This includes all reference pictures.įifth, it’s not the end of the world if you make a mistake. I know this sounds like a no brainer but you will be surprised at how easy this can be to overlook. Work in an assembly line fashion and by the time you’re done with a layer on the last miniature the first or previous miniature’s paint work should be dry enough to start on the next coat.įourth, have everything that you need handy and all the paint colors that you will need laid out. This is where having multiple miniatures to work on comes in handy. Try to work on something else while you let your paint layers dry. Third, let it dry! Don’t be in such a hurry that your layers can’t dry. You can always stop and fix but it’s a lot easier to fix something before you start the next step. I don’t know how many times that I would go to the next step in the painting process and find something I missed in the previous step. No one else will probably notice them but in the back of your mind you will know that they are there and they will haunt you. Those mistakes will drive you crazy later on if you let them go. You also will not take the time to fix those mistakes if you feel rushed.

For some reason I was in a rush to get all my Troopers done.

Some lessons learned and things I have taken away from this experience are, first off slow down and take your time. I guess they turned out ok but I would like the line work to be a bit thinner and cleaner. Well here is my first ever attempt at painting miniatures. He is the one who got me into this game and into painting miniatures so I hope he doesn’t mind me making a conversion chart of his video paint list. I have a deep respect for Sorastro and his videos. Hopefully this will help some US painters that are in the same boat as me as far as paint availability goes and give them a boost to jump into painting. My original thread is kind of off topic for this and I would not feel right posting stuff on Sorastro’s thread clutering it up with my stuff, so I will also start to post my paint pictures and conversion charts here as I get them. If I had access to Citadel paints I would use them because that is what Sorastro uses and his work looks GREAT!!!! Keep in mind that these are just approximations I have acquired from other paint conversion charts and I am new to miniature painting so use at your own risk. Some updates include using Vallejo’s Luftwaffe Uniform WWII (816) for Citadel’s Mechanicus Grey and Vallejo’s Panzer Aces’ Dark Rubber (306) for Citadel’s Eshin Grey. Sorry for the inconvenience but this is an updated list of the Citadel to Vallejo paint conversion chart.

Vallejo citadel color conversion chart