Painting Butcher Klaus Minicrate

Setting Up

Butcher time, baby! I magnetized the bottom of his base and have a very scientific setup to stay in frame—I drew a box on paper so I know when I’m staying in frame.

I’ve decided to dig into these Army Painter speed paints because if I’m not going all out, I want to perfect a speed painting approach.

The Mold Line Disaster

I cleaned the Butcher up, but I just saw these mold lines on his hand. Very unfortunate because I don’t have time. We’re going to have to paint over them and come back to sand them off later. And the cane—oh my god. Did I even clean this guy off? But the show must go on.

Base Coating the Reds

Red’s done! Man, this Angel’s Contrast Red is just magic. I don’t like how the shoulder pads look from the tea staining—contrast over big flat surfaces can be rough. I’ll touch up all the red with Methven Red.

I’m going to get everything base coated before coming back to finish colors.

Working Through the Colors

For browns, I used Satchel Brown on the sack and gloves. I hit all the skulls with Bony Matter and used Carmen Dragon on the berries and bows—it’s pretty bright but looks sick.

For the gold, I just don’t have it in me to do non-metallic metal to try to get him done. Gold’s in! We’re not going to win any awards with it, but it looks good. Just trying to get a cool looking tabletop model.

The Speed Paint Lineup

• Forest Green for the greenery
• Brownish Decay (my favorite paint color) for the pine cone grenade things and cornucopia
• Battleship Gray for the beard
• Slaughter Red for the cloak—wanted something different from the armor

Fixing the Cloak Disaster

On the cloak, I loaded up the brush and… oh god. No. At least I got it on camera. I’ll leave it alone and fix anything later. I went back in with Epson Red overall to fix the water marks.

The Final Details

For the glasses, I used Tidal Wave—glazed several layers, then mixed with white for the reflection. Pure white on the actual reflection. His skin is Kislev Flesh with a little red on the nose.

I went back over all the white parts with my tiny brush to reestablish the white. On the skulls, I glazed in Kislev Flesh at about 50/50 to add polish.

The Result

For a one-day painting, I love how this turned out! Obviously I’d like to put more work on the back and cloak, but for tomorrow’s event, we’re there. This looks pretty sick.

I still need to do the base, but I’ll let everything dry and matte it down first.

Man, I really want to paint a whole Kador army now. Why am I like this?

Transcript

Oh god. Okay, it’s butcher time, baby. We’re going to start by getting my painting handle. Oh, it’s right here. Don’t worry.

False alarm. Okay, painting handle check. All right. And I also I magnetized the bottom of his base, too. So now I I have a very scientific setup to stay in frame.

I drew a box around on this piece of paper so I could know when I’m staying in frame. Try to keep the pallet uh right here so you can maybe see what’s going on. But I really I’ve decided I’m going to dig into these Army Painter speed paints cuz I kind of I’ve realized that if I’m not going all out, I really want to kind of perfect a like speed painting thing. And also [snorts] I cleaned the butcher up, but I just saw these mold lines on his hand. Uh, and that’s very unfortunate because I just don’t have time.

So, we’re gonna have to paint over them and we’ll have to come back to them and sand those off. Oh, it’s up to the cane. Oh, Matt. Oh my god. Did I even clean this guy off?

I swear [laughter] I thought I cleaned him off. But those lines are going to bother me. But the show must go on. Red’s done. Uh, man, this foot angel’s contrast red is just so magic.

Um, I don’t like how the shoulder pads look just from the like tea staining kind of uh contrast over those big flat surfaces sucks. I’m going to I’m going to touch all the red up with meon or methan red. I don’t know why I went to say it with the accent, but all the reds on base coated. Gonna get everything like base coated before I come back and actually finish colors. Also, I realized that there was just a whole chunk of sprew for some reason.

I thought that was like part of the bag. So, I I had to file that off and then I primed it. Going to hopefully work some magic with the brown there, but it’s probably going to look like ass on that spot. But, it is what it is. Maybe I will I I’ll do his his I’ll do his satchel in satchel brown and see how that looks.

act dark to cover up to where I had to reprime it. All right. Uh I just did base coat brown. Uh where’ it go? Satchel brown on the sack.

Uh just gloves. Oh, missed a spot. Okay. Uh I did the brown parts that I missed again. Just base coating.

I’m going to come back in with real paint uh to paint the highlights. Uh next, I’m going to hit all these skulls with bony matter. And I’m going to hit the ropes, too. And I’m going to try to be lazy and see if I can get away with just doing that. I’ll hit the ropes with a different color just to differentiate it.

But it’s pretty nuts uh how good. What is that? What was that bony matter actually is? And wasn’t there? There’s a sack of skulls right here.

Let’s see what happens right here. All right, we’re going to use Carmen Dragon on these berries and the bows. I have no idea what this is going to look like. We’re going to find out together. All right, this is pretty bright.

We’ll see. This might be what I’m looking for. Hopefully. All right, did all the berries. Look sick.

Um, instead of doing the green, cuz I don’t know which green I want to do yet, I’m just going to keep the momentum hop like gold. I wasn’t I just I don’t have it in me to do nonmetal attack to to try and get him done. I’m coming down to the wire. Gold’s in again. We’re not going to win any awards with it, but it it looks good.

We’re just trying to get a cool looking tabletop model. All right. He’s looking pretty cool. So, now Bronsw going to hit the nuts. Uh this thing on the back.

Getting close to the the scary stuff. Boom. Here we go. This is where we’re going to have to stop for right now. Uh I need to do the socks.

the stocking, uh the ropes, uh all the white stuff. I want to figure out the face and the glasses. Uh this extra second leather cover, the cape, and then I’ll go back in. Oh, I got to I mixed missed a nut. Okay, I just uh did the beard real fast with battleship gray.

Really love how this looks. And I’ll go back and uh probably come in with some more white on top, but if I don’t, it looks great. Look, forest green. That seems That seems right. That seems like the vibes I’m going for.

Man, these army painting covers colors really are awesome. And I saw I think this is a candy cane. Uh, and I just painted it green without realizing. You know, I don’t know what these pine cone looking things are in the back. Are the I don’t know what these things are.

They look like pine cone grenades to me. So, I just painted them with brownish decay, which is um my favorite paint color. And that’s also what I’m going to hit this cornucopia with just because I love it and I don’t really know what color these should be. Okay, so I just brownish decayed all of the remaining leather parts. Um, carefully.

All right. Oh, yeah. And I hit the stitches on the arm with it. Uh, didn’t do the cloak yet. I think it’s time I got to stop running away from painting.

Oh, I got to do the stocking. Let’s do the stocking. Oh, and a belt buckle. We missed the belt buckle. Okay, we’re going to try slaughter red on this cloak.

I wanted something different from the armor, but I don’t know if this is going to be different enough, but hopefully it is. I’m looking at pictures of it online and it looks pretty sick. Um, and I think I’m I’m missing some paint somehow. So, we’re going to have to see. How does this compare to these other guys?

Oh, that looks good, actually. That looks like kind of blood. Yeah, I think this will be good. Um, probably use my bigger bigger brush here just cuz I really want to load this up. Oh, yeah.

That’s good. I think I need more. Oh god. No. At least I got it on camera.

At least I got Yeah, I’ll leave it alone. And if I need to fix anything, I’ll go back over top of it. cuz I think it’s already starting to dry on me and I just don’t want to get a don’t want to do that. All right, I’ll leave it alone. I’ll hit it again if I have to.

It’s probably because I’m probably going to have to. But I do like that color though. But jeez. Oh man. And do I even All right, guys.

So, uh, this we just kind of painted the rest of the owl here. Um, I did I went back in with Epson red overall. And you can still see it kind of drying. Um, I just glazed it in to fix kind of the water water marks and just added a little bit more of that red in. Um, I went back over all of the parts that were white and I hit them.

I got my my tiny brush out and I just actually came back in to reestablish that white. Uh on the skulls I glazed in Kizlet flesh and you can like just right here in the palette. Uh just probably like 50/50 and just to add just a little bit more polish to the skulls. Got to do it to the skulls. Um the glasses.

Hopefully you can see this face. Uh I used tidal wave. uh like I glazed several layers of title wave over it and then I mixed in the title wave with the white to get there and then I went on the actual reflection it’s pure white and then his skin of course is left flesh with a little red on the nose hopefully hopefully it’s coming through. Uh, but for a one day painting, uh, I love how this suit turned out. Obviously, like I would like to put more work on the back, more work on the cloak, but I think for tomorrow, like we’re there.

Like this looks pretty sick. I’m pretty happy. I’m really happy with it. Uh, it makes me want to strip the rest of that kor and paint it up. Um, but I it’s just it’s too late.

Not going to get time to do it. I’m going to touch up some broken stuff, but uh I think this is this is what it’s going to be. I got to do his base still. But I’m going to I’m going to let everything dry and then matt matt him down. Oh man, I got just I got to think about that.

I got to let him matt him down and then think about the base. So that might [sighs] I don’t know. I’ll deal with that later. But thanks for watching. Uh tomorrow I’ll show off more of the army because I’m just going to matt spray the whole army down.

But man, I really want to paint a whole Kador army now. [laughter] Why am I like this?