How to paint: Plague Marine with glowing plasma gun by Mezgike

This video teaches you my entire process of painting a plague marine with epic, glowing plasma gun. If you're feeling awesome, you can donate to help me create more videos :-)
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Chapters:
Chapter 1 "Blocking-in" 00:00:58
Chapter 2 "Armour" 00:09:18
Chapter 3 "Skulls and bones" 00:33:30
Chapter 4 "Cloth" 00:47:06
Chapter 5 "Skin" 00:55:12
Chapter 6 "Black components" 01:07:57
Chapter 7 "Metal" 01:16:52
Chapter 8 "Tentacles, goggles and slime" 01:27:03
Chapter 9 "Plasma" 01:39:59
Chapter 10 "Base and touch-up" 01:52:32
Paints used:
PRIMER:
Spray Chaos Black (slight coat)
BASE PAINTS:
Steel legion drab
Leadbelcher
Abaddon Black
Zandri Dust
Celestra Grey
Blighted Gold
Rhinox hide
Mornfang Brown
Rakarth Flesh
Ceramite White
LAYER PAINTS:
Kislev Flesh
Ulthuan Grey
Ungor Flesh
Zamesi Desert
Screaming skull
Dark Reaper
Sycorax Bronze
Stormhost Silver
Necrotite Green
White Scar
EDGE/TECHNICAL/DRY/GLAZE PAINTS:
Krieg Kaki
Typhus Corrosion
Nurgles Rot
Ryza Rust
Waywatcher Green
SHADES:
Agrax Earthshade
Nuln Oil
Drakenhof Nightshade
Reikland Fleshshade
Athonian Camoshade
Seraphim Sepia
OTHER:
Burnt Sienna Pigment
'Ard Coat
Lahmian Medium
Plenty of water
Note: This was my first ever video, so I sound a bit nervous and clumsy :-P
www.mezgike.com

[@LemonRush7777]

How to paint a Plague Marine: 1- Paint a Dark Angel 2- Microwave it

[@grimreaper2380]

Hahaha

[@lunarbrona4412]

I mean your not wrong

[@o0Takka0o]

haha

[@smarmydude3019]

cursed. The Grandfather would approve.

[@sageemerald7685]

That's admech, Plague marines require a fine urine-green wash.

[@BoiledEgg74]

This is how you make a how-to video... the voiceover is soft and not the focal point of the video... and that's a huge plus for me. Great job, great talent and continued success!

[@Dr._Squid]

This guy is truly the best youtube miniature painter I've seen. Compared to at least 6 different channels I watch who instruct on how to paint, he is the most thorough and detail-oriented, and keeping the painting relatively real-time shows his entire process very well. I just hope his channel isn't dead since he hasn't posted anything recently... Please come back Mezgike!

[@Mezgike]

First Last thank you so much for those words. I promise this channel is in full production right now. In 2 weeks there will be 2 new videos, for a Black Legion sorcerer. I have been gone for a while due to some tough personal times but I’m back now.

[@Dr._Squid]

I’m so glad to hear that you are ok. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had some difficult personal issues, and I wish you the best. I really look forward to seeing your upcoming vids. Great job bro, keep it up!!!

[@Dr._Squid]

Also, if you can find a reason to paint anything Space Marines, (especially Ultramarines), I would be eternally grateful!! Every video I’ve seen so far is beautiful and I recommend you to anyone I can. Great job!!

[@Mezgike]

First Last thanks so much my mate :) I have a lot of space marine stuff planned. I don’t know if it counts but the next video has a chaos lord trampling an ultramarines banner :p

[@Dr._Squid]

Mezgike can’t wait bro. Anything you’ve got will be well welcomed by me and many others. Bring it on!

[@tomkearney237]

You're like the Bob Ross of miniature painting, love your work man keep it up!

[@Mezgike]

We’re painting a happy little plague marine! Let’s enjoy his happiness. Thanks :)

[@beetle5000]

Are you Tom Kearney from Trearddur Bay? @Tom Kearny

[@KING2BIGTV]

That is exactly how I introduced him to my friends

[@tomkearney237]

@@beetle5000 I am not man sorry

[@beetle5000]

Tom Kearney all good dude

[@60D78RUK7]

I don't even paint or play Warhammer and I loved this.. Glad i watched this front to back over some random movie

[@dodgerrogermarshall8125]

60D78RUK7 man same here I was thinking I will never watch all this...

[@ReadThisIfYourG3y]

That’s how it starts, like for me saw a lore video and… 3000 points of thousand sons

[@JohnSmith-ox2nj]

Came for glowing plasma tutorial got a masterclass, subbed man great work!

[@GreetTheSacredCow]

Burual - Untrue. My man.

[@imtired7366]

@@GreetTheSacredCow xxb ofhjovjjo fcvcigg BFF h

[@HeelvsBabyface]

Dude that is RIDICULOUS!! So much respect. I wish I had 1/100th of your talent for painting.

[@PinkyJustice]

"talent is a love for a thing." If you just start painting, and don't stress the mistakes, you'll get there with time. Less time than you'd think, probably, too. And worst case, you can always repaint, strip the kit, or paint over any old jobs you're not happy with. I hope you stay motivated!

[@ThomasHalsey-xs7sf]

Oh hey it's you love your wow vids man

[@cullenasaro2229]

INFINITE AZ!!!!!

[@GBGSK]

From WoW to 40K..? 🤔🤐🤐🤐

[@gabrielwissandersson8656]

Wow didnt know u liked Warhammer tought u only liked making fun of game companies :P

[@derGhebbet]

Could you imagine painting your entire army like this? "Yay, I'm done... and in the time it took me GW re-did the Codex only five times."

[@michaelsorensen7567]

He has mentioned he mostly does this for leaders/heroes, exceptional unique units more than whole armies.

[@doomfallmustang9904]

*only five??*

[@johnliller3032]

This literally happened to me with the Space Marine custom chapter rules in 4th ed. Rendered half my *brand new* >$600 army useless overnight and I was finished with conversions and half way done painting. And people wonder why I sold all my GW stuff and told them to fuck off. . .

[@Corrupted-by-Capitalism]

i actually am using this armor for my entire army since coming back to the hobby without a ton of cash it takes about 6ish hours to paint 1 guy batch painting regular space marines is going faster however

[@USALibertarian]

I never even opened my 8th codex.

[@vedomedo]

God damn, the light coming off the plasma and hitting the armor looks amazing!

[@RagDo77]

Ive been looking for someone to follow and your voice is like buttered crumpets on a Thursday morning with a coffee once the kids have gone to school.

[@Mezgike]

Your comment is hilarious :-P I shared it on my instagram page. Glad you enjoy the voice, hopefully the content is like a bit of honey on those crumpets.

[@innapropiator8024]

You're straight up the best painter I have ever seen. There's so much to learn from your tutorial, so please keep it the way you do! Great job!

[@thejonathan130]

KZbin is high. Your comment is comming up as someone elses from another video while I scroll through the comments section

[@alienatedbeing7513]

Don’t wanna hate but this is a very easy painting style

[@alkalineatheris6171]

​@@alienatedbeing7513 Oh? Where's your channel? "I don't wanna hate but it's easy" Still just couldn't help it? Is it as easy as your mom? No? So great input you miserable troll, thanks for playing.

[@tjschauer8627]

Watching you paint is awesome, but I could listen to you paint all day long... yes... listen to you paint :)

[@Chewed_crow]

I have never seen a more gorgeous plague marine!

[@dolamrothknight]

www.flickr.com/photos/whitemetalgames/albums/72157708291700654

[@anangrymarine9174]

@@dolamrothknight Am torn between "Eeeew!" and "oooOOOOOhhhhh....."

[@AngelGiraldeZ]

Great quality! It is really good 🤗

[@Mezgike]

Thanks! Means a lot from a legend like you

[@marbledergon]

KZbins algarithim blessed me with this gem of a video. Great painter, explains a lot of stuff that many painters don't. I will be sharing this one with my friends that are new to painting.

[@daedric1387]

The vents on the back of his boots and legs are bending points to allow the ceramite armor to crouch, run, and bend. Mark 3 armor was tough and ugly. But it fits the death guard perfectly.

[@jerryschwenk8037]

Really great job! Not only are all your miniatures painted and converted to a super high level but your explanation on your painting technique is very easy to understand and follow. I love this color scheme on the plague marine, in my opinion this is how they should look. I think the games workshop painters make them look to clean and bright but hey to each his own. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@Lemming433]

Seeing the finished mini after all that work, astounding... The plasma glow really brings everything together beautifully.

[@coltonbaysinger]

[20 minutes in] "Wow, he's almost done. Made it look easy!" *checks time* "Oh."

[@nerdoxide2952]

Me too

[@cantide]

1.5 speed bb!

[@wesleymitchell3486]

Me three.

[@quadpictures]

I was exactly at the 20 minute mark when I thought the same.

[@neontetra1000]

He should have stopped at 20 mins. It looked fantastic then he covered all that work with black wash.

[@xabu112]

No, you bloody legend. Top tier video, a free masterclass.

[@YHFiguremaker]

cool! The detailed description is awesome. I mostly sculpt and paint mostly 1: 6 scale human faces. I also like to paint the whole statue like you. Thank you.

[@mignonthon]

The glow effect is just ... wow.

[@jaycartwright4308]

"Bloody legends" love it. This is the best figure painting video I've seen! Superb work. You could've stopped after 15mins and it still would've been epic. OMG, the glow effect! I thought it was some mini light in the gun... So realistic. Well done

[@Mezgike]

Jay Cartwright thanks mate! So glad you like it, I hope you learnt some top quality shit. Bloody legend ;)

[@peteoconnor6388]

The part about directing the focus/eye better for the viewer was great.

[@zacheryredden5417]

Love that plasma! Also "just put it on a bit of wood" is my new go-to response for some of the sillier accessories out there.

[@rastislavhasicek4604]

Hey Man! Really enjoyed that! I cannot believe that it is your only first video. I think I can speak for all of us - keep up!!! :-) PS: huge bow to your master-level skills.

[@Mezgike]

Thanks so much :) working in more vids right now

[@Kevin-et1qn]

Mate, I just paused the last episode of Game of Thrones for this. Been trying to figure out how you achieved the look! I love it, reminds me of the Big Daddy from Bioshock.

[@Mezgike]

Haha. Hope you like the vid! He’s got the big daddy vibes for sure

[@zacharymadden2318]

I use this guys videos to fall asleep because his voice is just so soothing and with the length of the videos i know i’ll be fast asleep before it ends.

[@Yogabasement]

My God that was amazing to watch. I used to paint miniatures And this level of detail was not seen back in my young days. Great work

[@iannordin5250]

This guy paints the best plasma effect ive seen

[@spider-queen]

I stumbled on this video while looking for something to relax and distract myself with. I know nothing about warhammer or miniatures but I am just enthralled by your work on this piece! What beautiful attention to detail, I really enjoyed this whole process, fantastic work!

[@Mezgike]

Victoria thank you so much, what a nice comment to read :) I’m so glad you enjoyed it, I hope you enjoy my other videos too!

[@blaholtzen]

the metals really have the look of some really well-used cookware. which is something I wouldn't have thought of otherwise but when you see it it makes so much sense

[@Mezgike]

Glad you like it. Always good to get some character into the metals

[@nexusdog]

That was phenomenal, what an amazing paint job, absolutely astonishing work mate. Thank you for sharing your work with us, really is awe inspiring.

[@Mezgike]

Thank you so much 😀 So glad you enjoyed it

[@C0mb4tW0mbat84]

You have inspired me to get back into the hobby after 15 yrs away I've watched this vid over and over gonna give it a go

[@Mezgike]

Padraig Ward that’s amazing! So glad to hear. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to ask

[@C0mb4tW0mbat84]

@@Mezgike I've manage to get hold of 2 nurgle halves of dark imperium and a typhus my army has begun I've made a list of all paints used in the video that's the next purchase. One question can you reccomend any brush sets I should aim for or are the citadel brushes fine

[@finlayhorntvedt560]

Friend wants me to get into 40k, this video just helped me decide what im gonna collect

[@Warghoul]

awesome for a first video. You are the Bob Ross of mini painting!

[@Bearprobe]

Love this! Can't wait to watch more. What would make this even better is having a camera on your wet-palette (if that is what you are using) in a small window in the corner so we could see your process of thinning your paints. Keep up the great work!

[@garethhorton7073]

Came for the awesome painting tutorial, stayed for the top class commentary. it's bloody brilliant!

[@Pro88teC]

The glow effect looks so crazy good! Truly amazing!

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

I'm an aspiring Admech player, and as such I'm going to be painting a LOT of plasma guns. Though I'm going to be painting my Skitarii in a very Dark Angels-like color scheme, so I figured I'd use red plasma, and lenses, to contrast with the green nicely.

[@picnicking5884]

You've reignited my passion for painting 40k models, great stuff!

[@markbrandon5408]

Superb. Very therapeutic way to spend 2 hrs! Legend.

[@Mezgike]

Thanks Mark!

[@BESTIAL-CRUCIFIER]

Amazing result. I watched the whole 2h tutorial. Very relaxing and inspiring.

[@Kopesy]

Watching paint dry has never been so much fun!

[@philippwiedemann7152]

Your painting skills are unbelieveable!!! Great Job!!!!

[@kristyhowe1]

Love this vid, PLEASE! keep them up, you are the most entertaining voiceover I’ve every listened to in painting videos!

[@Mezgike]

Thanks so much! Glad my rambling is entertaining. More videos are on the way

[@padraigkiley7120]

I'm so deep in this friggin video I can smell the paint.

[@Mezgike]

Padraig Kiley haha. This is warhammer inception

[@Gothead420]

A hint of soap and is that... a note of british work ethics? Interesting bouquet...

[@CFConor6]

My favourite model painter, I love your process, the effort gone into editing and commentary, please don't stop making these videos! You make painting at a high level very accessible, and it's always a joy to watch.

[@silvernome]

These videos keep getting better. Thanks as always for sharing!

[@ajr1775]

Know what's impressive? Not just the painting but painting this well with your elbows and arms around the camera.

[@deboozombie23]

Skulls like a flower arrangement, made my day.

[@Mezgike]

How else do you arrange skulls? ;)

[@LtdResources]

This is absolutely amazing, well done. The colour is so vibrant of the plasma and the light effect on his face of the glow was brilliant.

[@wintermourne6783]

Been patiently waiting for another video from you! Thoroughly enjoyed this one. :D

[@zaki79]

One of the best if not the best video about miniature painting. Every step clearly explained- not too slow, not too fast. I've already watched it like 3 times (and yes I know you have other videos ;-)).

[@dragonssin5014]

That's not a miniature. That's a piece of art.... if it takes you 2 hours to do one model God be with you....

[@heraissilly]

it took me 6 to do 1 crimson fist yesterday, and it looked worse than this :(

[@Bacxaber]

I mean, it takes me 2-3 days to finish a single boy.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

@@Bacxaber I would usually batch paint 5 or 10 marines at once. with nurgle it used to be the converting that was the most time consuimg as all we had for a very long time was 5 plague marine sculpts. this meant you had to get creative. I would use like the odd torso or should pad, head etc from plague marine set and the rest would be converted from plague marines and regular marines. we had a process of cutting the abdomen out of the plastic marine to sculpt bloat and stuff. (the bloated stomach was like a signature look for plague marines at one point) I've not done anything for like 10 years though, just looking to get back into it with all the amazing new kits and paints.

[@renardleterrible6791]

I haven’t painted miniatures or any 40k Space Marines for over 15 years and now I want to get my kit back together. I didn’t have KZbin when I was painting and now that I’ve found your channel I really want to see more.

[@VespasianOfTheThird]

Please do more conversions, love your work and style of videos. Top.

[@naomy1701]

gosh frikin darn it! how can one human become so good with painting?! u should have a museum, ur minis are pieces of art!!!

[@wetwoodepic972]

fantastic, inspired me to get back into painting 40k

[@Mezgike]

Thanks, that is awesome to hear.

[@GRAVESGGS]

i have no clue how i got here but i thoroughly enjoy the vibe.

[@adwag3573]

Excellent, excellent, excellent plasma coil tutorial and amazing work my friend! Love these tutorials and please keep them coming!

[@lllllREDACTEDlllll]

You are crushing the KZbin miniature painting game! By far the best video instruction I have ever seen. Please keep up the fantastic work!

[@Mezgike]

Thanks so much :) keep watching and I’ll keep painting

[@zachhood7625]

a list of all paints used would be sooo helpful.

[@Xlaminator]

He mentions each colour and shows it in an insert at the beginning of each sequence. So why not watching the video, taking notes and voila - list done?

[@anangrymarine9174]

@@Xlaminator But I am completely illiterate! What am *I* supposed to do? Read?!?!?!

[@Drone_Videos]

you are a lifesaver :) didnt know where to go with my death guard units, this helped me a lot as I am a total newbee to painting.

[@Mezgike]

Legend! No worries my friend

[@flagadorf5045]

"-This is madness !! -Madness ? - This is GRIMDARK !! "

[@LopsidedMoz]

That glow effect is amazing

[@epicnonsense4961]

I’d love to see the work you could do on a rubric marine or The Sanguinor

[@WakkasLove]

I don't think the model makers themselves could have guessed how insanely realistic you could make this. I'm blown away.

[@spaghettihoops3964]

I love your vids it's like watching big lez paint

[@skipx5858]

how is it you only have 7k subscriptions? the world is not fair man. You are a master of your craft.

[@Mezgike]

Thanks! Only been working on my KZbin channel for about 2 months, hopefully it keeps growing :)

[@СергейДерябин-о9у]

I'm afraid to imagine, what did this marine turn into under his armour.

[@anangrymarine9174]

Remember kids: if you are going to purge, use proper protection!

[@principetnomusic]

He probably can't take it off anymore.

[@Prometheus_Williams]

This is incredible. Just found this- going to buy Plague Marines ASAP. My son and I are just blown away by the wonderful work you’ve done here. He says you and Duncan are the best he’s seen. Thank you. Wish us luck. We are starting from zero. Lots to buy, but it will give us hours of time and fun together.

[@Mezgike]

What a bloody legend! That’s just an amazing thing to do with your son. I have been painting with my young son and daughter too. Sitting at the table all together listening to music, laughing and painting together. Those are some precious memories to create! If you ever want to look into the miniatures that I make, feel free to check out www.mezgike.com there will be physical models available there soon!

[@Prometheus_Williams]

@@Mezgike Thank you. I’ll check your minis. Looking forward to great new memories. Keep the cool vids coming, we need them.

[@Prometheus_Williams]

@@Mezgike The Dredge lord really nice. I’m thinking we need one.

[@Mezgike]

@@Prometheus_Williams more videos coming very soon, I’m working on some now :) glad you like the dredge, they super fun to paint.

[@fornikminiatures5132]

im gonna use this video to do my Iron Golems for Warcry, although with a quarter of the skills.

[@chrisbo8388]

I respectfully bow to this great work and congratulate you on this masterpiece

[@adamdecoder1]

Now just repeat fifty times and you've got yourself an army XD

[@gallien]

You're one of the rare painters mate. Your attention to detail and explanations are easy to follow and the results speak for themselves. Love to see you paint The Great Unclean One.

[@Mezgike]

gallien thanks a lot mate! Lots of new content coming in 2020

[@MLucaj]

Just some wood mate! Just stick it on some wood! In all seriousness I loved this video and love the content you make. Keep up the great work!

[@stumodelmaker]

That is simply one of the best painting videos I have ever seen! Very nicely done.

[@Gilly9784]

I was going to start collecting again till I remembered how hard it is to paint

[@v0idlurker]

DutchRudder 9784 but thats relaxing.

[@PaintPlastic]

Love it. The armour's got the impression of a really warm almost black

[@jynxx_mynxx]

"just give it about 80% of your highlighting ability" lol, your 80% is around my 200%

[@Mezgike]

Haha

[@seyxray]

hope you keep painting. these are fun to watch

[@greigpil9835]

Step one: Paint blue parts brown and brown parts blue. Step two: Realise this is beyond you.

[@alexwhyte78]

Mezgike I’m blown away by how good you are, how well you’re explaining the purpose of glazes, edge highlighting and some colour theory of cold and warm... and the end result is mind blowing. It actually makes me feel like I could do some of this because how well you’ve shown it. Some other painting ‘tutorials’ are so far from what’s happening, I might as well be listening to a pod cast of them. But these videos are perfect.

[@Mezgike]

Thanks so much, I love hearing feedback like that. I’m just a normal bloke and I like to learn things in a simple way that I can understand. So I try to teach in that same, simple way that I myself understand.

[@alexwhyte78]

Mezgike I like the simple and smart approach. Would you consider doing a video or two for painting more rank and file minis? Monsters for dnd etc that’ll only be on the table for twenty minutes. Basically the faster techniques that achieve passable results?

[@fedaykincommando3252]

Hello mate. Great tutorial. What colours would you use if you wanted to do a red plasma coil?

[@kevinmorton4805]

@E Lowe haha

[@heliosretro4545]

I always base my plasma coils with mephiston red, layer with wazdakka red, highlight with trollslayer orange, then fine highlight with white scar, for the OSL glow I glaze wazdakka red over wherever I want the glow the strongest and glaze Khorne Red where the glow will be very dull

[@tomcat1082]

This is how a painting video should be done. Great paint job! Thank you very much!

[@whatsthefirkinpoint]

Agreed with the comments you are by far the best painter/teacher on KZbin. You should get paid by GW as you made me buy DG lol one question tho. I didnt get the light source method. I got the theory of light being top right but panels of the armour facing the light you did dark? Is it each panel has it's own light source with top right being light? Cheers

[@_7_7_7_7_7_]

Mezgike the light scientist of the upper righthand corner!

[@Mezgike]

That’s what they taught me at light school

[@barlotardy]

Me: "There's a cat hair on his model. Why doesn't he blow that cat hair off the model? Seriously, man, get that cat hair......oh." Also me: brushes cat hair off computer screen. Sigh.

[@Kadaververwaertungsanstalt]

I have a dog... :D

[@photosynthesis69]

Give the cat hair a nice coat of waywatcher green after this awesome tutorial

[@Hewhoisstoned420]

Dude... I don’t have half the patience you put into that so mad respect to you

[@blackspiraldancer6]

Geez dude, this is fantastic. One of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen. I learned loads watching, and can’t wait to watch the rest of your vids. Bravo!

[@mitchelllipshus]

You sound like a legend bro! So easy to watch and listen to.

[@caitgrate131]

I absolutely love your videos. I listen to them while I'm working from home and sneak a peek every once in a while to see the progress and it's amazing.

[@Mezgike]

Cait Grate thank you :) how can you get any work done while listening to me ramble on about this and that?

[@yegoodoneson3477]

What an incredible How To video. Crazy skill, calming narration and good looking nails!

[@ceebee3083]

I love the minimalistic bases you make. Their design is simple but gives a very complex effect, if that makes sense. I really love that.

[@wastedart1794]

So nice to see people spending the time needed :) really nice to see the slowest way is the best result :)

[@Mezgike]

Thank you! There is no rush is there.

[@wastedart1794]

@@Mezgike Thats true, i still think its nice to be able to paint fast, but i think the next minature that i am gonna put together, i will spend some more time planing it :) an paint the parts seperately :D Amazing job on your marine ;)

[@wastedart1794]

Please bro do more chapters love to sit and chill with it :) @@Mezgike

[@knives4apro485]

ive just spent the entire afternoon crook off work watching all your videos. 10/10 would be sick again. cheers mate. great series. see you in the next one. hooroo

[@Mezgike]

What a legend! Thanks so much, hope you feel sick again soon.

[@knives4apro485]

@@Mezgike No thank you. Youve put out some really great content. cant wait for the next one mate.

[@shitmonkey]

I don't play board games and I can't paint for squat but I love to watch you artsy folk make these player pieces and board scenery pieces....

[@Mezgike]

Jim Palmore thanks brother! Get amongst it

[@bagman.creations]

I have never sat down and watched 2hours of someone painting a mini. I'm shit at it but that was bloody inspiring!

[@tp6498]

I'm speechless at the level of patience you have in detailing this model. Its insane! I cant imagine painting an entire army in this style. It would take a year lol. Well done! Very well done indeed.