ANCIENT METAL: Painting the Warlord Titan's understructure

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[@MidwinterMinis]

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[@silvestrolamb4098]

PRAISE THE EMPEROR!

[@Heresydetector9000]

will you ever make a castigator titan?

[@jebimasta4604]

Still loving the recommendations!

[@NS-if8ck]

For the glory of TZEENCH

[@Heresydetector9000]

@@NS-if8ck heretic

[@SimonClark]

Hmm what an interesting audiobook recommendation, I will be sure to listen to this on audible using the link in the description

[@MidwinterMinis]

HEY WAIT A MINUTE

[@sirxcasotay8834]

*Nani?*

[@graybeard7605]

Hello there

[@potterhead_4220]

@@graybeard7605 General Kenobi

[@sanjake09]

This reminds me of that obama meme

[@leowatley]

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.

[@RavenMinis]

This metal looks so good! I'm actually in the UK right now and that hottest day was no joke

[@BrettParsons66]

The snowflake titan. I love it! MWM's champion of the grimdark, but somehow still accessible, hobby aesthetic.

[@TheMariusDarkwolf]

This is seriously amazing work. I'd love to see you do some Soritas stuff.

[@iceman00265]

Great stuff as always Guy, love your videos.

[@ogrokun]

This is getting soooo cool! Some of these coiled cables and tubes shouldn't be painted black (or other color) instead of metal? I mean, if they won't be hidden behind armor plates...

[@nidhoggvomwalde2280]

Nuln oil s gone like the old world... Mix it urself or use Ak interactive stuff... And for protecting ur brushes use curd soap or pure alcohol and the repair fluid of Vallejo.

[@jaketrudgett7558]

“It reached 40 degrees Celsius for the first time ever” *laughs in Australian*

[@MidwinterMinis]

Got aircon there, mate?

[@doomimpact4571]

Les gooooo

[@drabantcorper4727]

NoooOOOooooo an hour late:( why did i have a beach day today noOoOooo… But hey i got an airbrush and a thinner it was quite good for me i swear it took like 3-45 min for bade coverages

[@5chr4pn3ll]

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 :)

[@MidwinterMinis]

Good idea! Yeah, that little hatch at the back will get some special treatment, I'm sure :)

[@jc7997aj]

@@MidwinterMinis how about the entire Titan done in the NMM style ? 🤣

[@bigtom6443]

@@MidwinterMinis I'd let you give my back hatch some special treatment ;)

[@kinggeedorah8953]

@@MidwinterMinis that sounds incredibly dirty XD

[@NikkiAnnMarie]

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:)

[@MidwinterMinis]

That's good to know! I'll check it out

[@carlstanford7607]

Great point

[@bigdanbilzan]

Very helpful

[@Marcusstratus]

Oh excellent tip

[@MikeGalosi]

This isn't true.

[@_Gondor44_]

Imagine being able to say “My dog met Duncan Rhodes.” Absolute legend.

[@Rain-me8fd]

I heard "It's Titan Time" as just "It's Time Time" and found it funnier than i should have.

[@MidwinterMinis]

IT'S TIME TIME!

[@Natch124]

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.

[@humantwist-offcap9514]

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!

[@foxbat51]

Our buildings are built to trap heat and our homes don't have AC. Not great during a heatwave...

[@Bluecho4]

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.

[@sirbaconbuster]

Yeah, it's been 110⁰ here in Texas for a few days. And then one of the three AC units blew a capacitor.

[@iamwedged2705]

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 🙄

[@MichaelAlthauser]

@@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.

[@twistedbrushminiatures3664]

That is absolutely massive, obviously couldn't beat the screaming peasant from the gargant kit though...

[@MidwinterMinis]

I might find one and have him dangling off the railings...

[@Toakan]

@@MidwinterMinis He wasn't talking about the Titan :D

[@hummer1337]

@@Toakan ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉)

[@Metallica4Life92]

adding some bronze or brass metal detailing (like hinges or power conduits or vents) would give it that extra pop of color, I think :)

[@sic6603]

Exactly my thoughts about the riveted ridges, especially arount the feet!

[@hellcat2629]

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!

[@miniquibble8282]

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]

If I didn't have thousands of people watching, I definitely would have done the same, haha

[@miniquibble8282]

@@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.

[@robrift]

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.

[@wellywanderer]

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.

[@SnorlaxMinis]

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 🙂🙂

[@idontwanttopickone]

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.

[@rasmusolesen5307]

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.

[@idontwanttopickone]

@@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.

[@junkjack1015]

The only thing bigger than the titan is Guy's... pile of shame.

[@BarokaiRein]

My favourite part was when Guy said ''It's titaning time!'' before he beat the shit out of the power rangers with a hoover.

[@Bluecho4]

Midwinter Minis baking in the climate changed summer heat. It would be humorously ironic, if it wasn't merely a preview of the ecological devastation to come. Seriously, this is the point where we, as embattled citizens of the world, should start making life for Capital as difficult as Capital has made it for us.

[@exilestudios9546]

Maybe it's time for people to learn how to make of use the signature cocktail of one General Molotov to show the corporations just how damaging heat can be if you get me.

[@aaronbrown4275]

Looks great! I find the "cover everything in rust" to be kind of...meh. In the lore the AdMec literally worship these like gods. They're not going to let rust build up if at all possible, so rust and corrosion would be minimal on something like this. Chaos? Orks? Sure, rust away. AdMec. No.

[@matthewbonthron6731]

Hi Guy I’m the TIKTOK guy who proposed we play my WARLORD TITAN vs your MEGA GARGANT please tell me what you think I love your videos and I know me and many of subscribers are still looking for your gargant vs titan test match and I would be honoured if you would let me have a go and killing the beastie

[@uebse]

Generic coment for the algorithm

[@thecurator6967]

When this project is finished, I beg you to use this monstrosity in a regular game

[@MisterAltir]

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. 🙃

[@Unreghypecam2]

Always good to have Midwinter Minis on in the background as I slog my way through my second edition Dark Angels

[@WindKnight60]

I wish every faction got a model like this, huge death dragon would be lit

[@hunterwolf8266]

Always excited for the titan videos. Makes me wanna get some ones myself

[@fortheemperor5072]

It was 43 degrees in my back garden

[@BadgerBishop]

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.

[@drakesterX]

Titan time. Or as I say: TI-TIME.

[@blovarsk1069]

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 ! ^^

[@pallidhand9756]

0:20 Didn’t notice this until now, but geez is this the result of skipping leg day for the past 1000+ years?

[@thecognitivekid]

Suggested titan name: The Ghost of Mid-winter?

[@GeneralRasp]

Came for the amazing painting and narrating, stayed for the dog end credits.

[@MidwinterMinis]

You fell for my trap!

[@graahbrains]

Good thing it's resin stead of a thermoplastic. 😓

[@Scamdar]

It's all starting to come together. Hope you are well.

[@merlynmodels]

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 :)

[@faithanddamnationstudios5845]

Great video!! Glad to hear you used the warm brown tone we spoke about at GriffCon22 ❤🤟🏻- Zak

[@JustLilGecko]

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.

[@gervisprantl1711]

"Guy, have you seen my hairbands?" "Noooooooo!"

[@SprayBlackStudios]

I've gotta ask Guy, did you just give Hattie the day off so you could paint in your pants?

[@MidwinterMinis]

Wednesday is Pantsday

[@robotgorillaman]

Something about shafts being polished endlessly by constant motion seems familiar.

[@mrdsfpv957]

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.

[@LPP_YT]

Great work on metal work Guy! Looks awesome! Also, great anchor manning 😂.

[@simonleach6632]

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

[@antonator1066]

First! I really enjoy this big project!

[@euansmith3699]

That's some nice, messy metal. I'm looking forward to learning the secrets of the painting on those plasma-coils and armour plates.

[@danioshea]

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.

[@Terry-yo2gl]

Love droochie eye violet

[@TitusVarus]

Yessssss, goooooood. You finally have the Vallejo metal colors. Mwhahaha, bwhahahah, BWHAHAHAHAHA! *cough* Sorry. But they're bloody good paints. Metallics were always a chore before I found them, but now it's effortless. Nice and smooth, great coverage, lovely finish.

[@Patchimus]

If you have any Ork Stormboyz lying around (who doesn't am I right?) I wonder how it would look to have the remnants of one that crashed into one of the higher up panels of the titan. Like a bug on the windscreen of a car or something, just the back end of the rokkit and his legs sticking out a dent in the panel. Might be too slapstick for the tone you're going for though 😅

[@eventhorizon492]

Can’t wait for the next part!

[@hotdogplayzhalo]

Alright! Guys painting the Titan!

[@NustingButsErrday]

NPC comment

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

I feel so bad for y'all. BUT ☝️, A\C is such a beautiful and wonderous invention. But I live in Oklahoma. So it is very much a necessity. We were hotter than Death Valley a few days ago.

[@solarflare623]

104 degrees? THAT’S PATHETIC! It’s normal for us here in California to get up to 90 in the summer on the regular.

[@jeanpierre900]

You can add some skitarii ranger or magos on the titan "level floor", around the entry door

[@kerel995]

Meridian used to do awesome 100% cashew nut butter but few years back they decided to replace some of natural nut oil in it with palm oil (i think 3%). Since then become very uninspiring :(

[@grayrook8637]

He say "Simple ancient metal look" Simple*. Asterisk. Cause boy while the look might technically be understated in color that looked anything but simple.

[@koshey245]

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

[@gi1dor]

Good advice about respirator, terrible about cloth mask, only something like multiple layers of thick scarf could somewhat help

[@kendallmoor5222]

Australians: I can't believe how much these guys are whinging about the heat. Australians coming home to the air-con: I can't believe how f***king hot it is out there!

[@fmisogen]

whippet or greyhound i can't tell?

[@MidwinterMinis]

Lurcher! Probably greyhound crossed with border collie

[@coltonlong7562]

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!

[@stoissdk]

Just out of curiosity, and maybe because I'm painting my own warlord now - what inks and ratio, did you use for your wash? I followed your wash tutorial from way back, and it comes out a bit more brownish than what I see in this video? I assume you used a lot more black ink in this wash?

[@spinafire]

I want to do this basic patina on a Nerf gun and see how easy it is to make it Mad Max/post apoc afterwards. Super cool aesthetic so far!

[@thedabblingwarlock]

I feel ya on the no AC front. It isn't as hot here in Alabama, but dang, I was miserable for a couple of days after my AC went out. Oh, and the Titan is coming along nicely. Any chance you decide to build a titan army with the same scheme?

[@InquisitorLocke]

No Penny snickering about polished pistons ='(

[@Nightwolf0301]

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.

[@78Showboat]

You know you’ve made it when you have your own business and you can work in your pants. My hero.

[@tacticalsnack4413]

If you like hair ties you should get your hands on some old bass strings for cables. A friend of mine is always donating me their broken strings. Surely you have muso mates that play bass!

[@davidmoffitt981]

Model Air Alu is my absolute go-to "bright metal" - even when brushing vs using the airbrush. LOVE that paint!

[@youthere7327]

40 degrees was close to airport runways and buildings. it wasnt actually anywhere near 40 degrees across most of the uk. dont really know why you would put all that in tbh

[@wezleyvaneyssen541]

Hi Guy could you possibly put a link to Steve's little plastic people guide in the bottom so that i can have a look at his work aswell please 🙏 thanx for the awesome videos

[@moldiworp9143]

Guy you're welcome to come paint in Aus, anytime. You've proven yourself.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

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.

[@martintarlera164]

I don´t know if you stated this in a previous video but what color scheme are you going for with the Warlord? A canon color scheme or one of your own?

[@jester5981]

So many painting tips in this vid.. I will be using some of them.. Thanks as always.

[@nicobings2674]

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

[@calebballantyne2243]

40°C? that's an average summer in Australia, fly over around Christmas time and see how hot it gets

[@KneeCapHill]

Ever considered getting those glasses that make colorblindness go away? Want some?

[@PembertonBuddlestick]

Bit of constant shaft polishing while the better half is away? You and me both, Guy!

[@FrozenThai]

The brown base coat showing through is nice, but I find the purple kinda weird.

[@YatzeeWillWearAGreenHat]

0:07 Noted. 11:07 o'Clock is Titan time. I will now proceed to get on my roomates with this fact.

[@BlackoutActual]

personally, the way i show scale of my models is by putting the same scale infantry on its base, i made a AT warlord recently and i put a 6mm guardsmen in between his legs, and omg he is so tiny compared to the titan

[@johnfarscape]

Great video as usual, Have you ever thought about doing an audiobook? I think you have a great voice for it.

[@kerbo5918]

Greetings from Kuwait. Stay cool and hydrate.

[@SWATDRUMMUH]

Are you planning to magnetize the armor plates to show off the under skeleton or just glue them in permanently?

[@rafindeed]

this was the perferct model for using oil washes. but awesome job anyway

[@generalmisery]

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.

[@aidenp6001]

Man, you should use some of that sponsor and patreon money to get some air conditioning, you honestly deserve it after all videos you’ve made for us

[@ChucklesMcGee780]

sir, i love your videos. and this titan is blowing my mind. did you 3d print this? forgive me if ive missed something.