Learning to Paint IRON WARRIORS - Road to Warpsmith part 1 - Pile of Shame

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Wow, what a fun video. Great job! Loved it 😊😊

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks so much team! Thanks for the amazing tutorials!

[@heath4379]

Such an underrated gem on KZbin, it’s always really cool to find a hobbyist who is trying to challenge themselves in different ways and comparing their previous work. You’re not the best painter in the world, but you’ve got the drive, enthusiasm and the charisma that is just so interesting to watch! Great video mate! Keep up the great work and keep working at your craft, can’t wait to see what else you put out there! IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT!! 🤘🏻

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks so much, that means a lot! Definitely a noob but I'm eager to push myself, learn, and see where it goes! Thanks for watching.

[@constantinepeterson6874]

Juan style marine got a thumbs up on his shoulder 😁18:30

[@earlwealleans2317]

I like the compare and contrast of each style you attempted. However, I really liked how you were thinking how you will incorporate certain aspects of each tutorial into future models. This is how I progressed in my personal learning journey.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Earl, much appreciated and thanks for watching. It seemed like the logical way to go for me, follow some others then combine my favourite elements.

[@AcornPlays]

Your skills as a videographer are on full display here, this video is so entertaining

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks! Definitely had a headstart with the kit I already had.

[@aliciagrayson4203]

I can already tell this is going to be my new favorite painting channel. Your cinematography is amazing. Your paintjobs, while really good, arent "Ive placed in the Golden Demon three times and won once" level insanity like a lot of what I see on youtube. Its much closer to my own level, which makes it significantly more relatable, makes me want to paint more, and makes it easier to not be so hard on myself for not being as good as what I'm seeing. You make mistakes and dont just gloss over them and hope nobody will notice.

[@thepaintingphase]

Hi David, thanks for the lovely comment. I think you really get our mission plan! - Geoff

[@xenonsean7050]

2:49 Now this is the most metal painting montonge I've every seen. Absolutely fantastic!

[@thepaintingphase]

Seemed appropriate for painting angry mental space dudes. Glad you're enjoying it!

[@jordansedlacek5627]

1:54 You dont need that much glue by the way, too much glue will leak out of the seam and slightly misalign the model's arms

[@Chewed_crow]

Iron within, Iron without! Great video and welcome to the hobby!

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching! And the welcome!

[@MangaVally]

Thats some excellent first time Hazards my friend!!!

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks! Slowly improving.

[@RJordan1993]

Really really enjoyed this video

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Great video. Nice to see those techniques on display against each other.

[@kekearif]

Something very satisfying about those super close ups you shot. Great video!

[@thepaintingphase]

They're great, macro lenses for the win!

[@laughingbandit33]

Brand spanking new to painting and already crushing it? Such a great video! You went all in man.

[@volkarve]

I've always used a pencil to gently (not too dark) hand draw lines and used the lighter color as the first (i.e. Black over yellow here). Great video and looking forward to your future content

[@GeoffSavory]

Thanks for the tip and the kind words.

[@SWATDRUMMUH]

cool tip i learned: a little airbrush thinner can be used to help "erase" any painting mistakes

[@GeoffSavory]

Nice one thanks man - Geoff

[@thepaintingphase]

Ooooooh, will have to try it. Thanks!

[@robnyland9201]

Looks good. Love the editing of the vid.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Rob, thanks for watching!

[@JacksonINC]

Was not ready for the rift at 3:00 - mint video, getting ready for the new markIII's coming out and this has given me some great ideas.

[@nojoho]

Evil as *HERESY*! Love it guys, keep up the good work!

[@thepaintingphase]

The space marine censor machine, we're putting him to good use!

[@paul.epiazzon1030]

This is insane! The video quality is outstanding and the's paintjobs are great! Can't wait for the warpsmith 👍

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks so much Paul, filming part two now trying out loads of ways to do hazard stripes and trying to nail down a scheme.

[@KMKimo]

Dude what insane camera work is this??? So much detail. Incredible work

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks very much!

[@SpeckedJim]

Great video! It was really interesting to see you improve as you went on. Painting Coach one is definitely my favourite.

[@QuantemFear]

Good luck learning to paint, it is a lot of fun. 😊

[@thepaintingphase]

Isn't it! Really enjoying it so far.

[@brendenconolly7161]

What a great idea! Really enjoyed this journey/test!

[@tsvetanpanov191]

Happy to have come across your content mate, shots, painting, music, iron warriors, GW behind you and an amazing life ahead as a member of the community, just epic! Loved every single bit of this video! Respect.

[@thepaintingphase]

What a nice comment. Thanks so much

[@malyxxplays7949]

The first one was the best imo

[@thepaintingphase]

Controversial 😉 nah, Pete's Marine is ace.

[@joejones3387]

Brilliant video - great to see someone painting and comparing multiple style guides of the same miniatures all at the same time of ability, fantastic comparisons

[@Michael_Gombos]

Tamiya makes ultra fine masking tape for hazard stripe perfection.

[@thepaintingphase]

I found some for part 2. Currently filming and trying it out.

[@astolbro7183]

I believe the chrome paint is alcohol based rather then water based which would explain why it didn't work on the wet palette

[@johnbeaudoin7820]

Very cool video! As others have said, I like to file a pencil to an ultra-fine point and trace my stripes on (I haven’t done any Iron Warriors, but my Genestealer Cultists enjoy that ornamentation too). Of your four, I have to say I like the “Duncan” example the best, for the uniformity of the lines. Well done, I look forward to seeing more from you!

[@Farglator]

Very interesting video. Really enjoyed seeing the comparisons between them all.

[@bigsmiles768]

really nice shots hope to see more episodes with you like this

[@faithanddamnationstudios5845]

Lovely work my dude very clean work indeed, should be very proud of these 👌. Won't lie the music tracks you choose are bangers too 🤟🏻🔥

[@thepaintingphase]

My thought pattern re music kinda went like this: "What is your favourite genre? Yes."

[@dc345601]

Thank you for doing this video. I'm about 14mins in and I'm still blown away by how good the the first one is as a speed paint job. Also, genius move on the electric stir rod, never dawned on me to try that. Instead I bought an expensive test tube shaker 😖 Anyway, thank you for the beautiful work! I am very much looking forward to more of your stuff.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching, glad you're enjoying it. I can't take credit for the mixer, one of the army painters at GW gave me the idea, think it's only £8 on Amazon, blooming ideal!

[@greywanderer5935]

Great video! Inspires me to paint my IW in my ever growing pile of shame (I too worked for a miniature company).

[@thepaintingphase]

Do it! Or not, whatever works best for you!

[@jimatulkerriganus4316]

Damn your music choices are really good!! Good heavy metal for metal marines!!

[@McF1oss]

Awesome video idea! Really like seeing different styles side by side.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Sean, much appreciated.

[@radeadcool]

I love this so much

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks you!

[@radeadcool]

@@thepaintingphase i love to see more videos like this as its very different and very intresting from other videos that are on youtube. Also as a former videographer love your work and yes not much weddings around lol

[@jinofthesheep]

I’ve been on my own journey getting back into the hobby over the last year and KZbin tutorials have been so helpful for that (wish they were around 20 years ago, I would’ve at least thinned my paints!). Over the year, as I’ve got more confident, I’ve done similar to what you were suggesting at the end, cherry picking certain approaches from different tutorials and meshing them together - decisions often driven by paints needed, skill level and time. There’s a level of freedom when you’re able to do that imo. Main thing that’s helped though is finding a support community to discuss, get inspired, show off, get motivation. Without that network, doing the hobby in a vacuum is so unrewarding.

[@fleshbhones]

I'm looking at starting my first army (Iron Warriors as well) and I think it's really valuable to see a novice attempt these painting tutorials. They always come out immaculate in the videos, so this is a great way to see what mine will more or less look like, and maybe how I can avoid some minor mistakes. Awesome video!

[@RSBurgener]

I really enjoyed your video a lot. It took me forever to figure out my IW technique. I kept seeing bright gunmetal in my head and I had to paint two other armies before my skills were up to it. You did an amazing job, especially for a beginner.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@matthewfoster1415]

Great minds - literally did the same thing. Scouring youtube for the best IW painting options. My top four picks (in no particular order): 1 Pete the Wargamer 2. The Painting Coach 3. Duncan Rhodes 4. Juan Hidalgo. I laughed each time they came up on yours. Small world. I also preferred the overall aesthetic of the Painting Coach, but Duncan's eyes and dark theme, Hidalgo's techniques and stripes all were solid wins. Like you I'll do a combination. Some time in the future we'll have to swap pic's of our finished product! I really liked Duncan's dark theme but my own concern was how dark Duncan's final model was. Keeping the theme through the entire army is important. Meaning my vehicles will need that same dark like qualities, this scares me more with the large vehicles. My airbrushing skills are non-existent. I feel the Painting Coach's theme would be easier to carry across the army. We have similar piles of shame.... sub'd :)

[@thepaintingphase]

Amazing, what are the chances ey?! I discounted any airbrush based tutorials as I'm not really ready for that yet, these were the four! absolutely keep me updated with what you choose to do, I've made my first hybrid marine recently but have a couple of things to decide on, mainly the colour of all the trim!

[@matthewfoster1415]

@@thepaintingphase 2nd attempt was a batch of 5 marines with Duncan's dark theme - again just too dark, looked more like Black Legion, even with the chevrons. Which I conclude are ridiculously hard to do well. I take back all my internal comments about IW armies I see painted when their lines weren't good. Enough that I purchased some 2mm pinstripe tape - I'll see how that goes with the next batch. As for the dark theme I maybe needed to dilute Basilicanum for a better effect. Trying 5 IW with J Hidalgo armour and darker trim hopefully a better final product

[@thepaintingphase]

I've literally just finished my next test marine which will be in the next video and used diluted Basilicanum Grey to shade, I like it! Tried some tape and got ok results, almost not worth it for the faff, found it quite plasticy and difficult to mould around the marine. Trying normal masking tape next and someone recommended Gundam Paint markers so have some in the post.

[@matthewfoster1415]

@@thepaintingphase Howdy again, been a while and my struggles continues for my own IW. Congrat's to you and your latest vids huge improvements across the board - you're much more willing to experiment out of the box which I admire. I continue to struggle with the visual of dark and grimy nature of the models. I get the Grim dark aesthetic but I found my small force of CSM just didn't fill me with joy and it was starting to look a little too much like a more shiny Black Legion. It doesn't help that I'm painting the old first born models that is smaller in size. Idea was to progress through my collection then get to the full size 'normal' models. The pivotal problem - hazard stripes, continues to be a bane of my painting existence. Did try the pinstripe tape to no avail - way, way too much faffing around and the final product was still subpar. Pencil seems to be the winner but still it looks shitte :( I now completely understand why the PaintingCoach leaves them off. Just do them on the odd weapon or so. Juan's style is awesome but trying to do the techniques on smaller models just blends everything badly. I just finished Batch painting 124 bases so all i need now is some completed actual Iron Warriors.... I keep returning to the PaintingCoach's example. A much lighter colour scheme for the aesthetic of an entire army. For the infantry it's solid but for a shiny large vehicle I have doubts. At least with vehicles the chevrons will be easy. Rewatched all the video's again and contemplating my next path. The long war continues, hang in there :)

[@ben9441]

easily the best cinematography of any painting vid on youtube. gud job

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Ben!

[@gacawhac]

Always great to see someone joining the hobby! Looking forward to seeing how the rest of your army turns out. Seen it mentioned already but the pencil marks really help me get my stripes equal and parallel before I start painting and have saved me from bad positioning where it gets to the trim. Going to try using contrast paints to get a good gradient. If you like a good shiny metal I highly recommend Vallejo Metal color line. Saw some other KZbinrs mention it and it's been a joy to paint with. Also one of them is named Burnt Iron and it just went too well to pass up.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching, really appreciated. I'm nearly done filming part two and have experimented with pencil marks, tape, all sorts! I've now tried some chrome model air, do want to try some of the darker metals too! From watching a few Richard Grey tutorials I picked up exhaust fanfold which I'm eager to get using!

[@AceTaxiaGaming]

Awesome to see so much progress in such a short time

[@howdy9433]

this is such a cool video! really nice concept

[@SWATDRUMMUH]

Duncan's effect for the glowing eyes are a must for me

[@thepaintingphase]

They're on every marine I've painted for part two, definitely my favourite!

[@zuluwarrior8065]

I loved this! This is so insightful and as a new iron warriors collector it's given me a great idea on how I want them to look. Thanks

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching! Much appreciated.

[@TrippyTheShroom]

Your skill as a videographer shines through. Fantastic video.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks trippy the shroom!

[@tylerstephens1548]

Quality content, happy I stumbled!

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Tyler! Just released part 2 if you're looking to waste 15 more minutes of your life!

[@CadianColors]

The music on this video really suits the Iron Warriors. And pheeeew that editing is really nice. That's a sub from me for sure 👍

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.

[@napalmmachete]

I love the idea of this video. I'd love a series of these with various armies and factions comparing KZbin tutorials 😊

[@thepaintingphase]

That's absolutely the plan!

[@andrewbain9767]

Nice to see a new Iron warriors player Welcome yo This community best wishes just subscribed

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Andrew!

[@timothymartin5538]

Good vid, covered some great painters, looked at the elements of each scheme and decided on an amalgamation, which is essentially what we all do to personalise our armies whilst making them obvious. I wouldn't go too hard on yourself, attempting highlights, glazes and hazard stripes with little experience is a bold move, although you don't actually say you're inexperienced, you just say [redacted].

[@xenonsean7050]

God those crisp camera angles are just *MWAH* chef's kiss. I hope it wasn't too much work, but regardless, excellent job!

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks! Definitely have more experience behind a camera than painting!

[@magimagimagi8820]

youre going to do great things on this site, great video bro.

[@thepaintingphase]

Hopefully, haha! Thanks!

[@joahnaut]

Excellent work on the minis dude. After personally painting over 10K points of Iron Warriors, I've found that Hazard Stripes look a lot cooler when you make it less uniform, and more akin to ritualistic markings, as if done to the marine's own choice. Bonus points for doing the trim in Hazards.

[@thepaintingphase]

Over 10k?! You crazy person. Interesting take on the hazard stripes idea. I'm making part two now, if I've got the time I'll absolutely make a marine that's got hazard stripe trim haha! Come to think of it I've a test marine I'm not really attached to, you're on!

[@ForrixTV]

Really Enjoyed this Video, I Prefer the Bright Armour and Darker Trim myself that's how I do it now, takes a bit longer tho, depends on what you want from the experience (speed or quality) you'll pick you own style no doubt after painting for a while, I used to paint my Iron warriors Copper then dry brush Gunmetal over that, but that was an age ago now. Keep the vids coming and good luck with the channel i look forward to more videos !

[@anthonycasino8955]

When it comes to the armor, I find myself to be a bit of a freak and do a whole lot of drybrushing. Spray it black, start from Iron Warriors, go to Leadbelcher, Iron Hands, and then Necron Compound (or Stormhost, they're pretty much the same thing in terms of color), and use a lamp or something as a guide on where to brush. You start all over, then get smaller and smaller as the light becomes more intense, and then you use Contrasts to preserve the highlights while also getting that color you want. JuanHidalgo's tips on the hazard stripes work extremely well with this technique as well, but I use the lamp to judge how I paint my highlights and shadows.

[@GeoffSavory]

Some great tips there Anthony, thanks so much. Geoff

[@HumanSynthetics]

Nice one Patrick these are sick!!

[@paulwilliams3148]

Great vid, you have done what I have being doing for the past weeks looking and trying schemes to find out what I like and what I don’t. Keep it up and kind wait to see the Warpsmith as I have one of those too to paint 😉

[@thepaintingphase]

Currently filming part two, painted my first mix of the bunch and then trying to find my favourite way of painting hazard stripes!

[@ivansmirnov7342]

On the first one you could just paint over the shoulder pad with black and apply the transfer. For the stripes you could just use the masking tape, no?

[@thepaintingphase]

Yeah in hindsight I should have done that. Tape etc in part 2, I just wanted to follow the tutorials in this episode.

[@J7clayton]

Very pleasant video and a nice review of tutorials from a beginners viewpoint. I do hope you continue a series with other heretical legions

[@richardhutchinson4740]

Hey man. Love your channel. Never put metallics onto a wet palette - you'll cross contaminate into other paints and metallic flakes will get into the foam. I always use hard palettes for metallics and mixing washes/contrasts...

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching, much appreciated! Someone else has mentioned this so I've gone back to a normal palette for metallic paints! Much better results because of it too!

[@rockkiller124]

I use metallic paints on wet palette and I had no problem tbh, it made my painting metal parts easier

[@orkusdorkusmaximus]

painting straight lines are my bane too and i have been painting since the 80's . I like your stuff you will get only better as you work on your craft!

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Paul! I'm currently trying all of the "cheats" for hazard stripes while filming part two. Get those lines even straighter!

[@aaronweeks1989]

This was such a good video to watch, i really felt as if i was going on a journey with you

[@thepaintingphase]

Really glad you liked it.

[@Kepora1]

Try the Duncan Rhodes way with the Pete way of doing the trim.

[@thepaintingphase]

Good Shout.

[@Kepora1]

@@thepaintingphase no problem. I'm trying a new method myself that folks at my LGS love: -Spray Leadbelcher -Slightly thinned Basilicanum Grey all over the armor and trim -Dry brush everything with Iron Hands Steel using a soft medium-ish makeup brush -edge highlight everything Iron Hands Steel and then a bright silver on the sharpest parts -use multiple thin coats of Skeleton Horde on the trim, it builds up a nice dark aged gold/bronze look

[@filthersea3664]

I just recently got into the table top side of the hobby and these look good. I personally like the first one best cause it seems dirty and unkempt kinda how the actual legion would be. Great job dude.

[@josephcullen5872]

I loved this video for more than one reason. First, I’m doing Iron Warriors for the Heresy box set. Second, I’m a wedding photographer. And third, I also used to work for Games Workshop! So hello to you! Can’t wait to follow your channel man ❤️

[@josephcullen5872]

Oh and the Sony shooter in me appreciates that 90mm macro lens

[@thepaintingphase]

Small world ey?! Crazy! Maybe I'm your clone... The 90mm is awesome, I've also got the 50mm macro which is pretty nifty, autofocus isn't all that but the smaller size is great if I need to get the camera in between myself and the mini. Thanks for watching!

[@josephcullen5872]

@@thepaintingphase it is indeed a small world! I’m glad I found the channel. I swear by the 90mm for weddings and by pleasant coincidence miniature photography 😂

[@paladin276]

Man your hazard stripes look better than mine! Lol great looking minis!

[@keithtam8859]

great video, honest effort

[@wildbilbo237]

Probably unsurprisingly given your profession but - Beautifully shot video, great to watch. Content was great too - The technique comparison was interesting, appreciate the quick time/cost analysis. If your doing any more IW I recommend checking the Iron Warrior Reddit & Iron Warrior discord, there’s a pretty good painting community over there & I’ve learned lots :) I had a Quick thought while watching the first part with contrast speed painting - it seems that it would be hard to ‘fix’ mistakes on the hazards as you can’t cover the black paint with contrast paint. You *might* overcome this by changing the order - paint the base armour piece white, then do your black stripes (tidying your black stripes with the white paint until you’re happy) and only then covering the part with yellow contrast. If necessary you could quickly run a little more black over the top of the stripes, but I wouldn’t think it likely to be necessary. The contrast should tint the white & be unnoticeable on the black. Looking forward to watching your progress :)

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for your comment! I'll check out the Reddit and discord, great idea. I'll give that order of operations a try, currently I've settled on a base of averland sunset because it's easier to touch up afterwards. I did like the look of the contrast paint but made too many mistakes and touching it up was difficult so I'd usually paint over it with averland anyway! I'll give that a go in part two!

[@wildbilbo237]

@@thepaintingphase averland is what I use :) I haven’t found a yellow paint that covers black better than Averland yet!

[@THEscarpina]

I like your words funny bearded man

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks Leon Tuna!

[@Eta_Carinae__]

With hazard stripes, I use hobby tape. I'm a stickler for straight lines. A big no-no with metallics is using a wet pallette. The metallic fragments seperate from the pigment of the paint, and it can ruin your wet pallette completely, so watch out, especially with GSW and Vallejo which IIRC use actual alluminium particles. Also be sure to use brushes you don't mind ruining with metallic paints. The particles can end up stuck and not wash out which ends up separating your bristles over time. I love the sons of Perturabo and I'm stoked you chose them as your first project!

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for all of the advice! Much appreciated. I've started using tape for my part 2 video, and a pencil, someone also recommend gundam markers so I'll try them a bit too. Didn't know about the wet pallette and metallics!

[@Eta_Carinae__]

@@thepaintingphase No worries! Metallics are always very difficult to work with. I can't wait to see your next batch.

[@-BL1NKY]

Great video was dying to see you paint one using all your favourite methods

[@thepaintingphase]

Pat does do that, in a video about painting a Warpsmith. Give it a watch it’s great.

[@LowMana01]

Very interesting video, I watched 3 out the 4 tutorials before I saw your video and was super cool to see the different results. I personally really liked Duncan’s video but I think Pete’s is perfect for brand new painters or for those hobbyists looking to get a army done quickly. Please continue to do similar videos like this as it was very refreshing.

[@thepaintingphase]

I'm making part 2 as we speak, I've painted a hybrid using lots of Juan's techniques but Duncan's colours. Hopefully have part two out before the end of the month!

[@thepaintingphase]

And thank you for the feedback, much appreciated.

[@queencyrys6309]

Fun thing about choas is that it’s chaotic. You can just put the chevrons wherever and it’ll look smashing

[@OifelOifel]

Good video. Don't forget your bases. 😊

[@gregb5839]

What a great video! Thank you so much!

[@larrywagner1432]

My goodness, your beard has gotten rather magnificent in the last year!

[@ReignierAvon]

What is the song that kicks in at 11:19 in the video? It's so catchy! Stunning first efforts, by the way! It's amazing seeing what a new hobbyist can do with some good guides.

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for watching! I'll have to double-check and get back to you, I use artist.io for all my music, really good royalty free site.

[@Itsallover57]

Im new to the hobby too and iron warriors might be my favorite legion but i went with the black legion because you get your main color from priming. Good thing I did that. I am so damn sick of painting trim right now. Cant imagine how bad itd be if I had to paint just about everything like with iron warriors.

[@thepaintingphase]

There is a lot of trim! The dry brush and contrast method from Pete was a massive time save, no edge highlights either!

[@ThePadsta108]

For being new to painting, you're able to get remarkable detail with your steady hand.. I typically end up spending half the painting time going back and forth with one colour and then the other trying to fix my over-spill!

[@thepaintingphase]

Oh I've plenty of that haha, probably just edited some of it out or didn't film it 😂

[@MalcadorTheSigilite]

What's that paint mixer thingy? It's awesome

[@thepaintingphase]

If you search "Pigment Stirrer" on amazon they start at around £8. Bargain.

[@MalcadorTheSigilite]

@@thepaintingphase Thank you very much

[@joshkincaid2485]

My man these look amazing if there is one thing I’ve learnt from painting minis try not to focus on your mistakes as the saying goes practice makes perfect and these are epic minis !!! Well done !

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks very much!

[@NB-568]

What do you use to mix the paint pot @7.26?

[@thepaintingphase]

Look up pigment stirrer on Amazon. I hope that helps

[@NB-568]

@@thepaintingphase thanks, just ordered. My paint sessions have large gaps of time in between

[@trogdo]

Great video, I bet you could do those hazard stripes with a sharpie

[@thepaintingphase]

Someone recommended a gundam marker which is kinda similar. Trying it out in part 2!

[@fryman2222]

Is that a milk frother you’re using to mix your paint? That’s a flipping genius idea.

[@thepaintingphase]

It's an idea I stole from the army painters at GW, much cheaper than a vortex mixer! I believe it's called a "pigment mixer" £8 each on Amazon. Bargatious! 2Pcs Electric Pigment Stirrer Mixer Portable Paint Electric Mixer Blending Making DIY Crafts for Art Gouache Painting Drawing www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08RB76WX5/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_YJS99DZ6JBSN6R23NTK2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[@porcu12345]

I think the miniature using Duncan's tutorial turned out the best. The upper torso and helmet, especially the eyes, really improve the overall look because that's where a person's vision is drawn when they first look at a model. I like the darker trim too 👍 If I were to offer some critique, the biggest thing you can improve is how you highlight the black shoulder pads.

[@thepaintingphase]

Duncan's eyes are definitely my favourite, have used them on all the iron warriors I've painted after these. (Out of context that sounded weird). Definitely lulled myself into thinking my grey highlight was ok but when adding transfers it's definitely too thick. Work to refine if begins!

[@jgrsound]

loving the channel really nice to watch for hazard stripes try drawing them in pencil first and if you really want to cheat Gundam paint markers are your friend

[@thepaintingphase]

That is some quality advice! Thanks! Currently trying a kind of masking tape but I'll try both of those in the next video, cheers!

[@jonbauml225]

If you could put Duncan's eyes and Juan's stripes on Pete's marine you'd have my favorite

[@thepaintingphase]

Interesting! Everyone has their favourite elements, I'm merging a bunch of them together for part 2 which I'm currently filming. Every marine l, however, will absolutely have Duncan's eyes because they're awesome.

[@garyg3468]

Thanks for this, been meaning to start painting my IW's for years, but can't ever settle on a 'style' as it where. Agree the 2nd on is the most eye catching overall but I really really like the eye glow on 3. been trying to pull off some subtle OSL on my blue/pink horrors to get used to the execution of it but it's slow going thus far. >XD

[@cortofredudu]

So your going for a Pete the Wargamer armour, with a painting coach trim, Ducan lenses and Juan strips ? Right?

[@thepaintingphase]

Something like that, possibly? I'm currently painting a bunch of hybrids and seeing what I like the most!

[@SickSnipes]

Well 'videographer as a trade' shouldn't be discounted because it's made for some of the best miniature painting I've seen on KZbin. Your subscriber count is ludicrously low. Wish I had a camera nice enough to film painting like that. Nice iron warriors, I like to speed paint my space marines where I can but always take time to make the eyes like Duncan's. 10/10

[@GeoffSavory]

We’ve only been going a month. Please feel free to spread the word and get our subs up. Thanks for the kind words. - Geoff

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks very much, thanks for watching and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've got an unfair advantage with the camera kit I already had, can make some great stuff on phones though of needs be. Duncan's eyes are definitely my favourite of the bunch!

[@Candymanic]

Not sure if this'll be read, but what the heck is that tool you used to spin up your congealed pot of whitestar?

[@thepaintingphase]

You can find them on Amazon under pigment stirrer. Hope that helps.

[@Candymanic]

@@thepaintingphase *Mate*, much appreciated! Planning on doing some of my own Iron warriors soon, both 30 and 40k!

[@UnspeakingXVII]

great video dude! i cannot remember where i saw it but using a pencil to draw the hazard stripes first and then blocking them in afterward may help. looking good though. i do not envy you one bit. i still cannot paint straight lines...

[@thepaintingphase]

Thanks for your comment and advice! A couple of people have suggest this, I'm trying out a bunch of different methods for part 2!

[@Undeadmudge]

They are all good but I’d agree that the quick and cheap method is hard to beat.

[@thepaintingphase]

It's certainly got character! Painting a full army that would be the way I'd go.

[@thedescendedangel]

I like this because I'm not intimidated by a bunch of different things.

[@thepaintingphase]

Then you get were we’re at. We paint for tables not glass cabinets. Welcome aboard.

[@Psychosurgeonpls]

bro its about what YOU like, everyone has a different style, me personally i love grungy and nasty so a bunch of rust and oil

[@GermanNightmare1976]

Iron within, Iron without. That said, Fenrys Hjolda and for the Allfather! Great video and as a side-note: I don't really like the term "pile of shame". It's what you've collected, with projects in mind, and too little time on hand to complete, so it's a pile of possibility!