The Ultimate Guide to Painting Warhammer Tanks

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@EricsHobbyWorkshop Жыл бұрын

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@franklinlatortuesod0mite603 Жыл бұрын

Hi. What colors do you use for the sons of horus ?

@josephcox8156 Жыл бұрын

i was wondering, can you play multiple imperial guard regiments in the same army?

@notreallydavid Жыл бұрын

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@EricsHobbyWorkshop Жыл бұрын

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@notreallydavid Жыл бұрын

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@woody5109 6 ай бұрын

From a guy who operated track equipment for 35 years, I can tell you, nothing sticks to tracks, the more their used , the shinier they get. Great video.

@jamesloder8652 Ай бұрын

*they're 🤦🤦🤦🤦

@rileymitch33 Ай бұрын

Dang thanks man that will help me out with my models to seem more realistic.

@joshuayoung7246 26 күн бұрын

Yes and no….heavy equipment is different than military tracked vehicles…there are historic pictures from. Many different wars show lots of stuck and embedded dirt,clay,rocks,earth,grass…everything

@benweinberg3819 Жыл бұрын

I am literally assembling and magnetizing my first leman Russ squadron as this debuts--Emperor praise!

@dragonking8085 Жыл бұрын

Same brother

@nelsoj11 Жыл бұрын

I love Eric's videos, but you should probably check out Night Shift if you want to do tanks right.

@raul-aurelianserban8295 Жыл бұрын

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@HurBenny 8 ай бұрын

A Leman Russ squadron ? I may almost have a spark of pity in my heart for the xenos and heretics !

@lolsovs Жыл бұрын

A small tip for getting crisp lines with masking tape; after the tape is on paint the base color along the edge. This will fill all the tiny voids under the tape giving you perfect sharp lines afterwards. It applies when painting walls in your home also. Also, your guide here is excellent. Simple yet effective techniques.

@CB-zq1ky Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@ioni2285 10 ай бұрын

12:28 Actually the hole on the Rogal Dorn tank is a great idea. It greatly facilitates the installation of LEDs, or even RC modules.

@squeethemog213 Жыл бұрын

As someone who really prefers bigger models (like tanks, knights, redemptors, etc) these tips are wonderful. Man, thank you so much 🤩

@colinlightfoot1516 Жыл бұрын

"Looks like a grown man's toy", if only I could get my wife to agree. Painting as well as you do would probably help lol. Thank you for this amazing tutorial; I'll definitely be using this for my CSMs!

@alexneal9534 Жыл бұрын

I'm in the process of repainting all my power armour armies this way. Enamel and oils are magic. Love the ice scheme chimera.

@sebastianwall3470 Жыл бұрын

Great guide. Another good thing to keep in mind is that doing the chipping, streaking and other weathering effects AFTER applying decals further integrates the decals into the overall scheme.

@legionnaireminis Жыл бұрын

Learning some of these tricks over the years has made painting tanks one of my most favorite aspects of the hobby

@WarGamesNewsRadio Жыл бұрын

Currently painting my first Landraider and this was super helpful! 🤟

@savagex466-qt1io Жыл бұрын

That will be my next tank for sure. To me its just a classic. Id have it in my Death Guard list and probley be the only one but to me rule of cool first ! Regardless if Iv never seen anyone play it in years. Iv been saving this sic nurgle banner for some chaos space marines I want to have it displayed in a sic manner lol.

@veneficusvex914 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch Eric, I have had an impulsor sitting on my desk for half a year, and this is the video that has given me the courage to just spray some paint on it and have a go! Good easy way to get some airbrush practice in too!

@spinafire Жыл бұрын

I love the simplicity of these steps. My only critique is that the tread plates that rub on the ground should be shiny rather than dirty. At 16:21 for example, you can use a cotton swab to rub the rectangular parts of the tracks cleaner. Bonus points for adding silver highlights to the wear surfaces.

@MrFredstt Жыл бұрын

All three tanks were amazing but I loved the winter one. That color scheme just speaks to me. I also really liked that dirty, grimy desert one and the red/white stripe you paint on

@YalelingOz Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that shading trick for the sides. I've been painting 40k tanks for 30 years, and I've never come across it before. I love it thought!

@av4l4nche31 Жыл бұрын

Very fun and cool video! Always nice to see some armor painted with some proper weathering.

@hyperbene7711 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I particularly liked how you explained so clearly why the light color goes below the dark one - which is, as you pointed out, counterintuitive.

@minipaintingforyou Жыл бұрын

Now that’s a weird looking emperor titan… That airbrush gradient on the predator looks great! I used the same technique on Dropzone Commander minis, making sure to mask adjacent hard edges. The whole platoon was done in no time and looks just as convincing as yours. This is where an airbrush shines, gradients with very little effort! Thank you for sharing!

@GallantLee 2 ай бұрын

I think it was great you showed your technique across three tanks! thanks for this video!

@danieljvanrensburg Жыл бұрын

You know what, thank you very much for making this, I really, I mean REALLY needed to know what I'm doing lol

@EricsHobbyWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I hope it helps!

@danieljvanrensburg Жыл бұрын

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop yeah I'm literally gonna repaint my tank rn, thanks for the handy tips, keep up the great content

@the_guitarcade Жыл бұрын

7:43-7:46 that almost made me knock my dirty paint water off my desk. I was rinsing my brush when you said, "It looks like a grown man's toy."

@JT-nr9vl 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate seeing all three colors-as a beginner about to start painting my first tanks for IG, it really helps!

@BenjisHobbies Жыл бұрын

Great video, Eric! Painting tanks scares me but you make it look so easy. Much love for the channel!

@scoutcroot2733 Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing! Preparing to start on a Leman Russ but was uncertain how to approach it. 👍

@cyanideinmycereal1077 Жыл бұрын

I heard this the other day that I think really helps if you just can’t really bring yourself to paint your vehicles. Painting a vehicle is kinda harder because it’s distinctly inhuman. There’s not so much of a story as in a personal one, so a big part of the character of the model is going to come from the environment it’s in. You kinda have to turn on your terrain brain when you’re painting your tanks to like really get into it.

@bulkbu6331 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, well put together and nice results with easy to follow steps. Banger!

@matthewgagnon9426 Жыл бұрын

I do a very similar thing for my winter-themed tanks, though maybe not quite as well done as yours turned out! It's neat to see someone else do something similar to what I arrived at on my own, it shows I'm not crazy.

@gregfougere7447 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this Eric!

@edwardleslie787 Жыл бұрын

i've got so many unpainted tanks, and just found the airbrush im gonna buy. Thanks Eric, i'll definitely be rewatching this to learn

@Day_0ne 3 ай бұрын

I really liked your explanation of the light effect with the cube. I make and paint gunpla but like alot of the techniques miniature painters use.

@johnkelley9877 Жыл бұрын

This was great and I like all three tanks but the winter scheme is the best I think. Thanks for sharing you techniques.

@michadolinski1656 Жыл бұрын

Very nice and informative guide!

@Kirk.t.g Жыл бұрын

They’re so beautiful!

@halo43v3r7777 Жыл бұрын

A couple tips I’ve picked up from modeling scale armor over the years for anyone who cares: I like to do an initial chipping pass with a light highlight color, like the color you would use to do an edge highlight, both going over the edges and using a sponge for large open panels. Then take your rust brown color and fill in only the center of the chips leaving the outer edges of the highlight color showing through. You can also leave some of the light color chips alone without the rust too. I think this gives the rust chipping a very good depth and makes it more visually interesting. Also when using enamels to put dust or mud effects on, in addition to just slapping it on there, also consider grabbing a toothpick and quickly swiping your brush across it to speckle the paint across the running gear and lower hull to simulate dried mud splashes. Looking great as always!

@seanguy6 Жыл бұрын

Just picked up the imperial guard apocalypse box, just in time for this video thanks brotha 💯

@mirsh2541 Жыл бұрын

Looks good, I think the winter scheme is my favourite because of the limited pallette contrasting with the decal and weathering. And I just love tanks. Also you can totally do camo with a brush without any masking. Depending on the style of camo, slightly frayed edges on the individual blotches just dabbed on with an old brush may even be a very desirable look! Though even clean edges are achievable, they just need a bit more time and focus.

@simonleach6632 Жыл бұрын

Most schemes historically speaking were field applied anyway in less than ideal painting conditions so honestly an imperfect camo pattern does look more realistic, especially winter white wash, that was literally slapped on the tank from a bucket using whatever the crews could get a hold of, such as a mop or an oily rag tied to a stick, absolutely no finesse what so ever

@matthewlantz1677 Жыл бұрын

The timing of this video 👌 My cousin and I were just talking about how to paint our tanka

@Le_Petomane Жыл бұрын

Ive neve painted a tank after 30 odd years of gaming belive it or not. I think this is some of your best work honestly.

@GarbachNL Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another awesome tutorial!! Loved it!

@sam-6008 Жыл бұрын

Love the video Eric!

@unsuisseegare1291 10 ай бұрын

I'm not a warhammer painter, but the last exemples helped me a lot to paint my DAK panzer III, very good video

@DungeonMasterpiece Жыл бұрын

I was about to paint some 10mm scale Soviet armor this weekend, so this video is perfect timing!! Thanks!

@felixguay6218 Жыл бұрын

Wow !! Really awesome !! Thanks for that video ! I’ll use your technique for sure ! 😁

@wokehammer40k Жыл бұрын

Great techniques! Really inspired me to paint up some armor!

@jtrain9926 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, thanks for explaining that gradient theory, I'll def try it out on my 30K tanks.

@philhitchings Жыл бұрын

If you apply little blobs of Blut tak (poster putty) and then apply some cotton wool tufts onto the Blut Tak any air-brush spray can layers applied over this will give a soft edge result to the camo pattern

@Sturmensky Жыл бұрын

An excellent video with some seriously good tip! Though I had to chuckle, as I finished a winter-schemed Chimera not too long ago. Might have waited if I'd known this was coming lol. Given camo was brought up: if anyone's interested in the topic, I'd also like to offer another suggestion. If you prefer blended lines, but lack an airbrush, you can get a fairly good result by blocking in your stripes roughly, then drybrushing each colour over the opposing's border (e.g., if colours A & B are next to each other, drybrush A onto the B side of the border, then B onto the A side of the border), but don't worry about letting the paints dry. Follow with some sponge stippling on both sides. Depending on how many layers you do, or if you apply washes between to darken the prior layer, you can get effects ranging from smooth blend to a semi-dappled transition.

@MrSilver992 Жыл бұрын

Eric, your pronunciation of "vallejo" was excellent and thanks for this wonderful guido, i hope to apply it soon Greetings from Chile

@ondarkendwings Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Very helpful. Learning how volumes and shapes reflect light is so helpful. Breaking a model down into its basic shapes like with sketching out drawing. C:

@Mr_Waffle. 11 ай бұрын

I don’t have an airbrush or confidence, but I do like that weathering style so I’ll be trying it out, thanks!

@fluminox13 Жыл бұрын

For camouflage I did, I used some Q-tips and kind of rolled and touched them on the tank. First paint it in the base colour and than use the Q-tips. Tbf, the tank was way smaller

@monsterofvalhalla3397 Жыл бұрын

Each of these tanks deserves a like... Great Vid. These 2 tanks on my shelf dont seem as daunting now. Thankyou

@lucaslisznianski6416 Жыл бұрын

Great video! It’s an amazing demonstration the techniques.

@EdwinK-13 Жыл бұрын

beautiful fun and fantastic. Nuff said. Thanks brother!

@Saigemeister Жыл бұрын

Killing it as always. Great vid!!

@Kid_illithid Ай бұрын

Only ever watched you build stuff. Had no idea you were such a good painter! I just did an ork battleagon in a cadian camo scheme using rattlecans and silly putty for masking. I can’t believe how good it came out. I thought for sure I would botch it somehow but it might be my magnum opus so far. It’s emboldened me to try some big HQs like Ghaz or a greater demon, or maybe pick up a knight.

@cspo Жыл бұрын

The cube demo is so good!!

@Karvoc Жыл бұрын

Fantastic guide for painting tanks.

@cmbunit01 Жыл бұрын

Very, very cool. I've got some tanks for Heavy Gear Blitz to paint up and this couldn't have come at a better time. The inverse gradient effect is legit, I'll be doing that from now on.

@soundgarden8885 Жыл бұрын

Tank you for the video!!😁

@rdminatures-pr2qt Жыл бұрын

This was really helpful👍

@zentinelable Жыл бұрын

Erics hobby workshop. Cmon... I am Spanish and I love your videos because of the content that you create and useful tips (your video on bretonnia inspired me to paint a very large bretonnia army applying the rule of cool). If anyone, after the amount of hours that you spend giving us this content for free, complaints about the pronunciation of Vallejo, then I am astonished to say the least...

@_Gondor44_ 10 ай бұрын

I stumbled upon this right before I was getting ready to paint my land raider. Thank you!

@ono1381 Жыл бұрын

Yeah got some leman russ that needed this, thanks Eric!

@atlas6538 Жыл бұрын

Ohhh, that rogak dorn looks fantastic in that scheme

@tomtruesdale6901 Жыл бұрын

Very nice job on those tanks.

@leochachuat5906 Жыл бұрын

Great video, it's amazing to see the results you get while keeping the process very simple. I was just wondering if it would be even better to add the transfers before painting the chipping for the chimera? It would make sense that these too are a bit damaged and worn out.

@savagex466-qt1io Жыл бұрын

That was my fist codex ever. That old school imperial guard codex. Sic art in it.

@warhammer-neophyte Жыл бұрын

Damn, that looks like fun.

@benjaminjack867 Жыл бұрын

Always been intimidated by big models.....I have three tanks assembled and collecting dust. I needed this one!

@gabrielemarino5162 Жыл бұрын

Really cool video, who doesn't love tanks? They're awesome, and you did them justice too! Especially love the IG tanks color scheme. But i also would love to see a video about your valhallans too, can you show us your color scheme? maybe a painting video? Thanks a lot for your work, it's really inspiring!

@Kojak0 Жыл бұрын

Speaking of real world tanks and painting model tanks: don't overdo rust chips - it's rare to see much of them actually, especially older WW2 type tanks were they used lead-based paint in thick layers - that shit could almost take bullets and still hang on. Some rust spots will be present, but very sparingly. More common would be rust stains, ie were moisture has crept under the paint, oxidised and stained the surface - this is more evident especially around nuts and bolts. A more common wear is actually shiny metal wherever the crew and other people move a lot, like around hatches or ladders - these areas will lose the paint, and will not develop rust either simply because the wear takes that off as well.

@Nigelius Жыл бұрын

Oooooh the cube of learning!

@Itstheminiatureguy Жыл бұрын

Dope thanks for the help

@eurieus Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing video, thanks for the tips, they look amazing. How you go about painting an off-white tank ?

@jphanks Жыл бұрын

Those tanks will look good at the feet of a certain Titan... 😛

@npf6717 Жыл бұрын

Damn, those are some nice looking tanks.

@andrewwoodhead3141 Жыл бұрын

Quick tip for tracks ect. Get a pencil, one you ain't going to use again , break it up and save the lead centre. Grind the lead down to dust using a bit of fine grain sand paper. Use an old brush to apply the dust to the tracks. Buff using a cotton Q Tip. You want the working parts to look a little shiny, but not the whole track. Also works great for gunmetal , just apply to a coat of black.

@wokkolandia Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@doguipreacher 10 ай бұрын

Applying transfers after weathering. A true professional.

@EricsHobbyWorkshop 10 ай бұрын

Never let orthodoxy stop you from doing it how you want

@doguipreacher 10 ай бұрын

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Nor common sense.

@EricsHobbyWorkshop 10 ай бұрын

@@doguipreacher what would common sense tell you to do if you had already weathered something and then decided to add a transfer

@roloshobbytable Жыл бұрын

Not really a tanky guy, but this does inspire me do do one or two. Thanks!

@Mornomgir Жыл бұрын

Good vid as always and some great paintjobs! A few ideas of my own here. A smooth finish for the first coat from a painting perspective might make sense but if you want a more realistic approach out of the box use a brush. Most combat vehicles are painted and repainted many times over that means the gritiness of the paint itself is part of the first weathering stage if you will.

@forgefathervulkanhestan18 Жыл бұрын

I've had a Lemen Russ on my table since August 😅. But I'll paint it soon I swear!

@wanna877 Жыл бұрын

When you do the chimera tank, you add some white texture with a sponge. I wonder if dry brushing could replace both airbrush highlight and sponged texture, steps..... That could be quicker and easier.

@TheKsalad Жыл бұрын

My Rogal Dorn Battle Tank's first kill was a traitorous Baneblade, new model syndrome cancels out if you go after the biggest fish in the pond

@PhilipSigler 2 ай бұрын

Awesomeness

@DiverDays Жыл бұрын

Atleast it wasn’t filled with spaghetti this time!

@EricsHobbyWorkshop Жыл бұрын

That joke was supposed to be for this video but I couldn’t help myself and posted it early. Smh lol

@lawrences1347 Жыл бұрын

Painted 3 tanks for one vid! Very impressive.

@aleksanderandersson Жыл бұрын

"Look at this oil wash seep into the cracks, you literally need no motor skills at all to make this happen!" Consider me sold! :D

@demonbre Жыл бұрын

15:45 "You literally need no motor skills..." Me: "Keep talking."

@michaelslack7359 Жыл бұрын

Great video! For the dorn can I ask what oils and enamels you use?

@theresevoerman7109 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video. Question: what highlight colour did you use for the SoH predator painting?

@The_Modeling_Underdog Жыл бұрын

Eric, on the next video: "So, I was watching Nightshift's channel last night. And his 'Chipping a tank for 72 hours straight' challenge looks interesting. We'll do it in 96 hours." About the airbrush, I've seen most 40k youtubers tend to use some coarse settings, worthy of "carpet bombing" the model with paint. The highlight effect on the first tank would have been more visible in the end result by fine tunning the needle movement, I think. The airbrush would have sprayed much less paint in a smaller space and the end result wouldn't have been almost lost under the effects. But, that is just my take. The last one was a proper "Western Desert Matilda meets its grea-great-whatever-grandson" crossover. Very, very nice. Great work right there, mate. Cheers.

@dylantan3124 7 ай бұрын

Awesome help on how to highlight tanks but I have a question for black or dark coloured tanks ie black Templar armoured vehicles what colours would you use to put on the battle damage? Thanks for an awesome video

@imacie 11 ай бұрын

Tank you very muchly

@ManglingMinis Жыл бұрын

For chipping, would you have a suggesting for what colour to use if you're base is a really dark colour? For instance, my Night Lords use a really really dark blue, meaning it's hard to have dark chipping show up on them, but since they aren't completely black it also makes metallic chips not really show up

@Chablar89 Ай бұрын

Do you apply a gloss coat before doing the oil wash? Thanks for the great video

@4plainlimbs Жыл бұрын

@eric what’s psi/ brand of varnish do you use? I’m just getting into airbrushing varnish and I’m always worried of putting too much on/ getting frosting. So far so good, but curious how you are. Using Vallejo Polyeurethane.