Back to Basics: Drybrushing Deathwatch! [How I Paint Things]

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
  • The Deathwatch are the final word in the Imperium's defence against the alien menace that threatens to devour all humanity. Clad in sinister black and silver armour, they are the spear tip aimed at the heart of the xenos threat.
    There's almost no end to the way that you can paint black power armour, but this neat blue-black touch is one that I really like for Space Marines, especially with the subtle warmth of their leather equipment and the red casings on their boltguns. With just a little extra work on a drybrushed base, you can very easily adapt this to just about any black power armour you can think of - I for one am very much looking forward to new Black Templars!
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    00:00 - Intro
    00:39 - The Painting
    15:00 - The Finished Miniature
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    PAINTS USED:
    PRIMER:
    The Army Painter Matt Black
    BASE:
    Abaddon Black
    Corvus Black
    Mephiston Red
    Corax White
    Dryad Bark
    Iron Hands Steel
    Retributor Armour
    Khorne Red
    Rakarth Flesh
    LAYER:
    Yriel Yellow
    Fenrisian Grey
    SHADE:
    Nuln Oil
    Agrax Earthshade
    Drakenhof Nightshade
    DRY:
    Longbeard Grey
    Necron Compound
    CONTRAST:
    Blood Angels Red
    SPRAY VARNISHES:
    Vallejo Matt Varnish
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Комментарии • 91

  • @wilsonlam3701
    @wilsonlam3701 6 месяцев назад +7

    I actually think those extra smudges on the mini look great! Gives it kind of a gritty, battleworn armor look. Thanks for the tutorial.

  • @bionicfetus3210
    @bionicfetus3210 3 месяца назад +3

    You've opened my eyes to how much im over thinking this project. Bless you

  • @ZX-ou5op
    @ZX-ou5op 2 года назад +37

    Finally, a technique that looks great and much easier to pull off than typical edge highlighting. I love the blue-black hue of the armor - just brilliant. Thank you for this!

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      Glad you like it!

    • @Jimmy-pf7kr
      @Jimmy-pf7kr Год назад

      In the fluff, the Deathwatch armour crackles with energy and it's described as blue lightening.. So this is sweet!

  • @evancoleman1209
    @evancoleman1209 20 дней назад +1

    Great instructions and video.

  • @Bierzine
    @Bierzine 2 месяца назад +2

    I hate doing all the edge highlighting on the armour, which led me to leave my precious DW unpainted and focus on Necrons. Thanks to you I enjoy painting my DW again! Thanks a lot!

    • @knightsminifoundry
      @knightsminifoundry 2 месяца назад

      I actually went from necrons to DW because I hated how short the process was lol!

    • @Bierzine
      @Bierzine 2 месяца назад

      @@knightsminifoundry 😁

  • @gavinforbes5645
    @gavinforbes5645 2 года назад +10

    My Raven Guard are painted using your black armour tutorial from a few years ago, but I’m a big fan of Corvus Black and I’ve used your Commissar tutorial on a couple of models that have turned out nicely. This is another great black I’ll have to find a place for!

  • @buickchaser
    @buickchaser 2 года назад +1

    Geez, that dry brush highlighting on the edges is like magic! Thank you!!

  • @martynives305
    @martynives305 2 года назад +7

    Love it! This could be the push I needed to do those Black Templar’s that I’ve always wanted to do, but didn’t now how I wanted to approach the armour. Thank you.

  • @robisonwells1
    @robisonwells1 2 года назад +5

    Thanks for doing more black armor! Love to see different methods.

  • @JK-zx3go
    @JK-zx3go Год назад +1

    Looks great

  • @davidmckay335
    @davidmckay335 2 года назад +1

    Corvus Black and Corax White. I'm glad I'm not only one!

  • @444reaper
    @444reaper Год назад +1

    You probably just helped me finish my army. Thank you sir.

  • @pickles5986
    @pickles5986 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this tutorial, I just found out about the death watch and Im looking forward to trying your technique!

  • @Jimmy-pf7kr
    @Jimmy-pf7kr Год назад +1

    This is awesome man!!

  • @creepandpeeps
    @creepandpeeps 2 года назад +7

    You do the best tutorials, thank you.

  • @davidnandrin8825
    @davidnandrin8825 2 года назад +2

    Another great tutorial ! Thank you Mr. Sonic !

  • @BattleBro77
    @BattleBro77 2 года назад +2

    Hugely helpful, especially in regards to correct dry brushing technique, as well as the clean up.

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      I find that with that little bit of extra time spent on tidying those rough edges, people don't think twice about how you've done the highlights. It's not quite hiding the fact you've drybrushed them, but nobody comments on it.

  • @ARed-TailedHawk
    @ARed-TailedHawk 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for this! I’m about to start a Deathwatch Kill Team and this is so helpful. Drybrushing is a lifesaver for beginner painters like me and what I’m learning is less is more. Love your teaching style and all of your tutorials.

  • @davidgpeterson
    @davidgpeterson 2 года назад +1

    This might be my favorite of your space marines.

  • @PexDoombringer
    @PexDoombringer 2 года назад +1

    MY DREAM COME TRVE. Now I can properly start my DW army without leaving it grey. THANKS FELLA YOU'RE GREAT

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 2 года назад +1

    I read the title several times; trying to work out what Drybrush Deathwatch was? Some sort of Deathwatch who operate in savannah? Finally, it clicked. 😺 That is a good looking drybrushed Deathwatch dude.

  • @thanasisgeronimos9124
    @thanasisgeronimos9124 2 года назад +1

    Heeeyyy that starfleet command mug is all i needed to see....!!! nice video too

  • @Spartan12
    @Spartan12 2 года назад +1

    I've been looking for something exactly like this! Thank you a ton, will be applying this towards the Raven Guard force

  • @oveiron_prime
    @oveiron_prime 2 года назад +1

    Always great videos, thanks ! And very good job 😊

  • @eo8240
    @eo8240 8 месяцев назад +1

    Been really keen to start a deathwatch army but edge highlighting had me a bit freaked out. Excited to give this a try. My Chaos knights were really barebones with Layer paints and a primer and my GSC were contrast paint heavy so it'll be fun to try another approach for another army.

  • @udolpho
    @udolpho 2 года назад +2

    He looks fantastic. I've been using contrast for deathwatch (black templar over grey seer) but think I'm going to give this a go

  • @johnkelley9877
    @johnkelley9877 2 года назад +1

    I learned a lot from this tutorial! I like the painted cardboard for testing your dry brushing. Thanks for sharing this and the figure looks great.

  • @fiasco_games4131
    @fiasco_games4131 2 года назад +2

    My Raven Guard started off using your black from a few years back...and I've got to say this beats that handily! Well done and I'll be incorporating this!

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +3

      Nothing wrong with the new recruits getting the slightly sharper kit, right? ;D

  • @totinoshotpizzarolls3312
    @totinoshotpizzarolls3312 Год назад +1

    Love your videos!

  • @StackingLimit
    @StackingLimit 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this excellent tutorial.

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      You're more than welcome! Deathwatch are one of those stand-out cool armies in 40k, so I kinda had to get to them eventually!

  • @thomasmcnair6891
    @thomasmcnair6891 2 года назад +1

    Just got some of these bad boys and I knew you'd have a video 😁😁😁

  • @naughtiusmaximus1231
    @naughtiusmaximus1231 2 года назад +1

    Very, very nice indeed!

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 2 года назад +1

    Thank you , Sonic .

  • @Gabbiano88
    @Gabbiano88 2 года назад +3

    Super cool

  • @rutiguer2701
    @rutiguer2701 2 года назад +6

    Regardless the colour of the armour, the results are always fantastic. Amazing space marines, as usual. You make things seem easy! Congrats, great video. Thank you!

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +2

      It's easy to overthink Space Marines! The technique's pretty simple once you've had a bit of practice, and reliable as well. :D

  • @mallo4424
    @mallo4424 2 года назад +1

    I've a huge Sisters of battle army in Epic 40k scale to paint, and I've never been able to pull of black armour at small scale as it just looks grey, but this might be a good way to trick the eye into it looking black at small scale too. I will have to give it a go.

  • @KuPaoChicken
    @KuPaoChicken 6 месяцев назад +1

    I hate edge highlighting. I do a nibblet green dry brush on DA. I like what you did here

  • @Level30Commoner
    @Level30Commoner 2 года назад +1

    We reminded you and you didn't remember last time! :-( Awesome vid as always. Thank you very much. :-)

  • @mrflammel4175
    @mrflammel4175 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for the great guides. Could you do some Guides about painting Dreadnoughts or Landraiders ?

  • @dwadland
    @dwadland 2 года назад +2

    Very nice. I've got a decent force of Deathwatch looking for some inspiration - this helps greatly!

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +2

      Glad to hear it! I'm sure you've probably put a couple of the Griffon shoulder pads on as well, somehow... ;D

  • @simonliden864
    @simonliden864 2 года назад +1

    This is wonderful. I have very shaky hands and has been hesitant to get into the hobby for a long time as I know I'm not near steady enough to edgehighlight. I started painting recently though and went with black armour with drybrushing for my highlights but as a complete noob I haven't had as great results as you had here but now I have some solid guidance I feel like I'm not stuck with solid blobs of black as my marines.

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад

      I've found increasingly that my hands aren't as steady as they used to be, either. Luckily, those little cleanup steps don't ask much, so you can fake out some of the most prominent highlights. :D

  • @vander34th
    @vander34th 2 года назад +1

    If you want to still use the Griffon shoulder pad, you could try the Knights of Gryphonne Chapter. Plus you'd get to paint orange!

  • @rmurphie
    @rmurphie 2 года назад

    Another fantastic video.
    What drybrush did you use in this??

  • @jamessternemann9085
    @jamessternemann9085 2 года назад +1

    I never understood why people say you can't drybrush marines. I get nothing but compliments for my marines and their armor is layers of drybrushing.
    I only get the airbrush out for the big vehicles

  • @rickyl3136
    @rickyl3136 2 года назад +1

    The vents should be silver. Great choice

  • @JoobyFoo
    @JoobyFoo 7 месяцев назад

    2:00 Bring out one of the most important tools in our WHAT?

  • @johnsutcliffe9420
    @johnsutcliffe9420 2 года назад +1

    Grey tutorial as always. I'm a big fan of your guides. Would you use this exact method on dreadnoughts and vehicles to go with the foot troops?

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад

      You might need to adapt a little on how the wash would work on larger surfaces - maybe targeted recess shading rather than applying over the whole thing - but for the most part, yeah. Marines are just little tanks, themselves!

  • @happybuddyperson
    @happybuddyperson 2 года назад +5

    I seriously hope GW doesn't copyright strike you (and all the others on youtube) for painting their models and uploading it to youtube. That's the road they're headed down. Keep up the good work anyway, nice tutorial

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +5

      I sincerely doubt they'll go as far as painting videos and the like, but if that's what they decide it's a simple matter to remove what I've done featuring their work over the years, and they can put their own advertising up behind Warhammer+ if they fancy.

  • @ronaldmcnoldas7616
    @ronaldmcnoldas7616 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you from Germany. My first army will look much better if I use technics and exercise it on an few minis.

  • @jessie106purple
    @jessie106purple 2 года назад +1

    Regarding the paint names: "Corvus" is the genus name for ravens, so Corvus Black = Raven Black.

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад

      Aye, it's just a pain trying to remember not to swap Corvus and Corax when you're talking about the black and the white. It's like trying to keep Rosencrantz and Guildenstern straight in your head.

  • @egidijusp4123
    @egidijusp4123 2 года назад +1

    How this technique could work on Blood Angels. Well, I know that you've already made a video, but I'm still curious. Instead of these two highlight colours (Longbeard Grey and Fenrisian Grey) what colours could work on red BA armor?

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад

      Blood Angels these days I'd paint more or less the same as how I did the Order of the Bloody Rose. Kindleflame is apparently being retired, though, so I'd pick a couple of pots of that up before they get rid of something really useful!

  • @sierradelta6524
    @sierradelta6524 2 года назад +1

    Awesome video. Thank you! Can I ask, where did you get the drybrush?

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      Probably picked it up from Amazon at some point. I'm afraid I honestly don't recall!

    • @sierradelta6524
      @sierradelta6524 2 года назад +1

      @@SonicSledgehammerStudio that's ok. I picked a few up today. And using this video I have used them for my first DW terminator. Thank you!!

  • @MrCBennett100
    @MrCBennett100 2 года назад +1

    Hey Sledge, any particular reason you drybrushed this grey and washed blue, opposed to drybrushing blue and washing black like you did with the sister? Or just experimenting? If so, do you have a favourite?

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      Grey and washed blue will give you a slightly more blue-tinted finish, where the drybrush blue and wash black tends to a sharper, colder grey finish. It depends a little on what the rest of the miniature is doing. With the Sister there's a lot of red and white to carry visual interest, so 'normal' black armour works just fine, whereas the Deathwatch only have a small splash of colour in their bolters, so setting that red off against a colder blue-black finish will look a little better. At least in my opinion!

  • @a_different_class838
    @a_different_class838 2 года назад +1

    Could ya show us how to drybrush a black Templar, would like to see a darker black

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      I've actually done Black Templars a while back on the channel. Just skip the Corvus Black!

  • @leadpoetssociety9317
    @leadpoetssociety9317 Год назад +1

    Could this method also be applied to the dark blue armour of the Crimson fists?

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  Год назад

      It certainly could. In fact, it'd probably look something like this: ruclips.net/video/tsfngDW0Bxs/видео.html ✌

  • @mikehawkins346
    @mikehawkins346 2 года назад +2

    Now how would you go about doing Howling Griffins in the dryvrush method..........😈

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +2

      Now there's one you won't catch me doing any time soon. Though they aren't impossible: ruclips.net/video/2ymCD2ETdI4/видео.html

  • @malmfjord
    @malmfjord 2 года назад +2

    Dont have any longberd paint can dawn stone work?

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад

      You could use it, sure, but the end result will look different. Dawnstone isn't as bright.

  • @DarkWatch-Ian
    @DarkWatch-Ian 2 года назад +2

    Hi. Hope you are okay? I have painted Trish from the Devil May Cry bloody Palace board game, and used your drybrush technique on her black leather trousers and front lace up crop top. A fantastic way to get the best details popping on a miniature. You might want to check out Devil may cry as there are some amazing figures to paint in a variety of different sized models. Really pushes the skill levels. Think you would do them justice though. Take care. Thanks again for hints and keeping people's spirits up.

  • @marc8959
    @marc8959 Год назад

    This could be used for raven guard isn't it? or do you have any other tutorial that could fit better?

  • @JustHooded
    @JustHooded 9 дней назад

    I cant seem to get the hang of dry brushing

  • @trainboy1739
    @trainboy1739 2 года назад +1

    Ah thank you very much for this. Just finished my deathwatch and need to top them with dry brushing to finish them. Btw the Corax black and white is a cheeky joke by them.

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад +1

      I do feel a little bad knowing you've already gone through so many Deathwatch Marines! 😅

    • @trainboy1739
      @trainboy1739 2 года назад +1

      @@SonicSledgehammerStudio a handful of deathwatch marines are not that bad to paint…unlike imperial guard. Have pity on the guardsmen player for they paint forever.

  • @poppyappletree1400
    @poppyappletree1400 2 года назад +1

    I'm a subscriber, but it seems like RUclips isn't suggesting your content to me 🤔

    • @SonicSledgehammerStudio
      @SonicSledgehammerStudio  2 года назад

      Well, that's exciting! :/ Thanks, RUclips! Maybe try using the notification bell and see if that makes it work? I'd heard this was affecting others, too.

  • @gadushholl3469
    @gadushholl3469 2 года назад

    Nice watch. Love the final look but you need to drill the bolter muzzle.

  • @Diarmuhnd
    @Diarmuhnd 2 года назад +2

    Ahhh, thats a fan animation!! Yikes, its moving!!! EEEEEK!!!!!
    Good luck, have a fun weekend. Seriously good luck, GW is getting testy.