek and Felix novel in White Dwarf back in 1992. If I started collecting for AoS, I'd get these guys.
Always amazing work
Nice- I have 10 fenris Wolves and a Thunder Wolf to do before next weekend’s game. Going to give this fur treatment a go.
again great video! easy steps to follow. loving the last part with the highlights. they make a difference;)
The highlights also don't take long to do, and with a bit of practice you'll find what areas you like to concentrate on and shave a few minutes off a whole unit as well. :D
Love your videos man! Please keep it up! My kid and I are currently painting a squad of Monks!
Awesome vid as always. Thanks!
Dude.. You have no idea how helpful these videos are.. I just started painting with my son, and this is a huge help to us.. Thank you!!
Glad to help! Good luck to the both of you. :D
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio Yeah, it’s going great man. Those clan rats looks awesome.. It still blows my mind how well made these figurines are. So small, but so many details..
That is really a nice appraoch and it looks very good. But I still have to resist the force to join the AoS.
Hey that is really nice. I will try this out thanks !
This is amazing. New favourite mini-painter youtuber.
Thank you kindly. :D Remember, with Skaven it's a simple premise: Everything counts in large amounts! Just knock them out and get them running across the table, your opponent isn't checking what colour their pouches are!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Hahaha I like it... overwhelm them with numbers!
Thats so awesome! I ike your painting!
Very good tutorial, thanks!
Thanks very much for this video!
Fantastisch.
Just started my clan rats, now I know what im doing
8:32 THAT GLAIVE IS SO COOL! It looks rusty!
Good lookin' rat! I did learn quite a bit from this. I was wondering what to do about the Mornfang Brown on the Tau figure you did because I did not have the spray but your suggestion on an alternate method of applying it really helped. I like the simple approach you used to paint this figure but it yielded a great result. I'm just glad to see the Agrax Earthshade out again. Thanks for sharing this cool tutorial.
I felt like it was about time to get back to the roots and smash Agrax all over something. ;D It'd been too long! The Army Painter range of sprays is pretty extensive, but none of them are quite a perfect colour match for Citadel's range. Not a big problem, though, especially if you're wanting to get a base colour down first.
You are the best👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
Neat! I've never been into any tabletop game, but to practice with my new 3D printer I churned out a handful of clanrats. It's an FDM printer so the details suck compared to a real model or a SLA but I think it might be fun to try and paint them!
Brilliant
How about a plague monk guide? Kinda rough models but I bet you can make them awesome. Great guide as always!
Are they all finecast resin?
Thanks for the video.
very nice. I think I will follow this for my Skavens.
One thing though: rodents have super yellow/orange teeth. It's some sort of rodent special tooth thing that makes their teeth harder than that of other mammals.
Looks mad
He's a rat! Not many people are generally very happy to see him, so I don't blame him for being a little sour as a result. ;)
Like it! :)
Another great video. Now let's see one painted up with Waaagh! Flesh to look like Ed Roth's Rat Fink. And maybe have him in some Ork car? :{J
Now that's a name I've not heard in a looong time...!
How did you do the base? Looks simple but very solid!
Nice one ;) Have 3 units of clanrats to paint and cant be arsed XD
The sooner you get started, the sooner you'll be able to show off your finished Clanrats. ;D
I love these speedpainting video's :). Awsome work man! Subscribed. As the main painter of our rpg/age of sigmar group, speedpainting is a godsend, as i not only paint my own armies, but my friends and family's armies aswell. so thank you man ;). Do you plan on doing a tutorial of Daughters of Khaine by any chance?
Daughters of Khaine might be a little while off, unfortunately! I can only really paint what I've got access to or what's going to see use in my own collection - it's a rare occasion that stuff appears on my doorstep, and I'm not sure GW's likely to just start shipping me toys. ;D Never say never! Not any time soon, though, to be totally honest.
No problem, thanks for replying ;-). Would be cool if GW did ship you some models though :-D
This mans voice is like warm butter. How did you make the base? Curious about those grass tuffs!
Hi there - Really informative. Do you have a video on your process for the bases too? Thanks
Great tutorial, do you have any other tutorials for Skaven? Since I just started with Skaven and would like to get more tips :D Thanks!
Wow
I just recently discovered your YT channel and absolutely love it. It's exactly the painting style I aim for, fast while all clear and effective. I also found out your located in Germany (like me) while judging from the accent you're propably not born there. How come?
Ok I watched the "Why I Paint Things?" Vid and you explained yourself there a little. So funny that I started to watch your Vids and they motivate me to paint as much as I haven't been for years and then I find out that you live and hour away from me. :D Cheers to Dortmund from Münster and keep up your stuff, it's awesome!
I want some rat dudes now
I love the look of these Clanrats. Can I archive it with a black or zenithal priming as well? And paint the fur brown where needed?
this saved me
I asked, and I shall receive! Thanks
Now you've gotta turn it into finished rats! ;)
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Yes, Boss! :)
Well now I want to start a Skaven army
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me they were starting an army from these things. ;D
Hehe. Painted my first clanrat the other day... and somehow it took more than two hours though I was trying not to get too stuck on details nor did any extensive highlighting.
Well, your first is always going to be the hardest! It takes a bit of practice, but once you've got your technique down you'll be turning them out in no time. :D
Praise be to the Agrax Earthshade!
Sonic, would you consider doing a How I Paint Things video on the Raptors Space Marine Chapter? There seems to be various ways of achieving that lovely olive green armour and I'm interested to see how you go about it!
I'm probably not going to get to more power armour for a little while, unfortunately, but Raptors are one I've had a shot at previously with some pretty decent results. Start from Death Guard Green (I spray prime using it, then a quick layer from the pot just to make sure my coverage is right). A quick drybrush around all the edges like I usually do on Marines to pick out detail with Nurgling Green, and then shade with Athonian Camoshade. Since you're not adding any other gross colours or using Agrax Earthshade, you'll actually get a pretty crisp olive green, similar to WW2-era Russian vehicles. Works pretty well for the Raptors, if you ask me!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Cheers for the quick response. I can understand why you won't be doing more power armour for the foreseeable - you've done plenty of Space Marine videos already, ha.
I'll definitely give your Raptors recipe a try and see what sort of result I get. In my minds eye, Death Guard Green seems like it could be a little too light but with the Athonian Camoshade I'm sure it'll darken out a fair bit. Thanks again!
I do love my Marines, but I think if folks had their way I'd just do a straight month of power armour and there's only so many of the buggers I can stand. ;D If you're planning on adding some of the yellow stripes and such to the armour it'll make the green seem all the darker by comparison, too, so going a little middle ground with the green will give you more you can do with it, I think. Worth an experiment!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Absolutely love your recipe for Raptors! I think my test piece came out looking great. Thanks again, Sonic!
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Nice one! :D I'm glad you agree - I didn't think I was mad, but it's always nice to know it works for other folks, too.
Speed paint pals! :D
"Done is my favourite colour!" ;D
Real recognizes real. I’m not kidding when I say both your channels are the only reason I’m back in the hobby and painting models again!
You don't know how much that means to hear, dude. :D Really glad to know you're back and enjoying painting!
Colab with miniac and midwinter plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
This is wonderful. Do you have a basing tutorial?
This one might come in handy! ruclips.net/video/DTMmSRAngNw/видео.html
great! are you using a wet palette or is just a piece of paper? whats the paint water proportion for base colours
I'd love an update for this, using xpress paints !
I had to replay that moment about 5 or 6 times to see what it was I wasn't supposed to be seeing.
Hey, I thought I was clear! You saw nothing!
I'm not able to speed paint. I'm too much of a nitpicker when it comes to painting :D I'm so glad I finished my 80 clanrats, so I don't have to paint any infantry for atleast a year :D They look fantastic though.
I used to be much the same, but having to knock out units rather than individuals within the same kind of time frame starts teaching you to paint for effect rather than perfection! :D
You'll learn to let go at some point. I used to be the same. Being obsessive about clean lines and blends. Eventually with experience you'll learn where you can safely cut corners to save time and what will or won't show up after washes.
This video shows you good examples of where you can be less than perfect and the end result you don't even notice.
All hail the horned rat! :P
He's very naughty! Don't you do that!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I don't have the heart to be that naughty... But I am sure if I were born into the Warhammer universe I would be a Skaven Grey Seer... Or eaten alive by Skaven. ;)
How could I improve that shield a bit more?
Always use different shade color but seem like not big difference
I can't find any other skaven build diaries (as I am guessing this sort of was a part of). What happened with that army, did you finish it?
How did ya do the base, looks cool!
Stirland Mud, drybrush first with Gorthor Brown then Tyrant Skull. A couple of tufts and the base ring done in Dryad Bark. Done!
Nowadays is everyone painting rats again, Troy did it many years ago!
Sorry to bother u mr Sonic Sledghehammer Studio, i've just tried your tutorial on my own -thanks for it btw- and the metal went a little darker than expected. Do you have any suggestions on how to highlight it? Re aplying leadbelcher maybe?
No worries! You can either highlight by reapplying Leadbelcher, or since the release of Iron Hands Steel after this video was made you might instead choose to use the lighter base colour to paint your metallic stuff.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio thank you. Now i just have to know how drybrush the round hunchback protector. Ill go in with a light drybrush in circles.
What do you use as a pallet? I’m having trouble watering down paints. They always have little bits in them... I’m new to this
You can make a wet pallet out of some Tupperware, a damp paper towl and some parchment paper on top. The paint will pull water up from the towel so you don't have to worry much about diluting yourself
Guess I really do need AGRAX EARTHSHADE
Can't go wrong with it!
I've been following along with this for the most part but I seem to have no luck with getting the right amount of paint - whether I add water or not, it seems 50-50 it'll be gummy or spread wet and thin from my brush on the model giving a really wishy-washy colouring. Do you have any advice on this kind of thing?
Get a wet pallet. Will help the consistency of your paints
@@thereallambofgod thanks, I'll give it a shot!
If you already have fur brown and don't want to buy leather brown, does the reddishness adversely contrast against the rest of the paints used in the tutorial?
It'll look quite a bit more red by comparison - if you're planning on a different colour for the clan stuff, like a green or yellow, it'll look pretty good, but otherwise I would think it'd blend a little close to the Mephiston Red. If you've got the Fur Brown though, give it a shot and see what you think! You might still like the results. :)
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio coo thx!
When i wash with Agrax Earthshade everything just feels way too dingy and dirty. I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong with it. Any advice on applying the shade?
I'm the same when it comes to Earthshade. Would love to know why that is too.
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Is this Emang's model or a GW model? I ask because this looks like one of his.
Love your vids. Do some for Genestealer Cults. :D
Something like this? ruclips.net/video/fTeYYDh75Ks/видео.html
Or a little simpler, like this? ruclips.net/video/lhX509u7pwk/видео.html
Perhaps even faster still! ruclips.net/video/eKH8tn74nI8/видео.html
perhaps im just imagining things but this seems to be recorded at a lower framerate?
I don't know what's gotten into people lately about frame rate, but whatever's happening is on RUclips's end. I encode and upload at 30fps constant framerate rather than peak, so if it's looking bonk in some places it's out of my hands.
Sonic Sledgehammer Studio its a great tutorial anyhow, makes me want to get some rats just for fun
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio With "people" you must be referring to me😅 I personally do not believe it's on RUclips's end. I can't find anyone else with the same problem. You see encoding the video at 30fps won't make it 30fps. Just like encoding a 1080p video in 4k won't make it 4k. I suspect you might somehow be either recording it at a lower framerate, or accidentally changing the framerare along the line during editing. Could you perhaps tell me what camera you are using? I wan't to help you solve this as it will make your content better.
It's more than just you - it happened a while back with comments on drybrushing all appearing on the same months-old video, too. Must just be something in the water of late! I record on a phone because that's all I've got, but it records at 1080p 60fps. Between Vegas and Handbrake there's still nothing that ought to be setting it as low as 15fps. I'll figure it out eventually, but this is all backyard stuff anyhow.
My only issue with this fantastic tutorial is that you had to make the voice of critique have a traditional English accent...
Just wanted to say, people still watching your old videos. Gonna do more rat bois soon? 🐀🐁🐭
lol smear on your finge.. maybe it will bring luck.. more like make a mess.