I created a NIGHTMARE Space Marine Chapter to make me a Better Painter!

[@roguehobbies]

I think my favourite part of painting this mini may have been the custom sculpted plinth I designed and painted SO WE'VE MADE IT AVAILABLE TO BUY ON MY STORE HERE!! roguehobbies.com/ If you have your own 3d printer you can also get the STL and a full painting tutorial for the plinth on my patreon now! www.patreon.com/roguehobbies IT'S PLINTH CITTTYY!!

[@SonsOfLorgar]

One guy at my former FLGS had a trick for basing his Cadians: he just coated the bases around the minis with a layer of pva glue, then drowned them in dried oregano, tapped off the excess, let it all set, then coated all of the oregano in very watered down pva to fixate it and boom, guardsmen with great looking natural leaf litter and aromatic enough to offset the usual funky gaming room grognard smell😂

[@TwistedNerves]

That pose pointing to the sky as if to say, "This one's for The Big E!" I LOVE it!

[@HavokmkrStudio]

@roguehobbies what is that app? I can't seem to find it.

[@F-Rank]

@@HavokmkrStudioAre you asking about the: 'applying colour schemes to miniatures' app? It is called: *Impcat*

[@rayslover8526]

I am also curious: What program are you using on your tablet?

[@RobespierreHadItComing]

The pointing to the sky is very renaissance appeal to god pose. Really fits the holy knight vibe. Awesome storytelling.

[@roguehobbies]

THAT WAS THE IDEA!!

[@T0mm3n]

Inshallah, the enemies of the Imperium shall fall

[@dantipton1987]

Emperors grief.. The whiningest space marines .Known for over complicated battle plans. And mustered colored helmuts. . As well as obscure vocabulary.

[@daingore]

@@dantipton1987 like the Dark Angels, with less (outward) grimdark

[@ghostcat5303]

​@@T0mm3nmash'allah someone else saw it too

[@MrDavs1985]

A trick I use with red is to highlight with pink to white without going into yellow or orange and then glaze with red to brink back the “redness”

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

The main thing the half grey leg makes me think of is the saying "one foot in the grave", in reference to someone who is near death. So maybe it is a tribute to a high ranking member who is still a total badass, like an ancient Dreadnought who is held in reverence (kind of like Bjorn the Fell-Handed). Given their name it could also be in reference to the Emperor himself. Or maybe there is something about the chapter that has them all in a near death state.

[@darthkek1953]

Purple and green makes awesome stonework. A guy did a painting tutorial on HeroQuest doors, four doors four styles. The last one was purple/blue and green, inspired by Castle Greyskull. It was by wide agreement the best of the lot.

[@matthewstead684]

With the purple, I feel a disgraced Praetorian guard style backstory is what's needed. They would wear purple and their relationship to the Roman emperors was variable. Also, your painting is an aspiration and inspiration.

[@mattdahlberg5059]

Roses bloom from new growth. That, and the fact that such a skilled artist can be open and honest about things that they struggle with makes this a fantastic video. Great job! I look forward to seeing more videos in the future

[@joaquinvelasquez6252]

That base SLAPS! On the model, and the jingle of the chapter transitions!

[@kylerogers7633]

The Primaris were denoted with a grey chevron over their chapter logo when they first came about, maybe this could be the way the Grief showed acceptance to the Primaris joining their brotherhood. Maybe they earned it through valor in some important event or maybe the Primaris helped them rebuild as they were on the brink of destruction. Really dealer's choice as to how it came about, but I personally like the idea of it being a symbol of acceptance

[@CarnelianUK]

First of all, that plinth is *chef's kiss* Second, with regard to the grey leg, maybe it represents some quirk in the chapter's geneseed, where the marines feel some small portion of the Emperor's sadness, leading to intense bouts of melancholy, during which they ritually scour some part of their normally colourful armour?

[@alpharius2098]

The lore master of the emperor grief always correcting the chapter on the codex Astartes

[@Mark-nh2hs]

I paint as an artist mainly Oil paints I have my style etc but I've learnt to filter out all the other artists who are amazing and ground breaking. The secret is to focus on your style and develop it further, iron out any weak areas and learn acheiveable new techniques. Ive painted miniatures mainly for board games Dungeon Crawlers and I'm not brilliant but I'm happy with my results. Do I wish I was amazing of course but I know my limitations and miniature painting I never have the patience 😂. All artists regardless of what medium they use get into that head space of not stopping or taking a step back to view the art as a whole. I get like thst sometimes but have learnt to say "No you will end up messing it up". Leave it for a few hours comeback with fresh eyes. It is hard to get into thst mind set but with practice it becomes easier - the other is knowing when to stop painting and say finished. Great content by the way.

[@danteusz]

Thanks for this video! Not only did you show a ton of great painting tips, but also wasn’t shy about your struggles and gave ideas how to deal with them. It’s good to know that such great painter as you also can get stuck and not make any progress for hours, now I know it’s not only me and my lack of skills 😉

[@pinguinposted990]

Well done! A very good looking custom Tzeench Marine. 😉

[@stefmassmemory4538]

The painting scheme about this primaris is just amazing ! congratulations and thanks for your channel. Long life to Rogue Hobbies !!!🤟😉

[@johnparsons8677]

You are honestly an amazing painter! It's really cool to see your process and what you think of your own work! Now for the emperor's grief, I was thinking the official records state that they are a successor chapter for the blood angels but the other chapters and inquisition suspects something else. After being commissioned by roboute guilliman personally using a 'unknown' gene seed, the emperor's grief have been tasked to seek knowledge as about the eye and to find a way to close it! Due to their task, the need for perfection and almost cult like worship of the emperor many suspects that perhaps the gene seed used by fabius bile to create Fulgrim's clone may have been used. Because of their task and more likely the lack of trust, this chapter is always accompanied by an inquisitor and squad of sisters of battle.

[@euansmith3699]

Not only is Louise's painting on her space marine cool, but so are the highlights she places in her own eyes with her lighting set up. I look forward to hearing more of the Emperor’s Grief. I'm guessing that they are a chapter that even the Lamenters feel sorry for. "It is mostly plinths..." 😄😄😄😄😄 That photo of the castle stones is so lush. Louise says that she threw together some freehand on the marine's left pauldron; and it looks lovely and crisp with a cool design.

[@whodak999]

That's actually how I paint stone but, you gave me some new creative ideas to go with it!😁 Also not the point but, the color scheme gives off some awesome Sheogorath vibes

[@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen]

I've heard that the Emperor's Grief chapter really turned the tide in the Battle of Zug's Den!

[@Slug99]

There's like a dozen layers of hidden Emperor's Children lore in this video.

[@michaele8157]

Awesome video concept and very good way to exercise your weaknesses

[@mverna3628]

I wish you did a bloodbowl team instead. You need to do some more of that. Your amazing color sense with the sport would have to garner an outstanding product.

[@dufort]

Here's my crack at the lore for the Emperor's Grief: When Sanguinius Perished upon the Vengeful Spirit, it would forever mark the Blood Angels and their successors with the black rage. However, there were those stationed near Terra who, locked in battle with the Sons of Horus, felt within their blood what they believed to be their Emperor's anguish not just at the loss of their father, but also the loss of Horus, his first son. Considered somewhat heretical by the inquisition, the marines of the Emperor's Grief mournfully seek to find redemption for their heretical brethren by any means necessary

[@terrydactyl2077]

I love this “oh no you didn’t!” Spacemarine!

[@losrichie]

Have a lot of people responded with possible lore for the Emperor’s Grief? Those two grey panels seem to say that they are a second founding chapter with heraldry speaking to their first chapter master’s service with their pre-Primarch legion…

[@B__C__]

The dreaded Knights of Um-Actually! That's totally the chapter of Space Marines that I was inducted into.

[@ClassicBikeMagazine]

Fantastic idea, awesome video 😊

[@roguehobbies]

Thank you 🤗

[@markjohnson1460]

Well the first empires grief leg was original was all purple but after standing near the emporer during a touring event, oil from a car got on the leg, so the new recruit tried to get the oil off and scrubbed to hard so due to that have the paint fell off, Right after this thought the young asprining space marine saves the emproer by diving infront of him taking a round, saving the empire but losing his life, ever since then the Empire Grief kept that half purple and grey leg so they would remember their legions epic founding and hold the empire stare as he remembers that young lad daily. Hence the Emperors Grief.

[@urdith]

First - thank you for being so open about your process - and you needed to step away. Also, you have made a space marine version of the American wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

[@danzigmccoy]

It would be cool if they were a fleet based primarus chapter with Horus’s geneseed on a penitent crusade to atone for their father

[@keggotht9323]

Someone get this girl a drybrush 😂 stone and wood love a drybrush. In all seriousness though Louise this looks amazing and I now want an emperors grief army and I'm well impressed with how the base turned out.

[@roguehobbies]

I'm awful at drybrushing 😭

[@geronimo8159]

The Angels of Ackshually

[@roguehobbies]

Lmao

[@geronimo8159]

@@roguehobbies very interesting approach 🙂

[@jameshadley9813]

Model looks amazing! Lore idea: the chapter chooses to have a grey half leg in memory of another chapter who were founding brothers, who were completely wiped out Also, sassy nurgling needs a plinth. Just saying.

[@Only1BandIsTheBand]

this is the best space marine in the world which has ever been painted!

[@roguehobbies]

I appreciate you 🤣

[@madlark8458]

Nurgle King made my day =)

[@jamesgunnell7798]

Please paint the giant squiggoth for the next video. That would look incredible 😂

[@vilidious]

I think that space marine has "character", so to speak. Kinda like it belongs to the scene, instead of being a separate entity that just happens to be around. What I'm not certain about is the "chapter lore" meaning behind the color scheme, I understand it comes from technical non-lore meanings, but having the feelings the colors evoke (color theory, was it?) match what the chapter is about from the beginning might make it blend into the scene more (a personal preference for sure). Kinda like I feel you tend to approach painting from technical excellence before why the colors are there from the perspective of the world you're documenting? But yeah, that's just my five noob cents about it, hope it at least inspires. :) I still like it better than the works in your personal favorite models clip some time ago. :)

[@vilidious]

I'll try to illustrate with a concrete example. I feel that the emperor and royalty are well denoted by purple and gold, so I'd opt to keep the general theme of an Emperor's Grief marine that... f.ex. via hues and glazes. Red, however, doesn't really make me think of sadness or grief, more violence or blood, or love, depending on tone. So for symbolism, I'd prefer to place more macabre red at both of the feet of the marine, to denote how the undying emperor's grief tramples upon the unworthy cause of it into a gory mess beneath their boots. Then, since this implies asian heaven, man, earth symbology, you could add a luminescent divine halo on top of the marine's head to shine emperor's light from above, blessing his royal grief oppressing the wicked... and you could use it as a light source to highlight the top of the marine and contrast with dark and gory red at and below his feet. This could also be reflected on the base; corruption, cold stone, contempt at the ground, and more life in the vines and maybe budding flowers at the top near the emperor's light. Then as a cohesive force, the chapter could give you the feeling of purple/gold/metallic tools of emperor, his grief, dominating the unworthy... with his golden light blessing them. Ofc, I'm not sure if this would be cohesive or artistically pleasing, but just as an example of the world around the model.

[@Gobblener]

You should do a tyranids video

[@aaroncraig7744]

Hey Louise, how do you paint your models without having them on a base first? Any time I have to paint something before sticking it on a base it takes forever because I keep accidentally rubbing the paint off with my fingers.

[@roguehobbies]

I use a tiinny bit of super glue to attach them to a temporary base (he can be easily snapped off) and then use a painting handle so my hands aren't all over him!

[@aaroncraig7744]

@@roguehobbies cool, thanks for the tip!

[@Aux337]

Is that Cosmo Gang?

[@jez5180]

Not good at painting those colours? Your painti g is amazing and i look forward to seeing more of what you do. Is there any way of buying that plinth from you?

[@user-ko3tv7jl2r]

Surely a Lamentors spin off chapter...

[@SomeDudeOnYouTube]

Well, um, actually you'll find it "Well, actually you'll find" .... But who am I to judge? Also it looks more like "HIT IT!" and then the DJ plays some cool 80s rap tunes. Or 70s disco

[@thefallenwillriseagain1447]

It's weird to understand how you see your own work because I really look up to you as one of my favourite and best painters - social media is full of successes, not failures or struggles and insecurities. Thank you for reminding the internet that we are all human and on our own journeys. Your work is absolutely incredible 🥰

[@andrewamann2821]

If you're not finding things you're not happy with, and pushing to solve those problems, you're not progressing as a painter. Seriously, there are few things that can push you to improve your quality of work, and skill set, like low-key hating your output, and subsequently doing something about it. Then it's just rinse, lather, repeat, until you're questioning how you're winning all these competitions and awards...

[@madprophetus]

@@andrewamann2821 This applies to many many more areas than just painting. It is our ability to struggle and grow as a result that defines us as a species.

[@Shadalan1]

A half-foot of Silver During one of the chapter's earliest engagements Chapter Master D'Arquitens famously decreed during a seemingly hopeless defense that he would "Take not one single step back, nor give a foot of ground to the foul ork." as a symbol of bravado and honourable oath-taking as was chivalric tradition within the Chapter. Leading through example his firmly planted feet did not move while he fought ceaselessly for over 40 hours against the green orkoid tide. Emboldened by this daring feat his fellow marines fought with incredible fury and victory was within their grasp. At the final juncture the Warboss himself set upon D'Arquitens. Their weapons clashed again and again until with a thunderous blow the surrounding onlookers saw their chapter master take a blow head on. A groan of despair arose from all around as the impact drove the Chapter Master back, until the Warboss miraculously fell dead, his heart impaled by their liege-lord's mighty relic blade. With his death the ork horde broke and the Astartes claimed victory. As the marines cheered suddenly their celebrations were interrupted by laughter? D'Arquitens looked down at his left greave, seeing where it had clearly been pushed back from the jarring impact. He had broken his oath at the very last juncture but uncharacteristically found humour in his failure. Taking a valuable lesson in how sometimes even sworn oaths must be broken he decreed that the "half a foot" that his left leg had been shifted be henceforth made a permanent part of the chapter's livery. A constant reminder of flexibility in the face of defeat. Throughout the Emperor's Grief's long history other such amendments have been made, with some veterans remarking that eventually they will be fighting entirely without colours at all. The right-most pauldron being another notable example, but that is a story for another time...

[@xtravagentk1275]

That’s really good actually haha.

[@cliveklg7739]

Fits with the finger pose as well. Like he's making a rousing speech to his men about this.

[@cinderheart2720]

With the red and the pointing to the sky, I could see them being a loyalist chapter comprised of Word Bearer geneseed, spreading the good word of the Emperor, and being battlefield orators and leaders of mortal soldiers. Run them with guard units if possible.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Ave Imperator deus es.

[@Randicore]

Shame GW killed the allies rules because that would be fun to see!

[@cinderheart2720]

@@Randicore I'm sure it'll return eventually.

[@Randicore]

@@cinderheart2720 Maybe. They've made it harder and harder every edition since 8th, and in 10e you can only ally knights and Daemons.

[@patrickhill8494]

Honestly, the first idea that came to me was a Blood Angels successor Chapter. They embody the Emperor's grief at the death of Sanguinius and their chapter emblem having a drop works well to tie that in. Additionally, the purple makes sense to me because red (blood)+blue (water from tears)=purple. Maybe their Chapter has a higher incidence of members falling to the Black Rage because they're tied not only to the defect in the Blood Angels' gene-seed, but also psychically tied to the Emperor's grief at the loss of Sanguinius before his eyes. They presence of plenty of gold also ties in well to them paying tribute to the Sanguine Gaurd more so than other Blood Angels.

[@daingore]

or the wounds of all of the martyrs--purple for the bruises and red for the blood.

[@jw7500]

The part of them being purple is because they want to redeem themselves in the eyes of the Emperor. To the point that they would feel they deserve to don the Emperor's own heraldry.....unlike the former purple wearers.

[@magnusmillerwilson]

I really like this idea. It makes good sense.

[@kuro5hin08]

The silver/unpainted metal could easily be for those that that have yet to transition to the Sanguine Guard

[@otterblau5253]

I really enjoy your work! Oh, the half silver leg could be like a connection to an important battle and/or the ad mech. Like the chapter's first major campaign. The Emperor's Grief name has Lamenters feel. Victory at extreme cost, putting humanity before themselves.

[@thekiwi829]

yeah! Like he has grief because they all routinely die defending things.

[@roguehobbies]

I love the lamenters, they would definitely be bros

[@otterblau5253]

@@roguehobbies They definitely need some nice friends

[@jorgemontero6384]

Half of the chapter was lost fighting some necrons or something, and therefore half the leg has lost color to reflect those that fell.

[@cinderheart2720]

If the grey/silver was on the red leg, it could represent rising from burning ashes.

[@SimeonCogswell]

With the purple and the name, this could be some kind of loyalist Emperor's Children successor. Their name might mean that THEY'RE the ones grieving because of the betrayal of their parent chapter. The grey stripe could be some kind of command color, where the higher seniority of the marine the more grey they have.

[@danielmiller1826]

Or grey because they're sombre and serious and not all hedonistic and Slaaneshi.

[@zramirez5471]

Omg that's a totally sweet scheme; a little busy but WAY better than the old GW schemes that were garish and clashy

[@roguehobbies]

Bring back tiger pattern marines.

[@tiddles4x4]

@@roguehobbies Yes the old RT colours and patterns where so much better than the current monotone colours.

[@Zectifin]

@@roguehobbies Ok now you need to make a tiger pattern marine video.

[@calbruce351]

I think the reason he's got one metallic leg is because he stepped in a bucket of paint stripper

[@roguehobbies]

thats not very edgy but i like it

[@kennethaunstrup]

@@roguehobbiesWell... It's on the edge of his leg, so it is kinda edgy 😉

[@ZeroZeroZeroZero111]

My New Year’s resolution was to get back into painting Warhammer since the last one I did was the Necron that came free with White Dwarf issue 217 (I was 12 years y/o). I followed the instructions to the letter and glued sand to the base which I brushed brown and green… and then never painted again. I’m using this video as pure motivation to pick up a brush again.

[@mattw_dev]

Lore Idea (Inspired by the Blood Angels Black Rage): The Emperor’s Greif Chapter emerged from a region plagued by constant warp anomalies, causing intense psychic disturbances. The chapter's gene-seed is subtly influenced by these chaotic energies, granting them a heightened connection to the Warp. Despite their formidable combat prowess, the Marines struggle with haunting visions of the Emperor's past, burdening them with a collective sorrow known as the Emperor's Grief. This emotional weight fuels their determination in battle, as they strive to redeem the pain suffered by the Emperor in millennia long gone.

[@henriknobinder7395]

Your favorite chapter being the Totally-Not-Magnus-The-Nerd's-Thousand-Sons Rainbow Warriors makes the uhm akchually pose seem more like a Freudian slip or some Tzeenchy trickery than anything.

[@TheRemembrancer]

AKSHUALLY! I enjoyed watching the progress of this model and making memes of it.

[@roguehobbies]

THE MEME COMMANDER 😍

[@mahakar11]

For the background: The guardians of a collection of systems in the galactic north, the Imperial Fists successor chapter The Emperor's Grief were the honourable knights and protectors of flourishing paradise worlds, keeping them safe from the horrors of the galaxy. But with the fall of the Cadian Gate, Chapter Master Roger Hobert was forced to use the Chapter Fleet to purge the rampaging hordes of a chaos uprising, who were driven to madness and heresy by the uproar in the Warp, sacrificing much of his Chapter's strength. Now, the grim duty of patrolling the orphaned worlds falls to the rest of his brothers, who travel the ruins of once splendid cities and shrines. Seeking the left-over roaming abominations and slaying them in knightly combat, they are ever reminded of their failure by the silent stones of their fallen worlds.

[@vncntrgr]

Amazing results! Congratulations for facing all of your fears at once, like some sort of hobby fear katamari. Also, the frustrated-hyperfocus-until-it's-perfect disco is very reminiscent of artists I see who deal with ADHD :D (to be clear this isn't a diagnosis attempt, just amused at the similarity)

[@DeltaCentaurie]

This is what I was thinking! I have ADHD, and almost every moment of the video had me thinking "these are very ADHD traits". It was relatable. But wild. You caught it too. 😊

[@OmkaraHellcore]

On first glimpse, the unpainted marine you show at 15:46 looked like he was giving me the finger. But on second look, squinting my eyes, he sadly wasn't 😂

[@grantpark9093]

A very wise shape shifting yellow dog once told me "Dude, suck'n at something is the first step to being sorta good at something"

[@ravenniwolvarious8801]

Wow Louise, amazing attitude to your craft and a beautiful paint scheme. Inspiring.

[@jeremiecmsanders]

Thought on the half silver leg. The chapter adopted that motif after a few of their companies were spared destruction from a warp incursion in which the timely arrival of the Grey Knights prevented this. The Grey Knights took high casualties and the chapter wanted in memorialize this sacrifice on their power armor from that day forward.

[@pervyturtle2673]

So for lore hear me out. Might be a bit complicated but I think it plays. So the icon you went with for the chapter made me think of 1K sons and their armor was red in 30K. These are primaris marines which officially none are made from traitor geneseed but most people seem to agree that Cawl probably did anyway. What if the "Emperor's Grief" chapter is made from the geneseed of 1k sons that cawl got ahold of. We can go further with this and say the chapter is made from a blended geneseed of 1k sons and emperors children. The red and purple. During the heresy Malcador had a group of loyalist space marines that had come from traitor chapters he called the "Knights Errant" who used gunmetal grey power armor, which we can use as a tie in to the half grey leg. So what I am proposing is the Emperor's Grief chapter is a primaris only chapter made by Cawl with an experimental blend of EC and 1k sons geneseed. They keep the half grey leg as a nod to the members of traitor legions who remained loyal and fought for the Emperor in the Knights Errant. The red and purple can be references to the 1k sons and EC's original colors (vs current blue/yellow and pink/black0 and the name "Emperor's Grief' can be a a reference to the grief the emperor felt at his sons turning traitor and betraying the great crusade.

[@karol30660]

Pose is giving me a space techno viking vibe :p

[@slackmartin7610]

Wait you're scottish? You don't sound like it whatsoever, you sound 100% american haha :D

[@stevethegeckotv]

Louise talks about getting in the zone. My AuDHD arse fully understands.

[@AlexPlym06]

I feel like his theme tune is Dance Commander by Electric Six. "Whoo gives the orders here?"

[@scottylyon4877]

The half red portion of the armor could signify that they are a legion of convicted murderers converted into space marines, similar to how the night lords would make a space marine paint their gloves red if they've done something unforgivable. The half silver boot could also signify shackles for them all being previous prisoners.

[@MrDocileCreature]

Alright im inspired! *cracks knuckles* time to tackle the things I hate most about painting miniatures!... the painting part

[@SimonClark]

This turned out incredible!! In particular the tree really works with the purple basecoat. I also like to imagine that he's heard another space marine make a minor error and he's going "_umm, actually..._"

[@MrBiggybit]

had an idea for that white leg, it is the one part of their armor they spend each sun set cleaning. Being the grief, the anticipate disappointment, so as a small symbol of showing that they only exist to serve, they will make sure there is a shinning white part of them on display for all of the warp to see. They carry white paint with them to touch it up if needed. It is the leg as it is the root to a tree - their commitment, the foundation of their cause.

[@RyanCleven]

Great video. My 8-year daughter loves your videos but she's struggling learning the basics. What videos or tutorials would you recommend for a beginner?

[@roguehobbies]

Warhammer official tutorials on youtube are aimed at very beginer level painters so i'd reccomend those, maybe one day i'll make a painting introduction video for kiddos thats a great idea!

[@hedu5017]

The space marine is nice and all but THAT PLINTH THO

[@richard6225]

You're far too hard on yourself, would love to have a fraction of your talent !

[@kloassie]

_"Sucking at something is the first step in becoming sorta good at something"_ *- Jake the Dog*

[@QuantemFear]

Funny enough my chapter has purple bifurcation colors too. So am excited to see this video :)

[@esaedvik]

How dare you leave out the beautiful molten chocolate sword rags to riches plot line?! :D The grey leg is a tribute to his Primarch/Chapter Master who died falling into sprue glue.

[@bitzbox]

He looks superb. It's quite surprising how well this mish mash of different colours have ended up working so well together. Whilst there will always always room for improvement, you are an excellent painter and I think if any of us compare ourselves with the best mini painters in the world we're all going to feel like our painting isn't good enough. That's social media in a nut shell unfortunately.

[@ljbxby]

So your weakness’s are everything ? 💀

[@nuclearkid5201]

Red and purple is my absolutely least favourite colour combo but you actually made it look good. My conclusion: witchcraft.

[@JessWLStuart]

Thanks for bringing us along on your self improvement journey! I've heard: "Art is never finished, only abandoned." I want to get into this hobby, but I'm scared of failing, which is probably the least useful fear ever. Of course, if I'm just doing this for me, "failure" is my own definition. Hm... Edit: re-organized the "Art is never finished...", and added the admission of fear.

[@kastork82]

My brain initially parsed this as... Emperor's Briefs! :D

[@roguehobbies]

that works too

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

POIPUL NOIPUL 😻 SATURDAY NITE FEVER

[@elfmastercool4734]

Dude, that looks absolutely fantastic!

[@roguehobbies]

Aw thanks bud

[@TheRaven-WingGaming]

Alright, lore idea for the half Grey leg... Since they're called "The Emperor's Grief" (love that name, btw 🎉), you could make the reasoning for the Grey being there is that is the signification of the Emperor's physical form dying in the Matierium, while the Gold is the signification of his rebirth as the new god of mankind, being born anew as the one thing he never intended to be, nor ever wanted to be... and us such, the Emperor is in his grief of new role, and in grief with how humanity has fallen so low. So while the Red, Gold, and Purple are all signs that the Emperor is very much alive in the Immaterium, he is very much dying in the Materium, which is what the Grey signifies on the leg. Just an idea to go with. Hopefully, I explained it well enough, and it actually made sense. Love the work you do, Louise 😄😊🎉

[@daingore]

these are LITERALLY the things I struggle with most. This video was ABSOLUTELY for people like me.

[@jorgemontero6384]

Great video! The easiest approach to red is what the grimdark people are doing: Forget about thinking that the leg is red: it's brown with red highlights. Once you overhighlight to death, the way many of us do in green skins, mimicking the old Warhammer Fantasy green... it's just properly red. The same trick with the grey, really. When you watch, say, Jose David's golden demon grey knight, you see that the base color is very dark, so the midtone ends up darker than we'd think.

[@whompompomp]

You're my fave painter, don't pay too much heed to social media, love your endless positivity

[@cthulpiss]

I'd love to purchase plinth STL separately, tbh

[@roguehobbies]

You can buy it separately on my shop!! Roguehobbies.com

[@cthulpiss]

@@roguehobbies would love to see .STL there, my squint eyes cannot find one though :(

[@michaelgibson2347]

Long live the Karen marine!!!!!!!!

[@bendalgleish1894]

Truly impressive........but I won't be satisfied until you've painted a whole squad....MUWAHAHAHAHAAHA jk merry christmas

[@caseco4979]

What if its made up of a few nearly wiped out chapters who each kept part of their original livery? The grey leg represents the Grey Shields they needed to fully fill it out. The 'grief' is because they all lost so many brothers etc.

[@caseco4979]

Thered need to be a reason why they were cobbled together rather than just remade individually, maybe its in response to some imminent threat and/or shame in failure like our old chapters dont deserve to be re made

[@ShahbazBokhari]

I’ve been at this for years and I’m still Only at the, “I believe they’re tabletop ready and that’s fine for me, please don’t look too close” phase. 😅 But seeing you tackle this has made me want to try this approach out. 😊

[@josh999x]

Blood Angels Successors Chapter: Gray leg is to symbolise the foot of the emperor which sanguinius died next too, irony being it's the wrong leg when looking at the classic Adrian Smith painting and it just got lost in translation over all these years.

[@TheButlerboy89]

Firstly this video was so fascinating to watch. That has to be one of the best darn space marines I’ve seen! As a novamarine painter myself I was stoked to hear you mention them! Lore reason for the Iron/Steel leg, it represents the chapter ethos of unwaving duty no matter the odds. Stand resolute.

[@feanor311]

You can never be good at something you don't try, and you knocked these challenges out of the park! My Lore attempt for The Emperor's Grief: Loyalist remnants of the Thousand Sons (red with Egyptian) and Emperor's Children (purple, with silver leg tonremind them they are not perfect yet) trying to absolve the guilt of their fallen primarchs for the last 10,000 years.

[@MyWargamingJourney]

- Paints a drop-dead gorgeous model - Free-hands icolonography on the model's paudron - Incorporates lighting and non-metallic paints "I'm nOt veRy goOD aT paINting!"

[@patrickstuart3497]

In Heraldry a split or quartered arms is usually down to combining two noble lines. If Space Marines follow the same pattern then the Emperors Grief might be a chapter originally combined from the remains of two chapters (maybe they were nearly wiped out after fighting together with only a few left?) And the white leg might be the remnant of a previous quartering (or 'dimidatment') in the past. So maybe 1000s of years ago in the Age of Apostasy the Bringers of Sorrow (purple), fought alongside the Grievers of the Throne (white) maybe against a corrupt Cardinal or something, and were nearly wiped out apart from a handful of guys. Then Sebastian Thor said they could combine their Chapters to create the Bringers of Grief. Then millennia later during the Indomnitus Crusade the Bringers of Grief (Purple and White) fought back to back with the Emperors swords and were nearly wiped out (again), but G-Man said they could combine their chapters (again for the Bringers of Grief) to continue as a new Chapter - The Emperors Grief. With that single White element being the only record of the Grievers of the Throne (though their legacy goes on).

[@MegaTrimech]

It came out looking great! Your chapter name suits your colour choices if you consider colour theory and the emotions they evoke. As for the a lore idea behind the white/grey spot. You could say that the longer a Marine serves in The Emperor's Grief, the more his armour is coloured. Your Marine might just be a veteran.

[@onalert413]

Now all I can hear is TTS Cato Sicarius saying "actually, I Cato Sicarius, believe..." before waffling on for five to fifteen minutes on the merits of a specific armor polish.

[@kitwood4610]

You have actually inspired me to give my Iyanden another crack. Having painted Black Legion only for 20 years, I decided during lockdown to branch out, only to find I REALLY struggle with yellow & blue. Time to fix this without casting judgement on myself as I usually do!