SLAPCHOP or ZENITHAL? The 5 Best Ways to Underpaint Your Miniatures!!!



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ROB’s ORIGINAL SLAPCHOP VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3WGHw9eDw&t=722s
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MUSIC:
Rrrrrose Azerty – “Ta main dans la mienne”
https://chezmonplaisir.bandcamp.com/track/ta-main-dans-la-mienne
Alpha Hydrae – “Keratine, Rust, and Clear Soul”
https://chezmonplaisir.bandcamp.com/track/keratine-rust-and-clear-soul
glaciære – “Relaxing in the hammock”
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/track/relaxing-in-the-hammock
Stevia Sphere – “Elevator 9”
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/track/elevator-12
Komiku – “Walk in the Forest”
https://chezmonplaisir.bandcamp.com/track/walk-in-the-forest
Stevia Sphere – “Elevator 13”
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/track/elevator-13
glaciære – “Dolphin”
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/track/dolphin
glaciære – “A place to talk, far away from the party”
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/track/a-place-to-talk-far-away-from-the-party
glaciære – “Pool Water Dripping from the Diving Board”
https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/track/pool-water-dripping-from-the-diving-board
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38 thoughts on “SLAPCHOP or ZENITHAL? The 5 Best Ways to Underpaint Your Miniatures!!!”

  1. My friends were doing this back in 97 when I first met them. Ya, know back in the drayage's. They were really into drybrushing and their drybrush painting looked as god or better than the vast majority of painted models. Not sloppy at all.

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  2. Those without airbrushes can also get a similar base as your airchop style by grabbing a black, grey, and white aerosol primer and just doing a layered zenithal prime job, if anyone might be interested.

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  3. Fantastic comparison of variations on the method, Dana. thanks so much! I had tried doing the "Grey Chop" method on an Infinity model and found it a bit dark/flat when finished, and here you've identified Grey Chop as the least impressive variation, so after seeing your results with the "PaleChop" variation, I think that'll be what I try next. Thanks again!

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  4. You mentioned "chalky" with the drybrush, Ninjon says that using a texture palette can help reduce the reduction in moisture, did you try that? also, my personal opinion is the #6 is too blown out and #4 has the similar problems to #6, in that it's too saturated.

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  5. I'm going to rock the world with my revolutionary spraychop!
    No, but really, legit question, the airgun is such a divisive line, why not just point out that a zenithal spray can be done with a rattle can?

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  6. I may have misunderstood slapchop, but I always thought it included a zenithal prime before the pre-highlight drybrush. I first saw it used on a Sorastro video for painting Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth minis.

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