How To Paint a TINY Epic 40k Rhino Tank (Imperial Fists)

[@fragfmgill]

wear a mask

[@BUNKER6]

Please is the magic word Rogal! If anyone knows how to be polite it's you!

[@fragfmgill]

@@BUNKER6 There's no time for pleasantries my son, we must defend Terra, your lack of filtration unit use hinders your abilities to fabricate more Rhinos for my Legion.

[@BUNKER6]

Hahahahaha

[@WallabyWinters]

​@@fragfmgillthat might be one of the best comebacks I've ever seen

[@tomburden5935]

Looks awesome fella, great work. As a massive sucker for Epic i could watch another 50 vids of you painting Rhinos in other Chapter colours!

[@BUNKER6]

I will purchase some more rhinos perhaps and do that :)

[@JEGranberg]

Great tutorial, especially on yellow. I’m looking forward to painting Iyanden.

[@SMunozDB7]

Yeah, yellow is specially tricky to paint

[@BUNKER6]

After looking at their color scheme I would really use a size 2 brush for the glazing and do the shading I did about a third as much where needed. It will save you hours and still give great results. Thanks for watching!

[@BUNKER6]

That and white

[@clockword9189]

Oh god how much detail. I wonder how insane someone must be to paint an army like that entirely

[@BUNKER6]

Guess I’m insane

[@clockword9189]

@@BUNKER6 you have an entire army painted like that?????

[@BUNKER6]

@clockword9189 I shall 😅

[@ginjasteve4435]

I have to say I love this. Epic rerelease is needed! I don’t ant to live my barely remembered 90s childhood again. Imagine the fun.

[@BUNKER6]

Here’s to the 90’s kids!!

[@businessathlet3587]

Just print the stuff - Rules are downloadable out there and printing the models is not just saving you tons of model - its also a fun by itself too 😎

[@BUNKER6]

Fair point. But I think to start off with, a few tanks and infantry are pretty cheap on eBay without the commitment to a printing set up. Trust me I love printing though.

[@samAFTERMATH]

Amazing final product and the slowed down music makes it so much better!

[@BUNKER6]

Appreciated!!

[@Jonas_Fox]

Thanks for sharing the full paint-thru. The most amazing imperial fist yellow I've ever seen was a light brown prime with a muted pink zenithal (magenta, black, and white ink blend) then using yellow ink over the top. No need to shadow. The undercoat does all the work since the yellow is transparent. Crazy saturated but faded beautifully.

[@BUNKER6]

That makes a lot of sense! Will have to find some yellow ink. Save some bloody time! Ha ha.

[@BUNKER6]

Let me know if you remember where you saw that video!

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Very nice job, Imperial Fists are one of my favourite chapters because they just look so spectacular on the tabletop!

[@BUNKER6]

Thanks so much. Good to see you pop up here. Hope 2022 is going great for you as far!

[@rat-matt-miniatures8705]

Holy Moly, thats fantastic. AFter just receiving my 3d printer, I hope to print some epic scale miniatures and get painting too.

[@BUNKER6]

Great stuff!! Print in 10mm scale so it matches AT and AE scale for even better utility!!

[@justarandomname420]

That came out fantastic! Can't wait to see what you do with the Imperator Titan.

[@BUNKER6]

Oh I have some plans and thank you for watching!!

[@Velasc]

Absolutely gorgeous paintjob! Good work.

[@BUNKER6]

Wow thank you so much!

[@nickysavage13]

Wow! That turned out awesome. Well done!

[@BUNKER6]

Kind of like your new tunes then!

[@nickjohnson2570]

I miss Epic. I used to play this the most back in my youth. I had an untramarine army, loads of Imperial guard and Squats.. None of it was painted anywhere near this level! It was a very affordable and comparitavly easily paintable game compared to 40k and Fantasy Battle. I remember all the models were replaced and updated at some point meaning every vehical blister pack of the 1st generation tanks were being sold for £1 each to clear old stock from stores so for £20 or so I had a complete collection of Imperial tanks......all metal too. £1 for 3 x whirlwinds or 3 x basilisks etc realy was a bargain not to be missed. the shadowsords and super heavys were £1 for a blister pack of 2!!!

[@BUNKER6]

The old prices make my heart ache. But following on from your other comment about remaking Epic and it not being lucrative for GW is a tricky one. If they made it in 10mm to match the scale of AE and AT and treated it as a boxed game solely then it might work. But I doubt it is something GW would take the risk on. Maybe a very limited run? Not sure. I think epic made sense when GW was still finding its feet. Smaller models, lower risk. Their infrastructure is so big now that Epic seems more of an inconvenience than a benefit. Although I believe Epic would be an actual sensible gateway rather than Killteam into the GE hobby.

[@epicarmageddon-fr]

Greets from the French Epic Armageddon community ! We love your videos !

[@BUNKER6]

Bonjour! Merci! I’m honored. I know there is an amazing Epic scene in France. I hope to interview Epic players from around the world. I’ll have to include you guys!!

[@robodog3571]

looks awesome. youve inspired me to try an oil wash.

[@BUNKER6]

Awesome!! As soon as that gloss is on your margin for error is massive. Just make it pretty thing like in the video. Let me know how it goes!!

[@joeokabayashi8669]

Great tutorial! I don't play Epic, but plan to use these techniques on historical armor of similar scale. Thank you!

[@BUNKER6]

That’s great to hear. Thank you and good luck with the armor Joe!

[@chriswhite9399]

Finally! Awesome work thanks Vincent 😊 I've been amassing an Eldar Epic army and about to start painting, after many years away from the hobby! So this is super inspirational x

[@BUNKER6]

Fantastic! Which craft world are you painting them as?

[@chriswhite9399]

@@BUNKER6 undecided so far, I've just ordered some old White Dwarf's for some inspiration. A little odd buying magazine's I definitely bought first time around! There's an abundance of unpainted Eldar out there. Currently have a titan in nail varnish remover 😊

[@BUNKER6]

Very cool. How exciting. I’ll let you in on a little secret. I have all the models from the Swordwind supplement but never did a video on them as I he’s to get painting. But I will be painting up a ton of Eldar too!

[@andli]

Amazing results! This is a really nice example of pushing contrast that works at arms length

[@BUNKER6]

Thank you Andli.

[@Moodyhammer]

This is a totally under rated video! full of great tips and painting something original!

[@BUNKER6]

Hey thanks so much!

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Fantastic video - love how much detail there is on the old epic sculpts, and the paint job here makes them look incredible altogether! Subscribed!

[@BUNKER6]

Thank you so much Atlas!! I adore these little models for sure.

[@andyp2004]

thanks for this video man. ive been struggling with 28mm scale 40k for ages now since its just too expensive and never enough but epic scale minis are amazing. this video specifically got me back into my want to paint, cant thank you enough

[@BUNKER6]

So great to read. It’s comments like this that make me want to make videos. I totally understand your position and it’s a common one. I wish more people took the epic route as it’s so much less time intensive and low commitment. I hope you enjoy your time with epic. It’s adorable and you can fit much more on one display shelf!!

[@andyp2004]

@@BUNKER6 i agreew with your video on why you should get into epic when you said the game feels, well, epic. its truly titanic. honestly i think its a shame that (from what ive read) the average army size is only 3000 points, i feel like bigger armies like 9000 can be true epic armies

[@BUNKER6]

Absolutely agree. I’m yet to play a game but I think you’re right.

[@liberatumplox625]

Gorgeous.

[@BUNKER6]

Much appreciated

[@RottenMechGaming]

Great vid thanks and amazing result. I am not sure you have to have a gloss layer before applying oils. The oil thinners and paint don’t react with acrylics, so they won’t be damaged by oils. It’s only oil on oil that does not work because the thinners will strip any existing oil on the model when applied over an existing oil layer.

[@BUNKER6]

Good to know! Every video I’ve watched seems to add the varnish layer so I was just following suit. I will test with no varnish though. The varnish does help the oil slip into the cracks and not stay if the surfaces though.

[@RottenMechGaming]

@@BUNKER6 include me in that list! I show adding a gloss varnish or I will add gloss in with the last acrylic I airbrush on before pin washing/oils. But I find the gloss is used by the pro 1/35th scale painters that want the capillary action to work flawlessly when weathering big tanks/aircraft. For our gamer small minis I have found it works fine without because there is no interaction. It’s also a matter of preference really.

[@BUNKER6]

Awesome. Great tips and a lot of time saving to be sure. I wasn’t enjoying the results I was getting anyway so I’m happy there is an alternative! Thank you!

[@SMunozDB7]

FINALLY

[@BUNKER6]

Ha ha. Sorry about that. Needed to pluck up the courage.

[@strelka4451]

Better than the original box art! But what you didn't reveal is, do you paint you entire Ork and Space Marine army with this method?

[@BUNKER6]

Due to my collections one day being displayed I do intend on painting everything with this much detail :)

[@cyborgbadger1015]

The Emperor commands that you wear a mask when airbrushing.

[@BUNKER6]

Thank you for you concern Cyborg Badger. Thankfully I have a giant filtered 20” fan extractor just out of shot pulling in all the particles. 🫡

[@ktg8030]

Looks great. Have you painted a whole detachment of one chapter yet? I’ve mostly done Epic Ultramarine armies in the past, but working on a Blood Angels now. Future project involves splitting the original Space Marine game 8 ways with some extra units to have a mini Horus Heresy between the Ultramarines, Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Dark Angels, Word Eaters, Death Guard, Emperor’s Children, and either the Sons of Horus or Thousand Sons all painted in the color scheme on the side of the box as opposed to the revision colors. That means each chapter gets only 2 Land Raiders each but I figured that would be cool for not just variety, but to give each more attention than I normally would as I wouldn’t have many to paint. I even set aside parts to make mini Emperor and Horus bases lol.

[@BUNKER6]

This sounds awesome!! Would love to see the finished results. I intend on making an episode of everything I paint for content purposes so it will be a while before I paint up a while chapter. But I really want to of course.

[@Southpoint2019]

Hi Vincent I have purchased the imperator Titan, although rather expensive and I have jumped straight in the deep end as I haven’t painted since 1997, your imperator inspired me you showed it in its entirety. I am wondering what airbrush kit you use as I’m thinking about getting my hands on one to save time undercoating my gargants from early epic as well as my eldar titans. I may even link a video of my imperator so you can see

[@Southpoint2019]

PS would you post a video of the imperator Titan in its entirety?

[@BUNKER6]

Sorry for the late reply! Congratulations on your Titan purchase! They are still such amazing models in my humble opinion. Ok so let’s go through things, Airbrush is an Iwata Eclipse with an Iwata air compressor. Not the small fancy looking one. But the medium sized regular older tank looking one. I painted this Titan before I owned an airbrush. Just did it by hand. The red recipe is Vallejo Flat red as a base coat but the key is using transparent red over the top. Doing this with an airbrush will look even better. I have two additional titans to build up which I plan on making into episodes. One is a Warmonger and the other is a custom homemade warmonger. Hope that helps!

[@Southpoint2019]

@@BUNKER6 I have a quick question for you Vincent When you painted the eyes of the tiny skulls on the Imperator Titan did you use any kind of trick or just steady hand ? Reason I ask is because of the power tools I use I struggle to calm my hand shakes so I keep messing up the eyes

[@BUNKER6]

So here is a crazy thing, someone said paint the eyes first. Then paint the rest of the head. I’d try and paint the eyes white. Be as messy as you want. The add gloss varnish over the top. Then add a yellow wash around the edges then wince dry and a smaller orange wash aiming at the edge crevasse. This should look like they’re glowing. Also if you’re still it steady you need to have both your hands firm on a table. Or atleast both your elbows. You have to buttress yourself. Also no coffee on paint days. Ha ha. Hope that helps!

[@Southpoint2019]

@@BUNKER6 absolutely fantastic help indeed Vincent. I shall get the imperator out the glass cabinet and get my paints out right now. Mephiston red was the closest I could find to blood red and it turned out ok. I also have an ork great gargant, the one that you stack together which is the best one I think but Damn trying to figure out a colour scheme is incredibly difficult for it but it needs to have a goblin green coloured head ultimately.

[@Steele68HS]

Fantastic Paint Job. But as You already said - there are a lot of them on the Table. So to speak - I am building a Sororitas Army. Specifically Sacred Rose - White Scheme - here is the problem : Tiny things to do in White. Could You make a Tut for White Vehicles? A Rhino would suffice. Regards

[@BUNKER6]

Thank you. I can totally do a video on white for sure!

[@Steele68HS]

@@BUNKER6 Amazing! That would help. The standard Recipes work well on the larger ones, but on a Exorcist or Rhino they look meh.

[@richardhenderson7006]

That looks awesome! You can mitigate the poor coverage of metallics by painting the area black first (I do this everywhere a new colour will go on top of an area) then you don’t have to come back and black line later (so I get black lines between all my colours for increased definition). Also, why are you using such time consuming techniques on epic minis? You’d have 10 or 20 Rhinos to paint!

[@BUNKER6]

Great points all round! Thanks for the input :)

[@thegrimfang]

Superbe ! It is great

[@BUNKER6]

Thank you brother!!

[@sturgeondtd9522]

Great video! But please, wear gloves when using varnish and other materials that might a non-water solvent!

[@BUNKER6]

Thankfully everything I was using was water based. But I agree!

[@tomburden5935]

Yahooooo!

[@BUNKER6]

Thanks!!

[@sahaynam6470]

Hello sir - great video. Subbed. I would like to get into epic 30k. I have the AU rules and the net epic Armageddon rule book. I am trying to find a bog standard 4000 point list for a space marine legion I could use as a template to start finding stls and printing. Any thoughts?

[@BUNKER6]

If you join the Bunker 6 Discord someone will definitely be able to help you with that for sure! Thank you for the sub! discord.gg/ZjEMHPxR

[@cyborgbadger1015]

If you want to know how to win Golden Deamon with an Epic scale Rhino, here's how folks...

[@BUNKER6]

You’re far too kind.

[@abidkhan-pm3gf]

Hi there, I wanted to ask, am I allowed to add these in army matches. I have three of them a d they are tiny

[@abidkhan-pm3gf]

And*

[@BUNKER6]

Which edition are you playing?

[@abidkhan-pm3gf]

Technically 10th,

[@abidkhan-pm3gf]

Even if I could have a reduced stat version that I could use would be great

[@BUNKER6]

I mean you could just use tokens for all 40k games. No models are actually needed outside of official tournaments. You just have to let your opposition know what the tank represents and stick to that.

[@olexeter-kb]

Great result! I'm definitely a sadist too! Been painting my epic army for over 2 years!

[@BUNKER6]

Nice!! Dedicated I like it! What army? Apologies if you already told me.

[@olexeter-kb]

@@BUNKER6 almost finished an Ultramarine army with just a few units left (scouts and a few land raiders), and about a third of the way through an Imperial Gaurd army. Its quite a big collection and most I never field when I play I just like the models and the completeness or the nostalgia (all original 90s or early 00s). I'll get some decent photos up on insta when it's finished!

[@BUNKER6]

Would love to see that collection! Sounds mega!!

[@dr.fistus94]

tracklist?

[@BUNKER6]

I’m sorry what do you mean by playlist?

[@BUNKER6]

Ohhh sorry I assume for the background music. It’s a modified version of Frankmusik “Secret Weapon” the instrumental version. Should be on Spotify!

[@dr.fistus94]

@@BUNKER6 Aye is what i meant. thanks a bunch !

[@tabletopmika4349]

Why bother if the black paint is shiny or not if you are covering the model in gloss varnish and matte varnish anyway?

[@BUNKER6]

Not sure the context of this comment sadly as it’s been a while since I made this video. But the paints have a different texture to them for sure. But I may have just made a mistake in my voice over too. Still learning the process of producing videos.