How to Paint An Army You'll Be Proud Of

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0:00 Intro to Grimdark
1:24 Army Basing Scheme
2:17 Army's Need Vibrant Colors
6:04 Alternative Color Triads
8:36 Wet Blending: An Army Painter's Best Friend
10:53 Weathering Details That Impress Your Neighbors
13:04 Basing That Matches Your Models
13:58 Final Thoughts and Unit Reveal

[kaidenggsjsjjenf]

Love how Jon keeps trying to convince himself he’s speed painting an entire army in every other video and then can’t help himself and starts doing 4 layers of highlights on the skin and only does like 4 miniatures 😂

[jacobbalensiefer]

Honestly I like the approach of “I paint an army in a way that gets the most out of the hobby” rather than “paint lots fast”. Sometimes it’s fun to just watch someone paint and hear some commentary. Don’t feel pressured to make every video about something new. 👍

[sstankfish]

Can't stress how important it is to keep your batches at a reasonable amount for you. I was painting the miniatures for Zombicide: Dead or Alive, and would get burnt out just in one group of 8 zombies, rushing the details on the last step(s), my paint job suffering for it. Moving forward, I had to drop it down to groups of 4, and maybe if I get more efficient/patient with my painting, I will be able to go back up to 8.

[strohslights]

Despite recent disability you are one of the few creators that can get me out of my funk and working on my massive pile of gray, Not sure what it is but you always make me feel like I can knock some minis out from my pile of 10s of 1000s. With the extent of my nerve damage I found that 3D printing is one of the few things I can do so for the better part of 3 years I have had 2-6 printers running each day without assembling a single army. When I look at my mountain of shame its over whelming but then I put you on and I feel like I can knock a few minis out. Thank you.

[joshuaalexander]

I was just gifted a small skaven force to paint up for my first attempt at a warhammer army. I needed to see this video again !! Thank you

[curtisbruton]

I just bought a full GSC army of 2x old CP, 2xBattleforce, 2x new CP, and the HQ's. This video has given me inspiration on how I can paint the amount of units and still keep it fresh. I'll definitely be watching this again

[amandaroach]

Thanks I needed to hear that “pick on technique to focus on with army project so you can get good at it” sigh….i don’t know why that wasn’t so obvious, however I’m new to this hobby and I feel like a sponge that has gotten WAY to full and often feel like I’m just trying to figure out how to do ALL the techniques right away! By far, best advice I’ve heard…well that and the advice “just have fun with it” 😊 Thanks! Can’t wait to see what you do next! I would like to see a character so I can see how you change up your style for the bigger dudes that lead.

[mindyfranke]

Great scheme; I loved the different colors of skintones and the varied cloths you chose. They are different enough to look ragtag but still be cohesive. Very nice, indeed.

[mscorbenic]

Amazing result! I would love to see those Rag Ogors painted with these kind of schemes.

[AlexCopeMusic]

Oh boy. They look great! The bold saturated colours work really well and will totally make this stand out! Please paint the big gun dude next

[sstankfish]

I'll keep saying it, but your intro is still so good. At this point, it's also classic. Amazazing.

[DaronSchmit]

I feel like key really is to focus on using techniques you enjoy doing (with the possibility of adding one to practice), making incremental progress, and failing forward (like your tip with the scratches on the wet blending).

You will finish if you enjoy the process and set achievable goals for the time you have at the painting table.

[SunChaserXVII]

Those bases are SO NICE. You really captured the old Mordheim vibe.

[Copratra]

I just love the look of those cloths and armour! I'm still a long way from achieving that level, most work has to be done with diluting the paints and painting more. Experience is the best remedy! Thank you for the uprising video!

[papazoulou]

15:05 To quote a TW youtuber :
"OGRES MY LORDE OGRES MY LORDE OGRES MY LORDE OGRES MY LORDE OGRES MY LORDE OGRES MY LORDE OGRES MY LORDE"

[WarlockDM]

That was an incredibly satisfying result. I do the same "hide my mistakes" technique with wet blends. just needs a bit of weave or hatches or chips. Job done!

[TM-hfcr]

Great video!!
I am currently listening to your Podcast while getting back into the hobby and heard you and Scott talking about what people watching on youtube want to see. For me, it is just watching you paint (whatever) and enjoying your voiceover. It is just relaxing to watch and motivates me (and probably others as well) to keep hobbying. Dont need anything else.
So please keep up the awesome content and thank you, I love it!

[cronkitepercussion]

Thanks for your hard work! Love seeing P3 paints and a big "Hell yeah!" to Bloodstone rust 🥁💥

[edbrooke]

I’m pretty new to painting. So far I’ve just done a spearhead for idoneth Deepkin. One of the hardest things for me to accept is that I need to try new things even if they’re going to not look good the first time I try it. For example, my thrall did not turn out well. But I learned some things and by the time I got to my shark, it’s been my best painted model.

[Grrnie]

My Skaventide arrived yesterday, I've been ratioing myself by only assembling one squad at a time. Already fully completed an entire squad of Liberators? with a (less than perfect) golden NMM attempt. and now my first squad of Clanrats are on their way!