Heresy Made Easy! How to paint Legions: Imperial Fists!

[@Sarghir7]

One of the simplest and yet vibrant and cool yellow paint schemes I've ever seen here

[@MediocreHobbies]

Wow that’s high praise thank you.

[@gabrielangelos2821]

Who wouldn't be proud of looking that fresh

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahaha cheers dude.

[@mikeb4085]

Great ideas for fast and good looking Heresy models

[@MediocreHobbies]

That’s very kind thank you pal.

[@andyhorton9732]

Thanks

[@MediocreHobbies]

To kind. Thanks pal.

[@andyhorton9732]

@@MediocreHobbies no worries - I’ve watched this video a dozen times as I get ready to paint my IF 30k army. Felt I should ping something back

[@madmerlinsart]

I've been going from hobbyist to hobbyist on KZbin trying to find a great yellow scheme for my Imperial Fists and so far I've found yours the most helpful and the easiest. Those extra paints didn't bother me and they give a good end result similar to what I've been getting with Flash Gitz Yellow from GW. I'll definitely be adding this to my HH play list where I am taking bits and bobs from various videos to formulate my own paint scheme. Thank you for the amazing video, you've just gained a new subscriber.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Your very kind thank you so much.

[@xNolaNerdx]

Excellent work!!!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers dude.

[@steventaylor9962]

Looking good, and this one showed up in my subscription feed no problem. Working on Word Bearers myself, and really excited for the Horus Heresy box set. :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Same can’t wait to get my hands on it.

[@johnwntn1]

Excellent work 👏 👍

[@MediocreHobbies]

Appreciate that.

[@ardmanjim321]

This is the method I will be using for my Imperial Fists force, I find this a very effective method/scheme. Thank you!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Sweet, glad you like it! 🙌

[@TheJason011]

Will have to paint up my Fafnir Rann using this method, great tutorial!

[@MediocreHobbies]

I’d love to see that.

[@AdventureswithPeps]

Great work. If I go the Heresy route, this will be my legion for sure! Thanks for the amazing content

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks for the amazing support pal. Glad you liked the video.

[@johnwntn1]

Looking forward to the next one 😀

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal. Can’t wait to see them all in a playlist.

[@droughter5187]

Wow! Great job

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks dude.

[@matthewrumpke1125]

Great tutorial! Thanks!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thank you so much pal.

[@chrisk3926]

Looks really god looking forward to Blood Angels and Ultramarines Tutorial

[@MediocreHobbies]

They shall be soon. One of them next week even.

[@kmccallig]

That looks really nice Andy. Thanks for the tips on the yellow and the weathering brush. I've never been able to get either to look right but I may just drop over to Underworld Games in Tallaght and see if they have thee weathering brush - last time I was in they had 2 full racks of Greeenstuff World product.

[@Gallowglacht]

Tallaght has a game store now?!? You young punks have it way too easy. Back in my day we had to trapse all the way into town and go to Virgin Megastore... ... Which was like a single bus trip....in lighter traffic pre-tiger....and the stuff was waaayyy cheaper..... .. Forget what I was saying, we had it easy...

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yep great store. And there greenstuff world section is amazing. It always get me lol.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahahhahah

[@steventaylor9962]

No issues dipping into other paint lines to get the result you want. Especially when you go into the pros/cons of any given choice. If you did want to still help those who want to stick to whatever the primary line you are using is, maybe suggest a close substitute from the same paint line. That way they can seek out the more specific color if they want, or err on convenience/availability to their own tastes, but still follow along with the tutorials.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Great idea thank you.

[@brandonchaplin9782]

That looks great! Going from a brown or golden brown works great too but that seems to work better over black or grey primer. Never gotten a yellow this bright though. Really looking forward to seeing the Hataka paints aswell!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal. Ye I’m excited to get the Hataka video started as well. There exciting paints.

[@Thedagda801]

Great yellow recipe.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers buddy.

[@indodan03]

Amazing video, thanks a lot for this! Looking forward to starting an imperial fist army and to paint it using the new imperial fist contrast paint. A quick question in this regard, what are your thoughts on the primer - worth trying this with the new white scar one or better to use grey seer or similar?

[@MediocreHobbies]

I shall indeed be trying all the new paints. But they have yet to arrive so it will have to wait a while lol

[@chrismehigan]

I’ll be honest, I switched off a bit when you introduced that colour. I’ve no problem with mixing brands but it’s helpful for me if a tutorial video uses brands that I know I can access such as Citadel, Army Painter, Vallejo etc

[@MediocreHobbies]

I get that. And it’s one thing I’m hyper aware of. There are links to the pints below the video to make it as easy as possible. But this will be a very infrequent thing 99% of my videos will be standard brands.

[@wijse]

The raptor imperialis would indicate that he fought in the Unification Wars. Found only on terran born members of the imperial fists, so indeed a veteran. Sigismund was terran born and wore a raptor imperialis on his knee pad.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Dam rite. This guy is a beast. Who else could hold the walls.

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

I love seeing all sorts of paints in videos. I use precious few citadel paints myself and mix and match across many paint lines. I quite like Citadel's Zandry Dust, but haven't tried their other yellows. Kimera's warm yellow looks quite similar to that new paint you were showing. Specific paints can be helpful when you're starting in the hobby, but at a certain point saying "a saturated pure warm yellow with good coverage" is enough. I'll use whatever I have that fits that bill. If you want to continue to be beginner friendly (which for sure is a worthy goal), giving an equivalent in Citadel and/or Vallejo can be helpful. (something like "If you don't have this, this other paint you might have is similar but I'm using this one because xyz")

[@MediocreHobbies]

Great feedback and great advice. Thank you for taking the time.

[@Tcurry04]

Great paint job! If one did have an airbrush, what would you change about painting up some imperial fists? I have some 40k guys I am going to paint up from the indomitus box

[@MediocreHobbies]

That’s a very broad question. If I’m being brutally honest o would say there are so so many painting tutorials where people airbrush imperial fists. Mite be easier to watch a few of those then have me try and explain it. Glad you liked the video.

[@Awald14]

What are you thoughts on applying contrast to power armor with an airbrush? I’m a new airbrush owner and not sure wether it’s a viable option or not for a nice result..

[@MediocreHobbies]

It is indeed a viable option there is a great video from Squidmar on it. 100% recon and you check it out.

[@patimusprime72]

He looks great. It doesn't bother me to use other brands of paint. I've got a few in the rotation already. I've got a couple of different Vallejo yellows I'm planning to try. Thanks for the video.

[@MediocreHobbies]

No worries pal. Thanks for the comment. Glad to know the different colours don’t put people off.

[@AGxKHAOS]

i use an airbrush for the yellow, i wanted a bright yellow for the imperial fist. So i use phalanx yellow air to paint them and they look good imo.

[@MediocreHobbies]

I’m sure they look great.

[@ashleygibson2141]

Hello. This has probably been asked but I can’t find the answer. Are you going to do an update to this scheme to incorporate the new Imperial Fists Contrast? I am now hesitant to start my MK VI marines as I want them to match the Leviathan Dread and not sure if this will work…

[@MediocreHobbies]

I won’t be doing a video on it at the moment but I will 100% work. I’m very confident about that.

[@ashleygibson2141]

@@MediocreHobbies Thank you - I will crack on with them then. Keep up the good work mate - my painting is coming on leaps and bounds following this channel :)

[@doshutokeshi3877]

Love Hataka paints. I use their brush paint line for all my historical aircraft and vehicles. I'm going to check out their figure paint line. Yes, you're right, yellow is hard. Unless you use lacquer or enamel paint (even that requires some prep work!)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes I’m still working out how to do the video for there paints to show them in a really great light because like you I really like them. Except the taste lol

[@NANA-lq5md]

Would this work on the vehicles as well.

[@MediocreHobbies]

I have an imperial fists vehicle tutorial up already!

[@NANA-lq5md]

@@MediocreHobbies 👍

[@IronGuardsman]

Thank you for this. Please may I ask, how would you airbrush Imperial Fists?

[@MediocreHobbies]

I’m honestly not planning on doing a whole lot of airbrushing on my channel. Trying to keep it accessible to all hobbyists . Glad you liked this video.

[@IronGuardsman]

@@MediocreHobbies - No worries! I shall look forward to the IX Legion video!

[@bobmedina8479]

Will this scheme work with the marines in the age of darkness box set?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Of course. They will great in it.

[@bobmedina8479]

@@MediocreHobbies great! 😊 thanks for the reply!

[@noblegalifreyan4551]

Will you be doing a PT tutorial for the best Legion ever the iron Warriors

[@MediocreHobbies]

I will indeed be doing the arch enemy of the best legion ever.

[@fortheemperor8764]

If I don't have the hataka yellow, which yellow should I use?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Averland sunset and then a flash gitz would be my choice.

[@fortheemperor8764]

@@MediocreHobbies thank you.

[@The0Bored0Network]

I need that weathering tool! I usually don't like just buying a single paint from a range, would you recommend a paint set they do? Or anywhere here in Ireland we can pick them up? Great video, going to use some of the techniques.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes they do two sets of model acrylic lines there the purple box’s. Check out there Instagram to see them. I don’t know anywhere in Ireland that stocks them sorry.

[@adron1261]

Use any paints you like, looks great. If I was going to say one thing, it can be helpful to offer close colour matches to citadel as one of the more widely available paints.

[@MediocreHobbies]

That’s a great idea. Thank you.

[@paulwilliams3148]

Looks fantastic, I hope your going to do an Iron warriors guide with mk4 armour 😉

[@MediocreHobbies]

But of course.

[@michaeldorn5330]

@@MediocreHobbies I second this

[@karolpraznowski9563]

I have to do it by myself

[@MediocreHobbies]

Go for it. This one mite need a bit of tweaking now the new contacts is out.

[@davidneedham9531]

Can you please do a blood angels

[@MediocreHobbies]

Fine just for you I will put out a blood angel one today.

[@VoltanIgnatio]

👊 👍

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers dude.

[@geertbeekman8680]

undercoat them with white, and then spraypaint them yellow, do some black/ brown linning and do details

[@MediocreHobbies]

Tag my on one of those id love to see how they turn out.

[@area609joe2]

Playing catch up… for the algorithm.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahhahaha

[@Abraleo]

I think you could simply not use the contrast yellow paint.

[@MediocreHobbies]

No you need to lay down your basecoats. At least I feel like you do.

[@Abraleo]

@@MediocreHobbies good point, I just jumped from white (greyed cenital) and followed your steps using the yellow paint and shades you used 😀

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@Abraleo and are you happy with the results?

[@Abraleo]

@@MediocreHobbies I am happy with the results, I'll tag you so you can take a look 😊

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@Abraleo please do. Cheers dude.