I like them. However I feel some strategically placed bits of black (the belt buckle and a quick oil panel lining) would really help break up the blue a bit, take like 5 minutes and help the model pop overall.
Just a big black wash after the basecoat but before the zenithal steps would make some of those deeper recesses really stand out and increase the model contrast.
Yeah but 5 minutes per marine is about an extra 2 hours worth of work. I would say if he was just getting them combat ready, the panel lining isnt really needed here
The best thing about painting minis fast is that you can always go back and add more details, add more highlights, add more weathering. I do that with my battleready squads. After a few games I'll go back and add some scratches, some tattoos, scars or decals. It tells a story and makes me appreciate that one Squad even more.
looks like GW gave the greenlight! Lots of vids to watch today, and who better to start with than Ninjon! Should see lots of termies today from those who have been anxious to get them. I honestly cant wait for custom painted Nids that will be flooding the YT scene. Yo that box is dope seeing all those different painted termies on the side of it like that. And cool the models come with premade bases for beginners and those looking to get these quickly on the table
The best approach to painting a squad fast should be to have "Daryl" paint them. "Paint hard, paint fast, no fear in this dojo".... We need a new Daryl video to watch 100 times instead of watching everyone elses Leviathan painting tutorials... The terminators look great! The way you painted the helmet was amazing.
It's always great to hear the thought process that goes into this stuff. Thanks for all the videos, and for coming to TMX and teaching! It was a thrill :)
I'm going to try this with a purple primer to see if it'll put some more contrast on the armor. I think that helmet looks fantastic with that blue shadow and the contrast made it pop. The blue armor needed a bit more contrast after seeing that helmet, and switching to purple may be the right answer since it just replaces a single step.
Can't wait to get my box! I always like your quick takes on the process of painting minis helps me get a good start on feeling like I dont suck at Painting!
The color scheme for the base and eggs is the scheme I use for my Nids army, which is hilarious, and I love it! Love how that shading looks on these termies! Super cool!
Your skills are amazing! Your tutorials are very helpful. I am a Battletech Player. I would love to see you apply your skills to some Battletech Mechs. I think they would be awesome! Your basing skills and painting skills could create some mech master pieces. As a teacher who uses Gamification in their instruction, I loved your call out to Gamification! 😊
Those look great! I love how focusing energy on key points it’s possible to get a bunch of minis painted and looking awesome up close and from a distance!!! Keep it up!
The segment pertaining to which areas received the most focus was incredibly insightful. Thanks for that! Also, using a circular lazy Susan for the spinning glamor shot, I appreciate that.
Honestly wish there was a dedicated video to using Pigment Powders which also went over whether to use a varnish or setting agent or to leave it. I sometimes feel that a lot of the painting channels don't do it because having a painted model with pigment powder is enough for them. I've no idea though if not using a setting agent makes sense for models that will then be used in 40k, with all the requisite bumpy travel, and model holding/movement/knocking over.
Just around 5 hours in and you’re rocking these Terminators better than GW. Looking so good and authentic, really can feel some heartwarming battlefield vibes here.
I had just started making and painting my first Warhammer 40K black legion squad before I watched this vid. Before this they sucked. Now they look way better. Thank you.
Your video editing style and vibes never fail to amaze me. Every video has a different feeling to it and I think you may have the most diverse mini painting channel on UA-cam. Love the content, keep it up.
I never would’ve thought to keep the blue on the helmets and transition to a new color from that, but it’s a pretty cool effect. I like the color scheme of the head dude’s helmet-red transitioning from blue with the bright eyes. It has sweet 90s backlight/laser tag vibes to it. I’d love to see a whole figure painted that way.
I love how the white helmets turned, really nice touch the transition to blue shade. I would still spend a couple more hours on them to get some elements like the belts, air vents and joints in a different colour so it's not almost entirely blue.
I always remove part of the end of the peg - the reason is that if you don't - there can be air pressure inside the tube bit from how tight the join is, which wants to force the pieces apart.
Last week and this week’s videos have been badass. This is the balance I am after with my current available hobby time. Also thanks for using the airbrush and not apologizing for it. I’m loving my cheap Amazon airbrush/compressor setup thanks to you. Wish I hadn’t waited as long as I did to get it, and it’s great to see ways to use it.
Appreciate the focus on getting through the squad in a playable, quality level rather than trying to make the squad look like box art. I always set out to get through a squad (or even a single model) and then end up getting lost in the weeds and lose interest. This video helps focus on a good combo of speed and effectiveness.
Very impressed with your brush skills, hitting those edges just right, first time. 👍 They look almost glowing 😅 I would probably drop some Nuln Oil into select crevices, like the vents on their backs or the armour joint for a bit more grimdark ™️
nice work and a really good guide for someone trying to get battle ready quickly. I'll stick the 'contrast over white' spray effect into my own arsenal as that worked really well! One thing, I feel like the eggs on the base were too bright/white. They pulled my eye away from the models as they were the largest bit of bright on the model. It might be worth pulling them back with some dull brown/green so they still show but don't pull the eye as much.
Good video, i REALLY appreciate you showing some actual process with the airbrush, alot of videos can be quite demoralising just seeing the footage of the fancy airbrush flawlessly spraying the model with a perfect finish first try. The blue basecoat working as the shadow for the helmets looks absolutely awesome for such an economical step, (i just wish my marines were blue) and they still great without the typical marine panel lining.
Awesome video as always, loads of tips and another reason why i just paint and not play, painting helps ne fight the black dogs of depression. Keep them coming ninjon.
They look fantastic - the only thing I would do differently is a sepia or wash or something to dull down the eggs on the base they draw a lot of attention away from the model, however, this is miles better than what I can produce! Great content as always.
3.07 that is almost exactly how I clean my airbrush between colors. One thing that I have learned to avoid is backflowing the airbrush because it causes paint to get into the body of the airbrush and will dry there and can cause the needle to not move as smooth anymore.
If I could add an extra tip: sometimes the length of the peg and the length of the hole it’s designed to fit into are so precisely matched on these push-fit minis that adding glue can make the peg not fit all the way in, causing a gap between parts. I recommend snipping a half-millimeter off the tips of the pegs if you’re going to use plastic cement like that.
I love the effect that the shared blue shadows give and I think I'll be trying that in my next project. How would you approach black areas in such a paint style, though?
I timed myself from prime to tabletop on some Battletech miniatures and got about the same time....1hr 12min. Using the airbrush helped you with the lovely shades of blue.
Cracking video, the termies came out great! Always love a painting efficiency tutorial. 👍 Enjoyment enhanced by watching this with a G&T on a Saturday night - I was rock and roll once, honest...
Fun video! Really enjoyed it, especially since I'm working through my first army and it's all on point for keeping my motivation through this marathon.
another trick you can use to get models with pegs and sockets to slide easier that I learned from building and painting gundam models is to cut the peg diagonally at an angle. that lets it actually has some room to move around in the socket and you can get it into the precise right position, and you don't have to fight the friction of the parts. Only downside is that you can't just pushfit the model anymore, though that won't be an issue if you glue all your seams properly. hope this helps someone!
Brilliant video everytime you do a video like this and your orc video really helps me push through with my models and make them look as good as possible while not taking such a huge amount of time !!
Cant wait to give my Leviathan boxset the glow-up. Need to be efficient tho, how long is normal to remove mould lines and assemble a wee squad like this? My dark eldar took forever to build
Love your stuff. Keep it up. Like your humor. I am to much of a perfectionist and seeing your 5 models done well keeps me motivated. I can spend 3 hrs on 1 model sometimes... which brings me down. But seeing your technique and quality helps me speed things up. Keep up the good work!
Anyway to get a list of the blue's you used. I've never tried a space Marines but plan to get this box. I like your technique but not sure on what cors to use to get a nice vibrant color.
3:00 get a cheap 1.00 spray bottle and fill with water. has enough force in the Jet setting to clean out the cup in seconds for quick color changes. changed the game with airbrushing! do it over a garbage can* not a jug
nice video many thanks, please were did you get your dark wood paint racks over your shoulder please. also how do you stop pigment powered rubbing off when you play please
Hi jon was wondering how whould i go about doing my word bearers terminators like your space marines they look so battle worn what 3 Colours would I use To achieve it As in what color for the darker areas The next colour obviously would be word bear obviously would be word bearers red and then a brighter red?thanks for reading
One of the things I haven’t really tried yet because I haven’t developed the patience, but I want to because it looks cool, is to do the sponge-chip look with edge highlights to give them a 3D look. How long would you say that specific step (well, those together to complete the look) take as an add on to the rest of it? I need to kind of psych myself up to do it. 😅
I found this episode super informative. Could you maybe try and show one episode how much roughly you dry while off your brush when edge highlighting? It seemed like solid advice, I felt like a quick visual would have maybe helped?
Not really, because it's usually much less precise, and the drybrushed colour will go even on parts near the edges. Having said that, drybrushing can yield great results, especially when used carefully and in combination with washes or glazes. Edge highlight takes longer and requires a steady hand (which is a skill that improves with practice) but gives a cleaner result.
Are you using reegular acryllic paints as primer here? I'm just getting back into painting and back in my day we always primed with spray can primers and were told that those were the only ones suitable, as they would stick to the plastic/metal better and acryllic paints would stick to the primer. Is that not really true any more? Can I skip the spray cans and just prime with my (recently acquired) airbrush?
The vibe I got from this video was: "Do I really have to paint these? And since I have to, I don't want to waste more than 5 hours of my life painting them."
Great video. Interesting to watch Richard Greys video after this one where he paints the leviathan terminator to the next level of finish. Blew my mind.
Do you not need some sort of ventilation for airbrushes. Very much a noob to them. I’ve just seen other people use booths and stuff, wasn’t sure if it’s totally necessary?
Amazing! the only thing that didn't convince me was the red helmet. Maybe just for him it could have been a better option to re-prime it in black? just asking
Such a high quality video, I really hope that you can keep doing what you’re doing! From my experience, edge highlighting is always the time-killer. However, it looks so damn good when done with care and patience. That’s the catch, I suppose.
I like them.
However I feel some strategically placed bits of black (the belt buckle and a quick oil panel lining) would really help break up the blue a bit, take like 5 minutes and help the model pop overall.
Yeah, at least black in the undersuit
Just a big black wash after the basecoat but before the zenithal steps would make some of those deeper recesses really stand out and increase the model contrast.
@@roryevans5032 gloss varnish + oil wash could've done a lot with not that long time wasted
Yeah but 5 minutes per marine is about an extra 2 hours worth of work. I would say if he was just getting them combat ready, the panel lining isnt really needed here
The best thing about painting minis fast is that you can always go back and add more details, add more highlights, add more weathering.
I do that with my battleready squads. After a few games I'll go back and add some scratches, some tattoos, scars or decals. It tells a story and makes me appreciate that one Squad even more.
"...half built and unpainted in our closet 3 years from now..." I feel personally attacked.
looks like GW gave the greenlight! Lots of vids to watch today, and who better to start with than Ninjon! Should see lots of termies today from those who have been anxious to get them. I honestly cant wait for custom painted Nids that will be flooding the YT scene. Yo that box is dope seeing all those different painted termies on the side of it like that. And cool the models come with premade bases for beginners and those looking to get these quickly on the table
I seriously love how these look, well done. love the little bit of blue shadow on the helmets.
The best approach to painting a squad fast should be to have "Daryl" paint them. "Paint hard, paint fast, no fear in this dojo"....
We need a new Daryl video to watch 100 times instead of watching everyone elses Leviathan painting tutorials...
The terminators look great! The way you painted the helmet was amazing.
It's always great to hear the thought process that goes into this stuff. Thanks for all the videos, and for coming to TMX and teaching! It was a thrill :)
I'm going to try this with a purple primer to see if it'll put some more contrast on the armor. I think that helmet looks fantastic with that blue shadow and the contrast made it pop. The blue armor needed a bit more contrast after seeing that helmet, and switching to purple may be the right answer since it just replaces a single step.
That’s how I did mine they turned out pretty good
Can't wait to get my box! I always like your quick takes on the process of painting minis helps me get a good start on feeling like I dont suck at Painting!
The color scheme for the base and eggs is the scheme I use for my Nids army, which is hilarious, and I love it!
Love how that shading looks on these termies!
Super cool!
Your skills are amazing! Your tutorials are very helpful. I am a Battletech Player. I would love to see you apply your skills to some Battletech Mechs. I think they would be awesome! Your basing skills and painting skills could create some mech master pieces. As a teacher who uses Gamification in their instruction, I loved your call out to Gamification! 😊
I don't even play Battletech and I'd like to see more getting painted
Gorgeous Ultramarines! I don't often like them, but these are super super cool!
Those look great! I love how focusing energy on key points it’s possible to get a bunch of minis painted and looking awesome up close and from a distance!!! Keep it up!
The segment pertaining to which areas received the most focus was incredibly insightful. Thanks for that!
Also, using a circular lazy Susan for the spinning glamor shot, I appreciate that.
Honestly wish there was a dedicated video to using Pigment Powders which also went over whether to use a varnish or setting agent or to leave it. I sometimes feel that a lot of the painting channels don't do it because having a painted model with pigment powder is enough for them. I've no idea though if not using a setting agent makes sense for models that will then be used in 40k, with all the requisite bumpy travel, and model holding/movement/knocking over.
I'm now a working man and watching quick but effective techniques like this is inspiring. Thank you John!
I timed my Rumbleslam Minis in January. It was fun and very rewarding getting a bunch of models done in „short/average“ time.
Your Ts look amaizing.
Ninjon gets extra points over Squidmar for drilling out the barrels. :)
John expressed the frustration perfectly that we all feel when we start to get drained. Well done mate
Liked the look when first put white on the way it circles soreading put looks like its being hot by a beam of light from a glass window or somthing
I think a 5 minute per model panel lining of Payne's grey or a burnt umber would be the cherry on top to these. They do look great as is though!
Just around 5 hours in and you’re rocking these Terminators better than GW.
Looking so good and authentic, really can feel some heartwarming battlefield vibes here.
Actually really dig this format. Maybe throw a few of these vlog style videos in a month. We'd all be stoked with more content.
I had just started making and painting my first Warhammer 40K black legion squad before I watched this vid. Before this they sucked. Now they look way better. Thank you.
Your video editing style and vibes never fail to amaze me. Every video has a different feeling to it and I think you may have the most diverse mini painting channel on UA-cam. Love the content, keep it up.
I never would’ve thought to keep the blue on the helmets and transition to a new color from that, but it’s a pretty cool effect. I like the color scheme of the head dude’s helmet-red transitioning from blue with the bright eyes. It has sweet 90s backlight/laser tag vibes to it. I’d love to see a whole figure painted that way.
I love how the white helmets turned, really nice touch the transition to blue shade. I would still spend a couple more hours on them to get some elements like the belts, air vents and joints in a different colour so it's not almost entirely blue.
I always remove part of the end of the peg - the reason is that if you don't - there can be air pressure inside the tube bit from how tight the join is, which wants to force the pieces apart.
These came out great! I'd enjoy seeing you do more of those "realistic scope" army painting projects, rather than big-ass showcase works.
Last week and this week’s videos have been badass. This is the balance I am after with my current available hobby time.
Also thanks for using the airbrush and not apologizing for it. I’m loving my cheap Amazon airbrush/compressor setup thanks to you. Wish I hadn’t waited as long as I did to get it, and it’s great to see ways to use it.
Well done as always. I can't wait to get stuck in when this box comes out.
Appreciate the focus on getting through the squad in a playable, quality level rather than trying to make the squad look like box art. I always set out to get through a squad (or even a single model) and then end up getting lost in the weeds and lose interest. This video helps focus on a good combo of speed and effectiveness.
Starting the video with "It´s finally here" while all of us are still waiting for the preorder and then have to wait another 2 weeks for it to arrive.
Very impressed with your brush skills, hitting those edges just right, first time. 👍
They look almost glowing 😅
I would probably drop some Nuln Oil into select crevices, like the vents on their backs or the armour joint for a bit more grimdark ™️
The helmet on the Sgt turned out really cool! Kinda trippy looking. Love it!
nice work and a really good guide for someone trying to get battle ready quickly. I'll stick the 'contrast over white' spray effect into my own arsenal as that worked really well!
One thing, I feel like the eggs on the base were too bright/white. They pulled my eye away from the models as they were the largest bit of bright on the model. It might be worth pulling them back with some dull brown/green so they still show but don't pull the eye as much.
Good video, i REALLY appreciate you showing some actual process with the airbrush, alot of videos can be quite demoralising just seeing the footage of the fancy airbrush flawlessly spraying the model with a perfect finish first try. The blue basecoat working as the shadow for the helmets looks absolutely awesome for such an economical step, (i just wish my marines were blue) and they still great without the typical marine panel lining.
Awesome video as always, loads of tips and another reason why i just paint and not play, painting helps ne fight the black dogs of depression. Keep them coming ninjon.
I was planning on using the exact same paints for the blue - glad to see they are working well!
I love the blues you used. I didn't catch both of them. Can you list what you're using?
They look fantastic - the only thing I would do differently is a sepia or wash or something to dull down the eggs on the base they draw a lot of attention away from the model, however, this is miles better than what I can produce! Great content as always.
3.07 that is almost exactly how I clean my airbrush between colors. One thing that I have learned to avoid is backflowing the airbrush because it causes paint to get into the body of the airbrush and will dry there and can cause the needle to not move as smooth anymore.
Great tip on putting a little bit of cement on the peg for the push fits! Thanks for sharing!
If I could add an extra tip: sometimes the length of the peg and the length of the hole it’s designed to fit into are so precisely matched on these push-fit minis that adding glue can make the peg not fit all the way in, causing a gap between parts. I recommend snipping a half-millimeter off the tips of the pegs if you’re going to use plastic cement like that.
I'm so glad they didn't mess with the terminators too much, the helmet looked even cooler! Great video man, love your work.
I love the effect that the shared blue shadows give and I think I'll be trying that in my next project. How would you approach black areas in such a paint style, though?
Loved the move on white highlights with a light blue, looks awesome and going to steal it!
Very nice and clean. But I have a question: How to you stick the pigment you used? There is a varnish step we didn't saw or you just slap it? Thanks
I really like it for an hour per model. You have those looking good for the table and if you ever wanted to come back to refine, you always could.
I timed myself from prime to tabletop on some Battletech miniatures and got about the same time....1hr 12min. Using the airbrush helped you with the lovely shades of blue.
So just to be clear, you lubricate the peg before putting it in the hole for a tight fit?
Cracking video, the termies came out great! Always love a painting efficiency tutorial. 👍 Enjoyment enhanced by watching this with a G&T on a Saturday night - I was rock and roll once, honest...
Fun video!
Really enjoyed it, especially since I'm working through my first army and it's all on point for keeping my motivation through this marathon.
another trick you can use to get models with pegs and sockets to slide easier that I learned from building and painting gundam models is to cut the peg diagonally at an angle. that lets it actually has some room to move around in the socket and you can get it into the precise right position, and you don't have to fight the friction of the parts. Only downside is that you can't just pushfit the model anymore, though that won't be an issue if you glue all your seams properly. hope this helps someone!
I wasn't sure about leaving the blue on the helmets, but it ended up being a super cool effect.
On the Sergeant it looked like he ran out of time and gave up.
Brilliant video everytime you do a video like this and your orc video really helps me push through with my models and make them look as good as possible while not taking such a huge amount of time !!
That blue really pops!! So cool!
I am so glad you lubricate before sliding into a tight hole😆
Awesome looking paint job, Loving seeing this box getting painted up!!!!
LOL! “I finally got done with the little detail bullshit”
I love it!
I am really liking the mid-stage high contrast white technique. I will try it.
Your videos are quite relaxing
Looks great, Jon. Very vibrant.
Cant wait to give my Leviathan boxset the glow-up. Need to be efficient tho, how long is normal to remove mould lines and assemble a wee squad like this?
My dark eldar took forever to build
Love your stuff. Keep it up. Like your humor. I am to much of a perfectionist and seeing your 5 models done well keeps me motivated. I can spend 3 hrs on 1 model sometimes... which brings me down. But seeing your technique and quality helps me speed things up. Keep up the good work!
What’s the white stuff used at 1:29 for the basing? Is it some sort of clay? Looks a lot nicer to use than greenstuff or milliput!
Anyway to get a list of the blue's you used. I've never tried a space Marines but plan to get this box. I like your technique but not sure on what cors to use to get a nice vibrant color.
3:00 get a cheap 1.00 spray bottle and fill with water. has enough force in the Jet setting to clean out the cup in seconds for quick color changes. changed the game with airbrushing!
do it over a garbage can* not a jug
This very method became my go-to
@@MortonFMurphy yup yup. Went from dreading the airbrush to loving it with this quick change system
Anyone else genuinely love the somewhat derisive way Ninjon refers to links, liking, and subscribing?
nice video many thanks, please were did you get your dark wood paint racks over your shoulder please. also how do you stop pigment powered rubbing off when you play please
Hi jon was wondering how whould i go about doing my word bearers terminators like your space marines they look so battle worn what 3 Colours would I use To achieve it As in what color for the darker areas The next colour obviously would be word bear obviously would be word bearers red and then a brighter red?thanks for reading
These are so beautiful. You make it look effortless!
Do citadel make paints in those bottles or did you pour the paint into them ?
I am looking to do this with Blood Angels, what AK recipe do you suggest? I think Minium or Rust for the Base, and what lighter red should I go for?
One of the things I haven’t really tried yet because I haven’t developed the patience, but I want to because it looks cool, is to do the sponge-chip look with edge highlights to give them a 3D look. How long would you say that specific step (well, those together to complete the look) take as an add on to the rest of it? I need to kind of psych myself up to do it. 😅
Great video, definitely can be overwhelming quickly with a new box set. I like to do the same 1 squad at a time
Came for the metaphysics of dumping. Did not leave disappointed.
Well played, Jon. Well played, indeed.
Im working on some Menoth exemplar bastions from warmachine and they are basically like high fantasy terminators. Great job btw.
I found this episode super informative. Could you maybe try and show one episode how much roughly you dry while off your brush when edge highlighting? It seemed like solid advice, I felt like a quick visual would have maybe helped?
Noob here; doesnt dry brushing leave the same effect as edge highlights?
Not really, because it's usually much less precise, and the drybrushed colour will go even on parts near the edges. Having said that, drybrushing can yield great results, especially when used carefully and in combination with washes or glazes. Edge highlight takes longer and requires a steady hand (which is a skill that improves with practice) but gives a cleaner result.
@@SvartElric9 awesome, thanks for the info
Are you using reegular acryllic paints as primer here? I'm just getting back into painting and back in my day we always primed with spray can primers and were told that those were the only ones suitable, as they would stick to the plastic/metal better and acryllic paints would stick to the primer. Is that not really true any more? Can I skip the spray cans and just prime with my (recently acquired) airbrush?
Damn the vibrancy of those colors make me love smurfes again
Where did you get that little box for your bits?
Love seeing you work and I enjoy your cinicism and self deprication!
I always end up learning something from these videos.
Also, I definitely need to time find in day mine to gray the slay.
how are people getting this box already, or is it out and i just cant find it anywhere online?
Can you just use any paint for primer? Thought it had to be specifically primer.
The vibe I got from this video was: "Do I really have to paint these? And since I have to, I don't want to waste more than 5 hours of my life painting them."
Turned out awesome. The power of mogie magic.
Great video. Interesting to watch Richard Greys video after this one where he paints the leviathan terminator to the next level of finish. Blew my mind.
could you do a comparison on the old and new termis? like to know, how on scale the newer one.actually are
How long do you let the primer set before painting? Just long enough to dry, 2 hours, 5-6?
Do you not need some sort of ventilation for airbrushes. Very much a noob to them. I’ve just seen other people use booths and stuff, wasn’t sure if it’s totally necessary?
Amazing! the only thing that didn't convince me was the red helmet. Maybe just for him it could have been a better option to re-prime it in black? just asking
They going to announce when this thing's actually releasing? They keep going up on all the prices it be nice to be able to plan something
The dark gold looks really great! I need that paint! 😃
Hurrah - A Space Hulk Squad painting video - top marks - always enjoyable!!
Sweet
Great video. Love this style of pairing. I think they turned out great.
Soooo…. That opener of sitting in a closet for three years. I just finished my indomitus box set two days ago.
Such a high quality video, I really hope that you can keep doing what you’re doing!
From my experience, edge highlighting is always the time-killer. However, it looks so damn good when done with care and patience. That’s the catch, I suppose.
Superb Terminators, beautiful painting!