Paints used: Apothecary White Black Templar Cygor Brown Blood Angels Red Iyanden Yellow Basilicanum Grey Corax White Wraithbone Iron Warriors Retributor Armour White Scar Wild Rider Red Fire Dragon Bright Administratum Grey Karak Stone Sycorax Bronze Iron Hands Steel Grey Seer Primer
There are many great tutorials out there, but in terms of how well you communicate HOW to paint it, and in terms of results achieved and skills explained, this is one of THE BEST painting tutorials I’ve seen. I rarely comment or like on videos, but wow! Had a lot of trouble getting my white scars looking perfect, and the methods shown here really helped! Keep doing what you’re doing mate! Many thanks, from someone who buys way too much Warhammer.
Love the White Scars, I will definently take inspiration from this video when I get around to paint mine. FYI its the White scar veterans who use the red trims on their shoulder pads, they also have red helmets.
Thanks for the info! I'm going to write that down as it was impossible for me to figure out. I wasn't very well that day when I was painting him though so maybe I couldn't read properly.
Another White tip that works good for my is Taimya White primer, then Shade all over with 50/50 Lahmia Medium and Nuln Oil mixed, And then go with black templar Contrast for all the armor joints, and then Dry brush the rest with Dry Praxeti White
This video inspired me to create a chapter of my own, both for fluff and to play on the tabletop using a similar white setup with blue instead of red for the accents. Seeing how easy it was to use contrast paints helped up my game some with painting, making it easier on my given I have nerve damage in my dominant hand, making painting a bit of a tosser to do at times. For some reason contrasts feel so much easier for me to work with, but perhaps that lends itself to not needing to bother overmuch with proper thinning, even coats for darker paint schemes and so on. You have no idea how much this video helped me break out of that anxiety of painting. Hopefully this scheme works out well enough for things like tanks and dreadnaughts, because my army has a couple of each of those too. Cheers mate!
That's really awesome to hear buddy! Blue sounds very interesting and definitely very cool I like it a lot! You're an absolute hero to keep soldiering on with the painting with nerve damage and that. I can't imagine something like that happening to me I really sympathise. Keep on going with it and if there's anything that's in my power to paint and show off for you do let me know and I'll add it to the list of things to do!
Looks amazing! *just wish you would show brushes used each time you paint a section AND that I could watch you paint the entire miniature because those shoulder stripes you painted red are something I need to work on!!
It can be, the only issue with the White Primer is that it's difficult to go up from there as the Apothecary White is quite subtle when you put it on grey seer anyway
I really like the look of the coral white. I recently did a mini and it looks a lot more grey then white. Any tips on how to make corax white look less grey?
Hey! I know this is a VERY old video by now, stumbled on it looking to paint White armour and I wanted to ask.. is that really just Apothecary White for the shading? No additional recess shading? Because those recesses look darker than i'd expect from just Apothecary White contrast!
This is a very clean parade ready version. How would you do a dirty, grimy, damaged version. I'm doing a white templar army that is on constant crusade and in much need of some RnR. Also, subbed
Thanks for the Sub! Well I think with the White armoured guys some times the battle damage needs to be almost as precise as the ivory white scheme it self. I'd effectively use Cygor Brown to add some chips and scratches, I'd use a little bit of black templar with a stipple brush to add some scuffs and dirt etc. And if you want to go the extra mile in terms of weathering I'd use something like a Fyreslayer Flesh or an Aggaros dunes thinned down to add some grime around rivets and in the occasional recess.... I smell a video here...
Superb work sir! This has made my upcoming Kharn the Bloody model from forgeworld easier 👍. May I politely ask what is the soundtrack score you have playing in the background mid painting?
@@Warhipster you are a legend mate, nice one! And may I add an absolutely amazing painter sir. I am a grimdark fiend and many of my forgeworld pieces are as battle damaged and bloody as a ww2 panzer tank! I always add flashes of clean panels to bring some pop to the piece, but white armor? Especially white scars, or world eaters, for me always would realistically have not the cleanest look so this will be perfect for my kharn model.
No worries buddy and you’re too kind! I can imagine getting white right in those sort of paint jobs can be tricky so hopefully you can get the look you want with this method.
@@WarhipsterI have read every Horus heresy book, I just imagine most of the legions to be quite brutal looking tbh, campaigns of battle damage white is hard to acheive without getting them to look like Death Guard. I have been practicing today using some primaris. I basically did same method you have, I used grey primer, but I added a zenithal white one from angle they are posing in...applied the apothocary white(which is marvelous may I add for people like me who hate painting white haha), mixed 2 parts a/w to 1 part medium. Well happy sir, as I said this is going to make kharn way easier...any way I can send ya results? Just finished perturabo also which I am well happy with. Love Forge World 👊👍🧐
how do you get such a white-ish result before the corax white?I painted my first two similary with the apothecary white after the grey seer and it looks grey-ish.Are there any tips to improve my color at that stage of painting?Thanks in advance
You certainly can use Vallejo White as an alternative! Apothecary White really does turn the model grayish. Effectively we use that paint to get the shading in and the White is the true colour. You could use Apothecary White as a recess shade for a similar effect.
if i paint the whole mini in the corax white part and i shade the recesses with lets say space wolves grey later is it gonna be okay?Its hard for me to paint white and avoid the recesses altogether in one part because im new so i was wondering if using another contrast paint to shade the recesses gonna be okay with this painting technique!
That would be absolutely fine! Even just using Apothecary White in the recesses will work! Depends on what kind of colour you want the ‘shade’ to be. Bluish or greyish!
I've tried everything to get corax white that smooth and no luck, nothing but horrible brush strokes. Tried the water ratio u suggested, mediums, flow improver and all sorts but no luck
@@Warhipster About to try and paint a White scar marine myself now, one other question if I may... Your finish looks a little shiny which I think looks really nice with that white armor. Did you apply a layer of Technical Ardcoat at the end?
Why don't you put the black on first? That way you can clean up and the apothecary white and the glaze wont make as big a mess on black as black would on white
I’m not entirely sure I’m afraid, I’ve never used an airbrush before! I know some people like to use Contrast paints as filters through airbrushes so I reckon it might be worth an experiment. If you do I and it works, or it works differently and you like it, I’d love to know how it goes.
For some reason my corax white doesnr have nearly the same level of coverage as yours and i only did mine down to about 1 part paint to 3 parts water. Any idea whats happening? Should i not be trying to apply thin layers? It appears as though you only needed 1 layer and its significantly more thinned down than the one i tried.... ideas??
It could be that Corax White you’ve got may be thicker than the one I have - paints like white that have a high pigment count are notoriously fickle like that.
@@Warhipster bingo. One coat definitely leaves color and to be desired and some darker tones beneath showing through still and my dilution is much less than you 5 or 6 parts =/
@@2Infinit2 That’s very odd indeed! I maybe suggest trying using medium to thin it instead of water that might help with it. It could be the water that’s causing the issue.
I reckon you could very much do that, nghia! Whether or not you need to highlight them would probably be up to you once you've done that, though for some other ideas on painting the Solar Watch you might like to check out the guide I did on them a while back: ruclips.net/video/vBA_OjvEovs/видео.html
Paints used:
Apothecary White
Black Templar
Cygor Brown
Blood Angels Red
Iyanden Yellow
Basilicanum Grey
Corax White
Wraithbone
Iron Warriors
Retributor Armour
White Scar
Wild Rider Red
Fire Dragon Bright
Administratum Grey
Karak Stone
Sycorax Bronze
Iron Hands Steel
Grey Seer Primer
White is such a hard colour to paint but you make it look so easy. Great technique!
I have much to thank Contrast paints for xD
There are many great tutorials out there, but in terms of how well you communicate HOW to paint it, and in terms of results achieved and skills explained, this is one of THE BEST painting tutorials I’ve seen. I rarely comment or like on videos, but wow! Had a lot of trouble getting my white scars looking perfect, and the methods shown here really helped! Keep doing what you’re doing mate! Many thanks, from someone who buys way too much Warhammer.
Love the White Scars, I will definently take inspiration from this video when I get around to paint mine.
FYI its the White scar veterans who use the red trims on their shoulder pads, they also have red helmets.
Thanks for the info! I'm going to write that down as it was impossible for me to figure out. I wasn't very well that day when I was painting him though so maybe I couldn't read properly.
dude sick video, getting back in after 2 deacades away, White scars are my jam, and this is my favourite tutorial format out of all of them
That looks so good. Pls Black Power Armor like Iron Hands, with metal edge highlights and battle dmg next.
Iron Hands are on the desk alongside the Raven Guard!
Another White tip that works good for my is Taimya White primer, then Shade all over with 50/50 Lahmia Medium and Nuln Oil mixed, And then go with black templar Contrast for all the armor joints, and then Dry brush the rest with Dry Praxeti White
That's a great tip, Faffnr!
Writing this down to test it out. Thank you king!
I’m about to paint some Vi’orla sept Tau, and I came here for so inspiration. I’m using white scar primer though.
This video inspired me to create a chapter of my own, both for fluff and to play on the tabletop using a similar white setup with blue instead of red for the accents. Seeing how easy it was to use contrast paints helped up my game some with painting, making it easier on my given I have nerve damage in my dominant hand, making painting a bit of a tosser to do at times. For some reason contrasts feel so much easier for me to work with, but perhaps that lends itself to not needing to bother overmuch with proper thinning, even coats for darker paint schemes and so on.
You have no idea how much this video helped me break out of that anxiety of painting. Hopefully this scheme works out well enough for things like tanks and dreadnaughts, because my army has a couple of each of those too. Cheers mate!
That's really awesome to hear buddy! Blue sounds very interesting and definitely very cool I like it a lot! You're an absolute hero to keep soldiering on with the painting with nerve damage and that. I can't imagine something like that happening to me I really sympathise. Keep on going with it and if there's anything that's in my power to paint and show off for you do let me know and I'll add it to the list of things to do!
Thank you for learning how to use contrast paint, it looks amazing! I want more videos of painting Adepta Sororitias
Sure thing! We've got new units now on their way so they'll get a good seeing to!
Stunning work !!
Many thanks!
Looks amazing! *just wish you would show brushes used each time you paint a section AND that I could watch you paint the entire miniature because those shoulder stripes you painted red are something I need to work on!!
Looks fantastic. Nicely done. Thank you.
Thank you too!
White scars or blood angels, they look amazing!
Very well done
Thank you! Cheers!
The open pots sitting there with the lids up in these videos make me apprehensive. Bravo for not knocking them over.
Haha They make me nervous too. Forces me to be more careful with what I'm doing
Looks great! White is such a hard color to paint!
It really is! Contrast doing the heavy lifting here haha
Awesome work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Not being a plonker I’m new to white. Wouldn’t white primer be better than gray seer? Great videos tones of info. 👍
It can be, the only issue with the White Primer is that it's difficult to go up from there as the Apothecary White is quite subtle when you put it on grey seer anyway
I really like the look of the coral white. I recently did a mini and it looks a lot more grey then white. Any tips on how to make corax white look less grey?
Hey! I know this is a VERY old video by now, stumbled on it looking to paint White armour and I wanted to ask.. is that really just Apothecary White for the shading? No additional recess shading? Because those recesses look darker than i'd expect from just Apothecary White contrast!
i agree! looks much darker in the recesses. almost like a black wash was used.
This is a very clean parade ready version. How would you do a dirty, grimy, damaged version. I'm doing a white templar army that is on constant crusade and in much need of some RnR.
Also, subbed
Thanks for the Sub! Well I think with the White armoured guys some times the battle damage needs to be almost as precise as the ivory white scheme it self. I'd effectively use Cygor Brown to add some chips and scratches, I'd use a little bit of black templar with a stipple brush to add some scuffs and dirt etc. And if you want to go the extra mile in terms of weathering I'd use something like a Fyreslayer Flesh or an Aggaros dunes thinned down to add some grime around rivets and in the occasional recess.... I smell a video here...
I thought you might haha. Also, really struggling to fit a freehand white templar insignia on the shoulder. If your doing a video...
@@Warhipster YES PLEASEEEEE!
Great job as always.
May I suggest setting your white balance to manual, especially for filming white :)
Thanks for the tip!
Superb work sir! This has made my upcoming Kharn the Bloody model from forgeworld easier 👍.
May I politely ask what is the soundtrack score you have playing in the background mid painting?
That’s ace to hear! It’s from a collection of licensed music from here: www.epidemicsound.com
@@Warhipster you are a legend mate, nice one! And may I add an absolutely amazing painter sir. I am a grimdark fiend and many of my forgeworld pieces are as battle damaged and bloody as a ww2 panzer tank!
I always add flashes of clean panels to bring some pop to the piece, but white armor? Especially white scars, or world eaters, for me always would realistically have not the cleanest look so this will be perfect for my kharn model.
No worries buddy and you’re too kind! I can imagine getting white right in those sort of paint jobs can be tricky so hopefully you can get the look you want with this method.
@@WarhipsterI have read every Horus heresy book, I just imagine most of the legions to be quite brutal looking tbh, campaigns of battle damage white is hard to acheive without getting them to look like Death Guard. I have been practicing today using some primaris. I basically did same method you have, I used grey primer, but I added a zenithal white one from angle they are posing in...applied the apothocary white(which is marvelous may I add for people like me who hate painting white haha), mixed 2 parts a/w to 1 part medium. Well happy sir, as I said this is going to make kharn way easier...any way I can send ya results? Just finished perturabo also which I am well happy with. Love Forge World 👊👍🧐
nice video yet once again :D
Glad you enjoyed!
how do you get such a white-ish result before the corax white?I painted my first two similary with the apothecary white after the grey seer and it looks grey-ish.Are there any tips to improve my color at that stage of painting?Thanks in advance
Also can i use a vallejo white as an alternative and use the rest of the other paints as it is?
You certainly can use Vallejo White as an alternative! Apothecary White really does turn the model grayish. Effectively we use that paint to get the shading in and the White is the true colour. You could use Apothecary White as a recess shade for a similar effect.
if i paint the whole mini in the corax white part and i shade the recesses with lets say space wolves grey later is it gonna be okay?Its hard for me to paint white and avoid the recesses altogether in one part because im new so i was wondering if using another contrast paint to shade the recesses gonna be okay with this painting technique!
That would be absolutely fine! Even just using Apothecary White in the recesses will work! Depends on what kind of colour you want the ‘shade’ to be. Bluish or greyish!
I've tried everything to get corax white that smooth and no luck, nothing but horrible brush strokes. Tried the water ratio u suggested, mediums, flow improver and all sorts but no luck
I'd maybe try Vallejo as an alternative? Their White's are often highly recommended and much easier to use is my understanding.
@@Warhipster cheers buddy
Super Clean! Biggest question... How is your Corax White not chunky?! :o
Nevermind.. I see your explanation of White mixed with water.
Good question! Corax White Is always a good candidate for always using medium with White! generally needs a bit more thinning than usual though!
@@Warhipster About to try and paint a White scar marine myself now, one other question if I may... Your finish looks a little shiny which I think looks really nice with that white armor. Did you apply a layer of Technical Ardcoat at the end?
Corax white is chunky af... i put a bit of gloss varnish on the wet palette and mix it in.
@@nicolaskuhn5165 thanks for the tip. Yeah I actually just mixed in a bunch of Lahmian medium in my corax white pot and it's nice and smooth now.
Why don't you put the black on first? That way you can clean up and the apothecary white and the glaze wont make as big a mess on black as black would on white
You could definitely do it like that and it would be a great way of reducing the risk of making a mess!
wath is the primal for this miniature?
Will we get the same effect if we airbrush on apothecary white?
I’m not entirely sure I’m afraid, I’ve never used an airbrush before! I know some people like to use Contrast paints as filters through airbrushes so I reckon it might be worth an experiment. If you do I and it works, or it works differently and you like it, I’d love to know how it goes.
@@Warhipster I'll definitely try it out and let you know how it goes!
Excellent! I’ll look forward to hearing how it goes.
For some reason my corax white doesnr have nearly the same level of coverage as yours and i only did mine down to about 1 part paint to 3 parts water. Any idea whats happening? Should i not be trying to apply thin layers? It appears as though you only needed 1 layer and its significantly more thinned down than the one i tried.... ideas??
It could be that Corax White you’ve got may be thicker than the one I have - paints like white that have a high pigment count are notoriously fickle like that.
@@Warhipster thicker or thinner? Cause i thinned mine down less and it gets less coverage than yours... hmm
When you say less coverage, do you mean it’s taking more coats to get the job done?
@@Warhipster bingo. One coat definitely leaves color and to be desired and some darker tones beneath showing through still and my dilution is much less than you 5 or 6 parts =/
@@2Infinit2 That’s very odd indeed! I maybe suggest trying using medium to thin it instead of water that might help with it. It could be the water that’s causing the issue.
What's the music to this?
Do you think I can use the apothecary white and the corax white for my custodes of the solar watch armor? Would I need to do edge highlights
I reckon you could very much do that, nghia! Whether or not you need to highlight them would probably be up to you once you've done that, though for some other ideas on painting the Solar Watch you might like to check out the guide I did on them a while back: ruclips.net/video/vBA_OjvEovs/видео.html
Some might call it heresy...but I am gonna use this to paint my T'au.
They'll look dope that's for sure!
comment for the algo
Thanks Tyler, it’s always appreciated!
Is that C418 music in there
ahaha nevermind, five mins on
White Scar? More like Grey Scar.