How to paint a Grimdark Ultramarine!

[@isaacterellen4605]

Don't worry too much it's just a tabletop piece: proceeds to casually paint a miniature to a standard I could never hope to achieve trying my absolute hardest haha. Amazing work!

[@MatchaMakesThings]

✅ Skill demonstrated that are widely applicable to ALL color schemes. ✅ Calm informative commentary, ✅ commentary on own work, and best practices? Dang These videos are the best!

[@FlameJackstar]

This is hands-down the best painted model I have ever seen in my entire life.

[@TierDrama]

under which rock are you living? ;)

[@FlameJackstar]

@@TierDrama Dude, seriously? This model is like a fricking painting. I saw it over at Reddit it I didn't believe it was a mini at first. Every stroke is as precise as it can be. All of these gradients and effects make it look so perfect.

[@TierDrama]

@@FlameJackstar I hope you are joking. of course it looks good...its fucking freaking richard gray. but have a look around at his more serious stuff and other painters...jesus christ. www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/20593 instagram.com/p/CBWaseah-eh/

[@FlameJackstar]

@@TierDrama ... Well, okay then.

[@ripstein86]

@@FlameJackstar Almost nothing is overly precise on this model, that is the whole point of the video and the techniques demonstrated :)

[@kiwitotem7400]

Long in depth videos are so undervalued, so I find this so useful!

[@cpc874]

I just did my intro set of Intercessors using a lot of advice in this video. I'm really happy with my with how they turned out. Especially for my first 40K models, and not doing any modeling in probably 36 years. Thanks for the help! Great video.

[@Importman2009]

This is an amazing way to paint ultras without them looking "boring". Brilliant.

[@marchukuk6948]

Impressive! Looks very grim dark, but at the same time not dirty, like many other "grimdark" miniatures. Thanks for sharing the tutorial!

[@bridges_one]

This always pops up when I search for inspiration to paint my ultramarines, really nice. Besides everything else, I am still amazed about the control with calgar blue. I made some proper baby blue marines in the past :) I also just skip it these days and go straight to fenrisian grey.

[@sunsolstar]

I really like this style....it is full of texture, grim dark, but a controllable type of grim and dark and the final effect is very realistic, thank you

[@shanemorris9762]

This is so fire, i paint grimdark so this is great brain food for my journey to this skill level

[@PeepUpon]

Did anyone else fall in love with the dwarven gold by the end?

[@allenbenningfield3865]

Your tabletop standard is ridiculously good. Bravo.

[@leroydendekker6958]

Amazing to see your process. I've been working with oil washes on miniatures for a few years and I can recommend using small make-up sponges with thinner to remove the washes. It doesnt leave unwanted fibres like the cotton buds do. Saves a lot of hassle, but they tend to be more absorbent. Awesome work and truly shows your masterful control and experience as an artist.

[@danielmartin4596]

this is exactly what i was looking for with my little ultramarines army, thank you!!!!

[@Hope4sun]

Absolutely phenomenal table top mini, captures that grimdark feel perfectly and still carries your signature look and feel to a T 👍 from someone who moved to studio scale modelling for years before coming back to minis, it’s really nice seeing all the techniques starting to blend 😎

[@Dash277]

I love seeing content like this from you. I really have to try to do more grimdark. I love the style but in the past I've become too comfortable with the clean Eavy Metal style. Great inspiration to give it a go.

[@davidlowton9359]

I’m over the moon that KZbin and Squidmar recommended your channel. Your content is incredible 👍. Thank you 🙏

[@Fastguy335i]

Just starting out in the hobby, watching this with a breakdown of techniques and paints used is incredibly helpful and inspiring - thanks so much!

[@strajell]

So cool! You're my new internet hero. Amazing work.

[@arkmusofdorn1482]

Me: getting bored of KZbin.... KZbin: Richard Gray? Me: I love KZbin!!! Great content, a joy to watch a master painter!!! learnt so much more watching just how you work the brush over the model.. thank you Mr Gray!!!

[@Zorpazorp]

Utterly stunning Richo, sheer brilliance.

[@HamTheBacon]

I recently got into miniature painting. Being a chaos guy myself, i chose as my first miniature a Great Unclean One. Iv been having a blast painting it but its not anywhere near perfect like the works of Richard Grey but I now have something to truly work towards. If i knew what I know now going into this I would have painted some of these pieces before gluing stuff down but in a few years when i learn more I will absolutely be picking up another Great Unclean one to do a comparison between where i started and where i end up.

[@mikoajstawowy8036]

Phenonemal workflow, presentation and result!

[@robp5141]

I absolutely love this. The only thing I have a minor dislike for is the initial stippling step adds the rough texture to the gold areas of the paint job and I don’t like the way it looks. But I think the textured look looks great on the blue parts of the armour. 🙌🏻👌🏻

[@wedgeantilles6134]

This has me so excited to try. Wish I had an airbrush. Going to try the same stipple style with the other 2 paints

[@jekylthorn8969]

Love this effect. I find it much more in keeping with my idea of how they should look rather than the edge highlighting bonanza you see on other models that end up producing a Tron warrior appearance!

[@leroylong78]

FYI, Micro set is basically just white vinegar... for anyone who doesn't want to pay for that. just get some white vinegar from the kitchen or from the dollar store. works exactly the same.

[@Thergood]

Model looks great. One tip for Vallejo Metal Color gold - Make a mix of 3 parts Vallejo Metal Color Copper to 2 parts Vallejo Metal Color Gold. It makes an amazing rich gold color. I keep a small pre mixed bottle.

[@dqtattoos]

I’m so glad I watched this! I haven’t painted up much of my death guard and I think these techniques would work great with them!

[@Braven-j7m]

I love the texture you gave it

[@w4rpf1nnlad]

This guy truly is Emperors finest. Great job!

[@power_SERG]

Saw this figure on instagram, unbelievable good!

[@5p3cu10]

1st video of your channel. Fantastic video! Great that you tell folk what the "extra" / over-and-above steps are. Keeps an easy to follow consistency. Great video and great to see things like oils and transfers used

[@Isodrin]

Wow... I am going to be painting my ultramarine's like this.. thank you so much !!! Can you do a Grimdark Gulliman next ?

[@pierre-olivierjanelle3413]

Thank you Richard beautiful table top model

[@elminiaturista]

Beautiful process! And results

[@codemaster6521]

Can we get crimson fists next.

[@MiniWarzone]

Lovely cinematography 😎

[@daveypak9673]

looks great! Its the subtleties that really make it ~ very good attention to detail

[@deltabairsoft]

I have to give this a go. Looks really good; higher than table top for sure. Thanks for the vid.

[@allasar]

For gold I use a mixture of vallejo gold and copper (6:1 ratio). It makes a warmer gold than the pure one, close to the color you used but with better coverage.

[@havelock1982]

Awesome work, 2,5 hours including drying times! Sheesh, I got some way to go!

[@ecMonify]

the final result looks amazing! it looks just like a painting

[@rlucas88]

What a nice surprise finding you on Youtbe doing tutorials, looking forward for more, thank you for the content

[@andrewmaher5798]

Excellent technique combining stippling, airbrushing and oil washes. Very effective with nice depth and texture.

[@lordinquistorrayn1249]

Watching your work is something else learning alot to add to my arsenal of painting knowledge thanks for the videos look forward to the next

[@Katalmach11b]

Amazing job. This is far beyond tabletop quality

[@axelmauritzon3098]

The most beautiful space marine I've ever seen! Love your stuff!

[@cheduf]

Love it ! I want this for my future Dark Angels.

[@Ellinyah]

awesome to see another step by step process from you, keep up the great work

[@lucavidotti]

As always an astonishing work! Big Fan of Yours

[@hughmac7423]

Looks beautiful.

[@monsieurp237]

I really enjoyed this. Kudos for advertising on FB... was totally unaware of your channel. So yeah. Perfectly paced video. Great technique. If I could just aim that airbrush like you can... thanks mate!

[@Paintstationminis]

Same, need to cross promote some more. I see some fb posts and follow on Insta, had no idea yt was being done.

[@warrencowan5785]

Well done sir. Well done.

[@MikeSpicyWinner]

Great job, this space marine looks really cool and all of the steps were well explained. Thank you for sharing.

[@lanesteele240]

Put your micro sol/set into dropper bottles. Those things tip over so easy

[@Wijkert]

Lovely work Richard. Thanks for posting these here!

[@MalfunctioningAndroid]

First 5 minutes: oh this gonna suck. 40 minutes in: EHMEHRGERD HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?

[@TheKingSargon]

Your Painting skill is awesome, your Marine looks so real, very good. I try it for myself with one Marine I have left. Greetings from Germany.

[@jonaskruger6755]

Love your videos, buit the swalloing sounds drive me nuts.

[@tureliondurr]

I really would like to see more grim dark from you... maybe even a higher level of details, like you mephiston mini. You are an insanely good painter.

[@RogerS1978]

Love the paint scheme again, loving this series of video's. My one C&C is the feet don't press into the ground, so it looses some of the feeling of weight.

[@natephoenix]

Absolutely phenomenal.

[@Bogul3]

Wow, love that texture!

[@carlstanford7607]

Absolutely amazing

[@warhounds]

Thanks for a Night Lords colourscheme

[@gekzify]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you

[@bangboats3557]

lovely work this, thanks for the vid. My next SM paint will be ultramarines, and they'll be GD style for sure

[@bananaquark1164]

So satisfying

[@grandpasguitars1098]

The decal tips were rly helpful!

[@josemariacampos2572]

Awesome result with a simple process!! I love it! Thank you.

[@charleslaine]

That is an amazing paint job. Blown away. You make it look so easy too.

[@leestevenson1236]

Loved watching this, cheers Richard.

[@russellmartin3951]

Awesome work.

[@akamucrimsidae]

Gorgeous.

[@richardpreston4320]

Thanks so much for this Rich, great one to try for someone like me trying to up my game but also paint 50 models! 🙏🙏

[@cristalpowah]

Great Video! Looking foward to try this technique.

[@thepaintedsquid]

Love love love these recent videos! Keep them coming!

[@Adicus]

It’s beautiful 🥹

[@geovaniciconte7775]

Fantastic tutorial!! I’d love to se a tutorial on how to paint salamanders instead, so to understand how to properly highlight black shoulder pads, which for me are difficult to paint!

[@BoboBaggins]

awesome work dude

[@stompingfreak8980]

Incredible work.

[@De2modar]

What black do you use for the foundation. She is so beautiful, Matt. My primers always shine that way.

[@Sorine9]

The most clear instruction Ive seen, very nice. What brushes are you using?

[@jeremiahembs5343]

Very good work.

[@livanbard]

Very interessing method overall. Also the gold choise is pretty interessing even if the covarage is not ideal, But I feel the light stipling part (18:49) could be used in place of the airbrush step, IMO prepping an airbrush and cleaning it after just for 3 quick passes is to laborious. The gradient as you said is better on airbrush but you can always glaze the hightlights.

[@jakewhite4192]

I guess you missed the part where he mentions this is probably best to do in a “batch process” 💋

[@ideologyideology2021]

this looks amazing

[@arax20]

10 minutes in and it already looks great lol

[@defilerknight]

As always great work Sir!

[@jelko]

Amazing job!!🎉❤❤❤

[@jamiegee7418]

Been watching this over a load of times. I have a lieutenant calcius model from conquest magazine I'm planning on trying this on. I have some makeup brushes that I'm hoping will be a good substitute for the dry brush you've used fingers crossed

[@KillyBones]

Before doing the oil wash do you need to prep it with the gloss varnish or can you do without ? Amazing model also 🤙🏽

[@strongerandwiser2023]

Not a fan of the sandpaper looking paint finish but the job overall looks great. Love the lighting effects etc.

[@slthlrdz]

Thank you for uploading!

[@philhitchings]

Interesting video try out vallejo's liquid gold range, I think they are good paints

[@stephendraycott]

Brilliant that is mate.

[@ikkiiiieee]

I was surprised to see you didn't get back to metallics after the matte varnish since it killed the metallic reflection

[@b005t3r]

Probably just a matter of taste, but personally I really like how TMM with matte finish looks - it's still shiny, but that plasticy finish is gone.

[@WenSon84]

looks amazing... i even think the wash wasnt necessary

[@oliverstoys8411]

Amazing tutorial 👍🏻

[@AJMOFO1987]

Wtf I’ve spent hours on one model and it looks awful next to this, this is so awesome very well done you’ve really inspired me to try these methods and practice more 😎