Painting Horus Heresy Tanks

[@BaalBandit]

Fantastic video. I'll be referring back to this one a lot

[@medheadful]

Great to hear bro

[@Spine1337]

Great video as always. I would really love a Night Lords tutorial in the same vein as you did White Scars so one with brush/sponge/stippling and one with airbrush/speedpaint.

[@medheadful]

Great idea!

[@judgecohen1373]

Video is great. So many unique tricks and tips for a fantastic result. World Eaters/War Hounds are always appreciated.

[@toml7119]

Would love to see your take on the classic Iron Hands 'oil slick' scheme in tank/dreadnought scale. Seen lots of versions on the troop/character range but replicating it on tanks and larger miniatures I've found quite challenging!

[@medheadful]

Great suggestion!

[@rickyl3136]

Great work 👏 love the colors. Don't know if you are going to do world eaters or dark angles anytime soon but that would be cool.

[@zenerwolf1562]

This looks so good. I can’t wait to try it on my ALPHA LEGION.

[@diyfireking]

Incredible 😍😍

[@craigcook5121]

Great looking mini. Really great color scheme. Great instructions and easy to follow along. Wicked!!

[@medheadful]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

That tank turned out so amazing. I want to give this scheme a try. I'd love to see how you would tackle a drop pod. I have no idea how to make the weathering on something like that look realistic. Thanks for sharing!

[@seanmalloy7249]

2:40 The armor plate covering the elevation mechanism of a tank's main armament is the mantlet. Looking at the metallic finish, I have to wonder what the result would be from using one of the color shift paints from Vallejo or Green Stuff World, although I suspect that such a finish would be _really_ hard to justify in terms of lore... 17:57 An alternative for regular sponges for chipping application are the green 'scouring pad' products you can find in most supermarkets in the kitchen goods aisle; they have a coarser fine-strand weave, so you can a little more easily get a light amount of chipping; neither this nor a regular sponge will properly create the horizontal (sides) or vertical (front) scratches from the vehicle scraping up against the environment as it moves, though; those will still take a fine paintbrush and a bit of a steady hand. 21:55 Track composition tends to be a crapshoot, depending on how the manufacturer intends them to be used. Some countries -- Russia, WWII Germany, and some of the US Sherman tracks (T66, T80, T54E1, T62) have entirely-metal track links; these give more traction, but have the disadvantage of being rougher on roads. Rubber track pads, with or without chevrons, are used when avoiding street damage is more important -- many US Sherman track types used rubber pads, as does the M1 Abrams, and many modern British tanks. Many WH40K tanks, though, don't have the track face detail that would suggest either metal or rubber links, so you can use whatever type you want -- tyre black pads and worn-bright joints, or solid metal with rust (assuming that the metal they're made of _can_ rust) around the crevices, all overlain with mud and/or dust.

[@Wijkert]

Henry from Cult of Paint did a Blood Angel a while ago where he used more opaque paints over a metallic zenithal undercoat. Looked very cool. Color plates from the Heresy books give me the impression of painted over a metallic base because of the shine. Could be cool to explore as well. It would be less shiny that the tank in this video, but more so than a black and white undercoat.

[@TheGreatWyrdling]

I'll be thinking about this for black metallic armor. I believe this is the first of your videos I see, and I struggle quite with doing black templars and such.

[@jasonholland1892]

Great tutorial man! Hydra Dominatus

[@thomasedge1977]

Looks amazing, id love a infantry/tank tutorial for the classic forge world iron hands scheme

[@jameswilloughby4381]

Perfect as per ❤

[@shanesmith7672]

Would love to see a 30k space wolves tank! Great vid man looks awesome

[@chrisgoogill]

This video is making me want to start an alpha legion force.... In terms of content I'd love to see. 40k Chaos marines, in particular black legion and thousand sons! The trim on them is a lesson in patience

[@uh1066hastings]

Great video! I like your focus on Heresy models, personally. Maybe some specialty units would be good?

[@medheadful]

I'll see what I can do!

[@Speakhardly]

Great video Rob! Thank you for mentioning how Sansodor takes a long time to dry.

[@brent_the_programmer9108]

I really appreciate all the airbrush tips and use. Absolutely one of my go to channels!

[@medheadful]

I appreciate that!

[@9daywonda]

Nice toning work.

[@Astartos22]

Working on a land raider at the moment, this was very helpful! Subbed!

[@imalu5757]

Top video as always. I know you did raven guard before but what about tackling the three traditionally black legions in a video? And what you would do different for each one? 😊

[@medheadful]

That's a great shout! Leave it with me!

[@bencogger4252]

Really like this!

[@therickspears]

Just incredible, dude. Really appreciate the long form of the video. I’m afraid to paint my tanks, this video took a lot of the mystique and fear from the process.

[@medheadful]

You can do it!

[@Wijkert]

8:30 I have had the same experience. Most of the time it's about trigger control, not the properties of the airbrush that hold someone back. Because I am working with a .35 needle and nozzle (HP-CS) for the past 5 years, I have had to develop my trigger control to be precise. I recently tried a Mikron (.18mm) and I was a little more precise but not that much. I would have to work with the new tool for quite some time to get the most out of it. Also diminishing returns I suspect.

[@WarpBolter]

Absolutely lovely work! Been subscribed for a while now, love the clear explanation of what you're doing. Using the blood red is such an interesting shadow colour, definitely will be trying this at some point. Fantastic job!

[@medheadful]

Really glad it was useful!

[@ObjectiveAnalysis]

Picked up so many great tips from this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Medders ❤

[@matthewellison8252]

Brilliant stuff and opens the opportunity to smash some colour onto my Alpha Legion.

[@medheadful]

That's really great to hear!

[@shinkage6949]

Masterwork! Thank you for sharing your talent! You made an awesome tank, and I will keep it as best reference for mine 🙏

[@medheadful]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Cerras]

Amazing video as usual. A tutorial on how to paint grey armour would be really useful (and not only because I've been thinking about pre-heresy Word Bearers for a while)

[@medheadful]

Great suggestion!

[@scannerbarkly]

Absolutely beautiful, mate.

[@medheadful]

Many thanks!

[@FletcherGiles]

Looks glorious mate well done.

[@medheadful]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Jose_Herraez]

Amazing tutorial. I was one of those people who thought you didn’t need to gloss varnish before applying transfers, and I can’t stress enough how much easier and better the process is if you do, and I have to thank you for that. One question about the tank commander; can you tell me where does that head come from? It’s absolutely brilliant! Thank you.

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

I have an assignment due and I should be working on that but instead I'm here. Through an airbrush, have you ever tried mixing metals with clears like Contrasts or those speed paints?

[@bingesvsfringes6394]

This is amazing

[@medheadful]

Thank you my friend

[@De_Jacky]

marvellous job!!!

[@medheadful]

Thank you kindly

[@yagsipcc287]

Oh I like the idea of using reds under as well. I was actually using a mix of purples for shadows but will give this a go :-D

[@medheadful]

Glad it's useful

[@yagsipcc287]

@@medheadful Oh yes very :-) I am a pretty good painter sometimes I forget about using other colours to get the same result or better. Looks great and I have some Alpha like guys printed off from a KS I backed a while ago :-) need to try this one for sure thanks agian.

[@mark4cele7]

amazing video!!

[@medheadful]

❤❤❤❤

[@blahHPsor]

Do you do live painting classes in the uk?

[@MasterChief052]

Amazing! Do you think this style of “metallic undercoat, contrast paints on top” could work with white scars? I love the effect but wonder if white contrast just doesn’t have the coverage needed without just needing white acrylic over top to make it pop, but cover up the metallic undercoat.

[@medheadful]

I've done a white scars tutorial so worth checking out

[@fitnessandinjury]

awesome. looks like you use greenstuff for your magnets. less likely to pull off than super glue?

[@medheadful]

That is correct

[@alangilbert8627]

My son loves the metallic colour on the tank and would like to do a similar finish for his Emperors Children, can you recommend a recipe for the purple because I'm struggling. Thanks fella

[@medheadful]

I'd have to have a look at the paint rack and come up with some ideas!

[@jw7500]

Just in time. I have two Sabres and a Leviathan waiting for some color. Quick question Rob: is the double gloss absolutely nescessary for that shine? If so....I might have to varnish about 60 marines oof. Now, what I would like to see, is how to do to do professional Lightning Claws that arn't just White airbrushed over blue. Kind of missing on KZbin atm.

[@medheadful]

I'd recommend glossing at every step! You can use a can or a airbrush. Are you UK based?

[@jw7500]

@@medheadful Next door, Netherlands. I do own an airbrush though. Thanks for the response btw.

[@JDHetzer]

Prior to the pin wash, you said you used a matte varnish. I've always heard gloss varnish at this point because the oils will run more easily. Is using matte better in this case? Lovely work by the way.

[@AOTI40k]

Hydra Dominatus! 🐍🐍🐍

[@medheadful]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaybeepainting9413]

Great video! Although... are you suggesting we now no longer would learn much else on the Kratos course? ;P Keen to catch you in Australia either way! :D

[@medheadful]

Haha. There's two days worth of learning on the kratos course. And things I'd only reveal on that course as well ❤❤❤

[@TheRedBrethren]

You could just dry brush the dirt Right?

[@darchonyo]

A Reliant Robin would absolutely not get me from A to B, but that might just be down to my inability to operate heretical vehicles.

[@chaseendless7778]

This tank would lose to a ww2 tank…

[@TheRedBrethren]

Definitely wouldn’t though seeing as it’s probably three times the size of any ww2 tank and it’s weapons are obviously thousands of years ahead

[@chaseendless7778]

@@TheRedBrethren there’s a giant hole in the middle you can shoot through… And there is no slanted armor plates, every shell would go straight through the tank

[@chaseendless7778]

@@TheRedBrethrenthe turret is so tiny, it wouldn’t even penetrate a ww2 Sherman’s armor. A tiger tank’s cannon is about 3 times larger then this…

[@chaseendless7778]

What an awful tank design