How to Paint Black Templars: 10 Hours for 700Pts of Grimdark Models!

[@termi6523]

Templars are always so sick, great job!

[@TheIberianPainter]

Black is hard to paint, and even if you painted it using now it still read as black, so do not worry what other might say, these black Templar look fantastic for the time invested! Congrats! 😁 I'm sure your client loved your minis!

[@garrettcrow5536]

I've been sitting on some unpainted black templars for a while. This matches exactly the vibe I wanted from them. Great tutorial.

[@GrimdORKMinis]

Glad to hear it! Let me know how they go!

[@stand-redoxszone6362]

Guess who has to repaint his templars... Also, a hobby discord server sounds lovely!

[@derekmorte5143]

Looks great!!

[@SigismundSonOfDorn]

Reddit brought me here

[@TheMiniJunkie]

Likewise

[@The7guys]

Thanks for this tutorial! Do you think the base coat primer could be achieved without an airbrush?

[@GrimdORKMinis]

Should be able to yes! I would get your black prime to begin and then do a dusting of a darker blue rather than a fenrisian grey equivalent. If you spray it through a can you should get the same result. Or on the flip side you could definitely use a dry brush to achieve this, if you’re interested I released a video a few weeks back “How to Paint your first miniature” that shows how to get the same black armor with drybrush and no airbrush!

[@Baylicarr]

Awesome video! Would love to know how you did you base

[@GrimdORKMinis]

Really simple for it, a little cork tear it up, then slap a brown texture paste over the top. Then I used some light brown pigment powder and applied it all over the base and legs! Some of my ork videos show how to get the same base!

[@thomasmatarazzo198]

Grimdork is a great name

[@GrimdORKMinis]

Thanks!

[@thomasmatarazzo198]

@GrimdORKMinis You're Welcome!

[@grimd0rk]

I think you’re me in another timeline

[@GrimdORKMinis]

My god

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

So for all the criticisms I have stored up I decided not to voice one of them. However, how did your client like the dirty down Space Wolves in Black Templar armour? Trust me blue is not black armour.

[@GrimdORKMinis]

I get the critique the bluish hue isn’t for everybody. That was his request so he liked it! He had given me a couple of models he had done to try and match off of, and it happened to match my preferred way of doing black armor.

[@bricksalvation9235]

I don't get the blueblack templar style either.....