Warhammer 40K starter set - Painting a Space Marine with just 5 paints
In this video I'm painting a Space Marine from the new Warhammer 40,000 Introductory Starter Set. I use just the colours from the set. No airbrush, no wet pallet! This guide is ideal for painting your first mini, or for more experienced painters looking for new ways to paint with limited colours. I will show you everything from undercoating with a brush, through to shading and adding highlights so you can paint your first Ultramarine
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00:00 Introductory Starter Set
00:50 Undercoating a Space Marine
03:20 Space Marine Basecoats
09:14 Making a shade and recess shading
13:00 Mixing paints and Highlighting Power Armour
17:45 Edge Highlighting
19:55 Painting Space Marine Eyes
22:16 Finishing Touches
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when you paint a figure, do u paint them as they are shown on the box ,or do you paint them differently?
@@thedisabledwelshman9266 It depends on what I'm painting. Some minis I will try and replicate the box art, but I also have armies which have been painted in styles I've completely made up myself. Half the fun of the hobby is creating your own colour schemes and back stories for your armies.
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Just painted my first Space Marine with this video! Have a look into it if you want and thanks so much!
@Beremor666 they are looking good! Hopefully, you're enjoying painting them up!
This is a great guide but I also want to point out for all the newcomers to the hobby, that if you do all these steps illustrated here somewhat successfully, you paint more detailed than the majority of Warhammer players, and better than 99% of people painting their first minis. So don’t feel bad if your first attempts aren’t that successful! As long as you’re putting paint on minis, you’re on the right path.
I just bought this set and i have no idea what i am doing. I watched the official video from GW on how to paint it but the end result didn't satisfy me. Other videos were using hundred of paints or difficult tecniques. This one is amazing! I love how you use only the stuff in the box and teach different tecniques to have a lovelly result!!
Thank you! I'm glad I could help out. I saw so many people complaining when the starter set came out that it didn't include enough paints, so I wanted to show that for a beginner, this set is ideal! I'm happy you found it useful, welcome to the hobby!
Thanks a lot for the guide, I was thinking about buying more paint for starter set but I will just stick to these five colors first.
If you did want some more paints, I would recommend nuln oil to use instead of the black wash, Clagar blue instead of the blue and white mix and Mechanicus standard grey to save mixing your paints. By getting them you'll get a consistent colour across all your models instead of any variation that comes from mixing colours. But you don't have to rush and buy them
@@DrunkOnTeaUK thanks a lot!
I've just bought this exact set and this video is so helpful, I've never painted miniatures before so thank you so much for sharing! Liked and subscribed like a good citizen
Thank you! Welcome to the hobby! Hopefully, you will enjoy painting up your first miniatures.
Nice video for beginners
Wow very nice! Thank you for vdo how to Painting a Space Marine with just 5 paints
Thank you for asking for it, hopefully the video was useful.
I just painted my first war hammer model of an ultra Marine and it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I did mess up on the wash however which didn’t ruin the model but I now know how to use a wash more effectively.
Welcome to the hobby! There is always a bit of trial and error with painting, but those little mistakes is how we all improve.
@@DrunkOnTeaUKI so very agree there. I’ve gotten my hands on some cheap misprint minis to help me practice painting skills on if I’m not too sure about some things.
great video, easy to follow. havent painted a minature in years now have the starter set due to arrive tomorow, will give this method a go and then the faster slapchop technique.
Thank you! Welcome back to the hobby!
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I'm following along with this to the letter, Just bought Nuln oil in store otherwise it's just the paints in the starter set. Much appreciated!
Nuln oil is great. It will make the recess shade a lot easier than thinning down the black. Enjoy painting!
Glad to see you figure also has a dodgy arm piece, thought I might have put mine together slightly wrong but with this being an 8 month old video I'm guessing it might be a sprig mould issue. Still I'm incredibly happy I found this video, just getting back into 40k and got this set about a week or two ago and been looking at other paints but seeing this I'm gunno try out the highlighting on my marines first. I'm using this set as a template or starting point for my painting, using it as a base of sorts to see how far I can go and any traits I pick up.
A lot of the push fit models don't go together amazingly well. Sometimes the pegs are a bit to long, and clipping a small amount from the end will give a better fit. But also there are some parts like the arm that will just always be a pain. It is a useful skill to learn how to mix paints to create your own highlight colours, but if you are going to buy some extra paints, Calgar blue is what I normally use for highlighting Ultramarines, it will save you a lot of time mixing, and ensure that every model is highlighted with the same colour. Welcome back to the hobby!
I love the introduction set that gets you started and gives you painting tips though I find it funny when you look at the marines in the box art there are clearly some paints missed out though I can tell it’s only so you get your foot in the door. If hai g citadel paints I tend to use rinox hide for all pouches and scabbards, korne red for the helmet eyes and lead belcher for any metal work as your bases. These work well to get you to a more accurate result from the box art to start with. After all more skilled folk than me would say they use twice as much different paints to add shades and highlights to further make the mini pop. All in all if you are enjoying the process of painting the minis then that’s the main thing that counts. Have fun get lost in the zone and paint away.
I am new to Warhammer and your videos are by far the best I have come across so far. I just did my Tyranids and they look amazing. If at all possible I would love to see a video from you painting Custodes.
Thank you! It's funny you mention Custodes, keep an eye out for next weeks video 😜
Wow, you did a great job with the limited paints, especially having to make your own wash! Glad they replaced the Corax White at least 😂 Great tutorial sir, perfect for beginners.
Thank you! Limited paints is a fun challenge, but it will be nice to go back to my full range of paints!
great video
Thank you
Great guide and perfect for new hobbyists. Did you change the gold? All the starter sets I can find use Balthazar Gold which is much darker.
Thank you! I think the original announcement said Retribuor Armour would be included because I already had all the paints and models, I didn't actually buy a set and notice it was Balthazar Gold is included. It is odd that they included Baltgazar Gold because Retributor Armour is the standard gold for Ultramarines.
I would like to see you do an Iron Hand armor next. There has got to be an easier way to do it without all that panel lining?!? Panel lining and edge highlights are a pain on those marine armor!!
I can give Iron Hands a go. For Iron Hands there may be a way to avoid the pin shading and edge highlighting. I will have a test and see if a regular shade and drybrush may work. On the metal armour that should look OK, for the brighter more crisp looking chapters if you do an all over wash it takes ages getting the armour back up to colour so pin shading is quicker
What colour would you recommend for dry brushing highlights on ultramarines?
For an Ultramarine I highlight with Calfar blue. But be very light with the drybrush. It's easy to catch areas you don't when drybrushing Space Marines.
Great video. Helped me out a lot. Loved watching you explain and show in more detail than others for novice painters like myself. Ever thought about doing the same for the AoS starters as well?
Thank you! I would do the same thing for the AoS starter sets, but the current one doesn't have the paints included like the 40K one. They will probably do an introductory starter set when the new edition comes out. I have done a guide on painting a Stormcast Eternal, it uses a few more than just 5 paints, but it's still a pretty simple paint scheme.
@@DrunkOnTeaUK There are two GW AoS starter packs just like Tyranids or Space Marines, but with Gutrippaz and Vindicators out. That's why I was asking :)
This is amazing! Just asking, how can i paint the Sargeant Skin?? Only with these colors its possible? Because u did magic! This video is better than the official one
Thank you so much! I don't know if there is really a way to paint the skin with just these colours. You could paint it with Wraithbone and then use the thinned black shade to add some definition, but it wouldn't look great. I would recommend getting the Gulliman Flesh contrast paint. Paint the skin with wriathbone and then apply Gulliman Flesh all over, this will do add shadows and highlights in one go for a quick and easy skin that can be repeated across many models. For that extra bit of detail sink a little Abaddon Black into the recess for the eyes, and then a thin line of Wriathbone in the middle of that black, you can then try and do a vertical line of black in the middle of the white to act like a pupil if you're feeling confident (and have a brush with a small tip)
U are awesome! Thank you so much!
Can you painting a Space Marine Raven guard with just 5 paints?
I should be able to do a Raven Guard with just 5 paints. Give me a couple of weeks to do some testing and I should be able to do it
@@DrunkOnTeaUK You are amazing!
I just discovered Warhammer. I am very interested in the Dark Angels. Could you paint one of those?
I have painted a Dark Angle using just 5 paints kzhead.info/sun/qMWdYKmkbqKqi3A/bejne.html If you would like to see one done with a full set of paints and advanced techniques, I can do that.
@@DrunkOnTeaUK just after I posted that comment it occurred to me, being new to your channel, to search, and I found where you have done dark angels. But I would love to see one done up with a lot of colors. The dark angels are my first passion after discovering Warhammer just a couple of months ago
I'm sure I can a full Dark Angels made up soon.
@@DrunkOnTeaUK that would be fantastic! Thank you. I’ve gotten not a little obsessed with Warhammer and in particular dark angels.
I don’t have retributor armour in my kit what else could I use ?
I think they ended up changing the kit to come with Balthasar gold, you can use that instead, it's just a slightly less bright gold colour, but works exactly the same.
Question for all of you! Why don’t I see anyone paint before they put the models together is it just so u don’t get glue over the details ?
Some people paint with the model still on the sprue. The problem I find with painting unassembled models is that it's a lot more difficult to get highlights even between bits of the model. Once the model is assembled, painting an edge highlight over a join is easy, but if they were painted as two separate bits, the highlights will never line up. There is also the problem of gap filling, sometimes two parts just don't want to fit together, adding greenstuff to a gap after its painted will be a pain, and you'll end up having to paint over those parts again. Sometimes, if a model has a cloak or something that makes it difficult to paint a certain area, I'll paint in a "sub assembly" and add that part on after painting what's behind it. Ultimately, though, painting is about what's good for you. If you find painting unassembled models easier then paint that way. We all pick up tricks to make the painting process easier and everyone's methods are unique.
Will Balthasar Gold do as good?
Yeah, Batltasar Gold will work just fine. It's a little bit more of a brass colour than pure gold, but it works exactly the same way
Do you normally use a wet palette? And what are your thoughts on painting the model un assembled vs assembled? I find it harder to paint it when assembled. And what are your go too brushes when painting?
I often use a wet palette, it does help keep paints going for longer, especially if you are mixing your own colours, but they are by no means essential, for years I was just using an old plate as a palette. I often paint my minis assembled, sometimes I'll use sub assemblies if a model has something that will make it hard to reach behind, like wings or a cloak, but I prefer to paint full models. It's much easier to get the colours and shading consistent across the whole model if it's fully painted, and removes the risk of having unpainted plastic show around the joins when you do assemble it. But do whatever you find the easiest, there is no right or wrong way to do it. My "go too" brushes are a set of Rosemary & co brushes size 1/10 up to a size 3. They hold their tips really well and have lasted me well so far. But for contrast, shade and metallic paint I always just use cheap synthetic paints because they will ruin brushes quickly. But moving up to the premium brushes is something I've only done in recent years, for a long time I've just used cheap sets of synthetic brushes and replaced them when they need it. For anyone starting out I will always recommend using cheap brushes until they are sure that the hobby is something they want to spend the time and money on
An old geezer piece of advice for mini painting before there were 700 brands of washes and people were literally dipping their minis in floor wax - a drop of dish soap... do you guys call it wash up liquid? To your watered down paint washes. Helps break the surface tension a bit and gives it something of the properties we look for. Thats what I would be doing again if I had to do a similar painting challenge.
No primer? I get it doesn't come in the kit, but neither does the plastic glue or clippers used.
The clippers do come in the introductory starter set, and these Marines don't need glue as they are push fit. You can use a base paint as a "primer" as long as you cover the entire model it will give the other paints something to stick to. A specific primer is better, but for a beginner or single model, using paint will work, you just need to ensure you get full coverage or it will flake off.
Do you put a clear coat or anything like that on after your done painting it
If it's a model I'm going to play with, I will give it a coat of Vallejo Matt Varnish, but if it's a model that will just be on display then I often just leave it without a varnish.