February 24, 2015 by elromanozo
This week 3 Colours Up is looking at How To Paint the Outlaw Underboss Frank James from Wild West Exodus. Beware his deadly sniper rifle!
Romain is going to be going through all manner of tips and tricks that will have your miniature coming to life on the tabletop so make sure to watch all of them to see how it turns out!
Make sure to stick around to catch part two!
What did you learn from this tutorial?
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Love this model
this is the useful one! the sniper underboss! great miniature
I can’t wait to see part 2. I just know this figure will end up gritty (because all good outlaws are gritty).
great model, and some fine painting tips!!
Nice one! 🙂
Excellent
I was already wondering if a paint tutorial was in the cards for WWX. I can use some tips for painting cowboys. 🙂
Thanks for this excellent tut.
Looking good, wish I was that patient
Looks great
Looks badass!
Great vid!! Can’t wait to paint some of these
very nice model
Great job as ever from Romain. What did I learn ? That I need to start using a wet pallet and that I badly need to go back through my brushes and pick out and replace the rubbish ones. 😀
Cool cowboy hats and dusty cloth
Great looking mini, and coming along nicely of course
Great video… references to star trek and was the sentiment of broke back mountain there as well…lol
Good looking model and a thoroughly enjoyable and quirky tutorial, as always, looking forward to seeing the remainder.
Looks really cool
another great tutorial by Romain, looking forward to the rest?
Very nice! I can’t wait to see more!
Looking good
Oh man! I need a background like that, for my own painting station!
Beautiful work as always!
Happy little buckles. Happy little buckles everywhere.
I want to see a tutorial how to “decrapify” the brush 😀
Oh, that’s an easy one… buy more brushes, and avoid crappiying it up in the first place ! 🙂
can’t want to watch this
As usual an great tutorial
Another great tutorial. Not only I learn from them but I also love listening to Romain and his comments on all sorts of things.
A lot of good tips for painting again 🙂
Nice model, thanks for the video
A painting tutorial for WWX.. sweet.
Great very detailed mini and paint job
Great! Looking forward to see more.
I wish i could paint like you but i think i will hire someone to do the job 😉
Love the Star Trek reference
great as always
this is the history of denim it wasn’t until the 1870’s in the gold rush boom that denim took off
http://www.jeanswest.com.au/backpocket-daily/denim-expert/history-of-denim
im not sure about the tucking in thing tho
All of the models in the series look really complicated to paint. It’s kind of intimidating how Romain makes it look so basic. I wouldn’t mind less extra bits in my mini sculpts.
love this guy lol
Really helpful tips. Romain is one of the best at explaining and demoing how to paint. Thanks for the help!
First faction of choice. To be Frank, I have yet to paint mine, maybe this video will give me inspiration!
Same thing for me. I’m struggling to find a good color scheme for each of my Outlaws models.
Awesome work
Looking good. Awaiting part two.
Happy to see that kind of video during wwx week.
great little mini and a top notch tutorial as always
Great video. I hope in the second episode they let @elromanozo have a rant on the X-Men. Maybe they can do an outtake version with the rants included.
I was gonna start with one of the hired hand outlaws…but seeing as Romain picked Frank for the tutorials, well I think I’ll follow suit and do the same. Though not with a Kirk shirt. Maybe something…plaid!
It’s doable, but the surface is rather small, so it’s ambitious ! 🙂
I really need to get this figure.
Funny that he didn’t know he was painting Frank James:) I am painting him right now too.
Thank you for this video. I have been intimidated by the amount of detail on these miniatures. Watching you paint it in such a free manner gives me the drive to start painting them again.
Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
As usual, Romain’s painting is wonderful.
More Roman on non Backstage. Please Please!!!
Thanks for your vote of confidence… I’m not responsible of what goes in backstage or not, but my tutorials have been an staple of backstage content for a while. Backstage isn’t expensive, and you’ll help support the site (and pay me !) if you subscribe ! 🙂
Nice vid, cheers
sweet mini
You hooked this geek the moment you said ‘red shirt’ ;D….Shaping up nicely…looking forward to next round…Jim
these models just keep looking better and better!
A wet palette does seem to be the way to go. Very interested to see the final result.
Looks good
“Boot cut” jeans are cut to have extra room in the leg cuffs (but not as much as “bell bottoms” designed and used by the US Navy) so they fit over high boots easily.
Indeed ! Thanks !
Nice.
great tutorial looking forward to the next part
Nice to see other approaches on painting than my usual ones, thanks.
Great work as as always
So thin the paints…
Sweet looking model. Well done.
That is one really nice model
Great work Romain, loved the Trekki slip in there, and you almost referenced brokeback didn’t you??
How could I not ? 😉
Lovely work as always sir, keep em coming!
I like that greenish leather on the Holsters.
This game has some really awesome models.
I also thought 90s X-Men when I saw all the pouches! Looking forward to part 2
Romain the Rambler…it has a ring to it.
You know guys, I’m very flattered and grateful : we have a great comunity here ! Even though there’s a prize to win, all of the comments are about the video or the miniature (or, dare I say it, myself), and none are simply “gimme”, or “prize” or “comment”, or other such nonsense.
Thank you all very much for this heartwarming testimony ! 🙂
great mini
yes the shin armor might be usless but it looks cool
Frank really is a great model to paint and to play
I will use pigments !!!
nice job roman
Very nice… looking forward to the rest of the series…
good stuff
elromanozo… In the video you used Tinny Tin; which doesn’t specifically say it is a metallic paint, but looks like one. Do you have a preference on what paints to use for metal work; Vellejo Air, Game, or some other line?
When I filmed this tutorial, Game Air wasn’t yet on the shelves. I liked Tinny Tin in this case for steampunk miniatures because of its relative grain, but they have managed to do great with the Game air range, with finer pigments and great texture… So I believe I would recommend Game air now, but you can’t go wrong with anything Vallejo does anyway ! I haven’t quite found a similar metallic tone in any other range, so Tinny Tin (in Game or in Game Air) is quite unique, and a staple of dark brass, bronse or copper when I’m painting Steampunk engines (even when I highlight with magnificent P3 tones like Brass Balls and Radiant Platinum). But that’s just me.
Smashed out of the park once again by Romain.
I noticed on the WWE site that the $1M stretch goal is that the whole range goes plastic… I thought resin was better than plastic for details etc. to start with? Or have I got my wires crossed?
I couldn’t say. Their plastics are great, but I indeed prefer resin… Plastic has its issues, but it can be engineered so that the detail lmoss is minimal. Resin has issues with bubbles and the like. Plastic requires more pre-production engineering, and resin has more limited runs… But people prefer working with plastics because it’s less brittle, and you can glue it with plastic-glue (the contact glue that never breaks, because it melts both surfaces and bind them together, unlike super glue). It’s better for gaming. But as a display painter who wants detail above all else, I like my resin and my regular glues… Even though the WWX plastics are gorgeous, akin to the Malifaux and Kingdom Death ones. In the end, it’s all a matter of taste and investment, really.
my son plays these guys, need to start painting them up!
Great work
Yeah, think the Outlaws will be my faction of choice!
Im enjoying the color choice. cant wait to see the final mini.
wwx. is just great. and this was a really helpful tutorial. it has certainly given me lots of ideas
Roman have you tried pre shading with black prime and white or gray highlight from aibrush? it gives you very defined lines an details and perfect light source. Love your comments and I misssed reference to startreck so thx for explaining it. also are you using images as reference or inspiration from rulebook or website?
As you would surmise, I have tried pre-shading from black as well… I routinely do it. In fact, I’ve even done several tutorials on the subject right there on Beasts of War. I just did this grey and white for purposes of legibility.
The star-trek reference was about the shirt colour : it’s from the original series, where captains and commanders wore gold, security and engineering wore red (and got killed), and science wore blue. It’s much less interesting when explained, though…
In the case of this tutorial, I am using no reference whatsoever, and just painting it from the top of my head.
Right, franks assembled, time to paint along
What did I learn? That @elromanozo has an excellent knowledge of history, but not post-US Civil War fashions and whether or not to tuck his pants in to his boots.
Interesting painting technique using semi washes and glazes. I am finding this very useful. Cheers Romain
makes me want to watch firefly… darn it!
I do have a pile of WWX miniatures to paint, but time is, as usual, in limited supply.