How to paint GREY POWER ARMOR (Space Wolves, Carcharodons, Retributors...)

[@psychedashell]

Always preferred a proper grey - After all, the fluff does refer to the Wolves' armour as "Storm Grey'.

[@Thesahilparikh]

Thanks for posting this! Just finished stripping mine to redo them with this method. Great timing!

[@RaddiCraft]

That's great to hear, good luck mate!

[@neiljames4126]

Could you add a full list of the colours used, I want to use this my new space wolves army

[@Gaspingindeath]

That base for Ragnar makes the pose look so much better! Great job on him, and awesome vid!

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks mate!

[@goatmealcookies7421]

Nice step by step. Looks fantastic!

[@nathaniel4334]

Wow. Thanks for this. Learned so much.

[@BjornTheFellHanded1]

Army painter uniform grey with a nuln oil wash looks pretty good for grey armor aswell

[@billybobhouse9559]

Awesome work. Im going to try this myself. The guy at the end was awesome. Is that a model you can buy or is it a conversion?

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks! It's a conversion based on the Sergeant Jovan model.

[@sprinks9944]

Yess! Been waiting for this! Mine has just arrived!

[@RaddiCraft]

Awesome, have fun painting him up, it's an amazing model!

[@simonkatz3779]

How do you do those custom poses? they're awesome.

[@UnderdogPainting]

Great video just what I been looking for subbed look forward to watching more content

[@RaddiCraft]

Awesome, glad you liked it! Working to improve my video quality & production value right now so yeah, more to come! 😄

[@JamsMiniMods]

Nice one man.. I need to up my airbrush game, I'll try some of your tips next time!

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks and good luck! 😄

[@Dendarien]

for that dark grey mix, maybe try german grey from vallejo?

[@RaddiCraft]

will have to take a look, thanks!

[@leonadis1047]

amazing tutorial ! the miniatures looks astonishing ,but i have 2 questions 1 is it hard to fix mistakes on this kind of airbrushed gradient ? 2 is the process hard to reproduce without an airbrush and just paint brushes, or is it something you don't recommend ?

[@RaddiCraft]

thank you! Fixing mistakes can be tricky, with the Wolves I usually just place battle damage in the areas where I've made mistakes. The process is harder to reproduce with an airbrush if you want exactly the same transitions etc., but if you're happy with a flatter basecoat then Dawnstone gets you pretty close!

[@jasonnoble5047]

Hi, the model at the end had a very cool, Cape and shoulder fur, where did they come from

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks! Cape is from Chaos Marauders, shoulder fur from Thunderwolf Cavalry I think, not 100% sure on that.

[@tomimaatta1348]

Such a helpful video. You rule! Do you use this painting method with all of your minis, or just with the ones that will end up for showcase?

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks, glad you like it! I've only really painted display-level Wolves after I came up with this recipe, but am going to paint some stuff that's more tabletop soon and I was planning on simplifying the recess shading and edge highlights for them at least 😄

[@4PillarsGaming]

Nice work! I love the grey color scheme and would love to implement it! Do you have any advice using this color scheme with GW contrast product line? I.e. which paints, technique, zenith highlight, etc. Thanks!

[@RaddiCraft]

I've not tried it personally, but I think Basilicanum Grey over a white zenithal prime might do the job. Let me know if you try it!

[@Northwoodslures]

This is exactly what I've been looking for, tutorials on painting Gray power armor are few and far between and the ones that do exists look boring. I am also in the process of painting Ragnar Blackmane, As well as the rest of Myspace wolves army. I also purchase an airbrush and M deciding if and how I want to use it to paint grey armor, any other tips and advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to figure out how to give a nice Gray armor look that still has high contrast and then I will be doing weathering and chipping and battle damage. Thanks again for the video, I liked and subscribed! Cheers! ~Lupus Insidias

[@nickwilko6420]

Man i have always felt the bluish colour was boring and didnt feel nordic nor powerful but this gray makes me feel the opposite and the wolves are a force to fear

[@Asbestos91]

Hello, do you have an tip for me to achieve a smiliar result without an airbrush :)

[@RaddiCraft]

I'd say basecoat using Dawnstone, do the brush steps as in the video. It's a bit darker overall but that's how I used to do mine before I staryed airbrushing 😄

[@alexandergalica9383]

Mmm BLENDING 😊

[@projektiron7105]

Awaiting Darren Lathams comment 👀

[@RaddiCraft]

👀

[@edgelord7917]

Do the same tutorial without an airbrush and I'll love you forever

[@RaddiCraft]

Dawnstone basecoat, rest of the steps same should give a somewhat similar result! That's how I used to do these before. I'll see if I can do something like that for a video at some point mate :)

[@praiseYAHalways]

MUCH better....I've always hated that baby blueish color

[@Szczerzysmiech]

that is a good shit sir!

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks!

[@kingsnogaryen6292]

This comment is for the KZbin algorithm.

[@fin4889]

Just paint them grey..

[@George-ob3vh]

Dude please stop speaking so close into the mic we can hear your swallowing

[@RaddiCraft]

Thanks for pointing that out, didn't realize it myself. I record the audio for my newer videos differently so it might be less of an issue on them, but now I know to pay attention to it 👍

[@nathanieljernigan1147]

Dude, the Space Wolves are baby blue because of Prospero. The ground micro bits of red Thousand Sons armor just kind of gave the grey a warm hue. However the Rubric of Arhiman then warped the Thousand Sons. This also affected the bits left on the Space Wolves armor, giving it a baby blue look. Power armor is often reused for centuries being passed down from fallen marines to the younger. Originally only veterans from Prospero had the blue, but as armor got passed on it proliferated throughout the legion. This then lead to the Iron Priests forging new armors and giving them a blue paint. And if you made it this far, then congratulations. As all of this is bullshit, but I think it sounds fun and could totally be cannon for all new 40K fan would know. 🖕😂🖕

[@Northwoodslures]

Bahahahha you bastard. You should write a 40k novel for sure!