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Understand to paint Yellow on your Warhammer Miniatures

Roman Lappat Miniature Art

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In this video, I tackle one of the most challenging colors for miniature painters—yellow—and show you how to master it on your Warhammer miniatures. Whether you're struggling with patchy coverage, inconsistent tones, or fear of ruining your model, this comprehensive guide will walk you through the properties of yellow paint and provide essential tips and tricks for achieving smooth, vibrant results. Perfect for miniature painters of all skill levels, this video offers a deep dive into color theory, layering techniques, and practical advice that will help you conquer yellow once and for all, elevating your Warhammer miniatures to a professional level.

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00:00 Welcome
00:35 why painting Yellow is hard for miniature painters
01:50 paint better Yellow using this knowledge
03:45 How I repair my miniature painting
04:38 the perfect Yellow for miniature painting
05:32 how to start painting yellow on miniatures
09:00 painting the perfect yellow for Imperial Fist Space Marines
15:14 final details when painting yellow on Warhammer

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20 Comments

@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART Creator 2 years ago Pinned

One of my Patreons wrote a great summary - thanks Ricardo: "To summarize, instead of using white, pink and brown to make the transparent yellow stronger, one can simply work “normally” with a layer approach when using purple as complimentary to desaturate, hence paint shadows. Best of all, the palette doesn’t increase and all painted parts have pigments they share and so, are much more workable and natural? " - YES!

Hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed creating it!

@ForgottenStreams 2 years ago

"they are holding their hands" is the most wholesome description of color harmony ever

@TOLYAN-888 4 months ago

Thanks for this tutorial. I am really impressed how good this mini figure looks in yellow.

@arcane3327 2 years ago

I really enjoyed this. I think i will stop army painting for a while and get back to painting small character models like this. What i enjoyed the most was your painting was absolutely free from indoctrination. No Recipes, no general solutions, no "only this color will work". Free as art should be - thanks :)

@MaxHammarberg 2 years ago

Small monolog coming: Its very freeing to watch you paint and overall approach, I used to paint more "freely" and working in "wet" when I got back to the hobby 7ish years ago and for some reason got away from it after I learned more. And after a hiatus of since the beginning of the year I got some time and sat down to paint and used your approach and it was so satisfying and fun to paint. I just want to say thank you for showing your way and sharing with others. 🙌

@chriskemp1066 1 year ago

I can’t paint at the moment but watching the freedom and joy in the way you paint is incredibly inspiring. Obviously the product of dedicated study but also mindful experimentation and practice. Certainly something I look forward to implementing as soon as circumstances permit. Thank you!

@Wijkert 1 year ago

Your color theory inspired videos are my favorite!

@fruityscone1736 2 years ago

Beautifully realised yellow colour scheme Roman, thank you for sharing! the fluid and instinctual approach to mini painting is a pure joy to watch and just goes to show painting should be FUN and CREATIVE after all we are the only one's who create bounderies within our painting process we should push those bounderies and explore our creativity. Thanks Roman as always an inspiration!

@Derimos 1 year ago

What I see and hear from couple of great artists (and miniature painters) is that they all have great talent for teaching. Your voice is a voice of a teacher and you can see it has a years of teaching experience, meaning calm, patience, confidence and driving interests in listening. ( Something we all can learn from). That said, thank You Roman for your time putting these videos out. Cheers.

@Wijkert 1 year ago (edited)

0:39 love seeing some artists brands! Especially the Schmincke premium ones.

@fredrikdahlstrom7711 1 year ago

Thank you for this tutorial! You are a real inspiration for us to find a creative and free way to approach our painting. No messin' around with strangely named colour pots. Just pure colours and pure joy! 🖌 ❤️

@CursedCrusaderArts 1 year ago

Thank you for your explainations. I've been developing my style of painting since I came back to the hobby last March but I'd actively avoided yellows because of the challenge of their transparrency. This explaination has been really useful for my big project for the year where I'll have a whole squad of Imperial Fists Jump troops fighting an Iron Warriors Maulerfiend.

@olehlutsenko 2 years ago

The best explanation of theory behind yellow I have heard, thank you Roman! 😊

@deliciousrelish 2 years ago

Ben once again graces us with his appearance in a video. He's doing a great job.

@TobiasAasvang 2 years ago (edited)

Awesome-awesome content in a truly optimal format. So enjoyable.🙏
I really hope other youtubers watch this and learn. 👌

@zamo_oficial 2 years ago

I liked how there are art vibes to your viseo, but also a bit of fun and entertainment (deeeeeep turquoisssse!) while remaining informative and meaningful.

Maybe the part that moved me was your dad memories. It added a lot and gave me a positive feel even though my mother passed away days ago. What I wanted to say with that (hoping not to be to sound excessive) is that feelings are a big deal in your workflow, or at least I feel it that way, and kinda resonate within me.

I sometimes feel like a wooden plank in the sea once I'm painting. That's why I liked the final colour adjustments at the end: I can't ever paint the same colour twice the same way. I wish I was more efficient. I wish I had muscle memory to repeat a yellow recipe that "works". Or a red one, whatever. But I paint going back and forth... pushing into success, then slightly ruining it... the going back to the right track. Till final adjustments.

It's like I can't learn and hold back any bit of knowledge after decades of painting. Or maybe it's my brain who wants results, but my soul needs to play in the mud with colour, like a 6 yrs old kid.

Thanks for keeping doing vids Roman. The tips and these moments you've been sharing for years now, be it via Web, whatever.

Much appreciated.

But not as much appreciated to drop the euro, you squirrel ! Just kidding. Danke!

@ringodeathstarr9795 2 years ago

thank you roman

@Rafael-vu2xn 2 years ago

You are master of using colours, such a great composition

@nztuber 1 year ago

Great, thank you!

@EvgeniiShchetinin 2 years ago

Thank you very much, this lesson about yellow allowed me to finally find an answer to my question about red and it's shadow colour. I tried violet and brown didn't liked the result. It's been a while, but now i an encouraged to experiment with green!