Warhammer 40.000 – Plaguenarr

Iron Warriors Vehicle painting guide – Grimdark

Quick painting tutorial for a Warhammer Horus Heresy Iron Warriors Contemptor Dreadnought Armor. Features true metallic metal armor techniques and a step-by-step guide for three different methods how to paint hazard stripes. A big thanks to Taschengelddieb who provided the model and decals to be finally able to create a vehicle guide!

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Nuln Oil, Contrast Medium, Darkoath Flesh Contrast, Mephiston Red, Wild Rider Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Fire Dragon Bright, Flash Gitz Yellow, Yriell Yellow
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl	Pro Acryl Expansion Set Metallics GET 5% Discount on Monument Hobbies products! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Vallejo	Premium Gloss Varnish, Premium Satin Varnish, Pigment FX, Natural Sienna
Microscale	Micro Sol

Second Edition Ultramarines Painting Guide

This is a step-by-step painting tutorial showing how I recreated the classic Eavy Metal Second Edition Space Marines style. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the iconic bright armor colors, crisp highlights, and bold details that defined the 1990s Warhammer 40K aesthetic. Perfect for hobbyists who want to capture that nostalgic look or learn the fundamentals of clean, competition-level miniature painting.

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Flash Gitz Yellow, Wild Rider Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Ironbreaker, Caledor Sky, Contrast Medium, XV-88, Warplock Bronze, Basilicanum Grey, Iyanden Yellow, Flesh Tearers Red, Snakebite Leather, Blood Angels Red, Ultramarines Blue, Teclis Blue, Lothern Blue, Trollslayer Orange, Balor Brown, Warboss Green, Straken Green
Vallejo	Premium Satin Varnish
Army Painter	Moon Dust, Military Shader

Thousand Sons 40k speed painting guide

This is a detailed video speed painting guide how i have painted a Warhammer 40k Thousand Sons Rubric Marine. The Color Scheme is inspired by the Space Marine 2 Video Game.
One of the most time consuming parts are the trims. I came up with a nice idea to save some time while applying highlights.
This guide also includes a step by step guide how i have painted the green glowing eyes.

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Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% OFF on ALL Artis Opus products and Brushes ! Link: SHOP NOW Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Gaahleri	Premium Series GHPM-Mobius 0.2mm Airbrush GET 10% Discount on Gaahleri products! Discount Code: Plaguenarr
Citadel	Black Templar
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Gloss Varnish, Premium Satin Varnish, Silver
Schmincke	burnt Sienna, ivory black
Microscale	Micro Sol
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Scythes of the Emperor Painting Guide Inspired by Astartes II

his is a detailed guide how i have painted a Warhammer 40k Scythes of the Emperor Space Marine. The Color Scheme is inspired by the Astartes II trailer.

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Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Guilliman Flesh, Ironbreaker, Black Templar, Incubi Darkness, Thunderhawk Blue
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Satin Varnish,Neutral Grey, Basalt Grey, Pale Grey Blue, German Grey
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Dark Angels Deathwing 40k speed painting guide

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer 40k Space Marine Deathwing Terminator of the Dark Angels Chapter.

This is another of the guides where i tried to create a more Eavy Metal styled guide, by still maintaining time efficiency while painting.

For the whole mini including the base the process took around 3.0 hours.

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Mephiston Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Contrast Medium, Black Templar, Screaming Skull, Fire Dragon Bright, Gore Grunta Fur
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Gloss Varnish, Premium Satin Varnish, Basalt Grey, Neutral Grey, Pale Grey Blue
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl	Pro Acryl Base Set GET 5% Discount on Monument Hobbies products! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Microscale	Micro Sol

Space Wolves 40k speed painting guide

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer 40k Primaris Assault intercessor Space Wolve in Mark X Armor.

For the whole mini including the base the process took around 3.0 hours.

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Mephiston Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Contrast Medium, Black Templar, Ultramarines Blue, Fire Dragon Bright, Doombull Brown, Yriell Yellow, Yriell Yellow
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Gloss Varnish, Premium Satin Varnish, Dark Grey, Neutral Grey, Pale Grey Blue
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl	Pro Acryl Base Set GET 5% Discount on Monument Hobbies products! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Microscale	Micro Sol

Crimson Fists Easy Eavy Metal Color scheme

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer 40k Primaris intercessor Crimson Fists Space Marine in Mark X Armor.

The idea behind this paint job was to narrow down the Eavy Metal painting style to its basics, and provide you ways how to achieve a Eavy metal look with speed painting patterns.

Let me know if you like this kind of painting style and guide and we will make a series out of this!

For the whole mini including the base the process took around 2.5 hours.

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Abaddon Black, Kantor Blue, Caledor Sky, Mephiston Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Contrast Medium, Black Legion, Fire Dragon Bright
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Gloss Varnish, Premium Satin Varnish
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl	Pro Acryl Base Set GET 5% Discount on Monument Hobbies products! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Microscale	Micro Sol

Black Templars Grimdark color scheme

This video is a full guide that shows how to paint a Black Templar Primaris Space Marine in a weathered Grimdark style

The whole painting process including basing took around 4h.

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Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Skeleton Horde, Morghast Bone, Screaming Skull
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Satin Varnish, Airbrush thinner
Dirty Down	Rust, Verdigris, Moss
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Emperor´s Children Chaos Space Marine painting guide

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer 40k Emperor’s Children Chaos Space Marine Armor from. It includes a green glowing eyes tutorial.
For the whole mini including the base the process took 3.5 hours.

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Ironbreaker, Incubi Darkness, Thunderhawk Blue, Thunderhawk Blue, Terradon Turquoise
Vallejo	Gunmetal Grey, Premium Satin Varnish,Neutral Grey, Basalt Grey
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Space Marines Glowing Plasma Gun OSL

This video shows how i paint the Gun casing and glowing plasma on my Warhammer 40k / Horus Heresy models

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Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% OFF on ALL Artis Opus products and Brushes ! Link: SHOP NOW Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
PK-PRO	GET 5% OFF on selected products Link: SHOP NOW Discount Code: Plague2025
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Adeptus Custodes Shoulders, Ropes and Gems

This video is a quick tutorial where I show you how i painted the details on my Legio Custodes Armor.
This is part 2 of 2 and covers the whole process of painting Shoulder pads, Ropes, Leather and Gemstones.

Colors and materials Used in this Guide

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
Citadel	Mephiston Red, Khorne Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Wild Rider Red, Squig Orange, Jokaero Orange, Abaddon Black, Kantor Blue, Thousand Sons Blue, Sybarite Green
P3	Morrow White

Adeptus Custodes TMM Gold Armor

This video is a quick tutorial where I show you how I painted my true metallic metal Warhammer 40k Adeptus Custodes armor.
This video is part 1 of 2 parts and covers the whole process of painting gold armor. The second part will cover the leather, gems and ropes.

Parrt02: Shoulders, Ropes, Leather and Gems

I use this true metallic metal dry brushing process to paint all my Legio Custodes minis for my Armies on Parade 2024 Horus Heresy entry.

Colors Used in this Guide

Brand	Name
Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% Discount on Artis Opus Brushes ! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
PK-PRO	LIQUID MASK, Masking Tape
Golden	Iridescent Gold Deep (Fine), Iridescent Gold (Fine)
Vellejo	Airbrush Thinner, Gunmetal Grey, Premium Satin Varnish
Citadel	Black Legion Contrast, Contrast Medium, Darkoath Flesh Contrast, Stormhost Silver, Nuln Oil, Ironbreaker, Gore-Grunta Fur

Glowing Eyes

A quick painting guide, how I painted glowing eyes on a Salamanders Horus Heresy MK VI Space Marine.

The process to paint this outstanding eyes takes 5-10 min.

Simple epic Mars Base Guide

Here a quick Video how i create my simple buts still epic Mars Bases.

I used this Bases on several Projects. The biggest one was my Armies on Parade 2023 Sons of Horus entry.

I also use them on the ongoing Time vs. Result category where i started to paint every Horus Heresy Legion by mixing multiple speed painting techniques.

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Artis Opus	Series D – Brush Set, Series S – Brush Set GET 5% OFF on ALL Artis Opus products and Brushes ! Link: SHOP NOW Discount Code: PLAGUENARR
PK-PRO	GET 5% OFF on selected products Link: SHOP NOW Discount Code: Plague2025
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl	Pro Acryl Base Set, Pro Acryl Expansion Set Metallics, Pro Acryl Expansion Set Transparents GET 5% Discount on Monument Hobbies products! Discount Code: PLAGUENARR