As a regular viewer, I’m commenting to show the algorithm how much I enjoy these long form videos! Maybe my experience will help it reach more viewers 😅
I think the thing that I enjoy the most about your work is how you consistently present the rationale to your approach, it’s less a case of “do this, do that” and more “here’s why I’m doing this”. It makes your videos infinitely more easy to digest. Also your explanation of what you interpret as grimdark goes a long way to explain your approach in the first place.
I wish he did them in separate videos. While it is interesting to see his rationale and how he reached certain conclusions sometimes I just want to see painting tips/tutorials and don't have time to watch 2 hours of hum "figuring it out"
@@Astrospill There are dozens upon dozens of other channels doing short videos. You seem to want something that is easy to find elsewhere. Should a youtube channel switch styles to be like all the others?
Thank you for taking a deeper look at Grim Dark than just " slosh on some streaking grime". It really is more of a mental and emotional aesthetic attempting to convey the hopelessness of the reality in that imagined time. I appreciate the work you do and the thoughtfulness with which you approach it.
@@DiggitySlice You could have really shiny and clean armour with bright blood or something that shows the emotionless, "robotic" side to Space Marines, perhaps?
@@DiggitySlice Molotow Liquid Chrome + Allclad II = mirror finish that's durable to handle on a tabletop. You will have *the shiniest space marines ever.*
Time stamps for people looking for specific schemes: 0:00 Blood Angels (red) 23:01 Black Templars (black) 48:16 Imperial Fists (yellow) 1:06:04 Ultramarines (blue) 1:20:46 Dark Angels Deathwing (bone) 1:36:21 Salamanders (green)
i cant count the times i watched this .its such a pleasure watching the best mini painter on u tube . the technique , the explanation . you have helped my mini painting go to a new level .thank you
At first! Thank you for demonstrating a variant of "grimdark" which is not just a base color and an oilwash- not to judge how people approach their painting stile, but in my opinion you present the full ambience in the miniature, without it is just a dirty looking miniature ! You definately inspired me to pick up my space marines from the pile again ! Thanks for your time and effort in sharing and inspiring !
The biggest thing I get from watching your videos is just to trust the process. I often get too hung up on avoiding mistakes and I end up not pushing the paintjob further. I'd love to see you do something for space Wolves, Grey is a hard colour to get interesting!
More than any other artist I follow. I'm never quite convinced while the work is happening. But when the finished product is shown, I'm BLOWN AWAY!! NOthing encapsulates this more then Trovarians grimdark necron. Will forever be my favorite paint job. I've rewatched that video hundreds of times. Edit: No one should ever be in a hurry when painting a Primarch.
I'm going to paint my marines as Legion of the damned, but I've held off as I haven't seen a black armor scheme that I've liked, this was awesome. It's exactly what I needed
This couldn’t be any better timed. I’ve already watched your Grimdark videos several times over in preparation to try the style myself. Now I can watch this and procrastinate painting just a little longer!
The difference once the model is properly dried always amazes me! I don't know anything about mini painting but from hours of watching youtube videos! I really enjoy just watching the process!
I have been binging on painting videos lately, after coming back to 40k from an over a decade hiatus. Your skills and the results are astounding. Thank you.
I've been working at a blue-grey colour scheme in this style adapted to my own tastes. Thanks for inspiring me to try something different after 14 years of doing similar things and not having the courage to change things up. I realised after painting my second mini that I'd been falling out of love with the hobby and this has been just the thing to rekindle the joy I felt when I first started.
I finally found the time to watch this. I have watched each of the videos in the past, but rewatching still felt rewarding and gave me a motivation boost and some inspiration. "Fork" the time it takes, focus on enjoyment, and aim for your best shot is pretty much what I took from this. Comments for the algorithm god, and watchtime for his throne
I think what you were describing about not viewing painting as clearly defined stages transfers to anything in life, and using your understanding of something to be more fluid with your actions is so beneficial. It's also such a massive confidence booster using your own knowledge
This is fantastic! I have been working out in my head how to get this feel as well. As an artist I have always preferred the gritty realistic feel/style. This was huge for bridging some of the ideas I have been playing with. Thanks so much!
In the late day of 2024, I just now discovered Warhammer. It only took a few days before I knew it would be a glorious obsession. Thank you so much for getting me started learning to paint. Very helpful!
This is definitely one of my favorite series you've done. It's helped me try to be more aware of where I place colors but also with experiment with how I paint I even started mixing contrast and shades. This was fun to watch all of these in one video
About to paint my first set of Imperial Fist HH. I've some experience weathering 3D prints (I build Mandalorian Armour to wear) and I wanted a style in my miniatures that looks lived in too and this is perfect. Thanks for the really in-depth, easy to follow guide.
This has really opened my eyes to painting on colour.. it's not all dark base, mid tones, highlights repeat.. there are a lot of different methods to achieving a realistic look! Thank you!
I wasn't actually looking for a grim dark tutorial, but I thought it sounded interesting! I just started painting, and this really gave me some ideas, and techniques to try out on my sylvaneth army! Thank you so much man!
Great video, very interesting paint jobs! You may want to stipple less white onto the Black Templar cross in the future. White implies a "chip" in the cross, showing the white pauldron below and would thus be less common. Whereas the brown you stippled on looks right, because dirt would go on over top of the cross and cover it accordingly. I love this style of painting, and I learned a lot from this video. Thank you sir.
I've never wanted to follow a walkthrough for painting a mini as much as I do with this video. Boutta go bust out some paint. I own 1 single Blood Angel that I pulled from a Space Marine Heroes mystery box, and I want Brother Lucien to look exactly like this.
I need to confesso that I was skeptical with the black templar but when you put the final highlight and metal edge highlight it just tied everything and really worked. Amazing
I'm loving your videos. Total newb here but I find much value in watching your techniques as it gives me ideas on how I can make improvements. Thank you!
So glad I found this video. I've been looking for more realistic looking techniques than most of the other miniature channels use. Also been having issues with my metallic golds having odd consistencies compared to other paints, and painting over the silver is a brilliant fix to the issue
I’ve really learnt to look at my models in a different way because of your vids. I don’t see a surface that needs a colour anymore I try to see the gradient of colour in the scene. Probs obvs to others. Thanks for the vids!
YAAAAAS, love your painting style, your videos have had a a profound influence on my painting and desire to paint, glad i get to see more of the process
these are so great. I would love to see how you might apply these techniques to chaos marines, with all of their trim, especially the red and black techniques
Been excited to watch this! I could not bring myself to watch it before out of fear of wanting to restart my LVO army and now I am preparing for next years it is a perfect time to watch.
This who video is an amazing look into some truly jaw-dropping results, and each one is spectacular in its own way; they remind me of pictures of battle-worn tanks, but bipedal. But that shield... by the Emperor, that shield! 1:32:41
I love this. The Blood Angel is sort of a template for my Word Bearers Kill Team right now. I would very much love to see this technique on some models with more details such as trim (CSM) or maybe just decoration (like Custodes). Anyway I really love this and the fact that you teach things that are approachable for beginners and intermediate painters and which are also fast and have the potential to grow with practice. In contrast I feel that I am much more limited with a technique like slap chop when it comes to "growth".
Been big fan of this series since came out. This truely how image warhammer to feel and look. have (no prob with peoples ultra clean, but doesnt always missing dark feel) Every time you post new one these always give me urge to paint
You’re painting skills are second to none - so inspirational! I loved the texture on the Black Templar, although I felt it looked more blueberry than black, but still defo want to try it. Fantastic job as always! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Blood Angel was great (although I think fleshtearers with that grimdarkness). Black Templar reads blue to me. I might use that for a grimdark spacewolf! I really love that ink/stain for gold!
That Salamander at the end was beautiful. I miss my mini's but physically couldn't hold a brush to paint and couldn't afford to commission so that's my 40k over >_
I appreciate your time with these videos, as a newb, your work is approachable and understandable. I love the brush and feel sometimes FOMO as I do not have an airbrush. I feel better now. Ok mostly better. Thanks from Minnesota. Also... if you come to visit Ninjon or Miniac here I will pay for a nice pizza dinner.
Great vid ! I'm struggling atm, trying to make it not look like just a shitton of dots... Not achieved quite what i wanted yet, but i experiment and try things i would've not think about and i thank you for that again. I'm quite new but keep it up, don't fear wanting to do complex things, but don't focus too much on the result, focus on the practice and the fun you can have. Keep it stimulating !
I have to admit it's not quite my style as I would like my Salamandesr to be, but it's a technique I'll certainly try a time or two to improve my style. Thanks for the input!
I like this, but I feel it might have been interesting to emphasise a contrast with the bolter; we expect the armour to be banged-up and dirty, but as with modern forces- a soldier has to depend on his weapon- it would have been trained into him from the start to look after it and I think it might have been interesting to have the bolter close to pristine maybe with some wear around the magazine well, etc just to show how much care the marine is giving to his holy bolter 😊
As a regular viewer, I’m commenting to show the algorithm how much I enjoy these long form videos! Maybe my experience will help it reach more viewers 😅
I think the thing that I enjoy the most about your work is how you consistently present the rationale to your approach, it’s less a case of “do this, do that” and more “here’s why I’m doing this”. It makes your videos infinitely more easy to digest. Also your explanation of what you interpret as grimdark goes a long way to explain your approach in the first place.
I wish he did them in separate videos. While it is interesting to see his rationale and how he reached certain conclusions sometimes I just want to see painting tips/tutorials and don't have time to watch 2 hours of hum "figuring it out"
@@Astrospill There are dozens upon dozens of other channels doing short videos. You seem to want something that is easy to find elsewhere. Should a youtube channel switch styles to be like all the others?
@@Astrospillall of these videos are available as seperate videos on my channel? 🤔
Thank you for taking a deeper look at Grim Dark than just " slosh on some streaking grime". It really is more of a mental and emotional aesthetic attempting to convey the hopelessness of the reality in that imagined time. I appreciate the work you do and the thoughtfulness with which you approach it.
What if your chapter of Space Marines are clean freaks?
@@DiggitySliceyou can make it clean and dramatik, you do not need mud to be dramatik
@@DiggitySlice You could have really shiny and clean armour with bright blood or something that shows the emotionless, "robotic" side to Space Marines, perhaps?
@@DiggitySlice Molotow Liquid Chrome + Allclad II = mirror finish that's durable to handle on a tabletop. You will have *the shiniest space marines ever.*
Time stamps for people looking for specific schemes:
0:00 Blood Angels (red)
23:01 Black Templars (black)
48:16 Imperial Fists (yellow)
1:06:04 Ultramarines (blue)
1:20:46 Dark Angels Deathwing (bone)
1:36:21 Salamanders (green)
Legend
'Don't be afraid, it's only paint' thanks, I needed to hear this.
i cant count the times i watched this .its such a pleasure watching the best mini painter on u tube . the technique , the explanation . you have helped my mini painting go to a new level .thank you
Dude casually drops a nearly 2 hour painting vid. Holy crap! Thank you man, gonna give this a go for my Howling Griffons!
At first!
Thank you for demonstrating a variant of "grimdark" which is not just a base color and an oilwash- not to judge how people approach their painting stile, but in my opinion you present the full ambience in the miniature, without it is just a dirty looking miniature !
You definately inspired me to pick up my space marines from the pile again !
Thanks for your time and effort in sharing and inspiring !
The biggest thing I get from watching your videos is just to trust the process. I often get too hung up on avoiding mistakes and I end up not pushing the paintjob further. I'd love to see you do something for space Wolves, Grey is a hard colour to get interesting!
This 1 video tells you 80% of what you need to do for most painting. Amazing stuff
More than any other artist I follow. I'm never quite convinced while the work is happening. But when the finished product is shown, I'm BLOWN AWAY!!
NOthing encapsulates this more then Trovarians grimdark necron. Will forever be my favorite paint job. I've rewatched that video hundreds of times.
Edit: No one should ever be in a hurry when painting a Primarch.
I'm going to paint my marines as Legion of the damned, but I've held off as I haven't seen a black armor scheme that I've liked, this was awesome. It's exactly what I needed
Exquisite workmanship, beautifully painted and weathered.
This couldn’t be any better timed.
I’ve already watched your Grimdark videos several times over in preparation to try the style myself.
Now I can watch this and procrastinate painting just a little longer!
The difference once the model is properly dried always amazes me! I don't know anything about mini painting but from hours of watching youtube videos! I really enjoy just watching the process!
As a relative newbie to the hobby, this has been fantastic in making me think/move beyond the same old steps!
I have been binging on painting videos lately, after coming back to 40k from an over a decade hiatus. Your skills and the results are astounding. Thank you.
I've been working at a blue-grey colour scheme in this style adapted to my own tastes. Thanks for inspiring me to try something different after 14 years of doing similar things and not having the courage to change things up. I realised after painting my second mini that I'd been falling out of love with the hobby and this has been just the thing to rekindle the joy I felt when I first started.
What colors are you using? I‘m think about doing a similar thing for Space Wolves. A transition from a darker grey into a grey blue
I finally found the time to watch this. I have watched each of the videos in the past, but rewatching still felt rewarding and gave me a motivation boost and some inspiration.
"Fork" the time it takes, focus on enjoyment, and aim for your best shot is pretty much what I took from this.
Comments for the algorithm god, and watchtime for his throne
I think what you were describing about not viewing painting as clearly defined stages transfers to anything in life, and using your understanding of something to be more fluid with your actions is so beneficial. It's also such a massive confidence booster using your own knowledge
I really appreciate this long form combo video! It made it so easy to view and compare!
I love tis style of painting. Looks battle hardened which i think many paint jobs miss.
Wow, Great job. Your one of the Best I've seen. Thanks, You Rock. :)
I'd love to see you do this on a Chaos model! Seeing how you would incorporate your grimdark style to metallic trim would be great!
This is fantastic! I have been working out in my head how to get this feel as well. As an artist I have always preferred the gritty realistic feel/style. This was huge for bridging some of the ideas I have been playing with. Thanks so much!
Your,, grimdark" videos are simply amazing, i'm always looking forward for the next one
In the late day of 2024, I just now discovered Warhammer. It only took a few days before I knew it would be a glorious obsession. Thank you so much for getting me started learning to paint. Very helpful!
This is definitely one of my favorite series you've done. It's helped me try to be more aware of where I place colors but also with experiment with how I paint I even started mixing contrast and shades. This was fun to watch all of these in one video
This video has made up my mind. I am getting back into this after 30 years.
let's gooooo
About to paint my first set of Imperial Fist HH.
I've some experience weathering 3D prints (I build Mandalorian Armour to wear) and I wanted a style in my miniatures that looks lived in too and this is perfect. Thanks for the really in-depth, easy to follow guide.
Grimdark isn’t about the end results, it’s about the friends we made along the way.
The journey brother!
I found the Salamander
That sounds like the complete opposite of Grim Dark.
What you said is more Amiable Light😅
Friends?
FRIENDS?!?!
HERETIC!!! FETCH THE FLAMER, BROTHERS!!!! THE *HEAVY* FLAMER!!!!
Enemies we made along the way. No friends.
Truly amazing as always. I would like to see you do Grimdark with the different chapters of chaos space marines. Thank you for what you do. 😊
Yes me too, about to get into 40k with Chaos Space Marines!
They white battle-worn weapons on the ultra marine just pop and are simply beautiful! Love this channel!
This has really opened my eyes to painting on colour.. it's not all dark base, mid tones, highlights repeat.. there are a lot of different methods to achieving a realistic look! Thank you!
I wasn't actually looking for a grim dark tutorial, but I thought it sounded interesting!
I just started painting, and this really gave me some ideas, and techniques to try out on my sylvaneth army!
Thank you so much man!
This was perfect listening for my painting session!
This is honestly the most fun I've had painting a space marine. Would love to see you use this method on a chaos marine
*Our favorite Austrian artist with the mustache.*
Thanks for making this and putting them all together. Learned so much! Would love to see your take on a Dark Angel
Great video, very interesting paint jobs! You may want to stipple less white onto the Black Templar cross in the future. White implies a "chip" in the cross, showing the white pauldron below and would thus be less common. Whereas the brown you stippled on looks right, because dirt would go on over top of the cross and cover it accordingly. I love this style of painting, and I learned a lot from this video. Thank you sir.
YES!!! THE ULTIMATE GRIMDARK PAINTING VIDEO!!! Thank you for this, my favorite is still the Black Templars 😊
I've never wanted to follow a walkthrough for painting a mini as much as I do with this video. Boutta go bust out some paint. I own 1 single Blood Angel that I pulled from a Space Marine Heroes mystery box, and I want Brother Lucien to look exactly like this.
would love too see your grimdark take on Dark Angels in the green armour. Love the finished results of this technique. Keep up the good work. :)
Oh Trov posted a video
*>Sees length of video*
Oh we in for a treat.
I need to confesso that I was skeptical with the black templar but when you put the final highlight and metal edge highlight it just tied everything and really worked. Amazing
I'm loving your videos. Total newb here but I find much value in watching your techniques as it gives me ideas on how I can make improvements. Thank you!
I've taken to using the sponging technique loads now, it's especially cool for terrain as well.
Sweetle, I prefer a similar style. You gave me a few techniques to try out and keep things fun. Thank you.
So glad I found this video. I've been looking for more realistic looking techniques than most of the other miniature channels use. Also been having issues with my metallic golds having odd consistencies compared to other paints, and painting over the silver is a brilliant fix to the issue
This is incredible 👏
I’ve really learnt to look at my models in a different way because of your vids. I don’t see a surface that needs a colour anymore I try to see the gradient of colour in the scene. Probs obvs to others. Thanks for the vids!
Awesome to have it in one video. These videos have competely changed my painting style. Can't go back to factory fresh any more.
Excellent deep dive into this painting style. I love it!
You're probably the best space marine painter in the world
22:59 is such a mood (and gives me a decent enough comment to feed the bot)
Amazing work, both painting and teaching other pigment pushers!
Im so glad your still making videos. They alwaus inspire me to paint and to try new things.
Thank you!
YAAAAAS, love your painting style, your videos have had a a profound influence on my painting and desire to paint, glad i get to see more of the process
The spray of varnish would seal in the graphite highlighting 👍
these are so great. I would love to see how you might apply these techniques to chaos marines, with all of their trim, especially the red and black techniques
Good point, anything that makes that filigree less excruciating would be great
Man! this is totally the way I'm taking my hobby. These pieces are fantastic!!!
I played this all the way through just to help then went back to the bits I needed a great vid
Thank you!
Very nice-- distinctive. Definitely looks a lot more rough and... dark.
Been excited to watch this! I could not bring myself to watch it before out of fear of wanting to restart my LVO army and now I am preparing for next years it is a perfect time to watch.
Love the Dark Angel - almost tempted to switch chapters by the video, almost.
Love love love the black marine. Mot convinced about the shoulder pads, though... feel like they are a little too damaged/weathered
Sir, it's great! I would definitely try your method!
Man I love watching these: I think I'm going to use this technique for a pair of Wraith Lords...
This who video is an amazing look into some truly jaw-dropping results, and each one is spectacular in its own way; they remind me of pictures of battle-worn tanks, but bipedal. But that shield... by the Emperor, that shield! 1:32:41
you asked what your next job should be.. please do the underrated Tau!! I see so little about them! Yet they have very interesting models to paint!
All of these videos have inspired me to try new techniques and enjoy the journey along the way! Thanks very much!
Love your work and proud to support
I think more and more about the paint, and how these colours were applied rather then the figures
I love this. The Blood Angel is sort of a template for my Word Bearers Kill Team right now. I would very much love to see this technique on some models with more details such as trim (CSM) or maybe just decoration (like Custodes). Anyway I really love this and the fact that you teach things that are approachable for beginners and intermediate painters and which are also fast and have the potential to grow with practice. In contrast I feel that I am much more limited with a technique like slap chop when it comes to "growth".
It would be awesome to see your take on painting Night Lords in this style! Especially how to tackle lighting on weathered and grungy armor
My guide to my space marine minis. Love the scope used on these models
This is great to have on the background while painting lol
Been big fan of this series since came out. This truely how image warhammer to feel and look. have (no prob with peoples ultra clean, but doesnt always missing dark feel) Every time you post new one these always give me urge to paint
Thank you for video!
You’re painting skills are second to none - so inspirational! I loved the texture on the Black Templar, although I felt it looked more blueberry than black, but still defo want to try it. Fantastic job as always! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I would still love to see how you would do Grey knights in this style
I could watch miniature painting for hours
LEGEND.
Great video! Love the painting and the commentary. Plus some funny bits too.
The best marines ever! Just fantastic.
Blood Angel was great (although I think fleshtearers with that grimdarkness).
Black Templar reads blue to me. I might use that for a grimdark spacewolf!
I really love that ink/stain for gold!
Can’t wait to watch this in full, in full detail.
I'm doing my part!
(also, I've used these tuts more than a few times!)
I tried to do the shadow with the airbrush with sepia for "white" armor and it was also very nice.
That Salamander at the end was beautiful.
I miss my mini's but physically couldn't hold a brush to paint and couldn't afford to commission so that's my 40k over >_
WOW these are amazing, you are super talented. ❤
I have to try this sponge stippling. Great video
Rewatching the entiere series just because it's awesome.
Pssst... I saw that this video is close to 2 hours. I know the TH-camz doesn't usually like this length of video.. but I am SO here for it.
Would you do a video like this but adapted for the Guard? These all look amazing.
Excellent tips! Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate your time with these videos, as a newb, your work is approachable and understandable. I love the brush and feel sometimes FOMO as I do not have an airbrush. I feel better now. Ok mostly better. Thanks from Minnesota. Also... if you come to visit Ninjon or Miniac here I will pay for a nice pizza dinner.
Great vid !
I'm struggling atm, trying to make it not look like just a shitton of dots...
Not achieved quite what i wanted yet, but i experiment and try things i would've not think about and i thank you for that again.
I'm quite new but keep it up, don't fear wanting to do complex things, but don't focus too much on the result, focus on the practice and the fun you can have. Keep it stimulating !
I have to admit it's not quite my style as I would like my Salamandesr to be, but it's a technique I'll certainly try a time or two to improve my style. Thanks for the input!
I like this, but I feel it might have been interesting to emphasise a contrast with the bolter; we expect the armour to be banged-up and dirty, but as with modern forces- a soldier has to depend on his weapon- it would have been trained into him from the start to look after it and I think it might have been interesting to have the bolter close to pristine maybe with some wear around the magazine well, etc just to show how much care the marine is giving to his holy bolter 😊