EASY to do, EPIC new Blood Angels Grimdark Scheme!

[@trovarion]

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[@itz_magic9976]

Hey so i know this is an older video, but i love this grimdark look, its amazing, and ill be doing it for my Blood Angels for sure. The thing is, i also have Sanguinary Guard.....and Dante...meaning lots of gold....so i was wondering if you could do a grimdark video for a gold coloured marines: Sanguinary guard, Custodies, stuff like that. I'd love that very much, especially now with Custodies being very popular. :) thanks.

[@trovarion]

@@itz_magic9976 doesn't work that well with gold

[@dangerouslycheezy5429]

@trovarion im trying to apply this method on my Raven Guard, any chance you can do a video on getting similar results as this with black on black?

[@trovarion]

@@dangerouslycheezy5429 I have a video about a black templar version of this, you can apply it to ravenguard.

[@christianschmidt1784]

This is the missing link between beginner and master level. It's so hard to find such good, detailed display entry level tutorials. More of it, please. Happy to wait if they need longer to make. 🤘🏻

[@andrewmarkowski308]

Damn it. I already have half of my army painted and now I want them to be this scheme.

[@Trattmar]

Tell me about it, feeling the exact same way.

[@vampy879]

not too late for acetone or detol

[@Chrisofthemount]

Maybe make a leader or squad leader this theme?

[@NEVAR1139]

@@vampy879 Maybe not acetone, as that melts the plastic minis.

[@trovarion]

@@vampy879 most likely you can adapt an existing paintjob to this...maybe darken the edges. won't have the super nice buildup effect, but can still look great.

[@Notfritenite]

This is the most palatable explanation of grimdark I've ever heard. This video was fire.

[@Miniac]

Crusty, dusty town, population: this guy very nice matte finish

[@bluefangs867]

I love how you talk about when you progress to a certain point you 'stop thinking in boxes' of like "I have to take X steps to finish this part of the model". I've noticed only recently that instead of dissecting a model it into these 'boxes', I can just start and go with the flow. It's a lot more relaxed!

[@roberttanguay8532]

I think what makes you a Next Level Miniature Painter is how you draw your viewers in with your technique of talking through your vision of what you want you want the project piece too look like and convey at the end All while showing your various techniques. You Sir, ARE Next Level. Thank You for sharing as well as all your hard work.

[@JumpyWizard00]

This is an absolutely amazing show of talent from you as usual. This is EXACTLY how I imagine grimdark, not lacking in colour but realistic. I'd love to see a series like this where it takes the traditional schemes of most armies and does this. Especially for colours like black which can tend to be very bland or hard to highlight.

[@OriginPainting]

As a big Blood Angels fan I really like that look! Nicely done.

[@PelagicAquaticsPaddockWood]

A truely awesome scheme there, and the effects achieved in almost a 'less is more' way - only a few layers of paint applied a certain way, when the Grim Dark style is almost always seen as 'after the rust enamal wash you then want a grease wash, and later there will be a dirt and grime enamal wash. Finally a smokey oil paint to grease everything. Then Pigments.' And as a big fan of yours, please only release videos when you feel they are ready. No need to rush them to meet a deadline - reminds me of an advert for Grolsch Lager we had in the UK - Quality takes time, these things cant be rushed, only drink it when it's ready (perhaps your voice put me in mind of it!)

[@saltedllama2759]

Great stuff. I like seeing this done with as few mediums as possible; no messy set up and teardown, no harsh chemicals, no airbrush.

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

The texture that Trovariin captures when he does grimdark sells the effect. I'll never forget the way that Necron looked that he painted. To this day it's one of the most brilliant expressions of Grimdarknive ever seen. He has truly ascended to Master level of his craft. ❤

[@alexd7713]

Best Blood Angel tutorial I've come across!

[@bradlothrop4076]

I had found only in the last year that painting a bit over the decals is highly important to blend them in a bit more, thanks for pointing this out. This is a fine document of the grimdark distressed look. Ultramarine and Imperial Fist would be interesting for the remaining primary colours. Rust with yellow would be interesting to do right. Thanks!

[@AxelAllieu]

Your tutorial is brillant and the result you achieved, outstanding! Thank you for showing the path! 👍

[@trovarion]

thanks!

[@Subtleknife12367]

Looks great I reckon a grim dark marine series would be lovely. I would be very interested in an Ultramarines one.

[@BLEMFIDEM]

It would be the exact same my friend: choose a dark colour that’s not blue, maybe even brown again for that rust look, then stipple in dark blue and stipple in lighter shades

[@escherleduc9567]

I can’t thank you enough for this video. I’m a huge fan. I have Austrian blood which makes me Austrian. And your painting has really made me love the hobby which makes me so happy and for something that looks so easy to be shown how easy it is by you has really made a huge difference in my life. God bless and keep on doing what you’re doing Trovarion 💪

[@orinm4128]

so true @ 20:35. I enjoy painting a lot. My minis might not be the best jobs around, but I'm proud of my work. Its important to take breaks so that you actually enjoy your hobby. great video, i using this on my world eaters :)

[@mikedriskell4233]

I've watched this video probably 5 times now...great video and thank you!

[@ralieghwhite9076]

I loved watching you do this live. I used a brush to stipple a red/black scheme on a half-fiend Behir about a month ago, so it was awesome to watch you refine the process for me! You’re awesome and your content is top-tier!

[@trovarion]

thanks bud!

[@lectric]

Im going to steal this look for my first space marine. I know it wont be anywere as awesome as yours but still. Thanks Trovarion, youre an awesome artist, and a great source of inspiration.

[@CB-eh8ji]

Great technique. I tried it out earlier the and love it. I'm not a very good painter but my leftover blood angles are going to get this treatment. Thanks for the video Edit: this was the first time, in a long time, that I could actually enjoy and relax while painting a model. No pressure and great results

[@trovarion]

That's great to hear! I'm happy for you!

[@henrikbjrnson6271]

Im so glad for glad the algorithm suggested this channel,its was a great tutorial,you've got a new sub.

[@themajinchaos7886]

Yes MASTER! Please do the BLOOD ANGELS series, thank you!

[@evillimey6965]

Love your tutorials dude they are some of the best on YT, as a blood angels fan I really like your style, I am going to give it ago

[@trovarion]

Thanks! And good luck with trying it out!

[@harald2101]

I really like that this is no step by step but trying to explore different methods to achieve certain results. I also enjoyed to Seeing you through your journey. Really liked the video!

[@trovarion]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@harald2101]

@@trovarion is there still a longer version on your patreon? i can't seem to find it.

[@trovarion]

@@harald2101 no, I ultimately didn't do one because I realised it'S all explained in this video. I can refund you if you joined for it. Sorry.

[@harald2101]

@@trovarion na no worries. it is pretty complete. i am just a bit struggling because i have always used basecoating and edge highlighting. this is so different but so much fun. i could draw a lot useful bits from the ultramarine "slapchop" and the other grimdark videos. I absolutely love this way of way painting. your videos are the reason i started another blood angel army after 25 years. I sold my minis back then but in my mind they returned from a very long campaign :)

[@klug5916]

Very interesting approach, it very changes from your more "traditional" style. The explanations are short and precise and you show what you're doing. Love it.

[@clawhammr666]

This is definitely what I think of with grimdark, really great to see it without any oils/grime (and brush as much as possible), top notch stuff

[@dmays67]

Is someone about to start fresh in miniature painting I found your video very inspiring. I love the way you go into great detail explaining what it is you are doing and why. thank you for sharing loved the final piece! ❤👍

[@KOTEC525]

This was such an incredible tutorial! I'll have to watch it a couple more times to understand the technique better, but definitely gonna try it for some grim dark dark angels! Really excellent work, thanks for sharing!!

[@Supraman145]

I know this vid is 2 years old but I just tried this with a little twist of my own and I'm in love with it. Thanks so much

[@FolencioGarcia]

I would absolutely LOVE to see a Dark Angel version of this!

[@bornycoy]

Amazing video, i have been eagerly following all the Grim Dark videos as you release them! I am very curious how you would tackle Dark Angels because they have such a darker base colour. I find it tricky to wrap my head around without them looking like Salamanders... Would you apply this technique but just start with a very dark base colour and work up to something that is still fairly dark? Or would it work better to treat it as black and use the style from your Black Templar video? Curious if any other Trovariates have some input?

[@farmacerhaiden7979]

Well sir, I have been looking for a method for a grimadark painting for my BA and I had a lot of results, and your video is (by far) my favourite.Thank you for sharing your amazing work, I will try to get some results too !

[@DavidSilesIT]

This is, by far, the grim dark interpretation I like the most.

[@94Bjornen]

Thank you for an amazing video. I think its great that you show what you can do with a pencil and NOT an airbrush.

[@BombatGeneral]

This is my favourite blood angel… I love how the technique builds a texture. Defo want to try this and is more akin to modelling I’ve done for 1:35 tanks. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@brettfinaughty4192]

Loving this style... because Blood Angels! Also would be great to see your take on a Tau Crisis Suit, something not Imperium or Chaos. Like you, I always try to use my brushes over anything else, though you are leagues ahead of me with the skills. Awesome videos as always!

[@andresperedo1275]

100% agree with you over the slow painting

[@grimmriffer]

I painted an ork boss by layering up from black and loved it. The contrast from this approach is eye popping. I tried the same on a marine, about 3 times, and it was awful. My style worked ok with the organic grungy cloth and flesh with bits of scrap that make up most of an ork, but not on my marines. You sir, have nailed it!! I shall be ripping off your ideas soon!!

[@mrhaast5053]

This tutorial is so easy to follow and tweak according to which chapter or army you are painting, amazing work.

[@gehtgooglenixan8138]

praise trovarion and praise the youtube algorithm and hail the emperor. i love your blood angel color scheme it's kinda really worn out and just fits into a war torn universe. Painted my first few marines from the new edition using the scheme and I will be painting all of them from the Warhammer 40k Imperium collector's book the same way. are usually Ultra Smurfs, but then the symbols of the Order are simply ground away. the work is worth it to me with the result. you definitely have my subscription. Greetings from Germany

[@DarthSid]

Great video! My impression is that these methods make painting much more enjoyable. I will definitely try this guide for an Exorcist SM 😃

[@jupiterlicht789]

I love your Blood Angel. Respect what you can do here. Damn, I'll do my best to implement your tips.

[@sevencoloredmage8726]

Enjoyed this video. Even when I don't think I'll paint a spacemarine anytime soon, the way you applied things you knew worked and other things which were new to you to, was an interesting watch!

[@LeopoldZ]

I'm glad you found a pace your comfortable with! I kind of miss the time KZbinrs would release videos when they where comfortable with them, in stead of a rigid schedule.

[@ml6158]

I would really be interested to see your take on this style but for black armor.

[@timothyjontansley-foley6859]

This is an absolutely perfect style to use for my new chaos knight army, thank you so much!

[@Lord_Nielsen]

This style of painting is how I do terrain. It is also the best way to paint Orks and the classic ramshackle style. I’m glad someone of stature in the community is showing off this style and introducing people to the possibilities of painting without feeling like you have to paint a certain way just because it’s established.

[@goldmundswelt]

Amazing paintjob and very good tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@Asewitt]

THANK YOU for including you process for the base. I hate basing and need easy but good looking results. Most of my minis are on plain black bases because "I'll do them later"

[@NafePaints]

Saw him with his missing finger on reddit and thought, damn that's a nice paint job didn't realise it was one of yours! Great vid as usual

[@pkmcleod]

Really interesting effect. I feel like the increased blackline effect and highlights create a more rounded armour at the end. Love your vids as always.

[@Chandicuts]

Love this - I'm going to try these techniques out on an assault intercessor squad. They've been with Gulliman on his Indomitus Crusade for a couple of hundred years before finally joining the BA on Baal after the Tyranids were defeated. They show the signs of wear and battle damage after centuries of war and have yet to learn the graces and artisan ways of the BA 😊

[@drathlor]

Thank you, I have been taking more time painting and enjoying it, even though I batch paint, and this is very similiar to my paint technique for my salamanders, mine is just in reverse with green over a red/dark brown prime, chpping medium, green then chip the green, paint the rest of the minis base coats, then apply dunkelgrau, with a tweezer and sponge on the edges, go in and do details and chipping. Thx for the vid.

[@chronicvictory2051]

Your painting is amazing and very fun to watch. :)

[@edali131]

Great stuff! This could be my preferred way to paint my army in the future

[@youtubevanced4900]

Maybe a kill team. Painting at army at that level would take an eternity.

[@jeremiahembs5343]

To make the graphite stick you can lightly varnish between the layers with a matte spray varnish. You can do the same for pastels or pigment powder.

[@quahodron2756]

Hey man. I often come back to especially this video. I really like your style and this Blood Angel in particular. Pretty sad, that your upload shedule became sparse these days. But with the Rona pretty much over and maybe(?) a bit of painting outburn, I totally understand, if you are up to other things currently. Can't wait to see new videos - when you are ready. 🙂

[@buffminis]

The best BA scheme I’ve ever seen! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🔥🔥

[@jacobrichards8359]

This is true Grimdark! Great job as always man. And, best of all, you achieved the look without bathing it in streaking grime and using filters on Instagram.

[@itsio7188]

I personally, along with everyone in our local area, don't use pigment powders. That's a lot of people. So, glad you showed a SUPER easy "dust" effect. I forgot I can do this without pigments. THANK YOU !!

[@Navidude54]

I love the gritty feel of th e mini. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@dodgersfnshepard8673]

20:34 best advice ever for painting

[@jpwyrm]

Wow!... just wow. I like gritty space marines and weathering is a process I enjoy doing on my miniatures, but this is quite a refreshing take on the subject. I mean, the whole process is based around weathering and battle damage instead of it being another step as you said in the video. Hats off for this experiment and thank you for sharing it with the community. I must say your take on Grimdark and how to bring it to life on miniature painting is exactly what 40k is about to me - a story driven hobby, both miniature painting and tabletop gaming. A very dark story mind you... I will be trying out your method on my next miniature. I play Raptors Space Marines (military green) so I have a feeling I can translate your approach on the blood angels to my own models. The fact I can't bring myself to paint with an airbrush also makes this video even more interesting to me. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@willmarsden7657]

I don't know how: but seeing this style makes me feel like my hands have just gone through an afternoon of handling rusted steel bars. The style reminds me of what the junkyard in Thor Ragnarok looks like: once striking, noble colours that have not entirely deteriorated, but have clearly seen the elements for a decade long mission, and desperately needs a clean up by a Chapter Serf. I reckon painting a Sgt like this and having him stand in front of his new charges, all clad in clean red armour would be a badarse diorama.

[@trovarion]

nice!

[@Warhammer40J]

This is amazing. I will be following this video to paint my Flesh Tearers. Really excited to try something new! Thank you.

[@SalmidanachMST]

What an amazing model! I want to try that technique now!

[@aaronjex7943]

Wonderful video Chris, I thoroughly enjoyed watching you experiment and create such a worn and dark model, so cool!!

[@BrushstrokeAntics]

I’ve been looking for a style I like for my BA as I’m fairly new to the hobby and I have def found it. Very excited to try this

[@I_am_Spartacus]

Oh man,, you really know how to suck me right back in.... I love this paint scheme, I've got my BA army ready to paint and had already decided on a scheme to follow,,but this,,,hmm....I might have second thoughts now seeing this....I really like it.......arrrgggh,...what to do.......I'll definitely paint one up and see... Fantastic work!!!

[@elliotallen9535]

just came across this particular video (been looking at some of your other stuff for a while), gotta admit NOW i wanna try blood angels even though im a Black legion player! Ridiculously amazing.

[@Kampfgrot]

Great work again! Space Marines tend to put me off because of all the edge highlighting, but this looks awesome and avoids most of the tediousness. I'll give it a go for sure.

[@sebastianjensen5190]

Fantastic video as always. Hope you enjoy creating them as much as we enjoy watching them

[@ninja_cazzle2641]

Love this paint job! Definitely off to try out the techniques.

[@fabricatorgeneralcaz534]

This is really cool, man. Going to be joining your patreon crew; Very well done and I love your outlook of not being focused on speed or making a deadline. This is supposed to be fun, I already have a job ✌🏼

[@ivandeoz]

i love it.. i have been knowing about just using "techniques" as tools instead of a process for a while, but never knew how to put it into words. thanks for the video, as educational as always.

[@markhickson1066]

I love the look of this model. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@wmalowany]

I love this scheme.... I have looking so long for idea of my BA. Thank you!

[@Misosgameroom]

This has to be one of my favorite "gram dark" interpretations. Thank you for sharing!

[@j453]

Take all the time you need bro, thank you for the great vids.

[@allenbenningfield3865]

I love the process and finished product. I keep meaning to get back to stippling as a skill to practice. Maybe now is a good time to do that.

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

This is awsome, this is the best "grimdark" style i've seen, and not to difficult to do. Just takes some patience. Truly fantastic. I'm going to see how this is going to work with Ultramarines & Imperial fists. Liked & subscribed.

[@Deadeye93]

very cool work, i am impressed with this grimmdark scheme. I would be interested to see what an imperial fist marine looks like with this technique

[@trovarion]

I have a grimdark imperial fist video on the channel.

[@Fentan99]

This is definitely what I would consider grim dark. Love the video - this is incredible.

[@codyinacoma]

I don't usually like the color red unless it's little accents on my figures, but after watching your video I kind of do want to try to paint up a couple Blood Ravens using this technique. I can't wait to see how they'll turn out

[@maj187]

Wow man. A masterclass as ever. What a talent!

[@D00M3R-SK8]

I think I will use this technique for my Black templar Bolter casings and things like this.

[@terryramsey5979]

Excellent instructional video! Awesome technique to achieve a weathered appearance! 🙌

[@scottspalding3360]

Could you include what paints you use more often? As a novice it's very helpful to see what colors do what effects. For example, you don't mention what base or highlight color you use for the eyes.

[@LeadSkillets]

This looks great. I've stayed away from brighter red themes as all the examples I could find had orange or pink edge highlights. This made the official examples looked garish and definitely not red.

[@youtubevanced4900]

That model looks incredible.

[@mauricecristello5588]

Yeah, this is seriously great, kudos sir. Would love to see one for Dark Angels.

[@AddamsFactory69]

Huge Blood Angels fan, totally in love with this finish, well done 😀😀

[@doctordoubledakka3939]

such awesome paint scheme

[@RogerS1978]

You could try a wool dauber instead of a sponge, they are very cheap and you can attack it with scissors if you want a more broken pattern or a smaller face.

[@rossscott8594]

Oh mate this is just perfect I'd been wanting to have a go at a Blood Angel this is what you make look very doable yet I understand completely how many methods and techniques this covers...brilliant video chum 👌🏻👍🏻😎

[@saintsprayer727]

I’m very new to the Warhammer lore and games and this is so inspiring. I really want to get started on some Lamenters in this theme!

[@MetallicHallucinations]

Absolutely fantastic paint job. Inspired.

[@ovidiudiumea4012]

This looks so amazing. Makes me want to buy some Marines and get some Blood Angels going.

[@QDurlstonP]

I'm in the process of collecting some Ultramarines to infect with Tyranid DNA, to kit bash cultist style with Genestealer heads, flailing limbs, and occasional claws in place of open hands. This sponge/brush result is absolutely perfect. Hope you don't mind if I pillage your technique for highlighting up my Macragge armour (and maybe try to overanalyse your highlight positions whilst I'm at it)!

[@trovarion]

go for it, this is why i share my stuff