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It's a crime that you made a way that I could paint as well as you. Not only are you good at your craft but you're also a good teacher that's very rare
After watching this, i tried the same technique with different paints. It turned out so good i will be doing the same to the rest of my templars. I saved so much time on the first one, I ended up stripping an older one i had painted and re-painted it in half the time !!! Thanks a bunch for this awesome tutorial!😁😁😁👍
Normally, I’m annoyed when there’s a lot of ads, but you have four minutes of excellent painting advice and the rest is shilling, and, to be quite honest, I’m not even mad. You deserve it! This is incredible!
Is there anyway to prime in grey first and use a black legion contrast maybe? Or do I really need to buy black primer? My budget is limited rn- thanks!
@@BattleBrotherCasten you should be able to just paint over the primer with any black. i paint a lot of dark color schemes and always start from cheap grey primer and often end up just blacking out the whole model as my first step. its fast though because you are just covering the whole model so no neatness needed. Honestly even if you use black primer this step is likely something you would want to do anyway, to make sure you are starting from a solid color with no lighter areas in deep recesses
This is amazing! I’ve been doing almost exactly this with drybrushing two tones of greys and army painter gravelord grey for Deathwatch, but the volumetric touch with the smaller Drybrush is such a great touch that levels it up, I’m def gonna use! This was honestly just so encouraging that I’m on the right path!
Nice video and recipe! Something I struggle with is understanding which colors work together. From what I watched, it looks like you picked grays that are in the "cold" or blueish family. That helped spice up the black final color. I wish I had the eye for knowing which to test and try to get results like that. Super helpful JH. thank you!
@@lovemysi07 One way you can approach colour and train yourself is thinking about contrast, particularly light/dark contrast, cool/warm contrast, and, by extension, complementary contrast. Use those to contrast model vs. base, eye lenses vs armour, weapon vs. armour. That should be a good starting point for coming to grips with this topic. Similarly, look into primary, secondary and tertiary colours in colour scheme concepts.
Im still thanking you for that Skink skin tutorial still! That cyan blue armour on my Chaos Astartes is beautiful, thank you for simplifying the process!!!!
I've always been someone that has dipped in and out of the painting hobby for years and I have a few boxes of unused GW models that I do want to eventually paint. This tutorial is just great for a novice like me, and I love how it's only 4 colours and basic techniques.
Always amazes me when you show a technique which isn't quiet obvious. At first i think nah I don't like that, this isn't looking good. But then, the last step comes and everything before just fits together (like here when adding black lotus) and it looks magnificent. Thank you especially for this tutorial. I find black armor one of the difficult colour schemes, since without proper highlighting details can be missed.
Wow! What a fantastic tutorial! I play Dark Angels and have been wanting to add some Ravenwing to my army and will 100% be using this tutorial. Thank you!
Quite glad I didn't get too far into my Death Company painting before seeing this - tried some drybrushing already but that contrast over the top should really bring it together.
Okay this turned out great, just got the black sorted on 10 guys after completing a test model. This combined with your easiest red armour tutorial has made painting my Blood Angels army a lot easier!
Honestly, an amazing video with solid advice for a beginner painter. A great way for folks to get an army on the table that could be adapted to a lot of color schemes, thank you!
Absolutely love your tutorials and have used these techniques on multiple models now with great results too! Keep up the amazing work and I look Forward to seeing what you bring out next!
I got this technique from Midwinter Minis a couple years ago. Black base, several lighter grey highlights and then one coat of black templar. Beautiful easy black for any black shrouded miniature as a nazgul or a AOS ghost boy. Really cool effect.
Love this. This is a first a fantastic painting guide that uses paints i actually have.😀. Can also get to use my great Rosemary & Co brushes i got on your recommendation. ✌️🏴
That was fucking incredible. Ive been trying to figure out how to handle black for my shoulderpads for the longest time and you made it so simple. I love your use of drybrushing. I typically see people just use it for basing but your precise application is just so much more fun
The great thing about this technique is that if you do it by watering down the paint to begin with, you can do two layers at each step, it's still quite quick, but you don't see the drybrush effect as harshly, and gives an amazing tabletop finish :)
I’ve been trying to figure out ways to make my iron hands look more interesting so this actually might help a ton to make them more interesting to look at
Just tried this and the result is fantastic, thank you so much Juan! - do you think similar steps and colours could be follow to paint a black vehicle ?
I’d love a more in depth look on how you approach underpainting and priming! Question; when you prime white (for contrast) through airbrush, how do you make it smooth and what primer do you like best?
Sadly i don't have either of those other colours but i do have black lotus and medium. This is so easy to do and looks amazing and would be perfect for my oathbreaker paladin
@@audreyleblanc8859Eh not really, if someone gives a recipe like this it's best to follow it. Already tried to substitute colours before using ones people recommend and I'll never do it again.
I’ve just tried out this method, but I feel like black lotus looks very green. It doesn’t look like that in the video at all. The transparency is just right, but it should be bluish or neutral in tone imo. Tried out using black Templar, leviadon blue and contrast medium mix on the next model, but will have to redo it. I need way more contrast medium for the contrast paints. I also probably should’ve tried just black Templar without the blue.
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Agree with the "minimum" part - I tried your technique out and did a 1:3 paint to medium mix and I think the opacity of the Black Templar is still a little too strong. Wanted to try and use a GW paint since they are generally more accessible AND I know they don't reactivate if they get wet (a la Army Painter speed paints). Not sure about the Vallejo express paints, but worried about finding out, lol.
This is amazing. I just started a Black Legion army to get back into 40k after about 15 years, and I was inspired by a Black Templar model I saw online with red edge highlights that gave it an infernal look. I can't wait to try this method, it looks like it'll give a much softer effect than my hard edges.
Perfect! One question, if I mess up a highlight, what colour could I use to thin it back down, without needing to dry brush again or strip it back without it looking weird.
As a fan of drybushing whenever I can, this is great! I wonder how well it would work using metallics under the black lotus as an alternative to your 'eavy contrast Iron Hands scheme...
I was totally convinced that I want a Exorcists army… and now you’re coming with this beauty! I was suspecting that this type of painting strategy was going to give great results, but it’s great to see it in the „digital flesh“! Excellent video!
No editing on the photo, but the studio lights I use for filming are VERY strong so you can see everything with great detail and that can cause that effect.
10mos ago but still amazing learning for painting black :) currently painting sword breathen using your technique but gonna try black legion instead of black templar coz I don't have dat. hopefully it will work
This is seriously the best black painting video I've seen. Been watching loads and they all make it too complicated or use airbrush. This is perfect and looks amazing 👌
I tried it today on two intercessors but on the first one the dry brush with Thunderhawk Blue was a bit too heavy I think, so the 1:1 mix of Black Lotus and Xpress medium just didnt cover it enough. It ended up a bit too bright for my taste. I did some lighter drybrushing on the second Intercessor and mixed 1,5 parts Black Lotus with 1 part medium, which looked alot better for my taste. I will try another one with Black Templar Contrast because I feel like the Xpress paint has a slightly thicker consistency which feels awkeward to work with on flat surfaces. I will eventually have to do 5 of each speed paint colour and see if I can manage to get even results accross multiple miniatures, or if the results vary too much between models. The best thing about the Xpress paint is the very matte finish and whenever its pooling a bit too much, its not a big deal because it dries very evenly. Contrast on the other hand will get an even more shiny finish in areas where it pooled too much. Sadly drybrushing is no exact science in my opinion, there is always the element of surprise :D Thats the only downside of this method: my poor drybrushing skills ;-)
Well, drybrushing is indeed an apparently simple technique that is anything but simple. The better you are at it, the better results you will get using this method. As for the Xpress Vs Contrast, the Xpress might seem trickier to apply over flat surfaces but it smooths out DO MUCH BETTER than anything else that the final result will be better. Feel free to experiment though
Thank you Juan Hidalgo! I've been staring at my newly assembled Black Templar crusader squad and trying to figure out how to quickly get through them and maintain quality. One more question about this technique how would you approach this with an airbrush?
Prime Black Airbrush Thunderhawk Lightly airbrush Fenrisian, mostly just the spot highlights Drybrush Fenrisian to catch edges Apply Black Lotus by hand, you can use airbrush but hand will give you the best results
Do you think it would work as well to do the thunder hawk blue stage with an airbrush, dry brush the fenrisian grey, and then use oil paints to black line/pinwash to establish the shadows again. Before applying the block lotus with an airbrush as well. Just thinking that might work better and be quicker
Love this recipe, and I just got my hands on the xpress range, so these videos showing how to use them are great! I think I may try this with green dry brushing to make some fallen/risen dark angels.
Love this! I cant wait to try it! What would I do if I made a mistake though? Say with the white in the shoulders or the red in the weapon? How would I fix mistakes?
Don't make mistakes. It's the same with airbrush, Drybrush or contrast effects, correcting mistakes is not easy, so you need to be careful with the next steps
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures With advice like that, who needs guides? xD All joking aside, should I basecoat with abaddon black, so If I do make mistakes I can fix it?
Thank you so much I have been trying to find a black armor color scheme like this! I have been zenithal highlighting and do so many extra steps can't wait to try this method out!
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I was very suspicious with just ten minute video about painting black armour. I was wrong, this is an incredible tutorial!
Thanks, happy to help. I have another equally as surprising about Plasma weapons, you are going to LOVE it
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Neat!
Never doubt the messiah
I thought the same, the results are pretty good.
@mikemee8002 thanks mate 😘
It's a crime that you made a way that I could paint as well as you. Not only are you good at your craft but you're also a good teacher that's very rare
Incredible tutorial. Struggled to find a decent recipe for Black armour. This one is by far the best I’ve seen. Great work!
Thanks!!
After watching this, i tried the same technique with different paints. It turned out so good i will be doing the same to the rest of my templars. I saved so much time on the first one, I ended up stripping an older one i had painted and re-painted it in half the time !!! Thanks a bunch for this awesome tutorial!😁😁😁👍
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Normally, I’m annoyed when there’s a lot of ads, but you have four minutes of excellent painting advice and the rest is shilling, and, to be quite honest, I’m not even mad. You deserve it! This is incredible!
Gotta shill to make a living 🤣
Is there anyway to prime in grey first and use a black legion contrast maybe? Or do I really need to buy black primer? My budget is limited rn- thanks!
@@BattleBrotherCasten you should be able to just paint over the primer with any black. i paint a lot of dark color schemes and always start from cheap grey primer and often end up just blacking out the whole model as my first step. its fast though because you are just covering the whole model so no neatness needed.
Honestly even if you use black primer this step is likely something you would want to do anyway, to make sure you are starting from a solid color with no lighter areas in deep recesses
Juan, I’m painting a Black Templars army… so now I won’t have to paint them blue 😊😊😊
Good
This is amazing! I’ve been doing almost exactly this with drybrushing two tones of greys and army painter gravelord grey for Deathwatch, but the volumetric touch with the smaller Drybrush is such a great touch that levels it up, I’m def gonna use! This was honestly just so encouraging that I’m on the right path!
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I am gonna try this technique out and I also have speed paint available. Do you use speed paint medium for grave lord grey or just as is?
Nice video and recipe! Something I struggle with is understanding which colors work together. From what I watched, it looks like you picked grays that are in the "cold" or blueish family. That helped spice up the black final color. I wish I had the eye for knowing which to test and try to get results like that. Super helpful JH. thank you!
Happy to help.
Not everyone has that eye for colour, just keep practicing and painting
@JuanHidalgoMiniatures this is also why your videos are so important to the learning community. Keep making them and helping us develop these skills.
@@lovemysi07
One way you can approach colour and train yourself is thinking about contrast, particularly light/dark contrast, cool/warm contrast, and, by extension, complementary contrast. Use those to contrast model vs. base, eye lenses vs armour, weapon vs. armour. That should be a good starting point for coming to grips with this topic.
Similarly, look into primary, secondary and tertiary colours in colour scheme concepts.
This is a lot more straight forward than most of the other "how to paint black armour" tutorials on TH-cam. Definitely am gonna give this a try. :)
That's the idea behind the series, as easy as possible recipes
Im still thanking you for that Skink skin tutorial still! That cyan blue armour on my Chaos Astartes is beautiful, thank you for simplifying the process!!!!
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I've always been someone that has dipped in and out of the painting hobby for years and I have a few boxes of unused GW models that I do want to eventually paint.
This tutorial is just great for a novice like me, and I love how it's only 4 colours and basic techniques.
Thanks!
Always amazes me when you show a technique which isn't quiet obvious. At first i think nah I don't like that, this isn't looking good. But then, the last step comes and everything before just fits together (like here when adding black lotus) and it looks magnificent. Thank you especially for this tutorial. I find black armor one of the difficult colour schemes, since without proper highlighting details can be missed.
Happy to help, I love to help other people
Damn those final results look great, been trying to figure out how to go about painting Death Company and this has been good food for thought!
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I'm 3/5 into my squad and this makes me want to paint another 5 this way.
DO IT
Wow! What a fantastic tutorial! I play Dark Angels and have been wanting to add some Ravenwing to my army and will 100% be using this tutorial. Thank you!
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Ive been painting dark angels in their HH black armour but this method is definitely going to change my approach thanks for the video
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Absolutely breathtaking. Im amazed by how good of result was produced from such a simple method!
Thanks
Quite glad I didn't get too far into my Death Company painting before seeing this - tried some drybrushing already but that contrast over the top should really bring it together.
Okay this turned out great, just got the black sorted on 10 guys after completing a test model. This combined with your easiest red armour tutorial has made painting my Blood Angels army a lot easier!
Awesome video, great help with painting the Black Templars unit! Greetings from Poland!
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Perfect and it should work for sister of battle too ! Now I have the perfect video for starting my black Templar army !
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Thats pure genius!
It looks like this technique can work with any colour, as long as you find the correct dilution of the contrast type pain!
Yeah and the correct undercolours. It's basically a modified Slapchop
Wow, I didn’t expect to see results like that so quickly. I definitely plan to try this.
Thanks
Great stuff! One of the few TH-cam painting video titles that doesn't lie, it really is easy!
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@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures you and me too, mate. Appreciate it!
Honestly, an amazing video with solid advice for a beginner painter. A great way for folks to get an army on the table that could be adapted to a lot of color schemes, thank you!
Yeah I’ve scoured TH-cam for every damn black Templar tutorial. This is genuinely the most simple and at the same time gives the best results.
Thanks
Absolutely love your tutorials and have used these techniques on multiple models now with great results too! Keep up the amazing work and I look Forward to seeing what you bring out next!
Juan, my man, you're hilarious. And the work is great too. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks mate
I got this technique from Midwinter Minis a couple years ago. Black base, several lighter grey highlights and then one coat of black templar. Beautiful easy black for any black shrouded miniature as a nazgul or a AOS ghost boy. Really cool effect.
Did you thin down the Black Templar contrast paint?
@@nicolaslemoan8658 with large / flat surface i prefer to use two thin layer ,thinned down with contrast medium
Maybe the best tutorial I found for black armor!! Thank you!!
Love this. This is a first a fantastic painting guide that uses paints i actually have.😀. Can also get to use my great Rosemary & Co brushes i got on your recommendation. ✌️🏴
YEAH
Appreciate this man, time to make a start to my black templars.
Fantastic job Juan, sexiest black armour tutorial on the youtubes
Thanks Heather
That was fucking incredible. Ive been trying to figure out how to handle black for my shoulderpads for the longest time and you made it so simple. I love your use of drybrushing. I typically see people just use it for basing but your precise application is just so much more fun
Happy to help!
The great thing about this technique is that if you do it by watering down the paint to begin with, you can do two layers at each step, it's still quite quick, but you don't see the drybrush effect as harshly, and gives an amazing tabletop finish :)
Nice tip!
I’ve been trying to figure out ways to make my iron hands look more interesting so this actually might help a ton to make them more interesting to look at
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This tutorial is so great! Just doing my first black armor which is tough and you made it so easy!
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Awesome paint job. I would love to see more vids on this technique using the other Vallejo contrast colors, again awesome vid. Thanks
Maybe in the future
Awesome! Love that it's truly black but also has nice volumes. Thanks!
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Zero skill? Wait till you see how I mess it up!
It's funny you say that, my models came out Nightlords blue.
Real
@@gunrunner2437yeah i went a lil heavy handed with the brushing but overall im happy with the look
Magic!!! Fantastic timing for me too as I want to paint some Anvils of Heldenhammer - so will give this a try. Thank you for the great tutorial.
Awesome!
This is *EXACTLY* what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
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Just tried this and the result is fantastic, thank you so much Juan! - do you think similar steps and colours could be follow to paint a black vehicle ?
Amazing tutorial! This technique looks great and doesn't take long at all. Looking forward to trying this
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Wow very effective and efficient. This is perfect for people wanting to get an army done.
That's the idea behind this series
Did anyone else unconsciously start blowing at that stray brush-hair on the base?
Stunning result for that little work? Thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate
Juan is a genius !!
I KNOW
I think I'm going to try this with The Lion, using greens for the dry brush. Thanks!
Go watch my Lion video and see how I did it because it's similar and you will get the right ideas for your try
This technique and how it came out is fantastic! Really awesome
Thanks
I’d love a more in depth look on how you approach underpainting and priming! Question; when you prime white (for contrast) through airbrush, how do you make it smooth and what primer do you like best?
I only prime using sprays. I hate airbrush primer
I use Citadel, Ammo Mig or Vallejo sprays
You are actually the best. Thank youuuu
I KNOW!
I wonder if I could get a really dark blue doing something similar.... ?? Love it -- thank you!
Sadly i don't have either of those other colours but i do have black lotus and medium. This is so easy to do and looks amazing and would be perfect for my oathbreaker paladin
Any colour close to the ones showed will work, experiment, that's the fun part of it
@@audreyleblanc8859Eh not really, if someone gives a recipe like this it's best to follow it. Already tried to substitute colours before using ones people recommend and I'll never do it again.
I’ve just tried out this method, but I feel like black lotus looks very green. It doesn’t look like that in the video at all. The transparency is just right, but it should be bluish or neutral in tone imo.
Tried out using black Templar, leviadon blue and contrast medium mix on the next model, but will have to redo it. I need way more contrast medium for the contrast paints. I also probably should’ve tried just black Templar without the blue.
Do Black Templar and probably 1 part paint 2 parts Medium minimum
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Agree with the "minimum" part - I tried your technique out and did a 1:3 paint to medium mix and I think the opacity of the Black Templar is still a little too strong. Wanted to try and use a GW paint since they are generally more accessible AND I know they don't reactivate if they get wet (a la Army Painter speed paints). Not sure about the Vallejo express paints, but worried about finding out, lol.
@@chrisreames7803did you find a good medium/templar mix? Looking at using this for my army haha
I love your casual approach !
Thanks
I wanted to paint a Sisters of Battle army but was intimidated by painting everything black. This will make it super easy!
YEAH
Impresionante, el primer video que veo que cumple al 100% el Fast Painting !
Gracias
Thank you dear, simple inspiring video, the zero skill series is amazing!!
Thanks, I'm very happy with it. Just need to find more recipes
This is amazing. I just started a Black Legion army to get back into 40k after about 15 years, and I was inspired by a Black Templar model I saw online with red edge highlights that gave it an infernal look. I can't wait to try this method, it looks like it'll give a much softer effect than my hard edges.
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What considerations should you make when applying this to vehicles or other big, flat surfaces?
Finally got to try this method, I did it on Skarbrands wings. Pure magic. The blue poking through edges sets off the vivid redskin. Thank you!
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Perfect! One question, if I mess up a highlight, what colour could I use to thin it back down, without needing to dry brush again or strip it back without it looking weird.
Dude that is perfect that's exactly what I've been looking for, for my Ravenguard thank you
I just started to paint black templars thank you so much!
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Great tutorial!
Thanks
As a fan of drybushing whenever I can, this is great! I wonder how well it would work using metallics under the black lotus as an alternative to your 'eavy contrast Iron Hands scheme...
Fantastically well
Insanely good and easy, as always. The express paints are baller, I used them for my guard army in your style!
Awesome!
Ooookay so now I know how to paint Mannfred's mount, thank you. ❤
Lol
Super 👍🏻 I will use your technique for my army. What Citadel paint Can I use in place of the Vallejo one?
black templar ,eventually mixed with contrast medium, I suggest you to thin layers
These are the videos we need! Love it.
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I was totally convinced that I want a Exorcists army… and now you’re coming with this beauty!
I was suspecting that this type of painting strategy was going to give great results, but it’s great to see it in the „digital flesh“!
Excellent video!
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The final photo result looks much blacker then the final step of the tutorial, have you done something to darken it more or is the photo edited?
No editing on the photo, but the studio lights I use for filming are VERY strong so you can see everything with great detail and that can cause that effect.
10mos ago but still amazing learning for painting black :) currently painting sword breathen using your technique but gonna try black legion instead of black templar coz I don't have dat. hopefully it will work
Lovely job man!
Thanks
I am about to start a Norse team in black armor...this was a useful find.
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Thank you for this video! A big help and a genius and simple technique!
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You’re the best, Juan! Cheers!
I know I'm pretty awesome
You have just saved me 2 years of my life. Thanks!
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This is seriously the best black painting video I've seen.
Been watching loads and they all make it too complicated or use airbrush.
This is perfect and looks amazing 👌
Thanks
I tried it today on two intercessors but on the first one the dry brush with Thunderhawk Blue was a bit too heavy I think, so the 1:1 mix of Black Lotus and Xpress medium just didnt cover it enough. It ended up a bit too bright for my taste. I did some lighter drybrushing on the second Intercessor and mixed 1,5 parts Black Lotus with 1 part medium, which looked alot better for my taste. I will try another one with Black Templar Contrast because I feel like the Xpress paint has a slightly thicker consistency which feels awkeward to work with on flat surfaces. I will eventually have to do 5 of each speed paint colour and see if I can manage to get even results accross multiple miniatures, or if the results vary too much between models. The best thing about the Xpress paint is the very matte finish and whenever its pooling a bit too much, its not a big deal because it dries very evenly. Contrast on the other hand will get an even more shiny finish in areas where it pooled too much.
Sadly drybrushing is no exact science in my opinion, there is always the element of surprise :D
Thats the only downside of this method: my poor drybrushing skills ;-)
Well, drybrushing is indeed an apparently simple technique that is anything but simple. The better you are at it, the better results you will get using this method.
As for the Xpress Vs Contrast, the Xpress might seem trickier to apply over flat surfaces but it smooths out DO MUCH BETTER than anything else that the final result will be better. Feel free to experiment though
Woooah, this blew my mind, i'll use it for my votann army, as always great job!
Thanks
congratulations for the great tutorials! Are we going to get a Zero Skill Blue? Keep doing!!!
Yes, it's the next one
Thank you Juan Hidalgo! I've been staring at my newly assembled Black Templar crusader squad and trying to figure out how to quickly get through them and maintain quality.
One more question about this technique how would you approach this with an airbrush?
Prime Black
Airbrush Thunderhawk
Lightly airbrush Fenrisian, mostly just the spot highlights
Drybrush Fenrisian to catch edges
Apply Black Lotus by hand, you can use airbrush but hand will give you the best results
Do you think it would work as well to do the thunder hawk blue stage with an airbrush, dry brush the fenrisian grey, and then use oil paints to black line/pinwash to establish the shadows again. Before applying the block lotus with an airbrush as well. Just thinking that might work better and be quicker
Can’t wait to try it for my chaos warriors!
Exceptionnel maestro !!!
Wow, I need to try that on my next diorama!
Awesome
Love this recipe, and I just got my hands on the xpress range, so these videos showing how to use them are great! I think I may try this with green dry brushing to make some fallen/risen dark angels.
Great idea!
May I ask where did you get your xpress paints? They seem to be on low supply and currently being scalped to double or more price on Amazon.
@@DarkAvatar1313 I live in America, and I ordered through a Canadian website called Sunward Hobbies.
amazing result ,i'll try soon with Death Company
This is exactly what I was looking for! I wanted to do black and red and I'm thinking this may look perfect paired with my red accents!
Looking good, I will try it on my dreadnaught!
Awesome
This is amazing bro! I can’t wait to try this on my Death Company
Love this! I cant wait to try it! What would I do if I made a mistake though? Say with the white in the shoulders or the red in the weapon? How would I fix mistakes?
Don't make mistakes. It's the same with airbrush, Drybrush or contrast effects, correcting mistakes is not easy, so you need to be careful with the next steps
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures With advice like that, who needs guides? xD All joking aside, should I basecoat with abaddon black, so If I do make mistakes I can fix it?
I didn't, and I don't think it would make any difference as you apply three layers of stuff on top
Wow, what a black! I have to try it on my Black Templars.
May i ask the procedure to do that beautiful OSL on the helmet? Thanks!
I have a video on glowing details, check it out
Wow amazing, also the camera shots are amazing, the quality is phenomenal and clear
Thanks! I really appreciate that
Great video and just in time as I have a squad of space marines Infernus to paint in my stash, thanks for the tips.
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What would be a good substitute for the last portion of paints? For example, what would be the equivalent of those paints using citadel?
Thanks,finale got a solution for my future black Templer army 😊
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Thank you so much I have been trying to find a black armor color scheme like this! I have been zenithal highlighting and do so many extra steps can't wait to try this method out!
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I’m tempted to pick up the Sisters combat patrol box but the black armour was putting me off… this might be the push I needed!
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Perfect tutorial! Do you have a similar easy recipie for dark angels green?