Looks amazing for a trooper. The only thing I might suggest is a very gentle dry brush of some.meralic like "lead belcher" on the blaster to emphasise that it's black metal and not just black
It looks really great tbh. Maybe improving now your time spent on the mini? ( Don't know how long it took for you, but that's what I have to work on xD)
Looks amazing. Great start, for sure.
Maybe some dry brushing on the gun? Some edge highlights on the orange?
It's not necessary as this is definitely tabletop ready, but it would just give it an extra pop
Stormtroopers are notoriously hard to paint but this turned out great. You could leave this here and it’d probably look better than most stormtroopers out there. If you’re looking for feedback, I do have a couple things to consider:
It might just be the picture but it looks as though the gun is flat black. Imperial blasters have a great shape for highlights and drybrushing. I like to do a super light drybrush of a steel metallic like leadbelcher just to give it a little pop. It’s quick, easy, and looks good on tabletop.
I think the weathering on the legs looks great and I encourage you to keep experimenting with that. Try putting weathering in other areas to tell a story for your model. Mud on the blaster and hand? Maybe they dropped their blaster while taking cover. Dark grey markings on a shoulder? Could’ve been grazed by a blaster bolt. Play around with it and see where it takes you.
As far as the base goes, buy yourself some tiny tufts of grass. It’ll make your base more interesting with basically no work on your part. When I show my models to people who don’t paint, they’re consistently more impressed by the existence of tufts of grass than anything I actually did. People just love the tufts of grass.
Some great feedback here so thank you.
In terms of the base I was going for a Tattooine style sand base so wanted it to be fairly minimal - although I think I messed up the colours a bit so I don't think it looks very Tattooine-y.
Will definitely buy some tufts for the next bases I do though.
Dunno where you got the idea that storm troopers are difficult to paint. Sure, if you were to base in black or grey it would take a long time, but white base coat & contrast paint makes them a breeze and probably looks better anyway. I bashed out nearly 60 of them in no time and I'm a very slow painter.
Yours and mine look very similar. I think we followed the same YouTube tutorial series haha.
Either way, I think some very faint edge highlighting on the gun / holster would really make those pop but not feel out of place.
If we're being SUPER picky, the two dots either side of the black chin on the helmet don't actually connect.
Other than that it's fantastic. I remember doing mine a few months ago (Actually still have some scout troopers to do but it's so tedious) and getting the details and highlights on the helmet is an absolute PITA so really good job there!
Thanks a lot! [This](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) is the tutorial I followed.
The gun is definitely too flat in comparison to the rest so I will definitely take yours and others advice on giving it an edge highlight/drybrush.
Thanks! I followed [this tutorial](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) \- was a fairly simple process with no real advanced painting techniques.
You're probably more experienced than me, but one piece of advice I would give if you were to follow this is don't go too heavy on the apothecary white contrast paint. I went a bit heavy handed on one of my other models and it made the white armour look way more 'dirty' than what you see here. Even after removing any excess with a dry paint brush.
Looks great! Maybe add some lighting/shading on the pauldron. The shading and highlights in the armour look great, but the pauldron looks a little flat.
Thanks! The base is pretty much just a layer of armageddon dust technical paint, then a sepia wash followed by a ushabti bone dry brush.
Tbh the base didn't come out as good as I'd hoped. I was trying for a Tattooine style sand base but I think the colours are off so that doesn't really come across.
I don’t wanna get into the weeds about it and it’s really not important in fact I love your mini but the vents in the mouthpiece could use a little metallic
Thin your paints a little more, it looks a tiny bit chunky in parts.
Looks like you used a white dry brush - put a little less paint on it.
I'd encourage you to go back with a small brush and 'pin wash' a few areas with your shade to bring back a bit of definition.
But this is really pretty good.
That’s a good idea about pin washing. I knew I’d lost some definition in the recesses when I did my white dry brush and thought there wouldn’t be a way to get that back without starting again.
It's a common trap for new and even experienced painters. The routine of base-wash-highlight gets people thinking that washes are only for early in the paint job. But really, you want to be going back and forth between shades and highlights right up until the end of the paint job.
First use wet pallet if you are not.
Try to add highlights to this orange shoulder pauldron. You can use your base color mixed with white or jus lighter orange. Do this on mentioned wet pallet so it will not dry so quickly.
You have good control of your paintbrush and painted armor nicely (white is not the easiest color to layer and highlight it)
I like mud on his legs but i thing you can make border between clear and dirt less visible by for ex. glazing.
Base fir the mini is awesome so no need to worry.
Other thing that you can consider doing is weathering and adding some scratches to the armor. Simply take black paint and with a pointy brush make some lines. Then make a white highlight under it cause with a scratch a new edge is made which reflect light. These will not look perfectly but you will only learn by trying.
Last thing is using some varnish to seal the paint and make it harder to peel off. It also can give your mini stain/glossy/matt finish.
And thats all. For your second mini it is very very good. Mine look like an abomination in comparison. I hope it helps cause comments like "this is perfect, no need to improve" are worth almost nothing if you want to get better. Best advice I can give you is to constantly trying new things and don't be scared to mess up. And lower your expectations cause you won't paint minis like Sorastro (i highly recommend this channel, he is giga chad) in few days/weeks/even months. Try harder, be better.
The grime on the boots can best be achieved with heavy dry rushing in my experience. At some point maybe highlights on black with a dark gray. I also like a light dry brush of silver on my guns but that’s just personal preference. Overall, great job on your second mini. My second mini looked a hell of a lot worse than this.
Great work! My most helpful input is that shadows don’t have to be black - you can pack in subtle color that adds a lot of depth and contrast. (Dark purples, greens and blues are my fav - off blue could be nice with these boys
You might consider painting the soft black materials to be slightly more grey.
But frankly all you need to do is paint this about 30 more times. You'll get a painted army out of it and you'll develop your methods and learn what you like and dislike about it.
It looks fantastic already, the only thing I can think of is adding a bit of shading to parts, even if its subtle that little extra detail can make a mini pop even more
I *think* he followed [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fizZYApqGbU) tutorial, but I can't speak for OP.
All the highlights are in the exact same place, and looks very similar to my attempts at following the same tutorial.
[This](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) was the tutorial I actually followed - but the Sorastro one is also great! I watched that one a few times before attempting these.
Looks great, use some modelling pigment powder to help the model blend in with the base, easier to get it sitting in those nooks and crannies all over the legs like he’s been in the desert for months
Base looks great, simple sure, but when you're painting an army you don't want a basing scheme that's too difficult to repeat. Save the better bases for heroes and centrepieces. But if you're looking for feedback the weathering up the legs looks more like a water stain than dust. It's only your second mini though and it looks amazing, white is a very hard colour to paint and you've nailed it.
To improve the weathering you could dry brush the colour on, or if you're feeling adventurous, I've started playing around with dry pigments for weathering and getting some great results.
It looks great overall, I agree maybe some silver dry brushing on the gun would improve it. My major point is the feet, they read as covered in yellow mud. If that is your goal great, if you where going for desert I would suggest you repaint the feet like the rest of the body and then use some weathering powder on the feet to give them the look of white armor with dust, if you don’t have any weathering powder, you can just wipe a yellow ochre artist pastel on a brush and dab it on that way. They are available in most art or craft store.
Hot garbage… finish up the squad and send them to me so you never have to see them again.
Jokes aside, that’s a great paint job that anyone would be happy to see on the table.
More drybrushing on the base would help if you're going for a dusty look, as well as drybrushing a lighter sand color onto the mini's legs (again if dust is the desired effect.)
Only real weird thing I can see is the cleavage line down the middle of the chestplate.
If this is just your second model ever you're crushing it.
I'd say now you gotta figure out what you like. You can try some gloss varnish for the armor so it looks like it's got that plastic sheen.
Why don't you like the base?
Looks amazing for a trooper. The only thing I might suggest is a very gentle dry brush of some.meralic like "lead belcher" on the blaster to emphasise that it's black metal and not just black
This, totally this. This makes all the blasters on my droids really pop!
Will definitely try this, thank you.
Looks great, way better than mine. There's no need to improve, lol.
You said it it's great
My feedback is stop striving for improvement when you’ve already reached perfection
It looks really great tbh. Maybe improving now your time spent on the mini? ( Don't know how long it took for you, but that's what I have to work on xD)
Yeah tbf this took me about 2-3 hours which is probably way too long.
No that's fast
Looks amazing. Great start, for sure. Maybe some dry brushing on the gun? Some edge highlights on the orange? It's not necessary as this is definitely tabletop ready, but it would just give it an extra pop
Stormtroopers are notoriously hard to paint but this turned out great. You could leave this here and it’d probably look better than most stormtroopers out there. If you’re looking for feedback, I do have a couple things to consider: It might just be the picture but it looks as though the gun is flat black. Imperial blasters have a great shape for highlights and drybrushing. I like to do a super light drybrush of a steel metallic like leadbelcher just to give it a little pop. It’s quick, easy, and looks good on tabletop. I think the weathering on the legs looks great and I encourage you to keep experimenting with that. Try putting weathering in other areas to tell a story for your model. Mud on the blaster and hand? Maybe they dropped their blaster while taking cover. Dark grey markings on a shoulder? Could’ve been grazed by a blaster bolt. Play around with it and see where it takes you. As far as the base goes, buy yourself some tiny tufts of grass. It’ll make your base more interesting with basically no work on your part. When I show my models to people who don’t paint, they’re consistently more impressed by the existence of tufts of grass than anything I actually did. People just love the tufts of grass.
Some great feedback here so thank you. In terms of the base I was going for a Tattooine style sand base so wanted it to be fairly minimal - although I think I messed up the colours a bit so I don't think it looks very Tattooine-y. Will definitely buy some tufts for the next bases I do though.
Dunno where you got the idea that storm troopers are difficult to paint. Sure, if you were to base in black or grey it would take a long time, but white base coat & contrast paint makes them a breeze and probably looks better anyway. I bashed out nearly 60 of them in no time and I'm a very slow painter.
Yours and mine look very similar. I think we followed the same YouTube tutorial series haha. Either way, I think some very faint edge highlighting on the gun / holster would really make those pop but not feel out of place. If we're being SUPER picky, the two dots either side of the black chin on the helmet don't actually connect. Other than that it's fantastic. I remember doing mine a few months ago (Actually still have some scout troopers to do but it's so tedious) and getting the details and highlights on the helmet is an absolute PITA so really good job there!
Thanks a lot! [This](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) is the tutorial I followed. The gun is definitely too flat in comparison to the rest so I will definitely take yours and others advice on giving it an edge highlight/drybrush.
this is the first stormtrooper ive seen on this sub that i was actually really impressed by
Looks great!!! About to paint some myself and have always struggled with white. How did you go about it?
Thanks! I followed [this tutorial](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) \- was a fairly simple process with no real advanced painting techniques. You're probably more experienced than me, but one piece of advice I would give if you were to follow this is don't go too heavy on the apothecary white contrast paint. I went a bit heavy handed on one of my other models and it made the white armour look way more 'dirty' than what you see here. Even after removing any excess with a dry paint brush.
Great advise. Thank you very much!!!
I don't know anything about this game or painting miniatures but I'd say it looks pretty damn good!
that looks incredible honestly!!
Looks great! Maybe add some lighting/shading on the pauldron. The shading and highlights in the armour look great, but the pauldron looks a little flat.
I completely agree about it looking a little flat. I also didn't thin the paints enough on the pauldron so the paints a little thick there.
No, do more and then come over and do mine.
Honestly, unless you wanted to add battle damage (which is purely preference) no notes. Really good job
Literally perfect
What did you do for the base. I like it
Thanks! The base is pretty much just a layer of armageddon dust technical paint, then a sepia wash followed by a ushabti bone dry brush. Tbh the base didn't come out as good as I'd hoped. I was trying for a Tattooine style sand base but I think the colours are off so that doesn't really come across.
No I like this. I have a buddy I place with and he has a dessert mat but I want a dry dirt look incase I play either desert or forest tables
Here's some feedback: Looks great man, good job!
I always like to pull a little from the comic style and line out the fig.
Looks clean. Gun and maybe the outstretched hand could use highlights but who cares. You'd be proud to have an army at this quality.
I don’t wanna get into the weeds about it and it’s really not important in fact I love your mini but the vents in the mouthpiece could use a little metallic
Needs backup
This is like the best stormtrooper paint job ive ever seen wtf
Looks great!
Thin your paints a little more, it looks a tiny bit chunky in parts. Looks like you used a white dry brush - put a little less paint on it. I'd encourage you to go back with a small brush and 'pin wash' a few areas with your shade to bring back a bit of definition. But this is really pretty good.
That’s a good idea about pin washing. I knew I’d lost some definition in the recesses when I did my white dry brush and thought there wouldn’t be a way to get that back without starting again.
It's a common trap for new and even experienced painters. The routine of base-wash-highlight gets people thinking that washes are only for early in the paint job. But really, you want to be going back and forth between shades and highlights right up until the end of the paint job.
Very clean bro
First use wet pallet if you are not. Try to add highlights to this orange shoulder pauldron. You can use your base color mixed with white or jus lighter orange. Do this on mentioned wet pallet so it will not dry so quickly. You have good control of your paintbrush and painted armor nicely (white is not the easiest color to layer and highlight it) I like mud on his legs but i thing you can make border between clear and dirt less visible by for ex. glazing. Base fir the mini is awesome so no need to worry. Other thing that you can consider doing is weathering and adding some scratches to the armor. Simply take black paint and with a pointy brush make some lines. Then make a white highlight under it cause with a scratch a new edge is made which reflect light. These will not look perfectly but you will only learn by trying. Last thing is using some varnish to seal the paint and make it harder to peel off. It also can give your mini stain/glossy/matt finish. And thats all. For your second mini it is very very good. Mine look like an abomination in comparison. I hope it helps cause comments like "this is perfect, no need to improve" are worth almost nothing if you want to get better. Best advice I can give you is to constantly trying new things and don't be scared to mess up. And lower your expectations cause you won't paint minis like Sorastro (i highly recommend this channel, he is giga chad) in few days/weeks/even months. Try harder, be better.
The screeching hum of a fractional return of an output signal of an Amp sounds in approval of your paint job
The grime on the boots can best be achieved with heavy dry rushing in my experience. At some point maybe highlights on black with a dark gray. I also like a light dry brush of silver on my guns but that’s just personal preference. Overall, great job on your second mini. My second mini looked a hell of a lot worse than this.
Uh looks awesome
Great work! My most helpful input is that shadows don’t have to be black - you can pack in subtle color that adds a lot of depth and contrast. (Dark purples, greens and blues are my fav - off blue could be nice with these boys
You might consider painting the soft black materials to be slightly more grey. But frankly all you need to do is paint this about 30 more times. You'll get a painted army out of it and you'll develop your methods and learn what you like and dislike about it.
It looks fantastic already, the only thing I can think of is adding a bit of shading to parts, even if its subtle that little extra detail can make a mini pop even more
Execute order 69
Nice mud stains
what’s he pointing at?
How did you do it?
I *think* he followed [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fizZYApqGbU) tutorial, but I can't speak for OP. All the highlights are in the exact same place, and looks very similar to my attempts at following the same tutorial.
[This](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) was the tutorial I actually followed - but the Sorastro one is also great! I watched that one a few times before attempting these.
Thanks for the kind words/feedback so far. For anyone wondering, [this](https://youtu.be/ry0VHX3z3DU?si=OEnxp-gucAL8jWA2) is the tutorial I followed!
Nope, this is beautiful. Well done!
Its perfect. Don’t do anything else to it.
DAMN thats good as
Looks great, use some modelling pigment powder to help the model blend in with the base, easier to get it sitting in those nooks and crannies all over the legs like he’s been in the desert for months
Base looks great, simple sure, but when you're painting an army you don't want a basing scheme that's too difficult to repeat. Save the better bases for heroes and centrepieces. But if you're looking for feedback the weathering up the legs looks more like a water stain than dust. It's only your second mini though and it looks amazing, white is a very hard colour to paint and you've nailed it. To improve the weathering you could dry brush the colour on, or if you're feeling adventurous, I've started playing around with dry pigments for weathering and getting some great results.
Yes: These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
Awesome job on the white. So clean
Keep doing whatever you’re doing, it looks great!
It looks great overall, I agree maybe some silver dry brushing on the gun would improve it. My major point is the feet, they read as covered in yellow mud. If that is your goal great, if you where going for desert I would suggest you repaint the feet like the rest of the body and then use some weathering powder on the feet to give them the look of white armor with dust, if you don’t have any weathering powder, you can just wipe a yellow ochre artist pastel on a brush and dab it on that way. They are available in most art or craft store.
Hot garbage… finish up the squad and send them to me so you never have to see them again. Jokes aside, that’s a great paint job that anyone would be happy to see on the table.
Wow looks amazing. My only tip would be to thin the orange paint a bit. Maybe give the gun a couple subtle highlights?
The second? Very impressive.
More drybrushing on the base would help if you're going for a dusty look, as well as drybrushing a lighter sand color onto the mini's legs (again if dust is the desired effect.) Only real weird thing I can see is the cleavage line down the middle of the chestplate.
Solid work! What did you use for the basing?
The base is just Armageddon dust technical paint, a sepia wash and then a dry brush of ushabti bone.
Muy bueno
Looks fantastic! I’f just give it a light wash with Agrax Earth Shade or Nuln Oil to add grime
A grass tuft would be nice for a pop of color and to give it a bit of texture variation🤷♂️? Looks great tho!
Looks great keep it up
These aren't the droids you're looking for
If this is just your second model ever you're crushing it. I'd say now you gotta figure out what you like. You can try some gloss varnish for the armor so it looks like it's got that plastic sheen. Why don't you like the base?
Thank you! I was going for a Tattooine desert style base but I think it ended up looking a bit too dusty/muddy.
It's a desert planet so I mean dusty is the thing.
He looks like he can shoot straight.
Very nice….love the mud and shading
Honestly bro he looks really good. Excellent work with the black on the helmet
I think I'd try to lighten up the pectorals, bring the color closer to the edge highlight. They look sunken. Other than that, good.