Is SLAPCHOP the Future of Speed Painting Warhammer?!

I’ve combined honest gamers slap chop method with Richard Gray’s grim dark method and got some pretty cool results. I call this method, the Slap Dick

Alternate approach: At the end of a game, while you're waiting for another, pick out your MVP model from each match and edge highlight it. Think of it like an award ceremony. Give it a name and write it on the base. Add little motifs for each MVP award. Build the stories of your army as you paint in more detail.

Been doing this for a couple years, but i called it "en grisaille" . 1. Prime black 2. Zenithal highlight with light grey 3. Nuln oil (To bring shadows that even if its pointing up, it should have shadows EG : shoulders) 4. Dry brush with pure white 5. Contrast 6. Then add a few layers of highlights if needed Great video, btw. Glad you showing people this kind of technics, and removing fear from them to try new approachs

I have never bought a model in my life. I've never even put one together despite being gifted some in the past mostly because I know I don't have the patience for painting. Seeing the speed and effectiveness in this video made me completely reconsider

ROB THA GOD GAMER

Having (successfully) tested the slapchop method myself a while back, I cannot stress how important are the small pure white highlights done with the brush after the overall drybrush in the prep stages. They make a LOT of difference, and make the inks/Constrast paint perform so much better. And the best part of it, is that is a layering that you don't even need to be really careful about doing carefully, you just slap it on the areas you think will stand out more, and you're done!

I've been slapping & chopping over coloured zenithal primes for years. It's my secret to success - only difference is for my dark first primer I go for a contrasting colour, rather than a complementary one. So for orange armour I might have primed blue, green or purple, then zenithal with a pale warm colour like yellow or off-white. Gives you maximum popping contrast and super interesting rich, contrasting shadows.

The advantage of Slap Chop is it gets your models from grey to tabletop ready, quickly. I myself have used the method to get a unit of Kruleboy Gutrippas to an adequate standard in only a couple days. But, as with all painting techniques, it can also be layered upon. The paint job pushed even further when you have the time and energy to do so. The model is done when you say it's done, and there are many levels of "done" a model can be.

This feels VERY similar to the methods Marco has been using on the NJM youtube channel for a few years. Hes shown many interesting combos of; zenithal, translucent coats with inks/contrast paints, oil washes, and pastel highlights. And speed he can churn out high quality sets of models is nuts

Strictly from an experimental standpoint I'd be curious to see the "warm" undertone dwarf compared to a cool or neutral undertone. Just to see what amount of change in color temp.

The first time I saw a video about Slapchop inspired me to actually paint some of my own miniatures for the first time instead of just admiring other people's work. It always seemed too overwhelming before, but this method is a great entry point for learning the basics and actually completing some minis instead of having them in perpetual "needs more work" limbo.

Hey Jon, Just wanted to say thank you and I love your content! I was out of the painting hobby for about 6 years (I was far to critical to my mediocre paintjob, had no fun anymore). Saw your videos last week through my youtube feed and I have been so motiveted by your content I have done nothing but painting, watching your vids en listening to your podcast while painting. Keep doing what you are doing. You really make a difference, you are very clear, enthousiase, motivate and make things seem posible to do yourself. Sooo.. to end a far to long comment: Thank you!

learning just how incredible contrast paints are through an airbrush made me start on the road towards this style. it comes together really quickly, makes you think about a lot more than base/wash/highlight, and it's very easy to weather. big fan.

Honestly awesome how much your channel has progressed, Jon. You’ve become by far one of my all time favourite mini painting channels. Even when I know I’m not going to use the majority of things in a video, I watch it anyway. Great work mate 🙌👍

An excellent and fun tutorial….always happy to see how you approach different aspects of painting the figure. Appreciate your time and teaching!

Just getting back into 40k and decided to strip and repaint my whole army. This video got me hyped to try a new paint style and I just wanted to thank you for your easy and helpful videos!

This is not too dissimilar from my process that I use when painting with Army Painter Speedpaints, I'll have to add the dry brushing step to my process and see what the results look like! Thank you Jon for having such an open minded approach to the hobby and not being afraid to experiment and share new techniques with us. Also much love for the shout out to us D&D painter nerds!

I've been loving seeing the new Leagues models! I'm getting mine soon and I'll definitely be practicing my edge highlighting on them

Love your videos, man! Haven't played or painted in a few years, but watching your videos really makes me want to start back up again! Great work!

Great video! I feel like this is super similar to the speed painting method Sorastro recommended in the LOTR orcs and goblins and bandits video years ago. Dana Howl is also a big fan of this underpainting method and has some great demonstration videos. It's cool that the 40k community is finally catching on to speed painting over a zenithal + drybrush, but if you want to pay some dues, those are some folks to check out.