Plastic Imperial Fist Contemptor Dreadnought!

In this guide you will be shown how to paint a Plastic Contemptor Dreadnought from the new Horus Heresy boxed game.
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The following paints were used:
Games Workshop: Mournfang Brown, Yriel Yellow, Darkoath Flesh (Contrast), Contrast Medium, Sotek Green, Forge World Weathering Powder Dark Sand.
Vallejo: Black, Mecha Varnish Gloss, Mecha Varnish Matt, Metal Colour Burnt Iron
P3: Morrow White (Any White will do)
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[@BarokaiRein]

Stippling is one of those painting styles where you really need to just trust the process. It's surprisingly easy to do and it looks awesome but it can be a bit scary at first.

[@ArtisOpus]

Legend, wonderful to see you using Series D your way

[@hobbybobley]

It's just like patinating a bronze! 👍🏼

[@NN-ov7td]

Ive never seen someone applying the medium over a coat of contrast paint like that. super cool effect!

[@Lomhow]

Thank you for the letter color change on the thumbnail, so many people are too lazy to do the minimal things. I appreciate it.

[@huwtindall7096]

Stippling is massively underrated as a technique

[@stormcrow7611]

When that contrast paint went on, I just about swallowed my tongue. Give a guy some warning or something! Great video :)

[@Street_jesus279]

Had one of these in my chapter that’s how I survived the Horus heresy

[@siraponglertrungarun8498]

Very great technique i very impressed about used contrast medium on brown contrast awesome

[@rillistsrubbishracingchann3491]

This channel is criminally underrepresented. Great work, keep it up

[@paulmumford3397]

Utterly mesmerising, I fall asleep to these.

[@toms8216]

Incredible tutorial, will definitely be using this for my new Imperial Fists! I really wasn't sure how to approach the yellow scheme without an airbrush so the timing of this is absolutely perfect 😁 thank you!

[@shadowlord19]

If only you were painting the Rout! Fantastic model mate. Thank you! very informative and educating.

[@nicholassinnett2958]

Great video. The X scratch thing is definitely a good tip, it often looks really strange if people do crosses everywhere. Another good thing I've picked up (from Darren Latham, I think?) is doing scratches with a row of fine overlapping dots instead of doing thick lines in a single stroke, since it tends to look way more in-scale.

[@judsonbates1359]

More of videos of this approach. I love it and love the effect it gives the mini. More colors and different sized models please.

[@BrooksSligh]

That technique is wild. Really want to try that out for my Alpha Legion project.

[@Daniel-bk8ec]

this looks great the fact this is a rush job for you is amazing

[@jamesmaybrick6750]

Sorcery! Witchcraft! That looks pretty bloody good! I'm thinking that similar techniques will work well with old school Death Guard... I demand a lengthy free video!

[@scottnorris6529]

Richard, I really am enjoying your videos. Thanks for taking the time that you do with them.

[@pablovazquez8922]

It looks absolutely stunning great job man

[@Socraz6]

I liked the Xs rant lol

[@Ragnarok2504]

This is amazing! Please try to do the new Sons of Horus colos scheme this way, would love to see that!

[@omrigilkis5016]

brilliant. I'm so lucky to have detailed info from the best of the best (Sir). I'm gonna apply a few tricks I learned with my woofs spartan and woofs leviathan

[@sierraminiatures]

Great video as always!

[@HeroesBosses]

Incredible video - loved your work for a long time - glad you're sharing your knowledge :)

[@buzzmong]

Very impressive outcome and interesting techniques, thanks for sharing them.

[@michevboris]

Insanely talented

[@MrCristoflanga]

Wow, these results are incredible. thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@Ares2cat]

Awesome work! Thank u for this incredible Tutorial. 😍

[@jensskautrup640]

Thank you for sharing. Im doing IF as well, and i happy for the inspiration you provide

[@muzey4382]

Great narration! I would recommend putting time stamps though because when I watched it back I had to faff around for a while to find the section I wanted. Lovely tutorial 😊

[@bencops]

You’re an incredible artist

[@isitric]

Hi Richard. I’m loving these fist tutorials. So far the results have been really good. As someone without an airbrush would you consider doing a larger vehicle with lots of flat panels as a poss tutorial?

[@nexusdog]

Thank you for another great vid, Richard

[@jurriaandejongh8677]

Beyond amazing. Thank you for sharing!

[@haloc84]

I'd love to see your take on Horus heresy Era Emperors children!

[@forgebreaker7752]

got dangit Rich, now I'm gonna hear kiss kiss every time i see thatched scratch marks

[@philcampbell1293]

Another great tutorial Thanks for sharing.

[@todders559]

Started the stippling technique on my models. Intimidating but love it.

[@hoos87]

Fantastic video. Great work!

[@alec3476]

awesome video, beautiful model!

[@therickspears]

Never been the first comment. Super cool to see this painted up, excited to get going on my Imperial Fists =P Thanks, Rich!

[@fabiotesta4542]

Thanks for sharing amazing as usual

[@rossomachin]

Excellent as usual

[@redbeardie]

Great tutorial. I’m not painting any imperial fists, but enjoyed it nonetheless! Will need to think how to apply some of these techniques to some imperial knights. Thanks!

[@lnSorteDiaboli]

Looks great! Would be interesting to see how the contrast reduction technique works on the spartan with its large flat spaces

[@TheDude_Jonathan]

Thanks Rich mate, amazing video. Yours is one of the most interesting channels around I always enjoy your videos. I wonder if you'd paint this style for black armour what would be your colours of choice?

[@constantinconquet7974]

Great as usual ! so nice to see more regular videos from you. One thing though : your intro music is very loud compared to the rest of the video.

[@christianblankenship7683]

Have you tried to use a Dremel with a round bit and on your unpainted plastic mini gouge out bullet marks in a sprayed pattern across the chest? When doing so use odd number of bullet marks. It just looks better. 3 or 5 are good numbers.

[@BreakTheMoldGaming]

Amazing job don't suppose you could do a deathwatch black templar to help me out 😂

[@craigjackson3212]

I really enjoy your videos and approach to wargaming / painting ^^. Would love to pick your brain for a quick second. RE filming, can I ask what camera you are using for your painting / model shots? I'm guessing your shooting 4k 60? And cropping it down(the minimum focus on your lens seems really close to, fixed focal length or a zoom lens) lastly RE grading your footage do you shoot standard/flat or raw? Sorry for all the questions! Love your channel and your work is stunning

[@WardenOfTerra]

Not enough people paint on the decal's. I always think they look flat after people have finished painting the model due to a lack of shading put in the white or black areas on them. Just a small amount of grey on most decal's makes them look 100% better.

[@TimCz83]

Fantastic. Any suggestions as to which contrast colour to use in a similar method but over a bone type colour?

[@Ultralum]

Love this! Would you use the same "ground recipe" if you were to paint it blue (Ultramarines)? Brown base, and then build up blue tones?

[@chanoom]

Very nice mate! Subscribed. Need to give this a go. One question though. When painting the heavy bolter marine you used Zamesi desert on top of Mournfang. Any particular reason for going with Mournfang + white for this one?

[@demonrich]

Having the lighter base would hopefully make the yellow a bit more vibrant. As it was a larger model I wanted to make sure the colour looked saturated enough.

[@fivenine5905]

thanks rich :)

[@FyreMagyk67]

Hey there, I have a question for you Richard. First off, this technique looks great! I like how smooth it comes across and the number of transitions it creates. Now, I am not sure if I am barking up the wrong tree, but how would you go about doing something with a predominantly green color, like for Heresy/40K Salamanders? I recently picked up a Contemptor and I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how to go about it. I've considered starting with a very dark purple and working up from there to play with color theory; I've thought about doing a sort of triad of greens to pull off the transition but at the end of the day, I am simply struggling finding a place to start. Got any suggestions?

[@rodrigomarquesruiz9836]

bro that is amax¡zing!!!! can you teach us how to do it like for ultramarines????? something similar to get ultra blue from heresy?! thx!

[@mantradox]

Richard, I got a question - I've been watching you paint reds and yellows, so you would use a contrast paint or oil washes with a hue of brown. But what if I paint blues (like for Ultramarines) or greens (Sons of Horus), purples - what kind of contrast paint or oil wash would you use?

[@cameronconnery2080]

I love the effect and the skill is unquestionable. However much I appreciate this work visually I can’t justify copying the technique in my army because firstly ceramite armour wouldn’t rust and secondly, if it did, those ancient dreadnoughts are so revered I’m sure that they would be maintained in a way where rust spots and the like would be carefully mended. Silly and pedantic, I know! But I guess I’m just silly and pedantic.

[@demonrich]

You could still do it without the rust spots!

[@martineasterman5170]

Hi Richard is there anyway you could tell me what base colour/shadow and contrast yiu would use for 40 k dark angels if using the standard GW of caliban green, warpstone glow and Moot green? Happy to pay for the knowledge and desperate to try this method

[@jakub_paints6775]

Top Erial Fist Co.

[@sinanatamer6374]

Hey mate, quick question, if I wanted to use oils, can I work with brush matte varnish? I do not own an airbrush. Many thanks!

[@dannylangridge7593]

i see a recess and i want to paint it black

[@deffkilla8260]

Bonjour vous m'était quoi pour faire les coulée de rouille merci

[@Tarrasque87]

Does stippling with these brushes mess them up at all to the point they don't drybrush the same anymore?

[@SparkSovereign]

Paintbrushes are fundamentally consumables. Everything you do with them degrades them, but they exist to be used. Dedicated stuff like makeup brushes or hobby drybrushes will hold up reasonably well to this, but if you're worried just have a dedicated stippling brush; if it gets incredibly messed up it just gains more interesting texture!

[@judsonbates1359]

Is there a reason why you chose brown as the undercoat? If I were to use this technique for my salamanders should I also use brown or something else?

[@demonrich]

The brown stops the yellow looking green. You don't need to do that for Salamanders, you can go straight on with green.

[@deffkilla8260]

Bonjour vous quoi pour diluer le jaune s'il vous plait merci

[@youtubevanced4900]

Really wish more painters would show air brush work. There really is a lack of quality airbrush channels.

[@nasigoring1525]

This is legit just “manual airbrushing”. Airbrushing is taking very watered down painted, atomising it in to tiny transparent dots using air. You are just applying the transparent dots with stippling and a brush instead of air and… gravity I guess.

[@nasigoring1525]

Just buy an airbrush, folks.

[@jamesmaybrick6750]

@@nasigoring1525 Maybe dealing with the expense and faff isnt wanted? Personally for me the fact that airbrushing makes things easier is why im less interested in airbrushed models. A lot less skill involved. As your comment proves.

[@nasigoring1525]

@@jamesmaybrick6750 time is not = to skill. My comment doesn't relate to skill at all, just process, which is slower with the brush. There is just as much expense and "faff" (related to the process) in the method shown here. Go buy a set of artis opus brushes, it'll set you back almost as much as a cheap airbrush and compressor. Then do a few models with this method and see how long the brushes last.

[@jamesmaybrick6750]

@@nasigoring1525 I disagree. Time valuable. Skill is impressive. Anyone can knock up some airbrushed mass produced stuff. So what. To manually pain something like this dread is actually an acheivement. I wouldnt have spent a valuable hour of my life watching some video of a dude using an airbrush.

[@nasigoring1525]

@@jamesmaybrick6750 Again, time does not equate to skill, you keep conflating the two. There are highly, highly skillful things people can do with an airbrush. Pain is an achievement. The fact that something took you a long time and that time was painful or dull doesn't necessarily make the finished product look any better. And your time is not that valuable if you throw it away spending more time on a process like this than a different, faster process for the same or worse result.