Speed Painting Sons of Horus

[@mal2ksc77]

Thanks!

[@OttoTheBlottoDog]

Thank you very much for this - I used it as the basis for my own scheme with some minor alterations. If you're interested, the only real changes I made were; Using a sponge instead of stippling for the mottling effects. Using Aeldari Emerald contrast + contrast medium instead of black templar for a brighter, greener appearance.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Awesome - thanks for sharing!

[@avocus]

That drybrush looks like it deserves medals...Great stuff as always!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Nickz!

[@wpeaston]

Great video. The most useful bit for me was actually the primer! Was looking for a good primer for Alpha Legion tanks!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No problem glad it helped!

[@addsfour3499]

Great video. Just getting started so keeping it as simple as possible is fantastic. Also not too many colours, so not expensive to buy the paints

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad it's helpful!

[@LinkiePup]

I do mine this way, and I hope you try it too! because legit the results are amazing! I do Kabalite green over Mechanicus Grey primer (and it has to be grey), just one messy coat of it since you want that grey color to show through the layer paint. Then you Drybrush Sybarite green, this is supposed to be the main color. Finally, and optional, but I still do it; I take the Dry Paint Hellion green (Which is out of production I think- so just use Gauss blaster green, its the same color just not in the Dry range), and do that OVER the Sybarite, but very lightly so that you dont over take the Sybarite. Its stupid fast and basically how I did my whole legion in like 2 nights!

[@Chapsticko]

Honestly this is such a great tutorial, it's so easy to follow and simple, and yet in my opinion looks better than the eavy' metal scheme, great job man

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers - appreciate it!

[@crustythewanksock2413]

Brilliant tutorial! 👏

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@doctordoubledakka3939]

Wow, great economy of effort. Very smart for big armies

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@CadianColors]

That actually looks great for 45 minutes! And thankfully I have most of those colors already

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CoffeeHobby]

I friggin love this approach! damn!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers John!

[@TabletopGameBreaks]

Good video! I haven't taken the HH leap yet.... but these videos make it tempting. Keep em comin.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Kyle!

[@dovahfett5919]

So far I've done a ten man squad of mark 3s the way GW did in their legion guides, I think I'll have to try this way to see which I prefer, the end result looks really good!!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers!

[@atomic1019]

Any chance you could do a Thousand Sons heresy era?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes I'm going to try and do all legions on the #shorts format

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool!

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks

[@Cosciabella]

Good video mate. I want to paint them too now

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks Lorenzo!

[@james-and-his-stuff]

well done

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@LaminatedPigeon]

Nice

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers

[@Megamix472]

Fantastic tutorial thankyou 👍

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WoodStoveification]

Do you think this could work over vehicles?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yes but you would have to focus the shade into the recesses - you can thin it with contrast medium to shade into the deeper parts to add some shadow as well

[@milkboy903]

may i know the base coat again? staggered scale green?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I used a spray from Colour Forge called Drake Scale Green - if you can't get hold of this then you can use Stegadon Scale Green over a black primer for the same effect - hope that helps!

[@milkboy903]

@@ThePaintingCoach thanks for that, just try to get a air paint, some i can save time to do the hand brush

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No problem

[@nathanclegg6717]

Great video bud I’m going to attempt this method next week, could I use these steps on a leviathan? If not have you got any tips mate? Cheers

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Good luck! Yes will work fine just on a bigger scale

[@nathanclegg6717]

Which clear gloss did you use for the decals bud? Doing a batch of 5 and outs going well so far 🤙🏼

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Good to know! Just vallejo gloss varnish but anything will do - AK Interactive or Stormshield

[@nathanclegg6717]

any more sons of Horus would be greatly appreciated

[@davidbradshaw3118]

Would this still work if it was basecoated lupercal green?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yeah I guess so!

[@RotGolem]

Interesting technique. Unfortunately my experience with Contrast paints taught me that they'll dry way faster than expected, so the Black Templar/Medium switch scares me a tad too much to experiment on a mini. ;-D I think I'll try to use a Speed paint equivalent and take advantage of that reactivation factor - a thing that I've already used to smooth out tide marks.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Sounds like a good idea!

[@CyrodiilCome]

Do you think you can do pre primarch white scars? I've been trying to come up with a scheme for it as seen in the Liber astartes book but can't quite get it

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I'll try and do all the heresy era legions via short tutorials

[@Ratling_rat]

Watched a couple of your painting tutorials. Great stuff! Will a Night Lords tutorial be coming sometime in the future?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Cheers Carl - I have a 40K nightlirds tutorial, and plan to do shirt tutorials for all the HH legions

[@tomrea4586]

Dude, great vid thanks for like posting it. Most timely eh.

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Happy to oblige eh?

[@avocus]

Do you reckon this'll still look good if the black templar was replaced with streaking grime?

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Yeah probably - assuming it is dark enough - otherwise it may have a dirtier look to it

[@DarkWatch-Ian]

Hi. Great tutorial, my friend has these, so I've forwarded them the link. One question, what brush do you use for the tiny details, it seems to have one hair on the end? Looks like it makes stiffling techniques and insane details easy to do! You just get better each time I watch the tutorial videos. Thank you. Kind regards Ian

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Thanks Ian - I appreciate it and I also appreciate the share! As for brushes, I use a few in this video but the one I think you are asking about is a Winsor & Newton Series 7 Miniature, size 0. These brushes have the same tip as the normal Series 7, but a much smaller belly so you need to move fast as the reservoir of paint is almost non existent on them. Hope that helps!

[@DarkWatch-Ian]

Thank you, that's really helpful. I appreciate it. Have a great week and see you next time. Regards Ian

[@ThePaintingCoach]

No problem! You too!

[@virusofnurgle6896]

Different to how I did mine but it looks great

[@thegamerandfriends6597]

can you do emperors children next please

[@ThePaintingCoach]

I'm planning on doing every legion as a short tutorial at some point 👍🏻

[@ИонИон-ф3ш]

Pls do imperial fists heresy

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Coming this week!