18 LEGIONS IN 18 MINUTES! | Legions Imperialis | Army Painting | Horus Heresy

[@ArtisOpus]

You Masochist, Henry, we all appreciate your sacrifice :D. Agree with a lot of your sentiments about picking a sensible level for whatever goals you have in mind, we'll be doing the same in our vid

[@jasonlang8514]

I’m glad some one else is pumped for epic. It is the best game GW ever put out and I can’t wait!!

[@23nacho23]

I loved original space marine and epic. I went all in for this. Yes the miniatures are overpriced, but they look incredible. The increase from 6mm to 8 or 10 or whatever plus the better technology to make minis allow these to be so detailed. Can’t wait

[@Noold]

Hope tau gets some love

[@N1KH]

As far as I am aware there are no more armies being planned.

[@nickl5809]

Timestamps: Dark Angles 7:00 Emperors Children 7:59 Iron Warriors 9:02 White Scars 10:08 Space Wolves 11:02 Imperial Fists 12:08 Night Lords 13:10 Blood Angles 14:13 Iron Hands 15:35 World Eaters 16:52 Ultramarines 18:06 Death Guard 19:07 Thousand Sons 20:00 Sons of Horus 21:07 Word Bearers 22:05 Salamanders 22:40 Raven Guard 23:25 Alpha Legion 24:20 Lenses 25:10 Basing 26:30

[@FinnMcRiangabra]

You had me at Dark Angels and Emperor's Children.

[@roofust]

The blood angels and emperor's children are the jump outs for me. That purple is just so dang nice.

[@Ammonitemare1711]

Such a treat to finally see the epic stuff coming out, really looking forwards to seeing the solar auxila next week. Everybody seems to be very focused on the marines. And that night lords scheme came out really well, I think dark blue can be a little tricky.

[@cultofpaint]

Marines are marines right. But the Solar are for the true connoisseurs ;)

[@mcallisterbishop4993]

Hands down the best video you’ve ever put out. Cannot wait to play my first game of epic/legions

[@leemcalister4125]

Great video as always. I love how the Exhaust Manifold madness sets in and gets deliciously worse as the video progresses.

[@crabcrab7569]

Very inspirational. Thank you!

[@PezzaTheFlezza]

So excited for Legions content! Especially interested in your Blood Angels scheme…

[@nodrogkram]

Blood Angels are always a treat, lovely stuff.

[@amoryburgess]

Love it, suuuper delayed gratification seeing all the legions painted up. Time to take some time off from work.

[@mirage809]

The freaking lightning round. This has to have been the fastest I’ve ever heard Henry talk. It’s incredible though. Banged out 18 very nice looking models incredibly quickly.

[@voidimperatrix406]

amazing stuff, I'm going to steal that idea of painting the iron warriors with skeleton horde for my 28mm guys cause that looks great.

[@christownley5262]

Absolutely brilliant video. Great to see paint jobs that are simple but still elevate the models

[@ruleofkoolwargaming4926]

That word bearers one was amazing! Never thought of Berzerker Bloodshade as the color for Word Bearers. Definitely stealing that for Word Bearers ally detachment

[@Anuduin]

Wonderful work! Thank you for doing this!

[@alexmichalik4333]

Great vid, loved it. Really liked the contrast achieved on the Blood Angel scheme.

[@8BitJesus]

They turned out super well! Personal favourite is the blood Angel scheme, but they’re all good

[@nickpowell5562]

COP is amazing! Thanks for doing this.

[@royburnacoven3559]

Awesome! I can't wait to re purchase everything because of the differences in scale.

[@benbrown3778]

Valuable catalogue that I’ll refer to when I start painting mine. I think the iron hands looks excellent- and en masse will look super sweet 👌🏻

[@slymarbo7613]

They all look really nice, appreciate the effort of doing every legion for a single video!

[@Clidefride007]

I love everything about this channel. Its so good to see such awesome painters showing how everyone can get good quality minis. I'm never a golden demon quality painter, but after watching tutorials and painting videos I can see how to have a nicely painted army.

[@bradt5414]

Model color black has such a smooth matte finish. I started using it based on Henry's recommendation. Thanks, mate!

[@richardgreen364]

The orginal Iron hands scheme always translates well to any scale. The EC scheme is true to the display board. The SoH, BA, and IF are a good Hue for this scale and grimdark without being grimdark. Not sure on the Salamanders and Alpha Legion at this scale but that’s just personal preference. All are painted well and enable people to get a force on the table and gaming.

[@PezzaTheFlezza]

Would also love to see how you’d approach painting the infantry with these schemes!

[@cultofpaint]

Exactly the same, like I said in the vid. They'd be even quicker!

[@DoomDiveryaha]

Great video. Also loving the advocacy for getting a painted army out over doing every nitty detail. Always looks better to play with painted

[@RenderDead]

Didn’t know I would go woah I want to do a 30k Epic scale Iron Hands army. But I do now. Iron Hands look awesome (they all look great) and I plan on replicating this scheme, thank you!

[@Wijkert]

The Imperial Fist is my favorite. Did not think I would fancy painting some of these up, but after watching this video maybe I will give it a go.

[@joer5893]

I thought that was great! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the force

[@adamduncombe594]

Great video Henry 🎉 amazing results! just what I wanted to try to understand - keen to start mine now!

[@cultofpaint]

thanks mate!

[@onlunarseas]

Excellent video, thank you. I've painted a few Epic Armageddon models but your techniques will help immensely with Legions Imperialis. The Imperial Fists and Ultramarines turned out especially nice-the shading feels bang on for the scale. I also love the effect on the Iron Hands turned out. But most of all I'm glad to see your take on the Dark Angels, as I'm leaning toward collecting them but wasn't sure if the vehicles would look too boring. Between the highlights, the red stripe and decals, and the metallics, the results are quite stunning.

[@SnakeWorksStudio]

Thanks for that Henry! I think my standouts were the Nightlords and the World eaters. Hope to see some more Epic content soon. 🎲

[@Rvdbarnes]

I can’t wait to make a start on mine - so nostalgic to see the return of epic There are too many good jobs here to decide which to go for!

[@Treeslayer82]

Great video Henry! Loving the Night Lords and Sons of Horus. Love how instantly recognisable they are from 3ft away. Really pumped for this, Epic was my first intro to the hobby when I was a kid apart from Space Crusade/Hero Quest.

[@samkohrs4992]

Definitely gonna have to use your blood angels scheme for my army, you make them look amazing

[@lorenard993]

I am so hyped to do my burning of prospero themed list

[@cultofpaint]

Yes!

[@benburkin7942]

Amazing paint jobs ... this did not help me chose a Legion, because they all look sooooo good!!

[@Corusame]

My dad used to have a very old Lord of the Ring's army at epic scale. It gave me a sense of wonder and really set off my imagination as a kid, I think because of that I've always had a fondness for epic scale miniatures. The Legions Imperialis range has triggered that same feeling in me in that they're such fantastically detailed models. I think I will most definitely being be buying an army set even if its just to paint up and admire, it'll bring back good memories of me and my dad painting miniatures together. Your painting techniques are excellent and I've been taking notes to give it my best shot.

[@cultofpaint]

I love the small scale LOTR stuff

[@monkeyhammer]

Really like the look of the blood angels and sons of Horus schemes. I think if I paint any epic stuff I'll go for Emperor's Children, but with a bit of a darker purple than this version.

[@wintermute9000]

Goddamit Henry now I want to paint some of these, after being not that interested! :D

[@Mikester88]

I bet that basing "scheme" will work great as weathering as well if you just go on the tracks and bottom on the tanks as well as up the feet a bit on the dreads! Gotta say, i haven't been especially interested in Legions imperialis but this got me at least slightly warmer towards it. Might be fun to do some easy quick painting like this and weathering, bet it looks great on the table as you say.

[@bldos5362]

these tiny models remind me of micro-machines.

[@judgecohen1373]

Excellent video. I won’t use the same methods as you have but your technique is excellent and looks great!

[@impguardwarhamer]

I'm watching basically every painting guide i can find because i cant decide what legion to go with. I think I might have to do multiple haha

[@craigcook5121]

They all look great. The painting tips are great and me as a viewer I am encouraged to paint some myself lol was hoping to stay away from them. As I have many other projects to be getting on with. But has been seen can’t be unseen. Love the advice about don’t listen to anybody, sure we all agree that you guys at cult as worth listening to. Cheers

[@crazyman0937]

Ive been coming back to this as i paint up some Emperor's Children to kind of nail down the ideas here. Im the only one collecting Epic in my FLGS, so i cant get games. But im building up my army for next year when i go back to my hometown.

[@redmarson261]

Probably the favourites here are the traitors- EC, IW, WE, and DG especially! Can't wait to get these now.

[@davidwasilewski]

Totally agree. Epic (and Warmaster) are the best games GW ever released! I’d like to see your take on buildings and terrain, seeing as I’ve bought hundreds of £ worth of the stuff!

[@cultofpaint]

YES WARMASTER!

[@TheSpongebobe1]

@@cultofpaintdo a warmaster Tutorial, preferably with some awesome forestdragon miniatures 😍

[@cultofpaint]

@@TheSpongebobe1 I've been painting up ogres. But I love his new chaos dwarfs

[@domschra]

As someone whos gonna make as big an army as possible I have a feeling that ill need this apeedy way of paiting

[@mikaelpettersson2052]

Great job🙌👌👍

[@hhwaadmin]

Keep the new epic coming!

[@adambman2]

It might sound a bit typical of me, I loved seeing them all haha, but for different reasons! Some like the Alpha Legion were a treat to see even if they're already familiar, besides, it's good to get a sense of how those schemes fit a smaller scale. I may answer differently if asked again but the way that blue went down for Night Lords might've stolen the show for me. I'd definitely be keen to see that upscaled in 30k or 40k, same with Iron Hands - bronze accents could liven them up! - and the Salamanders; way simpler than the beautiful finishes using a handful of greens but so effective! I'd easily go on but they all offer so much good stuff, and those sculpts seem to reward the effort too! Cheers!

[@BurnInFerNos1]

The scheme you used for the visors works nicely for the standard scale, I use either a pure white or light metallic like you say depending on whether I want a glow or a reflective appearance. I'm not a fan of non-metallic metals, and I think this style of visors works well with true metallic metal as there's no forced perspective. You can still edge highlight them or add a gloss varnish to give it additional flair.

[@danicar9654]

Aaaa I want to see more Iron Hands! I'm trying to replicate your older 30k video for my HH army, probably my favorite look for them.

[@cultofpaint]

I love it. I do like the original one using Tamiya Clears. But thought this one was really achievable too, and looks pretty close.

[@danicar9654]

GW can't seem to make up their mind on what the modern interpretation of Iron Hands actually look like in Heresy, if you have the Liber Astartes Loyalist book they have alternating schemes and styles on the same page where they display the models. I followed the updated scheme from GW and ended up with something dangerously close to Iron Warriors instead.

[@lallsta_paints]

They all look amazing. They genuinely look like you've just shrank 32mm models you've painted 😂 and all pretty simple schemes, the results have surprised me. Legions Imperialis was just not on my radar but these look so cool I might have to check it out

[@aaronst.pierre3080]

The Salamanders, Raven Guard, Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, Word Bearers, Night Lords, Sons of Horus And World Eaters look very good, the rest maybe a little simple but still very nice. Im a big fan of the World Eater one.

[@NateVHVT]

I really hope Imperialis isn't just a 30k off shoot; I'd love to see the Orc titans from the old epic range redesigned.

[@cultofpaint]

Fingers crossed!

[@DrGreening7]

They look great! Want to start an Iron Warriors or Word Bearers force. Disappointed that they sold out so quickly, hopefully there won’t be stock issues.

[@eli1525]

Brilliant tutorial - thank you! - currently deciding between World Eaters SoH or Night Lords… or Alpha haha

[@MankuMan010]

Another Great video

[@Stevie28]

I wanted it to be epic with ork gargants and such. 30k is a bit boring to me. But I'm glad you like it

[@Corusame]

I hope some time in the future GW consider bringing out a W40K game to this same scale. Seeing the other races in all their fine detailed glory would be fantastic.

[@pashtet3403]

You should do some Solar Auxilia painting guides, want to see your take on that army

[@cultofpaint]

Next week's video.

[@stevenholden8949]

Great video can you tell me where the decals came from please ?

[@cultofpaint]

The simple black and white ones are in the LI vehicle boxes. The more elaborate ones are from the various 30k legion sheets

[@ADhammer]

All those legions but I’m just staring at the airbrush in the thumbnail 😂

[@warhq]

Top job

[@MrRobEyes]

Defo you have convince me to buy this. I have a four year old son who’s going to love playing with those tanks 😂

[@cultofpaint]

can confirm that small people love playing with small tanks

[@jonathanparker4559]

I really like the iron hands scheme. They are not a legion or chapter I was ever keen to paint, but that scheme has me tempted. I'd be curious to see if it works on larger scale models

[@cultofpaint]

Check out the iron hands video in our heresy playlist.

[@hhwaadmin]

Yes please!

[@CoverSlaves]

The network effect of seeing a whole army consistently painted is the main thing, I feel bad for anyone having a single tiny 25mm base singled out and viewed way too close. As long as people keep a consistent scheme they seem to look pretty good from a wide range of painting skill/time.

[@zacheryredden5417]

I love this scale game. Which is why I play battletech 😅

[@jteale4951]

I just wanted to check in on this as i dont believe you mention it specifically: In previous videos on oil washing, you mention leaving the model in its gloss varnish state when oil washing. However in this video, they appear to have had their final varnish when you start applying the oil. If thats the case, how differenetly does the oil wash behave? I feel like it would grip more to the flat surfaces and not run into the recesses, however in the video it still seems to keep that capiliary action we're used to. Looking forward to any insight on this, if you ever see the comment

[@cultofpaint]

Generally the oil will always run into the recesses. But the more matte the surface is then the more it will also settle on the flat surfaces. All these minis had a matte/satin finish so it did a good job of staining them as well as running into panel lines.

[@M0U53B41T]

Very excited for the SA - that's prolly what I'm going to start as a new army, new year project ^_^ I am curious tho, do you thnk there are any GW contrasts that work for SoH colours?

[@cultofpaint]

No. But the greens are generally so wishy washy that they are great for using a simlar way.

[@simmo0916]

Great video! Do you have a "how to use" for the oils by any chance? Im going to try your method to do some imperial fists!

[@cultofpaint]

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[@Jason-gq8fo]

how much did you thin the contrast for the alpha legion? Terradon seems quite dark in the pot to me, but i havent tried airbrushing it yet. And also which varnish did you use to keep the metal look? Varnishing metals makes me sad haha

[@wpeaston]

Love this, great video. What do you think of the solar aux?

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks. I love them, its what I'm doing for my personal army. Will be showing some of them on next week's video.

[@tim4444]

I'd love to see your whole Word Bearer army in that colour scheme. I'd like to use it for mine, but I've never used an airbrush. Do you think you'd get a similar effect just using all brushes? I'm guessing the berserker bloodshade wouldn't go on as evenly.

[@cultofpaint]

I think id probably try and mix up a colour similar using contrast paints. Then youd get a nice scheme. So maybe fleshtearers red and one of the browns.

[@pez5767]

The metalic finish models didn't look quite as good to me. Overall that was an awesome video and I'll very likely copy your Ultramarine scheme. Can't wait to see your personal army.

[@alexandrenormand5194]

Nice video! Where can I found those nice decals please?

[@cultofpaint]

The various 30k legion transfer sheets and the ones that come in the LI vehicle boxes.

[@edleech6072]

Amazing video. Thanks for creating it. Could you advise which circular dry brush you are using for edge highlight brushing please?

[@cultofpaint]

Artis Opus Series D medium or large

[@ScorpusFlexSlotCarRacing]

Hi sorry watching this on my break at work and missed it, who makes exhaust manifold and starship filth? I think all of these look great

[@cultofpaint]

Exhaust is Vallejo Metal Colour Series, Starship Filth is Abteilung 502

[@dimaprapor]

Thank you for such a great video! But can you please help. How much u dilute contrasts with thinner for Alpha Legion?

[@cultofpaint]

Maybe 50/50 with normal Airbrush thinner.

[@Rvdbarnes]

Hi Henry, Is your usual process for oil washing: Satin or gloss varnish Oil wash Matt varnish

[@cultofpaint]

Hi. For a pin wash, yes.

[@MadMax1818]

These are amazing. I got to ask how were you splitting the decals that were over the doors. Like the fists one.

[@cultofpaint]

Cutting after the Microset but before the Microsoft stage.

[@angelicdespot2735]

Simply amazing job. Can I ask where the decals came from? In particular the red World Eaters symbols? The sheet that comes in the box is black and white only.

[@cultofpaint]

The coloured ones come from the various 30k legion sheets.

[@angelicdespot2735]

@@cultofpaint aha, thank you!

[@simmo0916]

Would you do the same for the imperial fist infantry? Or just a light undercoat and straight to contrast?

[@cultofpaint]

Same process

[@poxous3854]

Great guide. Where do the decals come from?

[@cultofpaint]

The sheet that comes in the box, plus a few from the 30k legion sheets

[@anneslagboom4461]

Hey! Awesome video, they look amazing. Question: Where did you get your decals?

[@cultofpaint]

Most from the sheets contained withing the LI boxes. Some were from the respective 30k Legion sheets

[@anneslagboom4461]

@@cultofpaint Awesome, thank you for answering! The LI Core set sadly only includes transfers for a few of the legions so I´ll see if I can snag a 30k transfer sheet for blood angels.

[@McF1oss]

For some of the transfers did you use the fancy HH transfer sheets? Was wondering how they scaled in comparison to the LI tanks

[@cultofpaint]

Yes, a few of them. There's usable ones on every sheet. Some better than others. But the little kneepad sized ones are great. Shoulder pad size worked for tops of rhinos.

[@13Disciple]

How are you running the contrast paints through your airbrush, are you thinning them a lot, or only a little bit? Your transition is so smooth. Mine tend to get speckling in the transition point.

[@cultofpaint]

I use normal Airbrush thinner and thin roughly 50/50

[@edleech6072]

Is there a particular reason why you use Tamiya flat white through the airbrush instead of VMC white given it’s your favourite white? I love VMC white aswell and was planning to use this through the airbrush for my epic models so I’m really interested if there is a good reason why you go with Tamiya flat white instead? Thanks a lot

[@cultofpaint]

Due to its solvent base and how its made the Tamiya is brilliant through the airbrush. I use it for airbrushing and vmc for normal brush.

[@aperson7552]

My turquoise over silver looked much more green... not Alpha legion at all. Not sure why it has worked so badly for me. Going to have to experiment more sadly, as I had hoped this was a nice quick option.

[@Misosgameroom]

Do you thing your Talassar blue contrast at all? My blue doesn't seem to come out that smooth when I use it through the airbrush. 😊

[@cultofpaint]

Yeah I'll always put a couple of drops of thinner in with the contrast paints

[@Misosgameroom]

Good to know, thanks so much! Love your videos, we share a lot of opinions on Paints.

[@marksalmon5750]

That was fantastic! I loved it! A question. What would be a good substitute for the Shadow Brown and Dark Brick Red 50/50 mix you used for the 1st legion? Thank you

[@cultofpaint]

Do you mean an alternative that isn't oil paints?

[@marksalmon5750]

@cultofpaint No sorry, which other oil paints would be good to use?

[@Strange8ractor]

So what is the metal underpainting then? Vallejo Model Color Steel, and then Vallejo Model Air Steel? Is VMA Steel that much brighter than VMC Steel? Is the drybrush with something like silver or chrome?

[@cultofpaint]

MCS Steel, VMA steel. VMA is thicker and I drybrushed with it. That's what it is then.

[@sylvander4972]

awsome video man! What magnets do you use on minis this small?

[@cultofpaint]

I haven't decided yet. But if I do I think it'll be magnetic sheet cut to size.

[@michaelgeorgeduddy6153]

Love the night lords scheme!!! What colour did you do the lenses on it?

[@cultofpaint]

clear red

[@foulpilgrim5285]

When painting the Leviadon Blue on the Night Lords, did you spray it straight from the pot or did you thin it down any? If so, what was your ratio?

[@cultofpaint]

Bit of thinner, maybe 1:1

[@wjonline1975Gib]

Sorry if i have missed it, but where do you get your epic scale decals from? After night lords. Thanks

[@cultofpaint]

some are on the sheet that comes in the LI vehicle boxes. The coloured ones are from the various 30k Legion sheets available from GW store

[@davidmccurdy8911]

those all look great but quick question, the washes you use are those acylic or oils? I am presuming oil but thought I would check :)

[@cultofpaint]

Oils