Henchmen and Heavies - Painting WGA's Operators [How I Paint Things]

Sometimes what you need is a modern, well-equipped mercenary force, or security officers, or even bank robbers... and the Operators box is designed with all of that in mind. With helmets, balaclavas, and boonie hats not seen in the video here, the limit to the kit is really whatever use you might have for them. The Operators have the flat-necked 'historical' joint that the rest of the more realistically proportioned WGA miniatures do, so heads designed to sit flat on the neck rather than with a ball joint will fit on them perfectly well, which means there's a load of kitbashing options here too!

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00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Priming Notes
01:21 - Painting Time!
06:58 - Shading
08:32 - Highlighting & Finishing Touches
10:28 - The Finished Trio

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PAINTS USED:

PRIMERS: Uniform Grey (Army Painter Spray)

THE ARMY PAINTER:
Occultist Cloak (Speedpaint)
Tyrian Navy (Speedpaint)
Uniform Grey (Fanatic)
Ruddy Umber (Fanatic)
Tree Ancient (Fanatic)
Ironclad Grey (Fanatic)
Matt Black (Fanatic)
Gun Metal (Fanatic)
Strong Tone (Fanatic Wash)
Speedpaint Medium
Barbarian Flesh (Fanatic)
Dorado Skin (Fanatic)
Leather Brown (Fanatic)

CITADEL:
Grey Seer (Base) - or Company Grey (Army Painter Fanatic)

VARNISH:
Colour Forge Matt Varnish Spray

THE BASE: Layer of PVA followed by sand, painted first with thinned down Dryad Brown, then heavily drybrushed with Deep Grey with a little touch of Ash Grey on the larger clumps of texture. Mountain Tufts from Army Painter to vary the height.

'The Green Guy'
Prime Army Green, Gunner Camo Speedpaint, drybrush Necrotic Flesh. Beret is Tital Blue with Space Dust and Pure Red for the badge. Base is PVA, sand, painted with Dryad Brown then drybrushed Paratrooper Tan.

'The Beige Guy'
Prime Skeleton Bone, Brownish Decay Speedpaint, drybrush with Pale Sand. Baseball cap is Triumphant Navy with Pure Red and Arctic Gem for the logo, while the glasses are Demigod Flames with a little dot of white on opposite sides. Base is PVA, sand, painted with Desert Yellow then drybrushed Skeleton Bone.