23:00 Hi Troy! :D

I love the ww2 themed videos recently!

I have this exact panther sitting and waiting for paint and this video has me ready to do it! I don't have an airbrush so the brush instructions are greatly appreciated

The black rims do look nice!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Eight outermost road wheels that need the attention, but... yeah, totally worth it. :D

Great to see a straightforward, non-airbrush, methods for tanks. Much appreciated 👍

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! I'm no great fan of faffing about when I've only got the one tank at a time to paint. ;D I'd probably feel differently on busting out the airbrush if I had a whole motor pool to get through, but it's definitely a nice-to-have rather than a must.

A little tip that I personally use. When washing the entire tank, I prefer to use oil paint. This has the key advantage in that it's possible to manipulate it long after applying it. If it doesn't come off with a paper towel just dampen it with a bit of white spirit or odorless thinners. As well as being easier to clean up it gives a certain 'feel' to the model, it just looks heavier and grimier if that makes sense. Granted not for everyone but still :)

The base yellow colour varied a lot through the war, due to production and supply's of paints and thinners. Generally you will see early tanks in the war this a darker yellow. By later 43 to mid 44 you get a more light sand colour, then well they went out into the field with their hull red primer layers as they had no paint. So there really is no wrong answer. I generally do my German armour in a more mid 44 colour which would be quite light sandy colour. But what's great about this hobby its up to you and what you like.

@OneofInfinity.

5 ай бұрын

I prefer German camo beige over the yellow ochre, looks great imo.

Your brown colour would look good on a panther as a base coat. Go with the bovington panther type of look

Those are some very cool weathering techniques I would not have tried on my own. And here I've been using dark colors to dirty tank treads all these years, like an animal. My orc bikes will be getting some new grime in the near-but-still-grimdark future.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I think the colours you choose for weathering have a lot to do on what you're trying to replicate. Dark stuff tends to look - at least to my eye - more fresh and wet, if we're thinking of dirt and grime. It surprised me using such light colours by comparison, too, but it seems to look a little more caked-in and dried over time. Definitely worth hitting Orks with!

Great work! Those tracks look great ;)

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, someone really cool gave me some clever tips!

Thank you , Sonic .

@loupiscanis9449

3 жыл бұрын

Hiya Sonic , :-)

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Well, howdy! 😂

Ammo by Mig, Standard German colours 39-43 has all the colours you need to paint the German Tri-colour patter. Another method is with the Army painter spay cans. Desert yellow as the base & then Army green & leather Brown for the pattern to get the "airbrushed" look.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I'd figure you'd need to mask the hull in some way to spray them without putting on too thick a layer at a time, but that's not a bad idea at all. Army Green is such a useful colour!

@thepiratepenguin4465

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I have tried stencils made out of making tape as well as masking putty & then layering the paints. Leather brown as the base, let it dry, than add the putty. do then the Army green let it dry, than add the putty. Finally do the desert yellow on dry, peel off the putty & you have your camo pattern.

Anyone in for a Drinking game? "DUNKELGELB!"

@longhunter5935

3 жыл бұрын

2:48 into it an I’m drunk!

Another great video, Troy. I love WW2 armor. Thank you!

Nice tutorial - worth the effort you put in .

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Much obliged! I think this one features a few more useful pointers than most, so it ran over my usual time - didn't help I was painting a monster!

Hi! Great video. Your videos were the first I watched when starting to paint minis. Thank you for continuing to make great tutorials.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Great to hear they've been of use to help get started. ✌

Very excited. I’ve been working up the courage to try late war German armour without an airbrush. Better watch the video now.

The model looks great and I learned a lot of new techniques. Thanks for sharing all of this helpful information.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers, John! I think there's a lot more small tips and pointers in this one than usual. Plenty of little tidbits for just about anything for a change.

Very nice pattern

Great video! I’ve got a couple of spw 251 waiting to get painted and this was just what I needed. Cheers mate! 🙏🏻

You hit another one out of the park! Really cool! Thank you! Cheers 🍻!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Now the real trick is finding a way to actually fit this beast into one of my armies! I think my poor beleaguered Volksgrenadiers just got their hands on some armoured support... ;D

@justanothercaptain6566

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio well as a serving member for the Royal Canadian Armour Corp, I can tell you point of fact that tanks park where ever they want! 😊 and one tank can do more battle field damage in 15 mins than an entire infantry company can do all day. 🤣. The infantry HATES when we point that out! 🤣. …but tanks can’t hold ground! ( we tankers hate it when the infantry points that out) 🤣🤣🤣. So what I am saying as your army needs both! You’ll find the room and be glad you did! 😊👍

Thank you most useful, I have a few of these to do and have never yet used an airbrush! cheers

Hello! I really enjoyed this one! Please do more tanks! Maybe some transports! Honestly I gonna watch anything you put up! Great work as always!

Well done, looks great

Hello! I love your historical ones. Thanks so much for making it relaxing and kid friendly. My daughter likes your voice. And there’s no wild hard rock metal into! TY! I wish you’d do more 15mm/Flames of War.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to find most of the painting methods that work on 28mm usually scale down a bit - not always, and I've got plans eventually to include a little more small-scale stuff on the channel. I do also thoroughly recommend Pete the Wargamer if you're looking for Flames of War specific guides, he's got a bunch you might find useful. :) I'm always really pleased to hear from parents that're cool with watching my stuff with their kids. The idea here's always been to be approachable and 'suitable for all ages,' in a manner of speaking. Tell your daughter Sonic says hi! ✌

Greetings from Canada! I love the work you do on your WWII armour and figures. The brief outline of scale vs. light makes a lot of sense in order to make the colours 'pop' in (my preferred) 15mm scale. The Panther G looks lovely. Thank you for the tutorial.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

2 жыл бұрын

It was one of those strange discoveries that I knew I had to share. Knowing it, it makes perfect sense, but it absolutely blew me away to figure out there was simple physics involved with colour matching like this!

I have 3 airbrushes and still think this ^^stipling method is the best , most satisfying and enjoyable way to apply camo to German tanks.

Great job! I’m going to try this on my Rubicon Panther. Thanks for this and all your awesome How I Paints.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Go nuts! :D They're lovely kits, and most of them have some really crazy detail etched into them.

Very cool paint job. I really like how it turned out.

Thanks for the tutorial. I recently painted a Panther simular to this but with the sponge technique and ending with some Snow on the top. Next one I will do the full camo pattern.

Fantastic, thank you

Yes hello you did a fantastic job on that tank looking forward to the next video

Love this. Great techniques and theory too.

Great results

awesome job!

Love the look. More historical vehicles please!

thanks for this tutorial!

Stunning thank you

@phildent7534

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see how you paint modern British camo I have an empress mini on my bench which I’m thinking we’re do I start lol

Fantasticbreakdown. Love the ideas as always. Thanks.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks man, its very useful. Im new to model kits and i dont have money for airbrush. U saved me.

Simple yet amazing looking. Love your videos. Watch all of them even for the miniatures i will never paint. Just to keep all the techniques in mind.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I try to make sure there's a little something useful in every video. Most of these techniques are applicable across plenty of miniatures, after all!

Awesome!

nice result!

Thank you, love your videos.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Hello 👋, that was a cool video with lots of tips thank you. Cheers 🍻

Hi. Im painting my king tiger and will be using some of the techniques from this video. Love your How you paint things videos. Cheers!

Hi thanks for all the useful advice

HI! I just found your channel and I love the results you get without the airbrush.

Great video, I really learned a lot, thanks ever so much

Very useful; thank you.

Nicely done! I always have trouble using shades over large flat panels. It was good to see how you do it.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I think I'd ordinarily have the same problem! It was by accident I figured out using a brush to smudge the collected shade, but it works fairly well once you're all done.

Hi - thank you for the tank vid

Okay, I watched this again because I'm about to tackle some 15mm armor. I'm working on a Stug III and started it in a different style but I'll probably finish it like this. I'm normally a bit skittish about applying decals to 15mm vehicles because they're small and used as game pieces. I mean, everyone knows what a German tank looks like without getting into too much detail.

Very nice

Excellent! I would consider using satin varnish over gloss as it’s less shiny and I find washes flow a bit better. Also I’ve found that gloss/satin varnish brightens a model while matt darkens it. So you want to keep both coats really thin using a medium thinner.

Hi and thanks for painting a tank!

Hi! Great vid. Thanks

Nice job. I really enjoy your channel.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

In an Osprey book it said that most of the time the tank crews would be given their tank, along with 3 tins of paint, and told to paint it themselves. Anything from brushes(if available) to rags were used to apply it.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I'd read a while ago in another Osprey - although it might have been the same one - which mentioned that in desperate situations of shortage, camo paint was applied in the field with a branch! 'Close enough' really is the rule of German tanks at this sort of scale.

Hello and thanks! I got some fun new tips, perhaps I'll finish the camo on my 1/76 Nitto Pather!😉

I have painted mine with Japanese Uniform as a base. It feels really similar to me. Great job!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Oh cool! I can imagine that'd be quite close. Maybe a little more rich in yellow? Good choice!

Great stuff! Weather tanks always seemed a pain to me, but that dust wash of yours looks great.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Weathering and really grubbing them up is always my favourite part! It's painting tracks and all the little equipment that makes me go cross-eyed... 😂

I have a Jagdtiger and Pz4, will try this on one of these.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

2 жыл бұрын

I'd definitely start with the PzIV, see how you like the look on that before going mad on that big boy! :D

Think this is the method for my German Armour. Looks really good

Love it

Such an interesting video. So many KZreadrs start with black primer for their mini's and I've just never liked it. Maybe scale effect is the reason. I prime everything in lighter tones, and that includes the box sets of FoW and Team Yankee I've recently picked up. I also really appreciate artists who show us how to use brushes and drybrushes to their fullest. I am using rattle cans for primer and base coat but then it's over to the hairy sticks. More videos like this one, please.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Black primer has its uses, but I'm finding I use it a lot less now than when I got started painting. Especially with the variety of easily available coloured primers you can get now, it seems a waste not to take advantage of some of them! I've heard it said that black primer 'hides mistakes,' but it seems just as liable to end up having you make them while you're trying to work with it as well.

I've even seen some late '44/early '45 using the oxide primer as the base; with the yellow painted over in camo stripes

Hi! Great video! Would love to see more vehicles.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Hi-ho! I'm working on it. Vehicles take a LOT more work than infantry figures and since they aren't ordinarily the mainstay of an army, they haven't really been the focus of the channel yet. That being said, I think it's about time we got to some of the really cool stuff out there, and vehicles are always fun!

great paint job. Vallejo paints are great. i liked your tips I use both brush and airbrush. I find that Vallejo paints are easier to work with through brushing. Excellent tips have fun with your next project. D.

Have you ever used very thinned-down oil paints for an overall wash? It is supposed to gather nicely into recesses but not darken the colors too badly on flatter areas. And you can wipe off excess oil wash even a considerable amount of time after application (unlike an acrylic wash, which I find you have to remove QUICKLY from areas you don't want stained).

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I've used a couple of enamel washes and stains before that work very similarly. Being able to apply them and then do clean-up for ages afterward is super useful, and all with just a little dab of white spirits. The drying time does make them a little impractical for the purposes of recording something like this, unfortunately! 😅 But they are dead useful, especially on smaller scale stuff you want to really pop without a ton of work.

Patiently waiting for the tiger tutorial.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

It'd be exactly the same as this on a slightly differently shaped hull. 🤷‍♂️ The technique works whatever you're applying it to.

I hate painting vehicles, but you made this look very achievable. Great work!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

It's a little more slow going than usual, but if you're going to have just one big cat on the table... might as well make it count!

@OneofInfinity.

5 ай бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Ah the single 28mm tank 😄 I got hordes to paint in 15mm and I like going the extra mile with BF plastics and printed ones, they look great for game pieces and vehicles are so easy compared to the infantry (also hordes to paint for my Soviet list).

I've been mixing light yellow with dark violet for my sandy yellow color

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it'd work really well! The names on some of these Vallejo paints do make me laugh, though. ;D

@clintonclay3158

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I'm using Walmart craft paints and practicing on painting my dark angels so I used paving sand to base them, coated in a glue wash used this purple and yellow for the sandy brown and dabbed it on then added a little squiggle of thinned out brown and grey to paint over the base sand. It turned out better than I thought my first base would.

Hi! Great video. Thanks, man. Going to try this on some Space Marines. Because I’m weird and like camo marines in 40k.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

It also looks awesome on Leman Russes, if that helps to know. ;)

Hi! Rattle Cans and blu-tac can do if you are in a pinch for time. But this brush work really does look great for not a lot of effort (relatively speaking) and no special tools.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen it used to great effect a few times, but the funny thing is that the brand here which is essentially the German version of blu-tac is super sticky by comparison, and really hard to get out of cracks and crevasses on a model once it's had a chance to settle. Weird, but true! I'm going to try my hand at masking tape at some point for a really sharp-edged camo, and see if that's any use.

@cmedalis

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Silly Putty? Is that a thing in Europe? Here it is in the toys section of shops, usually comes in a plastic egg. It is very similar to the fancy Tank Camo putty, but incredibly inexpensive by comparison

Very cool vid. Ta

I like tanks. Good video.

That's a cute little panzer. :3

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Cute isn't ordinarily the word I'd use, but whatever works for you! 😅

@ewelina9224

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Rest assured I meant it as praise!

Why hello, nice tank you got there!

I would suggest a cocktail stick with the point chopped off to apply the dots.

GJ. :)

I used a cocktail stick just dipped in white paint excess paint removed and the stick dabbed on .

Came out great. Oh yeah, Hi!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Howdy! :D

Another great video and also the requested hi 👍

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Hello there!

😀you are the best

Good kitty

*Waves hello* Even though I'm not painting any WWII stuff, watching videos like this are always good for techniques. I've also been watching a few model aircraft painting videos and seeing how some are using enamel pin washes which I might try sometime. Have you tried using those before?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I've had some success with enamel washes in the past; it's really the drying time that works against them for videos of this format. That being said, I've got plans at some point to tackle them because of the value in being able to essentially adjust your shading for aaages afterward with a little bit of white spirit.

Thank you for sharing; Was the Green Ochre thinned with water or just the Wet Palette? Any tricks/hints to minimize the brush strokes? You have an airbrushed look, absolutely wonderful...

A very educational and, for me, unique and different way to paint German armour. I build mostly 1/35th scale and paint with an airbrush. Would these brush techniques work on a larger model? Thanks and keep the videos coming!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

2 жыл бұрын

The methods should work, though in honesty I'm not sure how they'd react to more space! You'd probably find you'd want to be a little more careful in how you're applying the spots, and at a larger size you'd be better to apply the shade as a wash directly to recesses rather than splattering the whole tank in it. Otherwise, brushes is brushes!

@jimaltergott9326

2 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thanks for your reply. I may give it a go someday. I might first try it on my 1/48th scale Tamiya T-34/76

Hi sonic! How in the world did you know that red leather mix would dry so different? When you started spattering it on the tracks my heart seized. But as always I kept the faith and sure enough it turned out awesome! P.s. I settled on red boltgun cases for my ultramarine successor chapter!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Practice! I tell you something, though... even knowing how it's going to turn out, it still makes me nervous putting it on! 😂

@BasedGhoul

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio HIIIIIIIII!!!!!

@Uzzgub

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio A Interaction to help the Algorithm

Ok... so now I know how I'm painting my Flames of War germans!

The scale modeler in me is screaming inside at the lack of painting the entire track run . . . (If you feel like you have the time, a really good weathered track tutorial was put out by Martin over on NightShift). (Given the size and exposed tracks of GW armour, the effect would really pop on them)

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

The interleaved tracks are a bloody nightmare to paint after assembly - honestly, could the Germans not have done anything the easy way? 😅 I totally agree, though. I'll have to go check out that guide, that sounds really interesting.

@uriance88

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio , He demonstrates on metal tracks for a 1:35 Tiger, but I've successfully used it on smaller scale plastic tracks as well. Martin's 'standard' level of weathering is somewhere around what most people would consider 'Golden Demon level' painting (but scale modeling leads to a bit of OCD in painting things that will never be seen, so . . .)

All right me duck from the home of WG

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Ey up, chuck! 😉

Have you tried using citadel paints for this eg death world forest for olivgrun, ogryn camo for dunkelgelb etc?

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

Жыл бұрын

Not myself, but I'm sure it'd work. Past a point a green is green, though I'd probably use something like Zamesi Desert for the dunkelgelb instead of Ogryn Camo.

A Interaction to help the Algorithm

Hi! There, "contractual obligation greeting" complete. n.n Great video, as always.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Felicitations, fellow human unit! 😂

From late 1943 to the end of the War you would find German Paint to be in a range and not spot on. I believe that would drive the German mindset crazy but this was just the reality of what was available. Now the Russians from the start had a fairly wide range of green as a standard.

CAN THIS CAMO PATTERN BE DON ON ANY GERMAN TANK?

Hello!

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Felicitations! 😂

Comments for the comment god! Algorithms for the throne of Khorne! Or something.

@SonicSledgehammerStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I'd halfway believe it's Khorne behind the way these systems work!

@benstewart8516

3 жыл бұрын

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Tzeentch, surely?