Paint your Space Marine army in 10 hours

[@ThePaintingCoach]

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[@Skycommando]

my biggest issue with this video is that I cannot actually purchase colour forge sprays since I am outside of the UK

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I didn't realise it's not available outside the UK yet :( You might get something similar with Daemonic Yellow from Army Painter, as this also has an equivalent paint to correct any issues

[@bellportbattlebunker4682]

@@Skycommando nuts!

[@Tibruk64]

Really appreciate how clear and concise this video is. Not a moment wasted and details clearly shown.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers!

[@alistairwilkinson4055]

Likewise. You can have a sub and a like.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks!

[@vinceb7437]

My guess is that the alcohol wasn't 100% dry when you applied the varnish. When varnish (especially matte) dries too quickly, it creates a cloudy opaqueness. Alcohol dries pretty quickly, so that could be the problem. My friend thought he had ruined his entire army when he spray varnished and used a hair dryer to make it dry faster. Regardless, great tutorial and great save!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks Vince - a lesson in patience for me for sure!

[@LaminatedPigeon]

Me who’s space marines have a marble texture as the main colour: *how interesting*

[@Lrn2playgames]

😂😂

[@tomgeytenbeek2207]

“Help”

[@crafthammerminiatures]

Are you in pain brother?

[@Andernol]

Night lords? You're one sick bastard, and we should be friends

[@LaminatedPigeon]

@@Andernol not even night lords it’s white AND marble 🥲

[@gfanikf]

5:42 I’ll take that disaster any day! lol Love your videos and you working with brush and paint or contrast.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers!

[@leeperry7068]

Damn, that turned out REALLY slick, especially for the time you spent on them. Just really really nice.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@DarkWatch-Ian]

Hi my friend. Found the video really useful, I have Aeldari Guardians to do and this yellow is the one I'm going to be doing. Fantastic tips and hints as usual. Can't wait to see you next time. Take care, kind regards your pal Ian 👍

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Ian - glad you found it helpful!

[@mirage809]

That oil wash looks awesome! I really need to give that a go at some point. Definitely looks like it could really speed up painting an army like this.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers! I go into them in a little more detail (how to mix) on my Rogal Dorn video

[@ProfessorBraino]

Where can i get oil washes? I live in southeast asia.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

You'll need some oil paint and a thinner such as methylated spirits - your local art store should have all you need

[@finnon7460]

Phenomenal! Really simple scheme, but amazing results. Thank you for sharing!! :))

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@isitric]

Really good video OP. Thanks for sharing

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad you liked it!

[@tobbestrom502]

Awesome work! Watching the upload from my vacation in Tallin

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Tobbe! Enjoy your vacation!

[@rjwtaylor]

Incredible stuff, great job at a rapid pace

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Robert!

[@NYIKAZENO]

Wow! The is a down and dirty- whirl wind - Get it done Lesson (lol)! Great Job, thank you!!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Certainly is! Thanks!

[@musicalDrebin]

I won't lie the 'mistake' actually looked kinda cool to me. might be good if you want your custom chapter to be based on an ice world or something

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Ye could work for that!

[@ukash4ever]

Blue eye lenses are comlpiment to yellow armour :D Really nice, I like that

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@thomaseysseric9517]

This is a quite good tutorial! Remind me of the one from GW for the Horus heresy imperial fist! Good thing for me, I’m sitting on 3 Averland Sunset spray can! But it’s good to see the result with the sunset yellow spray can!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@lockhartwalker1431]

I was so exited to see you uploaded, then I saw the imperial fists :( (Still love your videos, you are without a doubt the best painting KZbinr out there)

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers! Sorry about the fists! What would you like to see?

[@lockhartwalker1431]

@@ThePaintingCoach who else but the Trench Digging Iron Warriors?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Haha I already did them!

[@lockhartwalker1431]

@@ThePaintingCoach well that’s on me, I’m sorry

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No need! Maybe I will do Perturabo one day

[@Trinioutsider34]

Paints a whole Army in 10 hours. Me mean while spends 10 hours on one Space Marine lol. Great job on on this video.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

That's normally me haha - this one is all about short cuts! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ElSWVisitor]

Beautiful! I, however, am going to give myself indefinite time to tackle this box 😂

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks! Yes good plan! Enjoy it :)

[@FFLegion]

I can see the frosted effect being left in place on Space Wolves, or some other winter themed army.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes could really work for them!

[@hellglazer]

Really really enjoyed this! Great video mate 🤘I know the pain with frosting on varnishes. It's such a devastating moment when you see all your hard work undone in an instant. Well done on rescuing tho.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers mate

[@nicknation1865]

I run a mostly imperial fist army and use most of these colors and have been looking for a way to “grime” them so I’m gonna try the oil wash and see if that’s what I could use

[@scenczyk1429]

Ok. So this is gonna be a LONG one I'm 4 minutes into this video, I used to paint and convert when I was 12/13. I'm now 30. During the last lockdown I purchased 5 space marine kits. I never built one full model. I followed the releases, learnt about indomitus and realised I had missed a great thing so I have bought age of darkness. Realistically, I had no intention of doing anything with it. I was gonna sit on it and sell it in years to come. Investment and all that. To be honest painting has come SO FAR since I used to paint metallics in flesh tones, I always want to be competent at what I do and seeing the quality nowadays is intimidating but this tutorial is making me ITCH to paint that kit. And I think I'm going to. So I guess what I'm trying to say is thanks

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks - glad to have inspired you! Good luck with the painting!

[@timcastle5441]

Dude - impressive!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@s.h-d6074]

Excellent wirk! Would like to see you do the other half in another chapters colors. Maybe something darker to show how this technique wirks there or if there is another technique required

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers - I did a single sons of horus marine - may do the rest this colour

[@mannlG]

Good lord amazing job! This is beautiful. Wish you would do exactly the same with the Custodes Starter Box as I'm right now sitting in front of it. Wonder if they would work too with only contrast paints.

[@mannlG]

Just saw your other vid of the custodes, aaaah :D

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yeah you can batch up some custodes nicely :)

[@bellportbattlebunker4682]

This looks great. Thanks for sharing.

[@ericlang7408]

Thanks for this tutorial, that's an excellent result in 10 hours! I was wondering if the yellow contrast paint was necessary given that the oil wash is, I suppose, going to slightly tint everything in a shade similar to that of the yellow contrast paint. Or is it going to look different without the contrast paint?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I think you'll get a slightly more desaturated yellow without the contrast paint - you'll still need to do the gloss stage as the primer is very matte and will stop the oil flowing into the recesses

[@ericlang7408]

@@ThePaintingCoach thanks for the explanation. I didn't realised that the gloss varnish was required for the wash to flow nicely! Thanks for the tip! I suppose you have to use a gloss or satin varnish as a matt one might also prevent a nice flow of the wash 🤔

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes that's correct - the more matt the finish, the more it will suck up the oil

[@_walruseater]

What a great tutorial video. Thank you!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad you liked it!

[@Vin_Venture896]

Btw, you should try Vallejo Metal Color dark aluminium. For whatever reason, it’s one of the only ‘metal colour’ colours that actually works well with a brush, and it’s an almost exact match for leadbelcher, as in, you literally couldn’t tell the difference between the two if you were asked to pick between the two.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks for the tip! I have a lot of metal color but not that one yet 🤔

[@Vin_Venture896]

@@ThePaintingCoach it’s incredible. I’ve could never confirm or deny this but I’ve heard that members of a certain painting team who really like heavy metal use it instead of leadbelcher or boltgun metal (once they ran out) ;)

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Hahahahaha

[@Amdrauder]

Really great tutorial and just what I needed as my HH delivery races towards me, though i'm curious, what's the purpose of the varnish in the middle? is it to help with the oil effect or what? basically curious if i can skip it as its the only thing I don't have on me currently :D

[@ThePaintingCoach]

You can get away without it, but the oil will need to be completely dry before you carry on painting - the matte varnish stage is designed to seal it in

[@virusofnurgle6896]

I hope you’re painting Sons of Horus as really interested to see how you’re doing them

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Check my last video - I speed painted a Sons of Horus marine 👍🏻

[@sands201]

The reason why that happened with the varnish is that you’re supposed to wait at LEAST a day before you varnish a miniature because it will change the colour of your miniature if applied too early.

[@NossCalavera1670]

Nice tutorial. Regarding the varnish, based on how much of the gloss varnish you applied to fix the issue I would assume you used that much matte varnish as well. I believe you are applying too much varnish at one time. Your best results will be through an airbrush but if you are brushing it on it should be more clear and not have the milky consistency that appeared in the video. So I would either thinner more or apply less and do multiple coats.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Maybe! I have never had this issue before - at least with vallejo varnish! One to ponder for sure

[@症不眠]

Such an awesome Video! Thank you

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad you liked it!

[@bertranddelattre6609]

Super nice video! Can you do the same for ork? i am wondering how you would do! cheers

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I've got some contrast videos for orks that would work well - check them out!

[@ka1juhunt3r]

You always make it look easy!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Eli - hopefully it gives you the confidence to give it a go!

[@ka1juhunt3r]

@@ThePaintingCoach allready got plenty of that I just need the money to buy these expensive boxes haha

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Ah there is always that!

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

Did you say Burnt Umber oil paint? On the paint listing I don't see it. 👀 Curious to go about this method using the oil paint as a wash so don't want to get the wrong one.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes Burnt Umber - I think I put it in the description but forogt to shoot a video of it 🤦🏼‍♂️ check out My Rogal Dorn video where I show you how to mix it up

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

@@ThePaintingCoach Oh nice. I've watched that vid of the castle himself. I'll go back to check it out. Thanks for the reply. 👍🏻

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Kenny

[@Bubbowie]

Great Job! I'm thinking how to apply this method on my salamanders force. Any ideas? I'm guessing that the leather parts needs to be done with ordinary paints, since the brown contrast paint wont look as good over green.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

You could always go for black leather which means you can use contrast - otherwise something like wyldwood for a really dark brown Probably use a black oil like ivory black for the wash, and in terms of the armour, check out my sons of horus video as the technique i used there could work on salamander arnour with different colours

[@Bubbowie]

@@ThePaintingCoach thanks. The rest of my army has Brown leather, so I'll give wyldwood a try. I'll check that video after work 🙂

[@Butterz0ne]

Great for anyone in the uk but that yellow spray won’t ship to the AU

[@TabletopGameBreaks]

Great video! Would you use the same color scheme for 40k fists? Averland under iyandan yellow? Edge Highlight flash gits and dorn yellow? Also, good save on the varnish frosting. This has happened to me with munitorium varnish... I sprayed outside when humidity was too high.... wasn't good. But u did the right thing with gloss brush on varnish. I also use warm water to thin down the frost first.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Kyle - yeah you can use this in 40K I don't see why not! Try Yriel Yellow for the first light

[@TabletopGameBreaks]

@@ThePaintingCoach you're the best! Cheers

[@shootingstar0312]

Do you have any other recommendations for alternatives for Averland sunset? I am having quite the difficult time to find a suitable replacement to use with my brushes since I really am not a fan of gw pots and their prizes

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I'm afraid there isn't much of a colour equivalent out there - Vallejo model colour might have something, as might pro acryl

[@shootingstar0312]

@@ThePaintingCoach thank you for the reply :D i found an alternative thats pretty close, Also you used Iyanden yellow contrast, could one get a similar result with imperial fist contrast? Since I don’t have the other so I can’t test the difference. Also with oil wash, would nuln oil also work?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Hmm you will get a different result but I dont think hugely different. Nuln oil won't work - you are better using agrax earthshade and then brushing contrast medium over it - check my sons of horus video for how to so this

[@tomrea4586]

That base spray saves a ton of time doesn't it. Thanks for posting.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Tom

[@pancakemogul]

It does seem to be UK only, though. Not sure what I would substitute it with now that Averland Sunset is gone.

[@tomrea4586]

@@pancakemogul I've read that it might be heading to N.A., this would be welcome news.

[@nvcn86]

i thought about doing this, but this yellow is just too dark for me. instead i went with Iyanden over wraithbone, so the yellow is a bit more, well, yellowy.

[@LichKing36]

The sunset primer can we get that in the US?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Great question and I'm not 100% I made the mistake of assuming it was - their distributors ship internationally so may have some info www.thewarhub.com/

[@Average-Goofer]

Fantastic video

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks!

[@ben-mur]

Hey! Painting mine like the box as well! Any advice on expanding each army after painting them as seen?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I'm afraid I don't play so I couldn't tell you what is the best on the table!

[@azir64]

Amazing vid, do you have a likt for that burnt sienna umber ? there are quite a few choices on ElementGames :(

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Nearest I can see is this Abteilung oil elementgames.co.uk/paints-washes-etc/abteilung/abteilung-502-oils/burnt-umber?id=10531 It's a little less red and a little more brown but should be ok

[@azir64]

@@ThePaintingCoach Thank you so much for the swift reply. Final question (I swear) the spirits you use to wash away the oil, are those available too?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No problem - I can't see they do - you want something like this: amzn.to/3o0ea5S

[@super_sonic8976]

Are you going to be painting angron when it releases?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes of course 🤟🏻

[@KudiGamer]

Does anyone know of a spray/rattle can the color of/or similar to Sons of Horus Green? Would like to use this painting method on a SoH army

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I used Drake Scale Green on my SoH - check the channel for my tutorial on it

[@KudiGamer]

@@ThePaintingCoach ah thanks, I will!

[@pridak4567]

Ah, colour forge primers. The one primer I really want to try but can't because of it being unavailable in Canada.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Ah shame :(

[@Keseleth]

Great tutorial, but would you suggest any substitutes for that Colour Forge Primer? Sadly it seems rather difficult to buy outside of UK.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I didn't realise it would be - a few people have noted this. Maybe Thr Army Painter yellow would work - albeit a different tone - as they also have matching paints/primers. I believe the colour is Daemonic Yellow

[@Keseleth]

@@ThePaintingCoach thanks, I will consider it. Maybe if I prime with black first and then Daemonic Yellow I could get the right hue.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Maybe 🤔 it's more a case of the averland being slightly warmer. You could of course airbrush averland sunset if you have one - I don't think yellow over black would be best - over an ochre brown might work though as a zenithal, as that will build some extra shading in for you

[@Keseleth]

@@ThePaintingCoach thanks. Sadly I don't have an airbrush, hence why I appreciate tutorials such as yours (not that many good painting tutorials for Imperial Fists without the use of an airbrush). It's a pity about Colour Forge Primer though, it looks like a solid primer and would speed up things significantly.

[@navvare21]

Where you buy oil ink?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

You can get oil paint in most art stores 👍🏻

[@yuanli7197]

If the pointed end of the MK6's beak helmet is cut off, can it be used as a MK7 helmet?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No I don't think that would work without a lot of resculpting

[@MrXandrox]

Hi there! Can you tell me what kind of brushes you use? They look really good!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I use a mix of brushes - in this vid there are citadel, windor and newton and army painter - for normal painting I use a W&N Series 7, size 1 and 0

[@MrXandrox]

@@ThePaintingCoach Are the Army Painter the ones with the "flat & broad" tip? The ones you use to put the metallic paint on?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No they are the masters series dry brushes - the ones I tend to use for metallics are the white citadel brushes

[@hedonistic_goblin7390]

Thank you, I'm slogging through imperial fists You're amazing

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers! Hope it helps!

[@OldManRogers]

This is the sort of video hobby channels need more of - How to paint an *army* as opposed to someone painting one model for 10 hours at a level that is pretty to look at but difficult to achieve.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I feel attacked! 🤣 but also grateful you commented and enjoyed this video!

[@OldManRogers]

@@ThePaintingCoach It's not an attack, your tutorials are excellent for painting to a great standard but also in a feasible time

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Sorry it was tongue in cheek - as a lot of my videos are indeed me painting one model for 10 hours condensed down 🤣

[@james-and-his-stuff]

Da iawn, exalant work

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Diolch!

[@ordohereticus5530]

Sucks that Color Forge doesn't ship internationally. Going to make this basing process a whole lot harder.

[@SimonThorntonVideo]

I wonder what caused the varnish to frost. Makes me scared to varnish 😬

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Never had it this bad before - i think the oil layer was still reactive

[@benkerry343]

Wicked tutorial. Can you do something like this for 30k Blood Angels?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks! Not sure I will get chance but if I did then I would probably go with a mephiston red spray, blood angels red contrast and a black oil wash - all other elements the same

[@christianwall7181]

Great result all round, not least the varnish save. The Colour Forge primer worked really well and what a time saver 👍 Thanks @ThePaintingCoach

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Christian

[@Samsminis]

Still wild to me that you don’t use any handle while painting

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Haha I do normally - I use a Redgrass Games handle - for these I was lazy and couldn't be bothered changing for every model as I was focused on speed

[@Samsminis]

@@ThePaintingCoach Fair fair! I have the Redgrass one, but I prefer the Ferox Fabrication one (he's a local Canadian so I like supporting him) but I IMMENSELY prefer his magnet puck system to the peg system the old Regrass ones have.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Sounds good! And always good to support local!

[@Flamethrower1942]

I spent 10 hours painting one squad from this box set lol

[@ThePaintingCoach]

To be fair I normally would too 🤣 this was all about the short cuts

[@ZodiusXx]

Do I detect a bit of a Welsh accent? Awesome video by the way!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes I am very Welsh! Glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@ZodiusXx]

@@ThePaintingCoach Aye bore da boyyo, Cymru am byth!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yn wir

[@dr.motte1]

Varnish need to dry under a hot lamp. So you have no frosting

[@pablocamargo8744]

🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Pablo! Good to hear from you!

[@pablocamargo8744]

@@ThePaintingCoach I am still alive 😅

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Me too! I am glad!

[@pablocamargo8744]

@@ThePaintingCoach 😊😊

[@mattm3377]

Too bad they don't sell that spray paint in the US.

[@geteavnroc2250]

I LOVE your thinking. However, i would never paint on a varnish. Cans and airbrushes make it too easy, and without the errors you ran into. Obviously, you know this, but your audience should be aware that spray varnishes are king in the speed paint world.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes and a can saved it - I tried to do the whole thing 'no airbrush' to make it as accesible as possible - and we got a nice accidental learning point 🤣

[@skrathos337]

First?

[@chekl1982]

Holyshit, if the mistake is that bad, don’t make a video about it.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

🤷🏼‍♂️