Another fantastic tutorial. I'd love to see a whole Skaven army painted to this standard, would be a sight to behold.

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 I’m really tempted to do one, but I think it will be 4th in my list of TOW projects.

Am so hipe about the WTOW :)

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

I really can’t wait either 😆

Pretty sure that skaven article was used, or rewritten for, one of the old army books. This is a lovely looking figure, wonderful paint job.

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊. I’ll have to check the old army books out.

Brilliant! It looked great at the 'table ready' stage, but that detailing really elevates the good boi even more!

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Jordan. I imagine the more simple method would pay off well if I was painting 80, not sure I could resist the extra stages though 😆.

thanks i have 120 skaven to paint and had just no clue, sadly some of the paints you mentioned at not avaible here so mostly gw paints but will give it a go, hardest bit will be hand painting them black and then a sturdy dry brush in white , so many skaven lol

@MiniatureRealms

4 ай бұрын

You will definitely have strong wrists after dry-brushing 120 Skaven 😅

@Kreated_by_khaos

4 ай бұрын

already have , i did 25000 points of vampire counts about 10 years ago so at 55 i am well versed in the long hours , no airbrush here sadly @@MiniatureRealms

I like the finished product, the journey to get there is weird and interesting to watch as I dont zenithol or use the watery new paints, looked good at the end. I have just over 300 Skaven models, I like adding to them, theyre my favourite miniatures to paint and collect. Paint recipe I use is adapted from the Sonic Sledgehammer Studio speed painting Skaven tutorial, I dont like bare arms on my Skaven. - dark primer, brown overbrush, block colour everything not fur, agrax everything, highlights with block colours, highlights with lighter colours, layer in rust/verdigri where required, done. Just different colour rags depending on clan, colour schemes based on those in the WHFB 8th Edition Uniforms & Heraldry book.

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

I love Sonic Sledgehammer’s stuff, probably the best around for short videos with excellent tabletop quality finish. A few years back I would have used the method (or very close to) the one you’ve mentioned. But I used to hate the blocking in colours stage, but I find I actually enjoy it with contrast/Speedpaint/xpress colour etc.

Really enjoying your Old World videos, can't wait for it to finally come out!

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, and me neither 🙂

Lovely well done & thanks for posting this! Very handy. cheers

@MiniatureRealms

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you’ve found it useful 🙂

I know this is an old video but it would be helpful if you listed all the paints in the description.

@MiniatureRealms

4 ай бұрын

It’s on my ‘to do’ list to go back and do it for quite a few videos, sadly in order to get it 100% right it would mean I have to watch the videos back, and even skipping through that’s quite a time sink. I do make sure I mention all the paints I use before each stage in the video, so there is a record there for the viewer, but I appreciate that does mean they may have to make their own list.

Sorry im late to the party on this one. Great tutorial, lived how you painted the skin... this will definitely be used when I paint my vras for dark lands!!! Great job!

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Kelvin 😊

This was great to see Stu. I remember that article really well. In fact still have it somewhere. Loved how dirty and horrible the Skaven looked. As you said inspired me to start collecting them. One day I may get them all painted 😆. The Blighted Marsh are really good for Skaven. I use them on my Undead a lot. Blighted behind them where they have been and grass in front ready to corrupt

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

I think I’m going to have to start delving in old WD more often for inspiration. Love that dark at the back, light at the front method, great idea.

@warpaintfigures

11 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms The other thing I have seen done is using cut matting strands to do straw on the bases. Think in a White Dwarf they built like an abandoned windmill and granary as home to the Skaven nest entrance

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

That sounds really cool, will see if I can find that issue when I’m back from my travels.

Interested to see if WHF takes off locally or not. How would Mantic Ratkin or Veer-myn fit in?

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

They’re definitely aimed as alternative minis by Mantic, I’m sure they’d be fine.

Y e s Y e s

@MiniatureRealms

4 ай бұрын

😂

great stuff. love your work

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Fab work as always. Now repeat 79 times ;)

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

😆 Thank you

I have the Islands of blood box. I've painted up 99% of the elves, but now it's Skaven time! Not looking forward to painting soooo many! Thanks for the tutorial

@MiniatureRealms

8 ай бұрын

A huge Skaven army is something I’ve never done, but would love to own one, so perhaps it’s on the cards in the future.

@WrathRuin

8 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms look forward to seeing the results of that one!

A fab rat! I remember that article in WD. It even tempted my wife to paint up a few Skaven! (I wonder where they are now 🤔.)

@MiniatureRealms

10 ай бұрын

Years back I made my wife a Skaven Blood Bowl team, she’s thrash me every time with them. We don’t play anymore 😂.

@fogh

10 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms Yep - that sounds familiar . 😆 We only played DBA once - she beat my Roman army with a single elephant 😳.

@MiniatureRealms

10 ай бұрын

😆

Looks awesome! I went for a lot more dark tones on my Skaven Clanrats (had about 120 of them to paint, 3x boxes of Island of Blood), and did them ALL at the same time, in an assembly line. Tedious, but once I got through some of the worst stages and it was on to the details it looked REALLY cool! But yeah, keep it in batches of 5-10 at a time, not 120!! :P I'm not really gonna use them too much the way I'm gonna play them to begin with, most of my focus is on the Plague Monks and Stormfiends, but I had to bring 1-2 units of Clanrats just for the weapon team that I can have with it! :D

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂. That’s actually how I tend to paint, partly because of commission painting for a day job, but also because I hate to go back and do second units int he same scheme once I’ve finished another already. So I just end up doing massive batches like you have, it’s an odd process, you seem to be getting nowhere for a while, then suddenly it all comes together.

@DizzWhazzUp

11 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms exactly! When I finished all the highlights on the metals and the eyes they REALLY popped! 😍

Ahhh go onnn. What's one more project eh?😂 I know you say thst you don't fix the pigment to the the base and I was just wondering if you ever varnished any figures? Does varnish make a difference to how the pigments look? Might give pigments a go one day.

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Yes varnishing would destroy the dry look of the pigments. I varnish reluctantly, well at least as a final finish (I use it as part of the process for some things, like before decals or oils), but I hate the way it changes the colour. For metals I always do, but more likely after base coats, for plastics I prefer not to, don’t find it necessary, handle the models by their bases. It also kills metallics.

@MrBlackear

11 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms I do like it to add a bit of protection. The vast majority of my figures end up travelling for events and inevitably get bashed about during transport or play. Even the plastics. You never got lured in by the magic that was Testors dull coate? 🤣

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

I’ve used plenty of spray on varnish, just less so in recent years. Pretty much anything I paint that is armour or armoured is likely to have a gloss varnish before oils, then matt after. I always use varnish on metals as well, but likely before I paint metallics. Plastics, only for commissions.

Did they not axe skaven, dark elves, and the lizard men? I wanted to play one of these armies….. so sad

@MiniatureRealms

6 ай бұрын

They’re not axed no, just not part of the new games narrative at the start. Warhammer Fantasy has changed, it’s not a ‘main system’, and run by SDS (Specialist Design Studio), which is basically the old Forgeworld side of the business. Because of that there are limitations and restrictions, lots of theories on why, but what we have are 9 factions for now (I think the rest will be added in a few years time. They are however providing full army lists for all factions and profiles that were around at the end of 8th, and have said those will be available as pdf’s shortly after launch. They have been named ‘legacy’ armies. In some ways these are quite well provided for, with very good AOS ranges, that are actually newer models than the factions covered. Anyway, long answer, and good chance you know this anyway. Just wanted to provide a fuller picture incase you did not. If you want to play Skaven then go for it, you’d only need the new rulebook and the pdf (and an army of course, but much of that is available in AOS, and rumours are they’re getting more this year as well in AOS).

@steveisaak4320

6 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms I thought the models were different scales for sigmar and fantasy.

@MiniatureRealms

6 ай бұрын

@steveisaak4320 Some definitely are, but many are just the old Fantasy range. Skaven are fine for sure (at least the current range).

What brush are you using for these contrast paints?

@MiniatureRealms

5 ай бұрын

Mostly Rosemary & Co Series 33 (short handle), and sizes 0, 1, 2.

Base side 25x25mm?? 😮

@MiniatureRealms

6 ай бұрын

Yep this one is a on 25x25 🙂

@KharnElTraidor

6 ай бұрын

@@MiniatureRealms but is oficial for Old world? Skaven always been in 20x20 🤔

@MiniatureRealms

6 ай бұрын

@KharnElTraidor Yes that’s official, all 20mm squares have been replaced by 25mm. Many other base sizes are changing as well.

Riekland? Lol

@MiniatureRealms

11 ай бұрын

Yes yes 😆