How to Paint SAURUS WARRIORS | SERAPHON | LIZARDMEN | AGE of SIGMAR

In this video we look at two different schemes to paint up your armies of Seraphon or Lizardmen in.
#ageofsigmar #seraphon #lizardmen
Paints Used:
GW - Mantis Warriors
GW - Plaguebearer Flesh
GW - Fleshtearers Red
GW - Ratling Grime
GW - Dreadful Visage
GW - Kabalite Green
GW - Thondia Brown
GW - Aeldari Emerald
GW - Gryph Hound Orange
GW - Flash Gitz Yellow
GW - Talassar Blue
GW - Terradon Turquoise
VGA - Verdigris
VMC - Japanese Uniform
VMC - Ice Yellow
S75 - Old Copper
S75 - Pure Copper
S75 - Moonstone Alchemy
S75 - Black Metal
S75 - Necro Gold
S75 - Peridot Alchemy
GW: Games workshop
VMC: Vallejo model colour
VMA: Vallejo model air
VGC: Vallejo game colour
VGA: Vallejo game air
VMCS: Vallejo metal colour series
S75: Scale 75
AK: AK Interactive
W&N: Winsor & Newton
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[@johnnoble6989]

PLEASE! Paint more of these!! The most difficult thing with this army is not picking a color scheme, it's HOW to make the color scheme work on the army, especially for new painters. More schemes and tutorials on how to make colors work is SO VALUABLE to me and many others!

[@BestieAK]

I feel you man 🥲

[@lordinquistorrayn1249]

100% would watch a vanguard box of seraphon being painted up bang up jobs these

[@Skringly]

The problem with Lizardmen is there are so many interesting colour options, I find it's impossible to choose one.

[@Mr800vfr]

Don't choose, make a different colour scheme for each regiment 😊

[@terminator572]

You don't have to choose. Every spawning has its own color, you can just paint individual squads as separate Spawnings.

[@cristhianmlr]

I can find just one 😊

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

make a different color scheme for each spawn (regiment) then :) and make Heroes another color :)

[@dracomundo1498]

God me too man

[@mirage809]

The new Seraphon models are gorgeous. They're excellent canvasses to go crazy on and stuff like washes and contrast paints take to them wonderfully.

[@ecMonify]

i could watch you paint lizardmen for hours! :D both schemes look amazing

[@cultofpaint]

Hours you say!!??

[@Ammonitemare1711]

Really love these, please please please do an army box when they come out. They are loads of fun to watch

[@Matt-km1ek]

Beautiful scheme and execution on these. Love the yellow/green/blue transition on the hard scale, looks awesome

[@bathedinbile5044]

Definitely would love to see more colour schemes for them! Not a big fan of the standard blue scheme myself, so seeing these has made my day love to see more!

[@kantairs4824]

These bright colours are amazing!

[@BadDecisionDinosaur89]

Absolute masterclass on Contrast Paint in a landscape of "SLAPCHOP + ONE THICK COAT" videos. Amazing stuff as always.

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks a lot Nick

[@DaHobbles]

MOAR Seraphon painting vids! Lol I love your take on these lizards

[@cultofpaint]

THanks Cody

[@wollieallen1255]

Amazing work! They look amazing good job! Please do a Vanguard/start collecting box if and when released! I would love to see it!

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks Wollie

[@AwkwardBrodrik]

That Yellow-Green one is amazing!!

[@davidhardy875]

Wow, this was a great video. They look like a joy to paint.

[@josephneky5944]

PLEASE do more seraphon, I love seeing your take on them!

[@k_drly]

This is great! I would love to see your take on the classic blue scheme 👀

[@rathenn6959]

Very cool, really love the finish on them

[@jakemaclaine]

Love seeing these ideas in practice! Please do more! Kroxigor or Aggradon!

[@maxbrandt6]

Excellent work, contrast paints certainly make the job easier! The lizard man with the little bells on, we'll call him Jingles!

[@battspaints]

Another absolute banger of an army painting video

[@alejandrochalco6893]

Please do more of this! As other people have said, this video is really helpful with helping to bring a colour scheme to life for the lizardboys.

[@lofilevelling7830]

Really nice choice of colours on the green one. Bravo.

[@arj693]

I am going to keep saying this: I love the army painting videos! And have watched several of them 10+ times.

[@Scotty_C15]

Definitely paint more of these guys! I'm trying to do mine in a purple scheme!

[@hungrymatador213]

What magnificent paintwork!

[@MrLeviathan40k]

Amazing as usual. Please continue with those scaly guys. Cheers.

[@onua2012sga]

I absolutely loved this video, very solid takes on both the Coalesced and Starborne aesthetics, although I admit I'm more partial to your red Starborne here (it's both unique and so cool!). I will cast an additional vote imploring you to do a Vanguard/Starter Set video when that's possible MOAR SCHEMES please :)

[@chrisgoogill]

Fantastic video! Would love to see some more from the box like the space frog wizard!

[@cultofpaint]

Keep an eye on Patreon soon!

[@monkeyhammer]

Would love to see more lizardmen! (And AoS content in general, I know it's less popular, but some of the new ranges are amazing)

[@cultofpaint]

We love AoS and Old WOrld, there wil ldefinitely be plenty of it over the year, but it might get quite 40k for a little while.

[@mattmorris857]

Beautiful work Henry.

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks MAtt

[@callumbignall1877]

Awesome tutorial

[@pedromartinezarroyo7319]

I love them, especially the lime colored seraphon. I need to see one like this with blue and turquoise colors 💙

[@Adam.Hughes]

Goddamnit Henry. Now I really want some Lizardmen! Also, can I just say I love the CoP videos as you give us so many principals to use in other ways. Super easy to use this method for other colours and like you said, demons and the like too.

[@cultofpaint]

thanks mate

[@tombrand236]

Great guide! Really want these models

[@tombrand236]

I've got some Kroxigor on the way after seeing this! Will you be tackling these guys? The models are so nice!

[@wocky7369]

PLEASEE! Do more of these!

[@brucesolomon1514]

They look awesome. I might pinch that red scheme for the agradons.

[@hobbithubby5076]

Love to see this adapted to one of the bigger Seraphon kits like the Carnosaur!

[@lois87]

Hell yeah do a full army.. Seraphon are incredibly cool

[@hinti24]

*Stomp, Stomp* Paint more Lizards! Thank you for your great work!

[@beadb82]

Love the red. I've been wanting to make a red theme. Ladies and gentlemen, this just works.

[@pcassar31]

I propose 24hr marathon of Henry painting just Seraphon using the most colourful color schemes he can up with.

[@cultofpaint]

hmmmmm

[@Curran_Kleen_Brown]

This was a great video. Love the schemes. It's very hard to not jump in now with the army

[@cultofpaint]

Jump

[@samangharatchorlou6572]

please do a video on the Vanguard box since its out now and all the models look great. Would love to see you paint them :D

[@TheMiniJunkie]

It’s like you are a mind reader. As you were painting the Necro Gold I thought “do you apply a wash to it” and you immediately said “no washes here”, lol!

[@benjamin2629]

These look amazing, I always want just a single miniature so that I can copy your paint jobs. It would also be cool to see a star lizard style blue skin across the underbelly as well with maybe a muted scale colour. As far as the Vanguard box, I would happily watch and enjoy the videos, but IMO I would prefer more of these videos where you show how to easily paint effective army paint schemes. Really enjoy the content and the delivery regardless.

[@cultofpaint]

i think we'll see some great starborne schemes

[@TheSixYardBox]

Love your work, saw you at gd but you guys were getting swamped. Got to see your amazing dreadnought just before you put him away :) congrats to Andy on his trophy

[@cultofpaint]

Ah thanks bud, we were pretty surprised how many people wanted to come say hi

[@Pennywhen]

would love to see you tackle a vanguard! the sisters combat patrol project was awesome and seeing more of these models and the approach to more organic shapes and advanced use of contrast type paints would be really cool!!!

[@cultofpaint]

I think an AoS small army project is long overdue

[@peterbereczki4147]

Damn these are cool! Altough I like the green more. I think a kinda more "realistic" look on these new modells looks absolutely fabulous and superior (I blame Miniac's seraphon paint).

[@mau48310]

Amazing models honestly Saurians are the best and their theme is really interesting to a guy like me

[@ripleyriley]

I just got into the hobby and my first army is the Seraphon. Please do more Seraphon! The vanguard box would be wonderful but could you do the Spawn of Chotec as well?

[@aanler]

Fantastic technique! 😀 The different face colors look strange, and I'm opting out of that. Still great!

[@nasigoring1525]

Beautiful. Any good examples of the classic blue on blue seraphon?

[@ededdie757]

What about the black parts like the spear shaft or the claws, did you work something else on them appart from a black base coat?? They look amazing, congratulations!

[@TheFortySevenGuy]

I bet these will look good on Tyrranids too!

[@Wijkert]

4:25 in my testing I have found the contrast medium to be quite matt; much more matt that the contrast paints themselves. So matt in fact that it can matt down a glossy ink even in a ratio of 2 ink to 1 contrast medium.

[@alastircrowe2300]

Please paint up the rest of that box for us we would love to see you work on them all!

[@ryansosna3432]

Would absolutely watch a vanguard box get painted!

[@jonathanalston1552]

Definitely do an army box if they release one 😊

[@HGZ_Excelsior]

Your video is actually insane, but can you tell me plz the color you use for the black line on the red saurus scales ? Very impressive job, good work !!!

[@cultofpaint]

ITs just multiple layers of the Ratling Grime

[@czarniutka852]

great ! moaaar !!!

[@nocturnalarrow4678]

I need these guys to do the saurus in blue!

[@pyrotom6668]

I love both these schemes, and I feel like trying out both! The only paint I don’t have from the ones you used is Dreadful Visage. Is there an alternative you think could work out?

[@cultofpaint]

I guess it’s just a sort of slightly purple off white. So anything like that should be fine.

[@snaithiusproductions8445]

I've been rewatching this video over and over as I prepare myself to paint Mt saurus in that beautiful green scheme. And I'm interested in the way you pour your contrast paint out onto your wet pallette whilst using your brush. Is there a reason for this? Does the paint not run into the ferrule of the brush?

[@cultofpaint]

it does, so actually using a paperclip or something else would be better. I am a bit lazy and not very good at brush care.

[@Thorn16]

I have a similar color scheme of the red style, but how did you make the red scales blend well with the white skin? I'm using Rakarth Flesh for the skin (Wasn't happy with how Skeleton Horde was looking) and the red (Blood Angels Red) feels too stark comopared to yours on the arms. Great video!

[@cultofpaint]

Thanks. Just thin layers, contrast medium and a bit of mixing

[@chriss427]

Would you do the same thing for the kroxigor? I dont know much about seraphon but I absolutely LOVE your red scheme with the bright blue face

[@cultofpaint]

I think so. I'll be painting some for me soon, so if there's anything significantly different then I'll film it.

[@edin6128]

I like the green one very much. How would you paint the mounts of let's say the Aggradon Lancers with this green warrior scheme?

[@cultofpaint]

I will cover that in next week’s video!

[@firefox-ur4qt]

Question! What did you prime with, and what was the black you put on the weapons/back spikes? I didn't see it mentioned and don't see it on the paints list. I am guessing Wraithbone Primer and then the black is either Abbadon or Chaos? But I would just like clarification. Thanks!

[@cultofpaint]

Wraithbone primer. And I use model colour black but whatever you like using would be fine.

[@tombrand236]

Think I’ve watched this video 5 or 6 times now! Henry do you plan to tackle the Kroxigor? I think you’d LOVE those models.

[@cultofpaint]

I hope to do some Krox very soon.

[@tombrand236]

@@cultofpaint ooh amazing! I did mine at Starborn but tempted to try some other schemes

[@jsafr8656]

I have a question for the green one. On the first Plaguebearer base coat, when you're saying it's not necessary to airbrush it, do you mean this first coat isn't necessary, or do you mean I should do it with a regular brush ? If it's the 2nd option, how would you have it so flat and not going in the recesses like the contrast paints do ? Amazing job on both of these! Definitely going to use the green one on my army!

[@cultofpaint]

I like the flat coat it gives you. To get that without the airbrush you’d ideally want to mix up a similar colour from a normal acrylic, basically a green off white. Then base coat with that. I don’t think it makes a massive difference, but I prefer it to going straight in with the contrast paint.

[@Jason-gq8fo]

yes more seraphon please

[@gillesmelet1044]

Will be great on 40k Tyranids as well

[@Rocky-xb7qr]

Please stop this! These look absolutely fantastic and now I have to buy a load of Seraphon models that I wasn’t even interested in before I saw this video. It’s the FIFTH time you’ve done this to me Henry - you’re killing me man…. (Well, you’re killing my wallet and my storage space anyway). Seriously though dude, absolutely frickin love your army colour schemes - keep up the great work! (I can stop spending money when I’m dead, right?! 😂).

[@cultofpaint]

It is problematic i agree

[@jonathanboard8317]

Really love the colour schemes particularly the yellow/green one. Looking at a colour wheel, I can see why it works so beautifully. Moving from the Yellow, to the Yellow-Green, to the Green with pops of Teal/Turquoise is very pleasing. I'd love to use these same idea but sticking more closely to the box art Turquoise/Blues (maybe even Indigo/Purple) but the progression is so much more dark and boring. Is there a way to make it from the realms of Aethermatic Blue to Luxion Purple? I tried and my test models looked ghastly. Modulates from light to dark but no interesting shift in hue.

[@cultofpaint]

purple always seems so strong as a paint, i often struggle with it.. You might find a simple mix to add in as an additional stage works though.

[@jonathanboard8317]

Thanks. Yes, the half step you used in the second color scheme seems like a good idea. I'm just so fixated on the hue progression you used for the first scheme, I'm trying to come up with my own that works as well. Really excellent contrast color selection and application.

[@visuellegedanken]

Thanks for the tutorial, Henry, they really do look great! For the first scheme, if you don't do the first coat with the airbrush, how would you do that base coat with the brush? Just omit it and start straight with the thinned out Plaguebearer Flesh over Wraithbone? Or thin the Plaguebearer even more for the first coat and then go in with a second to give it some more shading? Oh and yes, do more Seraphon and Age of Sigmar in general! :D

[@cultofpaint]

Hi Martin, either straight over the wraithbone, or mix the 2 and basecoat it. I tried it without the airbrush layer and the difference isnt huge, i just preferred the look and speed.

[@visuellegedanken]

Thank you Henry! Mixing Wraithbone and the Plaguebearer is a very good shout, hadn’t thought about that!

[@JABoeg]

Extremely well done! I'm very intrigued by the metals. So gorgeous, shiny but still muted. Especially the weapons, shield and armor. I have tried to duplicate it multiple times, but it seems my metals just ends out extremely dark and muted. Are there any tips you can give? Btw, thank you for bringing scale75 up on my radar. Absolutely gorgeous colours.

[@cultofpaint]

I'm not sure. have you tried reapplying a little of the metal colour after the washes?

[@JABoeg]

​@@cultofpaint it seems that it could be the light setting on my phone causing the video to look different 😅 My armor still seems dark compared to my shield, but I will continue to fiddle around with it. Thanks again for this video

[@MikeSpicyWinner]

I would be ecstatic if you painted up any future Seraphon vanguard box.

[@MrAlmqvist96]

Please siiir! I really enjoy these seraphon videos. Can you do the new models??

[@cultofpaint]

check out tomorrows video

[@3Kings_Industries]

More lizard men please!

[@samsimpson7880]

That first colour scheme is stunning! Would it work over a grey basecoat instead of wraithbone?

[@cultofpaint]

i think the wraithbone is important for the chest/belly colour. Not sure how well that would go over grey.

[@samsimpson7880]

Thanks man, you've ended weeks of indecision on a paint scheme in minutes!

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

i'm just using my old paint sceme i have used since playing lizardmen in fantasy. :) black body with red scales. :) for the crest it variates in yellow, orange and red. for the dinoes different colors from real lizards. :)

[@faust5894]

Please for the love of the great plan, paint more lizards!

[@Orihutcherson]

On the red one, did you thin any of the contrasts down with a medium? They look great

[@cultofpaint]

Yes nearly always thinning it. No specific ratio, just a pool of thinner on my pallette.

[@Orihutcherson]

@@cultofpaint thanks for the quick response! Hopefully I can achieve the same effect.

[@alanshroue7]

Saved for future reference, I have some scale 75 intact colour going to try the green/yellows with this scheme. Would love to see more lizards painted

[@cultofpaint]

I think they'll work very well.

[@BjornFriborg]

Please do a whole Seraphon army!

[@warhammer57]

I really love The Green Skin but has anyone a good Idea witch color to use for the Mounts if you paint a full Army in this style ?

[@aaronwootton1602]

Any good light purple and dark purple colours schemes vids

[@yarikhansraj5358]

We need a whole army of all the different Seraphon subspecies painted please! :D

[@cultofpaint]

This is a good idea.

[@tombrand236]

Would love to see your approach to the Kroxigor!

[@cultofpaint]

ok Tom, just for you then, twist my arm.

[@tombrand236]

@@cultofpaint lol!!!! They’re SUCH nice models. In fact maybe the nicest models in GW I’ve ever bought (for non command units anyway). Both of the head sculpts are amazing and the poses are all very nice too. Hoping the new Leviathan launch doesn’t mean they get overlooked, as nice as the new models in that are too.

[@r0btaylor]

I'd love to see a Vanguard box 😉

[@cultofpaint]

Me too!

[@SatansLtlBaby]

i love the lizardmen, they were my army back during the fantasy battle days. too bad i don't care for age of sigmar because these are very nice saurus warriors

[@cultofpaint]

stick them on some square bases and enjoy them

[@snaithiusproductions8445]

With painting in sub assemblies, do you paint one side of the shield, wait for it to dry and then just flip it and paint the underside? I was going to try and put my shields on a different Cork and pin them, but there's not a lot of plastic to them, and now I'm wondering if it is necessary.

[@cultofpaint]

Yeah I just flip them. Cork with blu tac

[@magmimik]

I would love to see some raptodons and slaan!

[@cultofpaint]

Slaan will be on Patreon soon

[@StevenRead]

i'm going to end up ebaying some saurus because of this video lol

[@cultofpaint]

gooooood

[@lolzasouruhm179]

I’m looking to get back into Warhammer after 8 years. I still have my old tomb raider army and I was so sad to see them fade from existence in Age of Sigmar so I’m thinking of getting into Seraphon. I’m thinking a washed out orange for the skin and deep green for the scales with red accents kinda like they would blend into a lush alien rainforest. Would it be smart to start with a pack of skinks to test out my style and get my painting skills back before I commit to a starting pack army?

[@cultofpaint]

Warhammer fantasy is coming back out very soon and Tomb Kings are one of the featured armies. So you may want to wait for that??

[@Manuel-dg7fw]

For the red paint scheme, do you have applied multiple coats of Flesh Tearer und Ratling Grim?

[@cultofpaint]

Yes

[@ahorne-payne3550]

Out of curiosity. How long do you wait for contrasts to set before going to the next stage? And do you normally paint multiple at a time?

[@cultofpaint]

Yes I would be painting these in batches of 5-10. I leave the contrast until it looks dry, the. Hit it with a hairdryer for a few seconds then move on. If I was working on 5 then chances are by the time I've done the coat on the 5th then the 1st will be good to go.

[@ahorne-payne3550]

@cultofpaint I'm very tempted with the second saurus warriors paint theme, it's incredible. Were all your contrast sections just a once over or multiple layers? Especially on the Gryph-hound and flesh tearer?

[@SergiXUP]

More lizards!!!

[@DoctorDroplet]

Seraphon video's get an instant click from me, so please paint a Vanguard box when GW releases one. Even better if you can turn the box into a motley crew of colourful dinosaurs.

[@Orihutcherson]

I have no idea how to blend these colors together… do I let the first layer of gryph hound dry before putting on flesh tearers? And once I get to the middle spine section do I do ratling grime straight over that layer of flesh tearers? I’m sorry for bothering you I just would really like to nail this scheme.

[@cultofpaint]

Treat them the same way as the green. Let the previous layerndry and then do the next. Always thinned. And if you're struggling to blend just make a mix of the 2 colours. Take your time, it will take 10+ layers of paint. Gryphound, few layers of red, red/rattling mix, rattling.

[@Orihutcherson]

@@cultofpaintthank you so much

[@TheChannel157]

Please do the raptordon ❤❤❤😮😮😮