I still can't believe Audible are enabling this craziness, haha. Grab a free month of Audible on me by heading to www.audible.com/midwinterminis or text midwinterminis to 500 500.
Just a tip for using Vallejo Metal Color paints - you want to wick away the excess moisture when you're using them in a brush. They're diluted for airbrush use, so they're quite hard to control and much less opaque otherwise - just touch your brush to a paper towel for a second or so before you paint and you'll find they're anything but. Vince Venturella has several videos on how to get the best out of them:)
Having made a few Titans in Adeptus Titanicus scale, I would recommend some focus on cables and the back door. They really help to bring in the scale, and while being relatively small in terms of effort they give a lot of bang for the buck. The skeleton is looking amazing btw :)
Every time I see someone paint models it always blows me away. My first thought was “brown undercoat, this guy has lost it, it’s going to look like crap.” But boy was I wrong it looks so good.
Oh the note of the heatwave in the UK-I hear a lot of my fellow Americans have a laugh at people in the UK being worried about high 90 and 100 degree weather (which it has been here in Missouri for nearly two months). But I’ve also spent a summer without AC, and being acclimated to heat counts for a whole lot. It sucks. Hope you guys are finding ways to stay cool!
Also, we in the US have air conditioning. Here in Texas, it was basically impossible to get on without AC, even BEFORE climate change set in. Everybody thinks rising global temperatures are no big deal, up until the AC goes out.
Us brits have to deal with this weather for about two to three weeks every year its no biggy, it will be winter soon and the news people will be telling us its the coldest day on record 🙄
@@iamwedged2705 "No biggie" except that it keeps getting hotter every year, and pretty soon that period of hot weather is going to start lasting longer than just a week or two, and the temperatures are just going to keep getting more extreme. But sure, no biggie.
Damn, that metal texture on the chassis is looking absolutely beautiful - it almost looks like it was an old cast metal model to begin with! and that sneak peak of the armour panel looks super cool! Still tho, I really hope that you revisit some of the physical weathering on the other armour panels - it'd be cool to see what various types of marks different weapons have left on it over the years!
you primed in muggy weather that is probably why that paint came out textured and shiny. Muggy moist weather can stop flash off entraps the moisture within the paint causing the shine.
You're into it. Spray priming in that heat is going to cause some texture - either with the trapped moisture or the aerosol spray particles drying before they hit the model.
Nice to finally see some paint on the big lad! If it were me doing this project, I'd build this thing up right quick , prime it and then - you guessed it- leave it unpainted FOREVER while I browse eBay for bagain 40K job lots
@@MidwinterMinis lol. One day I hope to have this problem myself. Imagine if they were all watching you at the same time though, live and in person. That'd be terrifying.
That Newsanchor crack had me dying. It's essentially me every day of summer, here where I live just hit 109 F today and it's still not the hottest month. 🙃
Tip from a mechanic that knows hydraulics, a small nick in a cylinder rod will lead to a leak, causing dust to gather in the run of oil that works it's way out in the nick. To make this part of the weathering, you can put a small ding in a rod and leave the rod shiny, but make a run of oil at the lower end of the rod with lots of dark mud/dust.
I know it's an old video, but I just wanted to say thank you, because I used this method to do the frame of my Warhound, and in a single night, I had the best looking metal I've ever painted. I'm going to be redoing all my knights like this too!
Wow, and there’s my 2 seconds of fame. Great to meet you, thanks for helping me into my painting hobby but best of all, thanks for being one of the winning votes for my Skaven Warband entry at Griffcon 2022 paint comp.
2:55 - you want to spray outside and then leave your models outside for 10-30 minutes to let them degas. Some paints may take longer. Then you shouldn't have too much of an issue with odours in your office.
I agree that spray painting outside is the ideal approach, but there are so many reasons why that might not be a possibility for some people. Most neighbors don't like spray dust for example.
@@rasmusolesen5307yeah, I appreciate that. But I think it's probably easier for people to spray outside than inside - just do it outside at night on some derelict land in the middle of nowhere. But seriously, if you can't spray outside, at least do it in a room you can air out and leave your models in there with the windows open and a fan going for an hour or so. You definitely want to wear a mask if you are spraying models inside, especially if it's something as large as a titan. Trust me your lungs are way more important than any model.
Vallejo Model Air Aluminium is basically my favourite paint. I use it for highlights, not only on miniatures, but also for the final drybrush on LARP weapons to give blades and crossguards a bit of zing.
I would love to see maybe some skitariis on the understructure, I believe i've read that on titans this size, defenders are needed to push off unwanted guests that would try to climb, it was in a book from the black library. Needs to be confirmed but that little handrails sections would be perfect for that ! Continue what you're doing it's cool ! ^^
Hello guy im a fan from the Philippines and i just wanna say your a big inspiration on why i got into the hobby im in the process of purchasing a necron warrior box and a start collecting space marines im planning on a fallout style color scheme for my marines 🙂🙂
It looks amazing. I hope the finished product will be something that one can look at for hours and still find new details constantly and how you describe your plans, it is going to! This must be my favorite model building/painting series.
If you're planning on weathering that monster with dust tones, I can highly recommend the ultimate modelling products weathering washes, they're a clay based pigment in a water soluble medium, so once you put them on, you can re-activate them with a damp paint brush to make nice streaking effects, they airbrush reasonably well too, so that can speed up the application and go best over a gloss/satin surface, a Matt surface will grip better making them difficult to re-activate and remove, and the clay pigment is heavy so you'll have to shake the bottle up a bit every now and then
I love how it looks like a big hulking hunk of metal. Such lovely attention to detail for honestly such a quick paintjob thanks for making my day a little better guy!
This is amazing and fantastic series. So excited to see how it turns out. The metal painting is on another level. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
Seeing as you mentioned your Blackstone Fortress videos, I just wanted to say that those vids got me back into the hobby after a break of around 20 years. The last thing I had painted as a kid was 2nd edition Space Hulk but only the Terminators and about 3 genestealers. Since getting back into it I've managed to paint the Blackstone Fortress set (the last few minis being far better the first few), some Necrons in the classic silver and green and have just started with the kill team starter set (terrain only so far). Thanks again for reminding me how much I enjoy painting these models and for your speed painting tips which have been a massive boost for my painting confidence 👍
Hi Guy! Awesome content yet again, thanks! Quick tip if you're going to work with stencils (most people make the mistake), is to start with an initial layer of the original paint. This will seal in the edges and prevent any paint from leaking under the stencils! (also works great for when you're painting rooms and need to tape off an edge for different colours). Cheers and looking forward to the next content!
So you could actually go all in on a super grim-dark rusty, barely colorful model - a few splashes of color to break it up, but mainly via flaky rusted-through panels, make it look like a super grim murder-machine caked in blood, oil, verdigris and rust. I think it'd be a super nice piece. But that's just what I'd do, I feel like everyone's titan is always a really personal build.
Re: detailing materials Parachord comes in a variety if diameters and colors. Makes great for hydraulic lines and jacketed wiring. There's also a faux lead string & wire used in tying fly fishing lures, it lays exactly where you place it and makes for great pipes and wires. Learned both these from scale model builders.
I grew up on the east coast but moved out to CO recently. The last 3 weeks it's hit about 30-34 in the house just about every day. Just broke a few days ago, thankfully
I have painted a few big robot bois and have struggled a bit with getting the metal to actually look interesting, but man did you succeed in that!! Using brown as a base coat is genius and having alot of the steal still quite dark with only sparingly dry brushing, as sparingly as can be on a model that huge. I will definitely come back to this video the next time I need to paint a imperial knight, dreadnought or something of the like:D
Some high temperature tips: Drink lots of water, like absolute loads. Try and find someplace with a crossbreeze, it will keep the air around you from becoming stifling, and will help the sweat on your skin evaporate, cooling you down. I also recommend not wearing much in the way of clothes, but if you do, they should be light colored, preferably nylon types and fairly tight fitting, so your sweat will soak them and still be able to keep you cool.
Can recommend that technique! Used it on all my Death Guard so I instantly knew what he was after with the brown. It looks better to mix some different browns for the first layer tho
wow. for the amount of time you put in, the result is incredible. can't wait to see how it looks after any/all detail work you decide to do. i learn so much about painting from your vids - i don't do minis, but most of the techniques are applicable to what i do (i like to weather/panel highlight my transformers toys to make them look like they've been in battle for decades). keep kicking ass.
I want to see you going to a 40k tournament an your Opponent is like "and what army build did you do?" And you "oh i have a titan army" procedes to put that thing on the tabel
I’d never really considered doing a brown base for a chassis to get that look. Great idea will be using that for my smaller scale ones. Thanks for that. I may even add some orange to go for heavy rust :)
I love your homebrew wash, I use it on terrain all the time, I love it for big models since it cuts down on price per piece painted. Y'all also need to start putting in mini split systems, they're mini Air-Con systems, you can have it route to your office or wherever you spend the most time and have Air Con in that room at the very least.
I still can't believe Audible are enabling this craziness, haha. Grab a free month of Audible on me by heading to www.audible.com/midwinterminis or text midwinterminis to 500 500.
PRAISE THE EMPEROR!
will you ever make a castigator titan?
Still loving the recommendations!
For the glory of TZEENCH
@@NS-if8ck heretic
Hmm what an interesting audiobook recommendation, I will be sure to listen to this on audible using the link in the description
HEY WAIT A MINUTE
*Nani?*
Hello there
@@graybeard7605 General Kenobi
This reminds me of that obama meme
Just a tip for using Vallejo Metal Color paints - you want to wick away the excess moisture when you're using them in a brush. They're diluted for airbrush use, so they're quite hard to control and much less opaque otherwise - just touch your brush to a paper towel for a second or so before you paint and you'll find they're anything but. Vince Venturella has several videos on how to get the best out of them:)
That's good to know! I'll check it out
Great point
Very helpful
Oh excellent tip
This isn't true.
Having made a few Titans in Adeptus Titanicus scale, I would recommend some focus on cables and the back door.
They really help to bring in the scale, and while being relatively small in terms of effort they give a lot of bang for the buck.
The skeleton is looking amazing btw :)
Good idea! Yeah, that little hatch at the back will get some special treatment, I'm sure :)
@@MidwinterMinis how about the entire Titan done in the NMM style ? 🤣
@@MidwinterMinis I'd let you give my back hatch some special treatment ;)
@@MidwinterMinis that sounds incredibly dirty XD
Every time I see someone paint models it always blows me away. My first thought was “brown undercoat, this guy has lost it, it’s going to look like crap.” But boy was I wrong it looks so good.
Imagine being able to say “My dog met Duncan Rhodes.” Absolute legend.
Oh the note of the heatwave in the UK-I hear a lot of my fellow Americans have a laugh at people in the UK being worried about high 90 and 100 degree weather (which it has been here in Missouri for nearly two months). But I’ve also spent a summer without AC, and being acclimated to heat counts for a whole lot. It sucks. Hope you guys are finding ways to stay cool!
Our buildings are built to trap heat and our homes don't have AC. Not great during a heatwave...
Also, we in the US have air conditioning. Here in Texas, it was basically impossible to get on without AC, even BEFORE climate change set in. Everybody thinks rising global temperatures are no big deal, up until the AC goes out.
Yeah, it's been 110⁰ here in Texas for a few days. And then one of the three AC units blew a capacitor.
Us brits have to deal with this weather for about two to three weeks every year its no biggy, it will be winter soon and the news people will be telling us its the coldest day on record 🙄
@@iamwedged2705 "No biggie" except that it keeps getting hotter every year, and pretty soon that period of hot weather is going to start lasting longer than just a week or two, and the temperatures are just going to keep getting more extreme. But sure, no biggie.
I heard "It's Titan Time" as just "It's Time Time" and found it funnier than i should have.
IT'S TIME TIME!
That is absolutely massive, obviously couldn't beat the screaming peasant from the gargant kit though...
I might find one and have him dangling off the railings...
@@MidwinterMinis He wasn't talking about the Titan :D
@@Toakan ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉)
adding some bronze or brass metal detailing (like hinges or power conduits or vents) would give it that extra pop of color, I think :)
Exactly my thoughts about the riveted ridges, especially arount the feet!
Damn, that metal texture on the chassis is looking absolutely beautiful - it almost looks like it was an old cast metal model to begin with! and that sneak peak of the armour panel looks super cool!
Still tho, I really hope that you revisit some of the physical weathering on the other armour panels - it'd be cool to see what various types of marks different weapons have left on it over the years!
you primed in muggy weather that is probably why that paint came out textured and shiny. Muggy moist weather can stop flash off entraps the moisture within the paint causing the shine.
You're into it. Spray priming in that heat is going to cause some texture - either with the trapped moisture or the aerosol spray particles drying before they hit the model.
Nice to finally see some paint on the big lad! If it were me doing this project, I'd build this thing up right quick , prime it and then - you guessed it- leave it unpainted FOREVER while I browse eBay for bagain 40K job lots
If I didn't have thousands of people watching, I definitely would have done the same, haha
@@MidwinterMinis lol. One day I hope to have this problem myself.
Imagine if they were all watching you at the same time though, live and in person. That'd be terrifying.
Always good to have Midwinter Minis on in the background as I slog my way through my second edition Dark Angels
That Newsanchor crack had me dying. It's essentially me every day of summer, here where I live just hit 109 F today and it's still not the hottest month. 🙃
Tip from a mechanic that knows hydraulics, a small nick in a cylinder rod will lead to a leak, causing dust to gather in the run of oil that works it's way out in the nick.
To make this part of the weathering, you can put a small ding in a rod and leave the rod shiny, but make a run of oil at the lower end of the rod with lots of dark mud/dust.
I know it's an old video, but I just wanted to say thank you, because I used this method to do the frame of my Warhound, and in a single night, I had the best looking metal I've ever painted. I'm going to be redoing all my knights like this too!
I wish every faction got a model like this, huge death dragon would be lit
Wow, and there’s my 2 seconds of fame. Great to meet you, thanks for helping me into my painting hobby but best of all, thanks for being one of the winning votes for my Skaven Warband entry at Griffcon 2022 paint comp.
Always excited for the titan videos. Makes me wanna get some ones myself
2:55 - you want to spray outside and then leave your models outside for 10-30 minutes to let them degas. Some paints may take longer. Then you shouldn't have too much of an issue with odours in your office.
I agree that spray painting outside is the ideal approach, but there are so many reasons why that might not be a possibility for some people.
Most neighbors don't like spray dust for example.
@@rasmusolesen5307yeah, I appreciate that. But I think it's probably easier for people to spray outside than inside - just do it outside at night on some derelict land in the middle of nowhere. But seriously, if you can't spray outside, at least do it in a room you can air out and leave your models in there with the windows open and a fan going for an hour or so. You definitely want to wear a mask if you are spraying models inside, especially if it's something as large as a titan. Trust me your lungs are way more important than any model.
Vallejo Model Air Aluminium is basically my favourite paint. I use it for highlights, not only on miniatures, but also for the final drybrush on LARP weapons to give blades and crossguards a bit of zing.
I would love to see maybe some skitariis on the understructure, I believe i've read that on titans this size, defenders are needed to push off unwanted guests that would try to climb, it was in a book from the black library. Needs to be confirmed but that little handrails sections would be perfect for that ! Continue what you're doing it's cool ! ^^
That's some nice, messy metal. I'm looking forward to learning the secrets of the painting on those plasma-coils and armour plates.
Hello guy im a fan from the Philippines and i just wanna say your a big inspiration on why i got into the hobby im in the process of purchasing a necron warrior box and a start collecting space marines im planning on a fallout style color scheme for my marines 🙂🙂
It looks amazing. I hope the finished product will be something that one can look at for hours and still find new details constantly and how you describe your plans, it is going to!
This must be my favorite model building/painting series.
"Guy, have you seen my hairbands?" "Noooooooo!"
When this project is finished, I beg you to use this monstrosity in a regular game
Great video!! Glad to hear you used the warm brown tone we spoke about at GriffCon22 ❤🤟🏻- Zak
Model Air Alu is my absolute go-to "bright metal" - even when brushing vs using the airbrush. LOVE that paint!
To see you stipple on the metal texture on the skeleton is so satisfying to watch. Very please with where this project goes!
Guy is so wholesome. This is the ultimate comfort channel. Put on a midwinter minis video and watch all of the worlds problems disappear for a moment.
Bit of constant shaft polishing while the better half is away? You and me both, Guy!
If you're planning on weathering that monster with dust tones, I can highly recommend the ultimate modelling products weathering washes, they're a clay based pigment in a water soluble medium, so once you put them on, you can re-activate them with a damp paint brush to make nice streaking effects, they airbrush reasonably well too, so that can speed up the application and go best over a gloss/satin surface, a Matt surface will grip better making them difficult to re-activate and remove, and the clay pigment is heavy so you'll have to shake the bottle up a bit every now and then
Nice! I got Vallejo gunmetal when I was at Griffcon as well, I'd not used it at yet, good to see it in action.
Great to see you again :)
Awesome! My favourite painting video.
Watching the dry brush metal cover up the brown undercoat was really satisfying to watch.
Great work on metal work Guy! Looks awesome! Also, great anchor manning 😂.
I love how it looks like a big hulking hunk of metal. Such lovely attention to detail for honestly such a quick paintjob thanks for making my day a little better guy!
This is amazing and fantastic series. So excited to see how it turns out. The metal painting is on another level. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
It's all starting to come together. Hope you are well.
I thank you for your dedication for making the video. The heat on Monday was just plain murder and I must say congratulations for carrying on.
Love the patina work! and that test panel is amazing. Can't wait to see how the rest of the Titan shakes out.
ISN'T IT?! How does he do it?1
I just can't wait for a battle report with this Titan!
Respect for keeping the pace during that heat, I completly lost motivation for painting, because its too warm.
On the other hand, it's yout job...
Seeing as you mentioned your Blackstone Fortress videos, I just wanted to say that those vids got me back into the hobby after a break of around 20 years. The last thing I had painted as a kid was 2nd edition Space Hulk but only the Terminators and about 3 genestealers.
Since getting back into it I've managed to paint the Blackstone Fortress set (the last few minis being far better the first few), some Necrons in the classic silver and green and have just started with the kill team starter set (terrain only so far).
Thanks again for reminding me how much I enjoy painting these models and for your speed painting tips which have been a massive boost for my painting confidence 👍
Can’t wait for the next part!
Seeing Duncan was a very pleasant surprise.
So many painting tips in this vid.. I will be using some of them.. Thanks as always.
Hi Guy!
Awesome content yet again, thanks!
Quick tip if you're going to work with stencils (most people make the mistake), is to start with an initial layer of the original paint.
This will seal in the edges and prevent any paint from leaking under the stencils! (also works great for when you're painting rooms and need to tape off an edge for different colours).
Cheers and looking forward to the next content!
Aw that t-shirt, RIP Red Dog Music. Great to finally see some paint on your titan!
RDM lives on every time you fondly remember it :)
So you could actually go all in on a super grim-dark rusty, barely colorful model - a few splashes of color to break it up, but mainly via flaky rusted-through panels, make it look like a super grim murder-machine caked in blood, oil, verdigris and rust. I think it'd be a super nice piece. But that's just what I'd do, I feel like everyone's titan is always a really personal build.
Haha 🤣 nice news anchoring guy 👍
Re: detailing materials
Parachord comes in a variety if diameters and colors. Makes great for hydraulic lines and jacketed wiring. There's also a faux lead string & wire used in tying fly fishing lures, it lays exactly where you place it and makes for great pipes and wires. Learned both these from scale model builders.
I grew up on the east coast but moved out to CO recently. The last 3 weeks it's hit about 30-34 in the house just about every day. Just broke a few days ago, thankfully
absolutely stunning titan man, i love the grim dark look of old metal
Yes finally my favorite paint is being recognized, it's great for metal highlights
Excellent video I love the Warlord Titan series. I’ve picked up a lot of painting techniques from your videos.
I have painted a few big robot bois and have struggled a bit with getting the metal to actually look interesting, but man did you succeed in that!! Using brown as a base coat is genius and having alot of the steal still quite dark with only sparingly dry brushing, as sparingly as can be on a model that huge. I will definitely come back to this video the next time I need to paint a imperial knight, dreadnought or something of the like:D
This is an epic project. Love seeing it tick along!
Looks cool. Very cool. Almost like a video game render. Nice work.
Some high temperature tips:
Drink lots of water, like absolute loads.
Try and find someplace with a crossbreeze, it will keep the air around you from becoming stifling, and will help the sweat on your skin evaporate, cooling you down.
I also recommend not wearing much in the way of clothes, but if you do, they should be light colored, preferably nylon types and fairly tight fitting, so your sweat will soak them and still be able to keep you cool.
It looks great, you guys are some brave hobbyists tackling such a large project. Stay awesome!
Came for the amazing painting and narrating, stayed for the dog end credits.
You fell for my trap!
God that makeup brush with the silver was amazing. Will have to try it on a smaller scale on my titanicus models.
Can recommend that technique! Used it on all my Death Guard so I instantly knew what he was after with the brown. It looks better to mix some different browns for the first layer tho
The snowflake titan. I love it! MWM's champion of the grimdark, but somehow still accessible, hobby aesthetic.
Yeah baby! More titan time.
My favourite part was when Guy said ''It's titaning time!'' before he beat the shit out of the power rangers with a hoover.
That's one great looking undercarriage! I can't wait to see how everything else turns out.
just went to audible and picked up a story for the iron warriors and ultramarines. Loving it
wow. for the amount of time you put in, the result is incredible. can't wait to see how it looks after any/all detail work you decide to do. i learn so much about painting from your vids - i don't do minis, but most of the techniques are applicable to what i do (i like to weather/panel highlight my transformers toys to make them look like they've been in battle for decades). keep kicking ass.
I love gryphon games SO MUCH
I'm completely amazed! The amount of work you put into this is awesome!
Man, that looks wonderful.
Thanks for the new upload, your videos always inspire me to go work on my favorite hobby.
This is amazing work.
Damn that thing is a beast. Looking great so far.
Okay, this is great and all, but that Photo of Nessa and Duncan is so absolutely heartwarming I'm getting the fuzzies
The titain looks so cool!!
Video hasn't even started yet but this is what I need today!!!
This metal looks so good! I'm actually in the UK right now and that hottest day was no joke
NGL, a "naked" titan looks way cooler than when it has its armor on.
Great to see you start to paint it. Looks good
Beautiful
Love this big guy
I want to see you going to a 40k tournament an your Opponent is like "and what army build did you do?" And you "oh i have a titan army" procedes to put that thing on the tabel
Looks great!
You can add some skitarii ranger or magos on the titan "level floor", around the entry door
Looks absolutely amazing
i think having a space marine (or any infantry unit really) in the midwinter minis paint scheme would be cool
Love droochie eye violet
This is seriously amazing work. I'd love to see you do some Soritas stuff.
Finished painting my warlord recently and im just waiting on some transfers I ordered to finish it up. Love these models
Wow! Good job, that's some serious work
I made a batch of your homemade shade for terrain last year. Great stuff!
I’d never really considered doing a brown base for a chassis to get that look. Great idea will be using that for my smaller scale ones. Thanks for that. I may even add some orange to go for heavy rust :)
I love your homebrew wash, I use it on terrain all the time, I love it for big models since it cuts down on price per piece painted. Y'all also need to start putting in mini split systems, they're mini Air-Con systems, you can have it route to your office or wherever you spend the most time and have Air Con in that room at the very least.
Glad you get good use out of it! :)
0:20 Didn’t notice this until now, but geez is this the result of skipping leg day for the past 1000+ years?
It was funny to tune into the start of griff con to see Guy doing a little dance as the host was explaining the event
An absolute smasher. Really enjoying seeing this beaut come to life...Wonder if this is how the Mechanicus feels when building one of these beasts? :)
I painted a model of a similar scale that was much less full of fiddly bits, and I can confirm that it took ages.