Breaking my $2,000 Warhammer model | WARLORD TITAN

[@MidwinterMinis]

TITAN TIME, BABY! Don't forget to grab your free trial of Audible on me by heading to www.audible.com/midwinterminis or text midwinterminis to 500 500. Huge thanks to Audible for sponsoring this crazy project!

[@firmak2]

wait but titans are built in modern 40k. the process is just mutch slower now.

[@th3narrat0r5]

How much did the resin cutoffs weigh?

[@MrEddcase]

Guy, some spambot is invading your comments and asking for private messages. Using your MwM logo to attract attention. FYI.

[@RPRsChannel]

*_It would be funny if the feet have lots of tiny attempts of claw marks and blaster fire._*

[@xryuran]

If you feel up to it you should cut out some "patches" from your extra resen and stick it on one of the armor panels that would be shielding something very important. So it would be like your Titan got hit mid campaign and they needed to strengthen the area hit until they can get it back to be more totaly repaired

[@simonleach6632]

If you want to make realistic looking AP shell impacts, drill a hole part way through, then fill it with your filler of choice, standard tamiya putty works well. Let the putty dry until it firms up a bit, then push into it with a blunted cocktail stick or the end of a paintbrush handle, something like that, something that fits the size of the hole, this will make the putty bulge out a bit round the edges in an irregular way showing the displaced metal from the point of impact. Push at an angle to make a directional hit, you can cut a gouge with a hobby knife before the filler stage to show where the shell came from. Once this has dried, you will have a really nice looking non-penetrating shell impact. If you have too much putty pushed built up around the edges of the hit, you can chip it off with a hobby knife

[@TheArchavist]

Thanks I will use that on my own

[@manuelkress8554]

Night shift has some nice vids regarding battle damage like Simon told you.

[@aluminumsalmongames6277]

That's an excellent idea, dude. I'll have to try that when I get up to vehicles.

[@Micsma]

Oooh I get it. Like the shell impacted and disintegrated, expanding out in all directions and adhering to the impact site

[@chuckymaynard96]

@@aluminumsalmongames6277 why wait? Swap the end of the brush out with a toothpick, and it works fairly well on the more heavily armored minis! I'm doing it to my emperor's children! Just gotta go with a smaller drill bit, first

[@niklassaar7160]

The hole done with the sphere sanding thing needs work. You should take a look at some tank model makers such as nightshift for what they do for armor damage. Essentially smush some putty or greenstuff into the holes to make it bloom out of the made holes makes it look much more realistic.

[@scottp4357]

Uncle Nightshift ftw!

[@krakke3188]

I was about to make the same comment. I am just finishing up a McFarland Spacemarine action figur and I used the "putty method" for shell hits, and it looks amazing!

[@davidj3841]

They could also use some "cracks". Metal armor rarely has holes so clean blown through it, it usually sears. Maybe even some shallow cuts going outwards all around the hole.

[@zentinelable]

Also, I think that he should paint whith some rust or metal paints the parts where he put the mud like chipping.

[@lmarshall4933]

Its not an exit hole so tbh the blowout isnt really necessary

[@user-qg4st8ih1d]

It’s maybe a bit too late to do it for this project, but if you’re interested in more realistic impact damage and the like, I’d recommend checking out the scale modelling channel “Night Shift.” He has an excellent video on shell impacts and the like.

[@kourilkuba9]

This is the way

[@Sam-hy2rc]

ye, i think the battledamage, especially the impact craters look far too clean

[@jacobcatterall6070]

Night shift is the king of armour modelling

[@MidwinterMinis]

I love Night Shift's videos!

[@user-qg4st8ih1d]

@@MidwinterMinis you and him constantly jostle for my “favourite modelling KZbinr” position!

[@AlynneTheFlorifant]

I love all the damage, i do notice you didn't think off the fact that the titan towers over infantry. So the thighs and toes would get the most damage.

[@gaiusfulmen]

Perhaps the damage is due to ranged fire (although I still agree heavier damage on the lower portions would make more sense)

[@trzynasty909]

@@gaiusfulmen having most crater-y artillery damage on top and scratches/small arms fire on the feet would be the best way to do it. Some cutting damage could've been measured by a knight's as well.

[@ChrisSmout]

Initially I was shocked by the idea of intentionally cutting into parts, but thinking about it, these titans have been around for thousands of years and may not always have the resources to hand for fixing battle damage. It's going to be a splendid final build, one day.

[@synthomite405]

They're one of the few things the admech still make

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

They can only be repaired in a select few planets, so a good little bit of damage is to be expected.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Exactly! These monsters are often used as weapons of last resort, so it's not unrealistic it would see this much damage in one engagement too

[@MLiskindagay]

@@MidwinterMinis in Brutal Kunnin (great book, worth reading) a whole titan legion is destroyed in one encounter so it’s not unlikely that a titan could be so badly damaged

[@stephen.s5089]

@@MidwinterMinis I'm afraid of ruining them with paint nevermind power tools 😅

[@sternguard77]

The very symmetrical holes from the ball feel a little too clean for explosions. I feel like the edges at minimum could do with some roughing up by cutting some wedges out of them to make them more of a starburst shape.

[@aidan1R]

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[@Atelierlabs7450]

I agree wholehearted, rn it looks abit weird

[@Born_Stellar]

could be plasma or las cannon damage.

[@AQMitch]

@@Born_Stellar I like doing las and plas damages i use a hot soldering iron and melt a hole in terrain, then add some cuts around it to show the metal has cracked.

[@anotherzingbo]

Cool, I got name-checked! The colour scheme is!looking really good,I'm looking forward to seeing it get applied to the rest of the titan. Not sure you'll be so sanguine about hand painting each rivet when you have to do the same across the whole model though!

[@kaikropp3254]

Looks cool! The battle damaged wholes might benefit from some TMM colour showing through to show that the weapons fire went through the outer layers deep into the armour... and I guess we would intuitively assume that the armour is made of some sort of metal

[@euansmith3699]

I've got to assume that the panels are made of "ceremite"; whatever that is 😆

[@footrot17]

Ha. Real funny.

[@stefanmekkinosson175]

Its Zema Blue. I think Guy is secretly a pool scrubbing robot that has step by step built itself into a human being. The blue was the color of the pool he cleaned. Subconsciously he longs for the simplicity of his early days as a primative being. Guy's BLUE phase is about to begin. #lovedeathrobots

[@BrassBoyz1]

Dude!!! No way! The talented mr ripely is my favorite book of all time! I’m so happy you loved it

[@justeric1107]

I'd be extremely cautious when wearing thicker gloves while using rotary tools, I've got a bit missing off my pinky but it would've been far worse had the drum bitten into a glove.

[@orendamusic7577]

Came here to save this - mechanical engineer here, never ever ever use gloves with any sort of rotational energy, if a drill bit catches the glove it will mangle your entire hand or worse.

[@FerreusVir]

For any future projects there's always a soldering iron! Does a great job of doing laser weapon damage due to the heat element. Great stuff, Guy. Happy to see this monstrosity making it's way towards a finished model!

[@ka1juhunt3r]

This breaks my tech priest heart

[@imperialspacemarine1539]

I would maybe roughen up the edges of the ball grinded "explosion craters". no explosion is perfectly round, especially high caliber anti armor munition. also shrapnell that wuld be kicked out by non penetrations would leave scratches and molten areas that resolidified. all that shabang.

[@mcspudster5289]

This project is coming along faster than I expected and I am so hyped to see it when it's fully complet

[@JakubRibeck]

Can we all just appreciate the music! I mean, A) he created such a good soundtrack for anything from battle reports to painting models B) Even though he uses the same music, IT NEVER GETS BORING OR REPETITIVE It's a really good soundtrack and I wish I was this good with music

[@MrEyescream]

i still love the outro song

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

This is what I've been looking for in a paint scheme!!! It's perfect!! This God-engine is gonna look way wicked!

[@Lunar_Miniatures0615]

Love that color scheme. It's awesome you'll be able to make the model reflect the channel itself while still looking amazing, can't wait to see this beast finished up!

[@twanboon6370]

Some brown orange rusty weathering would contrasts perfectly with the bleu. I recommend oil paints so you can control the perfect amount. Looks great so far !

[@Gibbtall]

For the lasgun damage, try softening the resin with some plastic glue and stippling the softened surface with a tough brush to give it a more boiled/melty look

[@Faramous]

Really great to see how far this channel has come. Excellent project too.

[@GamerBoi1313]

That color scheme looka great! You definitely need some MWM heraldry with your logo on it

[@joemacleod-iredale2888]

3:20 Need to tighten the little screw at the end of the thing that holds the sanding tube to spodge out the rubber and hold it in place. Also, I’d wear some safety glasses over your normal ones when using the cutting disks as they can basically detonate.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks for the tip! Think I'll get some!

[@setra23]

I've taken to wearing a welding mask when using the cutting disks with a rotary tool. Had one of the disks explode and smack me in the face. Was not a fun day.

[@AtheAetheling]

I could never do this, kudos to you. My knight house has lore that all battle damage must be immediately repaired as soon as possible. Parade ready!

[@psycrcyo3173]

I don't usually comment on anything... but just to let you know, absolute fan of your work, watched and re-watched several vids and totally hooked on this project! Keep up the good work :)

[@baudsp]

In addition to the armor panel, maybe some damage on the on rest of the model could go a long way to show that enemies aren't specifically targeting the armored parts

[@Brian-Dahlberg]

Awesome weathering. I like the suggestions here of focusing more of the scraping damage low on the model to represent infantry's feeble attempts to hack down the titan, as well as the putty ideas for mimicking metal deformation in the larger impacts. The other thing I would add, though, is evidence of repairs. This could be as simple as leaving some panels very clean - maybe even new. I imagine that when an armor panel gets too badly damaged, it would be replaced. Or this could look like using putty to mimic welds. I think this would add some nice character and built up the impression of age.

[@Icyblade01]

would definitely look at Night Shift for how to do armour damage, he's probably the best armour modeller / painter on youtube

[@voxthesergal]

I know you might never read this, but there's a KZbinr that goes by the name of 'Night Shift' who does battle damage perfectly; for the holes, the best way to do it is to make the hole with the tool, then put a bit of green stuff inside and use the same tool to push it in and make it seep out around the edges. Tank shells and impacts from high velocity weapons don't just leave perfect divots, but they 'move things out of the way'. In the case of dense armor like that, all the impacts minus the one that actually punched through would leave a raised lip around the edge of the crater. From there you can do the classic cuts and marks around the edge to add more character.

[@jhontompsan365]

You could try adding some orange or red around the battle damage to simulate a priming layer that has been exposed. Also I feel like the verdigris in the damaged sections doesn't contrast enough against the black amour. It might also be cool to use some putty and make some temporary patches over some of the damage, a quick repair job before the next fight. Lastly if you want weathered look at chipping! lots of chipping especially around joints. Its a scale model staple so there's several methods and plenty of tutorials over every conceivable medium. Excited to see it all painted up!

[@rasmuskock8077]

Love the colour scheme, really fits your channel logo well

[@ShallowVA]

The battle damage, especially the texture paint and the little scratches, really sell the scale of the Titan!

[@NikSantSurvivedEndor]

Love your content. I'll allow myself a little safety warning. Rotary tools and gloves don't go toegether well. Actually I was forbidden to use them when I worked with(and here comes the difference) normal or bigger drills. I know a colleague who broke her finger because her glove was twisted around a drill. Maybe the small tools you use aren't that strong? Watch yourself guy! And please continue your good work. It is very satisfying to watch. Thanks!

[@Metalbirne]

Yeah, rotating power tools and gloves are a no-no. I guess that drills will have much more torque than a rotary tool but it's still a bit sketchy. The best way to work with the tool wold be to clamp the part down somehow.

[@chriscurry761]

I got my new warlord last week, been slowly heating an pre fitting all the parts. I want to say the one i received was pretty good only needed a little work for the body to square it up. I will say like my reaver there is one part that have a little extra but have learned fw will replace or heat and slowly cut. I really don’t have time to wait weeks for replacement parts

[@owmycheek]

Ah the paintscheme is looking great! That blue on the trim looks fantastic!

[@rustbucket8866]

i would try adding a little bit of rust along the teal trim to get a good color combo and make the titan look more damaged. and for some white patterns maybe and some snowflake patterns in the corners of the armor. its been great to see the titan over the past years

[@odharrison23]

I love everything about this video. Thank you!!

[@T_A_WOW]

Needs some decals! Looking forward to seeing it done!

[@holypriest1054]

I swear to God I had a heart attack when I saw my notifications.

[@FYAjibber000]

Wow Guy! I hope to one day have your skill and confidence! Your videos definitely help keep me trying to improve

[@abbazabba58]

I’m always very excited to see more titan updates from you! This mini, err, maxi is going to be absolutely epic. As far as the verdigris, different metals corrode in their own ways with different colors/resulting damage. So depending on whatever this behemoth was built from it might have several types of corrosion happening. Once you get to working on any hydraulic rams, the working surface might be nice and shiny steel, but and portion of the ram that is constantly left in the elements will be red rusty, with possibly a built up ring of corrosion.

[@matttaylor4003]

when painting I would use a chipping medium for more battle damage effects

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Guy . 🐺

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

This was an awesome episode. Loving this series so far. Looking forward to the next epsilon. Keep up the good work.

[@geophrie8272]

One safety note, love the safety reminder always needed. but im always careful with gloves and any form of rotating tool, ive had tools grab cloth and pull my hand into the tool/visa versa.

[@drewbacca1981]

Looks amazing! might as well jump on the backseat modeling train myself. The lower portion would be much more battle scarred from small arms, with the damage fading out the higher up it goes, maybe with a big chunk taken out of one of the upper panels. Definitely needs the smushed out craters as well, and maybe some scortch marks too!

[@goretoothrender]

Loving the paint scheme and the idea behind it. But I agree with an earlier commenter, some of the damage looks a bit too clean. The Night Shift is good for this, like cratering around the larger holes

[@TripleBarrel06]

The flat rotary sanding heads are good for when you want scuffing where parts often scrape against each other or the environment. You just need to keep a steady stroke that you don't back off on when working on faces, and keep it perpendicular to the active scraping edge when working on edges.

[@fabianking1776]

love the colour scheme and I think the titan is going to end up great, maybe add some dark silver metallics to the battle damage though? the metal under the paint would show through I think, right now it looks a little like the panel was repainted after it was danaged. keep up the good work!

[@lurchibiber8443]

I love that color scheme but have one suggestion beacuse cermyte (the stuff Armour is made of) is gray in the lore so maybe make the inside of the bullet holes gray, but it's your choice

[@HarryCollett]

Ceramite

[@trzynasty909]

There is no definite colour of ceramite. Some writers said it was grey, some called it brown, others went with just metal. It's whatever you wanna paint it at that point.

[@lurchibiber8443]

@@trzynasty909 ah I always thought it was gray thx for clearing me up

[@aidan1R]

White if you go by paint, and by lore grey. Grey knights dont paint their armor and is this the true color of ceramite

[@davidj3841]

@@trzynasty909 Well, metal IS grey

[@MoonlitEmbers010]

man that blue on black looks so good, nearly made me switch my fresh painted chaos

[@MoonlitEmbers010]

someone also mentioned the sphere shaped holes, maybe some light cuts to the rim of them may help the look?

[@NinjaEnShort]

To make lighsaber/blaster marks on my bases, I use the sanding tool at very low speed to make gritty gouges, only using the edge of the sanding bit.

[@legionproduction6416]

the essential forgeworld torture kit good for making any hobbyist start talking

[@peterniles8984]

A tip I heard from Adam Savage on his channel about how they used to paint battle damage at ILM (it's his video on the x-wing model if you want to find it); anywhere there'd reasonably be paint over paint, such as on designs painted on armor pieces, a quick dot of the color that's underneath and a grey/black scorch mark inside is a quick and easy way to do battle damage

[@zachstuparyk9392]

I couldn't bring myself to damage such an expensive modle but this is going to be the best modle you ever paint

[@yomamashouse16]

You know it's a good day when guy posts a new video even if it's a titan video!!! Nice work guy!

[@jotwins8610]

Looking at the colour scheme I believe Midwinter Mega is a fitting name

[@buggy5552]

one thing to keep in mind for the future. exit wounds are larger than entrance wounds. so that blow out wound looks like the shot came from behind the titan

[@boarbuckale7649]

the colour looks amazing and i love the detailed dammage effects

[@CorundumSW]

The metal brush tool looks like it would do great for corrosive damage, like acid cutting into the metal

[@ronnocrd]

It's looking really good that Guy, I particularlier like the way the colours look together. It could be interesting to add some panels that look like they've been welded on to cover damage, I would assume over thousands of years a bit of repair work may have been done, I think it could help tell the story of the titan, like maybe they've used parts from a rhino to quickly patch things up for battle, .

[@riverdelavidawilliams9624]

Oh that looks so cool! You should add some more weathering and wear to the battle damage. Maybe try chipping medium and add some scorch marks. Can’t wait to see the rest get painted!

[@mrsquid6990]

The mini heart attack I had because of that title

[@jamesrozell6467]

That paint job is gonna look really good.

[@barrymcbruce]

Guy, Ca I just say the idea for cleaing the parts post "cutting etc" with the nylon spiny wheel thing, just genius mate!

[@andrewking8123]

I am loving this Titan videos!!!

[@andrewking8123]

@@aidan1R I don't understand

[@cody180sx]

This is what I miss about pewter models, I had a metal dreadnought I hit with a high speed drill and metal drill bits back in the day to give it some cool battle damage. Pewter is soft enough you could plunge it in and pull it out quick enough to give it the ascetic that an armor piercing round hit and detonated inside the armor blowing the metal outward. Then you could just put a drop of silver paint in the recess after the detail paint, some edge highlight with silver, and it truly looked like a bullet hole in metal.

[@ahandfulofbulbmin2626]

Honestly my goblin hoarder brain would keep all of the cutoff blocks and use them as terrain.

[@jjOnceAgain]

Missed you, brother! Glad you're back! We love and support you

[@paulmarine5055]

Clearly you're unaware of what he did....

[@jjOnceAgain]

@@paulmarine5055 No one knows what "he did". I've heard all kind of bs comments from smart alecks looking for drama in one of the few communities (40k) that rarely has dramas.

[@krisbrooks1825]

@@paulmarine5055 did he murder a puppy or something?

[@EdgarClay]

I am very excited watching the work on your warlord as I also ponder a warhound titan!

[@geekfreak69]

Warlord TITAN time oh boy. Amazing painting Guy.

[@tdswsob]

I understand not liking the damage that the metal wire brush did, however I'd like to point out for 'glancing' explosive shots it makes a nice scarring effect you could get from such a weapon

[@jasoncarter3182]

Food for thought, it could be cool making long banners attached to the bottom of the shoulder armour with the midwinter logo or even patreon names if you plan on having them on the titan

[@MrMagicPenguin12]

I like the technique you used for doing cracked paint with technical paints a lot, thats a really novel idea! I wonder if chipping medium (or just cheap hairspray) would work similarly? I think the technical paint gives you a heck of a lot more control, and isnt nearly as messy or comittal as the tech paint. Really rad, excited to see you keep going! 40k isnt my favorite genre, but man there is no other genre that has the technical creativity you guys put out!!

[@TheMariusDarkwolf]

The wire brush would also be good for something like massed small arms fire, or ablative damage. Great video, I'm really enjoying your backlog (just recently found you). If you haven't yet, would you consider either discussing, or doing an Adeptus Sororitis build/paint? I'm considering getting into warhammer, the sisters of battle, and the Space Wolves seem like the two factions that resonate the most for me.

[@alexanderk.7782]

if you see tank videos with battledamage they often use the plastic putty in the "wholes" to create the metalldamage in the Gunwhole. Looks really nice.

[@SteepPoppy0]

Recently NightShift had a video about IS2 and how ruff the cast iron finish was. There was these long gashes in the turret which was welded to fix the structural armor. It could be cool to see some old battle damage where some maintenance crew has tried to fix the damage with welding.

[@rockturtle99]

My god! I love that color scheme and it would look awesome on the whole model!

[@johnp2773]

What might be interesting is not just damage effects but also 5000 years of repair and re painting. Like Weld marks of new plates that are filling old damage and paints jobs that don’t quite match because they can not get the same blue any more.

[@patrickmeharg7929]

You could mix a blue and metal paint 50/50 as a base and then wash or contrast layers over the top of it. It’s super easy, quick and very effective and stays matt. Then drybrush weathering on the top. Artis Opus has a video on it on Stormcast Eternal legs.

[@stenol85]

Absolutely love the colour scheme can't wait to see the finished product 😍

[@real-lomas-chenko]

That's a gorgeous colour scheme

[@5chr4pn3ll]

It's happening! Looks great. You should make a Legio Midwinter mark for her.

[@CamthraxPaledoom]

Buying a cheap soldering iron would melt in to the resin, which you could use to indicate melta weapon impacts. They also come with different tips for different size melta weapons. If you were careful you could also use the shavings as shrapnel somehow possibly.

[@micheal4526]

Thanks for showing how to make your titans more realistic, made me feel waaay less bad when putting the hatch handles on the imperial knight kit on backwards with a glue strong enough they’d be broken into plastic shards before they came off

[@TheOrangeType]

I think you should try focusing on those blast marks/holes. They look a little too clean at the moment, like it’s been recently repainted but not repaired

[@VacantSilver]

I love how dirty the trim looks, cool video!

[@seldomseendave5783]

It's definitely squeaky bum time when you start cutting into Forge World product. I agree with some of the comments regarding the battle damage with shell impact. Blooming around the edge will make it more realistic. Really enjoyed the video.

[@beerenmusli8220]

That Pain Job is soooo promising already!!!

[@Frozenkoldfury]

Yesssss, House Midwinter is looking goooooooood

[@andrewamann2821]

Look into getting a few different burr tools for your rotary tool, if you want to put scarring on the surfaces of your model. They cut much more aggressively than sandpaper, cutoff discs, or grinding stones, and leave a much more characterful edge.

[@robertzarella5907]

I love this paint scheme!!!

[@CraftyRic]

Great video as usual! Also that is so much paint hahaha

[@smithyMcjoe]

Honestly that colour scheme is lovely. May have to try a similar scheme on one of my fighter craft. Also a quick bit of advice for large physical damage craters, the metal swells, gets pushed, moves and cracks on big craterous hits like that, I'm not sure how you'd do that effect though but I think a couple of them look a little weird and could benefit from the right slag scars around them to really emphasise a thick piece of armour being malformed.

[@arch758]

the verdigris in the damage is amazing

[@colindeangelis3606]

Hey guy, If I could offer a tip about reducing the amount of dust is spritz some water on it. It soaks up the dust a little and reduces the amount that comes off. Source: in the fire service we're tought when cutting open windshields to have a backup person spraying water on the area we're cutting to reduce the amount of glass that gets in out lungs. Hope this helps at least a bit!

[@Kikaimetsu]

Valllejo Mecha Color varnishes are amazing btw, as a stronger clear coat substitute.

[@dakotahoker1922]

The rust for the battle damage would give a nice orange contrast to the blues.

[@gideonschlen4022]

Watch some videos painting and weathering videos of F-14 models. As an aircraft that lived on aircraft carriers and had harsh lives they were typically very heavily weathered and routinely touched up. Modelers have spent a lot of time developing techniques to accurately represent this look. A particular technique commonly referred to as "Black Basing" that has a black primer covered in a contrasting mottled coat (typically white) under the main colour layer is a very efficient way of producing a natural looking weathered paint effect on larger subjects.