Paint-tech 26 - Glowing Lenses / Warhammer 40k Eyes

[@hitman5618]

Been using this technique on my Knights and Admech for a couple years and they always get noticed. Awesome guide!

[@HeroesBosses]

Awesome! I'm glad to hear it :) I ALSO use it on AdMech and Knights!

[@carlstanford7607]

Best tutorial I’ve seen on this. No steps skipped

[@kimicox7698]

Wow...! This was absolutely amazing. Definitely what I had in mind for my upcoming minis.

[@HeroesBosses]

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

[@hpjssmith]

Went looking for a video because I need to paint these exact lenses and wanted this specific color palette. Really appreciate this tutorial.

[@HeroesBosses]

I'm glad it helped :)

[@hpjssmith]

@@HeroesBosses spent a long time on these two guys and was kind of disappointed that the lenses took away from the overall look. Got around to repainting them this evening after finding your video earlier today. The difference is massive. Thanks again.

[@HeroesBosses]

@@hpjssmith That's great! I'm glad it worked out :) Cool eyes make a big difference on a model for sure.

[@happyshooter01happyshooter44]

This was super helpful thanks :) I just uploaded a reaver titan review where I used your guide for screens and lenses

[@HeroesBosses]

@happyshooter01happyshooter44 Glad it was useful!

[@happyshooter01happyshooter44]

​@HeroesBosses wow, you still reply after this time!? You're awesome :)

[@L3GHO5T]

Thank you so much man. This is a wonderful tutorial! I’m getting ready to paint my imperial knight and this is exactly how i picture the eyes. Let’s just hope I can pull it off haha

[@HeroesBosses]

I'm glad you liked it :) Good luck!

[@L3GHO5T]

@@HeroesBosses thank you!!! Another thing too that unlike most tutorials I watch, I have all the paints used in the video 😂

[@dystonftw]

Thanks for the video! My scions and Admech are going to look that much better with this!

[@seanternent9162]

Used this to paint all the red lights on my baneblade and oh my lord its looking good. Thank you!

[@HeroesBosses]

Right on!

[@ecidaho]

Thanks for posting this. I will use this on my Zaku and Gundam eyes, and will try the wet pallet!

[@HeroesBosses]

No problem! I bet this effect would look awesome on a Gundam mech. The wet pallet is 100% worth it.

[@cheetahfurry9107]

This is awesome going to try it with my 15mm alien eyes

[@ErokLobotomist]

Came for the Lense tutorial, stayed when I heard the Canadian accent on Scar lol Cheers from BC!

[@HeroesBosses]

Haha :) Yeah, definitely a Canadian thing - though I thought it was just a Nova Scotia thing!

[@ErokLobotomist]

@@HeroesBosses Definitely is lol I have some friends from around Shelburne and Cape Breton (both ends lol). Always great too see Canadian content, Cheers again!

[@ExPrism]

This looks awesome! Thanks! This will be useful for my first Tau models!

[@HeroesBosses]

Ugh. My last 2 battles were vs T'au and they completely crushed me both times 😄 Those eyes would look awesome on them for sure.

[@ExPrism]

@@HeroesBosses Lol It's also my first 40k kit but I liked the idea of sniping and using big mechs so my friend was like "I have an army for you" lol I've also learned about the utility of shield drones and shield drone positioning lol

[@HeroesBosses]

@@ExPrism The T'au are pretty awesome, and I love their lore. They were my 2nd choice after admech - i'll likely paint up an army of them eventually.

[@galactoruniversalmaster]

It looks awesome ! Thanks for sharing

[@HeroesBosses]

My pleasure!

[@Rehabed7807]

Thanks Mike

[@13Robzilla]

Thank you for the video. I will for sure point people here as it is a great reference for the effect that is easy to both see and repeat. Really like that you mention going back and forth; I'm finding techniques that do that are what I enjoy most (both finished product/result and actually doing it too.)

[@HeroesBosses]

Thanks Rob! It's a pretty fun and easy technique. Sometimes I'll speed paint a model, then just give it cool eyes to distract everyone away from the rest of the paint job haha. I won't be speed painting the Armiger though. It looks like a ton of fun to paint.

[@CMTechnica]

I love it, but what would you recommend using for doing it in red?

[@HeroesBosses]

I use 50:50 Mephiston red+black, then glaze pure Mephiston red, then wild ryder red, and finally troll slayer orange. You can't mix white into the red obviously, or you get pink.

[@CMTechnica]

@@HeroesBosses ah, I got the colors wrong then. I went and got Khorne red and evil sunz scarlet

[@HeroesBosses]

@@CMTechnica that could work - there's no one "right" way to do it :)

[@CMTechnica]

@@HeroesBosses obviously, painting is rather subjective, but that doesn’t stop results from locking rather flat

[@Band_Aid_Man_]

That was good!

[@kennethwood8806]

Yeah this is amazing....have to ask what kind/size/type brush do you use for this?

[@HeroesBosses]

Most of the time I use a synthetic brush (Mod Podge). They are $1 each, usually a size 1 or 2. The only time I use expensive brushes (like Windsor Newton or Raphael) is for eyes on a character, or freehand designs.

[@terrymurray-arnold3181]

Newbie painter and this is a great tutorial. Can this be adapted for a rectangular Battletech mech canopy?

[@HeroesBosses]

Yeah for sure. Focus the highlights on the bottom right and top left of the cockpit - or just focus on the bottom left/right and leave the top dark. Jeweling cockpits is pretty much the same as what I did here :)

[@terrymurray-arnold3181]

@@HeroesBosses hey thanks for quick reply. I was hoping that was the case. In terms of stroke, would I go straight across or diagonally for a rectangular shape? vs what you use for a circular lens I mean.

[@HeroesBosses]

@@terrymurray-arnold3181 Yes - if it was a regular cockpit I might go for painting from the top left, making brush strokes to the bottom right, so you end up with a bright triangle shape in the bottom right corner. (As 1 example)

[@xurbition]

Do you have to use add on black or can you any black? Just a curiosity. Thanks in advance for the tutorial video.

[@HeroesBosses]

Any black is fine - you could even start with green, and then shade down to black

[@xurbition]

@@HeroesBosses cool saves me $10! 🤩 thanks again

[@Achelebachele]

is the head basecoted in abbadon black or another black color?

[@HeroesBosses]

I just paint over the Chaos Black primer, but I know some people base coat Abaddon Black over the black primer. Unnecessary, in my opinion.

[@Chuckbreakseven]

Such a neat and tidy (minus the GW pots) tutorial! Thank you so much for making this.

[@HeroesBosses]

Those pots are impossible to keep tidy :D

[@Chuckbreakseven]

@@HeroesBosses could not agree more!

[@filthmancer1504]

How does your paint not dry while you apply them. Mine dries like in 3 minutes

[@HeroesBosses]

Mine also dries that fast. I just use a lot of thin layers. I don't usually show how many times I put my brush into the paint.

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Those are some big lenses...do you use that many colours on smaller lenses too?

[@HeroesBosses]

On a small lens (if it was green) I'd normally paint it first with a dark green, then just 2 highlight colors for the reflection or glow. So basecoat Caliban Green, then paint the bottom half of the lens with Warpstone Glow, then a little arc of Moot Green. Finish off with a small dab of white in the top corner and a small curve of white on the bottom on top of the Moot Green. You could certainly use fewer colors. It would be impossible for me to paint the lenses at all without my magnifying glass :)

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Thanks :)

[@neilbrown2451]

Looks great. thanks.

[@johnjoseph2010]

Can this be done for white lenses?

[@HeroesBosses]

If you mean can you start with white instead of black as your first color, then yes, absolutely. Just add the colors in reverse order. Start with a really light green and then work your way to the darker greens. But if you mean, can you create "glowing white lenses" - yes you can but it would be a different process.

[@johnjoseph2010]

@@HeroesBosses you wouldn't happen to have a video on said process would you? Lol

[@HeroesBosses]

@@johnjoseph2010 Currently no, sorry :)

[@johnjoseph2010]

@@HeroesBosses understandable hahaha thanks for the info PS your models look great btw

[@Lait_Croft]

Красиво!)

[@HeroesBosses]

Спасибо!