Paint-tech 11 - How to paint weathered stone [Massive Darkness & Lord of the Rings]

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Paints used:
Army Painter Uniform Grey Primer
GW Chaos Black Primer
Ulthuan Grey
Celestra Grey
Mechanicus Standard Grey
Longbeard Grey
Nuln Oil
Athonian Camoshade
Varnish:
Testors Dullcote
Army Painter Aegis Suit
Music by:
Eric Matyas: soundimage.org/
Bensound: www.bensound.com/royalty-free...
Kevin MacLeod: incompetech.com/

[@christianschmidt1784]

Great tutorial. Tried it out and it worked peeerfectly. Add a bit wyldwood for brown and nikhil oxide for green weathering. Highly recommended.

[@HeroesBosses]

Right on! I'm glad it worked out

[@BarokaiRein]

by far the best tutorial I've seen on painting stone. Not only am I using this for terrain I'm also changing the colors and simply painting other stuff with the same technique since the blending is just so nice.

[@HeroesBosses]

Right on! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@photogfrank2146]

Beautiful job! Especially the pillar! That is a work of art by itself! The statues too but the pillar really knocks me out!

[@joelrydh4753]

Great tutorial! Been looking for ideas for a statue diorama and this was just what I needed!

[@HeroesBosses]

Glad I could help!

[@kimicox7698]

Thank you so much for this. Used these techniques for my pillars and they came out awesome! Love the algae touch.

[@HeroesBosses]

No problem! I just glad someone out there is still watching these old videos :)

[@Not_Quite_Dead]

Thanks a lot for that tutorial! I wouldn't have known how to properly paint realistic stone without your help!

[@HeroesBosses]

My pleasure!

[@idriveacharger]

These look awesome. Great job

[@HeroesBosses]

Thank you :)

[@bethanygraham427]

Very nice effect. Thank you for sharing.

[@HeroesBosses]

Thank you too!

[@issaavedra]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@chrisa.9071]

Got some. Great ideas from this, thank you

[@HeroesBosses]

Glad to hear it!

[@sonofskyrim1331]

Just come across this, fantastic tutorial!, you could probably use the same technique but with different shades of green if you wanted a marble looking statue aswell.

[@somename371]

Thanks for this, great tutorial!

[@HeroesBosses]

My pleasure - glad you liked it!

[@johnxaros7]

very nice and helpfull tutorial!!! thank you!!!

[@HeroesBosses]

I'm glad it was useful :)

[@andreasdesigns]

Great tutorial. I have a huge Reaper Bones ruin that I’ll use this on after practicing on smaller “stone” items.

[@HeroesBosses]

Right on! It talks a bit of time to do, but it's also a pretty simple technique. Have fun!

[@Toneza35800]

Hey did you finish your paint? I am about to do the same!

[@AlexandrSohanWorld]

Epic!

[@HeroesBosses]

Thank you!

[@soledude]

👌👌👌

[@harkejuice]

Thank you, this was great inspiration to get my Reaper Graveyard Golem started.

[@HeroesBosses]

Oh, very cool. Yeah it would look great on a stone golem for sure.

[@kaotictube]

I want to give you a hundred likes!

[@HeroesBosses]

Thank you very much!

[@TheKingofAverage]

Funny enough, right before you added the green I was thinking how adding a yellow would cast sun on it from a good angle and spice it up with some color and sure enough you added green that does the same thing :D Looks fantastic! How did you feel about using Nuln Oil on the pillars - did it help that it was watered down? Before my channel started I painted a single column and liked it until I go to adding a wash - adding a wash on a round object sucks because as you go around you end up getting a "line" where it's dried.

[@HeroesBosses]

Yeah those lines are called "tide marks" - I agree they look bad. That's why I watered the nuln oil down - to minimize that effect and then just darkened the cracks later.

[@TheKingofAverage]

Heroes & Bosses that is great to hear! It's a nightmare of a time I had that made me hesitant to use nuln oil in general, sometimes to this day, on round or large objects. Glad to see watering it down helps a lot with that!

[@kiffstevenson2784]

As a fan of BattleTech, it occurs to me that you could do this to a fantasy-scale mini and have yourself a massive, colossus-sized statue of a political leader for placement on your BattleTech maps! (Cool if you're scenario involved assaulting a fortified palace, or something) Very cool looking!!

[@MrDLYouTube]

Great tutorial, but I think perhaps it would be more effective to use a sponge to apply the paint rather than dabbing the brush.

[@HeroesBosses]

You'd probably get a very similar effect and you would't ruin a good brush. I'll try that next time and see how it works out. I have a pile of sponges but always forget about them!

[@SunChaserXVII]

Excellent video, looking forward to trying this technique out. By the way, what is the flock you used here? It looks much better than any I've come across for making moss.

[@HeroesBosses]

This flock is Gale Force 9 Hobby Round: "Summer Blend" - I really like it too.

[@SunChaserXVII]

@@HeroesBosses Cheers, I'll check it out!

[@elvendarkness1]

So what brand and what gray did you use to prime the pillar? Never mind I see it in the details.

[@christheodorou3646]

Excellent tutorial thank you! One quick question, when you say that the statues have a two tone prime of black from underneath and grey from above would this be along the lines of zenithal priming ? Just trying to understand the method as I have a bunch of statues I would love to paint using your technique !

[@HeroesBosses]

Hey Chris - I started with a black spray primer that I sprayed from 45 degrees below the model, to make sure all the undersides of the model were black. Then I did 45 degrees from above with a grey primer after that. (so, yes - a zenithal prime, but only using black and grey.) You could skip the step with the black primer though, and just use a black wash over the whole model after you do the grey primer.

[@christheodorou3646]

@@HeroesBosses Brilliant, thank you for the detailed reply !

[@stuartrussell891]

Awesome bud..) Got a few to do for the new lotr pelennor fields sbg. How about some vids for those minis..geat to see an army of the dead tutorial..??

[@HeroesBosses]

Those are gorgeous minis, but I don't have that box set :(

[@stuartrussell891]

Come do mine..lol

[@HeroesBosses]

@@stuartrussell891 Wish I could honestly :) The shipping would probably cost as much as the game itself though haha. I'll see if any of my friends got a copy of the new LotR minis - if so I'll do a few videos.

[@stuartrussell891]

I have seen people breaking down the box and selling separate on eBay might get some more dead myself and build a dead army...)))

[@ernie1903]

Where did you get the statues . ? Good video ty

[@HeroesBosses]

Those are from the "Ruins of Osgiliath" by Games Workshop - which apparently they are trying to get rid of, because they can only be bought in sets of 3 now, for the same price as 1! www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Osgiliath-Ruins-Box-3-Set

[@WargamerShawn]

great job. Where are the statues from? What line or kit? Thanks for the video. Cheers.

[@HeroesBosses]

These are from the Ruins of Osgilliath from Games Workshop.

[@stevedenness4676]

What is the equivalent of the No.6 Scrumbler brush for us in the UK? Thsnks.

[@trashman101]

Hi! Got a question & hope you're still around. I'd love to try this technique but I'm not sure what you mean when you say that the statues have a grey primer from above and a black from below.

[@HeroesBosses]

Hey! I'm always around ;) First of all, grey primer all on it's own is just fine. But just to clarify - I sprayed black primer on the statue while holding it upside down. then I turned it over and sprayed grey primer down on top of it. I completely forgot that I did this, and likely wouldn't do it again for statues.

[@trashman101]

@@HeroesBosses Copy that. Thanks very much for replying. I've been looking for a good technique for making figures look like stone & I can't wait to try this out :)

[@liquidtoad3910]

whats the name of the galeforce nine product you used ? thanks :) !

[@HeroesBosses]

It's called "Summer Blend" - though any fine flock works. Summer blend has a cool mix of colors in it.

[@justice6300]

Most painting/layering starts dark and moves to lighter tones. What is the purpose of going light to dark here?

[@HeroesBosses]

My intention was to do the colors that required the most paint first, then finish with the color that needed the least paint last. Sometimes I find it's easier to darken something down to where I want it than to highlight. I thought that adding the lightest gray last would make really obvious looking white specks, whereas darker stippling is harder to see. You could certainly get a very similar look by reversing the order of the colors though!

[@Toneza35800]

Do i need to undercoat miniature first? Is mechanicus grey primer work as well?

[@HeroesBosses]

Mechanicus grey primer is perfect. White, grey or black are the best choices for your primer color. You should always start with a primer, otherwise your paint will wipe off very easily.

[@Toneza35800]

Heroes & Bosses is there any paint that color like mechanicus grey? I only have white primer and mechanicus grey is too expensive for me

[@HeroesBosses]

@@Toneza35800 You could use Uniform Grey from Army Painter - it's a little cheaper. There are other acryllic spray primers, but I've only tested Army Painter and GW.

[@elvendarkness1]

I might have missed it, but what was the brand and name of the grey primer that you used? Thank you in advance!

[@jimcarr4007]

Were can you buy the pillars and statues. Do you order them. Thank you

[@HeroesBosses]

These are from the Ruins of Osgilliath from Games Workshop.

[@biokido575]

Not enough bird poop on those statues

[@HeroesBosses]

Noted. Next time I paint, add more poop!

[@alexanderk.7782]

waht kind of flock? :)

[@HeroesBosses]

In this video I used Summer Blend from GaleForce 9 hobby scenics.