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How To ACTUALLY Paint Your First Warhammer Miniature

KatiePlays40k

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Massive thanks to Deck & Dagger in Frome for letting me film in store! Check them out here! https://www.deckanddagger.co.uk

Everything you actually need to build and paint your first Warhammer miniature - from the box to a finished model on your table. Perfect for an absolute beginner (which we all were once!)

This is everything you need to know. I take a single Tyranid Termagant from sprue to finished, and explain the why behind every step, in a way that works for any Warhammer mini!

Covered in this video: what's actually in a Games Workshop starter set and the one thing it's missing, why you should never twist parts off the sprue, what mould lines are and where they come from, the difference between plastic glue and super glue, how to prime without ruining a model (and how to strip one back if you do), what all six paint types actually do and why the names matter, how to drybrush properly, how to edge highlight, the four mistakes every beginner makes, and how to base and finish a model so it looks done.

Want to paint yours in a full colour scheme? My complete Termagant painting tutorial is linked below!

CHAPTERS

0:00 The finished miniature

0:10 Why starting is so confusing

0:59 The five steps

1:28 What you actually need to buy

2:34 Mould lines

3:07 Building - clipping, scraping, glue

6:11 How to ruin a model with primer

7:10 Priming properly (and stripping it back)

9:22 Why there are six kinds of paint

10:25 Wash

10:56 Base

11:30 Drybrush

13:21 Layer and edge highlighting

14:30 Contrast and speedpaint

15:41 Four mistakes every beginner makes

17:50 Basing and finishing

19:23 Where to go next

MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO

Full Termagant painting tutorial How to Paint Tyranids (EASY Method for Beg...

Free paint conversion chart https://thearmypainter.com/en-gb/blog...

SAFETY If you're using a hobby knife, always cut away from your body and hands. If you're under 16, please get an adult to help with this step, or use a mould line remover instead. Prime in a well ventilated space, and wear gloves when stripping models with isopropyl alcohol.

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20 Comments

@Katieplays_40k Creator 1 month ago Pinned

What was your first Warhammer miniature? I'm personally never going to try and repaint my old Carnifex, as a testament to how far I've come as a hobbyist! 🐛💕

@yannickdeneubourg1311 1 month ago

This is the advice I needed when I started out as a teenager.

@gcRoth721 1 month ago

Really appreciate you and other hobby content creators doing videos like these. As someone who has a lot of anxiety when it comes to working with such fine details and delicate little things, guides like this help me feel a little bit more relaxed during the learning process.

@Manga_Lloyd 1 month ago (edited)

I'm only halfway through and this video is incredible! I've never seen or heard the wash first after priming trick before. Game-changer!

You also showed us what it might look like if we do the technique wrong?! Best tutorial ever!

@Baphomet-J.-Moon-Fetus 3 weeks ago

What a great channel - you only popped up on my feed today. I recently started kitbashing / painting gaming models because, after many years, I was bored of building and seeing the same Tigers / Shermans as everyone else online. Once I discovered the absolute madness of WH kitbashing on Pinterest, the choice was easy - and very liberating. It feels a little like relearning how to ride a bicycle, when it comes to the painting techniques - which are nothing like historical modelling at all, BUT I did a glowing energy coil on my first ever GW [Dreadnought] model and I'm loving pushing things further in baby steps. When it comes to brushes, I always thin my acrylics with airbrush thinner, versus tap water... and the same for cleaning my brushes afterwards too. Gentle chemical reactivation is a lot better for cleaning than H20. If I ever get paint up as far as the ferule on a brush, I'll completely clean it there and then - they can be saved while still wet, and become pointy fresh again.

@RadikalKit 1 month ago

Excellent video Katie. Definitely one of the better beginner tutorials I’ve seen in a while. Very comprehensive without being overly long.

@galaxxy09 1 month ago

I just started this hobby and I've realised how expensive it can be just practicing painting.

@RobotKey1 1 month ago

I wish this was around when I started, great video. Glad you made it. So many introduction to warhammer painting tutorials skip the sprues or show 5 seconds of footage and gloss over the details.

@RedPotato1510 4 weeks ago

This is the best introductory vid I've seen! I will be sharing this with any friend who's interested in starting in the hobby

@frankfrankerson89 1 month ago

I just got into the hobby about a month and a half ago. I love your content! It’s been so helpful, thank you.

@gloomycandle2905 1 month ago

I’ve been building models over a few months now and I never even considered some of these or read about them online, really great and informative, thank you!

@kbreviews7785 1 month ago

Just started painting my first models of Orks. I'm really struggling with getting little details clear. This video has been very helpful.

@CottonmouthChaos 1 month ago

Awesome video Katie! I’m a newcomer to the hobby and primed my miniatures incorrectly. Happy to know I can clean them up and start them over!

@RoninOne3 8 days ago

I’m watching with subs so I might have missed it but don’t forget to mix a little water with your paints to thin them down. This is especially true for base paints. Don’t worry about it with your washes though

@robertweatherford4426 1 month ago

I tend to use the back side of the scalpel as a mold line remover. Don't have to worry about scoring the model or my own mortal flesh, and also don't have to keep track of a second tool. Because my memory is shit. 😅

@ilgrande22 1 month ago

Hey Katie just wanted to say I'm enjoying your channel, you inspired me to paint a few of my leviathan bugs after watching your vids. Cheers!

@christopherhornbuckle7076 1 month ago

These tutorials are awesome to have on when I paint my bugs. Would love to see a painting guide for some big models like a Norn!

@James-studios11 3 weeks ago

I was actually just gifted a 2019 starter kit from the guy at my local hobby shop I’ve been looking everywhere on how to make the tyranids properly thank you

@gprawdzik 1 month ago

7:25 " A minutes a lot longer than you think." BRB, I need to have a lil chat with my wife.

@Not_a_typ0-1 1 month ago

My first ever mini I painted was the old metal hive tyrant, this was long before I learned how to pin models and I always remember how the arms used to break off semi regularly, the same with the metal brood lord scything talons.