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@@86diego86 thank you. I had 4 hours of painting footage, so that's a pretty accurate measure of time to taken. The advantage of the process shown in this video is it's intended to be used as a batch process. I do batches of 4 minis at a time. By the time I've added a colour to the 4th the 1st is dry and ready for the next step and so on
I really like the almost pastel look on the metal, I think it really sets it appart from another iterations of the army. Maybe you could do somethimg similar for an alpha legion tutorial someday? Anyway, I found this to be a great tutorial, very easy to follow but still delivering a great result. Thank you and keep it up!
Thanks man. Funnily enough, I did a metallic Alpha Legion paint guide a few years back before I started my YT. instagram.com/p/Bwhw9s3nokI/?igsh=c3d4MnZ4MjRiMXM0 when I was experimenting with using craft paints 👍
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Really cool, too! I really like the effects metallic paints can give to models, brings them so much character. I reccomend a lot vallejo's gun metal blue, It went perfectly on some custom schemed stormcasts of mine.
@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Thank you for sharing the tutorial! I'm about to start a Grey Knight army and will copy your paint scheme. Can you please explain how you did the eye lenses?
I like this method as it is more in sync with real human observation, so it looks more realistic. When painters make every edge highlights perfect, every transition perfect, perfect shading, etc, the mini's look very artificial or "comic-like," because humans observation isn't "flawless." Every second our brain is making a LOT OF IMPERFECT GUESSES & PREDICTIONS. Oddly, the right amount of imperfection is actually a closer representation of perfect observation.
I just got the terminator squad for the grey knights and was unsure how id want the paint to go but the blueish/silvery metallic is a beautiful look! My only question is is there an equivalent in the citadel paints to the ones you used to achieve that hue?
I’m not really big on Grey Knights but I just really like your guides. You have a knack for teaching tbh. Think you would be interested in doing one on the Angels of Ecstasy? :)
Thank you. I’m really glad you enjoy the channel. I really appreciate you watching even the videos on subjects that aren’t your thing. I’d like to think there are useful recipes and tips which will still be of use for other projects. Regarding Angels of Ecstasy, I’ll admit I had to look them up, but yeah, pink Chaos marines is certainly something different to try. I’ll see what I can do 👍
Hey man, awesome video as always. The USA link for the darkstar miniatures paints seems outdated though. When I checked there was only one option available, and it was sold out.
Hey man, thanks for letting me know, it seems they can’t get stock in quick enough right now. As soon as it comes in, it sells out. Where in the US are you based? I’ll see if I can find you an alternative stockist 👍
There are a lot of bluish GK paint schemes out there and I can't think of one that I truly liked, but somehow you won me over with this one. Looks great!
Thank you. I think the super shiny finish makes a really difference. It’s almost like a paint flip, silver from some angles and pale blue from other. It’s strange, in person, you can’t take your eyes off it
Hello, i´ve recently been watching your guides and learning a lot about painting minis since i´m going to paint one soon, but i haven´t seen you applying varnish on your finished minis, is there a reason behind it or just personal preference? Sorry for any grammatical errors and thank you for being a mentor in this field.
Hi 🙂 Welcome to the hobby. So, yes I do varnish my finished minis with a matte varnish to protect them and prevent paint from rubbing off when gaming. I don’t tend to show it though, as most people have their own preference to how they protect their minis. The products I like to use are Dullcote from Testors (but this is hard to find now) and ultra matte from AK. I do mention varnishing at the end of some videos where I’ve used weathering powders, as it’s important to seal them to stop them rubbing off. Hope that helps? Thanks for checking out my channel 👍
Great tutorial! I sure do hope they release real Grey Knight Terminators in proper scale soon. May I ask what the name of the background music is at 5:40 ? It reminds me of "5cm per second"
Thank you Really hope GW release some soon too. GK deserve some for sure The music is actually composed for background to videos which I got from a digital templates website. Sorry, I can’t remember which. I wanted something which was calm and chilled out
Hi, i really enjoyed your video and im willing to repeat it myself, but there is no Darkstar paints in my country, can you please help me and tell me on what other paints can i replace the combination of Aquamarine and Pewter?
Okay so none of the stores around my area have Dark Star miniature paints. I’ve basically purchased many different shades of blue citadel and Vallejo paints to try to achieve the same base color with the blue tint. Do you find that grey knight steel wouldn’t work well? If not, do you have any recommendations as to what I could mix together from citadel, Vallejo, army paints that can get the same look/ shade? I absolutely love your shade of metallic blue tinted base color but don’t love paying more than the price of the paints just for shipping costs :(
I don’t have any current plans to. Paint recipe wise, I would use the same scheme I used in my Adeptus Mechanicus video ua-cam.com/video/yyDoQOnSTA0/v-deo.htmlsi=Y1wx_Rhv0KN_1-FL If that helps at all?
Oh, you and your Darkstar paints. Scheme looks good though. Lovely paint job. I'll try it with Vallejo Premium Airbrush Paint. It's got a lovely metallic blue. I can mix it with Vallejo Metal Colour Silver. They both brush on lovely. Also Tyran Blue is a shade paint, not contrast.
Sorry man, they are just lovely metallics. If you’re struggling to get them where you are I’ll try and help. Certainly worth getting a bottle to see what you think when your next Vallejo runs out? and yeah, you’re spot on Tyran is a shade, silly me. Oh well, luckily it still did what I needed and got the result I wanted 👍 Thanks for watching man
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides No, that's fine. I can't really justify buying even more paint brands. But thanks for offering. I will recommend Vallejo Premium Airbrush paints to you though. They're very similar to Vallejo Metal Colour, in that they're quite thin, but brush on beautifully and have great coverage. They're polyurethane Paints. Which I suspect is also true of Vallejo Metal Colour. They have the same characteristic smell.
Beautiful results and you explained the process very well. I wouldn't have minded seeing your assembly such as how you picked out the Grey Knights bits and how easily everything fit on the standard terminator armor. Makes me want to paint up some Grey Knights, but I'd rather wait until they update the official models. I don't quite have the budget to buy two boxes just to make one squad of Terminators! I'll definitely refer to this video though. That tinge of blue is absolutely brilliant.
Thank you. I totally get your point about the expense of using two kits to just make one squad, but if it’s any consolation, whenever I go to the trouble of doing kitbashes like this GW usually make it all useless by releasing an official kit the following month 🤣 I really hope they do, cos Grey Knights are such a great looking chapter and feature in loads of their video games etc In terms of the conversion, it was pretty straightforward. The body and legs are from the new termie kit and everything else is from the GK termie kit. Arms and pauldrons all fit fine without conversion. Hardest part was cutting off the chest detail off the GK kit, as it was pretty fragile. I used a dremel hand sander to do it. Then sanding off the chest Aquila on the new kit was pretty easy
Thanks man Sorry it took so long to post. Glad to hear you weren’t disappointed with it though. The armour colour looks so great in person. The camera doesn’t really do it justice. Thanks for taking the time to comment 🤛
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides oh dude totally get when I take videos of colourshift it needs to be done in sunlight else it just doesn't do it 😂 and if course I will comment Mr. Brushstroke I always look forward to relaxing with one of your videos
This looks gorgeous first of all, second, silly question, but the thing you have when you're painting, like the little base and the little spike that attatches to the foot, what is that? I've been gluing my minis to my bases but i realize this little contraption you have would be easier for me to actually paint my models with
Thank you. For my painting handles I just use corks and paperclips Give the chapter on paint handles a watch in this video, I explain it better there ua-cam.com/video/KxF8t6k39cE/v-deo.html&si=UqPs03nzk91fjBqm
Me too To be fair, whenever I go to the trouble of doing kitbashes like this, GW always seem to release a real version soon after. Making my efforts a bit of a waste. So, let’s hope it happens again 🤣🤞
Thanks very much Glad to hear you found it useful, and yeah, some cool recipes to use on other minis. I’m particularly happy with the gold recipe as it happens. I’ll be using it a lot more on other minis for sure 👍
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@@BeckyYork camera dead centre isn’t the issue, it’s me not being able to paint in a single place. Painting on camera is so hard
amazing !! .. jst for reference, how much time did it took to complete the entire paintjob?
@@86diego86 thank you.
I had 4 hours of painting footage, so that's a pretty accurate measure of time to taken.
The advantage of the process shown in this video is it's intended to be used as a batch process. I do batches of 4 minis at a time. By the time I've added a colour to the 4th the 1st is dry and ready for the next step and so on
I really like the almost pastel look on the metal, I think it really sets it appart from another iterations of the army. Maybe you could do somethimg similar for an alpha legion tutorial someday?
Anyway, I found this to be a great tutorial, very easy to follow but still delivering a great result. Thank you and keep it up!
Thanks man.
Funnily enough, I did a metallic Alpha Legion paint guide a few years back before I started my YT.
instagram.com/p/Bwhw9s3nokI/?igsh=c3d4MnZ4MjRiMXM0
when I was experimenting with using craft paints 👍
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Really cool, too! I really like the effects metallic paints can give to models, brings them so much character. I reccomend a lot vallejo's gun metal blue, It went perfectly on some custom schemed stormcasts of mine.
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Thank you for sharing the tutorial! I'm about to start a Grey Knight army and will copy your paint scheme. Can you please explain how you did the eye lenses?
I like this method as it is more in sync with real human observation, so it looks more realistic.
When painters make every edge highlights perfect, every transition perfect, perfect shading, etc, the mini's look very artificial or "comic-like," because humans observation isn't "flawless."
Every second our brain is making a LOT OF IMPERFECT GUESSES & PREDICTIONS.
Oddly, the right amount of imperfection is actually a closer representation of perfect observation.
I just got the terminator squad for the grey knights and was unsure how id want the paint to go but the blueish/silvery metallic is a beautiful look! My only question is is there an equivalent in the citadel paints to the ones you used to achieve that hue?
With grey paint
Haha
But why be dull, when you can be fabulous? 😀
It is odd GW has basically ignored the entire Grey Knight range for so long now.
I know right?
And when they feature highly in video games etc too
I’m not really big on Grey Knights but I just really like your guides. You have a knack for teaching tbh. Think you would be interested in doing one on the Angels of Ecstasy? :)
Thank you.
I’m really glad you enjoy the channel.
I really appreciate you watching even the videos on subjects that aren’t your thing.
I’d like to think there are useful recipes and tips which will still be of use for other projects.
Regarding Angels of Ecstasy, I’ll admit I had to look them up, but yeah, pink Chaos marines is certainly something different to try.
I’ll see what I can do 👍
Hey man, awesome video as always. The USA link for the darkstar miniatures paints seems outdated though. When I checked there was only one option available, and it was sold out.
Hey man, thanks for letting me know, it seems they can’t get stock in quick enough right now. As soon as it comes in, it sells out.
Where in the US are you based? I’ll see if I can find you an alternative stockist 👍
Love seeing true scale Grey Knights. Nice work!
Thanks man
Fingers crossed 🤞 GW do us all a favour and make some official ones soon. They need some love
There are a lot of bluish GK paint schemes out there and I can't think of one that I truly liked, but somehow you won me over with this one. Looks great!
Thank you.
I think the super shiny finish makes a really difference.
It’s almost like a paint flip, silver from some angles and pale blue from other.
It’s strange, in person, you can’t take your eyes off it
Hello, i´ve recently been watching your guides and learning a lot about painting minis since i´m going to paint one soon, but i haven´t seen you applying varnish on your finished minis, is there a reason behind it or just personal preference? Sorry for any grammatical errors and thank you for being a mentor in this field.
Hi 🙂
Welcome to the hobby.
So, yes I do varnish my finished minis with a matte varnish to protect them and prevent paint from rubbing off when gaming.
I don’t tend to show it though, as most people have their own preference to how they protect their minis.
The products I like to use are Dullcote from Testors (but this is hard to find now) and ultra matte from AK.
I do mention varnishing at the end of some videos where I’ve used weathering powders, as it’s important to seal them to stop them rubbing off.
Hope that helps?
Thanks for checking out my channel 👍
Great tutorial! I sure do hope they release real Grey Knight Terminators in proper scale soon.
May I ask what the name of the background music is at 5:40 ?
It reminds me of "5cm per second"
Thank you
Really hope GW release some soon too. GK deserve some for sure
The music is actually composed for background to videos which I got from a digital templates website. Sorry, I can’t remember which. I wanted something which was calm and chilled out
Hi, i really enjoyed your video and im willing to repeat it myself, but there is no Darkstar paints in my country, can you please help me and tell me on what other paints can i replace the combination of Aquamarine and Pewter?
Hi, thanks for watching. Really glad you enjoyed it.
What country are you in, I’ll see what your best options are?
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides we got vallejo and citadel in here (im from CIS)
Can I use drakhof shade ? For the Blue Effekt on the mini ?
No, not really. Drakenhof nightshade is too dark and doesn’t tint in the same way. It’s more likely to just make everything look all dirty
Okay so none of the stores around my area have Dark Star miniature paints. I’ve basically purchased many different shades of blue citadel and Vallejo paints to try to achieve the same base color with the blue tint.
Do you find that grey knight steel wouldn’t work well? If not, do you have any recommendations as to what I could mix together from citadel, Vallejo, army paints that can get the same look/ shade? I absolutely love your shade of metallic blue tinted base color but don’t love paying more than the price of the paints just for shipping costs :(
Thé result is looking gorgeous 🤩
Thanks very much
And it really is simple to do
you are planning to paint Pteraxii?
I don’t have any current plans to.
Paint recipe wise, I would use the same scheme I used in my Adeptus Mechanicus video
ua-cam.com/video/yyDoQOnSTA0/v-deo.htmlsi=Y1wx_Rhv0KN_1-FL
If that helps at all?
Oh, you and your Darkstar paints.
Scheme looks good though. Lovely paint job. I'll try it with Vallejo Premium Airbrush Paint. It's got a lovely metallic blue. I can mix it with Vallejo Metal Colour Silver. They both brush on lovely.
Also Tyran Blue is a shade paint, not contrast.
Sorry man, they are just lovely metallics.
If you’re struggling to get them where you are I’ll try and help. Certainly worth getting a bottle to see what you think when your next Vallejo runs out?
and yeah, you’re spot on Tyran is a shade, silly me. Oh well, luckily it still did what I needed and got the result I wanted 👍
Thanks for watching man
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides No, that's fine. I can't really justify buying even more paint brands. But thanks for offering.
I will recommend Vallejo Premium Airbrush paints to you though. They're very similar to Vallejo Metal Colour, in that they're quite thin, but brush on beautifully and have great coverage. They're polyurethane Paints. Which I suspect is also true of Vallejo Metal Colour. They have the same characteristic smell.
Beautiful results and you explained the process very well. I wouldn't have minded seeing your assembly such as how you picked out the Grey Knights bits and how easily everything fit on the standard terminator armor.
Makes me want to paint up some Grey Knights, but I'd rather wait until they update the official models. I don't quite have the budget to buy two boxes just to make one squad of Terminators! I'll definitely refer to this video though. That tinge of blue is absolutely brilliant.
Thank you.
I totally get your point about the expense of using two kits to just make one squad, but if it’s any consolation, whenever I go to the trouble of doing kitbashes like this GW usually make it all useless by releasing an official kit the following month 🤣
I really hope they do, cos Grey Knights are such a great looking chapter and feature in loads of their video games etc
In terms of the conversion, it was pretty straightforward.
The body and legs are from the new termie kit and everything else is from the GK termie kit. Arms and pauldrons all fit fine without conversion.
Hardest part was cutting off the chest detail off the GK kit, as it was pretty fragile. I used a dremel hand sander to do it.
Then sanding off the chest Aquila on the new kit was pretty easy
Could you do a sister's of battle tutorial
I can see what I can do
What order do you think would be cool to do?
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides the valorous heart?..... To be honest, any would be cool
Finally!! I've ben waiting for this video to drop. Was not dissapointed as always
Thanks man
Sorry it took so long to post. Glad to hear you weren’t disappointed with it though.
The armour colour looks so great in person. The camera doesn’t really do it justice.
Thanks for taking the time to comment 🤛
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides oh dude totally get when I take videos of colourshift it needs to be done in sunlight else it just doesn't do it 😂 and if course I will comment Mr. Brushstroke I always look forward to relaxing with one of your videos
Looks fantastic! I really like the Darkstar metallics and think they have some of the best TMM paints.
Thank you
I agree, Darkstar metallics are so nice and produce such an amazing shine.
Watched the full video and big fan with what silver armour recipe you used here🔥
Thank you
Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍
This looks gorgeous first of all, second, silly question, but the thing you have when you're painting, like the little base and the little spike that attatches to the foot, what is that? I've been gluing my minis to my bases but i realize this little contraption you have would be easier for me to actually paint my models with
Thank you.
For my painting handles I just use corks and paperclips
Give the chapter on paint handles a watch in this video, I explain it better there
ua-cam.com/video/KxF8t6k39cE/v-deo.html&si=UqPs03nzk91fjBqm
@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides kickass, thank you
I hope we get an updated GK kits someday soon
Me too
To be fair, whenever I go to the trouble of doing kitbashes like this, GW always seem to release a real version soon after. Making my efforts a bit of a waste.
So, let’s hope it happens again 🤣🤞
Hopefully no poomaris
I love your relaxing paint tutorials. I'd be interested in your kitbashes as well! No matter how simple. 😊
Thanks man
Haven’t really thought about filming my kitbashing / customising. Is that something you’d think people would be interested in see then?
You are scuh a great painter, literally one of the few people who drive me to keep improving and painting. Send you all the love from germany!
Thank you, that’s so nice of you.
Really appreciate the support 🙏
Enjoy it 😁😁
Thanks 🙏
Great tutorial, recipes and a great GK terminator conversion. Keep up the great work, I'm definitely adding some of these recipes to my arsenal
Thanks very much
Glad to hear you found it useful, and yeah, some cool recipes to use on other minis. I’m particularly happy with the gold recipe as it happens. I’ll be using it a lot more on other minis for sure 👍