Painting My FIRST Warhammer 40k Army

[@EonsOfBattle]

Awesome! So great to see you start looking into Kill Team and 40k!

[@LylaMev]

****eeeeeehhhhhh**** hi!

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

The most important phrase that came out of your mouth was, I don't like the colour scheme so I adapted my own, or something similar. It is the most important part of painting minis, there is no iron bound rule that says you must follow the box art. It was good to see your natural creativity kick in. The other thing is, you made it sound like there were rules to painting an army. There aren't. People apply techniques to painting an army because if you have 70 miniatures, you will burn out spending 15 hours blending on each model. Finally the fact that you were not frightened to critique you work and do it again is stellar.

[@DanaHowl]

Congrats on your first Warhammer army Lyla, can't wait to watch the process!!! I've been getting into Kill Team lately and highly recommend it, it's been my first "warhammer game" and I've found it's quick and fun to play once you get the hang of it!!!

[@phatgrizzly3520]

Absolutely been there when coming up with a scheme. Now I take one model from the box, and basically make it parade ready. If I don’t like it I strip it and will go do something else while I workshop the design. If I do like it, then it’s basically the reference for the rest of the army!

[@cybermbebe]

I actually like the scheme. It's desaturated but at the same time there is a consistency in the color and interesting tints.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Your control with the brush is just incredible. Glad to see this video!

[@Goodenough-]

Not liking my paint schemes and also getting distracted when trying to match an older scheme happens a lot to me. I find taking color scheme notes helps when trying to match your older paint schemes. I have a notepad full of scheme details/info that I wrote down from every army paint session I've completed (and liked, most important part). That way I can go back to my notes and use some of the same colors or techniques so things match more cohesively. It's not always necessary, but can be helpful. Sometimes I'll just tell myself that this is a sub-faction of my army and that's why they don't need to match 1:1. However that is more an excuse then a reason ;) Love the vid, happy you joined the bandwagon, I love hearing about new perspectives/opinions in this hobby, keep them coming.

[@Averagejoepainting]

Congratulations on a beautiful first army.

[@AtilanoX1]

I've really enjoyed kill team, especially because it gives me the opportunity to paint a bunch of different factions.

[@Politov]

Love the editing on this one, really tight and punchy!

[@trevor1645]

Congratulations on your first army and entering the world of 40K! I hope your experience is a magnificent one 😊 Jumping back into the hobby myself after many years away with an Ork army. I haven’t heard of Sprue Goo but I’m super intrigued! Would you consider doing a tutorial on it or is there a tutorial you recommend? Likewise, when you do decide to get your army to the table and start learning the game, I’d love to see a series of videos as you go throughout your journey and some battle reports here and there! So excited for you!!!

[@GreyHouseGames]

I always love your videos, Lyla! Your explanations help so much.

[@Gumlass1]

It's an absolute win to realise on your first unit. I once painted half an army before I realised I didn't like it :(

[@Madj3llyfish]

Very nice!!! Congrats!

[@alexbrown1930]

What you describe at the end is many a painters experience with their first army. Painting indivudal models is cool, but making it so you can a) visually differentiate squads and b) still have the whole army look unified is always a challenge the first time out. Especially if you are not going with a canonical paint scheme.

[@richardhaser7067]

I totally have a diy micro drybrush. I find myself using it often for various things.

[@philurbaniak1811]

My first choice for quickly wiping away mistakes 😊👌

[@MiniHarpist]

I have sororitas aswell. Painted my kill team slightly different to make them stand out, so i dont mix them up with the others. But still in a way that match with the rest of the army theme. You might also want to magnetize some of the models since you have a ton of different cool options in the kill team.

[@jessicaschoen6647]

I've had minis that I put away partially finished because I didn't like the scheme. I actually juat broke one of them out and painted over my old paint job. It felt great.

[@TheAtomicSpoon]

One of the both best and worst decisions I've made is buying a large ultrasonic cleaner. I've probably repainted my CSM army 4 or 5 times now as I've learned how to improve the color scheme.

[@MistahJsArcade]

Minis that are painted well, you have minis that are painted well. They may not match your original vision, but nailed the execution. I think if you put them in a scene, particularly something dark, lit by candles or fire, you might see this paint job a little differently. There is a moody feel to the colors on the armor and leather, as if they are walking through a dimly lit church. Built in OSL without even trying!

[@gutterbones]

To be fair to your Novitiates, they're not yet full blooded Sisters of Battle, so having a different scheme is totally fine. I made mine similar to my regular Battle Sisters, but more subdued, more muted. But yours looked great!

[@bobh9492]

Top notch painting.

[@madcapmiguel5071]

Sharing this with my niece ❤

[@Shousaphine]

I stumbled upon this video randomly, trying to find motivation to go out to my local shop, and get something to paint. I'm mostly going to be translating what I learn to my gunpla, and other fun bandai kits (30ms!) but I've got to start somewhere. I like that you gave it a try, and kept in the part where you weren't thrilled with it, but took it as a positive thing. That's inspiring! I'm still nervous about the idea of painting at all, but now I'm less nervous, thanks to specifically this video.

[@Peter-ll7ot]

I love the sisters love! You make it all look so easy.

[@nickellingham1764]

I mainly collect and paint Imperial Guard, oldhammer Skaven an other Advaned Heroquest featured stuff. I picked up a Sisters retributor squad just for something different. Just building those was pure hell, I actually gave up on them

[@imkringe439]

i was painting my aeldari army a dark blue and orange colour scheme, that on paper sounded great to me finish one unit and thought it was alright base coated some others and quickly found out i hate it and now i want to change it just don't know how I'm going to yet, then i got distracted getting other armys and this video reminded me i need to come up with a new colour scheme

[@shawnkilgore51]

You are going through what I have had happen a number of times with some of my armies. Altering a units' colors for identification is tricky buisness and there is a definite experimentation process to get it right to your own satisfaction. It is a Victory by all stretches of being satisfied with an army (or individual mini) that represents your taste/style/esthetic. Really enjoyed this video and always love looking in on your journey.

[@TheAtomicSpoon]

I always just change the color of the rim on the base. Color code them that way if needed.

[@AgoreiosWargames]

I loved that you did a more "classic" look, but really liked the final color scheme you will redo them in, for me wargaming is all about that, the expression you bring to your minis.

[@weekendminis]

Oh I really hope there are follow up videos to this! Maybe even a reflection on playing Kill Team video. I’m painting my 9th and 10th Kill Teams right now, and I would go back an re-do at least half of them now that I am a better painter than I was when painting my first Kill Team, so I think the desire to re-do is pretty common, especially since its really only like 10 models that have to be done

[@nolader28]

I started collecting sisters with novitiates too not so long ago. But I'm magnetizing them to have all the weapon options :)

[@sapphirewrench5285]

Lyla is the best..

[@sapphirewrench5285]

A trained artist that adapted to miniature painting, and did it superbly

[@LylaMev]

Thank you!

[@breandan3280]

Kitty! I get excited when I see a surprise cat cameo, what can I say?😂

[@willschuur7426]

What a fun full circle moment! So cool to see your channel explode over time and now to the point that you've crossed a massive painting bucket list item off your list.

[@LylaMev]

HIIII WILLL. WE MISS YOU!

[@kirbyrawstorne]

Such a relaxing video to watch after an awful day. Loved it!

[@LazorzPewPew]

Great paint job either way

[@samhoban2509]

When you said that some of your favourite things are painting and the lord… made me want to shout “why don’t GW have even a small paragraph of lore text in the boxes?!” Might be such a strong jumping off point to get people invested in the minis! Just even a short ‘what am I looking at here exactly? Who are these people?’ I mean, the copy for the text already exists!

[@anealpilot6957]

The sculpts and paint job look nice.

[@brionl4741]

Looks good. I almost never paint my models like the box art. For my Space Marines I don't even use any of the "official" chapters.

[@samhoban2509]

I’ve definitely had 20/20 hindsight with second guessing a colour scheme, but like you said,I still view it as a win. Plus…I never end up with the time to repaint. Too many other shiny new models to paint.

[@K33pItGHOST]

Not only a great paint job, but you might have an army ready for their 10th Ed Codex! How exciting.

[@K33pItGHOST]

Also just the right army to choose in general (looks great)

[@MiddletonJeff]

Nice. I haven't done a 40K army since 2nd ed. I started an Admech army a couple of weeks ago. Fun fun.

[@kassi420]

YAY Adepta Sororitas!

[@CoffeeMugTwentyFive]

I honestly love all your color choices and the techniques used! Very high quality and professional! it's not a bad team. Perhaps they can be your gameplay-test squad or your canon-fodder squad? Is it possible for you to pick up the same Kill Team set and paint them to match your existing sisters?

[@phoen31]

i am repainting my Corvus Cabal and usually once I set down a color scheme I stick to it.. This time after I built the models (correctly this time) I bowed to the Test model idea. I'm glad I did too, m y original idea wasn't bad, but too Colorful or too boring choices (at exactly the same time but different aspects of it) were changed immediately and now I love the new look.

[@robertdean52]

Congratulations on finishing a group. I was hoping you might comment on whether you did each figure start to finsih, or went down the assembly line painting all the guns (for example). Also, how long did you spend on the group overall, compared to what you might do for an individual?

[@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam]

More -meatshields for the witch hunters- valuable assistants for the Ordo Hereticus.

[@KelRiever]

Noob's 2 cents here: From someone who paints armies, but way back when, came from role-playing games. I believe you will find, despite that you are painting an army, that you are still creating a story. You are right in pursuing a color scheme that inspires you over box art, though it was a very noble attempt. If you consider, maybe, that 5 figures deep, 10 figures deep, on and on, if you are going to go out and learn a thing to play with so much there, you need your story, and your journey to enjoy along the way. The result will come. OH, and as another KZbinr and X-GW painter said (Peachy), a test model goes a long way, although you sort of seem to have these, already. And great video, as always!!!

[@joaoleong522]

I think they look good

[@rccarguy3696]

I love what you did there! But I get it too. If it’s not what you were hoping, there’s nothing wrong with a little isopropyl alcohol bath and a fresh start. I once striped a full 1/25 scale Ford Mustang body that didn’t turn out right. 🐎

[@Sujisan4]

I approve of your army choice. I'm also a sister's player.

[@robertmcrae3443]

As do I

[@gwitch]

Sisters gang rise up

[@steveliu99]

yes, and it went straight to the paint stripping session after a few months. I was very new to mini painting, and overly fixated with the default color schemes in the box art. Still am...at some point, but now....i readily check the www for options. Options that suit my eyes... :)

[@jorgemontero6384]

You are a much better painter than me, but skill doesn't help when you break the very first rules of army painting: Do a test model, where you aren't just testing the scheme, but the mechanics of its application. You ended up spending a whole lot of time, with a hard to execute set of steps, all to end up with a scheme you didn't like! Sacrifice just one sister to getting all the extra makeovers, and then, once you are actually happy, just paint the unit with well tested, easy to execute recipes. This works just as well when painting something with just 1 or two recipes, like some Ultramarines, or something that needs a bunch of different elements, like Death Guard and its tentacles, faces in pauldrons, flies, smoke, pus, plague weapons... The sisters are somewhere in between.

[@wtfserpico]

Novitiates were my first Kill Team and are still my favorite to play. When trying to decide which team to start with I took my daughter with me to the game store and had her help me pick out which team I should play. As soon as she saw that the Novitiates were an all-girl squad that was the team she insisted I get. I went with Order of the Sacred Rose for my color/chapter scheme as my daughter's name is Arabella and they are dedicated to Saint Arabella. Edit: If/when you do decide to play Kill Team make sure you look at your chosen team's rules before you assemble your team. Since each individual's loadout is so crucial you'll want to make sure you have the specialists you need, otherwise your team will be severely underpowered and you won't get to do all of the cool things your team is good at. Unlike 40k proper each individual model in Kill Team is special and you really need to build to your team's strengths! Also, thanks for the great video! It's always nice to see both great tips and to see that you weren't happy with your (very good) end result. Too many hobby YT'ers don't show the reality that we all face in this hobby when we put work in to something and, even if it might look good, it isn't what we were really hoping for.

[@kmykz]

I have a similar experience. When I first thought of collecting tyranids I wanted to include red in the scheme. So I did some test models and instead settled for the classic white and purple, because on an individual model it looked good. So I painted a whole box of Termagaunts in that scheme just to find out that if there is a whole squad I find the scheme boring 🤷‍♂ Now I am back at a red scheme.

[@Dimetropteryx]

Absolutely been there. Several times. Sometimes the box art just sets you up for failure. Brown and black is just a terrible combination, I don't know if I with my meager skills could make it work.

[@mkatan75]

Close to french sisters, blue white red !

[@Dracobyte]

Let's gooo!!!

[@orbotik]

Its always finding the balance right? Where to draw the line... We're always our own worst critics. I often let the my quality drift a bit in order to get more done - they aren't going to be contest pieces, and they're gonna face a rough time on the wartable. Out there in gameland - it's great to see anything even painted with more than just 2 colors or even some kind of basing. You are very skilled so people will be floored by your work. I feel yah though, similar color themes are cathartic, but a few corrections, or even subtle additions (an armband here, belt there, with those army colors) will help bring anything back into the fold. I think its good to have a bit of variation though - it helps tell units apart among many similar ones. I play da' orkie boyz. Red blue black yellow lol throw it all in. s'all good with lots o dakka anyhow. Find your balance - in your mind, are these game piece quality, or contest? What's your in-between? Go in with the goal, and you'll hit it, maybe exceed it, but if you end up wanting to move onto the next unit, you can just call it good at the goalpost.

[@Omra-cre]

I think the first scheme does look good and reminds me of fighting in a desert/arid environment. However, I totally get you not liking how they'll look with the rest of the collection

[@Jesayou]

Black armor is so hard to get right im doing sisters and im super duper stoked with the robes(OML) and have been but the black armor is always so damn hard to get looking right. Ive tried a couple of recipes from online with a brush hated the look, tried basing black airbrush highlighting with white ink and then doing a gravelords grey contrast followed by a wash (nuln oil)then high lighting with a grey(works well on the sisters but the paragon warsuits steeple looks terrible and sometimes it just reads as grey armor for the sisters. Im still bummed with how it looks. I just want a cool black armor that is black and you can still read all the features without going super cartoony with bold edge highlights.

[@nickfigs3676]

ONE OF US , ONE OF US 🤣

[@gregfougere7447]

I like the paint scheme...

[@TheHumbleHobbiest]

They look fantastic even if they don’t match the others

[@zramirez5471]

I've painted Yvraine like 3 times for much the same reason...

[@Togster]

I always forget how small these kits are

[@davidfaidley4889]

i really like this scheme overall. I just don't want to use blue. I want to use gray and black templar speed paints. other than that I really like it.

[@mastafoo886]

did you mean Tyrian Navy @ 4:09? i like the color there, i wanna make sure its a paint i have lol great vid as always!

[@sikfahq]

Lyla would you ever be willing to paint some Battletech mecha?😅 You made a video that showed how to panel line using water tension to draw the ink into the creases....ive looked and looked but i cant find that video..... Anyone got the link?

[@LylaMev]

It’s a short!

[@waveemann8857]

Here I thought they had white hair bc they were related to the guy from that Crash Test Dummies song

[@leynadIX]

I would like a tutorial for the eyes, I allways fall doing it! All eyes tutorial are for pros.

[@octogonnapus]

you will to get used to slightly relaxing your standards with non-officer minis, sure the battle lines at full detail glory look amazing, but in a sea of 50 or worse yet 100 at arms length, nobody will see it and the carpal tunnel is permanent. and the lesson of examining the first mini under a new scheme as a "test" to be closely examined when done can help a lot with later efforts, i.e. did this but can barely see it when done so it might not be worth it. keep at it and enjoy the bliss that is the hobby.....most days

[@Acidsplash69]

So are you going to strip and repaint or buy a new army and start again? If you strip them down, can you do a video please as really want to strip a load of my older ultramarines....

[@LylaMev]

I definitely won't buy a new army! I will probably use simple green to strip the models!

[@Christian-gs3bz]

They look great! But I see what you mean about them not fitting in though.

[@Cerderius]

I have 1000 points of Sisters and I still haven't decided on a color scheme.

[@carrera4966]

How much time you spent for this painting?

[@Mon22king]

I have painted whole armies but I don't play the game, I just like to paint haha but I am sure the game is fun.

[@heathandkentyvapevarietysh1402]

Ah but the Novitiates aren't really kill team/40k interchangeable. In 40k there's 2 loadouts you can use for the novitiates and superior. If you set that up, then you can't really use the kill team load outs. But if you use the kill team loadouts as makeshift characters, you may have a tiny bit more versatility.

[@nighttrain1236]

It's hard work painting in batches like that.

[@knightzix_01]

Knowing you You got lessons to teach LOL because its you make your girls be proud they were bought by you (half joking and half wishing you luck With whatever else you want to do with The warhammer 40 000 Minis in the future)

[@knightzix_01]

Her hair turned white Wait a Minute that means she had mary atonette Syndrome

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Word

[@Undune]

I'm just getting into Marvel Crisis Protocol, and the one thing I'm having an issue with is the sheer amount of capes/cloaks, etc. It looks like you are not doing subassemblies prior to painting, and I was wondering how you tackle getting the underside/inside of cloaks? Do you just do the base layer with an airbrush and call it good, or do you try to do a little layering? Also, how do you get at the parts of the model that get covered up by an arm crossing over to hold the weapon? When it came to my Ork Boyz, I just was "whatever" with them because they will probably get removed from play in a moment and there are approximately one billion of them. When playing smaller skirmish games (MCP/Kill Team), I'm trying to have the models look a little better since there will be more focus on them. Mentally, knowing that there is a tiny detail going unpainted in a spot where no one can see at arm's length shouldn't bother me, but emotionally...

[@Ainar86]

You know, there might be some female Custodes models coming in the near future...;)

[@LylaMev]

I KNOW!

[@mattdahlberg5059]

I come for the painting content, I stay for the cat content

[@Kitsune_.-]

When will your 1st 5mm army be? Lol

[@bruced648]

GW is the reason I don't play GW games.

[@ThomasGallinari]

Please find someone passionate to guide you through your journey. Warhammer can be a disappointing game when it comes to expectations vs reality, depending on who you play with and how they play.

[@whiphore]

AoS is the better game both war cry and AoS beat 40K and kill team

[@knobjob2839]

Anyone else make "mother color" jokes in their head?

[@UncleDickeysRandomLife]

GW will disqualify you from play on the color. BUY THEIR PAINT OR THEYLL SUE YOU

[@gwitch]

no they won’t lol. even as a joke this is a bit lame in the current climate

[@Six-zn9if]

Bad timing tho. :)

[@LylaMev]

Why?

[@tmcmurdo826]

If I never see the word Warhammer again, it will be too soon. Why are all mini painting videos about Warhammer? Most of us don’t play Warhammer, don’t care about Warhammer, and are tired about seeing and hearing about Warhammer. YOu even got me to say Warhammer six times. Grrrrrr.

[@LylaMev]

Dude I miss the good old days of tutorials

[@HansenAsset]

@@LylaMevIgnore the troll. Great work!

[@dorgig]

Lol, u seriously put a Grrrr there? And the WH minis are used because they are the most common (i found out Yesterday about fallout minis, after years of knowing about WH)

[@funchick202]

Totally get the dislike of warhammer, but no matter what this is still a job, and if this is what she has to do to make a living, than that is what is important.

[@tmcmurdo826]

@@LylaMevI know you do and I love that you have even made a video on your own frustration on the topic. I am a big fan of yours and I will always be a follower. I am just venting my frustration at one company and one game dominating all of the creative space at the expense of other deserving companies and games.

[@frankhixxx]

I feel this pain. My Dark Eldar march into battle like a darn rainbow because I keep changing colour schemes. XP

[@matthewhinkel6079]

40K chugs rivers of seed

[@FrazzledDadsMinis]

I really enjoyed this. I'm in a similar situation: I paint, but don't play. I've got a huge army of minis from a Kickstarter, and am working through the process of figuring out schemes and workflows to handle them. It's all just a learning process. Thank you!

[@T04ST1E]

YESSS. You'll have such a cool connection to your minis when you see them succeed/fail spectacularly on the table.

[@paulausten5786]

I like what you did with them, hopefully you’ll do another video with the new paint scheme. I have the same problem with my sisters (just under 2k points), I painted them up as bloody rose & now really want to repaint them if I can find a good metallic Black purple.

[@funchick202]

Definitely not something i ever expected you to do, but if it makes you happy I'm happy!

[@DatTeilchen]

Lyla goes Warhammer, the Bolters go: brrrrrrrrrrrr Let your sisters slay the unbelievers

[@BearBronson]

I prefer Killteam over regular 40k tbh, and Novitiates are my second fave team. They like to make opponents feel bad about rolling good.

[@LylaMev]

I feel like I would enjoy kill team more: we will see!

[@nathanmintz8185]

I love that you introduced me to sprue goo