How to Paint DEATHGUARD | WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY | Space Marines |

[@Valste19]

Prob the nicest scheme I've ever seen for Death Guard. Damn.

[@cultofpaint]

Wow! Glad you like it.

[@operonandonandon]

I've been waffling between Sons of Horus and Death Guard for about two months, and Cult of Paint makes my decision even harder with two awesome tutorials! Thanks so much for sharing these videos!

[@dmeep]

the death guard is the superior choice. In one of the HH novels i forget wich one Corax muses over the fact that Horus main skill was swooping in after months of campaigning delivering a strike on the opposing high command after the battle was already won and stealing all the glory. Death guard fought their own battles while Horus took the glory and praise from the hard work of others.

[@operonandonandon]

@@dmeep Fair enough, but I'm trying to figure out which scheme is easy enough to allow me to finish a playable army! ;-)

[@cultofpaint]

Tough choice! It’d be DG for me, but I know Andy would pick SoH.

[@jamesespinosa690]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much for the work! Death Guard was really close to being my first pick for my first army! Their paint scheme looks like it would be a ton of fun. I decided to stick with my Iron Warriors. But I'm definitely going to use some of the weather techniques on my guys! My special technique is the wash the lower half of the model in black and brown, and the top half in blue. Then do a zenithal spray with my rattle cans to create beautiful contrast between the lower and upper halves of the model!

[@mikemccoy7931]

That turqoiuse and agrax mix for washing bronze is amazing, great tip there (along with loads of others obviously)

[@tabletoppdx]

The blending down with the oils. So simple, things just didn't click until I saw this. Thank you!

[@942mattu]

Yes, army painting videos are back! I hope you will do a video on 40k World eaters (maybe when WE are released?)

[@cultofpaint]

[@mikecrouchman895]

Great stuff as always! I’m relatively new to airbrushing, and followed this recipe for my 40K Death Guard as I wanted to check try out the Tamiya paints. Gotta say it, although it’s early days for me with the airbrush, the level of control you get with these paints is absolutely incredible!

[@cultofpaint]

So good aren’t they!

[@Joey-cj5rf]

Really great video. I’m looking forward to seeing how you guys paint up the other legions. I finally ordered some Tamyia thinner and paints thanks to this and the deathwing scheme.

[@cultofpaint]

Hope you enjoy them!

[@dallathedark]

Glad to see your videos back Henry!

[@cultofpaint]

Nice to be back!

[@MLaak86]

Perfect timing Henry! I was hoping you'd get to them before my minis arrived and I got started - I'm personally though thinking about a cold almost 'clinical' white look for my lads so pry gonna vary a bit from this.

[@cultofpaint]

I was tempted to push them lighter and meant to mention it in the video. Perhaps a 50/50 with the deck tan and white for a final light.

[@MLaak86]

@@cultofpaint I've been really taken with a scheme I saw that used a standard white then black oil wash over the top of it that I'm going to be trying out with Ulthuan Grey.

[@nicholasw777]

Great recipe!! Lovely!

[@frugalporpoise526]

That is the cleanest deathguard i have ever seen.

[@wrnjr1701]

That’s an excellent tutorial! I love your mix if airbrush and oils. If I ever build Death Guard, this will be my guide.

[@cultofpaint]

Go on, just a couple ;)

[@TimcPlays]

Love this vid. I don't have an Airbrush (no space) so seeing you use colours that can also be found in sprays is a really big help. Will probably follow this tutorial and be the first time I use oils!

[@cultofpaint]

They’re great sprays too.

[@TheScalyArab]

Henry, my favourite tute from you yet! Awesome sauce.

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks Matt!

[@AL-jo6wh]

Great video tutorial as always Henry, good to see tamiya and oils being used.

[@cultofpaint]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ellisowendaniel]

Your airbrushing is always so smooth. Mine looks extremely speckly by comparison.

[@cultofpaint]

Play around with both pressure and dilution.

[@paulofreire7520]

Very cool! Great usage of oils, the final effect is brilliant. Just subscribed. 👍🏻

[@cultofpaint]

Welcome!

[@jackwhorton6826]

Awesome work again chaps. White Scars HH scheme next please!

[@cultofpaint]

Coming soon!

[@SiliconShortsYouTube]

Great video! End result looked ace

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks!

[@deethom1987]

Looks great :) can’t wait for a word bearers tutorial!

[@cultofpaint]

Me too!

[@MrLeviathan40k]

Really nice! Looking forward to all the upcoming HH coverage 🙂

[@cultofpaint]

So much goodness

[@philcampbell1293]

Great tutorial as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@cultofpaint]

Cheers Phil

[@Hello-1814]

Looks great!

[@MLaak86]

Finding this scheme growing on me more, especially since yeah all the methods and such are in this vid - still think I'd want to push the armour a bit brighter and more towards say freshly cleaned and exposed bone though, also maybe go with Balthasar Gold (even if more for HQs and Elites rather than rank and file).

[@AYYOFLOCKA]

Thanks for the tutorial! After long scheming I've decided to do my HH box as Death Guard! This scheme is perfect! I don't suppose anyone knows a good equivalent in citadel for deck tan and khaki drab? I've had a look at the hobby colour matcher but I couldn't get any good equivalents there!

[@codelicious6590]

So good, such a sweet model- would make a great Salamander as well!

[@philsho36]

This looks great and is how I’m planning to do my Death Guard (at the test model, as I’m new to airbrushing) thank you for this video. This might be a silly question but in terms of characters and Mortarion is there anything you’d do as standard to make them more “special” like an extra highlight or do they achieve that just by being more detailed. I’m on Patreon so I’ll be going through the videos and working out how to do larger scale things such as vehicles but centrepiece models still intimidate me a bit.

[@lallsta_paints]

Amazing as always. Really digging the darker background for the final result turntable. Is a marine lens/eye glow video still planned?

[@cultofpaint]

Yes, it is!

[@lallsta_paints]

@@cultofpaint knew I could count on you guys :D

[@settralives]

Looks great, would love to see a video for Sons of Horus!

[@cultofpaint]

Coming up! But in the meantime check out Andy’s Masterclass on the contemptor.

[@b312n.v9]

Great vid

[@range8533]

quality stuff

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks!

[@DeadGHzGaming]

This is an outstanding job, I’m new to heresy.Do you have a link for the weapon?

[@phantomchris]

Excellent video! It got me to pull the trigger on some tamiya paints to experiment with. Quick question, what's your preferred method to get the tamiya into the airbrush? I've been pouring with a cocktail stick but seems like an accident waiting to happen.

[@OSEsean]

I use plastic pipettes off ebay

[@michaelf.7339]

Great video, thank you! One question: If you would paint a normal Mark 3 Tactical Marine with this color scheme, would you paint the backpack also green like the shoulderpads or leave it white/ivory?

[@cultofpaint]

I think I would keep it all white. Gives you the option then to differentiate units like Veterans by giving them the green backpack.

[@MLaak86]

What colours would you use for leather parts?

[@pieter-janvangucht2152]

Great stuff guys!

[@theresevoerman7109]

Great video and a wonderfully simply guide. Will there be a Son of Horus video, as I find that one an absolute horror and would like a quick, effective method.

[@cultofpaint]

There will indeed.

[@timcurtis2074]

Is there a video for painting the flamer? Cheers

[@cultofpaint]

It’s iron warriors and then I airbrushed agrax over it.

[@Exterminator9876]

Thank you for the tutorial. Nice to see that I'm not the only one thinking of tamiya deck tan for the armour. Love how they spray with an airbrush. But I have a question. I love that muted metal effect but I don't want to buy a constrast paint just for that. Do you think I can achieve that with another paint?

[@cultofpaint]

Probably, but it's good with contrast so we use that.

[@levirivard]

I'm a big fan if you guys I would like to know what compressor you use.

[@cultofpaint]

Hi Levi we use Sparmax 610 and 620. But the AS series is great if your budget can’t stretch that far.

[@anophelesnow3957]

Nothing to do with Death Guard should be encouraged. I reluctantly upvote your well-done video.

[@Halalex_]

I might just have to try this one out myself, great as always! However, I do kind of miss the part where you go over how you do the basing for this model. Can that be found on the patreon or something, or was it never filmed?

[@cultofpaint]

Check out the Indomitus playlist, the basing guide is in there.

[@Halalex_]

@@cultofpaint Wonderful! Thank you

[@cireesco]

Looks great! How'd you go about the weapon? Vallejo Model Black with an oil wash?

[@cultofpaint]

Yeah plus quick grey highlight.

[@NateVHVT]

Is that flamer from the new HH heavy weapons kits? Or a FW kit? Cracking job on the Death Guard as well!

[@cultofpaint]

Its one of the Forgeworld upgrades.

[@TheDude_Jonathan]

Great to see this series back, lovely scheme there mate. I think if there was a better Morty mini Death Guard would be my guys. Are there plans to show more of the awesome White Scars you guys did for HH weekend?

[@cultofpaint]

Sure are dude. Coming up soon.

[@marceld3086]

Thanks for all the great heresy tutorials. I'm in the middle of trying some of your tutorials for some test models to decide on a legion to repaint my old heresy army. Do i have to varnish after the pinwash, or could that cause any problems with the other acrylics i paint afterwards? I want all the matte paints to have the same finish and varnish before i do the metallic paints.

[@cultofpaint]

Hi Marcel, let the pin wash dry, varnish, do all your matte paints, varnish. Then metals.

[@marceld3086]

@@cultofpaint that helps, thanks.

[@CocoaBadger]

I was a bit confused about the oil streaks step. Which colors were actually used? Both Dark Rust and Sepia is dark brown colors, so which was actually used for the orange?

[@cultofpaint]

Dark Rust. May look brown on the card but its most certainly orange when painted on.

[@CocoaBadger]

@@cultofpaint gotcha. Thanks for replying! This will be my recipe for the new HH release!

[@sing3rsjd765]

@@cultofpaint confused by this... did you only use the one oil on the streaking step? there was a bright orange on the card... did this get mixed in or just not used? Cheers.

[@theresevoerman7109]

Any tips on painting the weapon? Did you airbrush the hand holding the weapon at the same time as the rest of the model and then paint in the black of the flamer after?

[@cultofpaint]

I did yes. And the weapon is just black, edge grey, oil wash.

[@theresevoerman7109]

@@cultofpaint thanks. Also the turntable display of the model at the end is much better than the still photos.

[@nickbryant2394]

you guys looking at doing raven guard once the mk 6 drops? im very interested to see a warm, dirty black, like post dropsite non stop fighting.

[@cultofpaint]

Be rude not to!

[@nickbryant2394]

@@cultofpaint oooooo very good, very good indeed!

[@casualgaming2351]

Thanks again for the great tutorial. Which oilwash would you use for a heresy era ultramarines army ? Thanks in advance for the answer

[@cultofpaint]

Black always works well on blue.

[@casualgaming2351]

@@cultofpaint ok thanks.Thought about a mix of red and black(bigger part black) to have a contrast to the blue)

[@haltes]

How hard would it be to replicate this scheme without using Tamiya paints? I was thinking about Vallejo Model Air specifically, as I would really rather avaid spraying solvent based paints :(

[@cultofpaint]

@@haltes you'd get a similar look.

[@haltes]

@@cultofpaint Thank you!

[@7sharp9b5]

Hi Henry, just found this channel and I'm loving the videos! I'm just curious as to why you sometimes choose to use an oil wash and sometimes use an enamel panel liner like Air Series AK Paneliners, are the oil washes better than the enamel panel liners or just different colour options?

[@cultofpaint]

glad you're enjoying the vids. You get a slightly different effect from the two different products. I flit between which i prefer. But from an efficiency standpoint I think oil is the winner as I can use the same one to wash as i can to streak etc.

[@DynamicEcho]

I'll be doing sons of horus for 30k, but I'm accumulating 40k death guard and I may have to go with this scheme as a basis for them. Great excuse to buy some more tamiya paints if nothing else

[@cultofpaint]

Always a good purchase!

[@itzdjx8474]

What was the basing process please?

[@cultofpaint]

Check the heresy playlist, full video there.

[@itzdjx8474]

@@cultofpaint thank you kindly - just picked up your evolution airbrush can’t wait to get it in action :)

[@samuelvoke2347]

Has anyone tried this? Is the white finish very white?

[@simoncarter4576]

Where do you get the pot that you mix the oils in?

[@cultofpaint]

Search for “metal mixing dish for paint”, they come in multipacks from various brands.

[@FelipeBudinich]

What backpack is that? (Ah, flamer!)

[@Sommeill]

Do you varnish after you finish painting?

[@cultofpaint]

No

[@dziknadnotecki]

do youy thin the gloss varnish or just go from the bottle ?

[@cultofpaint]

I need to think my polyurethane gloss about 3:1 thinner:varnish

[@dziknadnotecki]

@@cultofpaint and what thiner? And mat also ?

[@dziknadnotecki]

@@cultofpaint I'm very pleased for your answer :)

[@cultofpaint]

@@dziknadnotecki normal airbrush thinner. Just thin it enough so that you can spray it at normal pressure and apply 3-5 layers. This will vary with every varnish brand/type

[@gettonmoreorless3741]

Finally

[@Necronominis]

Still waiting for the Kratos

[@MightyGachiman]

My dude absolutely nice video, BUT TRIM YOUR NAIIIIIIILS

[@sawa3643]

This is void, when i would Paint an 2K P. Army. sry this is only for 1 Mini.......SAD

[@philsho36]

This looks great and is how I’m planning to do my Death Guard (at the test model, as I’m new to airbrushing) thank you for this video. This might be a silly question but in terms of characters and Mortarion is there anything you’d do as standard to make them more “special” like an extra highlight or do they achieve that just by being more detailed. I’m on Patreon so I’ll be going through the videos and working out how to do larger scale things such as vehicles but centrepiece models still intimidate me a bit.

[@cultofpaint]

With a character model I’ll just take more time. Be more accurate. I often find that the sculpt itself adds all the extra “oomph” I need.

[@philsho36]

@@cultofpaint thank you for getting back to me and really quickly! :) really appreciate the tip. Now to get assembling and painting