How to Paint Warhammer 40k Space Wolves FAST - Part 1

In this video we show you how to paint a Space Wolves Vehicle (or any of your Space Wolf Army) in no time at all!!
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Watch Part 2 of 'How to paint Space Wolves Fast' (Edge highlighting, Recess washing, Drybrushig Black, Painting Gold):
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Don't forget to let us know in the comments below what you want to see us working on next.
In this video Byron’s using the Artis Opus Series D Drybrushing set, and the XL Drybrush. These high-quality brushes are perfectly designed for stippling, smudging, drybrushing, buffing, and even edge-highlighting.
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Videos you should check out:
How to Paint Space Wolves Part 1 (Space Wolves Blue Armoured Vehicles):
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What is our dampening pad (the pot we dip our brush in for drybrushing), and how does it work?:
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How to Paint a Tank ('Turquoise Rhino'): • How to Paint a Space M...
Drybrush flawless glowing terrain in 20 mins ('Ghost wall'):
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[@ArtisOpus]

We hope you've enjoyed the video, let us know anything you'd like to see receive the D in the future! Part 2 coming Sunday! Gold, Black, edge highlighting, recess shading. We mentioned some difficulties with 'Sotek Green' - a great GW alternative is Ahriman Blue

[@etcollignon]

I would like to see the technique applied to yellow and to metallics.

[@dallathedark]

Receive the D, I cant lol 🤣

[@martineasterman5170]

I think it would be good to see the technique either applied to smaller models or some examples of different chapter colour schemes?

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks Martin, check our our Blood Angel! :) We'll be moving on more to smaller minis in the future, they are harder to shoot, and more difficult to teach with, but the techniques work on them beautifully! Once we're a little more practised we'll be able to do them and the technique justice!

[@ArtisOpus]

Both of these work *super* well with it, noted :)

[@mikey_vengenz]

I'd like to see your interpretation on this on normal space wolves marines.

[@ArtisOpus]

This is being requested a lot, we'll make it happen soon :). It is a matter of thinner paints, smaller brushes, and a little more care.

[@benjohnson5938]

As a newbie to the hobby, this is absolute black magic!

[@ArtisOpus]

Amazing, there's so much scope too, happy learning :)

[@cameronarmitage6565]

This has become my standard way to paint tanks, and most large flat surfaces. Love it.

[@ArtisOpus]

Super pleased to hear you find the tutorial useful! Thank you buddy ^_^

[@jerex112]

space wolves best legion ever, good painting!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy! We'll definitely return to them in the future :)

[@niallcampbell]

I’m tempted to try this technique on Drukhari flyers, the idea of edge highlighting all the…edges… fills me with terror. Will maybe try on a venom and report back!

[@ArtisOpus]

Best of luck dude! Give it a test and let us know how it went :). Any questions or issues just let us know in another comment, replies get missed.

[@0blivionstone]

I love the method you show here, for me it's so much more helpful and inspiring than watching the 'how to paint' videos released by GW. Dynamic!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much for the kind words

[@marclavergne3899]

Been finding your techniques and work ups extremely interesting and fresh vs the myriad of tutorials that require airbrush work. Would love to see you guys do work for Necrons (seeing as they are going to be the new hotness in the next few months)

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely, these are imminent, night scythes are perfect for it, I've had practise in the past, so it won't take much learning :)

[@smallpurplemonk]

This looked so good I had to grab the brush set, painting large vehicles is something I struggle with as someone without an airbrush.

[@ArtisOpus]

Hi, thanks so much for the kind words and for picking up the set - you won't regret it :)

[@HowleRWolF01]

that was absolutely amazing, thank you very much for taking the time to make this video, I'm building my Stormfang while watching, can't wait to start the paint now :)

[@ArtisOpus]

You're so welcome buddy! 😊 Happy hobbying! Thanks so much for the support!

[@WYSIWYGSTUDIOS]

Love your videos!! Just got my series S and D in the mail. Can't wait to give them a go.

[@ArtisOpus]

Amazing, thanks so much for your kind comment dude, happy painting!

[@mini-paintingpapa]

AWOOOO!!! I cannot WAIT to try this on my vehicles!!

[@ArtisOpus]

Hope you have fun 😊

[@adamduncombe594]

Wow what a fantastic tutorial. Excellent job. SKILLS.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it dude :)

[@rodelybarzabal9944]

I tried this technique recently on my wave serpent and the outcome turned out great. Not as clean but still looks really good

[@ArtisOpus]

Amazing dude! Practise makes perfect - feel free to share it with us, I'd love to see :)

[@trwhite80]

I would love to see this technique with black. I feel like those colors might be tricky!

[@ArtisOpus]

It's a tricky one for sure, generally I think you have to pick some lighting source, or just be very sparing with the middle stages, jumping fast to edges/final steps, you can also wash down your results to 'pull them back'.

[@elmirBDS]

Fast black armour like on black templars would get my vote for a video!

[@ArtisOpus]

This is right up there, but I need to learn how first :)

[@cavemanworkshop]

Awesome video! Dry brushing needs more love from the community - it seems that it’s often looked-down-upon by the majority of hobbyists as a beginner technique, taking last place to wet blending, glazing, and detailed work. 19:44 - “Tarting-up your Model...” is my new favourite hobby term, btw!! 😂😂😂

[@ArtisOpus]

We couldn't agree more, such a wonderful flexible technique, why dismiss it!? :D Haaa, funny what slips out!

[@mrhuffnpuff]

That is a very interesting way of getting really nice blends whilst simultaneously getting texture as well. I'd love to see more progress on the model, specifically how to do detailing and weathering that matches this style. Also, I'm a Tau player and theres not a whole lot of good quality tau painting videos, most are amateurish quality.

[@ArtisOpus]

This is a fantastic point, we're working our way to improve and produce the best quality videos, and this is part of that. We may even go back and make 'Part 3' for pieces like this in the near future, in line with this. Tau is on the agenda, and literally being tested right now, I'll put a post on our instagram showing what I'm trying to learn :) instagram.com/artisopusltd/

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

That looks amazing.

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers dude!

[@mc_gaming2007]

Amazing video! I'm really happy to see that you can do this without an airbrush! (Kinda broke rn). PS I would love to see this done with black armour!

[@ArtisOpus]

We'll definitely get to black armour ASAP, we're being inundated with requests, happy painting dude!

[@mc_gaming2007]

@@ArtisOpus Awesome! Looking forward to it! Have a great weekend!

[@alpharius8864]

Would be interesting to see some of the kharadron overlords airships as there’s large curved areas with mostly small details on and there’s usually a large contrast between the games Workshop colour schemes

[@ArtisOpus]

We'd love to do that, maybe even bringing some metallics into play!

[@scott238colin]

I’ve got a metal gear Rex I’ve held off on painting up. I think this technique will help loads

[@ArtisOpus]

Amazing :)

[@julvatn]

Brilliant work - immediate fan :D

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks for tuning in dude!

[@TopTableGaming]

Fantastic video!

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers!

[@Noonmail]

Would love to see you do a a chaos or rubric marine, something smaller with a lot of annoying trim hah. I do think I’ll have to invest in a set of these brush though, quality looking product and great and intriguing videos

[@ArtisOpus]

That would be cool... and tricky, we're looking as some pre-shading techniques where you do the entire model in black and white, and then glaze after, inspired by airbrushing. This isn't something we've tried on anything smaller than a bloodthirster's wings yet (you can see them behind me in some of the videos).

[@Noonmail]

Artis Opus would be tricky but I think it could be done, just would take a little longer than the blood angel, I have seen it in a back ground a couple of times, any plans on putting something up like that? I know you’re like trying to show what can be done with just dry brushing but I do like the idea of using it with other techniques

[@ricci8497]

Love the videos I'm waiting for you to tackle doing yellow.

[@ArtisOpus]

Coming soon! We're trying to find the perfect recipe/sequence for a warm, bright yellow.

[@ricci8497]

@@ArtisOpus I so look forward to it

[@VJMorph]

Would be awesome to see a tutorial on a more softly curved model like a Tau Devilfish.

[@ArtisOpus]

You wishes - our command 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXrUfWODZrt0pLc

[@dreadpooled]

Damn, I'd really love to see some of the D magic pouring on one of the Gundam model kits. Please do Sinanju!

[@ArtisOpus]

This is a fantastic idea, we've never painted one, but we'll look into it! Thanks for your suggestion :).

[@leeclayton8645]

I have been loving your s series brushes for a time now, best brushes I've used! currently have a series d set ready to use! Brilliant products. When switching between sizes do you brush out the excess on the texture pad? Would hate to destroy my new drybrushes with poor care

[@ArtisOpus]

Great question Lee, either on the texture pallet, or the model I'm working on (pre highlighting areas/ the base etc), we've got some brush care videos coming soon! :)

[@pinkwolf6407]

Regarding substituting the colours you used for our own colour schemes, would the same effect be achieved or is it specific to your colours? (Sorry if that doesn’t make sense, I’ve only just woke up!)

[@ArtisOpus]

Same effect dude, going from a deep cool base is quite important though, so try and find your own one that fits with your scheme :)

[@diverspudph1310]

Super! So you painted a part of the vehicle. How do you maintain color consistency when you start painting the rest? Honestl curious as I could not seem to mix the same color twice.

[@ArtisOpus]

It's actually the only downside of the technique, well guessed! The best approach is the first couple of steps all over, and then do 1-2 steps in 'zones' over the model, you don't get the same satisfaction per zone, but it's better for consistency!

[@diverspudph1310]

@@ArtisOpus Thank you! I thought I was the only one with that kind of problem! :)

[@jw7500]

Looks good, gonna try to use that with my Scar successors. Also appreciate that you use only a brush, most painting tutorials are for airbrushing only. My basecoat is zandri dust currently, would you recommend mixing that with rakarth flesh to do a panel drybrush over that and than a pure rakarth flesh drybrush to bring more life to panels that way? (it's for a Repulsor btw)

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey JW... Mhhmm, I would actually do some work with shading in this situation, or work from a slightly darker basecoat, and just go wit hthe rakarth, it is such a strong lovely colour, and then transition that into white. Ironically, given your comment, I've done this scheme a lot years back with airbrushing, then drybrushing to finish! (scroll down a little) elementgames.co.uk/gallery/byron/necrons

[@jw7500]

@@ArtisOpus would adding a dark wash, then stipple Rakarth mixed with Zandri help in some way if I then do a stipple with Rakarth in addition with Highlights? Also, if yes which? I currently have Nuln Oil, Drakenhof Nightshade, Reikland Fleshshade and Agrax Earthshade at my disposal. Unfortunately I don't own an aibrush so I am pretty much stuck with a brush

[@MrTpimms]

Loving this work once again! Any advice for how you maintain colour consistency with the mixed colours for the blends across the different panels (top and other side for example) or other vehicles? Is it just constant referencing? Thanks in advance!

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers for the support dude! Great question! It can be tricky, one way to combat this is to do each step all over the vehicle (take your time). It is easier for video tutorials to do only one panel, but I can really recommend you take this approach😊

[@MrTpimms]

Artis Opus and I guess then follow the same process for the next vehicle too? Keeping them side by side for reference? Thanks very much!

[@nannerpuss5241]

Love this technique! What colors would you recommend for paint dark angels with this same method?

[@ArtisOpus]

Good question dude, I'd probably even start purple/deep blue as we did, and transition through lovely deep colours like 'boreal tree green' from Scale75.

[@Godonstilts]

I am about to order the Series D - I have been an avid fan of drybrushing since i started painting, I dry brush pretty much everything! What I would like to see is more organic models (i.e. Tyranids) because these hordes are something that take a long time. Are you up to the challenge?

[@ArtisOpus]

We are 100% down, we've done a few before, and have in fact been experimenting recently on a harpy, this will happen in the near future :)

[@paulberridge7602]

Could you use the same approach for Ultramarines and what palette would you use?

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely, I'd just swap in GW's standard ultramarine recipes (Kantor blue start I believe, +preferred edge highlight paint mixed in with stippling +finish)

[@numptydog009]

Would love to know how you might use a similar technique but to get a much darker blue, like Crimson fists or a similar deep/dark navy/midnight blue. Thought about following to about 6-7:00 and using less greenish blue and then a gentle pale drybrush, but I'd be worried trying to balance between getting the good look of the technique and making it too bright.

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey dude! That doesn't sound very far away from our Ultramarine. If you mix the two tutorials you may get exactly what you need 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKeYeot3odNjg6s

[@ShadowDrakken]

Does this technique work well with metallics, such as with a Grey Knights themed vehicle?

[@ArtisOpus]

Yes 100%, it is definitely something we will record a tutorial around so make sure you are subscribe to the channel and stay tuned :)

[@gsxrdave1974]

can you do a tutorial on a space wolf venablade dreadnaught please ?

[@andrewkennedy9134]

im trying to follow your instructions to the letter, but im getting a horrendous amount of bristles being cast off the brush and getting left behind in the paint....its making my titans look like they are wearing a fur jacket.....what am I doing wrong? should the brushes be washed or pre weathered??

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey mate, is it our brushes? Any brush will shed the most in its first couple of uses, don't worry about it!

[@andrewkennedy9134]

@@ArtisOpus hello there, thanks for the response...yes it is, the L and S sizes. Ill keep trying it as i really like the effects demonstrated...thanks

[@Mikilangelo]

Hi, can you tell me how you clean the texture palette?

[@ArtisOpus]

Prime it, and go again :)

[@jasonthornton8497]

I don't see the list of paints for this in the description,

[@malakim1773]

So how do you decide or figure out where to put the highlight "blobs" so to speak? What's the thought and decision making process behind that? I know that people using airbrushes tend to do the same sort of highlighting but as someone who's never even looked at an airbrush let alone used one, the actual reasoning and process can be left behind as to why the paint is being put where from the get go. I'd like to ask this because understanding why is just as, if not more important than understanding how, when learning something new and if I were to go about for example, doing the top portion of the ship, I'd be a little lost going about it. That's not to say there's anything wrong with this video, because there's not. I'm just asking from the viewpoint of the beginner I am

[@ArtisOpus]

No worries dude, in this case they're in the centres of panels, we've got a necron tutorial coming out very soon which'll demonstrate this more clearly, it's one of the most easy ways though. Think of it as the flat opposite of edge-highlighting. Another way is to concentrate on the upper sections of each panel, to mimmick lighting.

[@BirneGilmore]

I would like to see what you can do in a "realy quick" way. For example you did this one side (60% of it) in ~25 Minutes (with some camera breaks). What if you want to do a whole model Base color coat in very fewer time? ... lets say 30 mins for the whole thing. How would that look (even if "only" rdy for play)?

[@ArtisOpus]

Stipple basecoating? It's extremely effective, the only issue can be deep recesses where you can't get the brush in :).

[@Ghostbearuk]

Just wondering, why is it you always dry brush from the sides as opposed to up and down?

[@ArtisOpus]

It's a more natural direction, it also picks up a lot of vertical details, which you'll hit if you go side to side over them.

[@dallathedark]

Were all these videos and techniques inspired by bohun at the series D demo?

[@ArtisOpus]

Hi Nick, I drybrushed entire armies before meeting Bohun, the stippling was really the eye opener, and then combining them. I don't feel I'm even close to finding the potential when combining them all, plus washes/glazes/airbrushing etc - there's endless scope!

[@kelstertgo]

Hay how to you chose colours to do this with? I'm looking at doing an army with army painter crystal blue but not sure what colours I could use to step up?

[@ArtisOpus]

You could just substitute that in in the middle of the colours we've used dude, a deep purple/blue/both to start and finish on an off white, with a blue tint.

[@impulserhaltung]

Since the end result is pretty bright are the dark purple shades really necessary?

[@ArtisOpus]

Up to you dude, it depends how much contrast you need, you could definitely skip it or substitute it for another grey.

[@Dreadnought1988]

Can I use Citadel dry brushes?

[@owenauer3406]

If I order brushes where are they shipped from?

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey, buddy, we ship internationally from the UK😊

[@MegaBambooboy]

Could you give the equivalent colours in the Vallejo game range?

[@ArtisOpus]

HI Caine, my default is this chart when working this out *note* - falcon turquoise is *extremely* potent :) www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

[@Joe-sz5hj]

Can this technique be applied with metallic paints reckon?

[@ArtisOpus]

100%!

[@Hammagg]

I just painted nearly 2k points of Space Wolves in may lol.

[@ArtisOpus]

Oh wow, rather you than me, that's an achievement! :)

[@Hammagg]

@@ArtisOpus i'm a bit colourblind, so they're all teal. :p. the colour scheme has grown on me lol.

[@user-kf5om4ve4h]

were i can buy this monster-brush?

[@ArtisOpus]

На нашем сайте) - store.artis-opus.com/collections/series-d-drybrushing/products/series-d-individual-brush

[@rickfactor6626]

Black Legion please.

[@ArtisOpus]

This and death guard are fighting for the top spot in most requested, we'll get to it ASAP in our schedule.

[@wolfbytes8787]

more wolves for sure

[@ArtisOpus]

We'll definitely return to them in the future :). I feel there's something more to them that we'll get with a little experimentation.

[@wolfbytes8787]

@@ArtisOpus id like to see this style of painting on normal infantry.

[@ChopsMcGillacutty]

This isn't dry brushing, it's over brushing.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks for your input, John next time I'll succinctly describe my technique as: Stippling, smooshing, overbrushing, layering, buffing, pointillism and glazing, all using a drybrush 😅 Well aware the technique involves multiple techniques, it isn't practical or helpful to describe it as above though, and it is definitely not 100% overbrushing.

[@tabletoppainter7390]

what is the point cause none of you ever answers anyway

[@SanAlessandro1974]

Dry brush is not to paint!

[@ArtisOpus]

Okay!