5 Different Guides on How to Paint BLOOD ANGELS Space Marines for Warhammer 40k

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks again everyone, I hope the guide is helpful. Let me know which of the 5 you would pick to start your army or let me know what models you would like to see a painting guide for next time around 😀🥳

[@Ghost11720]

I would love to see your take on different ways to paint Space Wolves. Whether grey or blue. There’s lots of room for artistic inspiration.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks!

[@austinschmidt4165]

Would you be able to link all the paints you used for your grimdark version?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey, I think all of the paints for the armour are in the video. Outside of those; Symbols: it’s just bone and off whites with a sepia wash. Bolter: dark blue greys like eshin then a few highlights with lighter variants. Then the wash then nurgling green for some scratches. Eyes: same Vallejo fluro green. I think that’s everything 🤔

[@austinschmidt4165]

@Flashing Badger Painting thank you so much. I love the way you did the grim dark look. It is by far my favorite paint job I have seen! I'm am fairly new at painting, but I am going to do my best to replicate what you have done. Lol, I really hope they turn out half as good as yours. I am also having trouble trying to figure out how to do my blood angel librarian like that, so if you would have any pointers on how you would do the librarian, that would be great!

[@joshuacaroon8710]

me personally, I adore the grim dark style. It adds a sense of realism to the whole army. That is definitely how im going to start me first BA army

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! Thanks so much for the feedback. Good news, if you are interested I continue with some videos where I have started my own Blood Angels army in the grim dark style. A video is already up where I paint a squad of Inceptors and another comes out within 24hrs where I’ve painted an Apothecary in Grim Dark White 😀

[@joshuacaroon8710]

That would be sick, it'd definitly give me some tips, and inspiration to work with@@flashingbadgerpainting

[@gabesaenz9837]

I’m about to start my first army, blood angels, and your videos are the perfect guide for me! Thank you so much for making them and sharing your journey!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey no worries at all, thanks for the support 😀

[@sapien82]

aye grim dark look is nice I think ill paint my blood angels like this, thanks for the tips

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

No worries at all. I have a few extra videos including one that comes out this weekend where I start to paint my own Blood Angels army in this scheme. You might like to check out how they turned out 👍 so far I have inceptors, dreadnought, a jump captain and apothecary

[@SvartElric9]

Black pauldron trim & golden aquila is the way to go!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

🤘

[@shaunlavalley1131]

Been painting Blood Angels since late 7th. I go with a heavily weathered candied apple red paint scheme. TMM golds (Vallejo Liquid Gold) and a silver (Vallejo Metal Color silver) zenithal then transparent red (Tamiya X-27) over them.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

That’s sounds awesome! Do you have pics on Instagram or similar that we can check out?

[@Peanutz75]

That last mini is soooooooo dope. All are really cool but the last two are really awesome

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks so much. I’m about to start my journey with the Blood Angels army and I’ll paint them like the last mini. Would you be interested if I make some videos about painting them?

[@Peanutz75]

I sure will watch them

[@eliludmir9506]

Getting back into the hobby after a year-long hiatus, this video was incredibly helpful in getting some of the rust off prematurely, in addition to being a really fun and well-made video in its own right. Love your channel so far and looking forward to your future videos

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

First up, welcome back! What modes are you working on? If you have Instagram let me know and I’ll follow your journey 😀Thanks so much for the kind words 😀

[@chasegray1522]

Starting a BA army and just appreciate showing the various styles side by side at the end. Love it! The Trovarion GD method is what Im doing as well!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! Have fun with the painting journey, I’ll post some more of my BA adventures over the next month or so.

[@americanshogun609]

I tend to do the Contrast method over a zenithal highlight with a black base to retain natural shadows. Great video!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Cool idea! Thanks so much, it was fun to make 😀

[@Toddfather788]

Ive been painting blood Angels for about 5 years, and never decided on a scheme, all my squads are a little different. Im gonna try some of these for sure. Great video!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Your method is more fun to paint though because you get to try out a bunch of different styles 😀🤘

[@farmacerhaiden7979]

Dude you last one looks GLORIOUS !

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks so much. I really liked how it came out so I’ve decided I’ll start a Blood Angels force like that. Working on my first squad at the moment. Would you be interested in watching if I film that journey?

[@farmacerhaiden7979]

@@flashingbadgerpainting I'm beginning my first Space Marines force of Blood Angels too after more than 20 years playing necrons only, so you bet i'd like to see every squad and units you paint ! If I can have a similar effect on my minis my whole army will look great ! (Also I want them to be the ones who fought in the Devastation of Baal so it makes sense they have a lot of battle damages ^^). Please continue that super work !

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Unreal! I’ve started filming my first squad tonight 😀

[@farmacerhaiden7979]

@@flashingbadgerpainting Cool ! Looking forward to see that ! (For Sanguinius !)

[@farmacerhaiden7979]

@@flashingbadgerpainting Hey mate that's me again ! Could you tell me plz : I intend to do the helmet of my assault teams in yellow like the codex says nut I don't know how to do the same effect you did for the red parts. Any piece of advice would be very welcome ^^

[@jeanfoutre3620]

11:12 is my fav

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks mate! I go on to capture my journey of painting a blood angels army with a series on the channel. We are 6 episodes in so far if you are keen to see me continue painting Blood Angels 😀

[@christianrichey9819]

Just starting my blood angels army from being a die hard ultramarines fan for the last few years… this is exactly what I wanted to find when starting a few weeks back. Great video, thank you!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks so much for the feedback 😀 I Might have to start a BA journey with you!

[@jieke314]

I haven't played in about 10 years but I still have a blood angels army that's been unpainted this whole time. Thinking of getting some paints and giving it a go soon and the last one is definitely my favourite so will be coming back to this video when I get to it

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

So cool! Yeah definitely find time to paint them 😀

[@alexwentworth-wood9833]

Love the final model. Really cool.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks! Good news, I’ve just finished filming/painting a whole different kind of squad like that with a few extra elements. So that video will be coming soon 😀

[@alexwentworth-wood9833]

@@flashingbadgerpainting I'm looking forward to it.

[@alexwentworth-wood9833]

@@flashingbadgerpainting are you on Facebook? I'd love to send you some of mine.

[@B1ackSwordVids]

I love the FBP style. Came out amazing! Id love to see take on halved or even quartered space marine colour schemes and what the best way to tackle them.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks so much and great idea! I did have something similar penciled in. I think I have a concept that might work 🤔 watch this space.

[@B1ackSwordVids]

@@flashingbadgerpainting Awesome! Feel free to have a crack at my Black Swords Space Marine chapter if you want too (Half Black/Half White)

[@MTspeed_Crafts]

Awesome guide mate! Some day ill get good at painting minis! I could totally see myself making something cool with that grimdark one, love the look!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey! Thanks man. I was intimidated by it at first but it ends up being easier than expected. Give it a shot and I bet you’ll like how it turns out.

[@bingethink3491]

I they look great as a group. Mixing techniques makes for a visually interesting bunch of Marines.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks so much! Yeah they make a cool mix match bundle of a squad 🙂

[@JasonTreadway007]

that grim dark is sweeeet. I'd like to see the whole combat patrol painted like that. I'm just getting into 40k and chose the blood angels. So, I've been hunting down styles and of course started with the citadel's tutorial videos, but I must say I'm completely sold on the grim dark. thank you for doing this.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey Jason! You’re in luck, I decided to paint a Blood Angels army in this style as well after making this video. It’s captured in a series on the channel and I’m up to about episode 6 already so if you are interested, you can see me paint up a whole bunch of different marines like this. 👍

[@JasonTreadway007]

@@flashingbadgerpainting excellent. Thanks for responding.

[@DeanVarney]

Saving this for later! One day, I hope to build my first army and I've chosen Blood Angels or Flesh Tearers.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! You might find it interesting then, I’ve started a series on the channel where I’m building and painting a Blood Angels army. Each episode captures a new unit and not just the steps I take to create them, but also some lore background etc. 😀

[@19Josh92]

A man after my own heart. Thank you sir ❤

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

No worries! Hope it was helpful!

[@DoDGrandez]

Im defintely going to attempt how you approached grim dark albeit a bit different with the paints i have at hand (ive bought too many paints lmao) thanks for giving me a different path in how i take my painting especially for my blood angels which are my utmost fave!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! No worries at all 😀 yep it’s convinced me to start a blood angels army 😀

[@huwtindall7096]

Super video mate. I'd also add a 6th - red spray base coat, black, gold, silver, eyes, wash. Done.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Nice! Thanks for the feedback as well 😀

[@christiandobson1162]

Nice, ive got all of those contrasts, firstborn blood angels, here we go!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Unreal! Enjoy 😀

[@MrUdarr]

Hey i´m new to Blood Angels and i must say all 5 Look awesome in there own way ! i still need to decide which of these Schemes i take for my Army (or some mixed) ! oh yeah and 100% subbed. Keep it up!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Amazing! Welcome to the channel mate, glad to have you. You’ll discover that I have a series going at the moment where I’m painting a blood angels army and I’m up to about part 6. You might get some ideas and entertainment from that 😀 Also there’s a bunch of us painting blood angels that are in the channel discord. So if you’d like to show off your work and chat about ideas you are welcome to join 👍

[@YT-Sash]

oh my god! hell yeah! an Aussie painting channel!!! oohrah!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Woo! Get excited because it doesn’t end there. There’s also an Aussie discord server to go along with it 😅 And a whole bunch more blood angels videos up on the channel now since this one 👍

[@jaeearly-e4v]

dude you have mad skills!!!! I am wanting to start a blood angel army but dont want it to be the typical paint scheme. I loved the number 5 painting.i am wondering if a blood angel army could have like 2 different main colors. but yeah you have motivated me to see about getting into blood angels.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Unreal! I’m glass this has helped. Yeah for sure they could have 2 different main colours. As long as the bases are the same I think they would tie together well. Because of Death Company and Sanguinary guard we already see other dominant colours on squads so I think you would be fine 👍

[@ben9441]

I'd be perfectly happy with the contrast method, love that bright punchy 90's red

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Yeah there’s something cool about that 90s feeling. It’s pretty much how mine looked as a kid 😅

[@84paratrooper]

This is incredible! Would love to see you do this with the angels sanguine chapter.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks! 😀

[@wigligigly3375]

My BA Assault Intercessors are super weathered, all sorts of drilled holes and cuts, and I just used a wraithbone white base coat over everything, went over that with relatively diluted mephiston red as to have intentionally splotchy coverage to appear like more or less weathered regions on the armour fields, then j went over that with abbadon black wash to darken the recessed, and then blood angels red over the whole thing to bring the whites and reds together, Then a thondia brown wash over the legs , and then a dry brushing of stormhost silver on the edges

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the recipe as well for others that are looking for some cool ways to achieve their weathered marines as well 👍

[@williamking-lewis7956]

Your edits trovorians grimdark is awesome and I’m going to try it

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome thanks! Let me know how you go with it 😀

[@DADFAR-yq3zj]

Thank you for making my decision for me! I've been struggling since I got my Leviathan box which chapter I'd paint up, I've been back and forth from Blood Angels and Ultramarines and this is just what I needed. Love the video! Now then... Hive Fleet Leviathan, or Behemoth? 😅

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Amazing! Glad it helped. You’ll be excited to find out that I’ve since documented my journey of painting a blood angels army from scratch and I’m now 5 episodes in. So you might get some ideas or enjoyment from those videos. Leviathan and Behemoth are both amazing. I have 2 videos up where I paint different hive fleets including these are well a bunch others including some custom ones. Colour wise Leviathan would pair great with Blood Angels and so would a turquoise style one.

[@DADFAR-yq3zj]

@@flashingbadgerpainting I'll check it out!

[@Stise2]

accidently bought 2 boxes of blood angels. gonna do that grim dark you showed. its so hard not to love!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks mate! I ended up making a handful more videos where I continue painting a Blood Angels army in that style if you’re keen to see more of it in more detail 👍 they are up on the channel as well in a Blood Angels playlist

[@Stise2]

@@flashingbadgerpainting awesome! I will check it out, thank you.

[@arandomlostsoul753]

This is a great tutorial, thanks!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks so much and no worries, glad it was helpful 😀

[@grahamoram654]

Well thanks for this, I'm going to try the grim dark one on my khorne daemons, just about to watch the OG video too

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome thanks for the feedback. Would look unreal for Khorne. Let me know how you go!

[@StarkMaximum]

I'm looking to start a Blood Angels army, and painting has never been my forte. I'm looking for a very specific shade of red on my Marines and I'm trying to figure out a good baseline method to go with. That third method resulted in my absolute favorite model from this video, I _love_ the way that model seems to shine. When I sit down and start practicing on my Marines, I would love to try to figure out how to recreate that style with my potential color schemes.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Unreal 😀 I’m glad to hear when the videos help someone. I’m excited to see how you go with your painting. If you’re on Instagram, you should send me some pics! Again, best of luck and have fun with it.

[@StarkMaximum]

@@flashingbadgerpainting Maybe once I get some models painted I'll make an Instagram just for that!

[@Blackrage916]

Maaaan all these look really good!! but I have to say that GD version is Fire!! Iam actually getting back to blood angels and I am considering adapting this Method! Thanks man and Subbed :)

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Amazing! Glad to have you onboard for the journey 😀 You’ll discover on the channel that I’ve started capturing my building and painting in the GD scheme for a whole BA army. So you’ll probably enjoy those videos. Annnnnnd if you are still hooked, you can even jump into our discord to show off your progress pics and get some extra tips from the amazing painters in there.

[@Mr_Waffle.]

Great comparison of different painting styles! The Baal Red contrast gives off an oldschool bright red 1990s vibe since the colour is so opaque. I was checking the contrast paint comparison video by Sword 'n' Steele for other reds, Blood Angels Red seems really thin in comparison and not great as a basecoat, it just seems like a red tint... Fleshtearers Red seems like a good alternative if going for a more "realistic" red. My biggest problem with the contrast method is that if you make a mistake later it can be harder to fix the red!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks so much for the feedback and also for the advice on the other contrast reds 😀 Glad you liked it and let me know if there’s something you’d like to see next 😀

[@Thornspyre81]

As someone that has the entire Citadel range, dozens of Vallejo Model Game and Metal Color, almost 200 Pro Acryl and a few random others, picking color schemes is THE most difficult thing for me. I realy screwed myself with analysi paralysis by having so many.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Yeah I can appreciate that frustration. I hope the guide has helped and for me at least I try to convince myself just to look at the bottom of the paint pots to see colours and not worry about names or brands and then just back myself and put paint to model. 👍

[@oldmate86]

Awesome content mate. I’ve used this for inspiration for my BA army. Are you Melbourne based?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks so much. Yep Melbourne 👍

[@owenweise9985]

This video saved me

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

And your comment has made my day 😀👍

[@steveharrison76]

This is amazing. Just got back into the hobby with a few blood angels kits after over twenty years away (used to be more of a painter than a gamer back in the day) so this is a real game changer. My eyes are bad these days and I have a bit of a tremble in my hands, but I’m going to have a bloody good crack at it! Cheers! (Edit: that last one legit looks like a John Blanche painting come to life!)

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Amazing! Thanks Steve and more importantly, welcome back to the hobby! 😀 I recently came back from around 20 years removed as well 👍 great way to unwind

[@steveharrison76]

@@flashingbadgerpainting I couldn’t agree more - it was always a happy place for me, and I’m really excited about getting them painted up (got the boxed game with the marines from that, plus the combat patrol one… things really have changed since I was last painting with flying hovertanks and loads of different types of marine it seems, so it’s a whole new world all over again, really!). Thanks again, and all the best!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

No worries! For info we have a discord chat where a group of us (most of which are getting back into the hobby) share our work in progress pics and encourage one another. We are painters of all levels with all of us still learning. You’re welcome to join if you’re looking for a place to chill and be encouraged 👍 discord.gg/4Shac4AN

[@cromwellthesynth]

what Blues would you recommend if you wanted to recreate the Grim Dark style you used here but for Ultramarines? I wanna make some corpses for my Horus Heresy stuff and have a mix of blood angels and ultramarines be the bodies so the grim dark look fits long dead bodies

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! I’d still start with the black and dark browns but then for the blues I’d go for a mix of like a Kantor Blue with Black to make a dark blue. Then shift into your classic ultramarine blue colours and maybe mix a temple guard blue lighter colour in as a 50/50 mix highlight at the end. But if you want a different vibrant blue that has the tint of green more like a thousand sons colour then instead look at colours like Incubi Darkness, Thousand Soms Blue/Sotek green etc. Hope that helps 😀

[@louisphelps-vandarl2581]

Would love to see you do this with Space Wolves

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks for letting me know. I have a space wolf sitting on my shelf in my to do list. Watching me. Judging me.

[@Michaelkayslay]

First I didn't know which red I wanted to use for my marines.. Now I got 5 different ways to paint them. Thank you!!! NOT> i confusion what to do

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Haha! Sorry about that. Good luck 😀

[@Michaelkayslay]

@Flashing Badger Painting do you use any Vallejo paints at all ?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Yep. I bought a second hand large set of citadel which is why I have so many of them however whites, bone colours, light browns and yellows I’m using almost all Vallejo at the moment. I also like AK interactive bright colours like magenta.

[@Michaelkayslay]

@Flashing Badger Painting hey babe. Do you think nuln oil works same as black wash from vallejo?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Yep for sure 👍 they will be pretty much identical

[@alexd7713]

If I was going to replicate the last scheme for another chapter (Blue Ultramarines) would it still be best to start with Rhinox hide and then mix of Rhinox hide and blue?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! Yeah I like that idea. Do a single test model first to make sure you are happy with it. I was planning on painting a blue marine soon and figured this is how I was going to approach it as well.

[@alexd7713]

​@@flashingbadgerpaintingthank you! I've already started some Blood Angels using the method and really loving the result, but my son wants his own Kill Team as Ultramarines despite me trying to persuade him Blood Angels are cooler! 😂

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Haha! Yep one of my boys is the same and my attempts to steer him away from the boys in blue only made him want them more. Enjoy painting and gaming with him, I look forward to hearing how you go with it or you can send me pics of them on Instagram 👍

[@gasmaster4]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but whats the caulk block your using to paint them on? looks helpful whilst painting!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

It really is! On Amazon and eBay I just searched for cork bottle stoppers and there were. A bunch of different sizes. I’ve bought a handful and they obviously last and don’t need replacing. I then cut some double sided tape and place that on top to hold the model and find that this remains sticky for months. 👍

[@gasmaster4]

@@flashingbadgerpainting thanks ever so much for the quick reply! I plan on buying and painting my very first warhammer this next week! So will defo buy that! Cheers

[@JG-bv6bp]

Which liquitex red ink is it? Napthol or pyrole? Thank you for the video!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Naphthol Crimson 🙂 sorry I should have included that!

[@GordonCBurns]

Hi. Great video. Just wondering what red ink did you use. Sorry if I missed it in the video?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks so much for the feedback. Apologies, turns out I left the name out. It’s Napthol Crimson from Liquitex. Hope that helps.

[@GordonCBurns]

@@flashingbadgerpainting thank you. Don’t forget to turn these videos into KZbin shorts if you haven’t already! Really, once again, thank you for the video and the response.

[@13ishup]

Okay. They ghostly green eyes sold it for me for the grimdark

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! People are divided because they aren’t the classic style of painting lenses but I really like the ghostly green 😀

[@jyakku9567]

What do you use to hold your mini to that cork? Do you glue it?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

I use double sided tape. Cut a few strips, stick them across the surface and they last me months. 👍

[@faynelor]

I think I may end up starting a blood angels successor chapter in the eavy metal style

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Awesome! Will look great as a force

[@mattcastro2584]

Can you please make one of these videos for Dark Angels :)

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Nice! The greens would be fun 😀

[@TheEVANGELOSMusic]

how % of mix between rhino and mephiston red at 20:39 ? thank you in advance

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey! This was a 50/50 🙂

[@GordonCBurns]

The zenithal model (3rd one) how did you panel line the model?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey, just with black paint slightly thinned down and a sharp brush. Took my time and wiped away any mistakes. You could also use the technique where you lightly gloss the model and use a specific panel line ink but I prefer the other way 👍

[@ssandyvan3692]

liquitecks red ink , is that readily available at spotlight im seeing it come up online on ?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

I’ve purchased them from my local hobby store or otherwise from Amazon/ebay.

[@mattheweconomou3224]

As a beginner should I just start with te first one to get practice in and build my skill or could I jump into (while watching the tutorial of course) the GW style or 3rd style? What do you recommend?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey mate, best thing I would recommend as a beginner is have a go at each of the styles that interest you. No time would be wasted as you’ll get a feel for different styles and what you enjoy painting. Are you keen on painting a whole Blood Angels force? If so, focus on the style you really like and maybe put aside a couple of minis that are just, in your mind, practice test pieces 👍

[@mattheweconomou3224]

Definitely building a whole BA force for sure. I bought the BA combat patrol to start with. Love the video, mate, and I can't wait to get started.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Amazing! You may have spotted them already but I have a small ongoing series on the channel where I paint a blood angels army as well. I’m a couple of squads in. So you can join me on the ride. Spoiler alert, new BA video this weekend 👀 AND if you are looking for a place to get more tips and plenty of support/hype, you’re welcome to join our discord. discord.gg/hjHkm4GC

[@PirateJamm]

What unit are these models? Im starting my blood angels and going to do the Grim Dark scheme! I’ve also ordered vampire heads online so some models that don’t wear helmets will be vampiric with pale grey skin :)

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Great idea! These models are the Primaris Intercessors which are a all rounder troop choice. I’ve also put another video up where I paint and entire squad of jet pack Inceptors in the Grim Dark style which you may enjoy 😀 Best of luck and I’m looking forward to seeing how you go with yours. Vampire heads sound awesome!

[@davidbain2732]

what contrast colours for blue/yellow helmets?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey, I didn’t dabble in blue or yellow helmets for mine so I’m not sure. There’s a great opaque yellow contrast but I can’t remember the name 😬

[@imthepariah160]

I prefer zenithal over the other. I also like the green eyes. Do White Scars next.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks! Yeah white scars would be fun to paint up as well

[@suphrandir551]

What color do you recommend for painting night lords in the grimm dark style, a dont know if brown is the right base color for them

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

I think brown would still be a great base for them. I've found that what works for red also works well for blue. So dark brown into dark blue into medium into light. If it were me i'd lean into those dark turquoise blues like Incubi Darkness or Stegadon blue for the first dark colour.

[@suphrandir551]

@@flashingbadgerpainting thank you i will try your advice with my guys when they arrive

[@Cloudrunner1]

Can you share what songs you used here? Thanks!

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey I’m away from my PC this week but they are all songs from Artlist if that helps

[@Cloudrunner1]

@@flashingbadgerpainting Thank you so much!

[@axefonky4547]

Great job ! Could be cool to see a Grimdark Salamander, because the are no good video on it on internet, most of the time the looks like dark angels or are not either grim or dark sadly :s

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks 😀 Great, now I want to paint salamanders 🤣

[@axefonky4547]

@@flashingbadgerpainting haha you're welcome 😁!

[@r.moorman9529]

what red ink was used?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Napthol Crimson from Liquitex 👍

[@Gumlass1]

I prime my blood angels with Vallejo dark green. Then zenithal with white ink, then all over with thin Mephiston red, and just the top with Vallejo bloody red. The green shadows look a lot more interesting than black in my opinion. I then finish with fire orange highlights with a brush.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Oh cool. That sounds ace, I want to see how it looks. Do you have pics on Instagram I can check out?

[@devinstewart8073]

This maybe a lil nitpicking but the shoulder pads should be switched. Chapter shoulder marker is left shoulder while the right one shows company shoulder marker

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

What a pick up. I’ve just finished a squad of marines and slid across the house in my socks to see what side I put the chapter symbol on. *phew* Nailed it.

[@andrewcrane5105]

I guess i like red lmao. My Necrons are Novokh Dynasty. My melee army for space marines is Blood Angles. My shoot space marines are Exorcist Chapter. My Eldar are.....Red lol oh. my Tyrand's are blue...yeah.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Haha well let’s get to work on repainting the Tyranids to red amiright? 🤣

[@crankywombat2598]

Sooooo... blue huh... didn't think they deserved red lol I get it lol blue is a very nice choice.. I use blue on my dark eldar kabal with bright green highlights and weathering oh and of course blood for the blood God... but I mainly play and paint ork deathskulls..I guess I like blue 😆

[@leroyowers9946]

I cant wait to strip my army and paint them like #5

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

I can’t wait to see them! Tag me in on Instagram if you have it so I can see how you go 😀 I just ordered my first box of space marines to start a BA army, so feel free to subscribe if you want to see me paint some more just like #5. 😎

[@jymloke]

Love it! PS: saw the airbrush painting dude not wearing a mask? Is that safe? That mask is what puts me off doing airbrush

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks mate! Yep these are safe acrylic paints. But if you are spraying harmful paints, cleaners etc then yep grab yourself a mask 👍

[@jymloke]

@@flashingbadgerpainting thanks!

[@Sinceretony]

The last one i think yall call it grim dark looks amazing great job brother 💯🫡. New to Wh so waiting for my first couple troops to start painting an hopefully get into the game itself. Look forward to seeing your other vids

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Unreal thanks mate. You might be interested then, after this video I begin a new army project on Blood Angels in this Grim Dark style and I’m a couple of videos in already. 😀

[@Sinceretony]

@flashingbadgerpainting Nice appreciate it brother you got a new sub 💯🫡

[@wadegeorge1591]

Paint sime space wolves in the grim dark style you painted the blood angle in

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Cool idea!

[@johnphillips4776]

The 5th method would work very well for Chaos space marines

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

True! I painted a World Eaters marine in this style and was really happy with how it came out.

[@qwertdfdr]

How can i paint as flat as your's? My painting's always rough.

[@qwertdfdr]

I'm following the first way you've showed in this video.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey! My advice would be ; - give the contrast paints a good shake first - use of of their primers like Wraithbone - unlike their other paints, don’t be afraid to load your brush up and put these on thicker - once it’s in place, they dry quickly so don’t move them around with your brush or the paint will tear. Try that and let me know how you go 👍 Thanks for reaching out. If you like, you can jump into our discord to show your pics and get more advice and encouragement. discord.gg/MuAfxSC9

[@Michaelkayslay]

Okay update. I may have made a mistake. I painted my model in wynona ryder bread :( how to fix

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Bahaha 🤣 you’ve made my day

[@knightzix_01]

Yaya I’m a blood angel lol

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Nice! They were my army as a kid and now I’m tempted to start collecting them again.

[@knightzix_01]

@@flashingbadgerpainting yeah I started at age 29 actually I’m relatively new in 2019 when I started collecting I’m addicted so welcome home brother

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

🤘

[@ZeroRogueFox]

Dark style is be far the best

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

It was my favourite as well. So much so that I have ended up starting a Blood Angels army in this style. If you’re keen to see more it, there are small series up on the channel where I select and paint different units

[@Dylfunkle]

It always trips me out to hear the Catachan accent like that. I've been painting blood angels for almost two years now and I have some notes intended as potentially interesting rather than critical. The super bright red and yellow one looks straight off the old box art from the early days, minus the goofy limitations of old casting methods. The last method was nice, but with blood angels lore being so focused on their passion for the arts and the bolter being a holy relic, the idea of a rusty bolter is slightly uncomfortable. My go-to method is similar to the 'Eavy Metal style with a few extra steps, and my favourite style for my "hero" models uses both the 'Eavy Metal style and glazes for silky transitions between layers.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Hey thanks so much for giving it this much thought and then sharing with others here because you raise some great points. Yep the bright red reminds me of the original art as well and I felt odd at first making rusty bolters but the more I thought about it, I wanted to try and sell this idea of how they can hold these important values under regular and even difficult conditions but if a small force were completely cut off and over an extended period of time were so broken down, exhausted and focused solely on survival against the odds, could their values and beliefs be tested to such a point where they couldn’t sustain it? And I think something that makes them so interesting is that they would be willing to die before they broke this honour… but what if another driving force meant that death wasn’t an option yet? This conflict just absolutely pulling them apart. Maybe that’s too deep for me. Maybe I wanted an excuse to paint them more weathered 🤣

[@Dylfunkle]

@@flashingbadgerpainting hell yeah, I dig that too!

[@nathanwilkinson9127]

Don't buy branded thinner, it's only Isopropyl Alcohol. Much better value.

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks for the tip

[@Hello-1814]

Add chapters!!😜😜😜

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

For me it has chapters and they are working 🤔

[@tamatea44]

First

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Thanks!

[@CoryG1981]

they are backpack how else to they carry homework aka purity seals home that fall off HAAHAHHAH

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Backpacks with tactical lunchboxes. This is what has become of the imperium.

[@jordanmckee4970]

You seriously not even going to add the fundamentals of adding a water 50/50 and adding layers

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

👀 Style 2 and 4 both feature layering and each of these steps use either water or thinner rather than straight paint. I discuss that a couple of times but the video is already nearing 30mins long so I need to find ways to keep it moving.

[@knightzix_01]

Blood angels eyes are green

[@knightzix_01]

It’s literally in the codex

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Yep, I painted a couple green and some in different colours to mix it up in case someone wanted to branch out from the norm. 🙂

[@knightzix_01]

@@flashingbadgerpainting oh my bad I’m very codex compliant so I see blue eyed and I cringe i would do ultramarine the same as codex too tho hahaha

[@chaosbot21]

mephisten red is an horrible color... the paint is terribly chalky and muted, theres no vibrancy in their new colors or depth

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Khorne red is my favourite. Now there’s a red you can set your watch to.

[@chaosbot21]

@@flashingbadgerpainting I'm glad you agree, I only wish they brought Red Ink back... I miss my old colors. Army painter Dragon Red base, black twist top Blood red and stinky pop-top Red Ink. There is no finer finish.

[@iloveyoushima]

12:40 which red did you use?

[@flashingbadgerpainting]

Napthol Crimson from Liquitex 🙂