Emperor's Children Armor Speed painting Guide

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Published 2024-07-12
This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer Emperor's Children Mark III Space Marine Armor from the Horus Heresy. It includes a green glowing eyes tutorial and how I painted the glowing power sword.
For the whole mini including the base the process took 3.5 hours.

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##### The Armor #####

1. Prime the Mini Black

2. Base coat the Mini by applying thin layers of pure Vallejo Gunmetal Grey 77.720 with an Artis Opus Series D brush size M.

3. Carefully cover all parts of the armor panel by panel! Use a mixture of 1:1 Citadel - Lexicon Purple and Citadel - Contrast Medium.

4 Allow the first coat to dry completely!

5. Apply another coat to all armor, panel by panel!

6. Base coat all parts that should be gold with Scale 75 - Victorian Brass.

7. Apply a base coat of Vallejo - Gunmetal Grey 77.720 to the metal parts and sub suit.

8. Base coat the sword hilt and plume with Citadel - Khorne Red

9. Base coat the sword sheath and cable with Citadel - Abaddon Black

10. Use pure Vallejo - Gunmetal Grey 77.720 as base colour and dab on pure Citadel - Lexicon Purple to fix missing purple parts.

11. Prepare the surface of the armor with Micro Sol and apply the decals.

!!!!! NOTE: DO NOT apply gloss varnish as usual at THIS TIME.

13. Use Vallejo Gold 77.725 to add volume and edge highlights to the gold parts.
14. Add edge highlights and battle damage with Citadel - Stormhost Silver
15. Add some highlights to the sword hilt and Plume with Citadel - Wazdakka Red
16. Brush or airbrush a coat of Vallejo Premium Gloss Varnish 62.064 over the entire miniature.

!!!NOTE: LET THE GLOSS VARNISH FULLY DRY!!!

17. Mix 2:1 Schmincke - burnt Sienna and Schmincke - ivory black add as much white spirit that you achieve a contrast color consistency, and cover the whole mini with the mixutre
18. Let it dry for at least 12+ hours
19. use a Qtip or eyeshadow applicator to remove the oil wash from all the surfaces
20. Apply a full coat of Vallejo Premium - Satin Varnish 62.063 with a brush or airbrush
21. Done!

###### Glowing Eyes #####

1. Base coat the entire eye, including the corners, with Citadel - Sybarite Green.

2. Using a 1:1 mix of Citadel - Sybarite Green and Citadel - Gauss Blaster Green, add highlights in the center with brush strokes from left and right for both lenses.

3. Add an edge highlight the size of the lens highlight using the mix from above.

4. Repeat step two with an even smaller highlight using Citadel - Gauss Blaster Green.

5. Add an edge highlight the size of the highlight in the bottom corner using Citadel - Gauss Blaster Green

6. Add a dot highlight in the center using P3 - Morrow White

7. Add a small dot on the edge of the bottom corner with P3 - Morrow White

8. Done!

##### Glowing Power Sword #####
1. Add a line about half the length of the sword in the direction of the power nide with a thin mixture of water and Citadel - Sybarite Green.

2. Use a 1:1 mix of Citadel - Sybarite Green and Citadel - Gauss Blaster Green, dilute with water and repeat step 1. Using a smaller version of the line

3. Cover the power node and line with Citadel - Gauss Blaster Green

4. Add a small white dot at the top of the power node and line with P3 - Morrow White

5. Done!

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All Comments (13)
  • @haltes
    I appreciate that you make tutorials with techniques that do not require an airbrush - very useful for beginners :D
  • @padanfain7466
    Great video, a lot of videos dont show the painting of the minute detail parts. This is clean, crisp and easy to follow from start to finish. Lovely.
  • @yikeswazowski9838
    I love that you model them to have so much personality for each legion!
  • @Azcabalt
    He looks incredible, and it's only quite easy to achieve techniques. What a blast ! Thank you for your content :D
  • @TheCollin19
    Look awesome! Thanks for sharing. Quick question: did you use mineral spirits on the sponge to remove the oil wash?
  • @jakethomas2219
    Great tutorial again You've given me motivation to start painting Warhammer again. Just a quick question probably stupid but do you add water to the varnishes if you were applying them with a brush or straight from the pot?
  • @vitaliyred622
    Why not airbrush the metallic and the contrast on top? Why do it with a brush? I see it all the time but don't get why people do it.