20 TANKS! How I Batch Paint Warhammer without getting REALLY BORED!

[@darthrevan4376]

Love this guy. Nice and positive and knowledgeable, I ve been in 40k for over 20 years and still learn a lot from him!

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

That’s a significantly less intimidating process than some other batch painting methods I’ve seen. Cheers Ian!

[@PaintsAreOp]

I'm a bit amazed, these are the exact same techniques that I used to paint 9 Imperial Guard vehicles in like 4 days. Only difference was that I masked WW1 British tank like stripes on the sides and gave them an edge highlight using watercolour pencil, that took like an hour for all 9 tanks.

[@notnubilous3804]

Anyone that owns a Minotaur is an absolute boss

[@catcadev]

What?

[@Ragsta]

@@catcadev You must be new here :P

[@catcadev]

@@Ragsta I've been in the hobby a while, just never heard of the minotaur. Is it a space marine tank?

[@Ragsta]

@@catcadev Sorry if I sounded like a dick there - a Minotaur is a Forgeworld kit that has two Basilisk Earthshakers sticking out of the back of a Leman Russ hull!! It’s a bit bonkers and eye wateringly expensive to me at least! Cool model tho.

[@catcadev]

@@RagstaYou didn't bro! Anyways that sounds sick! I looked it up. I love the tank so much 😂

[@alastaircollins1145]

“If” we have a pile of shame. Bless you for this moment of kindness ;)

[@volkarve]

Ian : I don't enjoy painting. His viewers: Oh! do MORE painting videos! we feel the same way! great vid as always and i'm personally gonna try this

[@jasondryhurst-smith2409]

I'm with NJM, the ends always justify the means in painting. Do whatever works to get an outcome you want and find acceptable for the tabletop. Anything, it's better than grey plastic.

[@vakarotgaming9217]

I know I'm late but it's so refreshing to find someone big that also doesn't fully enjoy painting

[@Bluecho4]

Sometimes, the best way to overcome the barrier of getting a big project done is to turn it into many smaller projects. You don't need to do a whole tank tonight - or 20 of them - you just need to mask them all off, or do all of one color. Give yourself the benefit of little dopamine hits for a job well done. I've been doing #Dungeon23 this year. Making a Megadungeon with 365 rooms is a lot less daunting when it's just one room a day. When I've filled out the room, I'm done for the day. Easy. Also, this talk about oil washes has reminded me to do the washes on my terrain.

[@CocoHutzpah]

I've sped up painting my Guard vehicles by leaving the tracks off until I'm ready to wash over the whole model. Without having an airbrush, I give them about 15 seconds of Rustoleum black primer and it does the trick for me. I'm definitely going to try some of these steps for the next batch.

[@JJR_01]

The Valdor graffiti is excellent 🤣

[@disposable157]

No lie, this is the best 40k painting video I've ever watched.

[@longle88]

these dont look great tbh, but i love how approachable it is for people who sees vehicles as a barrier to getting them on the tabletop! awesome video .

[@matthewneil3016]

I feel like I need to buy 20 tanks to try this myself. Great video.

[@Ragsta]

I LIKE your painting videos, Ian - a nice piece of alternative views and good tips on mass effect painting :)

[@joshgrillo2482]

Embrace chaos. Even when painting. Solid video.

[@Somicron]

fvck Valdor really made me chuckle

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

It's quite fascinating as a newcomer to see how 40K is really three intermingling interests: lore, painting and gaming combined and prioritised in so many different ways. This video is a great example of that! I'm personally intimidated by the rules and mostly into lore and painting, so it's cool to hear a lore and gaming focused take on painting. It'd be fun to hear a chat between you and someone like Brent from Goobertown Hobbies who's all about the painting and not much else (he has a good video about quitting halfway through the Horus Heresy series, by the way). Different perspectives, but equal parts of the hobby ✌ PS. "The Anti-brush Method" has a nice ring to it, I think 😄

[@raincoast_bear]

Sadly the official GW rules have become almost impenetrable at this point. There are many alternatives however like One Page Rules or the next ones I’m going to try - Xenos Rampant.

[@jonathanscott8994]

Wow, this segment was amazing!

[@walt_man]

Couple Aquila's sneaked past all that corruption. :P

[@cameronphillips2696]

I failed the maturity test when 'hairy brush' appeared on screen.

[@AresAstartes]

This Video Speaks to me, As a warhammer fan i despise painting its so stressful and time consuming in my personal experiance.

[@tomc3880]

Great vid, this looks like it'll be really good with a bunch of Ork vehicles!

[@franksmith7792]

Man, this is a game changer for me

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Awesome video. This is super useful, fun and saves lots of time. Thank you for showcasing this method. Keep up the good work.

[@colthedrummer]

The "Fuck Valdor" method seems like a legitimate option

[@andyconnell7432]

I liked this so much I unliked it and then liked it again. Absolute champion.

[@carlstanford7607]

Always paint how you want to paint and have fun. That’s the only aim that matters. Never let pressure or high expectations steal joy. If army painting feels monotonous or stressful then try painting an individual or squad. Mix it up. A hobby is an awesome opportunity for experimentation.

[@DefaultProphet]

Important thing about white spirits/mineral spirits/artist spirits. They might be low odor but that doesn’t make them safe to breath. West a respirator when using them

[@apjapki]

^ THIS

[@progressivecanuck7211]

Hey Ian, this was great! Just sent the link to my brother-in-law who builds model cars for the cool patina technics!

[@PopcornSkorpion]

Love hearing you say you love having models you've painted but hate painting. This is exactly how I feel but every time I tell people that, people tell me I'd dumb 😅

[@homeless0alien]

'I dont like painting, i really like building and converting but i also like to have uniwue painted armies' Literally me too dude. Painting bores the hell out of me. This is genius.

[@redwitch95]

I like painting but my god, there's so many good bits in this that I'm going to incorporate into my own painting. Especially masking tape - it's so obvious in hindsight, but so smart!

[@ArbitorIan]

Top masking tape tip. Rip off loads of strips and stick them to your clothing. Then take them off your clothing and apply to the model. Instant tack-reduction!

[@LordButtersI]

This was fascinating. I love wisdom born out of laziness.

[@robert2pkt0]

Loving your approach and and presentation. Not for me but amazing to watch! Any chance you would consider chatting with the Painting Phase guys? At least one of them is a big fan of yours already and I think I would like the chemistry very much!

[@MHR1001]

Lovely video Ian, it certainly helps to curb the intrepidation behind getting a decent sized army together. I just need to get the kids and myself through our first box of models (bloodbowl) before we expand onto something like this.

[@owmycheek]

Really great creative process, a lot of great steps there to take away!

[@oldex6564]

14:04 if you want to save even more time you can don a respirator and blast oil wash at your tanks through an airbrush.

[@430CurlyJo]

Fantastic video, even just using a couple of these steps carefully can dramatically speed up painting and it's a great example of how good vehicles can look without taking a lifetime!

[@jamesodowd1442]

Great process, have wanted to try oil washes and vehicles seems a great option. Name idea: 14 steps to chaos

[@MrTpimms]

Epic! Fear of ‘getting it wrong’ has gripped me for years, the overall filter was spot on for blending in all of the elements!

[@ArbitorIan]

One of the nice things about this is everything you get wrong before the sponge weathering can be covered up by CRAP

[@MrTpimms]

@@ArbitorIan exactly! Will be a perfect method for my chaos knights for sure! A little worried about the smell of the oils but maybe that’s what the garage is for right?

[@muffinlord3168]

@@MrTpimms just use odourless artists white spirit, no smell at all

[@Blacknight8850]

Even as someone who loves painting almost as much as I love modelling/converting, there's a lot to like in your method. While I love fiddly details (I collect Tau, that's kind of their thing) I really don't go in for trying to simulate things OSL or edge highlighting (I let the light in the room do that) and I find when doing tiny details there's a temptation to "over narrativize" (to coin a term) all the little details - how did this scratch get there, let's put some mud flicked up over there etc. In practice the only person scrutinizing your models that closely is you when you're painting it, and a few randomized details will let the viewer's imagination fill in the rest of the detail for you!

[@Andernol]

I do actually enjoy painting but I agree that building/kit bashing is much more fun. I actually tend to build and paint bunches and bunches of HQs/Elites from armies I will never build just bc I like the models (and I don't have enough money/people to play full armies with). Tanks absolutely intimidate me however. I painted a single Black Templars Land Raider early on into entering the hobby, and while rattle canning it black was easy, painting massive panels white was such a nightmare I've been scared to work on them since. I need to just bite the bullet and get at least a cheap airbrush but being in college makes it much tougher.

[@andrewjarvis6942]

we need more hobby stuff from you Ian!

[@CustardCream515]

Cannot wait to try this on my new guard army

[@OldManRogers]

This is sort of how I paint, ALL THE X, then ALL THE Y and so on. But it takes time

[@euansmith3699]

That's a fine looking force.

[@greydeathangel]

Huh this is a nice video. Thank you for presenting your ideas. I too have a large sizable pile of shame that I know that I'll need to get working on. The largest force will be my Iron Hands Legionaries force (Think many tanks, dreadnoughts, and around 200 infantry). Other forces will include their successors force (Iron Wolves), a sisters of battle force, inquisition, a massive Imperial guard force, corsairs, and even a sizable amount of Battletech units. This doesn't even include the heavy gear minis, various rpg figs, gunpla, and much much more. I don't have a airbrush so this will probably slow me down on the final project design.

[@derekmcmanus8615]

Back in the day I was renowned in my gaming group for painting neat tournament ready armies very rapidly

[@linamishima]

Painting was always what I sucked at and didn't enjoy, and has been a barrier to returning to the hobby. This, however, offers a practical way to get sorta nice looking models without a lot of the faff and anxiety, and relatively fast. Thanks to this, I'm considering getting back into the hobby again properly now :D

[@starnostras]

I dub thee, the "Slop, Stop and Roll". Thank you good sir.

[@glenmurie]

You could probably speed this process up even more using a single action airbrush. I used a siphon fed single action for under coating base coating and to apply a zethithal highlight. For me it’s faster and cheaper than rattle cans.

[@alexlight4413]

Really good approach, much more fun and makes me wanna paint!!

[@oldex6564]

10:55 I thought that was going to say "FUCK VALRAK" 😂😂😂

[@quinnjdq]

Love seeing the painting videos!

[@DanielVisOneCade]

I do this to all my minis not just vehicles but I add a dry brush or two after I remove my oils. I still hate painting that's not airbrushing so getting things to the tabletop is all that matters. 😊

[@joenewkirk6136]

oh man I LOVE the malcadors

[@JimCarr]

"Arbitor's Speed Painting" - a suggestion for a name for the technique!

[@RedHandedDaniel]

this is fantastic. thank you.

[@andydogdad4349]

It's funny how similar this is to my methods of painting! I use a lot of weathering and airbrushing to make it look like I'm better at painting than I really am

[@ArbitorIan]

EXACTLY!!

[@bastodon]

This was great. Thanks!

[@liamboyd555]

Now I want to see how you do armies!

[@forresttdepriest713]

That is a pretty cool method! The end result is really nice! If no one has said it I dub this the "Aribitor method"!

[@xilldon216]

Love this video! I hope you do more army showcases! Those Word bearers look fantastic I'd love to know what paints you used to get them looking so good.

[@joelwashere5382]

You have my attention!!!!

[@mistformsquirrel]

Just about to start painting my pirates so I am *all ears* on this...

[@BecauseOfDragons]

I dub this "Air-Rush" or "Doing An Ian" haha

[@nrgspike]

Awesome, hopefully this will prove useful for addressing the mechanised portion of my Sol Aux, which has been glaring accusingly at me from various shoeboxes for the better part of two years; 2x Baneblade variants, 2x Lightnings, 4x Leman Russ', 2x Malcadors and a Valdor, 3x Dracosans, 2x Minators, 2x Carnodons, 2x Aurox and a Trojan... sigh.

[@DrLeroy76]

I wish I'd known about this when I was still painting stuff 30 years ago and quit because of tedium

[@markman11111]

Chapslop seems like a fitting name :P

[@Zyxory]

Great video. How about I14 for the name?

[@gfanikf]

For guard tanks I just use some Krylon camo and painters tape (for border creation). I swear it was like a religious moment finishing stuff so quickly. 😂

[@lukemcdonladson6648]

Inspirational Slap Fu .. Jobs a Goodin ... ✌️💚

[@sub39h]

Surely the technique should be called Ian-isation

[@brucehemming9749]

Great video thanks for sharing 👍🍻

[@100thmonkey]

Thankyou!

[@samsolopeeps]

I find if I don't paint the tanks at the same time I struggle to go back and do the same thing again

[@shoeboxed360]

Great video! You have any tips on speed painting infantry?

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

Slap chop 🤙

[@bilson7523]

The technique needs a 40k-sounding name: Pingere Misericors or Pingere Velox.

[@kitchensinkmuses4947]

Perfect timing, I'm just about to attack some tanks for my armies on parade. Thanks! >Also please tell me how you made that Lord of Skulls undercarriage (ahem)

[@ArbitorIan]

Essentially, it's the Lord of skulls top attached to the upper hull of a bane blade. The sides, where visible, are the side panels of the Lord of skulls and where they're NOT visible are just plasticard hidden behind the tracks. And like a rogal Dorn, it has no bottom!

[@stingray4567]

I christen this new painting method "Chap Slop" :p

[@OK-hl6qd]

this is great

[@BBGunsPGH]

Varnish before wash is very interesting I feel like most varnish last

[@ArbitorIan]

The gloss varnish before the wash not only protects the paintwork below from the bit when I 'clean' them with a bit of foam, it also forms a very shiny, smooth surface for the wash. That way the wash runs into the cracks more and also can be removed much more easily once the spirit has evaporated. Without that gloss layer, it's really hard to get the oil paint off again! Then the matte varnish at the end is for sealing and overall look.

[@BBGunsPGH]

@@ArbitorIan that makes a lot of sense! Thanks for the response.

[@lv100Alice]

one thing i can say is a big plus for the old rhinos is less bloody details

[@ArbitorIan]

They're so quick to paint, and look so good with modern techniques

[@turbonerd6552]

Random is best. So said the great Whimsy 👍

[@fitnessandinjury]

Brilliant video. Question why gloss varnish before oil wash instead of Matt?

[@gilledgar2243]

Capillary action. The wash flows better on the model.

[@cantstraferight]

The method is now called IanChop

[@ghostcat5303]

Painting all the trim on chaos stuff absolutely breaks me

[@ZTruDarkPower]

The Arbitor Method? *Doesn't like to paint, but enjoys building and conversion* TWINSIES

[@darthrevan4376]

Btw you should call this technique "the arbitrator", after Guilliman's bolter and a play on your nickname

[@roochman]

Hey, I have a question if you don't mind me asking: where did you get that dreadnought at 01:35? The one that looks like the Space Crusade chaos dread

[@ArbitorIan]

It is a space crusade dread, embiggened with some extra weapons!

[@roochman]

@@ArbitorIan Ahh ok, did you embiggen it yourself? :O Sorry if I'm bothering you by asking so many questions, I just really like the space crusade dread lmao

[@kepler6929]

The Ian Chop? The Ian Slap?

[@tbird1053]

Painting vehicles is one of the things that keeps me away from army level games. This is great.

[@dmeep]

i can not do batchpainting. i forget one step on each model (different steps) and have to go back and it drives me bonkers

[@ArbitorIan]

Then let this video be a handy reminder!!

[@theophiledumont3291]

Hello does anyone knows if some units of 30k can be played in 40k like osiron dreadnought ... or catulan reavers are there converted datasheets ? Do we need to make homebrew rules ?

[@yeastie713]

Alternatively, just paint epic scale! Everyone loves 6mm goodness

[@gerardnesper1816]

It's so epic❤❤❤

[@redpill1984]

The arbiter system :p

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

Maybe call it the "Laz-Ian" painting method? =]

[@keymer91]

Thanks Ian, I hate painting too