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Argh... Watched this great tutorial and thought to myself "hey, i could follow this step by step and should end up with miniatures that actually looks decent!". Now, a few days later im sitting here with an army of germans that looks puked up by a dog :O I just dont got it in me, cant get the paint to cover areas, cant keep it to the right places and in the end everything looks like a melted set of crayons... Excellent tutorial and beautiful miniature but some of us just arent good enough for even the simplest of paintjobs :(
haha aint that the truth. i prefer to paint everything on the sprue then glue it together but nearly every tutorial ive ever seen has them assembled like this. think im gonna have to give it a try like that. i fully expect my models to still look like ive just chucked the paint that them lol.
my dad had the same problem. there are these glasses with an led light on them that can magnify the miniature (there are different interchangeable lenses) so it's easier to see the details. they helped me a bit but they helped my dad more since he has bad eyes and wears glasses.
Good job painting but German Army uniform was not gray. Some of the Weer Germans had gray pants but that was about it. I think a lot of people think of the Gestapo's gray uniform when they think of the germans but they were just the secret police. Also the canister on the back and the helmet should be a black green color. Now that being said, ive played Bolt Action a lot and seen people use the German's painted gray and it looks very cool in the game. Also due to the scale of the miniatures, if you paint them the field Gray (which is actually a dark green color) they end up looking black. So yeah, I'm going to paint some of my guys gray now too for my standard infantry.
The tutorial is aimed at beginners so the main focus was simple steps using only a few paints. But this was obviously at the expense of historical accuracy which for newer players isnt always as big of a deal. For my own miniatures I do tend to do my research before hand on which colours I should use (see my Montys Ironsides series I've recently been producing).
s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d2/25/35/d22535e4a87864746a9b02b54fecd614.jpg examples of field gray, all of these are considered field gray, pretty hard to get it wrong.
That image was put together to show the possible range of colours, the extremes. 99% of German uniforms were what we consider as field grey, that green grey shade. How do we know? The many surviving tunics are by far the most numerous in that shade.
i'v probably painted over 200 of these guys. I just use German dark green as a base. Then paint all the raised areas field gray, then highlight the highest parts with 50/50 field gray and dark sand. Vallejo paints. I found i dont even need a wash coat doing it this way. Always start dark and paint to light.
I agree that the uniform is way too grey but it could be fixed with some darker greenish glazes and washes (and some cleaning up where it has spilled). So it is not unfixable. Early war trousers were blue-grey tone before they too became feldgrau around the campaign in France.Otherwise I like the painting style in this tutorial.
When painting the army out of the box, do you go one at a time or set up an assembly line? Also, what do you mix the paint in and how far does a bottle go?
Nathan Wookey The color is a little bit deceptive with it being against the blue background. Against a more neural black or white background it is much is much more grey with only a slight hint of blue.
Yeh this is an old video and something that I've revisited many times since. My more recent videos have much more accurate colours: ruclips.net/video/7BkZ3DdZbRk/видео.html
+D3rpyTh3W0lf Feldgrau was a green. They never changed the uniform color to anything, it was always Feldgrau. There were variations in hue due to dye lots from various manufactures, but it was always a greenish grey to a greenish blue in color. Keep in mind the Germans had everything from large textile companies to mom and pop tailors making uniforms for the Heer.
+CloakingDonkey I agree, they weren't grey, but it's now common to represent the greenish-blue/greenish-grey on the tabletop, especially with large numbers of small scale figures.
Ethan Ton I don't really care what is "common" if it's wrong. Hollywood likes to use grey uniforms as well and the more you do it the more you are altering perception of history.
Too much trouble. I'd gladly pay extra for pre painted. Miniature gaming would probably be MUCH bigger than it is if you didn't have to go through this.
+racer25j I think you're ignoring the fact that model making/painting is one of the big draws of miniature gaming. I know plenty of people who build and paint models but have and will never used them in a game. Besides unless you're playing tournaments, using unpainted minis doesn't matter. Finally, for those who don't want to paint, there are always commission painters.
+Talk Wargaming oh I love the model making and scenery is easy for me. It's the painting that gets tedious. I said "I'd" gladly pay. I didn't suggest this for everyone.
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Outstanding work. I'm using your painting tutorials on a diorama that I'm working on. I'm having excellent results. Thank you for posting.
Same here!
One of the best German tutorials I’ve seen so far
Excellent vid. Just purchased some Germans so will try your method. Thank you :)
Where can I buy Germans? 😂
Argh...
Watched this great tutorial and thought to myself "hey, i could follow this step by step and should end up with miniatures that actually looks decent!".
Now, a few days later im sitting here with an army of germans that looks puked up by a dog :O
I just dont got it in me, cant get the paint to cover areas, cant keep it to the right places and in the end everything looks like a melted set of crayons...
Excellent tutorial and beautiful miniature but some of us just arent good enough for even the simplest of paintjobs :(
haha aint that the truth. i prefer to paint everything on the sprue then glue it together but nearly every tutorial ive ever seen has them assembled like this. think im gonna have to give it a try like that. i fully expect my models to still look like ive just chucked the paint that them lol.
Make sure you have the right equipment.
my dad had the same problem. there are these glasses with an led light on them that can magnify the miniature (there are different interchangeable lenses) so it's easier to see the details. they helped me a bit but they helped my dad more since he has bad eyes and wears glasses.
Very impressive. You earned a sub.
Great job! Can you do a basic WWII US army figure?
Thank you for doing this! I needed a tutorial telling me how to paint using the army painters colors!!
You're welcome!
Good job painting but German Army uniform was not gray. Some of the Weer Germans had gray pants but that was about it. I think a lot of people think of the Gestapo's gray uniform when they think of the germans but they were just the secret police. Also the canister on the back and the helmet should be a black green color. Now that being said, ive played Bolt Action a lot and seen people use the German's painted gray and it looks very cool in the game. Also due to the scale of the miniatures, if you paint them the field Gray (which is actually a dark green color) they end up looking black. So yeah, I'm going to paint some of my guys gray now too for my standard infantry.
The tutorial is aimed at beginners so the main focus was simple steps using only a few paints. But this was obviously at the expense of historical accuracy which for newer players isnt always as big of a deal. For my own miniatures I do tend to do my research before hand on which colours I should use (see my Montys Ironsides series I've recently been producing).
s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d2/25/35/d22535e4a87864746a9b02b54fecd614.jpg
examples of field gray, all of these are considered field gray, pretty hard to get it wrong.
That image was put together to show the possible range of colours, the extremes.
99% of German uniforms were what we consider as field grey, that green grey shade.
How do we know? The many surviving tunics are by far the most numerous in that shade.
Yes there are variation in colour but few are anything like the grey of the models in this tutorial.
i'v probably painted over 200 of these guys. I just use German dark green as a base. Then paint all the raised areas field gray, then highlight the highest parts with 50/50 field gray and dark sand. Vallejo paints.
I found i dont even need a wash coat doing it this way. Always start dark and paint to light.
I actually like this shade of gray. It is close to same of what Finns had as color of their firld uniform.
Could you use the same kind of colour scheme for the German grenadiers?
You can do whatever you want. You could even paint them pink if you like it. It's up to you
Italian tutorial would be great later down the line.
Mixing uniform color? Like don't they have the exact color, Feldgrau?
I thought their uniform had a more greenish hue to it?
nice video tutorial looks great.
I agree that the uniform is way too grey but it could be fixed with some darker greenish glazes and washes (and some cleaning up where it has spilled). So it is not unfixable. Early war trousers were blue-grey tone before they too became feldgrau around the campaign in France.Otherwise I like the painting style in this tutorial.
You prime with the army painter paints in an airbrush? Over bare plastic?
What way do you thin the army painter products to use in a airbrush?
How does the wolf grey called in citadel?
Alguien sabe donde se venden estas figuras aca en la ciudad de México sí hay alguna tienda
When painting the army out of the box, do you go one at a time or set up an assembly line? Also, what do you mix the paint in and how far does a bottle go?
You can do one at a time if you want too or you can do a assembly line and you mix the paint with water
Great tutorial. A non-modelling question: how did you film the fast motion parts? Time lapse or did you speed it up in the edit?
nice
did you actually dilute the paints?
Yes with just a small amount of water.
Gosh, you've done it very blue.... Is it fallschirmjager?
Nathan Wookey The color is a little bit deceptive with it being against the blue background. Against a more neural black or white background it is much is much more grey with only a slight hint of blue.
Nice tutorial totally wrong colours IMHO, the breadbag among other things was never brown (khaki-beige and light blue for the luftwaffe).
Yeh this is an old video and something that I've revisited many times since. My more recent videos have much more accurate colours: ruclips.net/video/7BkZ3DdZbRk/видео.html
The colour is wrong German uniforms we're a green grey colour but more green.
they look pretty but german uniforms were not grey... just saying :D
Fieldgrau was an early war color they went to more green late war
+D3rpyTh3W0lf Feldgrau was a green. They never changed the uniform color to anything, it was always Feldgrau. There were variations in hue due to dye lots from various manufactures, but it was always a greenish grey to a greenish blue in color. Keep in mind the Germans had everything from large textile companies to mom and pop tailors making uniforms for the Heer.
+CloakingDonkey I agree, they weren't grey, but it's now common to represent the greenish-blue/greenish-grey on the tabletop, especially with large numbers of small scale figures.
Ethan Ton I don't really care what is "common" if it's wrong. Hollywood likes to use grey uniforms as well and the more you do it the more you are altering perception of history.
That's the problem, people are so used to grey uniforms they don't ever bother to correct themselves
why have you painted the 'roll' brown it is supposed to be German summer dot camo or the autumn dot camo
Too much trouble. I'd gladly pay extra for pre painted. Miniature gaming would probably be MUCH bigger than it is if you didn't have to go through this.
+racer25j I think you're ignoring the fact that model making/painting is one of the big draws of miniature gaming. I know plenty of people who build and paint models but have and will never used them in a game. Besides unless you're playing tournaments, using unpainted minis doesn't matter. Finally, for those who don't want to paint, there are always commission painters.
+Talk Wargaming oh I love the model making and scenery is easy for me. It's the painting that gets tedious. I said "I'd" gladly pay. I didn't suggest this for everyone.
+TWG I finally caved in and bought the Normandy starter set. Going to give a try.
I don't understand why this dude is grey. Have never seen German field grey? - it's nearer green. A bit disappointing tbh 👎
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Looks awesome, but hardly practical for painting a large wargaming army.