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Wow so amazing!! I just started with WH40K or generally with painting. Ordered all the colors and will start my first attempts with Ravenguard, so also top that you listed all the required colors. Keep it up, looks awesome! Thank you!
Ok patience ! May be could you paint a kroot on day ? I don’t be satisfy of my skin (military green on white primer) : it look like an ork. Wraithbone is perhaps better than white for the primer... what do you think about ?
@@zeadkiel3180 well looking at the pictures is not as straightforward as one might think. Also all of them are a bit different. I think a mix of Agaros Dunes, Militarum Green and Contrast Medium will be a good tone, maybe one part Agaros Dunes, two parts Militarum Green and two parts medium. That sounds like a good mix.
Recently started playing and painting 40K about a month ago and I play Raven Guard, so this guide was great!! My current models look nowhere near this good yet 😂 Your painting is so impressive, it’ll take a while for me to get there but thank you for sharing your skills and tips with us!
JuanHidalgo Miniatures Thanks so much! It’s been really great seeing how welcoming the Warhammer community is. And yes, the guide is great! Once I finish a Reiver I’ll send you a link to a pic!
Thank you for this tutorial. I m pairing black Templars as suggest my profile pic and there are many tutorials about painting black but few of them have this level of finish regarding the technics used. It is amazing, I assume your highlight/light reflection placement really makes the difference ! Thank you !
In this video in particular, Windsor and Newton Series 7, size 1 and 2, I was testing them But my favourite brushes are without a doubt Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0
Thanks for these guides Juan!! Followed your alpha legion one and it went amazingly well. I’m now painting up some Raven Guard for my alpha legion 30k. Quick question how come you went with mechanicus standard gret base and not the grey seer contrast specific base?
Because with Greyseer you end up with a too light grey after the Black Templar and have to do two layers which end with a straight up Black. Mechanicus is the sweet spot, it gets a very dark grey with black shadows that looks like black and not grey but still maintains some colour modulation in the panels.
Do you plan on doing anything different for the upcoming Black Templars release? Also, would you recommend a zenethal base or straight up mechanicus gray?
Hello , i'm following this guide step by step for painting my Fantasy Chaos Warriors! it's just great! Are you going to do a tutorial on making HORNS? i find it always difficult to have a good effect! thanks! keep up the GREAT Work!
That can definitely work yes, using this system it also gives you black in the recesses and a slight gradient over the large panels but most definitely Corvus Black works You can also do straight black and do am extra Highlight using something like Incubi Darkness
Very cool! Do you think it would work to drybrush the black armor with grey/white, then apply a glaze of whatever blue/turquoise contrast paint and get the same result?
Medium is either Lahmian or Contrast Medium depending on what paint I'm using. As for brushes Rosemary and Co series 33, Raphael 8404, Windsor and Newton Series 7, Brokentoad Mk3, Da Vinci Maestro series 10, Artis Opus S... I have a ton
Just subscribed. I'm really enjoying your work. Out of curiosity, if you were to continue this theme throughout the army, would you also use the metallic Talassar Blue to paint chest eagles?
I am sure you've likely answered this for someone else before but I just didn't see it: What brushes are you using? While I am interested in what you use to edge with, is it the same or different as the one you use for contrast paint? I've been having issues with getting a good brush for edge work.
In this particular video I'm testing a set of Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 1 and 2. The edge highlights are done with the size 1. My family brushes though are still the Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0.
In this particular video I'm testing a set of Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 1 and 2. The edge highlights are done with the size 1. My family brushes though are still the Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0.
Great video, and I love the series. I'm using the video as a guide to paint up a Raven Guard Phoboe Captain as a Christmas gift. Quick question though, how much contrast medium do you tend to use per black templar?
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Ahh, thank you. The last time I was suggested to use Templar Black they mentioned mixing it quite heavily with medium, so I thought that might've been a common approach to Templar Black.
@@walterburdzy5408 not that I know. I really don't get why people keep suggesting to mix medium all the time, it makes no sense to me. You only want to mix in Medium when you want a lighter shade of said paint, for example I do that when I use them as washes over the metallics
Work by sections and use a large brush. The fewer brushtrokes you make to cover a section the better. You also need to move the paint where you want it to be
I went and ordered myself a size 2 and a size 3. From what I could see they are awesome. Also while I'm at it the brush you used to apply the contrast looks good. What was that one?
Dunno why but I had only a very light grey so did a very light coat of basilicanum grey first then this black templar and yeah its too dark. I hot like very few of the natural highlights you are getting. Gonna try just black templar on this super light grey I have. Some reason I think it will be closer to what you are showing.
Don't get the images on camera too seriously as the extremely bright lights combined with that old camera made it hard to get a realistic image. I'm pretty sure the Black Templar over Basilicanum is perfect. Mechanicus Grey is a dark grey colour.
I think youtube is auto deleting my comments with a photobucket link that shows what mine are like before(light grey primer) and after (using basilicanum grey with black templar) If you got an email or another way I can send you a link to the photo let me know.
I use several brands depending on the mood mainly: Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0 Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 2 and 3 Rosemary and Co Series 33 sizes 1 and 2 And more, but those are the main ones
Thanks for the tutorial, greatly explained, and well made, but as a newbie, i absolutely don't see why contrast black templar is used here, except for speed purpose, but as we light the edges manualy, wouldn't black base coat do the same job ? thanks :)
After the layer of black Templar the result I not pure black, it has a suble gradient from black to very dark grey. You can do pure black of you wish of course but you will need a Highlight of Dark Reaper or Incubi Darkness before the Thunderhawk one
Great work! I’m following your guides, they are great. I have one question though; how do you mix contrast medium and paint? I have a problem where i cant mix it on the wet pallet and when i mix in a metal cup it dries kind of quick. Do tou have any tips?
I never really mix the two of them, not that you can't though. As for mixing the custom mixes I sometimes do? For Contrast is in my dry palette, I don't like it in the wet, it doesn't react well. For regular acrylics, I use always a wet palette.
Thanks! You can of course, I have several sets I like and use but my absolute favourite are without a doubt the Raphaels 8404 sizes 1 and 0. I also have Windsor and Newton Series 7, sizes 1 and 2 and I recently got a set of the Brokentoad Mk3. All of them are absolutely great brushes
Yes, it looks like black in real life to me. You can go and check the final pictures on the community tab, just scroll way down, and you cann see how he looks
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Oh, I'm sorry. Wow. It looked like when you were doing the metallic undercoat it was speeded up. You have the steadiest hands in the world.
Maybe not shaken enough, the matting agents tend to sink to the bottom. But that's not a big problem. A good coat of matte Varnish will take care of that in a jiffy
I just primed my primaris in chaos black when i stumbled over this video. Is there any chance your approach can work with similar results despite my primer choice? That is the best Raven Guard I have seen yet.
Thanks! Yes of course! Just ignore the Black Templar step over the armour, start from black and do an extra thicker edge highlight of Dark Reaper before the Thunderhawk Blue! You can do the other steps as you see in the video! Hope that helps, if you have any doubts just ask!
I personally paint all my miniatures to this level. This is a personal preference as I don't like armies with different quality between miniatures but of course you can choose to do a less elaborate paintjob for regular units. For example not doing the last Highlights in all the steps or just doing one mid Highlight will get you a very good result
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures an army painted to that level would look great and you should be proud of all that work. Me I don't do all that highlighting I am not steady enough. I lack the hand control to do all that.
Thanks! You don't get the big picture, it's all profit man, if you fall asleep you don't skip the adds, BOOM, Make it rain baby! 😂😂 In all seriousness the subject of the background music is a very hard one, most people Parise it for being relaxing and not aggressive in their ears, this is the second comment about falling asleep. In the end you cannot please everyone so I always will use something I personally like, and this is it. I really appreciate the feedback though, I genuinely do. Regarding chapters only the 9 original loyalist Legions will get a video for now, I need to draw a line somewhere otherwise I will only paint space marines for the rest of my life. I do some extra recipe image tutorials here and there when I feel like it if the most requested chapters, I also have a couple options for people to request recipes and videos from me in my Patreon tiers. Again, thanks for watching and I really hope you enjoy my future videos
But no one is forcing you to paint them all to a Eavy Metal standard! There are a ton of amazing tutorials on how to get a very good result on armies very fast and efficiently
You know, I think Warhammer TV turned off their comments to avoid the cynical backlash to their obvious pimping of rarely used colours. Straight up I see your colour list and I'm thinking you work for Games Workshop or at least you're receiving some sort of financial kickback from them. How else can you justify your (25) colour menu? I just watched one artist (Ben Komets) paint an amazing Ultramarine using 9 colours/mediums. I don't doubt your exceptional artistic talent for a minute, but this is ridiculous.
I don't have any sponsorship with GW trust me (I wish! 😂😂, Please GW give me some paint!!!) I personally don't like mixing, that's all. You can use less colours? Of course! Feel free to do so! I know how to mix, I studied arts and I can paint using just 5 colours but that's not the point, I like to get consistent results across armies and recipes all the time and maybe I would be able to do so, as would Ben Komets but a lot of people won't. The GW system works, wether you like it or not, it helps A LOT of people that aren't artistically inclined to find Highlight and shade colours easily and to get consistent results over hundreds of minis. In my case it's convenience, I prefer to grab a pot of paint that is the exact shade I need rather than mix that shade myself, but that's my personal preference. I'm sure if you want to follow this tutorial you can easily take the techniques and just use your own colours, this is not the Bible of how to paint Raven Guard, you can pick and choose from my videos what you think it's good and ignore the nonsense 😁
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Thanks for the reply. You make a very valid point regarding consistency of colour throughout an army. Mixing would make that difficult of course. I'm looking to paint an individual primaris from the original 18 legions. A personal fun project. I've been watching dozens of videos by different amazing artists (check out Argomina) researching differing techniques trying to formulate my own approach. I'm starting from scratch, trying to keep costs down by finding common colour denominators across the board. I kinda had a "holy crap" moment when I saw your recipe. I didn't mean to come across as arrogant or anything. I had some beers in me at the time. Your work is fantastic. I would like to see how you would paint the traitor legions on primaris armour as well, even though they don't in the 40k universe.
Thanks, I never take comments, even critical ones personally or badly. I always answer all of them because I think it's important. You do make a very valid point, that approach is better from an artistic perspective and to grow as a painter BUT it makes for a horrible tutorial, because if I say: "mix a bit of this, that and this other paint" or "add progressively more of this colour", etc. That leads to bad results, because how much is bit?, how can you be sure that is a good match to what you see on screen? and leads people not happy with the videos, but if I say use this colour, then this other, etc. There is no guessing and no margin for error, it's painting by numbers but some people just want that and there is nothing wrong with it. You hear a lot people, like Trovarion and Vince (which I deeply admire btw) saying that recipes don't work, but I don't agree. A well designed recipe DOES work, and works very well, but you need to design it, and test it and showcase it well, I spend a lot of time streamlining and working to make my videos very easy to follow with clear steps, repeatable and that don't leave margin for error, at least in terms of application, of course your personal ability is something I cannot account for. I personally don't really paint like that when it's for me, not always, I go back and forth, correct adjust, mix a bit to smooth out etc. But this is different, you need to adapt to what you are doing and what you want to achieve, which in this case is teaching. Btw, that's a very cool project mate, good luck with it. I will paint the 18 legions myself too but the traitors will be in their current 40k versions and minis, sorry. I set myself that hard limit when I delved into Space Marines and I'm not changing it, otherwise I would be painting Space Marines for the rest of my life. Thanks for watching mate and thanks for the feedback and critique, I really appreciate it
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Great work. Really opening my mind to contrast paints in this series of videos. Great job.
Thanks! I really appreciate that, that was whole purpose of the series
As I see, the use of contrast is optimized based on the primer you use. Of course for the rest of the painting techniques you apply. Great job!!!
Yes exactly, you need to think about primer otherwise you won't get the desired effect
Wow so amazing!! I just started with WH40K or generally with painting. Ordered all the colors and will start my first attempts with Ravenguard, so also top that you listed all the required colors. Keep it up, looks awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for watching! Please let me know how it goes!
I spat out my coffee at 0:22 amazing video man
😂😂 thanks mate! I try to make my videos entertaining as much as possible
Bravo. The contrasts have sense for me now ! I hope the ultramarines... fine job.
Thanks! Ultramarines are coming, they will be the last of the series. Dark Angels and Iron Hands are first
Ok patience ! May be could you paint a kroot on day ? I don’t be satisfy of my skin (military green on white primer) : it look like an ork. Wraithbone is perhaps better than white for the primer... what do you think about ?
@@zeadkiel3180 I will give it a thought. But yeah I would definitely do Wraithbone for a kroot
And for the skin, what’s color ?Militarum green ? Plaguebearer flesh ? Other ? What will be your choice ?
@@zeadkiel3180 well looking at the pictures is not as straightforward as one might think. Also all of them are a bit different.
I think a mix of Agaros Dunes, Militarum Green and Contrast Medium will be a good tone, maybe one part Agaros Dunes, two parts Militarum Green and two parts medium. That sounds like a good mix.
I realy like how you painted the leather. It looks way more organic this way
Thanks! I always like to something special for each video
Thanks for the videos, really like the worn leather.
Thank you for watching mate
Recently started playing and painting 40K about a month ago and I play Raven Guard, so this guide was great!! My current models look nowhere near this good yet 😂 Your painting is so impressive, it’ll take a while for me to get there but thank you for sharing your skills and tips with us!
Welcome to the hobby!!
I really hope you love it as much as I do. Thanks for watching and I'm really happy you found my video useful
JuanHidalgo Miniatures Thanks so much! It’s been really great seeing how welcoming the Warhammer community is. And yes, the guide is great! Once I finish a Reiver I’ll send you a link to a pic!
@@uriplayz8713 really looking forward to it
Another AWESOME video Juan. You sir are a YT and miniature painting LEGEND. 😁😊👌🖌️👍
Thanks! Not that I really need my ego pumped or anything 😂
This is brilliant. I'm about to do Black Templars with contrast. Thanks for this
Thank you for watching! If you want a recipe for a light bone colour for them, check out my video on Bone Armour!
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures will do, thanks again.
Love black!
Most satisfying tutorial ever.
Thanks 😘
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Hey man. but when you say 'Eavy' What does it mean?
The Eavy Metal Team is the team of painters that paint the GW miniatures for the boxarts
Amazing highlighting
Thanks!
New to your channel, really enjoying what you are doing. You've inspired me to buy some space marines to paint as Raven guard!
Wow man, such an honour! Thanks! I really appreciate that.
Welcome
Absolutely fantastic work!
Thanks!
Thank you for this tutorial. I m pairing black Templars as suggest my profile pic and there are many tutorials about painting black but few of them have this level of finish regarding the technics used. It is amazing, I assume your highlight/light reflection placement really makes the difference ! Thank you !
Thanks, that means a lot. Yes small details like Highlight placement makes all the difference.
JuanHidalgo Miniatures this tutorial series was really motivational for using the contrast paint ! I may consider to buy some !
I love them,they are an amazing tool to have in your rack.
Absolutely amazing work, mate.
Thanks! I really appreciate it
These videos are amazing
Thanks!
Nice, well explained and shown! Thank you
Thank you for watching!
Impresive! Love your work. Keep it up.
Thanks!
Belisarius crawling in my skin!
The anathema wounds, they will not heal!
😂😂😂
Amazing work! Love your work using contrasts paints.
Which brushes did you use? (brand and sizes).
In this video in particular, Windsor and Newton Series 7, size 1 and 2, I was testing them
But my favourite brushes are without a doubt Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0
Love your paintings!
Thanks!
this really helped on my army! Thanks!
Thank you for watching! I'm very happy this helped you
Love your videos man learned some great stuff from this series.
Thanks! Me too, this has been a great learning experience for me too
Thanks for these guides Juan!! Followed your alpha legion one and it went amazingly well. I’m now painting up some Raven Guard for my alpha legion 30k. Quick question how come you went with mechanicus standard gret base and not the grey seer contrast specific base?
Because with Greyseer you end up with a too light grey after the Black Templar and have to do two layers which end with a straight up Black.
Mechanicus is the sweet spot, it gets a very dark grey with black shadows that looks like black and not grey but still maintains some colour modulation in the panels.
JuanHidalgo Miniatures you my man are a legend!!
Happy to help 😘
Do you plan on doing anything different for the upcoming Black Templars release?
Also, would you recommend a zenethal base or straight up mechanicus gray?
No, it basically this same video combined with the Bone Armour one
Amazing work. A little to much detail work for me im a drybrush guy. But the extra work really shows.
Thanks! I really appreciate it
Hello , i'm following this guide step by step for painting my Fantasy Chaos Warriors! it's just great! Are you going to do a tutorial on making HORNS? i find it always difficult to have a good effect! thanks! keep up the GREAT Work!
Thanks! That really means a lot to me!
I might do at some point but not yet. Stay tuned though
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures i will ! I'm just using the tutorial on the red gobbo to make my chaos warriors red capes !
Nice! I'm preparing tutorials on Chaos Marines soon so there will be some horns there for sure
These videos are seriously so helpful! Will you do Ultramarines next?
Thanks! Next one is Dark Angels, Ultramarines will be the last right after Iron Hands
fantastic
Thanks
That armour colour really reminds me of corvus black paint, I think I'll use that instead
That can definitely work yes, using this system it also gives you black in the recesses and a slight gradient over the large panels but most definitely Corvus Black works
You can also do straight black and do am extra Highlight using something like Incubi Darkness
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures That's good to know, also great video
Thanks! I really appreciate it.
Very cool! Do you think it would work to drybrush the black armor with grey/white, then apply a glaze of whatever blue/turquoise contrast paint and get the same result?
Could be! That's a very interesting idea to try out!
If you do, please let me know
Muy buena tecnica, gracias
Gracias a ti!
Awesome videos! Could I ask what brushes you use please!?
Rosemary and co series 33 size 3 and 4 now. Also Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0
Awesome.
Thanks!
Man I love watching you paint.
Do you have a list of brushes and other tools/materials like the type of medium you use?
Medium is either Lahmian or Contrast Medium depending on what paint I'm using.
As for brushes Rosemary and Co series 33, Raphael 8404, Windsor and Newton Series 7, Brokentoad Mk3, Da Vinci Maestro series 10, Artis Opus S... I have a ton
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures thanks for replying so quickly. I'll be looking at those brushes online. Much appreciated.
Happy to help!!
Just subscribed. I'm really enjoying your work. Out of curiosity, if you were to continue this theme throughout the army, would you also use the metallic Talassar Blue to paint chest eagles?
Yes, same technique to paint the chest eagles as I painted the skull on this one.
Thanks btw! I really appreciate the support
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Thanks!
@@ghost9pm407 No problem mate, happy to help
I love these videos, please do dark angels soon! 🦁⚔️
Thanks! IT'S THE NEXT ONE MAN!
JuanHidalgo Miniatures yes!
I am sure you've likely answered this for someone else before but I just didn't see it: What brushes are you using? While I am interested in what you use to edge with, is it the same or different as the one you use for contrast paint? I've been having issues with getting a good brush for edge work.
In this particular video I'm testing a set of Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 1 and 2. The edge highlights are done with the size 1.
My family brushes though are still the Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0.
In this particular video I'm testing a set of Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 1 and 2. The edge highlights are done with the size 1.
My family brushes though are still the Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0.
Great video, and I love the series. I'm using the video as a guide to paint up a Raven Guard Phoboe Captain as a Christmas gift. Quick question though, how much contrast medium do you tend to use per black templar?
In the armour? None at all. If I use any medium is clearly stated and the proportions listed
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Ahh, thank you. The last time I was suggested to use Templar Black they mentioned mixing it quite heavily with medium, so I thought that might've been a common approach to Templar Black.
@@walterburdzy5408 not that I know. I really don't get why people keep suggesting to mix medium all the time, it makes no sense to me.
You only want to mix in Medium when you want a lighter shade of said paint, for example I do that when I use them as washes over the metallics
How do you make your contrast layers not go splotchy all over, its so smooth
Work by sections and use a large brush. The fewer brushtrokes you make to cover a section the better.
You also need to move the paint where you want it to be
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures thank you
Happy to help
Also for highlighting I saw you use a fairly large brush. What brush is that?
Rosemary and Co Series 33 size 3. My favourite brush
I went and ordered myself a size 2 and a size 3. From what I could see they are awesome. Also while I'm at it the brush you used to apply the contrast looks good. What was that one?
I'm guessing that I could apply this method for black legion CSM
No doubt about it! It's what I will do when I get to the Black Legion.
For the gold trim I will use the method used in the Salamander tutorial gold.
What camer do you use? It's very good at close up.
It's a Sony HX 300 bridge camera. It's not the best but for the job I need it to do.
Dunno why but I had only a very light grey so did a very light coat of basilicanum grey first then this black templar and yeah its too dark. I hot like very few of the natural highlights you are getting. Gonna try just black templar on this super light grey I have. Some reason I think it will be closer to what you are showing.
Don't get the images on camera too seriously as the extremely bright lights combined with that old camera made it hard to get a realistic image.
I'm pretty sure the Black Templar over Basilicanum is perfect. Mechanicus Grey is a dark grey colour.
I think youtube is auto deleting my comments with a photobucket link that shows what mine are like before(light grey primer) and after (using basilicanum grey with black templar)
If you got an email or another way I can send you a link to the photo let me know.
which brush do you use?
I use several brands depending on the mood mainly:
Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0
Windsor and Newton Series 7 size 2 and 3
Rosemary and Co Series 33 sizes 1 and 2
And more, but those are the main ones
Thanks for the tutorial, greatly explained, and well made, but as a newbie, i absolutely don't see why contrast black templar is used here, except for speed purpose, but as we light the edges manualy, wouldn't black base coat do the same job ?
thanks :)
After the layer of black Templar the result I not pure black, it has a suble gradient from black to very dark grey.
You can do pure black of you wish of course but you will need a Highlight of Dark Reaper or Incubi Darkness before the Thunderhawk one
JuanHidalgo Miniatures thanks for thé answer, i understand It :)
Happy to help!
Amazing ty
Thank you for watching!
Great work!
I’m following your guides, they are great.
I have one question though; how do you mix contrast medium and paint?
I have a problem where i cant mix it on the wet pallet and when i mix in a metal cup it dries kind of quick. Do tou have any tips?
I never really mix the two of them, not that you can't though.
As for mixing the custom mixes I sometimes do? For Contrast is in my dry palette, I don't like it in the wet, it doesn't react well. For regular acrylics, I use always a wet palette.
JuanHidalgo Miniatures another good advice ^^
@@chonko31 thanks!
Hi, was the primer using an airbrush?
No, it's the spray can
Question: do you think the black templar with contrast medium or just put it straight on?
If nothing is clearly stated both by word and on the graphics, then no medium is used or any kind of thinning for Contrast Paints
Thanks
Great work man!!!! Can I ask you what brushes do you use?
Thanks! You can of course, I have several sets I like and use but my absolute favourite are without a doubt the Raphaels 8404 sizes 1 and 0.
I also have Windsor and Newton Series 7, sizes 1 and 2 and I recently got a set of the Brokentoad Mk3. All of them are absolutely great brushes
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures thank you very much really appreciate it.
@@joubas Thank you for watching! It's a pleasure to answer any questions you might have
Dark Angels soon please
Dark Angels is the next one in the series!
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Can't wait!
Quick question the model looks very grey is it darker in real life. I know video can sometimes wash things out.
Yes, it looks like black in real life to me. You can go and check the final pictures on the community tab, just scroll way down, and you cann see how he looks
What brushes do you use they are amazing
I use Raphael 8404 sizes 1 and 0. Hope that helps
Great to see even pro's mess up eyes sometimes ;)
We all make mistakes, the difference is pros just fix them and move on rather than panicking.
Making mistakes is part of the process
If you looks attentively, you may see, that you done wrong highlights.(in my opinion)
This paintjob looks wonderful!
Thanks for watching! I do my Highlights copying the Eavy Metal paintjobs, go blame them 😂
What is the song called? Its relaxing.
And your painting is always damn awesome.
Thanks! As for the song i really have no idea. Its from the TH-cam free audio library.
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Thank you sir.
Hi, do you thin your black templar ?
If it's not clearly mentioned then no
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures THANKS good job !
Happy to help
It would be really interesting if you could show how much the video is speeded up in the parts where it is.
The video is not sped up at any point.
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Oh, I'm sorry. Wow. It looked like when you were doing the metallic undercoat it was speeded up. You have the steadiest hands in the world.
@@col383 thanks man! I don't like speeding the footage up as I record my comments live
I tried this and my black Templar dried very shiny... what did I do wrong
Maybe not shaken enough, the matting agents tend to sink to the bottom.
But that's not a big problem. A good coat of matte Varnish will take care of that in a jiffy
What unit is this?
These are called Reivers
I’m love you videos, but the music makes me sleepy.
😂 yeah I know, that can happen
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures I like the music, its quite meditative :D
Thanks, I'm very happy with it too
I just primed my primaris in chaos black when i stumbled over this video. Is there any chance your approach can work with similar results despite my primer choice? That is the best Raven Guard I have seen yet.
Thanks! Yes of course! Just ignore the Black Templar step over the armour, start from black and do an extra thicker edge highlight of Dark Reaper before the Thunderhawk Blue! You can do the other steps as you see in the video!
Hope that helps, if you have any doubts just ask!
Is this table top level or character level?
I personally paint all my miniatures to this level. This is a personal preference as I don't like armies with different quality between miniatures but of course you can choose to do a less elaborate paintjob for regular units.
For example not doing the last Highlights in all the steps or just doing one mid Highlight will get you a very good result
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures an army painted to that level would look great and you should be proud of all that work. Me I don't do all that highlighting I am not steady enough. I lack the hand control to do all that.
@@mutehowl Thanks! It took me 5 years to paint my Lizardmen but it's the thing I'm most proud of.
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures lizardmen..... >-> picture ahhh video proof or it didn't happen. :]
@@mutehowl I have a full blog about them! www.lustria-online.com/threads/itepixcauh-skinks.17670/
Can you tell us the name of the music?
Sorry I wish I could but it's from the TH-cam audio library but I renamed it to "background" a very long time ago and can't remember it's name
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures no problem. And excelent paint job. Really like your art.
Awesome.
Thanks!
Nice paint job but I wish you could change the music as I slept thru most of it and next model to consider how about the Minotaurs or Sceptres?
Thanks! You don't get the big picture, it's all profit man, if you fall asleep you don't skip the adds, BOOM, Make it rain baby!
😂😂 In all seriousness the subject of the background music is a very hard one, most people Parise it for being relaxing and not aggressive in their ears, this is the second comment about falling asleep. In the end you cannot please everyone so I always will use something I personally like, and this is it. I really appreciate the feedback though, I genuinely do.
Regarding chapters only the 9 original loyalist Legions will get a video for now, I need to draw a line somewhere otherwise I will only paint space marines for the rest of my life. I do some extra recipe image tutorials here and there when I feel like it if the most requested chapters, I also have a couple options for people to request recipes and videos from me in my Patreon tiers.
Again, thanks for watching and I really hope you enjoy my future videos
I love. But I would absolutely want to die if I had to paint an army of 60 of these. I think I'd die if I had to paint 10
You are not alone, that's why I only painted one and that's also why units are painted by 2 or 3 people in the Eavy Metal team
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Yes. And yet GW wants us to paint 60+ figure armies for standard games!
But no one is forcing you to paint them all to a Eavy Metal standard! There are a ton of amazing tutorials on how to get a very good result on armies very fast and efficiently
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures No, there is guilt. Guilt forces me :D !!!
The black is not being, the black were abime not artificiel!
Sorry, I can't understand what you are saying mate
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures En français ton noir n'est pas assez profond, le corbeau doit être du noir des abîmes!
I used this tutorial to paint my black templar! Thanks so much as always. instagram.com/p/CEsdhLRn_jh/?
That looks amazing, well done
You know, I think Warhammer TV turned off their comments to avoid the cynical backlash to their obvious pimping of rarely used colours. Straight up I see your colour list and I'm thinking you work for Games Workshop or at least you're receiving some sort of financial kickback from them. How else can you justify your (25) colour menu? I just watched one artist (Ben Komets) paint an amazing Ultramarine using 9 colours/mediums. I don't doubt your exceptional artistic talent for a minute, but this is ridiculous.
I don't have any sponsorship with GW trust me (I wish! 😂😂, Please GW give me some paint!!!)
I personally don't like mixing, that's all. You can use less colours? Of course! Feel free to do so! I know how to mix, I studied arts and I can paint using just 5 colours but that's not the point, I like to get consistent results across armies and recipes all the time and maybe I would be able to do so, as would Ben Komets but a lot of people won't.
The GW system works, wether you like it or not, it helps A LOT of people that aren't artistically inclined to find Highlight and shade colours easily and to get consistent results over hundreds of minis.
In my case it's convenience, I prefer to grab a pot of paint that is the exact shade I need rather than mix that shade myself, but that's my personal preference. I'm sure if you want to follow this tutorial you can easily take the techniques and just use your own colours, this is not the Bible of how to paint Raven Guard, you can pick and choose from my videos what you think it's good and ignore the nonsense 😁
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Thanks for the reply. You make a very valid point regarding consistency of colour throughout an army. Mixing would make that difficult of course. I'm looking to paint an individual primaris from the original 18 legions. A personal fun project. I've been watching dozens of videos by different amazing artists (check out Argomina) researching differing techniques trying to formulate my own approach. I'm starting from scratch, trying to keep costs down by finding common colour denominators across the board. I kinda had a "holy crap" moment when I saw your recipe. I didn't mean to come across as arrogant or anything. I had some beers in me at the time. Your work is fantastic. I would like to see how you would paint the traitor legions on primaris armour as well, even though they don't in the 40k universe.
Thanks, I never take comments, even critical ones personally or badly. I always answer all of them because I think it's important.
You do make a very valid point, that approach is better from an artistic perspective and to grow as a painter BUT it makes for a horrible tutorial, because if I say: "mix a bit of this, that and this other paint" or "add progressively more of this colour", etc. That leads to bad results, because how much is bit?, how can you be sure that is a good match to what you see on screen? and leads people not happy with the videos, but if I say use this colour, then this other, etc. There is no guessing and no margin for error, it's painting by numbers but some people just want that and there is nothing wrong with it.
You hear a lot people, like Trovarion and Vince (which I deeply admire btw) saying that recipes don't work, but I don't agree. A well designed recipe DOES work, and works very well, but you need to design it, and test it and showcase it well, I spend a lot of time streamlining and working to make my videos very easy to follow with clear steps, repeatable and that don't leave margin for error, at least in terms of application, of course your personal ability is something I cannot account for.
I personally don't really paint like that when it's for me, not always, I go back and forth, correct adjust, mix a bit to smooth out etc. But this is different, you need to adapt to what you are doing and what you want to achieve, which in this case is teaching.
Btw, that's a very cool project mate, good luck with it. I will paint the 18 legions myself too but the traitors will be in their current 40k versions and minis, sorry. I set myself that hard limit when I delved into Space Marines and I'm not changing it, otherwise I would be painting Space Marines for the rest of my life.
Thanks for watching mate and thanks for the feedback and critique, I really appreciate it