How I Became a Decent Warhammer Painter in Only 30 Days
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This video is everything I learnt on how to go from absolute trash to somewhat decent in Warhammer mini painting
Referenced videos :
Brush Care - • STOP messing up your B...
Wet Palette - • How To Use: The Wet Pa...
Sprue Removal - • Don't prep your Warham...
Edge Highlighting - • Edge Highlighting expl...
Gem Painting - • HOW TO PAINT GEMS - PA...
Martian Base - • Community Requests: Ma...
Forest base - • I hate basing so here'...
Ash/burnt base - • How to Create a Burnt ...
Power Sword - • How to Paint Blue Powe...
Chapters :
0:00 Intro
2:11 Before you paint
4:44 Fundamentals of painting
5:23 Contrast Paint
5:43 Painting White
6:42 Shading
7:30 Highlighting
8:22 Gems and Eye Lenses
10:40 Transfers
10:50 Basing
11:33 Result
12:07 Painting Gold
12:40 Red paint Hack
13:20 Satin Varnish Hack
14:08 Outro
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The learning curve isn't as bad as it seems but glazing can still suck my balls
Keen to give painting a try? Why not start with a Major Mini : www.majorminis.com.au/
Major Minis needs a painting service.
do you have tips for panting big tau mechs for a first time painter and cool videos bw
@@solwilkinson8551 lots of the tips in this video are really good for tau, especially panel lining. On tau it’s especially important to keep the paint smooth and thin, along with whenever you have a secondary/accent colors on the model try and keep them as distinct and separated on different panels to make them stand out. Here’s a video that I think does this very well: m.th-cam.com/video/4kxQkHzJfV8/w-d-xo.html
Also, subassembly’s are your friend
Why do you glaze your balls?
So for those of us that got in early when you had an "all major minis" Stl pack we were promised ALL future Majorkill minis. You made a new site for them and suddenly that no longer applies. Are you at least going to make another all STL pack for the new ones?
One thing that drives me insane about watching pro painters is they’ll be like “alright, now we’re gonna do some shading” and they’ll start and then just fast forward and it’s magically done perfectly. SHOW ME YOUR MISTAKES, I KNOW YOU MADE SOME. SHOW ME HOW TO FIX MY SHAME!
I too feel that shame my dude.
We mostly don't, actually. Secret sauce is taking your time (and as experience piles up you make less mistakes).
And for the most if you thin your paint properly then you can just cover up any eventual mistake with the original color.
Tbf I think you’re watching the wrong videos. You need to watch tutorials not videos of them painting things. ITS DIFFERENT GOD DAMN IT!
Have a clean brush ready and just lift off the mistakes. Just add some varnish before, and you wont ever lift off any layers.
use oils.
better in every way ;)
Seriously, shoutout to Squidmar. Guy is an absolute ace painter but can break tips and techniques down very well for the much less talented among us
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Among us
squidmar is an absolute dickhead why u kissing his ass?
Me: "Is this possible to learn this power and knowledge?"
Majorkill: "Not from the Emperor."
are you suggesting the Emperor wouldn't be capable of doing so?
Heretic, i shall have the Inquisition hunting you down.
heresy
Yes, Inquisitior, that post right there.
Bold words for someone within crusading distance
How dare you blaspheme against the God-Emperor?
Majorkill is a man of many talents.
Getting naked on yt and not get banned is one of them
He can also suck a golf ball through a garden hose
Also getting bukkake’d by paint primer 5:10
he's australlian, what do you think it takes to survive literal hell on earth
You should do a video on the best novels to read for each legion and/or faction. ex: Uriel Ventris novels for Ultramarines, Gaunts Ghost series for Imperial Guard, Infinite and the Divine for Necrons, etc.
That would be an epic video.
I would love to see that as well
He doesnt read he gets it from the wiki and lex
I wonder if Majorkill can paint a miniature model of Lion "Charles Dance" El'Jonson and make it pure unadulterated badass.
I'm not a fan of the Dark Angels or their primarch, but picturing Charles Dance in that role does help. A lot. I'd follow a primarch with a Charles Dance personality.
He looks more like Sir Davos
Good work Majorkill. The key to getting better at painting is to keep painting
I don't paint or play warhammer, but recently started painting my dnd miniatures and though I got better at it over the last one month, all these pro painters on youtube discouraged me with their over the top quality while using same techniques as I do. Your video showed realistic progress and motivated me a lot, big thanks!
dont worry, took me a year to be really proud of my progress. And i'm still way beyond pro painter. Try different style (airbrush, contrast, slapchop, etc), i did so and found that those contrast paint with a zenital primer are the way i love to paint my minies.
I just got into the hobby a few months ago, and I’ve been nervous about actually starting to paint them beyond just priming them black. This was super helpful!
I only started painting last summer and have already won a couple miniature of the month competitions. Don't be worried about being perfect right away, making mistakes is what makes you improve. Just have to send it and know you will get better at it.
Yeah, the first model is quite intimidating to start painting (especially if it's big and/or a named character cuz my dumbass started w Magnus the Red) but it gets easier!!!
Would you ever consider putting out a PRIMARCH model? I need a Demon Corax hunting the webway and a Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided Lorgar running from him!!
I learned to paint from the old Mike McVey book (yes, I'm old), but there's so much online info now you can't go wrong. Another thing to do when you do a basecoat is to thin the paint more and do several coats - the initial one filling in the nooks and crannies (like you did with the black ink stuff) and the next coat(s) being progressively thinner until you get the the outer edges or larger areas of armour, etc. It's time consuming but ends up looking decent. Also, don't be afraid to use washes as a basecoat once you get more confident - you can achieve some good effects. You still thin them out as you work outward from the more recessed parts of each model and so on, but it can look good. I liked that you emphasized the whole wet palette technique as it really is essential to getting good results.
As someone also painting up shield host Proteus this was exactly my jam.
I was fairly happy with how my models looked but a bunch of these techniques will make them look better.
Also want to paint Harlequins so the white and gem lessons very appreciated.
My man you just gave me the confidence to tackle my SoB models I've been sitting on for over a year. Cheers
I would love to see more painting vids from you! So down to earth and fun like all of your content. Love you stuff man!
People who are getting into miniature painting (TIPS)
1. Thin down your paints, better to apply multiple thin coats than one thick coat.
2. Don't worry about making mistakes, they can be fixed and making mistakes is part of learning.
3. Right brush for the right job. Don't use one size brush for everything, make sure to use at least a few different size brushes for different tasks.
4. Don't overprime. When you prime, don't over do it, better to have less than more, even if a bit of the plastic is showing through the primer.
5. Use a wet pallet. You can buy them, but I'd recommend making your own. Plenty of tutorials on youtube and google and it's far cheaper.
6. When getting into models, start small. When you paint your first model, don't buy the biggest, most expensive thing straight away, start on one small model and practice.
Hope this helps.
I'd like to add to this by mentioning batch painting if you have a fair number of models to paint. Painting your army one at a time might make it at least seem to take forever(if not actually take forever), but if you're painting two or three or so at a time it can help cut that feeling down. While it'll mostly depend on you and your army, I'd suggest doing three to five models at a time so that you can put a decent dent in your pile of grey while not get tired of staring at the exact same model for hours on end or overwhelmed at certain steps in the painting process.(I had this happen to me while painting my last batch of Orks. I was highlighting the skin, which me took HOURS per model and I had to do ten of them)
This is my new go-to tutorial for painting to show to people who are new to the hobby.
Great tips. Easily digestable format. And a distinct lack of intimidating painting jargon.
Well done Majorkill. You have definitely helped smooth out the learning curve for future mini painters.
All the advise you gave are sound and helpful. I hope it will help newcomers and beginners. I wish there were as many introduction videos when I was starting miniature painting...
This is absolutely great timing since I just got my friends into painting and they already love watching your videos
I think you nailed it. Putting in the reps is important. I suck, but have seen improvement over time. Totally not a display painter, but happy with my own progress. Keep on keeping on.
Yooooo that BLADE CHAMPION is looking 🔥🔥🔥
I love it. You're helping a lot of people break into the painting process. Keep at it brother
Always a blast to watch your stuff man.
I’m just now getting into Warhammer and stumbled onto your videos and I want to give you a huge thank you. Your videos are funny, well thought out, and super informative. I appreciate how passionate you are about 40K and you’ve taught me a ton. Thanks!
Just a note on the Tamiya clear red, if you're going to apply two thin coats of it ( personally prefer one coat) make sure you thin it down with Tamiya X20A thinner as the paint, while acrylic, doesn't thin with water and will, in my experience at least, clump and seperate. On another note you can 100% use washes on black, just not in the conventional sense, brown washes make black look really worn down and is a very effective weathering technique but for me at least I make a quick clean black by painting a dark grey like Eshin and then using black templar overtop which creates a nice subtle effect. Also as a fellow Craftworld player it pained me to see that guardian get slapped with a howling banshee rune lol.
God damn I'm just recently getting into mini painting and my feed thabkfully is getting filled with tutorials and the stars aligned Majorkill also uploads painting stuff
Thank you Majorkill, I've been wanting to start collecting and painting but had no idea where to even start. Going to be getting the king ork and ra soon as well as some custodes and a titan
Great video. One thing i learned from the gunpla community, for the tamiya panel liner is to first gloss coat with an acrylic and use mineral spirits to clean up the excess panel linear. This is because alcohol might also destroy thebpaint underneath.
Thanks Majorkill, Keep em coming
I've been collecting Necrons for almost 3 years, have +145 models so far, about 85 assembled. I've painted exactly one set of 10 Warriors beyond primer, trying out different color combos to see what I like. All 10 warriors look like crap, just in different colors..
I have fun collecting, building and kit bashing the models. I go full magnets when I can and I have started molding extra bits to fill missing pieces. Example would be all the Immortals are magnetized to swap guns and I molded extra spines and chests to still use the Deathmark bits on Warrior body's. I've been converting Wraiths into Spyders and having a lot of fun.. But someday soon I have to start putting paint on my minis.
Great vid! Remember to thin your paints if needed too. Also, tip on transfers, after you spray on your varnish, you can now paint over the decal to maybe give it a scoffed or scratched look. Quick example would be to add the same base paint over some parts to make it look chipped.
I know I'm late to watching this video, but I just want to say that you were a major inspiration for me to get into Warhammer, and I love your videos. I hope you continue to make lots more
I´ve spend a lot of hours watching painting guides and its awesome how every one gives you something. This one I didn't expect much - I know your content but I will certainly try the gems.
You done a remarkable job!
I completely agree with what you said about the gemstones. I’m currently painting Blood Angels so I have to paint a lot of those blood tear drop gemstones and even just getting those things down right goes a long way to making my models look so much better.
Great video mate. Nice tips
Much appreciated, I got some Custodes hidden in a Box still waiting to be painted. After I finish my first Mini (Angron) I will certainly use those tricks for my golden boys. Love your content lad.
Love the video mate! Way to look out for the community!
Great vid MK!
Every Lorehammer channel should have at least one painting/model showcase vid. This was great! I love how the dude at Adepticon gave you a 3/5 and then you just come back with a tips vid 🤣🤣🤣
It's nice to see a hobby video from you. I like your lore videos, but this is the kind of content I like best.
Been wanting to get into the Warhammer side of things for a while, but these tips and tricks will also help elevate my Battletech models as well. Cheers Majorkill!
Right there with you building customizing and painting mini's are an amazing mental health outlet. chill mode!
Keep up the good work Majorkill
Hey Majorkill, love the video. I wanted to leave a thank you in the comments because I've been building and collecting warhammer for a little while now. However after a few failed attempts at painting I was looking at either accepting that I'd either have to play in grey 🤢, or get someone to paint for me.
Now seeing some of your miniatures (wether you call them bad or not) I feel like I have an idea of what I was doing wrong. So thank you for your painting tips today and all your other informative and funny videos. But most of all for inspiring me to pick up my brush for another go.
Can't wait to see what you bring out in the future.
Your Alderi are really good man. It’s good that you’re using the spare time to paint too. It is dumb spending 8 hrs a day playing a game with nothing to show for it and it’s not easy putting paint on mini’s so thank you for sharing.
Vallejo has made me decently happy, BUT the greens I have from them are pisspoor in opacity and consistency. Something to consider if you wanna build a lot of Nurgle or Guard
Glue: use the correct type of glue. Superglue is at a higher risk of breaking, while plastic glue does not work on resin models
Wrong parts: I personally built my first box of Chaos Marines without the manual and that actually worked quite well. When I got a box of easy to build Sisters of Silence, I fell on my nose trying the same thing. If you swap any parts, that can be a lot of fun but make sure you do it deliberately.
Shading: Any dark wash (as in extremely thin paint) does the trick. I tend not to use black washes everywhere because I feel it mutes the color too much and looks almost cell-shady. Might just be me mishandling paint, brush or model.
Lastly a comment on hair and plumes: what I like to do is mix my dominant color with a bit of metallic color like silver or gunmetal, but leaving them just that little separate. It's the best hack I know to make interesting reflections in hair that look relatively natural. Hair is a bitch
Something similar to the hair I did for my Custodes power weapons, using a deep blue and white, no metallics
Entertaining video, cheers. Nice paint job too!
I’ve decided to start my first Army. Going to have a crack at the Orks, hopefully I do a good paint job. Watching loads of tutorial videos.
I watched Duncan Rhodes and several other non-professional for about 2 years before finally dropping cash for minis.
Welcome to the hobby, bro. I hope you post more of your work.
Another great technique I discovered to make gold stand out and not look flat is to use a purple shader like druchii violet as an alternative to riekland flesh-shade or something similar. Purple contrasts with yellow incredibly well and unlike with brown shades that serve to mostly dim the gold, the purple adds some warmth to it that really makes it pop.
I was going to get into mini painting, but now this gives me a much cleaner start. Thank you.
im going to paint my first minis today so this kinda helps thanks again minimallife!
This is a great, honest explanation of how to get started. Thanks!
I’ve been a fan of warhammer for about 3 years now but only recently did I decide to buy my first models so I can get into the tabletop. I haven’t fully built my thousand sons combat patrol yet but I was already getting stressed about having to paint them considering I sucked at painting in school. I feel somewhat more confident now though after watching this video although I’m sure I’ll make a few mistakes.
If it helps, try to enjoy the process of painting rather than rushing to the finish line. Give yourself time and it will come out well.
I'm in your boat man, except I got about 300-400 dollars worth of models, RIP me.
I have about 1800 pts and haven't even primed them 🤣. I'm not going to rush it.
The thing I want to add for shading in recesses or the nooks and crannies is shaders like nuln oil can still be used, but you just brush over where the places where the shade will be. An example is for my ultramarines, I like to use a drakenhof nightshade, a dark bluish shader, and just have my brush go over all the small grooves and such in the armor. It does help with brush control as well since it is possible to get too much shading on an area, but that can easily be fixed by soaking the excess with the brush or just painting over it with the base color and trying again.
This is a great absolute beginner painting video. My biggest criticism would be that a lot of the techniques are hyper focused on dudes in power armor, which makes sense considering the focus of your audience, but keeps me from being able to recommend this video to absolutely everyone starting out. I would love to see you continue this on imperial guard and tyranids. Maybe even some AOS minis to really show different techniques to focus on fur, scales, and skin.
Great vid. Used to paint in the 90's D&D times (I've never played Warhammer, but always painted the lead orks because those colours!) and just got my 1 year Warhammer+ Vindicare Assassin...first model in 30 years and I'm assembling it at work because work is my sponsor. Now I have to paint. Love this at this time.
I think I can upgrade my painting game now. Good tips! More painting vids are cool for the future imho.
After a while on getting into the lore and stuff I got my hands on one space marine mini, I've been watching countless tutorials but never got the courage to start messing my fist mini, today this video helped me more that you think, it always strike different when a non-artist encourage others, thanks a lot great channel
Just do it! It'll be a glorious mess - it usually is for most of us. And then you pick it up from there, likely improving a little bit every time.
I'm literaly just starting this hobby and this video realy helps.
I'm in the fase where i need to chose the stile and warband so i know how long and boring searcing for the stile that you like can be.
I bought 4 of your minis and the Wrath of the Soul Forge King.
Love your content mate!
Awesome dude, I can't wait to give these a shot
I just got back to the hobby after 15 years and found the GW paint kits an easy step to start. Maybe not enough paints for complicated minis for painting competitions, but surely enough to get your journey started and you don't have to spend too much time picking paints for the very first set of your minis. Also with a bit of mixing those few pots can do quite a lot. Have no idea if it is cheaper, but at least it was one step that I could easily cross off from my list and get to painting.
If you need a really easy gem or eye lenses,matte white and then a contrast color of your choice, athermatic blue or warp lighting green are my go to
I just got into painting minis myself bought the Dark Angels Combat Patrol box and then used birthday money to buy wrath of the soul forge king box for my Dark Angels goodness because The LIon is coming soon lol. They turned out a lot better than I thought they would and I have only gotten better as I have gone on. Working on my Primaris Azrael right now and really taking my time with him and getting super into detail with it. on day 3 of working 4 hours at a time on him. Its so much fun and really good way to just shut off my brain for a while and not worry about anything and for the newbies remember to take your time and don't get hung up over the details.
I want to see more of that castellated axe that you painted, it looks crisp
I have to commend you on having the balls to get up in front of all of your fans and admit that you could better your skills, you may not be as good as other people and that really humbles you and shows the difference between you and a lot of other people on this platform
You should more of these..love your eldar models
@Majorkill good job man, I've been painting on and off for almost 20 years, and just got back into it, in part courtesy of Henry Cavill, and your videos, good on you to take up the painting side of things, keep it up, don't forget to sacrifice some nuln oil to your hobby space!
Next video, "How I became a golden deamon winner, in only 60 Days", silliness aside, it's great to see people improving their paint skills, keep up the good work :)
While this is pretty different from Majorkill's usual content; I really like it! I hope we get more of this in the future!
Amazing video, thank you!
Fuckin loved this video ! Also that you shouted out all the painters that helped you and their vids ! That’s the kind of community stuff I like to see .
Also based recommending Vallejo white . I’ve used AP and citadel , but either too runny or just looks chalky
Great video thanks for the tips
Awsome video! Realy spirit lifting.
I've been painting my Custodes army and it's the first army with power weapons (spears and axes) that are wide spread. I really don't like any of the other common ways that people paint power weapons. So I actually took my roommates nail polish and used that. She had a blue one with little glitter specs that catch the light and make the blades shine. I paint them blue with white highlights, then put a thin layer of nail polish on top. They look dope and are pretty unique to me.
I love how this guy just randomly swears. It lets me know he's serious and passionate about what he's saying. Dude is a true bro. Thanks for the tips! About to start painting my first army, so wish me luck!
Not sure if you had the issue, but when i used White Scar spray the paint dried before it hit the models, making them appear gritty. I switched to Grey Seer and haven't had an issue. Your Melbourne weather might be better for using white, unlike Brisbane's heat and humidity
I love putting Drakhoff Nightshade over golds as another. It creates a fantastic shade when it drys
This vid was a great one! Thanks for the shutout and cool to see my banana boys on you channel! It's always a joy to see somethings explained by an Australian! 😂 You should make more vids like this as you progress an learn more stuff!
Something I did for chains is paint them warplock Bronze, then use runebreaker iron on just the tops of some links. It looks very different, but very cool.
I would suggest watching Brushstroke Painting Guides. His guides are extremely well put together and simple to understand with a lot of visual examples.
Can’t wait for a how powerful a space marine vid much like your custodian video
2 things that have really helped my painting are 1) holding the miniature securely and steadily, preferably using a holder and stabilizing the hands against each other, and against a table for finer detail, and 2) getting some magnifying glasses - total game changer on the level of precision and detail I've been able to achieve.
This video came out at the right time. I just want to learn how to paint again.
Not that Ive painted in 30 years, but I did watch to see how much the basics might have changed and from what i can remeber thats some pretty solid advice. I would suggest that also advising on each step in barches, rather than focusing each stage must on one modelled (if you did I'm sorry if i missed it just that your advice is so solid its worth mentioning so people don't blow their load on one mode,l which can lead to burn out)
i started off doing basecoats and honestly got to board and frustrated doing it i now spray all my models white shade them blue and then drie brush more blue over then do details. it works for dark eldar and some craftworld stuff (I only started doing this when i had finnished the major craftworld section of my ynnari army) i just enfoy it as it is quick and fun
I got my first mini, necrons, I order intercessors but amazon messed up, this has been a great help so far
How coincidental, this video comes out the day my Majorminis arrive. I’m hyped.
Got some major minis coming in the mail I cant belive theres no reviews on youtube ohhh baby ima take advantage of this audiance guy and gal
Honestly not a video I expected to see from you, but it certainly is appreciated. It's almost getting me in the mood to buy and paint minis, almost. I'll just stick to the lore, books, roleplaying- and video games. Thank you! Awesome job though!
You could even drop some green and brown washes onto the oregano on your bases and it would tie it together more and look even more based. Keep it up mate
More painting videos would be dope!!
I would love to see more videos like this
I would also add that for larger models you might want to paint them in steps before gluing everything together, like with my hive tyrant I assembled all the units of the body, primed and painted them and only glued them together when everything was done. Because reaching certain spots is a pain in the ass if the model is already fully glued. If you just want very thin and small golden trims you can also use a metallic artist pen as they are acrylic based and thus work with model paint. It's my lazy solution for smaller metallic bits that dont need much highlighting as they are already in prominent positions (thus benefiting from natural light) or too tiny for a gradient.
As a new Custodes painter, this video is exactly what I needed. Metallic paints break so many of the standard painting recommendations.
Thanks for sharing!
I know there's lots of better painting tutorials out there but none that deliver it as awesomely as majorkill😂😂keep doing what you're doing coz we love the content bro💪🏻
Thx for the video, i'm starting to paint and this helped my anxiety about starting with zero knowledge.
Nice, I appreciate this video man