Painting Legion Tactical Squads: Word Bearers

How I batch paint my Word Bearers Legion Tactical Squads for the Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness.
#horusheresy #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer

[@Luetin09]

I greatly enjoyed this, if simply for how it was to the point, and no BS. Anyone could do this process with basically zero experience.

[@heresyera]

thank you. i try and keep things as simple and repeatable as possible. i’m a big fan of your videos and really love what you do.

[@donkratos5627]

Out of the THOUSANDS of hours I’ve spent watching painting content, I’ve never seen someone do the process quite like you… VERY impressive brotha’ 🤙🧐

[@heresyera]

appreciate that - thank you.

[@Monika-Legion]

Very glad one of my favourite legions got a video like this :3

[@MagnumN117]

Love the paintjob, model work and presentation of this video! I'd love to have a collection of Word Bearers infantry like this someday!

[@heresyera]

Thank you.

[@thevulptereen327]

This channel is quickly becoming a favorite of mine for Heresy content, I just told my friends about your channel and encouraged them to check out the videos too! Thank you for the hobby inspiration

[@heresyera]

Really appreciate it - thank you

[@Jose_Herraez]

Absolutely brilliant video. Big fan of your abundant use of transfers!

[@heresyera]

its one of the cool parts of Word Bearers. I was really pleased with how the black geometric shapes on the shoulder pads work behind the legion and chapter icons. they look really good.

[@mel.vin1848]

Maaaan, I love your Content. Its the Horus Heresy stuff I always wished for on YT. Please keep it up!

[@punec]

Right none of that influencer cringe from the big shill channels. Just pure Heresy passion. I love this channel!

[@Jose_Herraez]

This has become one of my top 3 channels, period.

[@heresyera]

Thank you. Im purposefully keeping it about the hobby first and foremost - this will never be a personality driven youtube page or have any click bait driven videos or thumbnails.

[@DanTheMan-n5p]

Lead belcher + Black legion contrast = perfect look for under armor for SM.

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

These look amazing for rank and file troops. Your decals always turn out great. I need to practice more. Thanks for sharing!!

[@heresyera]

Rank and file troops are the heart of your army - give them love

[@palma3235]

I've been starved for this quality of HH content. There's something special about seeing somebody else's dudes, as well as the process behind it. I've been meaning to try my hand at making content like this; if anything to prod me to paint, but also serve as an inspiration to others like you have. Excited to see this channel grow!

[@heresyera]

my advice is just start making content if you want to do it. I feel like I waited a few years too long to get the channel going. I feel like im 5 years behind the ball.

[@joahnaut]

Your painting process is cracked out, and I wouldn't of believed it if I didn't see it. After seeing it though, and how well it worked, I love it. Great work bro.

[@heresyera]

its a bit different but it is effective. painting large armies is a commitment and having a simple and repeatable process can be the difference between success or failure.

[@matthewfairman1475]

This is my new favorite mini channel. Awesome work, man.

[@heresyera]

Thank you.

[@creepinethyn8020]

That was was a brilliant tutorial. It was entertaining to watch the whole way through! Cant wait for more videos!

[@heresyera]

Thank you. Lot more coming.

[@gamestheory3244]

Glad to see I’m not the only one that does marines in the same steps! Could honestly have been how I do mine except slight colour changes 👍

[@brummbar9332]

Some fantastic work would really love to see a guide on how you make your dead marines

[@mlpsh6995]

I actuall like the ai voice. It's clear and distinct. Plus it makes your channel unique.

[@heresyera]

it greatly helps my workflow on the painting guides. I cant stress how much work these videos are. adding in having to record / mix my VO and work on performance takes would just add a ton of time and not add a lot of value. Real voices will be present in the live action stuff like battle reports

[@Toadcommander]

I love the voice over explaining the process

[@Pemmont107]

Is it an AI though?

[@Toadcommander]

@@Pemmont107 doesn’t matter to me

[@TahuRaisao]

Your videos perfectly grasp the 30k feel.

[@heresyera]

thank you. i appreciate you saying that. I try and be more than just a miniature painter, i want to build the 30k universe and atmosphere.

[@Matt-md5yt]

KZbin reccomended this channel to me and had to check it out.

[@heresyera]

glad you did - thank you

[@alexthompson3447]

Such an efficient army paint it makes me cry 😂 I am too picky with mould line to paint on the sprue, but your overall impression when painted is awe inspiring! Keep up these great videos. 👍

[@heresyera]

thank you. you can clean the mould lines on the pads very easy. its flat and on the underside. Once varnished too it blends very well.

[@JustJuru]

Thank You, I was looking for cool WB painting tutorial for days, so Your vid is like heaven (or in this case, hell) send!

[@robertjokebr1480]

Keep up the good work. They look amazing.

[@heresyera]

thank you

[@BoogViking]

Fantastic as always. Keep the amazing content coming!

[@heresyera]

thank you. there is a lot more in the works.

[@enokinnokenti5649]

Great video. Been following your posts on Instagram and it's great to see more tutorials centred around army painting. Keep it up brother!

[@heresyera]

thanks man.

[@Droids945]

Absolutely stunning!

[@JunoMeHistory]

i absolutely love your content, but the AI voice over is really offputting in some cases... which makes it kinda hard to listen to the videos

[@bluecalx9229]

I thought the same initially, but its far easier listening than a very heavy accent or broken english. The video quality speaks for itself and makes up for it imo.

[@heresyera]

Im sort of on the fence about it - its mostly due to work flow and just how much more time recording and mixing VO would take. These videos are heavily edited as is. The battle reports are live action and will have more actual voices and things in them but will have an AI narrator (british accent)

[@GiancarloSucci-t1q]

It’s ai?! I couldn’t even tell

[@JunoMeHistory]

@@GiancarloSucci-t1q yea the tonal pronunciation is off where it speaks words in one breath no human would speak in one breath, it's a good ai, granted but it's off-putting enough that it makes me feel kinda uncomfortable to listen to it

[@JunoMeHistory]

@@heresyera mh, well, I understand that I guess

[@MrLego-lx8ke]

easy to understand and follow, great work

[@heresyera]

thank you

[@TheJedinator13]

Absolutely love your videos! Just wish I had somebody around who could make the same videos for T'au so I know what to do...

[@heresyera]

Someone needs to do a cool Taros campaign series and do all 'historical forces'

[@diyfireking]

Such talent and skill 👍👍

[@heresyera]

thank you-!

[@ReverendPONT]

Least favorite Legion, (F Erebus lol) but I do like their aesthetic and heraldry. Good stuff Brutha. Your channel is inspiring me to get back into finishing my armies.

[@heresyera]

Thank you.

[@tikiwiki7428]

this was such nice inspiration for my word bearers I can't wait until i finish my genestealer cult updates so I can get back to my heresy boys.

[@heresyera]

if i still played 40k, GSC would be at the top of my list - just above ORKS

[@ironhammer5708]

When can we see some glorious Iron of the IVth Legion? 👉👈 Amazing content man!

[@franknstein546]

Looks great!

[@mlpsh6995]

Excellent content mate!

[@swimmerspack40k62]

Can't wait for your take on Ultramarines, which are my heresy force. I used Visions of Darkness from back in the day as inspiration and weirdly use Cygnar Base Blue from p3 as the armor color with some blue ink mixed in.

[@heresyera]

Dude, the visions books are constant inspiration.

[@punec]

Great work man yet again! Looking forward to a death guard tutorial :). Cheers and keep up the great work!

[@heresyera]

Thank you. Its coming.

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

Those look nice!!

[@Horseman_04]

Killing it with this content!

[@AlastairPaterson]

These look smart 👍

[@A_man68]

love the videos very underrated youtuber

[@heresyera]

Thank you. Channel is still super new. i really appreciate all of the feedback. Im really motivated to keep content coming.

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

Nice painting video, but I promise your real voice isn't as annoying as the AI one.

[@heresyera]

I appreciate the encouragement. I copied this response from above. You guys are pressuring me to add real VO - " Right now its largely about work flow. The added layer of recording and mixing VO would add a lot of time and disrupt my ability to roll videos out this quickly. I can't stress how much more complicated my workflow is on these videos vs the typical over the head shot 60 minute painting videos that are more common in our space. Each video has hundreds of shots and a thousand plus edits. I have to make all this and paint. Once i get some more videos that in the works out and can slow my releases to once a week, I can look into getting an audio recording set up and can do my own VO."

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

@@heresyera That's fair

[@TheTurbanatore]

I love your videos

[@heresyera]

Thank you.

[@termi6523]

Yoooo dope content!

[@heresyera]

thank you

[@TheDuke07]

Fun fact in one of the post heresy books there's basically a joke on how the dark council keeps debating which of the 100s of shades of red are legal and no one follows them.

[@heresyera]

hopefully they settled on GWs shades

[@wunthraad8582]

Awesome work man ! Definitely gonna try your method ! What's the name of the song in the intro ? It's so epic

[@heresyera]

don’t know the exact name of the song - all music is licensed from artlist

[@vincentgohvan]

hey what's the music you use? It sounds amazing

[@heresyera]

All my music is from Artlist.IO. they are a subscription service - all is fully licensed.

[@elefuntitus_3312]

Great video

[@dedrite4781]

Another Killer Video.

[@SiberianGnome]

You knocked it out of the park again! Any chance of Ultramarines tacticals/vehicles coming up?

[@heresyera]

Ill eventually get to Ultramarines but they are a ways out. When Horus Heresy 2.0 launched, i painted a ton of Ultramarines. Id love to revisit them now that GW has released more kits. I really want to do some Ultramarines MK3 marines as the MK6 lack the defining gold trim.

[@Bwf-lmrs]

🎉🎉🎉really looking for space wolves squad😊……those viking warriors in 30k

[@Kamikaze_Senpai]

Do you think we will get a Mark IV and Mark V refresh?

[@heresyera]

we better-!

[@myrar8708]

Love your content, thank you! The AI voice can be improved though as have been mentioned already. I subscribed and look out for more tutorials and battle reports.

[@heresyera]

thank you

[@talonryckert6084]

Do you thin the silver down or straight from pot?

[@heresyera]

straight from the pot -

[@RedHandedDaniel]

this video is great. is the voiceover AI?

[@Cody10069]

will you do a night lords toturial for assault marines?

[@heresyera]

I do want to re do my night lords

[@noelmorris5807]

hi i like your videos how do you make the dead space marines

[@heresyera]

i chop up marines and use the spare marines off my primarch bases. I usually put my primarchs on standard bases and use the scenic bases for scenery

[@sarahhillary7698]

Glory to Chaos! Praise the Dark Gods and sacrifice the unworthy in their names!

[@heresyera]

they are a lot of fun. I think people overlook how much subtle character you can work into word bearers.

[@paolomardesic7539]

When does the campaign start

[@heresyera]

Still finishing some scenery for the first battle report. The first one is an apex mission that requires some specific terrain. So working on the table and making a BTS video of the build. Think everyone will appreciate it. Hopefully the first battle report drops soon after the table being done. The other battle reports require less specific terrain that is already done.

[@paolomardesic7539]

@@heresyera custom scenary for each battle fucking nice

[@Pongklebenar]

Your channel would be 100x better if you used your real voice instead of the AI one. You are an incredibly talented painter, and if you have a stutter or a speech impediment, or even if you just think your voice is annoying, I promise you that it does not matter to us. We all want to hear your thoughts and ideas from your own mouth as opposed to the frankly offputting AI voice over. Give it a shot! I've found the warhammer community to be pretty welcoming! Can't hurt!

[@heresyera]

I appreciate the encouragement. Right now its largely about work flow. The added layer of recording and mixing VO would add a lot of time and disrupt my ability to roll videos out this quickly. I can't stress how much more complicated my workflow is on these videos vs the typical over the head shot 60 minute painting videos that are more common in our space. Each video has hundreds of shots and a thousand plus edits. I have to make all this and paint. Once i get some more videos that in the works out and can slow my releases to once a week, I can look into getting a audio recording set up and can do my own VO.

[@andrewahrens214]

Not sure if this would apply, but Cult of Paint has a cool way of doing it where he has one long audio take, just talking over the edited video.

[@andrewahrens214]

The AI voice is really putting me off. Whatever you sound like, I’m sure a real human voice would add more character to the videos.

[@LordEvilmancer]

I'm sorry. I clicked on this at random, is this an AI voice?

[@andrewahrens214]

Yea, and everyone is begging him to stop using it.

[@heresyera]

Ai vo can be a little hit or miss with people. I have gotten a lot of positive responses on it as well. I cant stress how much time goes into these videos. Painting miniatures themselves takes a lot of time, but add in writing, filming, editing, Animation, music searches, etc etc - It takes a tremendous amount of effort. Adding in my own VO would add recording, mixing and open the can of worms of me having to do performance takes - it would entirely disrupt my ability to drop painting guides regularly - I'm a new channel and my payment for creating content is really only in the joy of it.

[@LordEvilmancer]

@@heresyera no I get it. I have sunk hundreds of hours into creating things that no one will ever see due to how the algorithm works, so I understand doing what you can on a one man team. It's just I hadn't heard anyone using AI for voice acting. Video editing is a lot more of a pain in the ass for me. I can endlessly ramble about the stuff I make

[@bouncycowgirl]

Yay! More Wordbearers! I didnt realize this was an AI voice. I just thought you were exceedingly good with pronunciation.

[@heresyera]

AI VO is a good tool that helps me edit and get more painting guides out.

[@bouncycowgirl]

​@@heresyera I don't mind it. It sounds natural enough to me.

[@geng6443]

These videos are really well made, but I really despise the ai voiceover

[@The7guys]

I enjoyed the video, but I don't like the AI voice. I think it'd be better if you did the commentary yourself in the future.

[@heresyera]

issue with me recording my voice is that these are heavily edited videos. probably 500 shots and 1000 cuts in this video. If i use my voice, i have to record, mix, and do multiple takes for performance - it adds a lot more work for little value in these videos. I cant stress how much effort these videos take as is and my goal currently is to keep things as streamline as possible with the painting guides to get as many as I can out.

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Hi love your videos ❤ KitbashCarnage hear at the age of 31 iv recently got back into the warhammer/kitbashing community agen after taking 15year brake to pay bills and so on . I have taken the leap head on and started a youtube channel along with Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. It's hard with this algorithm thing is somthing to get used to along with editing and so on but my love and the flame for my lost passion has been reignited more then ever and dont plan on stopping soon . Along with having lots of content plans and already in the pipeline and also a Revamp to all social media with new header picture and profile picture from a digital contractor I sorced I hope to just gain more traction to the community iv came back to 🔥 Regards KitbashCarnage

[@heresyera]

yeah man, its hard starting out on KZbin. I've been in warhammer 40k for 29 years and heresy for 10. Been mostly just a casual instagram page. I flirted with the idea of a KZbin like 5 years ago and made some stuff for an istvaan campaign but never published it. A month or so ago, I stumbled on Minisodes KZbin page and watched all of his content. The armageddon campaign he has is soooo good. He perfectly captures 2nd edition. Even his graphics, music and art is all period correct feeling and very reminiscent of console games of the era. Watching his stuff made me ask: why no one was doing something similar to The Horus Heresy? Its what pushed me to finally make and publish content. Highly recommend you check out Minisodes on KZbin if you have not. Keep up the work - you have a good content roll out already.