How to Paint SOLAR AUXILIA | INFANTRY | Army Painting | 3 Schemes | WARHAMMER: The Horus Heresy

[@lavadude360]

I'd love to see a version of the scheme you used for the Legions Imperialis vehicles done on infantry at this scale

[@cultofpaint]

It's coming!

[@andord123]

Really glad to hear both you and Andy are able to do this full-time! Looking forward to your paint range knowing you guys will produce something excellent.

[@sanguinius6815]

Love to see the Calth High Guard.

[@MikeSpicyWinner]

Yeah I was hoping to see a scheme for those guys! Would have loved to have seen Henry’s take on them.

[@JWbrasser]

I cant be the only ones who loves Henry's ENTIRE vibe for painting but cannot get over the look of his oil tubes, Squeezing from the middle is bad enough but can, i guess, be excused but all the schmoo around the caps is, eehm, Not How I'd Do That...

[@cultofpaint]

Tip of the filthy iceberg.

[@bagel_guy9495]

Last year I saw my sister use oil paint and she cut the tube open with a paring knife. After seeing that I can excuse Henry's actions

[@JanitorScruffy]

@bagel_guy9495 good Lord she's an animal!

[@JWbrasser]

@@bagel_guy9495 :| did she atleast use the whole tube in one sitting?

[@joncroweucl]

Please just keep putting out the content you enjoy making. If KZbin still showed downvotes the airbush hater trolls would be shown up for what they are

[@collinl5023]

Wasn't sure about the new kits at first but as usual it was just the paint job they presented them in. These look fantastic!

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks, I really like the kit. It has huge potential as well as being nice as is.

[@swiftsabre28]

Love the solar auxilia aesthetic, keep these coming! I’m so tempted to kitbash these with the cities of sigmar guys to lean into that feudal world look even more

[@cultofpaint]

Yes, yes, yes

[@philgee486]

Henry, great vid and probably the one that has solved more of my problems than any other, and it's not a Solar Auxilia issue, it's Necrons. Got to paint a Necron army for my son without losing my mind or will to live, that means the colour scheme has to help me three different ways and can't be all metal, I was thinking deep red enamelled armour panels and brass I saw you paint the tarnished armour on the Agathon and I knew I had my beautifully stippled brass I saw you paint the shoulder pads on the Cthonian with the gloss varnish and I knew I had a mucky dark build up for those armour panels that showed a deep glossy red wherever the muck has worn/wiped off. So now I have a newly awakened tomb vault that's disgorging hordes, fresh from the racks that literally haven't even had time for a wipe over, never mind a polish. A lot of stippling that always looks good and a gloss red vs matt umber muck contrast on the armour panels, maybe even a bit of Typhon corrosion on the canoptek units that have been labouring for millions of years of maintenance. Can't wait to get started tomorrow, you're a star.

[@cultofpaint]

Sounds like a plan!

[@Sergiocalvominiatures]

I love them! Let's see if I find the time and continue painting my 40k army.😃

[@b312n.v9]

Love the videos like always personally hope for the Deathless Cohort

[@cultofpaint]

Nice choice

[@TheMaineLobstah]

I'd love to see a Saturnyn Ram painting guide, I don't think I've seen any yet

[@thegiantratthatmakesallthe5055]

absolutely love these, please do all solar auxiliary models lol

[@cultofpaint]

Deal!

[@ProrokLebioda]

Those look really great! Can't wait to see Ogryn when they drop :D They're going to have real Big Daddy vibe :D

[@cultofpaint]

Hope we get them

[@Wijkert]

2:30 stealing this trick as well. I tend to clip of small bits before I clean of the mold lines, but the tinier they are, the more difficult that gets.

[@blairbird8022]

I'm excited to do up some Calth High Guard since their scheme is essentially the same as the Tyrant's Legion from Badab and I've wanted an army of them for ages. Going to have to try out oil washes for the army, I think.

[@cultofpaint]

absolutely give them a go

[@christiansmith9306]

I just got the solar box with vehicles, I am in love with this look for the faction, just want more volkite weapons like the resin sets had.

[@iain.sm.c]

I love the steam/deiselpunk aesthetic of this range, and it was just begging to be gritty and grimy. I can't wait to see how you tackle the armour!

[@Bunyip_Studios]

Tell Ben he's wrong! All metallics look vastly better over black!! 😂😂🤣🤣😉 Blacking out tidies up the mini as well

[@Arceolis]

Absolutely lovely. Hands down my favorite formation and am stoked they are bringing it to plastic. My dream army is about to happen as I got 3 boxes preordered and confirmed. Would love to see as many of them as you can do!

[@stevepeacock654]

Had the Kharadron Underworlds warband sitting in a box for ages and that green and brass scheme might just be what they need :) Excellent work as always!

[@cultofpaint]

I thought exactly the same as I was painting it!

[@WD4wg]

Man, that Decayed metal > Victorian brass armour is awesome! I might do my Hearthkyn kill team in something similar when I get round to them.

[@Jason-gq8fo]

Aw ye let’s go! Gonna be tricky to pick my scheme, guess they should somewhat look good next to my world eaters

[@bridges_one]

Lovely! Ratling grime through the airbrush has become a go to for me, for terrain.

[@juanblasco8510]

The Mananchean Bulls looks so good without the yellow arms, thanks for this cool color scheme, you just convinced me to buy a box.

[@cultofpaint]

i hope we get padded sleeves on some minis soon, i'd like to have a go at the yellow and see whther it can be toned down a bit!

[@slymarbo7613]

Great video Henry! I’d really like to see more solar auxilia, seeing how you’d do the leman russ would be a great watch

[@cultofpaint]

Russ or malcador?

[@slymarbo7613]

Both strong choices but the siege of vraks fan in me votes Malcador

[@TuShan18]

I love that you did a slight twist on the codex's schemes. I especially love the lord marshal's own. That guy is sharp. I have 2 ideas, maybe I'll make a loyalist and traitor force. One is a slight skyrim Norse theme of brown, blue, and steel with some green stuff fur. The other is burgundy with iron and bronze.

[@EricRex-c7w]

Always have been a fan of the channel. Planning a Solar or Admech army so I'm watching to take notes Liked and Subscribed!!

[@alexjobin623]

Love all three schemes. Would love to see more!!

[@bigdazz8636]

Great video, thanks. I've just bought the boxset and was scratching my head a little as to what to do.👍

[@JanitorScruffy]

I really like how these kits look, I was interested in a plastic Solar Aux range (especially that leman Russ for my Krieg in 40k) but the sheer amount of trim on a horde army among other horde armies, so I really appreciate that these are a little simpler than the resin version. Or at least my sanity appreciates it.

[@Stray940]

Worth noting the 30k Leman Russ Variant doesn't have Sponson Heavy bolters like it does in 40k version

[@realsnice]

Super bright gold metal plates would also be an awesome scheme.

[@a.wilson4809]

Well it's a good thing you released this so long after the launch box! I managed to resist buying them, having watched this video i'm not sure i still could if it came out tomorrow.

[@cultofpaint]

no boxes left, i ordered them all.

[@_doppiabbarra_1437]

Even if it’s (your) “army standard”, it’s an absolutely amazing work, as always. Can’t get over the fact that the green you used for agathon cohort is the same green from SoH artworks in Liber Hereticus

[@cultofpaint]

thanks mate. for what it's worth I never use the term army painting in a derogatory way.

[@biome856]

Having experimented with Contrast paints through the airbrush, I've found that mixing in gloss medium or varnish while spraying really helps give you a finish closer to a candy finish if that's what you're looking for! You still need to use the right contrast paint, a lot of them will still be opaque no matter what you do due to the pigments in there.

[@cultofpaint]

Yeah, or gloss over the top.

[@nickdavis5420]

I love these guys and I don’t even play HH but I’ll probably pick up the box .

[@cultofpaint]

Even as a stand alone painting project that box is great.

[@caseyrogers7538]

Would love to see you take on a Blood Bowl team. Maybe the upcoming gnome team or the recent vampire team.

[@paintbusch]

Some lovely colour schemes and brilliant paintjobs you did there 👍🏼

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks v much

[@johnbridges7644]

These models look great. Would love to see some Prospero Spire Guard. thinking of adding a force to ally my Thousand sons.

[@cultofpaint]

they could be fun to kitbash a bit

[@darthhall6187]

Great video as usual. I love Tamiya clears too. A very good non-solvent option is Badger's Ghost Tint paints. They are the only water based clears I've found that give comparible results to Tamiya in my opinion. Looking forward to the tanks!

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks. Yeah I like the ghost tints. Don't tend to use much badger stuff as it's not widely available over here.

[@tinyfishhobby3138]

For what it's worth, they've recently had to reformulate at least *some* of the ghost tints due to an unavailability of the dyes. I use their Plasma Fluid as the main color for my Alpha Legion and recently had a bottle of the new formulation; it looks like a completely different color, so I've had to scramble to source some older bottles from various places.

[@darthhall6187]

@@cultofpaintI'm a Brit ex-pat living in Japan, so got them from Amazon USA. It's a bit frustrating, as many of the hobby paints/products common in Europe and the USA are really hard to find here. On the plus side, Tamiya and Mr Hobby are much cheaper here than in the UK.

[@darthhall6187]

@@tinyfishhobby3138Thanks for the heads up.

[@chrishomenuk15]

I can't wait to get this box set for Horus Heresy 😊

[@jonl3331]

Fantastic videos, really enjoying the solar auxilia content. How about some Barbaran Ambaxtoi ???

[@cultofpaint]

@@jonl3331 I will definitely do another solar video like this focusing on a few more cohorts

[@StephenG1991]

Such a relaxing voice.

[@uwesca6263]

This is great inspiration. My one will fight alongside the dkok in 40k and i am still searching for the final paintscheme. Yoursnare a great imspiration!

[@cultofpaint]

painted up like Krieg they could look amazing

[@uwesca6263]

@@cultofpaint i hope so. Especialy if i add pouches, shovels and more to them. The thing is my dkok paintsheme is rather grimdark. Grey coats black armor and the only eyecathers are the brown leather parts. I am not sure what paintsheme the solar auxilia should have to accomontade it. They might end up too dull.

[@rapha6245]

The design of the solar is an absolute blast. You ve honored them so well. This clear red from AMMO is interesting, especially because it seems to stay red with matt varnish on it (you confirm ?), the tamiya clear red turn litteraly orange when you matt it.

[@cultofpaint]

I've not had that issue with the Tamiya red. Ive done projects where i leave it glossy, or sometimes a satin coat. I don't think I would use the clear red if I was going to do a very matte finish.

[@rapha6245]

@@cultofpaint What would you use ? I really like the finish of a very matt but very deeply red metallic.

[@georgikens7516]

it would be very cool to see an acrylics weathering recipe on smaller infantry models compared to the vehicle you did in your last video!

[@Wijkert]

The blue scheme is my favorite

[@deebernaers137]

Would love to see a penal colony scheme, not sure if there are (m)any official ones, but for my Legions Imperialis project I was thinking a pale green or even teal for the armour plates and orange for the overalls, with white details. For tanks and such I’d go with the same colours as the plating, with a white vertical line on the sides, with a thicker orange line through the center. Dark green/black with orange/salmon might also be striking

[@aarongonzales7878]

Amazing as always!! I am personally hoping for a Rite of War that lets you take MOSTLY sentinels. I dream of an OOOPS All Sentinels list.

[@cultofpaint]

Yes!

[@lorenard993]

love solar aux, would be cool to see some ultramar pattern solar aux represented, those boys deserve some representation after what happened to them on calth

[@cultofpaint]

getting a few requests for those lads

[@reinhardtc.p]

Awesome paintjobs as always, as a long time auxilia collector and painter i'm so glad they went plastic,as i always broke the little tube in their arms,and was an absolute pain resculpting the bit in every 20th member.This said,sad they lost their padded arms.With the new pre-order box i'm going to try introducing some 40k regiments colour schemes with some tweaks to try give them some colour and camouflage variations. Will you be painting some auxilia in your traitor legiones imperialis scheme?

[@cultofpaint]

Yeah I'll be doing the traitor scheme on a tank. And I'm hoping maybe they bring back the padding on one of the veletaris units

[@ellisowendaniel]

I’ve really been tempted by this video to do a bit of a force. Feels like it’s a very labour intensive army though and very fiddly.

[@cultofpaint]

I don't think those factors are as big as you think, and certainly shouldn't put you off. I'll report back in a month once I've done a load!

[@realsnice]

I would love to see a black and white scheme. With an example of black fatigue and white armor and vice versa. Would also like to see an approach with is basically airbrushed fatigues and when metal armor painted. I feel like this is the faster way to do a full army. But could be wrong. As a lot of us are looking at 100+ infantry but don’t want it looking awful.

[@wintermute9000]

I'd be interested to see what you do with Saturnyne Rams. The banner in the book is a desaturated purple iirc?

[@cultofpaint]

Bizarre we don't have more info on them isn't it

[@StevenRead]

lovely!

[@JP-dv7rf]

Great video!

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks!

[@Random__Hero87]

Another great vid! Looking forward to the next Black Templar one. Does anyone know where the metal mixing pots can be bought?

[@cultofpaint]

just search "metal mixing dish for paint". Loads of places will do them

[@ovan2190]

Im so excited for these, the Solar Auxilia look so cool I've been interested since I first found out about them very exisited to have them in plastic If possible do you think you could paint one up in the colors for Auxilia associated with specific legions? I'm sure it would be a lot of work but I'm sure ir would be cool or the Arkadian Janissary they were close to the Emperor's Children and I'd love to see your take on them

[@cultofpaint]

sounds like i might need to do another batch!

[@matteocinti6482]

Amazing as alaways!

[@Matt-md5yt]

awesome

[@goforitpainting]

Cool as always. 👍

[@TheMichaellathrop]

I think what they are wearing under their armor is supposed to be a cross between one of the old brass helmeted diving suits, and something like the Russian space suit. For that red contrast over metal scheme would it have worked to due a green metallic with a silver highlight and then used the red contrast to get a chromatic black metal?

[@cultofpaint]

Yes. Although I think possible more effort than it's worth at this size. I've done it on knights before and it worked well.

[@alejandrohermosilla2525]

I love thew schemes, will you do more schemes? I would love to paint the Inwit Phalangite Honour Livery but I am quite lost on how to do them.

[@cultofpaint]

I will, probably end of next month

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

I’m happy that this kit is like an actual model kit and doesn’t have fused legs and torsos. Modern GW stuff is obnoxious with the tooling on their other sprues.

[@notnubilous3804]

While there's no official art for them, I'd LOVE to see your take on the Prospero Spireguard

[@AbsoluteOK]

Big Bad Beetleborgs vibes

[@emarshall1990]

Brilliant video, all 3 cohorts are superb. I'm definitely swayed to Agathon, "Lord Marshalls own" suits me to a T. Can I ask though will that clear green metalic look work on the bigger vehicals? Or would it need dulling down?

[@cultofpaint]

It will work great.

[@TetsugakuSan]

The more legions the better!

[@kristoffernordlund8392]

I love them. Always liked them, and wanted them as inquisitorial henchmen, and they fit well to the void breachers kill team. So going for blue/black and red scheme abit like your last scheme (haven't seen that part yet) but more red. nicely painted, to lazy to set up my airbrush my self. Got any points on the army painter Fanatic paints coming?

[@cultofpaint]

I think they'd be great for henchman. As for Fanatic, we are'nt fans and won't be using them.

[@Wijkert]

1:58 Wandering if this method would also be beneficial when it comes to gluing the arms on the new mark III and VI marines? When I follow the build guide (arms first, then the bolter), I have noticed some gaps at the wrists that need filling. Assuming no sub assembly for the bolter off course.

[@cultofpaint]

It will. You also have the little notches on those kits to help.

[@Bigthejosh]

Can you do a metallic calth high guard scheme ?

[@pv_hobbying]

Excellent video that I have been waiting for since the battlegroup was announced. A quick question (and demonstration if you think it could work?), do you think it is viable to to mask off the armour panels with humbrol etc? So I could airbrush all the metals, and then mask and airbrush the fatigues?

[@cultofpaint]

Yes absolutely.

[@g.leeten1611]

Hey cult I have a question, I’m painting the headhunters with no airbrush using you’re guid 😄, sprayed them chaos black than the grey the bright red I used iron hands steel and baal red it’s works in a way than the armour work to, but I’m stuck at te part of the brown wash at the end can u use a shade to get the same effect or what can I use best ? Great video and keep it up!

[@cultofpaint]

@@g.leeten1611 check out the imperial fists drednought video I did. I cover using acrylics instead of oils to get a similar result.

[@Wsorran]

What color scheme would you recommend for some Auxilia that are allied with the Emperors Children?

[@cultofpaint]

Gold? White? Purple?

[@TheBraveExalted]

What is the actual scale of the solar auxilia to an Astartes? Feels like the Space Marines are very small next to one.

[@cultofpaint]

There's a side by side rotating shot of them next to marines in the video.

[@TheBraveExalted]

@@cultofpaint my bad - I meant size in the lore to the size / scale of the minis. For instance if Astartes are 8ft tall on average then how accurate is the sizing of the Solar Auxilia soldier next to them? They seem huge and larger than they should be lore wise. Maybe in my mind a space marine is just much larger than they really are, or these solar auxilia are all 7ft tall 😅

[@warhounds]

question, are the torsos sculpted into the legs?

[@cultofpaint]

No. Flat join at waist

[@gamelover260]

do you hit models afterwards with a varnish?

[@cultofpaint]

I didnt on these

[@adamssmartthings]

What is that weird metal gear thing over their right shoulders?

[@cultofpaint]

I think it's the air recycling unit. Their suits are meant to be void hardened and capable of operating in extremes

[@rutgaurxi7314]

Any chance we will see any conversions?

[@cultofpaint]

Some kitbashes maybe

[@forgefathervulkanhestan18]

I really want some auxilia but I'm restraining my spending right now 😭

[@Darby-qu6hz]

S***, how close are you from Maine?

[@georgikens7516]

i already have two future armies planned and now solar auxilia is tempting me...... these lovely schemes arent helping ;)

[@andrzejgogoek9402]

Airbrush seriusly ?/ If you use it and do not wtite it in title its a crime againt all painters and clickbait.

[@andywardle2988]

😂