The Fanciest Helmets of WWII: Painting Warlord Games' Bersaglieri! [How I Paint Things]

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Bersaglieri are each skilled marksmen and soldiers trained for the peak of physical fitness. Formed in 1836 in the Kingdom of Sardinia - later the Kingdom of Italy - they were intended as highly mobile light infantry, capable of filling the skirmishing and shock role usually assigned to units such as dragoons. The tale goes that the feathers on their hats were originally intended as a shade for the sharpshooter's eyes, and they've remained a mark of distinction worn by the elite of Italy's armed forces to this day.
The new plastic Bersaglieri kit from Warlord Games is packed with options for fielding these elite Italian troops on the field. With a couple of Breda machine guns and a wealth of SMGs and carbines on each sprue, they can be tooled up for close encounters or long range fire support depending on how you want them to fit into your army - and with all the tropical hats and helmets you'll need to give them their distinctive black capercaillie feathers!
Check out the complete army box and find other Bersaglieri units available from Warlord Games here: store.warlordgames.com/produc...
Find the original Italian painting guide here: • Painting Desert & Temp...
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Grigio Verde - What Colour is Grey Green?
02:20 - Basecoats
07:46 - New vs Old Agrax Earthshade
09:13 - Shading
09:47 - Highlights
12:23 - Painting the Feathers
15:45 - Uniform Colour Comparisons
16:59 - The Finished Bersagliere
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THE BASE: PVA and sand, let dry, then apply Flat Brown drybrushed with Brown Sand then Dark Sand. Add grass and tufts to taste.
PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Grey (Vallejo Spray Primer)
ARMY PAINTER:
Tanned Flesh
Field Grey
German Army Fieldgrey (Warlord Rapid Deployment)
VALLEJO:
Iraqi Sand
Khaki (Vallejo Game Color)
German Field Grey
Ivory
Beige Brown
German Camo Black Brown
German Uniform
German Grey
Black Grey
Stone Grey
Basalt Grey
Flat Flesh
Ivory
Gunmetal (Vallejo Model Air)
Blue Grey Pale
CITADEL:
Administratum Grey (Layer)
Agrax Earthshade (Shade)
Lahmian Medium (Technical)
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Coelia Greenshade (Shade)
VARNISH:
Army Painter Matt Varnish Spray

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  • @andreaspersson5639
    @andreaspersson5639 Жыл бұрын

    Whenever anyone mention "the correct shade of field grey" (or olive drab, or any of the uniform colors, really), I remember the image I had of 10-15 german uniform jackets from ww2. I don't think any 2 of them were the same color...

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    "Uniform Isn't" is one of the best and most useful truisms when thinking about painting these things. ;D

  • @andreaspersson5639

    @andreaspersson5639

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SonicSledgehammerStudio XD Very true. You have hints, and can draw some conclusions (it's not bright pink, for one thing... unless it's the LRDG, then it might), but exact shade... no

  • @monitor1862

    @monitor1862

    Жыл бұрын

    It seemed like the Germans had the uniform of the week.

  • @edevans5991

    @edevans5991

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I think I've seen that exact photo. And if even 1940s Germany couldn't provide uniform cloth what chance did, say, the Romans have, let alone the Goths. Still for things the look "right" you do need a bit of cohesiveness.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you , Troy . 🐺

  • @tremolo_painter
    @tremolo_painter4 ай бұрын

    My western desert Bersaglieri will benefit greatly from your feather painting method, thank you so much!

  • @wrah5480
    @wrah5480 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Sonic, I just Wanted you to Know, That your „How I paint Things“ on white Scar Space marines was a key Element in my decision Not only to begin to Build a 40k army but to Start the whole Hobby. I‘m happily and - big thanks to you - easily painting aswell as Gaming since than. My 2000 points is Near to completion and for someone who barely held a brush 20 years Ago it Looks amazing! Without your encouraging videotutorials and achievable technics I would probably have given up before finishing the first Mini... Big Thank you, keep up the Great work and Liebe Grüße nach Berlin!

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    Really glad to hear it! ✌

  • @stephenwood2495
    @stephenwood2495 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful looking! Thank you for sharing.

  • @alessiodecarolis
    @alessiodecarolis Жыл бұрын

    In mid '30s italian army tried to modernize the uniform, but probabilly for financial priblems, they stopped to the first half, so this was the reason of a new helmet & jacket, with pants & puttees as in WWI. Nice tutorial about the various shades of grey green, also if normally, from early colour photos, the blitzkrieg's field jacket of the Wermacht was a more grayish colour, then became greener, on the contrary, our army didn't changed a lot, naturally it depends also by the production batch and the quality of the cloth.

  • @monitor1862
    @monitor1862 Жыл бұрын

    Nicely done. I like Vallejos Stone Grey too. Like you said it works really good for high lighting. I've had good luck using it for dry brushing too.

  • @irishtom30
    @irishtom30 Жыл бұрын

    Great work, I love how different those three field greys are, it proves the idea that you can never have enough greens or browns

  • @johnkelley9877
    @johnkelley9877 Жыл бұрын

    This was a big help and I especially liked your advice on thinning the new Agrax Earthshade 50/50 with the medium. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @marcellocolombarini1653
    @marcellocolombarini1653 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic Bersaglieri!!🥂

  • @horuslupercal9936
    @horuslupercal9936 Жыл бұрын

    Love the paint scheme on these guys. Well done on the paint job.

  • @simdoyle
    @simdoyleАй бұрын

    Looking great. 😅

  • @andreaspenzkofer
    @andreaspenzkofer Жыл бұрын

    And another excellent video! I've never painted Italians before, but maybe I'll give it a try.. Thank you for all your content. Best regards, Andreas

  • @NaktheCow
    @NaktheCow Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate all the very scientific and technical terminology in this video

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    Everybody should know how to dibblie-dibblie-dibblie.

  • @SPD3DPrinting
    @SPD3DPrinting Жыл бұрын

    thanks for sharing your tips & tricks! I appreciate the way you toss in some history, techniques and materials while keeping the project fun. Please consider doing this same tutorial for the Greek Army. I am building one now using Studio Historia model.

  • @mg1342mg
    @mg1342mg Жыл бұрын

    Lovely job. I much prefer the "non-desert" uniforms. I have some feathers I've been putting off painting, so time try this.

  • @nickdavis5420
    @nickdavis5420 Жыл бұрын

    Now I need more field grey

  • @smoessmee
    @smoessmee8 ай бұрын

    For the advice alone, about how to make the new Agrax like the old one, this video is great :D

  • @geronimo8159
    @geronimo8159 Жыл бұрын

    Just hours ago I learned about the existence of them through another video. Weird 😊

  • @huwtindall7096
    @huwtindall7096 Жыл бұрын

    Really like the variation in the grey greens on german uniforms (and equivalent on allied uniforms). I don't have the full range of camo colours like you buy achieve something similar by getting the variation by chucking a couple of coats of wash on a single base colour. e.g. for DAK mix up the desert camo and with original Europe camo by just whacking athonian camoshade over the top of the khaki/sand colour. Gives it a nice worn look too over the light base colour.

  • @thelonepainter4760
    @thelonepainter4760 Жыл бұрын

    The same thing happened to me with the new Agrax. Except I used contrast medium with it.😅 Great content as always👍🏽🎃😊

  • @kremsis9350
    @kremsis9350 Жыл бұрын

    sorry to contradict you about the History of the Bersaglieri. They weren't a substitute of the cavalry, The kingdom of Italy had his Cavalry regimets, some of them still active today, I know this because in my city there's the Cavalry school, offcourse now they use Tanks but there're still active stables. Plus the cavalry saw action in its pure form until WW2. The Kingdom of Sardinia, we are talking pre unification of italy, had 6 cavalry regiments, 2 of wich survived after WW2. So the bersaglieri were and are a normal Light infantry/sharp shooter regiment with fancy hat and feathers, they were never, by design, meant to substitute the cavalry :) Other than that you painting guide are absolutelly on point, i love your painting :)

  • @Gabbiano88
    @Gabbiano88 Жыл бұрын

    love it

  • @jacknorthey9215
    @jacknorthey9215 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely vid as per usual, are you likely to paint up AUS jungle commandos any time soon?

  • @AnthonyPaoliMasakiSays
    @AnthonyPaoliMasakiSays Жыл бұрын

    Where were those links about the history of the Bersaglieri? 👀 Appreciated, and loved the tutorial!

  • @brisko32312
    @brisko323124 ай бұрын

    Another great video. Why didn't you use Aly's Brown Liquid for shading?

  • @andrewmoore4413
    @andrewmoore4413 Жыл бұрын

    I watched this entire tutorial just for the feathers lol.

  • @thewarroom9028
    @thewarroom9028 Жыл бұрын

    Are the Bersaglieri desert Uniforms any different then the regular army desert uniforms you already did a video on?

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope, the uniforms are more or less identical - save the big fancy feathers!

  • @thewarroom9028

    @thewarroom9028

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SonicSledgehammerStudio Keep up the great videos.

  • @RotGolem
    @RotGolem Жыл бұрын

    "Se deve fare qualcosa, un Bersagliere la fa correndo!" (If he has to do something, a Bersagliere does it while running!). Well, my dear sergeant major, try painting a miniature "a passo di corsa" (at running pace). I'll stay in my comfy seat, with my LED lamp, and the paint pots/palette properly arranged on the desk, thank you very much.

  • @musoseven8218
    @musoseven8218 Жыл бұрын

    Superb! Can you tell me what matt lacquer you used please, was it rattle can, airbrushed or brush painted? Many thanks 👍✌️🤔😊

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    This was Army Painter Matt varnish from the spray can. Just make sure to tuck it under your arm and gently warm the can on a cold day for a few minutes before spraying!

  • @musoseven8218

    @musoseven8218

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thanks, that's a nice product, I've tried it before and it seems less aggressive than Dullcote® (sic). I'm trying to keep lacquers etc indoors to keep 'em warm and/or gently heat the model BUT I don't know if my indoor spray booth can cope with rattle cans yet, so I still might get stymied 🤔🙄😄 It's getting cold here now - what's the betting that with an energy crisis it'll be the coldest UK winter on record 🤔🤔😳😄 Thanks again for advice and replying 👍👍✌️✌️

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    @@musoseven8218 If you're looking for an alternative to a spray can, Instar's Varnish+ is also very good, a suuuper matt finish on that one.

  • @musoseven8218

    @musoseven8218

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SonicSledgehammerStudio Thank you, I'll give that a go👍✌️😊It's easier to spray from a rattle can as cleaning up clear liquid from an airbrush can be tricky/time consuming 🙄😳😊 BUT low pressure airbrushing is better suited for indoor spray painting 😊👍👍

  • @TMillsMusic
    @TMillsMusic Жыл бұрын

    What's the brush you're using with the orange handle?

  • @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    @SonicSledgehammerStudio

    Жыл бұрын

    It's one of the wargames series from Warlord, they're a synthetic range and have been quite nice to use.

  • @TMillsMusic

    @TMillsMusic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SonicSledgehammerStudio Brilliant thank you! Another great tutorial!

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