Learn to Paint your first Warhammer miniature | Space Marine | Duncan Rhodes

So you want to learn to paint your first Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000 miniature after playing Space Marine 2? Well, you have come to the right place! Painting miniatures is an incredibly rewarding hobby and I have been doing it since I was 11 years old .In fact, my very first miniature I ever painted was a Space Marine but I had no one to show me what to do and as you can see, mistakes were made! Luckily, in this day and age, there are plenty of great tutorials to help you along, just like this one. Now even though we are painting a Space Marine here, the techniques demonstrated in this tutorial are a perfect foundation to paint any miniature from any game you like! All the techniques are easy to achieve and I still use them all today! Now go grab a mini, some paint and brushes and follow along, but most of all, have fun!

Cheers
Dunc & Rog
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Paints used:
Mechanicus Standard Grey Spray (Citadel)
Marine Blue (TTC)
Oblivion Black Wash (TTC)
Elysium Blue (TTC)
Death Reaper (TTC)
Scorched Earth (TTC)
Sir Coates Silver (TTC
Dragon’s Gold (TTC)
Elven Skin (TTC)
Guilliman Flesh (Citadel)
Vampire Fang (Optional) (TTC)
Astrogranite (Citadel)

Brushes Used:
Medium Base Brush (Citadel)
Medium Wash Brush (Citadel)
Small Dry Brush (Citadel)
Medium Layer Brush (Citadel)
Small Layer Brush - Optional (Citadel)

[DuncanRhodesDRPA]

We hope you enjoyed this one. If you want to start learning how to paint miniatures, then you’ve come to the right place. Feel free to leave a comment, a Like and Subscribe to the channel. Have a great weekend everyone. Cheers, Dunc & Rog

[GODZILLAmonsoon]

What a coincedence, I've decided to get into the hobby two days ago. Perfect timing.

[a.gravemistake]

Two thin coats? The Codex Astartes supports this action.

[Vin_Venture]

Just a quick extra tip for people at 6:00. When basecoating, go thin AND fast! Don’t keep working over the same area with your brush, as you’ll tear up half dry chunks of paint, which will create lumps of paint and texture on the surface of your miniature. Only work an area for maybe 15-20 seconds with your brush, and if you still haven’t gotten all the spots you want? Don’t worry! Just leave it until your thin coat has dried and fix it with the next coat.

A tip I learned from one of Duncan’s videos actually!

Also smart move from you guys to make this video, great for new people interested after Space Marine 2, and much better than the ones from GW which appear to be constrained to a video length limit.

[mahtimonni]

Meanwhile I'm over here, painting miniatures, using nothing but ten layers of drybrushing. It works surprisingly great, in my opinion. Kinda like when a game's graphics go for style instead of realism.
(In this analogy: my shaky hands are compared to a video card that can't do raytracing)

[alphaleigpyne]

With the launch of Space Marine 2 game, people new to the hobby who've played the game would find this guide helpful to paint their Space Marine miniatures.

[chadnine]

I use two water cups when working with metallics. That way when I contaiminate the "regular" water with metallic, I have to rinse out both cups. ;)

[nian]

Have you studied pedagogy by any chance? I got to meet several future teachers during my university years and I think you would make a better teacher than most of them

[ziegr]

Chiming in, when trying to get what the "right" consistency for thinning paints is, I use the following rule:

1. Paint a thin line of paint over the base of your thumb (yes, the finger)
2. If you can see your skin's texture, but also the colour of your skin, the paint is too thin.
3. If you cannot see the skin texture, but the paint is opaque, the paint is too thick.

So you still want to see the texture of your skin, but not the colour. I find this much easier to get into proper thinning instead of aiming for a "milky" consistency. Especially because every paint is different. This only applies to regular acrylic (or "Base") colours and painting with a brush, though. Speedpaints and Contrast paints are generally good to go straight from the pot/bottle.

Welcome to all you newcomers! And remember, don't compare yourself to the box art of the minis, compare yourself to yourself from yesterday. :)

[dev]

First painted mini was a Dark Angel infernus marine
But with Duncan's method I managed to get quite the thin coat out of it

[GoufinAround_]

For the new peoples, the one brand that doesn't need a lot of shaking is Vallejo since they've had their new formulation. The new bottles are 100% clear with black tops and they only need like 3 shakes if they've been sitting for a long time. You're really spoiled for choice with paint options, but the one thing I will recommend, from experience, is that you should only buy the colors you absolutely need to get started. No need to go buying multiple sets just to find out that after buying 30 paints from one brand you actually like a different brand significantly more

[frakillwe]

Great video wish i had this one when i started i only have one criticism in term of primer and brushes i wish you showed the the other option like vallejo or army painter for the primer. But also brushes GW is the only one to describe their brushes size like they do. showing the number you find on other brushes and compare size could be super helpful for new painter.

[NealsNebulouslyNightlyTalkshow]

Mr. Rhodes! I’d love it if you’d cover how to paint some Napoleonics!

[RevanR]

Well its fascinating to be first timer again. Keep that curiosity and openness to new techniques and styles

[chomp]

this morning I found and watched the last video you did about this, and now this pops out lol, maybe this weekend I'll paint the minis I've been collecting the past 2 weeks lol

[AtheAetheling]

I wouldn't say I was a beginner anymore, but I will say that what I know I learnt from you and this channel, so if you're new, listen to what Duncan says! This is the best tutorial you could hope for.

[cordial]

First minis I ever tried to paint were the skeletons from Heroquest. I tried to "undercoat" them black with a permanent marker. Good times.

[Psybxx]

Wonderful tutorial for new painters! Good luck to everyone who’s just starting, out it’s a wonderful hobby

[DawnOfMutilation]

Cmon, we know you are still in it cos you still cant freehand hazard stripes to the grade of perfection you desire .)

[cobracommander]

I use sticky tack to hold my models to my priming stick and painting handles.