Contrast+ How to Paint: Sisters of Battle

[@Warhipster]

Paints used: Primer: Grey Seer Contrast: Contrast Medium Flesh Tearers Red Blood Angels Red Cygor Brown Snakebite Leather Apothecary White Basilicanum Grey Black Templar Fyreslayer Flesh Classic: Kislev Flesh Flayed One Flesh Screaming Skull Iron Warriors Iron Hands Steel Retributor Armour Liberator Gold Evil Sunz Scarlet Fire Dragon Bright Ulthuan Grey Grey Seer Dawnstone

[@walkerdarin2003]

Nicely done with the contrast paints. I’m surprised how well the contrast black worked on the armor.

[@Warhipster]

Without spraying them black it’s the quickest way to get the smoothest coat! Contrast Paints were a godsend for me particularly with how much black armour I have to paint!

[@marcozanobini8307]

Thanks! I was waiting this tutorial! This is a nice contrast method for speed up the painting progress and now I understand how you can achieve that speed performance: one single highlight on armor. At the moment instead of your single Dawnstone, I'm using three highlight color as Dark Reaper, Thunderhawke Blue and Fenrisian Grey but is much loooonger process

[@Warhipster]

That’s how I used to do it! And to be fair with these Sisters you could take it one step further and a an Administratum Grey Spot Highlight, however there’s enough details to draw the eye on them that it’s not vital to life, unlike say a Space Marine.

[@EvilMagnitude]

Fantastic video! These look great. I'm looking forward to trying this method!

[@Warhipster]

Hope you enjoy!

[@warhammerdad5961]

OK now time to crack on and paint a lot of sisters! Thank you

[@Warhipster]

You can do it! I'll have some more sisters tutorials at some point I'm sure... :D

[@philhitchings]

Great recipe, which I'm going to use on my new Test model :)

[@Warhipster]

Sounds great!

[@SgtDax]

Why the basilicanum grey under the black templar? Just to darken it down?

[@Nortic111]

Painting tutorial and chillhop? I'm in my happy place now.

[@Warhipster]

Haha, I'm glad you liked it so much!

[@ItsjustStarFoxNBD]

When do you do the hair? Is it just grey primer with a wash?

[@Warhipster]

In the sections where I use Apothecary White and Ulthuan Grey that's the time to do those things to the hair as well!

[@Darkvoidninja]

I just spent $165 to follow this guide. God damn Aussie tax. Excellent video

[@Warhipster]

Ouch! I'm sorry. But also extremely flattered. Stupid Aussie Tax indeed. It's not really all that fair.

[@Beniskac]

I’m so glad I found your videos. I will paint my third army according to your instructions, and my sisters will be made according to it.

[@Warhipster]

That's really cool to hear Bensiak! If you happen to post them to Instagram or Twitter at all, I'd love it if you could tag me so I can see them.

[@TheSushiandme]

wow, so beautiful. Once I glue my army I'll attempt to paint them with contrast. LOL

[@Warhipster]

Thank you so much! Good luck with the army!

[@erictaylor6035]

Great tutorial! I'm new to Warhammer and have chosen Adepta Sororitas for my first army, but have been looking for the best method to get them done quick and still look fantastic. Looks like Contrast paints are the way to go! I'd like to work in some light pinkish tones for the cheeks and lips to bump the femininity but I'll certainly be using this video as my guide.

[@Warhipster]

Awesome stuff! To add that pinkness I’d recommend using some super thinned down Volupus Pink maybe like 5/4:1 of Contrast Medium to the Volupus but it’s something I’ve experimented with and definitely does work!

[@erictaylor6035]

@@Warhipster Awesome! Thank you for the response and the tip. Subscribed!

[@juliennoxx5273]

Hi, thank you very much for this tuto, love it. If you remember, for the hair you just put apothecary white on the white, nothing else? thx!

[@chriso957]

Amazing video

[@Chucklefluff]

Love this Tutorial. Was struggling to get my Sisters to look this clean. Copying this has made the black armor look 100% better. Now just to figure out how to get the same results as your red but with my Favorite Talassar Blue. Maybe Ultramarine blue for the Fleashtearer parts?

[@Warhipster]

That is exactly what I would do yes! Ultramarines Blue and Talassar Blue together makes an absolutely gorgeous colour! I believe I did something similar on my Larissa Shadowstalker tutorial.

[@fantumfreek]

Thanks for this. Might use it for my novitiates. I'll have to lvl up my painting game tho first if I'm honest 😂

[@louwierivera4416]

Would nuln oil be a good alternative to black templar? Our LGS doesnt have black templar in stock

[@Warhipster]

You could use Nuln Oil, but you'd likely find that it's a bit 'flatter' than the Black Templar due to the paints having different compositions. I'd say it's worth a shot though!

[@louwierivera4416]

Awesome! Thanks alot!

[@Warhipster]

No worries!

[@fitzlock8349]

If I may, and I know this is an older video, but I think the leather and power armor should be highlighted differently as they are different materials. In all the box art, Our Martyred Lady have blue-black armor, so highlights along the lines of Thunderhawk Blue, Fenrisian Grey etc. Then the corset and gloves would follow the brown/grey highlights like the Dawnstone you've used here. The paint didn't exist at the time you made this but Sigvald Burgundy is a great match for the interior of the robes.

[@lucubus8403]

Love this, quick question though. How similar is Blood Angels red to Mephiston red? I already have a unit of Sisters I've painted with Mephiston but wanting to give Blood Angels red a go on future models. :)

[@Warhipster]

I painted half of my Blood Angels army the classic way working up from Mephiston Red and half of it using Blood Angels Red and it all gels wonderfully, so I reckon you'll be reet.

[@skisvi3101]

Hey thx for the video! I'm new in painting so i need to ask - what does that 6:1 contrast medium:flesh tearers red mean exactly? I couldnt really understand that part 😶. Your video really helps me to get my first army done 😊.

[@Getegged42]

Love the intro dude also great tutorial 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌

[@Warhipster]

Thanks very much!!

[@Halflifecraig]

Rather than rush to get Basilicanum Grey, do you think an initial coat of 1:1 contrast medium and Black Templar, then a full coat of BT would work the same over the Grey Seer? Love your tutorials btw, awesome what you can get from contrast. My life hack is Snakebite Leather over Retributor Armor for a very aged burnished Gold ;)

[@Warhipster]

I shall have to try Snakebite over Retributor now! I reckon you could give it a shot with the black. The reason I do the Basilicanum Grey first is twofold - to deepen the black and to provide a ‘pre-highlight’ where the Black Templar sort of pulls away from the edge. I reckon it’s definitely worth trying using a thinned cost of Black Templar if you’ve not got Basilicanum Grey.

[@Halflifecraig]

@@Warhipster Appreciate your reply :) Your channel is kind of my new 40k watching binge :D I will let you know how the thin coat goes, i have a few test pieces i can work on. Interested to see how you go with the Snakebite over Retributor.

[@Warhipster]

I'm glad you're enjoying the videos so much! I'll look forward to hearing how your experiments go.

[@Jechidat_Oketz]

awesome thx for sharing

[@GhostRider659]

That‘s beautiful! Could you do a tutorial for the female gsc magus? Some similar themes with the red robes and black/grey armor.

[@Warhipster]

So many models so little time! I’ll add it to the list of requests my man!

[@grgbro92]

What about a video for Order of Sacred Rose? I’m interested in doing that scheme and prefer your tutorial videos over others

[@Warhipster]

I can certainly add it to the list of To Do videos, thanks for the suggestion!

[@АрсенийСтоляров-ц6д]

I have always thought that contrast paints were created for speed painting. Aka 3 base colors + 1 contrast = affordable result.

[@georgek5665]

I am hoping GW reopens before you run out of contrast medium.

[@Warhipster]

You and me both!!

[@Firedrake-f4g]

So no reference to the use of a palette? You must have used something because you said you thinned paints down a couple of times. As for the paint job, I saw the same model painted by someone else using a different colour selection and it looked just as good. You basically demonstrated that colour selection is less important than how it is used to get a good job.

[@SafetyBriefer]

We all start painting the ta tas first.