How to Paint: Duncan's Void Knights.

We had plenty of you guys asking us to do painting tutorial for Duncan's first miniature from a video we posted a few weeks back (6 Things I wish I knew when I started painting). Well, we were glad to oblige and are more than happy to do a video showing you how to paint The Void Knights! We hope you guys enjoy it 😊
Remember you can join up and see plenty more exclusive tutorials on our website at www.duncanrhodes.com.
Paints used:
Grey Seer
Corax White
Averland Sunset
Agrax Earthshade
Matt Black (Army Painter)
Leadbelcher
Nuln Oil
Retributor Gold
Screamer Pink
Zandri Dust
Ushabti Bone
Matt White (Army Painter)
Mechanicus Standard Grey
Liberator Gold
Shining Silver (Army Painter)
Pink Horror
Screaming Skull
Rhinox Hide
Blood Angels Red
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[@mrdaven7579]

Duncan: It is inevitable that you will make a mistake... Duncan: *purposefully makes a mistake to seem relatable*

[@Slenkamure]

there are no mistakes just cheeky little highlights

[@dafish8492]

@@Slenkamure apart from... one thick coat

[@thefalcon9234]

Void knights Successors of: imperial fists The void knights are known for their humble beginnings as a small chapter of imperial fists who would paint their armor with extremely thick coats. They have since matured into a Noble chapter famous for using two thin fortifications instead of one thick one while creating barricades for the battle field

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Nice

[@michaeldorn5330]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA hello Duncan you beauty 👋

[@michaeldorn5330]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA lord Duncan drill your barrels hahahaah

[@TheSlamburger]

That’s a solid battle strategy. Two slightly weaker forts, one tanks the main assault, while the second acts as a fallback position and/or fire support.

[@phillydcinematics2543]

actually, id have a cool rule for paint coats: if the paint is thick, add +1 to the save number of the mini but remove +2 movement. thought of it just now

[@benwalls5946]

11 year old Duncan was surprisingly good at making color schemes.

[@ImrahilToChaos]

Rad name, 11 year old Duncan had good taste.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you

[@luluthescylla7162]

White and black on a "void Knight", makes me think of hollow Knight

[@julieceasar8342]

Confirmed, Duncan can see into the future

[@joryll]

When I was younger I had made my own type of space marines and called them the Mithril Maelstroms lmao

[@Videomakerlol69]

10 year old me had the ‘aether eternals’

[@oldben5363]

I'm so early that Erebus hasn't ruined everything yet.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Nice 😂

[@markjarvis72]

That’s until the Pantheon turn up back in time to the point you wrote that comment on youtube

[@maxiscol]

#ErebusDidNothingWrong

[@vinnylatoria4478]

@@maxiscol Close. But it's #MagnustheReddidnothingwrong

[@Selzor]

@@maxiscol you my friend are dead wrong

[@AlexijSeptimus]

Dear Duncan, We need your full army spotlight! Regards, Everyone.

[@jacobplayer2709]

I came to say this. I wanna see the void nights in all their glory!

[@robertcapestany6019]

Yes! We must to see all of them!

[@akaikiseki9346]

Duncan is the Bob Ross of mini-painting. I could listen to him painting for days.

[@Shaderaygun]

I think he needs to show us how to paint some happy little wargame scenery trees to complete the image.

[@Effenent]

You should check out GooberTown Hobbies - kzbin.info/door/OviJ8lr6PHli_PjCH0a-4g

[@conorkerlin5928]

Chapter Master Rhodes, glory be unto his brush!

[@graemecollin]

I love the fact that you can't help that wry smile whenever you say "Two thin coats" ...

[@joshbecka6110]

“He has chevrons because 11 year old me thought they looked awesome” No arguments here

[@MrTrilbe]

Wait Perturabo stole 11 year old Duncan's idea! Doesn't plan an Iron Warriors army and call the Preator Duncan Rhodes

[@debdasilva1694]

I honestly really like Duncan bringing up the fact that mistakes are pretty much unavoidable, but they can be fixed or worked around. It certainly makes me feel better about messing up!

[@miguelortiz3836]

It is really good to see how you have become better with the years and really inspiring. Sometimes I see my own minis and think they aren't great but then I watch a video like this and gives me hope that I can get better until they look really good.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Everyone has to start somewhere, just keep practicing, learn from your mistakes, never give up and mainly. just enjoy it, enjoy the process. 😊

[@MaskedRiderChris]

I'm there with you on that one, I feel the same way! I'm not nearly the maestro that Overlord Duncan is, but it's because of watching his videos in part (other than just sitting down and doing it often) that my painting has improved markedly over the last couple years in particular. He rocks, eh?

[@miguelortiz3836]

@@MaskedRiderChris he definitely rocks. It really amazes me how he starts with just a bit of grey plastic and comes up with beautiful minis to the point that it is a bit incredible that they can end up looking like that but watching his process through this videos and the old community ones is enlightening because that way we can follow him and get something similar if not exactly right for now. So let's keep practicing, watching and following in hopes that we can be as good as him or almost as good at least ;)

[@commodusleitdorf2726]

Don't worry man, painting is a skill. Practice, practice, practice and you'll be good too.

[@pedrobastos8132]

If you are feeling a bit bad about your skills, just pick up one of your first miniatures and compare to a recent one. The difference will be night and day, and you will fulfilled and proud of yourself.

[@cordial001]

I'm impressed that the old mini actually had some thought put into it. My first space marines were all olive green and black, because I thought they were just space army guys. I had no clue about different chapters and couldn't fathom why you might want to paint any of them red, or bright blue or whatever. When I learned a little more about 40k my favorite chapter became the Dark Angels, simply because I thought they were dressed the most sensibly.

[@jackdaw7792]

With that kind of introduction, I'm sure you'd get a kick out of the Raptors chapter.

[@pianospawn1]

Hahaha! I was exactly the same! People kept saying to me “all the other Warhammer models are so colorful, you should make them colorful” ...so I gave my olive green dudes yellow shoulder pads to make them happy. Had the same thoughts about the Dark Angels even.

[@CallanElliott]

Raptors are the ones you're looking for. Dark Angels appear to be sensibly dressed until all the monastic vestments come out.

[@pogsothoth]

The raven guard seem suited well to stealth until they pull out the WHITE HELMETS

[@c4darkmane616]

11yr old me had the Cyber Sharks, a crusade force of several chapters, they became stranded on a remote planet. With no hope of rescue all the marines integrated with the small human colony, becoming farmers , miners and fishermen, many years later they returned to conflict when a battle between Blood angels and Eldar crashed on to the surface of their world. So the Marines left their families taking their sons as to form up the scouts (yes 11yr old me tore up the lore book like a rebel) using all the salvaged armour and tech to form a new New Chapter they all had grey and black camo shoulder pads and a mix of chapter armour colours. They even created a Hybrid of Eldar and Terminator armour that worked and looked a lot like Gravis, atleast in my head (a genius before my time, Cawl stole my work) Though sticking terminator arms on eldar models isnt really the greatest looking thing.... I was happy for a year or so, until my friend Mr.C explained Space marines couldn't make babies with humans and how crap my paint scheme actually looked so i swapped them for his 2nd Ed plastic orks, they go re-sprayed into his Blood angels. on my 13th birthday i joined the Dark Angels, 10years later 9 of the Repainted Cyber sharks and a Blood angel SGT returned to my collection as Mr.C needed drinking money and i started blood angels.

[@jackolantern9034]

that’s actually an awesome chapter backstory.

[@fabmax41]

Duncan, could you someday make a "behind the scenes" video? so we could see how all of this is made :)

[@nicolastousignant9160]

To be clear, any excuse to get to meet Roger..... Also, does he warhammer and can we see them?

[@friedb]

Great way to start my morning!

[@xXSpritueurXx]

I think it's very good to show us your mistakes during the first shading of agrax earthshade, lot of beginners like me need it to see we are not alone

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Glad it helped 😊

[@KaboukiJoe]

Yep. My first time painting was on a white Tau turret. The mess I got after shading was disheartening, but then, the power of the clean up stages!

[@smackham4683]

Amazing concept, seems like a cool chapter

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you 😊

[@seanwhitman8353]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Have you decided what geneseed they would be based on? This sort of thing sounds like Rogal Dorn.

[@anexistanthuman2435]

@@seanwhitman8353 Rogal Dorn would not allow Hazard Stripes.

[@seanwhitman8353]

@@anexistanthuman2435 Maybe they are Crimson Fist successors? And Cawl doesn't care.

[@Slenkamure]

@@seanwhitman8353 to be fair i sort of believe 9/10 of the cool shite in admech is because Cawl doesn't care.......like one day he went beep boop cowboys on giant cyborg dogs that breath fire!

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Duncan Sharing His Childhood: Truly A Good Man

[@SkyPhoenix_3991]

Sooooo, a new chapter to join my Deathwatch force! :D I love to integrate custom chapters ^^

[@Slamdoxicalz]

No intention on painting miniatures but these videos are basically therapy

[@vaniellys]

Young Duncan would be sooo proud of you !

[@TheMikeman11]

Some of these methods will be great for my white scars!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Absolutely

[@adambailey890]

Exactly what I was thinking! Duncan makes painting white power armour less daunting 100%

[@keemokaamo559]

Love how you rember and developed the details of your first army. It really shows your passion for the hobby.

[@RAB-om9jy]

Ah if only time travel was possible, you'd blow 11 year old Duncans mind when he saw his Void Knights so expertly realised

[@billdoetsch]

The shading and white armor really look great with this technique.

[@thegoodlifeonlybettr]

Favorite painting videos by far - thanks Duncan!

[@Rebellion192]

All of these tutorials are just top class, both for actual instructive purposes and just as something therapeutic and entertaining to watch. Thank you to both of you for your hard work, can’t wait for more!

[@Seraphimvgames]

I don't even paint miniatures or play Warhammer, i'm just here for the chill vibe and the technique

[@jooshjooshministhetics8048]

11:10 "So a great way to test that is to do lines" Ah yes, the ol' "Valhallan Blizzard", I catch your drift, Duncan.

[@thierrysultan1468]

This is why I love your videos. It's not only a two-thin-coats-god demonstration of force, it's also the tale of a hobbyist, from childhood to now, with all the fun that comes with !

[@trstock7760]

So glad you're out here doing these videos still! Really helped inspire me to get painting the mountains of grey plastic!

[@vitaliyred622]

Ahhh, I see loyalist iron warriors! Definitely not traitor stock, same with Sons of the Phoenix. Gosh, I love 40k lore secrets)

[@michaela4143]

Yeah that plus the demo model has a "IV" marking... Nothing to see here inquisitor I swear!

[@vitaliyred622]

@@michaela4143 yep

[@JainZar1]

@@vitaliyred622 Also, the Chapter/Legion Symbol being on the right shoulder is a clear indicator for their old heritage, wearing mostly Mk V and VI armour. The chevrons replaced the studs on the newer shoulder guards.

[@uruk_bye1232]

I've been painting for roughly the same amount of time, and I direct everyone that asks me questions to you. This video, in particular, shows so many skills that it's a perfect primer to leveling up as a painter. Glad to be a subscriber to the painting academy, and I'm thankful that you're making teaching my friends easy!

[@sethkoehler5541]

I'm actually 12 years old and I love your color scheme and I will have to try it out. And if you want Ican show you when im done!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Sounds great Seth

[@hammondify2478]

I just want to say thank you Duncan. You helped me learn to paint warhammer and as of that I have improved greatly, so thankyou Chapter Master Duncan.

[@MatthewSmith-jy3eu]

Very nice scheme!!! I love it when schemes aren't just boring palette swaps of other existing chapters, but they instead have their own unique colours, layouts or details. It's almost like a mix between Luna wolves and iron warriors too!!

[@SamCM40K]

One of the best painting tutorials I've ever seen, you really made that look easy fantastic job thank you. Also outstanding paint scheme great Style.

[@Thenextworldwar]

So 11 year old Duncan managed to create a Space Marine color scheme that makes the model look genuinely badass and intimidating to me, something GW itself has never succeeded at. Neat!

[@twitchybristles]

This is the kind of improvement in miniature painting I aspire to. Brilliant work, Duncan!

[@echodelta2426]

The Void Knight looks outstanding. Great colors and awesome tutorial. Love that you superimposed the paints and brushes you used on the top of the screen.

[@muffoman4269]

My favorite part of the week!!

[@SamFisherUK]

I can't belive the stripes are hand painted! They look amazingly stright! I was sure you were going to get out the masking tape like I do for this kind of thing. Wonderful job!

[@tristanlee8495]

God, I love how smug you look in the thumbnails.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Smug? Just happy lol, always happy 😊

[@artycharr]

"ah, smug mode". kzbin.info/www/bejne/p37EYXaunKikn68

[@_.alex.-]

Duncan, you are the Bob Ross of miniature painting, glad you are doing what you love :D

[@samuelmijal5266]

So GOOD! Love the scheme, and you did an amazing job as always. It's also great to see you go back to a scheme you painted as a kid and the little bits of lore were excellent!

[@johnkelley9877]

Beautifully painted Duncan! The color scheme is simple but very neat looking.Thanks for sharing this tutorial on painting this, it was great to watch.

[@adriansmith2639]

Videos like this are why I’m glad Duncan has his own channel now.

[@weavelcow9596]

After watching so many painting videos it makes me want to start collecting.

[@dawarrior76]

Duncan this space marine chapter looks so cool...and the new Primaris Space Marines with their beatyfull new armor are just perfect for it. To think you came up with this scheme at 11 y/o wow...the future was set right then and there for you. Great work...really love it

[@ralex3697]

Just love Duncan’s work Great painter GW certainly misses him

[@WePaintMinis]

Loved seeing you repaint your Void Knights, Duncan. Also inspired me to continue with my White Scars!

[@rebel1052k]

Glorious!

[@codyray909]

I love hearing about custom Space Marine chapters so this was awesome!

[@zombiesalmon4997]

11 year old duncan must’ve been awesome to hang out with. Brilliant as always

[@ivanvidovic2994]

Very cool and interesting chapter design. They must be Iron Warriors successors. The stripes give it away.

[@guillermomelendez7950]

Man, your videos just keep getting better and more entertaining, You're really funny.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks Guillermo 😊

[@TheStormingmonkey]

I have decided that I'm subscribed for using small ideas for different things. Obi wan's armour for my tau These chevrons for my Iron warriors I love this channel and your great style of tips and advice!

[@adamfox1669]

Thanks D! Loving the channel. Always pick up a new skill or technique. Much appreciated. Best regards from Providence ,RI

[@cyagen9782]

Nice seeing you revisiting this legendary mini.

[@jackmann3879]

If I tried this paint scheme, I would have botched it within the first 5 minutes. Keep up the amazing work mate.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Duncan's first Void Knight - Who are you? Duncan's primaris Void Knight - I'm you from the future.

[@SNBattleReports]

These look great !

[@AndrewPeverells]

Hey Duncan, fan from Italy here. I just wanted to thank you for all the help and inspiration you gave to our little community of tabletop gamers here where I live. You truly are a legend among painters of all countries! Cheers and keep it up :)

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words Andrea. I'll pass these on to Roger (the other half of our team). We're glad you enjoy it and say hi to your community for us 😊

[@GalianMode]

Hazard stripes are everything!!!

[@thedroid9062]

Great video,so good to have you here on KZbin.

[@dominicvucic8654]

I learned so much from watchingnyor videos here and on gw and I feel happy with the work I do thank you

[@RockRanchCowboy]

I've been trying to find a quick way to paint my Votann with white armor for months now. This was a great tutorial, thank you.

[@larrynintendo6838]

Love this color scheme!

[@nicmcconchie2199]

This video was really well done. Fantastic painting, and fantastic camera work and editing.

[@corbinpearce7686]

I like how when Duncan was trying to explain how to correct runaway wash, he tried to do a section quickly so he’d have a mess to clean up and still did it perfectly, then had to go and make the mistake deliberately. Truly a master who has to try to mess up.

[@Garf696]

Just painted a single marine in this chapters colours for fun. Looks great; this is a nice looking colour scheme.

[@jaydenhansord8336]

Greetings from Australia (it’s 10:51pm currently) but when I saw this I was like “gotta go fast!!” 😂

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hiya! 😊

[@Real_GalaxyCat]

What a great video! The ideas of ship to ship boarding actions, the yellow shoulder and the theme of 'knight' made me think of these guys as Imperial Fist successors. Their gene-seed brothers might have an issue with hazard markings though. I have some old Crimson Fists I painted when I was a little kid (they were on the box at rhe time!) and still love those guys....

[@phillipchronister7035]

Great vid. I'm still having problems painting white, but this gives me hope. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@spidey10to1]

Looks kind of like a stormtrooper from Star Wars. Excellent as always sir Duncan.

[@MelkorBauglir25]

I like that scheme. 11 y old Duncan can be proud. Great job

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

We think he will be proud too 😊

[@davebowman9000]

Hope you tell more about them like who's their Primarch, favored tactics and their area of operation! They look cool!

[@euansmith3699]

In the Grim Darkness of the present, Duncan's voice is a much-needed salve.

[@keithrose7821]

Man that looks awesome

[@Sammo212]

Thanks, Duncan. Your stuff always teaches me something and its also fun and relaxing. Hopes fall 2020 treats you well.

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

This is really really awesome.

[@lieuwedewolf2476]

I am so glad you made your own channel! I really enjoyed your warhammer tv videos. Also the white and yellow colours almost don't look real, they're that good!

[@thegasmask8736]

I love your paint scheme and I hope to see more in the future

[@beaubooker433]

Awesome!!

[@kastorinatoryoutube3959]

I love your tutorials 😱

[@aidandegg4176]

Such a good colour schemes - hazard lines look amazing. Use hazard lines as the trim on the bases of all my Necromunda stuff - it's a great visual.

[@keeganzemper4666]

Watching at 7:23 and seeing the "how to pain stormtroopers" video in the suggested I'm sensing the same color scheme! Thanks for the vid!

[@mityakiselev]

I also started painting WarHammer at the age of about 11-12 years. However, I collected Tyranids, not Space Marines. I remember my first model, it was a Carnifex, and I tried to paint it in the Leviathan colour scheme without any knowledge of life hacks and tricks like thinning down paints, washing, highlighting, all that sort of stuff, and it turned out *horrible.* One day, I am hoping to return to my hobby and try actually painting a model with all your tips in mind.

[@petermalich3171]

Would love to see a video of the brushes you prefer for different step/techniques. Still new to the hobby so the subtle aspects I still don’t fully grasp yet.

[@hyfryd6677]

Anywhere I can find backstory for the Void Knights? Love reading people's homebrew lore.

[@cornmaized]

There’s a cute KZbin comment, it has a lot of likes so it’s neat the top. That’s kinda it though

[@duffman2.096]

Back in the days of the snap fot paint set when the gw stores smelt of solvent and boxes was a fiver each... the good old days of racks on racks of blisters that made kids dream lol 😆

[@ZeroHxC07]

That color scheme is pretty classy

[@nicolastousignant9160]

Great color scheme!

[@WinterWizard7]

That was so cool and interesting! 🧙‍♂️

[@ArchArturo]

As someone that wants to start a WEs army with the Pre-Heresy color scheme, the tutorial is super useful for me.

[@kingsnogaryen6292]

This model is brilliant! Makes me want to design one of my own...

[@powerhouse6165]

As a space wolf player that shoulder brings me great joy

[@edwindrood2816]

Brilliant job

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks Eddie 😊

[@TmsFin]

Came in for chevrons, did not regret it. No more getting offset in the middle and backside cause I started in the front corner! Also love the chapter colors. Iron Within Iron Without!