The EASIEST BLACK ARMOUR tutorial. Just THREE steps

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[@osiris4457]

I was very suspicious with just ten minute video about painting black armour. I was wrong, this is an incredible tutorial!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks, happy to help. I have another equally as surprising about Plasma weapons, you are going to LOVE it

[@osiris4457]

@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Neat!

[@kevinpeers8714]

Never doubt the messiah

[@mikemee8002]

I thought the same, the results are pretty good.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

@mikemee8002 thanks mate 😘

[@grantchapman8489]

Incredible tutorial. Struggled to find a decent recipe for Black armour. This one is by far the best I’ve seen. Great work!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks!!

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

Juan, I’m painting a Black Templars army… so now I won’t have to paint them blue 😊😊😊

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Good

[@andrewcrane5105]

It's a crime that you made a way that I could paint as well as you. Not only are you good at your craft but you're also a good teacher that's very rare

[@passchen-fail3704]

Normally, I’m annoyed when there’s a lot of ads, but you have four minutes of excellent painting advice and the rest is shilling, and, to be quite honest, I’m not even mad. You deserve it! This is incredible!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Gotta shill to make a living 🤣

[@BattleBrotherCasten]

Is there anyway to prime in grey first and use a black legion contrast maybe? Or do I really need to buy black primer? My budget is limited rn- thanks!

[@carnosaur93]

@@BattleBrotherCasten you should be able to just paint over the primer with any black. i paint a lot of dark color schemes and always start from cheap grey primer and often end up just blacking out the whole model as my first step. its fast though because you are just covering the whole model so no neatness needed. Honestly even if you use black primer this step is likely something you would want to do anyway, to make sure you are starting from a solid color with no lighter areas in deep recesses

[@sonicwingnut]

Quite glad I didn't get too far into my Death Company painting before seeing this - tried some drybrushing already but that contrast over the top should really bring it together.

[@lovemysi07]

Nice video and recipe! Something I struggle with is understanding which colors work together. From what I watched, it looks like you picked grays that are in the "cold" or blueish family. That helped spice up the black final color. I wish I had the eye for knowing which to test and try to get results like that. Super helpful JH. thank you!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help. Not everyone has that eye for colour, just keep practicing and painting

[@lovemysi07]

@JuanHidalgoMiniatures this is also why your videos are so important to the learning community. Keep making them and helping us develop these skills.

[@dekai7992]

​​@@lovemysi07 One way you can approach colour and train yourself is thinking about contrast, particularly light/dark contrast, cool/warm contrast, and, by extension, complementary contrast. Use those to contrast model vs. base, eye lenses vs armour, weapon vs. armour. That should be a good starting point for coming to grips with this topic. Similarly, look into primary, secondary and tertiary colours in colour scheme concepts.

[@CalAndAly]

This is amazing! I’ve been doing almost exactly this with drybrushing two tones of greys and army painter gravelord grey for Deathwatch, but the volumetric touch with the smaller Drybrush is such a great touch that levels it up, I’m def gonna use! This was honestly just so encouraging that I’m on the right path!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@Tobbe11]

I am gonna try this technique out and I also have speed paint available. Do you use speed paint medium for grave lord grey or just as is?

[@DBSG1976]

Im still thanking you for that Skink skin tutorial still! That cyan blue armour on my Chaos Astartes is beautiful, thank you for simplifying the process!!!!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@e.x.watson9997]

Zero skill? Wait till you see how I mess it up!

[@gunrunner2437]

It's funny you say that, my models came out Nightlords blue.

[@NuttsnBolts]

I've always been someone that has dipped in and out of the painting hobby for years and I have a few boxes of unused GW models that I do want to eventually paint. This tutorial is just great for a novice like me, and I love how it's only 4 colours and basic techniques.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks!

[@Is_This_Really_Necessary]

This is a lot more straight forward than most of the other "how to paint black armour" tutorials on KZbin. Definitely am gonna give this a try. :)

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

That's the idea behind the series, as easy as possible recipes

[@Skull_Gun]

Damn those final results look great, been trying to figure out how to go about painting Death Company and this has been good food for thought!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@LeUliUli]

I'm 3/5 into my squad and this makes me want to paint another 5 this way.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

DO IT

[@antoninfavre5860]

Perfect and it should work for sister of battle too ! Now I have the perfect video for starting my black Templar army !

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@The_Mini_Creative]

Wow, I didn’t expect to see results like that so quickly. I definitely plan to try this.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@simoncarter4576]

Ive been painting dark angels in their HH black armour but this method is definitely going to change my approach thanks for the video

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@cohain]

Always amazes me when you show a technique which isn't quiet obvious. At first i think nah I don't like that, this isn't looking good. But then, the last step comes and everything before just fits together (like here when adding black lotus) and it looks magnificent. Thank you especially for this tutorial. I find black armor one of the difficult colour schemes, since without proper highlighting details can be missed.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help, I love to help other people

[@RyanEdwardsVA]

Great stuff! One of the few KZbin painting video titles that doesn't lie, it really is easy!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

I don't do Clickbait, except to make fun of it. I hate it.

[@RyanEdwardsVA]

@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures you and me too, mate. Appreciate it!

[@FFXIForge]

Wow! What a fantastic tutorial! I play Dark Angels and have been wanting to add some Ravenwing to my army and will 100% be using this tutorial. Thank you!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@jaredadamson7196]

Absolutely breathtaking. Im amazed by how good of result was produced from such a simple method!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@Zanzibrush]

Awesome! Love that it's truly black but also has nice volumes. Thanks!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

Juan is a genius !!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

I KNOW

[@BlackJack6569]

Awesome paint job. I would love to see more vids on this technique using the other Vallejo contrast colors, again awesome vid. Thanks

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Maybe in the future

[@Themodelman]

Wow, I need to try that on my next diorama!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Awesome

[@pitipol30]

Ooookay so now I know how to paint Mannfred's mount, thank you. ❤

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Lol

[@makeitrain280]

I’ve been trying to figure out ways to make my iron hands look more interesting so this actually might help a ton to make them more interesting to look at

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@nikr5598]

The final photo result looks much blacker then the final step of the tutorial, have you done something to darken it more or is the photo edited?

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

No editing on the photo, but the studio lights I use for filming are VERY strong so you can see everything with great detail and that can cause that effect.

[@axelsmaug2096]

Maybe the best tutorial I found for black armor!! Thank you!!

[@joshfitzpatrick3046]

You are actually the best. Thank youuuu

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

I KNOW!

[@Bobby3OOO]

I wonder if I could get a really dark blue doing something similar.... ?? Love it -- thank you!

[@makeupbydoireann2631]

This tutorial is so great! Just doing my first black armor which is tough and you made it so easy!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@syd4890]

I got this technique from Midwinter Minis a couple years ago. Black base, several lighter grey highlights and then one coat of black templar. Beautiful easy black for any black shrouded miniature as a nazgul or a AOS ghost boy. Really cool effect.

[@nicolaslemoan8658]

Did you thin down the Black Templar contrast paint?

[@LovoAle]

@@nicolaslemoan8658 with large / flat surface i prefer to use two thin layer ,thinned down with contrast medium

[@uaebolt7480]

Yeah I’ve scoured KZbin for every damn black Templar tutorial. This is genuinely the most simple and at the same time gives the best results.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@tadach5166]

Honestly, an amazing video with solid advice for a beginner painter. A great way for folks to get an army on the table that could be adapted to a lot of color schemes, thank you!

[@sethoxley5851]

Can’t wait to try it for my chaos warriors!

[@otinane89]

Thats pure genius! It looks like this technique can work with any colour, as long as you find the correct dilution of the contrast type pain!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Yeah and the correct undercolours. It's basically a modified Slapchop

[@kungfupacman]

That was fucking incredible. Ive been trying to figure out how to handle black for my shoulderpads for the longest time and you made it so simple. I love your use of drybrushing. I typically see people just use it for basing but your precise application is just so much more fun

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help!

[@Djaytokaiba]

Super 👍🏻 I will use your technique for my army. What Citadel paint Can I use in place of the Vallejo one?

[@LovoAle]

black templar ,eventually mixed with contrast medium, I suggest you to thin layers

[@kolosmenus]

I’ve just tried out this method, but I feel like black lotus looks very green. It doesn’t look like that in the video at all. The transparency is just right, but it should be bluish or neutral in tone imo. Tried out using black Templar, leviadon blue and contrast medium mix on the next model, but will have to redo it. I need way more contrast medium for the contrast paints. I also probably should’ve tried just black Templar without the blue.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Do Black Templar and probably 1 part paint 2 parts Medium minimum

[@chrisreames7803]

@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Agree with the "minimum" part - I tried your technique out and did a 1:3 paint to medium mix and I think the opacity of the Black Templar is still a little too strong. Wanted to try and use a GW paint since they are generally more accessible AND I know they don't reactivate if they get wet (a la Army Painter speed paints). Not sure about the Vallejo express paints, but worried about finding out, lol.

[@laffing_hwhitee]

I love your casual approach !

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@danpsyker6122]

Absolutely love your tutorials and have used these techniques on multiple models now with great results too! Keep up the amazing work and I look Forward to seeing what you bring out next!

[@Buiserd]

What considerations should you make when applying this to vehicles or other big, flat surfaces?

[@Vorpal_Wit]

Did anyone else unconsciously start blowing at that stray brush-hair on the base? Stunning result for that little work? Thanks for sharing.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks mate

[@KuPaoChicken]

This technique and how it came out is fantastic! Really awesome

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@naldi3923]

Perfect tutorial! Do you have a similar easy recipie for dark angels green?

[@ChiefCast]

Thanks looks great! What’s your recipe for those white pauldrons?

[@DimMak73]

Definitely gonna try this once I get home

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@staticgrass]

Wow very effective and efficient. This is perfect for people wanting to get an army done.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

That's the idea behind this series

[@DomingoWiden-m4n]

Just tried this and the result is fantastic, thank you so much Juan! - do you think similar steps and colours could be follow to paint a black vehicle ?

[@kaibe5241]

The great thing about this technique is that if you do it by watering down the paint to begin with, you can do two layers at each step, it's still quite quick, but you don't see the drybrush effect as harshly, and gives an amazing tabletop finish :)

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Nice tip!

[@euphzji]

Do you have any tips for doing this with a more neutral-grey Iron Hands style? I tried this tutorial, and while I think the end result is absolutely beautiful it's a LITTLE bit too blue-black for my taste when I think of Iron Hands. I've tried recreating this a couple times with various greys (Eshin then Dawnstone, Dawnstone then Ulthuan) and then using thinned Black Templar to tone it back down, but I feel like I either end up over-darkening the model back to a boring black and losing all the drybrush details, or getting a chalky grey-black look at the end.

[@lyndongaming]

amazing work. can you do a helldiver piece / tutorial ? that would be awesome

[@jdrichter7155]

I’ve tried this recipe a couple times but I can’t get it to come out right, it always reads as blue under the hobby light. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, but I can’t say for sure yet I have some xpress medium on the way . I’ve tried a 1:1 mix of black lotus and lahmien medium and plain old water but both of those make it very transparent and the undercoat shines through very strongly. I’ll try again once the xpress medium is here

[@andred.2823]

and?

[@aesoterik]

Id suggest dry brushing with eshin grey and celestra grey, they're both more neutral. Thunderhawk blue and fenrisian grey have very strong cool/blue hues in them

[@pavelech2565]

Woooah, this blew my mind, i'll use it for my votann army, as always great job!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@LovoAle]

amazing result ,i'll try soon with Death Company

[@bentaylor2654]

This is awesome Juan. Do you think a brown or sepia oil wash could be added to this for a more weathered look?

[@timothydelfin]

Looking good, I will try it on my dreadnaught!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Awesome

[@johnvanzelm2307]

Thank you Juan Hidalgo! I've been staring at my newly assembled Black Templar crusader squad and trying to figure out how to quickly get through them and maintain quality. One more question about this technique how would you approach this with an airbrush?

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Prime Black Airbrush Thunderhawk Lightly airbrush Fenrisian, mostly just the spot highlights Drybrush Fenrisian to catch edges Apply Black Lotus by hand, you can use airbrush but hand will give you the best results

[@herrunterberg665]

Thanks,finale got a solution for my future black Templer army 😊

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@jonaymiguelgarciagonzalez7586]

Impresionante, el primer video que veo que cumple al 100% el Fast Painting !

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Gracias

[@Reconwhitey1]

Dude that is perfect that's exactly what I've been looking for, for my Ravenguard thank you

[@Obsrv-r]

You’re the best, Juan! Cheers!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

I know I'm pretty awesome

[@100PMoney]

This is amazing bro! I can’t wait to try this on my Death Company

[@TheRavingbantha]

Black Lotus and Black Templar seem to similar in color to each other, with Black Lotus seeming to be a little thinner. How would you suggest thinning Black Templar to get the same effect as Black Lotus?

[@bradfordwalker4728]

I tried this multiple times but they just look so bad idk what I’m doing wrong. I’m def gonna have to try a different method.

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Wonderful. Thanks!!!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@lukebolland85]

I gave this a go tonight but my outcome seems very blue, any tips? I used black Templar contrast 50:50 with contrast medium which didn’t do a huge amount so did another layer 100% black Templar but still seems a little too blue?

[@neilhiginbotham9117]

Did you ever solve this?

[@howardhautville4208]

Magic!!! Fantastic timing for me too as I want to paint some Anvils of Heldenhammer - so will give this a try. Thank you for the great tutorial.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Awesome!

[@johannes8270]

Does this translate to vehicles? Contrast over drybrush (essentially "slapchop" tends to have problems on larger flat surfaces.🤔

[@wolf-xf6hf]

Do you think it would work as well to do the thunder hawk blue stage with an airbrush, dry brush the fenrisian grey, and then use oil paints to black line/pinwash to establish the shadows again. Before applying the block lotus with an airbrush as well. Just thinking that might work better and be quicker

[@ultimapanzer]

I think I'm going to try this with The Lion, using greens for the dry brush. Thanks!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Go watch my Lion video and see how I did it because it's similar and you will get the right ideas for your try

[@optimustrond]

Great video! I'm having problems painting my black legion. They all come out flat and uninteresting. What colors would you recommend for BL highlights? Don't think the blue hue will suit them. Grey? Thanks! ❤

[@blindkaiser1]

I wanted to paint a Sisters of Battle army but was intimidated by painting everything black. This will make it super easy!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

YEAH

[@lucasrutherford4867]

Looks really good, would this same technique work using army painter speed paints 2.0 black instead of the vallejeo one?

[@CarlosSanchez-do5hq]

Muchas gracias por el video. No pensaba que pudiera ser tan sencillo.

[@DouglasIrby-k2u]

I am about to start a Norse team in black armor...this was a useful find.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@MrBrutalicus]

Thx for the video, 👊 gonna try it.

[@schragkraft]

As a fan of drybushing whenever I can, this is great! I wonder how well it would work using metallics under the black lotus as an alternative to your 'eavy contrast Iron Hands scheme...

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Fantastically well

[@jadenpaber1952]

10mos ago but still amazing learning for painting black :) currently painting sword breathen using your technique but gonna try black legion instead of black templar coz I don't have dat. hopefully it will work

[@lilpain1997]

Sadly i don't have either of those other colours but i do have black lotus and medium. This is so easy to do and looks amazing and would be perfect for my oathbreaker paladin

[@audreyleblanc8859]

Any colour close to the ones showed will work, experiment, that's the fun part of it

[@lilpain1997]

​@@audreyleblanc8859Eh not really, if someone gives a recipe like this it's best to follow it. Already tried to substitute colours before using ones people recommend and I'll never do it again.

[@jamesgordley5000]

Wow, that actually *is* amazing!

[@bear0907]

Brilliant, Really great Black armour. Thank you!!

[@mahari7285]

I have tried this several times now but it always looks like the miniature has been primed black again...any tips?

[@brianmoore4041]

These are the videos we need! Love it.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@Davidxcat]

I just started to paint black templars thank you so much!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@scruffy6504]

Awesome tutorial, I'm fairly new to painting minis and plan on making a raven guard army, what do you suggest I do in case I get some paint on the armor while I'm painting other aspects of the minis, like the gun? only asking since I know most of the black armor is mostly dry brush, would I have to use another dry bush or use the paint that corresponds with the color?

[@82zamma82]

Wow, what a black! I have to try it on my Black Templars. May i ask the procedure to do that beautiful OSL on the helmet? Thanks!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

I have a video on glowing details, check it out

[@durmoment]

Thanks for the great video, i tried it myself with the Xpress Black lotus and Medium, but once dried it is very shiny and not as matte as yours. Any idea why?

[@cullenstreeter451]

This is exactly what I was looking for! I wanted to do black and red and I'm thinking this may look perfect paired with my red accents!

[@D00M3R-SK8]

Great scheme, man. I really need to check out those Xpress paints.

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

They are amazing

[@docremington1589]

I was totally convinced that I want a Exorcists army… and now you’re coming with this beauty! I was suspecting that this type of painting strategy was going to give great results, but it’s great to see it in the „digital flesh“! Excellent video!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@shinkage6949]

Thank you dear, simple inspiring video, the zero skill series is amazing!!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks, I'm very happy with it. Just need to find more recipes

[@TheVenom46]

This is seriously the best black painting video I've seen. Been watching loads and they all make it too complicated or use airbrush. This is perfect and looks amazing 👌

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@daweimer71]

Thank you for this video! A big help and a genius and simple technique!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help

[@theotv5522]

I wonder if you can also apply this to guardsmen or Krieg, but also make their gear (backpacks, belts and straps) stand out in some simple way?

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Take a look at my Slapchop video to see how you can apply this to minis with different colours and textures

[@gyraking]

I followed it exactly but I think my drybrushing was too thing as it ends up pretty blue

[@Maikshikari]

Insanely brilliant!

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Thanks

[@notownsavage2024]

Awesome job! Thanks so much! ❤

[@swagmeischter4971]

Amazing tutorial! This technique looks great and doesn't take long at all. Looking forward to trying this

[@JuanHidalgoMiniatures]

Happy to help