The Finishing Touches: Painting Your First WWII German Grenadiers [How I Paint Things]

Once you've got the basecoats and some simple washes on your miniatures to get them to the table dressed in something other than boring grey plastic, the next steps are still relatively simple. Some highlights, a little surprise trick here and there in the form of a pencil - the finishing touches will be a simple measure once you've got some experience under your belt having tackled the basics to paint a couple of squads to a finished look.

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Where are we starting from?
01:29 - Starting to Highlight
04:19 - Mixing Highlights
05:19 - Continuing Highlighting
09:17 - Highlighting with a Pencil?
10:49 - Finishing the Face
12:03 - The Finished-Finished Miniature

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PAINTS USED:

PRIMERS: Skeleton Bone (Army Painter Primer)

ARMY PAINTER:
Skeleton Bone (Fanatic)
Agate Skin (Fanatic)
Greenskin (Fanatic)
Oak Brown (Fanatic)
Leather Brown (Fanatic)
Strong Skin Shade (Fanatic Wash)
Strong Tone (Fanatic Wash)
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)

VALLEJO:
German Fieldgrey
Cork Brown
Chocolate Brown
Khaki
German Camo Dark Green
German Grey
Ivory (Game Color)

BASING:
Apply a layer of PVA, then some basing sand. Thin down some Chocolate Brown to paint the sand once dry, then drybrush with Cork Brown, and finally Dark Sand. Use either a couple more dots of PVA and static grass, or basing tufts as I've used here - these are Mountain Tufts from Army Painter.

[StackingLimit]

Long time painter here and I learned a few new things here. Your how I paint things videos continue to educate me after 40 years of painting.

[irishtom]

I quite like the idea of breaking this into a second video. Certainly no need to do it everytime, but given that these two are beginners guides it's a good plan

[swaaahtome]

Very handy and helpful video, I imagine these colours would look great on Cadians as well! That green is so vivid.

[HeadHunterSix]

Ivory is definitely a must-have paint for any painter's toolbox. I'd also include Ice Yellow, Sunny Skin Tone, and P3 Coal Black as MVPs for versatility.

[arandomlostsoul]

Good follow-up video to the last one :)

[johnkelley]

This was a great follow up to part 1. I think lightening the base colors is a good idea as it brings the color closer to the original uniform shade. Thanks for sharing this.

[lesliebeilby-tipping]

Great second video for the model. I have used graphite sticks for the metal highlights and crayons/pastels for coloured shading.

[Clarkey]

Excellent Guide as always, Your painting was what got me into the game. Thankyou!

[ShaunTame-reus]

A really good video and I echo what StackingLimit says below. Thank you.

[DaveLife]

Would you be willing to re do your bolt action Canadian painting guide since Vallejo redid their model range?

[brianfrancis]

I've learned how to paint using acrylics from your videos. Thank you!

[MorrowindES]

Nice work quick question what happened to warlord games german field grey cant find it anywhere 🤔

[ZAKKANWAKKAR]

All this and no Captain Hans Geering. Klop!

[MorrowindES]

Warlord german field grey isn't in stock on website warlord games error message 🤔 or something like that.