How to Paint DARK ANGELS Space Marines | My new Kill Team | Nostalgia time!!

[@TheMiniJunkie]

Henry you absolutely *nailed* the color for these Dark Angels! Dark Angels are so easy to either make really dark and bland, or too bright and Salamanders looking. These are just right.

[@cultofpaint]

so hard not to fall over into Sallies isnt it

[@RonaldFulcrum]

Those are gorgeous Dark Angels. You really caught the feel of the old green that is no so hard to recapture.

[@erih2934]

I am happy too hear that I am not the only one who has a hard time finding the right green for his Dark Angels. Gorgeous results.

[@peanusbenis5631]

Your voice is as slick and smooth as the oil paints you love 🤌🏻

[@martymcmarn]

Angels of Death Codex. Got me right in the feels! Lovely take on them.

[@Tekkaman76]

you bring my childhood dreams to reality, first deathwing and now this

[@Wijkert]

+1 for the side cutters recommendation. Very nice to work with! They put less stress on especially fragile bits you are cutting out of the sprue.

[@j27b]

What was the brand I didn’t catch it in the video?

[@davidhills7986]

Those are red grass games single side blade cutters.

[@Wijkert]

@@j27b I really like the DSPIAE 3.0 ones. If you want a deep dive Barbatos Rex has a great video where he compares many different brands.

[@Rustedb5042]

I tried cutting sprue that was.too thick for the Redgrass and snapped them -.was.cutting the frame rather than removing a part. I've gone back to my previous Tamiya cutters and a sharp knife (x-acto) to clean up. I'd only had the Redgrass a couple of weeks so it was an expensive mistake

[@peterrowland2818]

Brilliant! Thank you! That’s the 4th time I’ve watched this- really appreciate your work!

[@joecove1072]

fantastic Henry! Will be definitely following this scheme!

[@kacpermakosa3304]

Great ! this is look of green Dark Angels that i like !

[@sculptdude]

These look magnificent! I had that AoD Codex back in the day. Was able to build and paint most of the 4th company. Great bit of nostalgia.

[@michaelstrange2285]

Saved this awesome tutorial for when I take my Grey Angels and make them proper Dark Angels!

[@Taal111]

A great capstone for a fantastic year of art, really looking forward to what you have in store for us in 2025!

[@Mugdorna]

Excellent recreation of those 1990s Dark Angels. 3rd Edition was my first starter box.

[@cultofpaint]

@@Mugdorna what an amazing starter box that was

[@mikewalf]

Amazing colour scheme and job Henry, I love darker greens on my DAs as well. It's the right balance of dark and light and it doesn't look neon like the standard caliban/warpstone/moot Green colour scheme of GWs.

[@LarsOlsen-nd2eu]

These are the best painted figures I think I’ve ever seen…. Well done man, well done

[@Marshal976]

As a massive fan of the Angels of Death book since it first came out, I think these look great Henry! Well done 😀

[@roofust]

I really enjoyed the addition of the purple. I hadn't thought to use the purple with silver. They look awesome Henry!

[@jayc6309]

Love the peter kay reference

[@elmodiddly]

Thank you for doing the Dark Angels, I've been working on an out of production Aurora Chapter so the green theme was perfect. The grimdark squads I have painted really do look weathered and I like the clean nature of these. Great work Henry

[@iain.sm.c]

The kitbashing was really fun to watch, I like your approach to it. Great video Henry, I hope you have a good new year.

[@cultofpaint]

@@iain.sm.c thanks Iain, same to you.

[@MrPoppysoabm]

Love the paint scheme Henry. Great stuff

[@cultofpaint]

thanks Nick

[@connorcress6471]

I think the way you pre shaded these really helped to establish a bit of pseudo shine to the armor, which is, in my opinion, very characteristic of the dark angels

[@vadersjester]

Love that almost racing green from the AoD codex. I'd been struggling to get it right too so thanks for the video.

[@deanshickle]

Great video and gonna try to emulate it for my own kill team!

[@br_a1n161]

Love these, especially the captain

[@alexwembridge5961]

Making 12 year old you happy? Making current me happy with these, although must resist buying yet more paint to try and emulate this! Just a massive thank you Henry for all of your tutorials, and I'd be happy to get even close to that standard next year. Want to say it's really useful adding in the rough dilutions you're using and paint you're using. Keep up the great work!

[@cultofpaint]

@@alexwembridge5961 thanks Alex

[@fonsorell0]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I don' really like the eavy metal comic style with extreme edge highlights and I dont fully enjoy the extrem grim dark style. This is how I want my Angels to look like. Also I enjoy the very present black of the armor, letting some of the old pre-fallen scheme shine through.

[@jamessampford4780]

Loved this one. It's the combination of your enthusiasm and the really calm clear presentation. Pleasure to watch.

[@MrCiceroneize]

I was waiting this for years......Amazing. You guys are the best

[@ShintaroMugura]

Thank you for this wonderful painting tutorial. I was shocked to see thrid company Dark Angels, because that is what is on my painting desk now. I am happy to see you paint them in your own version of them. I am doing the same. Love how you did the power sword. I am going to try painting the power swords that way. Thank you again.

[@TomCatchesides]

Magnificent work, I’m constantly amazed at the incredible results you get from a relatively quick process 👏 I’m glad you’re enjoying Kill Team too, the new edition feels a lot tighter and more streamlined than the previous edition.

[@Wijkert]

Thank you guys for another great year of content!

[@aionagustin2768]

Lovely work mate!

[@Manfromthenorth0551]

I have to admit i laughed a little when you set the sniper aside at the beginning, considering that the sniper is currently one of the strongest units in the team.

[@cultofpaint]

@@Manfromthenorth0551 I just don't like that mini. If I add him into the KT then I think I'll use a scout mini.

[@ThePatrickBall]

Great way to end an awesome year of content, Happy New Year to Henry and Andy, really looking forward to seeing wha you have for us in 2025!

[@wurgat]

Great video! See you guys next year!

[@SleazyFleazy]

Great stuff as always. Best wishes for the new year.

[@mirage809]

The first legion! The best legion! The green knights that don't share. They look awesome. Some great and simple conversions here to make them unique and give em that extra Dark Angel flair. Went with Guardians of the Covenant for mine as I already have a Dark Angels army and wanted to do something different without getting away from the knight aesthetic.

[@chyeeeeee]

Absolute banger way to end. I'm a bit off 40k at the moment (aos is like crack) but these remind me why 40k is awesome. Happy new years chaps❤

[@craigcook5121]

Wicked looking like always.

[@add3to6]

Like you, this colour scheme is very close to my heart - my first White Dwarf was 193, when 'Angels of Death' was first released. Bias aside, I think this is one of your best paintjobs; the green looks so rich. I found it a little puzzling that you painted the red markings after the wash, but the end result looks fine. Perhaps this technique could be applied to Ravenwing too - if you found the right contrast mix for a dark blue/grey the black oil could give a really nice gradient. Inspiring stuff.

[@cultofpaint]

in hindsight i could absolutely have done the red before the wash.

[@diyfireking]

Outstanding work 😊😊

[@goldenageacademy8584]

DA are my boys, love them; love a good DA colour scheme.

[@soverain]

Perfect timing!

[@carlostapia4523]

Beautiful color. very evocative of the 2nd/3rd edition codex.🤘

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks, i'm glad its got that vibe!

[@CharlieFultonSC]

Loved it so much I now want to pickup a 2nd angels of death team.

[@cultofpaint]

I'm already planning another. Played a game with them the other day and we're a lot of fun.

[@andreag.4609]

Instead of cutter, i warmly suggest Tamiya "mini brass saw set", they're an essential upgrade for precision cut.

[@564woody]

Perfect timing as I am starting my first army in the new year having just received a bunch of DA stuff for Christmas. These guys look awesome, I just need to figure out how I get something similar without an airbrush.

[@hairoku]

I'm sure others have mentioned it before but Makeup Sponges are amazing for cleaning up the oil recess shading, it's really a whole world better than cotton

[@cultofpaint]

I like them and use them. The cotton buds gave me the accuracy i wanted for this one.

[@NummiAFI]

Space Marines aren't my thing at all, but I love watching your painting tutorials for inspiration and ideas, no matter what models you happen to be working on. Keep doing what you enjoy! (I know no-one asked, but: Lizardmen. Lizardmen are my thing. Andy's tutorial on that warband from a few years ago helped me a ton when I started re-painting my childhood army after returning to the hobby.)

[@cultofpaint]

@@NummiAFI let sod some.more lizards next year. I really enjoyed them

[@TheMichaellathrop]

I really liked the white chest decal you had on one of the operatives, I think doing that but specifically with the imperial guard aquilla could work very well for one of the more "tacticool" groups of space marines.

[@sidneysloan4176]

wonderfull colour scheme with the more darker DARK Angel. Absolutely stunning. I just would have loved to know what kind of gold you've used. because you only said that you did a purple over the gold. Maybe I've missed the name of the gold ... would love to know that, thanks again

[@cultofpaint]

thanks. S75 Decayed Metal + Dwarven Gold

[@IgnacioGlezCllo]

I need to get me some of those helmets for my dark angels kill team

[@letters1533]

Would love to see some Night Lords painted

[@Wijkert]

You did 12 year old Henry proud!

[@haltes]

Cult of Paint video day is always a good day ❤

[@georgikens7516]

great paint job as always! i got an airbrush for christmas so watching your expertise is great inspiration. now that the black templars army project is coming to a close, are you and andy going to be starting a new one? maybe something heresy or maybe the upcoming emperors children refresh? :D

[@cultofpaint]

Sounds great! I'd like to do another army project for the channel this year, but want to make sure I pick the right thing

[@Chinese_checkers]

These make me want to paint mine as dark angels as well. Just a tip i run the tamiya xf2 at 18psi to avoid the spiderwebbing

[@ACOGLMT556]

This looks amazing, what colour did you use for the gold/bronze? I was thinking about painting some raptor marines and pictured that exact bronze in my mind but couldn't find it till now. Would love to see your take on some raptor marines. Think they are suppose to be a distant sub chapter of the dark angels.

[@cultofpaint]

its a mix of S75 Decayed Metal and Dwarven Gold

[@cultofpaint]

And I've done a Raptors video :)

[@jamesgreen9480]

Merry Christmas

[@davidgrace6224]

Hey henry, first of awesome job on these guys, the contrast really makes them stand out! Was wondering what gold paint you used on them, perhaps I missed that part of the vid

[@cultofpaint]

@@davidgrace6224 thanks David. It's a mix of S75 decayed metal and dwarven gold.

[@davidgrace6224]

@ great, thanks for the response

[@donkratos5627]

FOR THE LION‼️ ✊🧐

[@Weed_Ghost]

⚔️

[@zep5229]

Now thats a scheme!

[@Midean9]

I have found using the Tamiya XF-2 thinner with Scale75 paints works much better than using a standard airbrush thinner. I imagine it's something to do with Scale's gel medium, but it comes out beautifully. The Tamiya thinner will turn just about every other acrylic paint I've tried to use with it into goop, though.

[@davidhills7986]

It works well with polyurethane based primers as well like vallejos. Most thinners contain water which reacts with polyurethane.

[@cultofpaint]

@@Midean9 I found that too, some S75 it was fine with, others it turned to porridge. In the end the flow aid + thinner was the best all rounder for me. But airbrushing S75 is always a last resort for me!!!

[@samuelarno]

These look amazing... almost tempts me to abandon my plans for Space Wolves on my KT squad. High fives!

[@cultofpaint]

thats pretty close to some proper blasphemy right there!

[@SmashingSnow]

These look great from the Thumbnail! I'll be saving this for when I try to paint my own Dark Angels. What will you do with the Sniper and Captain model you tossed?

[@cultofpaint]

theyre in the bits box

[@SmashingSnow]

@cultofpaint Nice.

[@Subject35th]

oh yes, dark DARK angels

[@pv_hobbying]

Hi Henry, enjoyable as always! I’d personally like you to go back to your Badab project, maybe a mixed killteam of different chapter?

[@cultofpaint]

I'm planning to do a lot of Badab in 2025

[@pv_hobbying]

@@cultofpaintlovely!

[@WhiskeyDingo-2018]

These look amazing. With the gold what was the base colour, it looked fantastic with the purple shading. I’d really like to try and replicate it.

[@cultofpaint]

S75 Decayed Metal + Dwarven Gold

[@WhiskeyDingo-2018]

@@cultofpaintsorry, as in a 50:50 mix of the two or decayed as the base with a dwarven highlight?

[@cultofpaint]

@WhiskeyDingo-2018 decay base, dwarven /mix as highlight. Just smooshed around on the pallette.

[@WhiskeyDingo-2018]

@@cultofpaint can I ask one more question - sorry! What is the purpose of blacking out the non armour parts before painting them?

[@cultofpaint]

@WhiskeyDingo-2018 it's just something I like to do. It helps a bit with shading and separating parts. But it's more just that it helps me see the different parts of the mini.

[@enchainedprometheus]

Hello Henry, I would like to ask: how you decide the color/style when you painting the swords? I understand that this team has a more darker approach and a flashy blue power sword wouldn't be the best choice for them so the inactive metal color power sword is more preferable here. So it depend on the theme of the mini, the main color of the mini or simply by your mood? Thanks a lot 🤩 These are awsome as always. 🤩

[@cultofpaint]

Hey good question! I think usually my mood is probably the deciding factor!! But also in this case you're right, the fact the rest today the model had some quite dark areas I felt the brighter sword would be a nice counterpoint. Also if I was doing eldar or tau or something non human I'd be inclined to do other colours.

[@peterbereczki4147]

This remind me of my Fallen SM team project for Kill Team I'm stil finishing up😅

[@Biscbob]

Amazing video as ever, really enjoy your work!! Do you mean white spirits when you say mineral spirits?

[@cultofpaint]

@@Biscbob yes. Thanks!

[@seanbrown3977]

Have you thought of trying the Tamiya panel liner used for gundams instead of oils? I Havnt tried it yet but it’s on my to do list

[@cultofpaint]

@@seanbrown3977 yeah it's decent. I do like panel liners and other enamels. I just tend to use oils more often.

[@wholesome2399]

They look AMAZING! Reminds me of when I started with Warhammer, the good old Dark Vengeance. These tiny guys looked amazing in my head (even if not in reality haha) Do you recommend any side cutters in particular?

[@cultofpaint]

@@wholesome2399 loves that Dark Vengeance box. I like these Red grass ones, but I've not used any others.

[@rutgaurxi7314]

For me, it's both the Tamiya side cutters and God Hand Cutters, both have different purposes, and are fine at cutting.

[@Wijkert]

33:45 fun fact, the pigment in Kimera's Warm Yellow is the same as Imperial Fist Contrast.

[@jenskiesewetter8474]

Great models. How high is the pressure for the airbrush for these fine works?

[@cultofpaint]

I have my compressor set to 25psi. Our infinity has great trigger pressure sensitivity, so I'm usually spraying around 20

[@jenskiesewetter8474]

@ thank you

[@mn01_]

Great work, as usual. Is there an advantage to using the AK oil paints in “normal” colors (eg black) over artist oils?

[@cultofpaint]

I don't think so

[@mn01_]

@ thanks!

[@merumboah5790]

Hey, love the figs! One question: How long did you wait for the 4-5 varnish coats to dry or did you spray them on like the armour (in a batch). Cheers!

[@cultofpaint]

I did then in batches, letting them touch dry in between coats and then a blast with the hairdryer. For the final gloss coat before decals etc I let that sit for a good few hours too. I think any extra helps for that step.

[@merumboah5790]

@@cultofpaint That helps a lot, thank you!

[@ClassicBikeMagazine]

Hello everyone, it's Henry here… with the best 36 minutes of your day

[@Wijkert]

The pondering stage is where I spent the majority of the time... Partially because I tend to overthink things and partially because I like that fase too.

[@Zwenguard]

I would like to know why are you leaving the minis over night after the oil wash? Isnt it possible to remove the excess like 1h after applying? Great vid btw! :)

[@cultofpaint]

@@Zwenguard absolutely possible, and for some schemes I would do that. I left these overnight because it was a natural last job to do in the session. And leaving them longer wasn't a negative.

[@Zwenguard]

@@cultofpaint Wow thanks for the quick reply! Im not even finished with the full vid and yet my question already got answered, you are amazing!

[@javierperezdalmases]

Awesome, what products did you use for basing?

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks! I've got full basing process in this vid - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqmVkJWmbtJ7nNk

[@speakoid]

What texture / paint do you use on your bases? They look so simple but so clearly .

[@cultofpaint]

thanks, i've put the full process in this vid - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqmVkJWmbtJ7nNk

[@TheOneIng]

Quick question about Tamiya XF-2 & X-20A: Do you need to clean the airbrush any special way or just use water and airbrush cleaner?

[@cultofpaint]

@@TheOneIng I do an extra step, I use use a drop of isopropyl before the ab cleaner & water stage.

[@AndrewSullivan-d3x]

which edition was the best? 4th edition? thanks.

[@rutgaurxi7314]

Akira Style, "Clown Gang," if the rebel guard Kill Team happens to come across your desk, or a new version of it...

[@power_SERG]

Could you do content that uses Gunpla bits and Warhammer stuff mixed together to make some cool Kitbashes?

[@cultofpaint]

That is a very tempting suggestion

[@br_a1n161]

Do you thin contrast paint with contrast medium when airbrushing with it?

[@cultofpaint]

@@br_a1n161 no, just airbrush thinner.

[@AuspiciousEye]

@cultofpaint Is this green color just a 50/50 mixture between ork flesh and karandras green + airbrush paint thinner? I'm trying this myself and I don't quite get the same green. :S What am I missing?

[@cultofpaint]

yes its just that mix. Perhaps play around with how many layers you are doing of it? But also make sure to see the paint job through to the end. The stuff around the green will change how it looks

[@andersolsson1659]

When thinning Citadel paint, what thinner do you use?

[@cultofpaint]

@@andersolsson1659 for the airbrush I use either life colour thinner or Vallejo thinner. On the wet pallete I just use water.

[@andersolsson1659]

@cultofpaint Thank you 👍

[@koz1138]

I struggle with zenithals - not with doing them (I can spray white ink on my models easily enough) but when I'm done painting I can never seem to see any difference between models with just a black prime. Is using contrast the key here?

[@cultofpaint]

@@koz1138 not contrast per se. Just making sure your layers of paint that you put over the preshade are seeing through enough.

[@ricklugo9121]

Did you use Necro gold for the gold parts or is that decayed metal?

[@cultofpaint]

decayed and dwarven gold

[@ricklugo9121]

That you!!! Was it a mixture of 50/50?

[@cultofpaint]

@ricklugo9121 yeah roughly.

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

Fallen next?

[@cultofpaint]

@@Izayoink_Saccuy that could be cool!

[@mart1n287]

Why do so many mini painters use tamiya flat white for zenithal?

[@cultofpaint]

reasons i say in video.

[@ricklugo9121]

Hii, which paints did you use for the Seals?

[@cultofpaint]

olive drab and karak stone. Barak nar burgundy for wax

[@ricklugo9121]

Thanks a lot!!! One last thing, is there a more common subtitute for ABTEILUNG 502 Sepia, Black?

[@GrapeHate]

What was the gold/brass paints?

[@cultofpaint]

s75 decayed metal and dwarven gold

[@Ryang1191]

What was the gold used?

[@cultofpaint]

S75 Dwarven

[@xeniwargaming]

Does anyone recognize where this captains halo is from?

[@cultofpaint]

I couldn't work out the sprue. It also had a plasma pistol and a left arm holding a bolt rifle. Very small separate character sprue. So it must be one of the captains?

[@xeniwargaming]

@ it was the Lt Sprue :)

[@uruk_bye1232]

If you ain't (the) First, you're last.