Contrast Painting Tutorial: Ultramarines / Primaris Space Marines

[@TheWolfDude91]

This is an awesome tehnique for me, I used to draw and paint quite good a long time ago and now going into the hobby, I am lost like a little child, this tutorial is great for someone who is really interested in playing the tabletop game and enjoying the painting part of the hobby without any overpriced gear, airbrushes and whatnot. Thanks a lot.

[@TheKermit2110]

Doing my next set of primaris intercessors with this technique. Quick but effective - I never thought to dry brush OVER a contrast paint! Many thanks.

[@philipwolf]

This is an awesome tut. The result is a great looking model in not a lot of time. Highly recommeded. Thanks so much for putting this up!

[@Tom-jx9qn]

The perfect Ultramarine in my opinion dude. Definitely coping this!

[@itsmedave5446]

I have seen quick / easy videos for marines before but none where they have looked that good !

[@Inconvenient_NPC]

A very informative and well put together tutorial mate. Thank you! Liked, shared, and subscribed (:

[@j.sternmercedes-benz2754]

Great Job.. i pushed the like Button.. greetings from Vienna🇦🇹🇦🇹

[@mattmark94]

love how they look, i'll follow your advices

[@Subtil9]

Dude your tutorials contrast paint are amazing. We need more

[@tabletopandgaming]

Thank you! More to come.

[@MrDecelles]

Would probably do a watered down wash of blue after the blue dry rushing to remove alot of the dust effect of dry rushing (without looking). But awesome job!!!

[@samrivers2419]

If u use a dampening pad for the brush before dry brushing, it also eliminates some of the chalky / dusty effect of dry brushing. Very, very little water... like a single drop worth of dampening to the brush.

[@Evohunter7]

Thank you! I'm going to use this method on my Betrayal at Calth box.

[@Coppermind343]

Thanks for making this tutorial. I've always shyed away from drybrushing for some reason but you really make a good argument for using this technique. I've been having the conquest sprues piling up for months now and any way to get them battle ready faster is a plus in my book

[@gnwn.anthony]

Please make more tutorials like this!

[@martynives305]

Really enjoying your painting tutorials. Loving how the contrast and ‘real’ paint draws it all together. I’ve had a go myself with a couple of models and getting really good results. Would love to see you have a go at a Dark Angel as that Dark Angels Green contrast is tricky to use.

[@tabletopandgaming]

I've had a play with some different chapters, might get a fresh box of intercessors and see what works! :)

[@specter156]

I too would love to see a dark angle tutorial like this one. Great work I have started painting my smurfs using your tutorial. I was having a hell of a time trying to prevent the blotchiness of painting macragge blue contrast over grey seer. But when I primed blue that problem almost totally went away. Thanks for the help

[@hyperkaioken4982]

love how they turned out. i'd like to see you do more ultramarines :)

[@chrislevitt4929]

This looks really nice will try it out

[@jacobprice1764]

I'm am really bad at painting but ended up following your method and they're perfect!! The only thing I didn't follow was the purity seal (I did 2 coats of zandri dust and then a coat of adrax earthshade) thanks mate, perfect looks for a ultramarine!!

[@tabletopandgaming]

Really glad they helped thank you!

[@songohan1075]

For only Contrast and dry brushing looks fantastic, I will use more dry brushing for my cadian shock troops but I'm not sure how it works -.- because layering cost much time and is not so easy it looks.

[@tabletopandgaming]

Thank you! Take a look at our Cadian tutorial, that might be useful! :)

[@NomadicMScott]

Really nice tutorial

[@jinxsD]

I have to say looking forward to seeing more of these kinda simple contrasty tutorials! Honestly love the work on these quite simple yet effective videos. But yes more Fantasy and AOS gief ( Old High Elves would be interesting as they are very clean on their regular schemes, how could contrast work on them would be interesting watch or Lumineth)!

[@rebel1052k]

Great video man, hopefully it helps out some new hobbyists!

[@echoechoecho7142]

Looks really good, love your painting vids. =)

[@TheMiniPaintSlinger]

fantastic!

[@MayaWu44]

hey man, i've just have a quick look through some videos, looking after things for me, and i think you making great job. i have two armies waiting for painting more than a year, maybe more than one other year too;], and just starting to repair that. you have stuff for both, althoug this blue little guy ain't my type. Let it be green then, mostly;). thanks for help man:)!

[@TheKurfer]

Thanks, this is so helpful. As someone who is new to 40k, what "pack" is this exact space marine located in?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi there, they were from an old starter set that came with Death Guard. Dark Vengeance perhaps?

[@toddpierson7989]

I used this exact tutorial for my ultramarines and they came out GREAT. What greens would you substitute for ultramarine blue contrast, alaitoc/calgar/lothern if you were doing salamanders?

[@NeoByteNL]

Love your painting tutorials, very useful for newbies like myself. Any chance of doing some for the larger AoS models in the same method you are doing now ?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Thank you that's really lovely to hear - I think I will be definitely returning to AoS this Autumn/Winter so if there's anything you'd particularly like to see let me know :)

[@NeoByteNL]

@@tabletopandgaming Well as a 48y old like me, who is totally new to the game. I am going for Sylvaneth, so if by any chance you can do the Tree Lord ;)

[@LarsRavnholdtFrederiksen]

Great video! What would be good highlight colors for a Blood angel? I am torn between a lot of reds ;-)

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi, perhaps check out the red on our skaven tutorial (the cloak) to see if that works for you?

[@shanek248]

Would mephiston spray > flesh tearers red> khorne red > wazdakka red > evil sunz scarlet achieve this general effect for worldeaters?

[@NaturallySelected]

Dude that turned out beautifully, instead of drybrushing you think I could highlight with airbrushing and then put the ultramarines blue contrast over top to tie it all back?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Deffo! If you have access to an airbrush then put it to good use, I'm sure it will look great!

[@Inconvenient_NPC]

Just one question, did you prime the model in black or white before applying the blue primer? Cheers

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi, no just straight blue

[@kelvinhawkins9535]

Great work dude. Do you remember how long it took to do that one mini? Trying to gage how long for a full squad of 10. I would like to try this method of yours.

[@freshjive3762]

Ty for this. I have a question regarding the battle damage. Would Mournfang brown or Bugmans glow work since I'm missing Rhinox hide?

[@tabletopandgaming]

I think mornfang should be fine, tbh a black tone would do the job as you just want a dark tone to contrast with the grey.

[@freshjive3762]

@@tabletopandgaming Thanks responding!

[@NattoMeister]

What kind of brushes did you use in this video?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi, they are from the army painter

[@brence1984]

Great vid! I was thinking what would happen if you do the primer, the drybrush and finish with Contrast blue? The contrast would draw it all together whilst still show the highlight I’d imagine?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Maybe thin it with the medium as a glaze? Tbh the finish is a lot smoother in person, the lights bring it out more.

[@Ksteve90]

Can you tell me what paints you used? I'm just starting to get into the hobby again with an Ultramarines army and this is by far the best tutorial I've seen. I am going to swap the Macragge blue out for Night Lords blue, I've noticed on the box art for the latest edition and from some of my earliest memories of the 13th, I remember them being a deeper, almost Royal Blue, which I guess fits with their image as the Warrior Kings of Macragge.

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi, the paints are listed throughout the video, all from citadel.

[@matteocicchetti2086]

Please Paint some mantis warriors pleaseee

[@selby2180]

Is that Godtear video still coming? 😁 Also, I think you like painting for than you let on 😉

[@tabletopandgaming]

First God Tear 'showcase' will be the next video! :) Also shhhh I mayyyy be warming up to painting...

[@calebwoo6047]

What Matte varnish did you use?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Back then it would have been Testors Dullcoat, now it's discontinued I'd recommend Winsor and Newton

[@sanbananino7106]

You make it look so easy, just one question, if i primed my ultramarines gray, do i have to paint them macragge blue before using the ultramarine blue contrast? or do i apply it over the primer?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi there, macragge blue was the spray primer used I believe, two in one! :)

[@sanbananino7106]

@@tabletopandgaming thanks you!

[@HolyJeromanEmperor]

What areas are considered the “raised areas” of the ultramarine?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi, any bits on the armour that would naturally catch the light from a high angle, edges of plates, top of shoulders etc

[@javierroca7952]

when you drybrush i find it always comes out powder looking...how do you avoid that? Cant see that on the video

[@toastmrbang7899]

I got the same problem. I follow the same steps like in the video but it doesnt end up as "clean" looking.

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi there, you could try a cheap makeup brush, they give a much softer finish than wargaming ones.

[@toastmrbang7899]

@@tabletopandgaming thank you, this could really solve the problem!

[@ob1-computers659]

The blues you dry brushed with, are they contrast paints or standard paint?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Standard layer paints buddy, contrasts would be a little too runny to drybrush.

[@ob1-computers659]

@@tabletopandgaming any chance of a paint list saying what's contrast and what isn't that would be AMAZING!

[@olivermosqueda7100]

Really nice marines! Would you do commissions?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Aha you flatter me! Unfortunately not, my job is super busy and any free hobby time is devoted to getting things sorted for the channel!

[@ob1-computers659]

Me again! If I was to mimic this technique for blood angles what lighter reds/pinks from citidel would you recommend for the dry brush of the armour over the contrast base layer?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Funny you should ask as I'm just about to start working on that! if you have a look at the Skaven video we did, I believe it was the Evil Sunz Scarlet that we used over the flesh tearers red. You could then use wazdakka red or even the kindleflame dry for an extreme highlight.

[@ob1-computers659]

@@tabletopandgaming amazing! Is the video in the works because I may just wait for it?

[@tabletopandgaming]

It's a half term job for me soo approx 3-4 weeks hopefully if I can get the recipe right! If you have any forays before then let me know how it went! :)

[@ob1-computers659]

@@tabletopandgaming with the flesh tearers red, would you still undercoat the marine in a flat red before applying the contrast, like you did with the mcgragge blue in this?

[@tabletopandgaming]

@@ob1-computers659 Hi, yeah I think this should be par for the course as the videos I've seen using wraithbone/grey seer for power armour always come out blothchy. I would recommend trying one mini with flesh tearers red, and one with blood angels red to see which sits better on your red undercoat!

[@adds157]

can you do a how to paint a tank aswell

[@tabletopandgaming]

Aha I might have to learn to airbrush as I don't think the contrasts will work! :D

[@adds157]

@@tabletopandgaming this is how I paint my army it works so well now I need to paint the tanks

[@tabletopandgaming]

@@adds157 maybe use the same technique but when doing the drybrushing use a large makeup brush? Should reduce the 'dusting effect' on the larger surfaces!

[@payaamjavid7434]

What kind of brush do you use for dry brushing?

[@tabletopandgaming]

Hi there, I use the base army painter range of drybrushes. There's definitely fancier, but they do the job well.

[@5olas]

Your contrast paint videos are fantastic. One gripe, your background music is short and very repetitive. This takes away from your voice over. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more contrast paint vids.

[@tabletopandgaming]

Awesome feedback thanks I'll look into replacing it! 😊

[@Schnuffel88Maus]

Drybrush?? Ok 🧐

[@matthewmayden6065]

Not fully contrast. Not what I expected

[@josejuangomez83]

Indeed. Title is misleading.