Contrast+ How to Paint: Ragnar Blackmane

[@Warhipster]

Paints used: Primer: Grey Seer Contrast: Space Wolves Grey Aggaros Dunes Black Templar Guilliman Flesh Darkoath Flesh Blood Angels Red Flesh Tearers Red Cygor Brown Gore-Grunta Fur Skeleton Horde Iyanden Yellow Wyldwood Basilicanum Grey Contrast Medium Classic: Karak Stone Russ Grey Fenrisian Grey Yriel Yellow Phalanx Yellow Iron Warriors Iron Hands Steel Stormhost Silver Retributor Armour Liberator Gold Evil Sunz Scarlet Fire Dragon Bright Dawnstone Administratum Grey Grey Seer Flayed One Flesh Screaming Skull Tyrant Skull Praxeti White Stirland Battlemire

[@krisztianpaluch8834]

One of the best tutorial video what I ever seen! Thank you!

[@Warhipster]

Thank you so much!

[@tamoshant3r]

Your work with contrast is absolutely immense and these tutorials are hands down some of the best on KZbin, and the best when it's comes to contrast. Wolves are my army too, so loving this one 👍

[@Warhipster]

Thank you so much! More to come of course!

[@ernieme101]

i've been using Contrast paints and watching videos of painters using them since they first came out and i think this video takes them to a new level . amazing worked . subscribed , and i'll be watching previous videos as well .

[@Warhipster]

Thank you so much for your kind words and thanks for subscribing!

[@hansmaulwurf1397]

This video is pure gold, just glued my Ragnar figure and now I am waiting for the last colors to start painting. Thank you for the great tutorial.

[@Warhipster]

That's ace to hear Hans, thank you so much!

[@hansmaulwurf1397]

@@Warhipster One question, is it necessary to varnish the figures which are painted with contrast paints? For example with Citadel Munitorum varnish? I do not want the color on my fingers again when playing. :)

[@TheChristhesecond]

Best contrast paint guide Ive seen. Thanks for posting!

[@Warhipster]

You flatter me sir!

[@Jammil2477]

I’m relatively new to Warhammer painting and models, I have limited time with the standard paints, but tried with the contrast ones. I really struggled with patchy surfaces on legs etc. You’ve shown me how to get over that massive bump, very much appreciated. You’ve made contrast paints look far easier and manageable to use than even the warhammer tv channel did. Liked and subscribed as the simplicity with what you do, the ease of explanation and accessibility was superb.

[@Warhipster]

Thank you very much Toza! Welcome to Warhammer Painting! And I really appreciate the subscription your support helps me make these videos!

[@mortyplayer1997]

That wet blending on the fur seems to be exactly what contrast paints were made for. Amazing work, can't wait to try that technique myself! Thanks for the amazing video!

[@Warhipster]

You are very welcome my man! I totally agree Contrast makes any wet blending very easy especially on the more organic surfaces of a model such as fur or even flesh.

[@smevens]

This is a superb video for me to use for my first Space Wolf model. It’s consistently my go to whilst I’m painting Ragnar. Only the second time I’ve ever used contrast paints and I really like the effect they give once they’ve fully dried. I just think I need to better my technique with my brush. You seem to take your time whereas the official Warhammer videos show those guys just slapping the contrast on as quickly as possible

[@Warhipster]

Thank you so much Sam! Slow and steady is very much the key to winning with Contrast, if you just yeet it on there you can end up with all sorts of blotching and unpleasantness.

[@jabbasleftnut1530]

Amazing tutorial

[@Warhipster]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nasigoring1525]

Hey mate, your videos are great. Here's to hoping they start getting the attention and views that they deserve.

[@Warhipster]

Thank you so much! I’ve got my fingers crossed too 😊

[@CiaranIrl]

Love this

[@Warhipster]

Thanks, Ciaran!

[@martineasterman5170]

Excellent as always, for me what I have held onto from this one is the fur painting, I think the colour contrast on this one is superior to your chaos Lord video, I really like wet is some kind of contrast wet blending method....great work and thank you.

[@Warhipster]

You’re so very welcome Martin and thank you for your continued support I really value all the feedback!

[@shuatastic]

Great tutorial! Are you going to make a Contrast Ultramarines tutorial as well? Maybe Marneus? That would be awesome

[@Warhipster]

I am! I’m going to be doing a video for each of the first foundings so Watch this Space!

[@shuatastic]

@@Warhipster Guess you can't give me a hint on when that might drop so I know whether to hold off on my painting or wait for a tutorial.... ;) lol

[@MuchaMainMan]

You should really film doing victory lap on trim of the base. Besides that awesome work.

[@Warhipster]

I always think about doing it but every time I think ah this is too boring no one wants to see this 😂

[@privat9605]

Thanks for the in depth video! The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is the color of the pelt. A wolf from an icy world would have a white pelt, like tundra or polar wolves but not brown so I'm still thinking about how to best paint the pelt of my Ragnar. Besides that, really amazing video!

[@pnob69]

Love your videos and your stuff looks amazing! Can’t wait to follow the Teclis tutorial next :) Quick question regarding SW and contrast. On normal troops would you/do you think it’s worth the time to do the contrast medium and Russ grey or would you just stop with the contrast paint? Thanks for all of the fantastic content!

[@Warhipster]

I've actually ordered the Space Wolves Combat Patrol to test this exact thing out and do a tutorial on the whole thing. My instinct is to say yes I would do it still but maybe only a little bit in certain areas to buff it right out. Watch this space it's coming soon!

[@TheMagmainger]

Awesome Job! Thank you! But what's the undercoat please?

[@Warhipster]

It’s Grey Seer my man!

[@TheMagmainger]

Warhipster Thank you!!!

[@edgar882]

That spinning example of him at the end has just the most painful lighting...

[@kaotictube]

It's odd why the whole video is fine until this point!

[@Warhipster]

I'm not quite sure what's happened there! Hopefully you've found the tutorial useful though.

[@ynoadkins3627]

Whoa very impressive work ! I still struggle on the patchy thing of space wolves grey (it seems easier on your blood angels video). But I keep trying, how you mix Russ Grey and contrat medium ? On a palette, in a pot ? 6:1, mean 6 dip of contrat and one dip of Russ ? Maybe a tutorial video ^^. Forgive my English and again, rly nice work !

[@Warhipster]

Yeah so what I do is on the palette paper, I take 6 full brush loads of Contrast Medium, then I take a brush load of Russ Grey and mix it all together, sometimes it requires a little more Medium just to make sure it’s really thin almost like water but not quite.

[@I_am_Spartacus]

Great video... just curious if you've watched Duncan's new video on his YT Painting Academy about using Contrast Paints? It's very interesting compared to the one's he filmed for GW...such differing advice....

[@Warhipster]

I just saw it! He and I are fairly aligned in how we use Contrast Paints. It was a relief to know I was doing something right confirmed by the lord of layers himself!

[@setheus907]

U think I could use Lahmian medium instead of contrast medium? Also I'm not sure what you undercoated it with but do u think I could use corax white?

[@Warhipster]

You could use Lahmian medium however Contrast Medium does do a better job of retaining the properties of Contrast. For your usual base and layer paints Lahmian is fine. I primed it with Grey Seer. You could use Corax White however your colours will come out a lot brighter.

[@setheus907]

@@Warhipster Okay I won't be doing that, I wouldn't mind it a little darker if anything.

[@Amleto51]

I love space wolf ty.. Which brush u use?

[@Warhipster]

It’s a combination of Small and Medium Layer brushes from games workshop and the occasional use of a Series M size 0 from Artis Opus