Imperial Fists, Comic Style - How to Paint Warhammer

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[@mattcurr9931]

yep, i agree. one of your best comic styles to date. would love to see an army like this on the table, it'd blow a few minds. I painted a hellboy core set for my mate, initially i was just going to try a great zenithal covered by flat inks with maybe a few highlights. it didn't go to plan so i went fuck it and you inspired me to try this style on the whole lot. Hey, weren't my minis and my friend didn't care as long as they weren't grey. Soooooooo liberating. Now i'm looking at my unpainted Batman Gotham City chronicles S1 and going "hmmmmmm"

[@Epicduck]

Thanks, I'm sorry, and you're welcome, in whatever order you choose to apply them ;) Seriously, I'm honoured you felt so inspired. Keep it up!

[@madnessabounds1337]

I'm definitely going to try this

[@hallyboi17]

Would this work on a space marine that's leadbelcher heavy with a few bits of black my chapter is the Iron Knights?

[@PsyWARAquariums]

Question: start to finish how long does it take you to paint a mini in this style? I understand it may vary depending upon complexity.

[@Zejety]

3:39 Am I just tired or did you skip past the highlight blending here? Is that just not worth elaborating on because it's straight forward?

[@Epicduck]

Around 3:20 you can see my applying the yellow to the feet in thinner coats which produces the blend. I did the same elsewhere. Flash Gitz Yellow is quite translucent and basically blends without much effort. I suppose I could have gone into more depth, but the video *is* already 40 minutes long ;)

[@abbiplay5974]

Awesome. Is this syle only for colorfull Marine Chapter possible? Or does it work for a black Marine?

[@kiermac]

I think it would be a good idea to look at pictures of comicbook characters that are dark colors (batman,and see how the comic artists handled it. Looks to me like they work with greys, so paint greys on the model, like medium greys to light greys for highlights, then go do the comicbook style thing afterwards with the black ink.

[@cameron9915]

You should do space wolves, would be nice to see the baby blue and darker cobalt gray/blue versions done in a style that isn't grimy af

[@ThePickleJar]

Outstanding! I have watched a tonne of your comic style videos now and I think I'm ready to try my own hand at it! Excellent content dude

[@Epicduck]

Go for it!

[@j.sternmercedes-benz2754]

Buuummmmm.. big fat LIKE from me.. great great Paintjob.. 😍😍 greetings from Vienna🇦🇹🇦🇹

[@pedergoff7980]

I don't know if you'll read this but i was hoping for some advice. I've got some minis i wanted to do in a cel shaded style and some of them have kilts. How would you go about cel shading a patterned fabric? My thought was to shade the base color and lay in the pattern lines as one color with no variation.

[@kiermac]

Amazing work, I was a 40k player (from 3rd to 5/6th adaddition) converted over to historical miniatures and haven't really looked back, but since watching your videos I'm seriously thinking about picking up something to paint in comic style. I might just copy your imperial fist marine and do a 5 man squad. Or some starwars legion rebels would look great, The possibilities are endless, i could paint all my muskets and tomahawks miniatures comic book style. They are already painted up so thats half the battle already taken care of..... I was wondering if you thought about painting up a few bits of terrain or objective marker to match the same style?, (I'm wondering if comic style miniatures would fit in on the tabletop with regular painted terrain or would it look better if everything was in comic style?) Sorry I am rambling. But thank you for showing me in detail the technique. I am excited to have a go at it, Cheers mate

[@HappyBrontosaurus]

My friend did cell shaded tau with Sakura fine point ink pens, they look amazing. Seriously admiring you doing this with a brush.

[@ShadaRedwyvn]

Can you do blood angels in this style?

[@Epicduck]

Are you asking me to make a video, or asking if it's possible? :)

[@the_elder_medium]

I would love to see this technique on some Infinity models. I think it would work great with their manga inspired style

[@AVoxintheVoid]

What an amazing idea and technique! Hats off!!

[@chillsquid]

What colors would you recommend for Blood Angels in this comic style? Or do you have a video for them?

[@johnsm3568]

Seems like sub assemblies would be perfect here. Great vid, love the technique.

[@riccardocarminatigalli2852]

It would help if you wrote on the screen the name of the colour you use

[@GinoGabriel-t5c]

This is definitely the look I'm going for for my Space Wolves

[@darksyder37]

Yes !!! I was hopping for that tutorial for month you finally done it ! You rule my man thank you very much. I will try it as soon as I come back from vacations. Keep up the good work ! 👍🏻

[@James-bi9uy]

What the actual F?! That looks INSANE!

[@prof_nobody]

It’s epic time! Always love your videos. The VO is awesome. Thanks!

[@mrtin2811]

I love how this is like NMM, looks dog shit until that magical switch is hit. Then there is is, from 0-10 and you cant really tell where or why.

[@Epicduck]

The Lining is *everything* in this style, and it's so weird until it's done!

[@chiggn7456]

this is just awesome, i will definitely try that

[@jesse-got-dolphins-into-heaven]

what brushes do you use for this?

[@TomCruiseRisky]

Awesome stuff. Very inspirational.

[@gerardzysk2634]

Hello mate, can I substitute Higgins Black Magic with something else?

[@Epicduck]

Sure can! Sorry about the delay in replying. Some of my other favourite inks are Daler Rowney FW Black, Liquitex Carbon Black, and Speedball Super Black. Almost any true ink (ie: not a 'gaming ink' that's really a wash) should work.

[@NerdLegionInc]

Is there a trick to using higgins black magic. it seems mine is not as opaque. Its pretty thin actually.

[@Epicduck]

I've never run into this myself, but I've heard of this happening to one or two other people. All I can suggest is shaking the everloving crap out of it, and if it's still translucent, contacting Higgins? Maybe they'll replace it. It should be almost perfectly opaque.

[@NerdLegionInc]

@@Epicduck Okay thanks for the reply. I've had it for a while so if that doesn't work it might just be time to replace it.

[@jessedawg4693]

I love your videos man and you are saying decal completely wrong

[@Epicduck]

In fact, I'm saying it Canadian. Crazy how different countries/regions pronounce words differently, right? ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2LGm36alp56rqs

[@grotwurksmekshop6607]

How does this work with a REAL dark color (Leviadon Blue over black, or other such things)

[@tylerfortniteninjablevins1457]

eah thats really dope

[@brightsudu1991]

Aaahhhhh!!!! I was just looking for something like this for my Marvel Crisis Protocol schemes. Soooo sick!!

[@Epicduck]

I've got a BUNCH of MCP tutorials on this channel too ;)

[@brightsudu1991]

Epic Duck Studios so glad I found your channel

[@cory7328]

After this video comic style is the only style for 40k marines!

[@Epicduck]

Well damn, thank you :D

[@cory7328]

Epic Duck Studios I am watching all comic style videos to try and suck out all of your knowledge.

[@cory7328]

Epic Duck Studios I would love to see what you do with a Tempestus Scions in comic style as well.

[@Epicduck]

@@cory7328 I don't have any of those kicking around so I can't promise it'll happen anytime soon, but I've been considering making a Kill Team of them... so we'll see ;)

[@cory7328]

Epic Duck Studios they would be slick, it limited funds and time are always a bane right? Keep up the great work.

[@roxxram9151]

Not focusing on a single thing and jumping around is a way to make sure you're still having fun with it!

[@MunchyDragon]

why black ink and not a black contrast?

[@Epicduck]

Because black contrast would have blurred edges, rather than sharp crisp lines. Totally different result.

[@MassimoCristofolini]

Uhm... is the video about applying decals (specifically, damned round Imperial Fists decals on shoulder pads) already out? Can't find it in your video list

[@Epicduck]

I don't think it ever got made actually. This was a while ago, but I think part of the footage was out of focus, and I use decals so infrequently I haven't had a chance to shoot a new one.

[@derekadler2997]

Can you do a marneus calgar comic style space marine

[@cody1570]

Bro im doing this with the cults right now

[@carlmonke8043]

I loved watching this!

[@bengemations6099]

ima try this tonight

[@Epicduck]

Well, did you try it? ;)

[@Dr._Nope]

I'm pretty much brand new to the hobby! I'm gonna start painting my very first miniatures soon, and I'd love to progress to doing full armies in this comic style! Big question though, how would you pull this off with Black Templars or any models that utilize a lot of black? 🤔

[@Epicduck]

Hey I'm sorry I'm so late in replying! So when you have a black-dominant character in comic style, you're generally looking to do sharp edge highlights in white or near-white, just to define shapes. Consider watching how I painted Black Widow or Miles Morales as well, though I skew them to blue a bit :) When in doubt, find a comic book character that shares some of the colours you want to work with (like maybe Batman or The Punisher in this case) and find art of them you like, and use that as reference.

[@Dr._Nope]

@Epic Duck Studios Thank you so much!!! This helps a lot!!!! Your video was spectacular by the was!!! As soon as I saw that Imperial Fist, I knew that style was what I wanted my Black Templars to look like!!!

[@Dr._Nope]

By the way*

[@ahzula]

Can you do it with blood angel and raven guard...

[@Epicduck]

I'll add it to my topic list, can't promise when I'll get to it though.

[@MaksimRiabckenko]

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[@dragonfist]

I wish I was able to paint like this :/

[@Epicduck]

The first step is trying it out ;)

[@jsh1103]

Blue is the correct lense colour for Imp Fist.

[@Epicduck]

Good thing I used Blue then. That said, I found official GW artwork with them having blue, red, and even yellow on a Sergeant at one point. I don't think they're too internally consistent ;)

[@jsh1103]

@@Epicduck yeah maybe not on the consistency. I was thumbing thru the 8th edition codex a day or 2 ago. Noticed blue for lense, was thinking that changed cause I thought they were red.

[@stanlee2200]

Actually a purple would have been the complimentary color to yellow for the eye but yeah blue looked good as well

[@Epicduck]

That depends on whether you're using an RGB or RYB colour wheel ;) My background is mostly in digital art, so my thought process tends towards RGB. (Yes, I know this reply is MONTHS late... I'm catching up on a lot of stuff)

[@stanlee2200]

@@Epicduck i didnt know color theory changed bc an lcd screen is made of rgb? i know they can still prodice yellows and blacks they just arent very good atr it...hhmmmm oh well

[@Epicduck]

@@stanlee2200 yeah it's to do with how digital colors are additive (combining multiple light Wavelengths to imitate a colour) while physical colours are subtractive (colours produced by reflecting a specific wavelength). They're different "colour spaces" so the whole colour wheel doesn't work exactly the same - like Yellow is a primary colour while it's produced by combining red and green Wavelengths in an RGB space - which is how it ends up opposite blue. This is why images on a monitor never exactly match printed images - programs like Photoshop will even warn you when you're using un-printable colors. Some newer LCDs are using an RGBY colour space now too, which helps them produce a wider variety of green and brown shades (and yellow, obviously), which arguably produces yet another colour wheel. Long story short, colour theory can go DEEP - for the most part it's good enough to know that two colours pair well, whether they're *technically* complimentary or not (which you hit on anyway)