How to Paint Castellan Crowe for Grey Knights!

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If you're planning to follow this tutorial, please watch the whole video before picking up your paintbrush!
After my Mephiston video last week, I had a few requests for Castellan Crowe as my next Space Marine Hero character and...well it's done now. This was harder than usual for me, I couldn't figure out my process straight away so I showed you what I did and changed along the way instead of acting like I knew what I was doing the whole time! I'm still not 100% sure about a Grey Knights scheme after this, so please let me know your thoughts, and if there's anything you'd recommend me trying?
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[@guardbrandon5005]

Glad I’m not the only one who struggled with painting an army that should be easy to paint.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yeah…it’s deceptively difficult and I was not prepared for it 😄

[@Kolbjorn24]

I personally really liked the grimdark silver armor you had going. Makes it look super gritty and very nice

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man!

[@canuckchuck8836]

Wow! The results are stunning!!! 👍👍👍

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks so much! 🙌

[@williamamely7038]

This is an excellent tutorial for those who wish to learn to paint their models, while overcoming their errors. Thanks for sharing.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man, glad seeing the mistakes is as helpful as seeing the success!

[@metajock]

Always good to see others work thru their errors. Came out beautifully. Thanks!!!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks so much, I’ll never hide behind editing and KZbin magic 😂

[@foreverfornever1124]

I still have mine built and primed sitting on shelf. It was a bday gift from my gf a couple years ago and absolutely love the model despite not even owning a Grey Knights army. I guess she thought it was cool looking enough to get it for me haha

[@MediocreHobbies]

She has good taste he is an awesome model.

[@Thedagda801]

Brilliant work Andy!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal.

[@GrizzleNizzle]

Painting like us mortals! Great to see a trial and error process. Cheers!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahaha I will never ascend to a higher level, don’t worry! Glad you liked it!

[@Jonny.Y]

Nothing wrong with a video showing some ideas on how to work with a process or how good things can look even when you’re not personally 100% happy. Great to see! I love the character models. I would be interested to see your take on the Leagues of Votann, either one of the terminator equivalent heavy armoured guys or a pioneer as I love your leather technique!… or you know my usual request, more Deathwatch please. 😂

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man! I have a whole playlist on leagues of Votann 😄

[@Jonny.Y]

@@MediocreHobbies what a great day! Just finished watching your LOTR elves vid and now I’ve got a whole playlist of Votann that I can binge. Haha, well if it’s not Votann then I guess I’ll have to go back to requesting more Deathwatch because I still don’t feel like I’ve seen your models up close. I currently have a plan to do some Cadian shock troopers mixed with Talaryn desert heads, I want to give them a multicam camo or something like that. Do you have any videos showing how to paint camo schemes?

[@righteousfury5443]

He looks amazing! A fun journey to watch. Trial and error is always the way of the painter, Honestly I'd like to see you do a combat patrol worth of the Grey Knights!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man, glad I left it all in! If I ever work out a good scheme that I can replicate easily, I will for sure get a combat patrol up on the channel!

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Big fan of the fully red cloak. I think you made the right choice with that instead of it being half white.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man, happy with the choice as well, it just makes him stand out more I think

[@ghostofalltime4934]

Awesome video man, it was great seeing your progess.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man, glad I left in all the back and forths, seems to have helped people with their own process!

[@ghostofalltime4934]

@@MediocreHobbies Yeah man I am no way near the painter you are so it is great to see how we can experiment and adjust what we are doing.

[@Alf_Hairy-arse]

The whole step by step guide to painting models isn't why I watch. It's techniques and recipes to details rather than the whole that appeals to me. So mistakes or trial be error are not in any way a bad thing in my opinion. In fact, I tend to like those videos better, and a couple of other painters I also watch regularly have them in their videos. I think you learn much more from them.

[@MediocreHobbies]

That’s great to hear pal.

[@jaanikaapa6925]

I'd do this: surfacer in gloss black. Steel base, bright aluminium volumetric highlights and then bright chrome large highlights. Do the blue tint with a colour shift ink: blue to turqoise. Very thinned out with medium, not water. Water will break the colours when used to thin really a lot. Paint the shift areas, but not just everywhere. Use as a flourish/special effect. :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers for the tips pal.

[@tabletop-mini-showcase]

That grey knights steel reminds me of the old space wolves grey in the sense that it looks nothing like the box art, as I remember the space wolves were always more shadow grey with a highlight of space wolves grey and the grey knights steel seems like it's only really used for the shading with it being mostly a regular runefang steel colour for the most part. I'd be tempted to try and glaze the shadows with a watered down blue ink, as like you showed here it's probably the best way to get that box art look, also the silver from posca paint pens is ridiculously bright, if you empty a marker into a dropper bottle, it's fantastic for highlighting silver (I know it's not great for doing tuturials as most folk won't bother doing that, but if you ever want to push some highlights just for your own amusement it's really bright), plus if you get the smallest size marker the pc-1mr they're great for dotting on rivets on guns and backpacs etc as a little time saver :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Some really good tips there pal. Thanks so much.

[@richardwales9674]

Your videos are never a waste of time. 😉 Never lose this attitude. We all struggle and it's helpful to see other people struggle and how they overcome. Yeah I would have done things different. But you might not have had that opportunity because you were dealing with what you had... That red over the metallic for me was glorious. You might need a bit more depth/contrast but I wanna play with that. 😉 You might want to go black then come up with the lighter metallics to get a bit more but I loved that red over the metallic. It's only because I love you that I didn't quit the video when you covered it up. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahahahahahaha sorry but I didn’t want a metallic sheet cape lol. But thanks for sticking around lol

[@Jason-man-in-black]

Love this mini, I have one of those swords in my buts box waiting for a chaos character conversion 🙂

[@MediocreHobbies]

Haha nice, would be epic for that

[@craigcook5121]

Great looking mini.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man

[@donkratos5627]

Right on brotha’ ✊😏

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers man 🙌

[@martynives305]

I’ve had a few Grey Knights models built and undercoated in Leadbelcher for, maybe, a year or more, not knowing how to progress from this stage. This could be the push I’ve been waiting for. I’d love to see you tackle a Grey Knight Marine, or Terminator to see if your recipe holds up and that blue glaze works on larger areas. Whatever, it is certainly food for thought. Maybe my next project should be a Grey Knight Combat Patrol. I really appreciate you posting this video, warts and all to show that heroes don’t always wear capes 😂

[@MediocreHobbies]

To kind pal. Maybe you should take part in my 12 hour stream on the 9th. Paint a combat patrol box in one sitting. It’s going to be fun or mental we shall see.

[@MegaSharkX]

Snakebite contrast over silver is my goto gold

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s a great result.

[@madmerlinsart]

17:04 yeah that's definitely better than mine. So glad I'm not the only one who still uses Guilliman Blue for Grey Knights. I've heard Talasar Blue heavily thinned gives a similar effect to Guilliman Blue. I've definitely learnt a few things from this video, and I think I'll try them out on some of my unpainted Grey Knights. I was excited when they brought out Grey Knights Steel, but looking back on it, it's not that great. You get far better results with traditional silvers and blue shades. If you wanted to do a grimdark Grey Knights scheme, their original scheme was a dark, almost black metal with accents of gold and red. Keep up the good work.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal. I will do my best.

[@virusofnurgle6896]

Grey knights can be a complicated process but so far it’s looking great

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal

[@justinn5357]

Wow ! I’m so surprised to hear you don’t like grey knights steel color. I absolutely love it, I just did a grey knight termie without grey knights steel, more of a light metal look from leadbelcher and grey seer like you used. However I really prefer the blue ! Looks great once you wash and highlight it !

[@MediocreHobbies]

Maybe I had a bad batch. Maybe I need to try again. Thanks pal.

[@justinn5357]

@@MediocreHobbies No worries I mean to each their own good sir ! I just was surprised to hear that is all!

[@TronsTableTop]

I used grey knight steel for my Bastian Carthalos. Used some aethermatic blue and talassar blue watered down with some contrast medium. In the recess for the blue tint

[@MediocreHobbies]

Sounds good.

[@That1greykight0666]

If your going to use grey knight steel gotta use space wolves grey contrast over it along side nuln oil

[@MediocreHobbies]

Will give that a go and see how it looks, your name suggest you know best 😄

[@That1greykight0666]

@@MediocreHobbies make sure after you use space wolves to go back over with grey knight steel but avoid the recesses then shade it you’ll have a dark grey blue that looks really good rather then the bright silver of what’s normal for a grey knight

[@GrimmTheMadKing]

Yeeeeeah, Grey Knights Steel isn't great and I have far too much of it haha. It's okay in very small patches, but for a full suit of armor? I don't know, not good. That said, you did a great job with Crowe!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks so much! Yeah I think we just need to accept it’s named badly but it’s still okay for some stuff! Cheers man

[@keyne444]

My wife loved this!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hope she’s subbed!

[@keyne444]

​@@MediocreHobbiesYup!

[@Walker44800]

andy do you think you could do a tutorial on more aog deamon models like the great unclean one or lord of change. im pretty scared of painting the great unclean one so a tutorial could be great if u ever get the time:)

[@MediocreHobbies]

I’d love to do a great unclean one and have one spare not painted yet. 4 painted already so I should be ok lol

[@Lesardah]

Subbed. TLDR: Grey Knights are nowhere near as easy as they seem. I should have researched more in the beginning. I prime in black, do a single watered-down coat of Leadbelcher, then a 1-to-1 blend of nuln oil and lahmian medium, then I hit everything but the shadows in a thin coat of Iron Hands Steel. Next, I paint all the recesses and the center of any large flat areas with Grey Knights Steel. It gives a blue sheen as you move the model. Then I do a 1-to-1 Drakenhof Nightshade / Lahmian Medium in all the recesses, and finally, a 1-to-1-to-1 mix of water / Lahmian Medium / Tyran Blue to the hands, lining of the shoulders, top area recesses of the helmet. Then, and only then, is the armor basics done. From there, I use Retributor Armor on the gold, ProAcryl Bronze on a few of the larger skulls, Khorne Red on the red parts, Corax White on the white parts. Ushabti Bone on the paper. Shoulders with writing are done completely in gold, then undiluted wash to cover underneath the letters in black. Should be silver base, pool of black, with raised gold lettering. Usually takes me 3-4 coats to pull it off. Eyes are AP Electric Blue, dot of Corax White, then glaze of Voidshield Blue. I actually shouldn't call it a glaze. It's more like a droplet of paint-stained water that you put in the eyes and let it slowly evaporate. In 20mins, you get nearly perfect glowing blue eyes. For Power Swords, I sit down for a good hour... ugh. AP Deep Blue, AP Electric Blue, AP Voidshield Blue, all in a gradient - glazing along, waiting for it to dry, cleaning it up, doing it again, then edge highlighting with Blue Horror. Bolters are ProAcryl Coal Black, Leadbelcher mag, screws, barrel, and sights.Bolter rounds themselves are ProAcryl Bronze. It's a nightmare. If it weren't for Tabletop Ready and channels like yours, I'd be DOOMED.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Glad my guides helped pal. And yes grey knights are indeed more work then expected.

[@jmc7034]

Great vid. Can you do zombie flesh please

[@MediocreHobbies]

I can do that yes.

[@markymark2266]

Any chance of ever seeing kayvaan shrike? Friend of my has been figuring out the base on his

[@MediocreHobbies]

100% yes, that was one of the options I picked from this week so I can do it very soon!

[@markymark2266]

Yessss!!!!! Im interested to see how you'll do the mars basing around his perch 😎

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@markymark2266 kzbin.infocWaoLkH0Jos?si=jXhbRGfv2vtKUik9 This is what i do, except now I use AK Terrain Firelands instead of martian ironcrust!

[@Z0mb1eNate]

Altansar Craftworld Aeldari? 😅

[@MediocreHobbies]

Actually found a paint today that might work for that, check out the xpress colors video I just posted!

[@patimusprime72]

He ended up looking really good. Grey Knight armor can be a struggle. I've had this guy built and primed for a while now. He's just sitting there waiting for paint. Grey Knights steel is kinda meh. I use it for my Sisters but for some reason it doesn't look great on actual Grey Knights. Go figure.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Oh for sisters, yes I can totally see it working well. Yes it’s weird, but we shall eventually work out a scheme haha

[@Shyish]

you always seem to drop a painting video for models i literally just bought lol

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahaha love it

[@Shyish]

any chance of getting a video for a Spawn of Chotec someday?@@MediocreHobbies

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@Shyish I do have one, and I do want to paint it soon...let me see what i can do!

[@Shyish]

Can't wait to see what you do with it!@@MediocreHobbies

[@darrenmcgovern7845]

Looks good you probably thought the best lesson you could not every model will follow the same recipe paint the model the way you see it once your happy with the result that's all that matters down with copying this box art business everything will just look the same in the end

[@MediocreHobbies]

Agreed 100% pal. Thanks.

[@smolsen91]

I dont like spacemarine and there factions, but a great video 😊

[@MediocreHobbies]

Totally fair, really appreciate you watching anyway!

[@smolsen91]

@@MediocreHobbies i have to 😅, you are making, in my opinion, the best videos. Not to long and with a new videos every 2-3 days.

[@_walruseater]

agreed, grey knights steel is not great.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Nope not a fan.

[@rogerhack3750]

For guys called "grey" knights, they're pretty silvery 😂.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahaha you. Strange.