How to Paint Grey Knights Terminators

Follow along as I paint a Grey Knight Terminator Squad from start to finish, from priming to force swords to basing. My most comprehensive painting video yet.
00:00 Terminators
22:00 Force Swords
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[@mylolfullness]

Hey mate, just wanted to say I really appreciate the videos you keep putting out and watching your guides and battle reports is getting me back into the hobby. Painting up my first squad of Grey Knights as we speak! :)

[@onelastblade3913]

So glad to hear that. Welcome back!

[@jaysheeler2179]

I love your definition of glitter. Spot on! And your grey knights look fantastic! Definitely helping me get my inspiration to get my terminators painted up! All 33 of them. Fantastic video!

[@kvasac123]

Your painting tutorials are great. Easy to follow,, nothing is complicated and yet you get the mini that looks absolutely fantastic.

[@onelastblade3913]

Thank you so much! I'm just an average painter, so I try to show my average steps that anyone can do.

[@GveDavid]

"The herpes of craft products" made me laugh so hard 😂 great video!

[@jozefbucany2310]

Reflect on how cool Grey Knights are you the man :D this made my day :D

[@Spartan12]

Always appreciate the time and attention, thanks for sharing the hobbying

[@Spar10MG]

Greyknights jumpscare for any sneaky chaoslings watching the video

[@bigcat__tv5251]

THE HERPES OF CRAFT PRODUCTS - I AM DEAD 🤣

[@daverodriguez2243]

Hey @OneLastBlade! Thanks for posting regular vids with awesome Grey Knight content! Your painting techniques and tutorials have helped me build and paint my first full Grey Knight Terminator squad, Brother-Captain Arvann Stern (Wardmakers), and Castellan Crowe to boot! All of this thanks to your inspirational videos! I also like the darker painting technique/style you’ve chosen, over the Games Workshop paint style. I’m definitely using your darker-toned style and techniques for my GK army! Can’t wait to see what you’ll post next! All the best from Canada! Cheers!

[@onelastblade3913]

Thanks so much for being here!

[@Gotee93]

Loved the last guide. Love this one. Can’t wait to see more of the creative process. If you ever get bored of painting grey knights (which is impossible) I’d love to see this type of video for your other projects too.

[@alamander4444]

Great stuff! I love getting to see painting videos from a (no offence) general hobbyist that has just been doing it for some time instead of the usual "professional" painter. Makes the painting process & end result seem a lot more obtainable. I also am a huge fan of the duller Grey Knight armour instead of the shiny blue. I've been wanting to get into the hobby for quite a while now and have been enjoying your videos - Grey Knights have been the obvious choice for me. Just picked up the Hexfire box the other day as my first ever purchase and am excited to start building, painting, and learning the game!

[@onelastblade3913]

Hell yeah! Welcome to the 666th Chapter, battle brother!

[@himynameiskinz]

Terminators!!!! Love my terminators and now paladins may be really strong with the new dataslate! Thanks as always for the content!

[@Roogy_Raja]

Amazing video! This alone has got me loving my grey knights painting:)

[@justkylethatsfine2177]

im brand new to warhammer as a whole, and I am obsessed with grey knights. I stumbled upon your channel through the recommendation of another one. Your stuff is awesome. Very entertaining and informative. Hoping that after the holidays, I’ll have the money to buy my first army (GK obviously) and jump into the hobby

[@TrainorsTabletop]

love your videos man! and honestly your commentary just reminds me of what I tell myself in my head while painting

[@pdschmidty]

Just committed to GK after much deliberation for my first faction. I’ll be referencing your videos a lot moving forward, thank you!

[@Lucid-fi9ll]

Just starting out this was a huge help. Thanks for the the awesome vids.

[@SoulBoundRcs]

Hell yeah, more painting videos would be dope!

[@OlliHurme]

”Herpes of arts and crafts”😂 Really liked this video keep it up!

[@CaptainMurphyTKoM]

Love it. It's like Joy of Painting 40K

[@TheGammabomb06]

Hello, brand new Grey Knights player here, and i found this channel through complete coincidence. Thanks for the great tips and cool videos.

[@onelastblade3913]

Appreciate you being here!

[@Ja-ri6ky]

Thank you so much for this guide!

[@Hello-1814]

Beautiful Aussie! They r the best!

[@Alexandermhinton]

Dude this was awesome. Super easy to listen to in the background, you have a very calming voice. Also loved that you're a Seattle Local! Love MOX! Almost went there today lol

[@clood0814]

Good to see an updated video on your way of painting Grey Knights. I'm going for a color scheme that is actually grey with a base of mechanicus standard grey or eshin grey for the armor. I've seen someone post this color scheme somewhere and I thought it looked super cool :)

[@onelastblade3913]

Ah, cool, I bet that looks rad.

[@peterrelleen9511]

I really enjoy your vids, Been trying to decide for the passed 2 years on what chapter to start with and I have fallen inlove with your way of doing grey Knights, Im 100 000 000 % sold and only want them.

[@corbinjeffery271]

Steph: "reflect on how cool Grey Knights are" cue music Me: *drops korn red all over work bench* - fuck.

[@DaBlueIghuana]

I wish there were channels with people as invested in other factions as Last blade is invested in his grey knights. They would make great examples for people starting with different factions

[@onelastblade3913]

Grey Knights just inspire that kind of passion, since they're the coolest faction.

[@brotherchaplainluismagana3147]

I love greyknight terminators especially with the armor of contemp rule now.

[@yoyoyo9669]

very well done

[@Ander1117]

Wish I could paint that well. Great job. Thank you!

[@onelastblade3913]

Keep it up! I sucked ass when I started.

[@Wildcat425B]

A friend of mine really wants to start a Grey Knights army and I have managed to successfully induct him into the Cult of the Terminator for his troops. Praise be to the Tactical Dreadnought Armor.

[@nerdygunslinger5982]

I loved this video I love your models, makes me feel a little bad about how mine are painted. Keep up the great work and hope you have a great one. See you next time.

[@onelastblade3913]

Keep up the practice! Mine looked like ass when I first started.

[@bobyoung8730]

I've watched a few of your vids now, and you're awesome! Love this video as I too prefer a less blisteringly shiny look. Their Truesilver armor wards against daemons.. not dirt, dust and grime! :) I got into Grey Knights in 5th, and an old friend begged them off me. Now I've decided to add them back to my collection with my Deathwatch, and these have now quickly become my new favorite!

[@onelastblade3913]

Thank you! Appreciate you being here!

[@freasefraim]

All pretty and... OH GOD.. done up...

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

Nice vid. I remember the painting vid you did before. It’s nice to be reminded which of your ideas I stole! The Terminator with the Deathwing (i think) legs, is an awesome pose.

[@onelastblade3913]

Nailed it, haha

[@samueljackson605]

The reflection period was welcome

[@jameswaldron6586]

I thought it was gonna be a boring painting episode, yet you have surprised me with a few jokes in there. It's wholesme content , keep at it Brother

[@termlesscipher8045]

I recently got my first 40k army and this helped me alot. I chose grey knights for my first and im slowly putting them together and need advice for the Combat Patrol box they came in

[@StarCaptain007]

Hi, I'm just starting grey knights. I know you probably won't see this but can you put all of the paints you used into the description so I can have a list of what I need to buy. I really love how all of you models looks with your paint job. Thanks 👍

[@nicholasmattiello8959]

Gotta get my gf into painting lol oh shiz don't worry nobody can see that purity seal lmao 😂🤣 love the vids bro keep em coming!

[@kevinw3671]

Enjoyed the tutorial. Very similar to what I've done, except I use a watered down blue wash. That last bit, glad to see I'm not the only one who does that.

[@petermcnulty9655]

Great video. With the force swords I do a similar process but also do a *very dry* dry brush of a bright blue (like lothern blue) at an angled direct (this isn't me suggesting anything, just saying what I do after using pretty much the same blending method)

[@onelastblade3913]

Hey, I like that idea! I'll incorporate that next time!

[@bryancarmona1410]

Us Grey Knights players are few and far but we are strong!!

[@JohnnyGobs]

I love your style man the only thing that has been the bane of my painting is the damn eyes on grey knights i have nerve damage so keeping my hands steady for those is just pain.

[@peterkosterman3562]

Side note - watching this well after release - but I noticed some of your Citadel Paints had dry paint built up at the seal. You can actually - If your fingers are ready to hurt a bit - push the cap inside out and the dry paint peals away easily. Not sure if it actually makes a better seal or if you have tried this before Stephan but thought I would comment on it in case you were interested. Like the videos as always and please keep it up for the Grey Knights! Thanks

[@peterkosterman3562]

*Stefan sorry for getting your name wrong

[@primafacie5029]

Still hip deep in Thousand Sons atm but I'll finish Grey knights after

[@shuwan4games]

I mean you made the better choice of starting with tsons

[@primafacie5029]

@@shuwan4games Actually started with Deathwatch, moved to GKs then landed with the Tsons and am having a ball customising and painting

[@onelastblade3913]

"Hip deep in Thousand Sons."

[@himynameiskinz]

What sort of cork do you use? Is there a thickness you prefer? I love the look of your bases and want to do something similar but with purple lol. Thanks again for all your content! Best channel on KZbin!

[@onelastblade3913]

Thank you! Years ago I picked up a roll of 2mm thick cork board from a garage sale and I've just been peeling from that ever since.

[@velcrohead8589]

Beautiful job! I love the glamour shots at the end. Do you paint Paladins the same way as regular Terminators?

[@onelastblade3913]

Same strategy!

[@richardtreat7955]

Did anyone have problems gluing these? I washed them twice, and used Mr. CementS, It didn’t work like it usually does. Also, noticed when removing manufactures mold seams that the plastic seemed softer than usual.

[@mikaelandersson6322]

Great work and i bought some micron pens because those kind of details is so hard with brush and paint... but... doesnt seem to stick to the plastic. Is it just alot more drying time or am i doing something wrong?

[@brandonmason9531]

Hey dude! Great vid! Have you got any tips when it comes to painting dreadknivhts? Cheers bud

[@onelastblade3913]

Not yet! I should do a Dreadknight painting video.

[@peterkosterman3562]

At your Agrax step, do you put it over everything - ie the silver/grey of the armor - or just the cloth, purity seals, gold metal? Thanks

[@onelastblade3913]

Nope! Just the details! The purity seals and gold and whatnot.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

Thank you. What and how do you stick them on the bases? Super glue? Cork? I like basing my gold letters in Doombull Brown so there is a heavy layer of dirt stuck in the deepest spots in the end. Like gold but with zero polish compared the the letters that rise up.

[@onelastblade3913]

Ooh, I like that idea of Doombull. And I super glue cork to the base and then the Terminator to the cork!

[@FearsomeWarrior]

@@onelastblade3913 as silly as it sounds I haven’t super glued anything yet. Just painting them while holding a foot. Thank you :)

[@stevenkirby4492]

Do you put Ushabti bone on the books on the shoulders and the cloth? Or are one of those wraithbone?

[@onelastblade3913]

It varies. I've found I really like Ushabti Bone for scrolls/pages, but less for cloth.

[@stevenkirby4492]

@@onelastblade3913 do you have some preferred paints for cloth?

[@user-sy8ew6gb7q]

Ah, yes...Purity seals - the Emperor's participation ribbons.

[@herbbean9605]

My wrist-mounted bolters don't have barrel holes at the end, did you carve them out yourself or are they cleverly painted on?

[@sebode87]

need to drill the barrel holes

[@otaha1988]

So I literally just bought a box of metal terminators and a brother Captain Stern. One of the normal metal terminators can be a brother captain but I just decided to say it's a Terminator with a heavy flamer. I did notice when painting metal figures that they turn out darker than normal figures on plastic I wonder why that is.

[@onelastblade3913]

Fascinating! Unsure. I haven't painted a metal Terminator in years.

[@Johnnekaiser]

While I got plenty of Chaos Black spray paint to Undercoat my new Models. Would Leadbelcher Spray paint also work for these guys as well?

[@onelastblade3913]

It would give you a very different effect. It'll work! But the models will be overall brighter and less layered.

[@Johnnekaiser]

@@onelastblade3913 Hmmm, Perhaps then I'll try your way of doing dry brushing to cover the models. I got my self a box of Terminators and am going to create characters out of them. I'm thinking of doing a Purple Tint to them If anything to resemble the Silver Knight(s) of Slaanesh. Or at least have grey knights with purple and pink glowing energy weapons. But still, Glad to see someone focusing on Grey Knights either way

[@onelastblade3913]

@@Johnnekaiser Ooh, fascinating! I love that idea!

[@cyan3293]

Hey one last blade! Great video, but im curious to know why dont you use grey knights steel?

[@onelastblade3913]

I usually do for my highlights/final drybrush, but this time around I wanted to experiment with Necron Compound.

[@cyan3293]

Ahh gotcha. My base coat scheme I've been doing is prime with leadbelcher spray can, then 2 thin base coats of grey knight steel, wash drakenhof and dry brush with another silver color. My color scheme I've been trying to do is silver/purple grey knights, so just basically replace the red on the plates and power weapons with different shades of purple. I also am trying to figure out how to make lightning effects, but I find it more difficult to do properly.

[@trevorberry1395]

@@cyan3293 the purple color scheme sounds awesome. Do you have any pictures?

[@Lucid-fi9ll]

Going to pick up some models in a few days. Could you tell me the paints you used ?

[@onelastblade3913]

Chaos Black Primer Leadbealcher Drakenhof Nightshade Grey Knights Steel Stormhost Silver/Necron Compound Retributor Armor Balthazar Gold Iron Warriors Khorne Red Gal Vorbak Red Screaming Skull/Ushabti Bone Ulthuan Grey Caledor Sky Black Templar Contrast Agrax Earthshade Lothern Blue Micron Pens Astrogranite Pencil

[@Lucid-fi9ll]

@@onelastblade3913 thank you so much !

[@TrainorsTabletop]

Heya! just wondering about your grandmaster! I'm finishing painting on my army and decided I wanted a librarian and grandmaster and I love your models, what did you use for them and your grandmasters sword is amazing! what is it?

[@onelastblade3913]

It's a Sentinel Blade from the Custodian Guard kit!

[@TrainorsTabletop]

@@onelastblade3913 just on a brother captain model?

[@onelastblade3913]

@@TrainorsTabletop The sword? Yeah, I just took the sword from the Custodian Guard kit and gave it to my Grand Master. Had to do a little chopping, but it turned out great.

[@NobleLamb03]

What color would you use for a face like dragos

[@onelastblade3913]

Couple of ways you could do this. The easiest way, and what I'd do, is Kislev Flesh with Reikland Fleshshade over the top of it.

[@NobleLamb03]

@@onelastblade3913 thanks again for your amazing help

[@WolinskiColton]

Do you record with your phone?

[@onelastblade3913]

I do! I am both poor and technologically unskilled.

[@mkulchar]

I noticed that no ones ever used grey knight steel..

[@titansadvocate2267]

And here I thought your purity seals and books were all painstakingly done with like a 0001 size brush... Ive been tricked, scammed, deceived, and quite possibly, bamboozled

[@onelastblade3913]

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