Grand Battle Scale Ashigaru - Speedpaints on 10mm Figures [How I Paint Things]

I can't wait to find out whether or not anyone's going to correct me on 10mm not being a 'scale...'

10mm miniatures are enjoying something of a renaissance recently! With Wargames Atlantic stepping into the ring, starting with their Ashigaru and Samurai boxes, it's an exciting time to be into large battles that fit on a single table. Warlord Games' 'Pike and Shotte' is at least one set of rules which allows gamers to play out battles of the Sengoku Jidai period; if you've got other favourites or suggestions, drop them in the comments!

00:00 - Intro
01:01 - So, About Those Spears...
03:01 - Priming Notes
04:10 - Painting Time!
07:43 - Shading

Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison, Woodcock, David Kinney, and Matt Dischner - as well as all the other Patrons that made this video possible, and Exit23 Games for recording equipment that helps keep the channel ticking over! Find out more at the following links:

PAINTS USED:

PRIMERS: Brainmatter Beige (Army Painter Spray)

ARMY PAINTER:
Peachy Flesh (Speedpaint)
Battleship Grey (Speedpaint)
Occultist Cloak (Speedpaint)
Warrior Skin (Speedpaint)
Satchel Brown (Speedpaint)
Plate Mail Metal (Fanatic)

Marine Juice MkIII/Sonic Tonic:
3 parts Dark Tone (Army Painter Wash)
3 parts Reikland Fleshshade (Citadel Shade)
4 parts Lahmian Medium (Citadel Technical)
...or just mix a bottle of each together and done!

BASE:
After gluing down the rear rank, apply a layer of Vallejo Brown Earth texture paste - a long tool will be helpful here to reach between the ranks, but you can space them out enough that it shouldn't be difficult. Once dry, drybrush with Vallejo Dark Sand, then add some thinned-down PVA dots and sprinkle with flock. I've used old-school model train flock for the brighter finish. Paint the base rim in Brown Sand, and done!

[HacksawsHobbyBunker]

That came out so well it made me consider getting some! And in case anyone does do the "Ackshully..." regarding the scale bit - A scale is a measurement used to measure or quantify any event or object. To be sure, it is far less precise than saying its 1:200 or whatever, but 10mm qualifies as a scale in this usage. So, yeah. Cheers!

[theandf]

This new range is fantastic, I'll likely buy this box and the samurai and build at least two armies. Nice to see they paint up well using quick & dirty speedpaint techniques.

[Adi]

Nice review of the minis. Short and to the point. Combined with the painting tutorial makes for another excellent video from you

[CrippleX]

Your ability to pant these tiny little guys so well has removed all doubt that you, sir, have a superpower. Wonderful job!

If you're really interested in 10mm, I believe Warcradle's new Armored Clash game is 10mm as well.

[Vorpal_Wit]

Great job! Love seeing the small scale stuff.

[nzdarkelf]

Hi, I'm looking forward to you getting your hands on WA's Agincourt, HYW stuff when they come out.

[johnkelley]

I could not find the broken spears so you did a good job of repairing them. The figures look great and I need to do some 10mm figures so this was very helpful. Thanks for sharing this.

[DaneSaysStuff]

What you described about cutting the spears free is a perfect example of where nice nippers like the Ruitool RM.01 come in very handy. I absolutely love mine and they're way nicer than my other ones that cost 4x as much.

[andyshaw]

I have some 10mm ACW that is currently a stalled project

[Extraterrestrial-Bilu]

I cut the spears by using a popsicle stick as a support and pushing precision knife against it. The spear doesn't bend downwards because of the stick and the thin blade doesn't move it sideways too much. Still managed to break a few spears.

[brennonr]

wargames atlantic is my favorite non gw miniature maker

[Jason-Thorne]

To remove delicate parts without any pressure at all from clippers, use a knife instead. Don't push with the blade, but instead slice a number of little v cuts into the gates. Chipping away into the plastic until you've removed the connection.

[chriswinks]

lovely job. I would like to see how you would paint the samurai in the same range

[lucioquinziocincinnato]

Youtube is full of mediocre painters of little soldiers. You are an exception. Congratulations. Very nice video.

[j.marien_minis]

These look great. Does anyone else have recommendations on rules for these miniatures? 10mm is totally new to me.

[lesp]

Have you tried heating up modelling knife blade and using that to cut through the sprue gates by the pikes ?

[poornick]

What ruleset are these tiny dudes made for?

[Maxsminiatures]

Do you know how these compare to epic scale miniatures?

[andivon]

Just a heads-up, your affiliate link isn't including the tag that refers to your name (i.e. it's broken), so if people click on the link, it unfortunately won't support you. As always, nice job painting.

[Ner-vod]

The unpainted spear is killing me lol. Guy on the right end of the rank, spear between his hands. But I'm being picky lol, and I didn't notice any broken ones, btw.
Otherwise, beautiful as always!!