How To Paint Thunderbolt Fighters - Warhammer Aeronautica Imperialis Tutorial

[@lonestar1701]

That's awesome. I know how I'll be painting my planes now. With just a few colour changes. Thanks for that technique. This looks like the beginning of the return of Epic.

[@PeteTheWargamer]

With these and the titans it definitely seems like we're being drip fed a future epic scale game.

[@johnkelley9877]

It looks great and I like the use of the Contrast and Traditional paints together. You get the best of both paints and the Contrast Paints are truly a ready made wash. Thanks for sharing this and I look forward to more tutorials.

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Contrast paints are much more than their "One thick coat" marketing, it's just a matter of experimenting with them to see what they can do. As soon I saw that they were translucent and work really well as glazes it just opened up a whole load of extra uses for them.

[@PijamasGagarin]

Remarkable and easy to watch. I like it that you continue using contrast paints and mixing it with other techniques to show a variety of its implications. :)

[@PeteTheWargamer]

They are very versatile and deserve more than just the "one thick coat" tag line they've been given.

[@PijamasGagarin]

@@PeteTheWargamer absolutely agree with you and looking forward for more tutorials and how to use them. You are doing a very good job, keep it up! :)

[@rastamann2009]

I never thought of doing colour modulation that way. Very interesting and great technique. Love the scheme as well!

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Thank you very much. I've often seen colour modulation achieved via airbrushing so I wanted to try out applying it with a brush instead.

[@WarhammerWings]

@@PeteTheWargamer I am thinking of buying some of these kits and painting them in historic ww2 plane liveries.

[@andrewmiller3379]

Brilliant color scheme!! Looks incredible! I just picked up the Aeronautica starter set and I’ll be trying my hand at this scheme, for sure! Thanks for the great tutorial, and keep up the great work!

[@andrewburgoyne4728]

Wow! Very sharp! I didn't realize one could make those "tiny" aircraft look so sharp and interesting.

[@komma8203]

Love this video, please make one with the ork planes

[@tutubeater1]

Pete, this is such a great video that shows how to combine the pre-shading technique with panel modulation for a nice dramatic effect! Thank you :)

[@PeteTheWargamer]

No problem, thanks for the comment!

[@erickirwan8703]

Beautiful paint job👍

[@HeroesBosses]

Wow Pete, I love this paint job! Nice work incorporating some new uses for the contrast paints as well! You're actually the first painter on KZbin I subscribed to (many years ago) and you still manage to surprise me with your paint jobs!

[@Axquirix]

Already started painting up my little planes, but the modulation effect does look good. Will definately be using it on the cockpit glass!

[@thomasmarshall6097]

Wow looks great

[@jchan8539]

I'm going to try the graphite stick tip. Thanks for that.

[@Norseraider84]

One of the methods and result I’ve seen ! ❤️

[@virogue007]

Great tutorial, thanks Pete!!!

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Thanks :D

[@chaosmike84]

all your painting vids are the best, thank you sense i

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Thanks for the compliment :D

[@OnboardG1]

I'm going to use an airbrush variant of this technique with metallics to get that nice panel gradient effect. Thanks pete!

[@PeteTheWargamer]

You're welcome

[@paulofreire7520]

Nice job, Pete. 👍🏻

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Thank you very much!

[@Apollo___S5]

This will take off pun instead but seriously I think this will get popular

[@longhunter5935]

This looks great!

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Thanks!

[@saccharis]

Loving your content so far! I just got into the hobby and have been looking for some good tutorials. I started with the Middle Earth SBG and wanted to ask, if you are still doing some of those miniatures in the future. Your Theoden and Fell Beast are helping me a lot already. Also a dedicated tutorial for using green stuff would be awesome!

[@PeteTheWargamer]

I'd love to get back to some LOTR content in the future, I just need to find the the time 🙂

[@x-wingreadyroomonline9286]

Fantastic! Caught your video from the Aero facebook page, I am definitely going to try out this technique, just need to go an buy the medium :)

[@PeteTheWargamer]

It's super useful to have for lots of different painting projects.

[@naphaneal]

use a dollop of soap (dish soap, brush soap,) to the wash. it breaks surface tension and the wash runs smoother in the recesses.

[@HerbaceousM8]

dish machine drying agents work better, very similar thing

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Yep, it's called "wet water" in many painting circles. I've used the technique in a storm trooper tutorial of mine.

[@mattcappelli5822]

That was very cool. Loved seeing that panel modulation. Does that translate to larger vehicles?

[@PeteTheWargamer]

It's a little more work and easier to do with an airbrush but the modulation is a technique I've seen most widely used on larger scale vehicles so definitely!

[@Komomo69]

Did you spray the mini with chaos black before the mechanicus standard grey? I got a grainy result when I sprayed a mini with the grey without priming it with chaos black first ...

[@simonmallet5212]

Pete, great vid. Can you use Lahmia medium with the contrast paints? I haven't tried myself yet but will that work instead of the contrast medium or are the contrasts made up with a different carrier for the pigment? As for the actual scheme.. Nice and simple, which is what the Astra Militarum would be going for, easy enough to switch the stripe colours on the wings to seperate different squadrons.

[@naphaneal]

yes, you can. check out this video by Kris Belleau: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH-2aYaLidmenZY

[@AlexAttemptsTabletop]

Oh damn. Great video & wish I saw this a lot sooner :')

[@briant.8998]

Great video! Similar Fighta Bommerz video?

[@arxwng]

hi nice video. i have a question.what can i do if the paint inside the pot starts becoming thick , a little curdled on the lead of the pot (i talk about gw paint) even after good shake?

[@marcellocolombarini1653]

Congratulation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@garyc1653]

Hi Pete quick question (unrelated) I need to paint a universal carrier what green should I use then should I go over it with some sort of wash

[@expmistake5956]

This is amazing! Does anyone know how to do this with orange and red?

[@captainferrite]

Good stuff, I might use this technique. I am forced to point out one thing tho - drill out those gun barrels :P

[@sauceforce9623]

Imperium - Aerodynamics? What are those?

[@Mikey__R]

There's no replacement for displacement!

[@johndee6558]

Do you have a link to buy that graphite block that you used?

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Sure, here you go: amzn.to/2UNk7DB

[@sputin1175]

Could I apply this to a black and white colour scheme to this do you think?

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Yep, you could use some Black Templar instead of the Space Wolves Grey and mask off the areas you want to keep white.

[@sputin1175]

@@PeteTheWargamer awesome. Thx

[@798christian]

1 Xeno and 1 Heretic dislike this great vid. great job Pete 👍

[@PeteTheWargamer]

Haters gonna hate 😎

[@jacobsmith8286]

really amazing tutorial but I don't think people are going to be getting aeronautica

[@simonmallet5212]

It's a more niche market, the same as Adeptus Titanicus. Might be more popular amongst those (including me) who played the original Space Marine epic scale games and the old vehicle games like Dark Future.

[@labtec514]

Dunno I've heard a lot of chatter about it, I know some people are just waiting for other races though.

[@Bobamelius]

People said the same thing about Titanicus and GW has been having trouble keeping supply up to demand.