How to Paint Imperial Fist Yellow Armor

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White Primer. In this case I used White Scar Spray
Imperial Fist Yellow Contrast
Gorgrunta Fur Contrast
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Contrast Medium
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[@mechabeach]

Slanesh birthday party…in Columbia. Legendary save😂

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Yeeeah as I was saying it I was like "ooo whoops that could be interpreted as a MUCH different white residue reference 🤣"

[@bostin316]

This line won KZbin for me today...class

[@vanessaminiatures7023]

​@@DarcyBonoCreations well I dont get the Columbia reference so I still got the 1st degree dirty joke 😂 or are we talking snif powder?

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

I was originally thinking sniff powder 😆....then realized that the Slaaneshi thing worked on another level as well!

[@ursinecanine9657]

I'd attend 😅😈

[@SunChaserXVII]

This is the first time I've seen something painted with the new Imperial Fists yellow, it's very impressive! Never thought I'd see a yellow paint cover like that. Cheers for showcasing it like that. Very nice terminators as well!

[@LiamBeattieLCR]

Oh wow this is great! I tried a test marine with just Imperial Fist and it just looked too flat, so I abandoned it. I'll definitely revisit that test model now with this technique. Thank you!

[@kituschownus4335]

Best tutorial for IFs I’ve seen yet, defo going to try it. Would love to see some contrast custodes in the future!

[@OneofInfinity.]

Applying the base yellow looks so smooth for a yellow... it makes me want to try it out just for the sake of feeling the brush strokes.

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Contrast > wash > white > contrast is a very nice one that deserves to be explored with many colors (your note on the specific nature of this one notwithstanding). Well done.

[@anderslundtoft2315]

What a nice and simple time efficient way to get a deep yellow! Love it

[@kingfield99]

Imperial Fists were my first army back in 1989, yes I'm old, at the time my painting process involved yellow paint straight out of the pot all over, then a bit of silver on the guns, finished off with a goblin green base. Each model took about 1 minute. They weren't good...

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Aaay! 89 my birth year 😄. Yeah that sounds about right for all of us pre internet childhood kids. I really wish they'd bring back Goblin Green just for nostalgia sake. Warboss Green is close but not quite the same 😔

[@gergelydarmos3190]

This is a really cool method to paint imperial fists, thx. I started painting my first army according to this and by the 4th squad, I'm starting to get quite good results. What I tend to do is after the first wash-drybrush-yellow phase do another light drybrush and apply another layer of yellow, but really lightly, mostly avoiding the edges completely. This helped me get more consistent gradients. Worked on Dreadnought really well.

[@Silver-Tower]

Thank you so much for this video, I plan on my Drukhari with Imperial Fist and knowing Imperial Fist is one of the contrast paints that goes smooth on flat panels is great for my vehicles.

[@richardbradley2335]

Best vid ive seen on yellow....lovingly done.

[@HeadHunterSix]

Why didn't this color exist back when I still played 40K? I spent an entire summer experimenting with all sorts of ways to get the yellow that I liked, and this makes it so simple. I saw your video about using makeup brushes for drybrushing a few years ago, and it was a _game changer_ ! I get _so_ much better (and faster) results since I started doing that. Thank you!

[@chrisw5123]

I've been uming and ahing about starting an IF army for 10ed but was daunted by the whole yellow thing - am definitely going to give this a try!

[@Nigelius]

Awesome tutorial, really leans into contrasts strength using easy to learn techniques.

[@Desheep]

this technique makes so much more sense to me than the commonly recommended base > zenithal > highlight > contrast, which frankly looks terrible outside of youtube.

[@freelancerblitz2579]

At first I was think what the hell are you doing! then I was like wow that looks awesome! Nice work

[@knoxminis1211]

Great yellow recipe and process. I'm sure it could help a lot of Heresy folks as there are a lot of Imperial Fist armies out there for Heresy.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Amazing The Yellow Threat of The Past Is No More Absolutely Love The Simple Tutorial

[@MiNDmaZing]

Wow so satisfying painting that yellow went on smooth😊

[@Lambgg]

Awesome video I am painting my LGS Leviathan demo box with this technique today!

[@nickwilson5390]

I like the orange hue in the recess rather than just a dark yellow. Looks great

[@theafterbiter]

I’ve been searching for an IF painting method for my army for AGES but couldn’t find one I liked - until now! Thank you Darcy! This method is insanely effective and even fun to use on my Leviathan models!

[@FacesNBases]

Brilliant guide on how to get the most out of that wonderful yellow so easily. Have taken lots of notes and look forward to painting something yellow soon!

[@wesbrown3831]

Ms Bono, ABSOLUTELY enjoyed your tutorial. Direct, clear and simple. I am a much older hobbiest with no aspirations of becoming some pro painter, I just want to create goid looking models with the least amount of work and your style does that for me...thank you!🎉😊

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Hey thank you very much! I'm glad you like it. Yeah if I can paint something that makes a passerby stop and go "those look cool" then I'm satisfied 😄.

[@wesbrown3831]

@@DarcyBonoCreations i am aware that you are extremely talented and capable of surpassing this beginner technique... what was refreshing was that you took the time to consider us folks who are only starting or may be intimidated by higher leveled artist and you made it relatable. Thank you again.

[@Benry87]

I generally strongly dislike Contrast/Speed Paint videos, but the way you used them here was absolutely brilliant. I'm completely reassessing my approach to painting my IF army! Thanks!

[@karlshobby9109]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial! I’m happy I found your channel. I did a zenithal undercoat, followed your recipe and addes some chipping and highlights with sponge and I’m loving the results, thank you!

[@Sonof_DRN2004]

Best tutorial I’ve seen for sure.

[@Ruinstad694]

I like the style of this :). I wonder how much different it would look if you started from a powdery pink instead of the ivory. Might be able to more depth in your yellow with the same amount of steps.

[@LexaSkull]

honestly, step 1 of this guide is the most important to make proper yellow. Prime the miniature with white - and then even terrible citadel's averland sunset will be smooth and cool. love the guide, hopefully i'll get my hands on new leviathan set and contrast yellow. not for imperial fists, but for lamenters though

[@mikkelskum707]

THIS!!! Such a good video, it really inspired me a lot! I love this way of painting, it really works well, its easy, and dont take a lot of time. Easily one of the best mini painting tricks i have seen in a while, and i have seen a lot! It also works well with other colors. Thanks so much, keep up the good work!

[@gradylawless4239]

Wasn't expecting this to be as easy as this for that level of finish! Would be awesome if you can figure out some more contrast combos like this!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Thank you! My whole channel is basically all Contrast painting 😄. I've done similar armor ones for World Eaters (30k & 40k) and black armor on Leagues of Votann. Red Armor kzbin.info/www/bejne/epemeatolK-WkLs Black Armor kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKe0m5uOmt-Xn8U

[@ObsidianNinja1]

Absolute sorcery, such a good video thank you!!

[@ru224d]

Awesome tutorial. Was interested in painting yellow power armour, but even as a somewhat skilled painter I was concerned at the amount of effort. Painted a test model and found it easy AND awesome! Much thanks to you @DarcyBonoCreations !

[@Halliden88]

This looks bloody amazing, gonna do my IFs like this ❤

[@erinweatherly6539]

Thank you ! This was a really simple and process driven video with great insight.

[@allenbenningfield3865]

This is a super smooth finish.

[@jamie6091]

Thanks for teaching me new painting techniques - much appreciated :)

[@DigitalOrigami]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks for sharing this.

[@RogerS1978]

That looks a great yellow, think I might try it over my usual pink/white zentithal

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Try thinning it a little if you do! It's really opaque.

[@MIDencezzz]

THANK YOUUU, i was very close to start another chapter for my first army because i was afraid of painting the yellow armor

[@vandals4873]

great tutorial and perfect timing for me this week

[@phocr0n]

THANK YOU for this! I tried it on one of my terminators and it worked like a charm. Using it for my Lamenters now. :)

[@FenrirFrostborn]

i keep coming back to this video for yellow and I have to say your quickly becoming among the top 3 of my favorite hobby channels.

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Oh wow thank you! 😊

[@ianperiquet5141]

Thank you! Have been looking to paint some dead Fists up for my bases, this recipe looks great!

[@adamduncombe594]

Cracking video! Really well explained 🎉

[@knightscross6568]

Absolutely loved this tutorial! Thank you so much :)

[@stefmassmemory4538]

Thanks for this very smart way to paint imperial fist army ! I will use it to go on my own army. Long life to your channel !

[@minipaintingforyou]

Wow! 😮 Thank you for sharing!

[@yikeswazowski9838]

This is such a good tutorial! I wish I knew before I finished my lamenters. I'll just have to make more with this style

[@codylittrel]

This video is simple and perfect thank you! I am using this tutorial to paint my Tau army yellow! It’s turning out so good and I’m hyped I found this video!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Awesome! I actually really love the Tau (despite preferring more ragey melee centric armies). I look forward to seeing them!

[@maxbrandt6]

Nicely done, Darcy! This will help me with an upcoming project needing plenty of yellow.

[@Engarde6875]

Your video was very helpful in painting some lamenters for my blood angels army! Thank you very much for the easy to follow guide.

[@broncofun5636]

Great tips on the brushes

[@gregmccormack5709]

Noice! What a pleasing final result👍🏻

[@mattyvoodoo]

Tried this today. Worked brilliantly! Thank you!

[@Chyll07]

This was a greatly useful video! For anyone interested, I played around trying to find the formula if using Speed Paint instead of Citadel Contrast. Burnished Red seems the right substitute for Goregrunta brown. I think the ratio of Burnished Red to Speed Paint medium may be as high as 4:1, however.

[@newrev9er]

Oh my GOD! This is like magic! D: Thank you so much! The contrast->shade->stipple/highlight->contrast process is just amazing! wow!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful. I need to call it something catcher than stipple undershading 😅

[@troutwarrior6735]

Wish I could like this twice! So helpful, I think even I could do this!

[@mirage809]

Imperial Fist Yellow is some serious black magic. I have no idea how GW managed to pull it off, but it finally made yellow truly easy.

[@huwtindall7096]

Great tip to do the black first before starting with the contrast. Big time saver/mistake saver step. Also, love seeing you use a wide flat brush for contrast paint on larger surfaces! For people who have done scale modelling (i.e. Airfix style stuff) this is a no brainer. Rounded brushes are great but not for base coats on flat areas.

[@gc9522]

Thank you for this. I am yet again purchasing paints based on a great tutorial, and then sulking later when mine looks nothing like it :D I am encouraged to see the fist yellow contrast isn't like the others, I have been trying to use green today and it has been a blotchy nightmare, to the point I gave up and decided to try paint them as imperial fists.

[@Gudbjarten]

Will definitely be using this recipe 😊

[@marasmusine]

That's where I was going wrong. I had been using Iyanden Yellow in the past.

[@e-shark]

This looks amazing and such a great tutorial. You're really hyping me to try out painting 40k!

[@Antonh.]

This was useful tips! I felt something was lacking when using imperial fist on my kruleboyz shields. I will try this next time i paint yellow!

[@grimbostink7607]

Brilliant tutorial. Definitely going to use this for my veterans

[@ehabulous]

Cracking technique! 👏

[@ic3l3rd2]

This recipe is absolute genius, thank you so much! Subscribed!

[@RoboticDragon]

Interesting, fascinating way to go about this, I dig it.

[@schlockcitycinema]

Awesome vid! I always paint cheap and say all you need is your base color, dark wash and white. My black and white are my most used colors and I glaze the base back over the highlights to pull the saturation back. I love bringing my pallet down to the least amount of paint pots possible and using what I got. This proves you don't need 4 different shades of the same color to achieve great results!

[@UndeaDKiller]

OMG! best Imperial Fist tuto ever!

[@user-ny6sv8pz5g]

Impressive painting~!! Nice tips Dry brushing and yellow color painting!

[@UD0N_TV]

So Darcy, thank you very much on this paint tutorial! i was searching for one with a simple and easy imperial fists yellow on white primer(i was looking up over 30 videos and yours is the one i imagine to go with). I am totally looking forward to paint my new Army that way, especially the models are all Dark Angels. I am going to create a 30k Fists army with all the Crusader stryle looking details but with black cloth items! Balck and yellow -> Best Color mates^^ Thank you again..... Greetz from Germany!

[@kombatwombat6579]

The slaaneshi birthday party comment caught me totally off-guard. I didn't know contrast paints could go so smooth. Thanks!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Haha yeah I've been told my delivery is very no-nonsense (oh the irony) so figured I'd throw that in for a bit more fun 😄.

[@kombatwombat6579]

@@DarcyBonoCreations Loved it. But you do you. You give out valuable information, anyone with common sense would be happy with your style and content.

[@craigvoss4414]

Im planning on doing a IF army and I am 💯 going to use this technique.

[@chrissteadman4614]

This was the first video of yours I've watched. Really well filmed, excellent clear narration, not pretentious at all (unlike some). So I've subscribed :-)

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Oh wow thank you for the kind feedback! Glad you enjoyed it 😃

[@Grumpf34]

Mind-blowing video. Thank you.

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

Good golly that’s the best looking yellow I’ve ever seen

[@SmithBluedevil8]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@naddyice5399]

Just found your channel, I love your content! Absolutely criminal you have so few subs. Showed my friends after work, hopefully you reach more people.

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Aw well thank you so much! I mainly do commissions so can't release videos regularly enough to please the algorithm gods. That and video production just really isn't my thing 😅.

[@naddyice5399]

@@DarcyBonoCreations What you’ve done with your video editing is more than enough I think. You get across everything perfectly, I wouldn’t change anything. The frequency might not please the algorithm gods but I’ll look forward to your future videos nonetheless! If your commissioners don’t mind it it’d be neat to see the process on them sometime.

[@ironxYT]

such an incredible job, and you break it down so simply. subscribed!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Well thank you! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the sub.

[@laurinkaul6537]

Wow the result looks super good. I Love it! And it does Look really easy. Really nice Video :))

[@TheHutchy01]

Lord above, that's a good yellow. If only I'd known it was that good before I used about 30 applications of ink on that Jolteon

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

After all that effort, may your THUNDER never miss 😄

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool.

[@ScaleHangar182]

Great tips. Thank you very much !

[@steveharrison76]

That’s genuinely excellent. I’m just getting back into it after a long, long time away, and (like a damned fool) I’ve decided to try lamenters, since I never really got along with yellow paint and I’m a masochist XD This is a great process. Looks really great! Thanks!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Awesome, glad you liked it! If you haven't seen it already, I highly recommend the Citadel Colour App if you haven't already seen it. It's free and is a fantastic tool for beginners and experienced painters alike. There are many different recipes all sorted by color spectrum, as well as video tutorials ranging from the fundamentals to advanced.

[@steveharrison76]

@@DarcyBonoCreations nice - thank you! I’ll check that out!

[@danbyrne1086]

This tutorial is amazing thank you! I’m going to paint my entire leviathan army like this, bar a couple hero’s!

[@60400]

Fantastic video and great explanation. Really nice work and channel. 👏

[@GamerAddictFrank]

I have always had trouble with yellow. Nice tips and I'll be giving this a try. Keep up the great work.

[@cyborgbadger1015]

It's a brilliant way of dealing with the problems with an acrylic wash over yellow. Having said that I use an enamal wash which I much prefer now.

[@Mr_Secondaries]

Gorgeous!

[@marcteissier4016]

Wow ! great video ! I will try this on my tactical squad :)

[@evanstrong4064]

This is amazing! Thank you

[@dankujbattles]

Sick! I'm getting into painting action figures and I've wanted to try yellow. The imperial fists have a pretty cool color scheme I think, thanks for the tutorial! I'll probably try this with my folk lore paint since I already have that haha

[@Alpharius-Omegon]

Well done on providing the many another method of painting our armor for infiltration operations in the future…

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

😉

[@thesigmaritepainter7803]

Great tutorial!

[@panzerkitsune]

this really makes me dare to get Imperial Fists and paint them to look good also. Thanks for doing this video

[@DukensteinA1]

You’re a very talented lady!

[@Deleted_personality]

Great video, love this technique, yellow and white can be such a pain on these guys, gonna try this out asap. 😊

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Thanks! I actually have a video on painting white as well, if you haven't seen it yet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6nOk3h9Z6yqg6ssi=hfQhjLnms69XX5oj

[@mraide]

Excellent, Thank you i have been sitting on a Drednought for 2 yaers and now have the confidence

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Awesome! You can absolutely use this process on a dreadnought. Maybe just use one drop more of the Contrast Medium to lessen the streaking/pooling when applying the Gore Grunta part. It will look really awful when it dries by the heavy stippling still breaks it up.

[@mraide]

@@DarcyBonoCreations that’s fantastic news, thank you, I have subscribed to find out more brilliant tips 👍

[@jorgenpinoy1724]

WoW, I’m going to do that with orange, thank you for the tips, really awesome work you do😊

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Thank you! If you're interested, I've actually done a somewhat similar recipe for orange armor: ko-fi.com/post/PAINTING-ORANGE-ARMOR-UPDATE-P5P5FZX4S

[@jorgenpinoy1724]

@@DarcyBonoCreations thank you so much, I’m doing kitbash Grimdark terminators, all kind of dark stuff, and I was thinking to do one in color, orange, a mercenary type.. so thank you very much🤗🤗