Sometimes you need minis on the tabletop fast; learn how to do it with this Speed Paint Black Templars tutorial from Hellfire Hobbies!
If you’re planning on going with the crusaders of the far future, you need to get good at painting black and white! This painting tutorial will help you tackle the steps without much hassle! Just keep in mind this is for a battle-ready standard, so not the highest quality ever, but if you want to field a painted army fast, this is a great tutorial!
Let’s see how to do it.
How to Speed Paint Black Templars: Hellfire Hobbies Tutorial
He starts by priming them with Matt Black from the Army Painter. He likes using this because the paint is color matched, so it’s super easy if you need to do touch-ups.
Step 1:
He starts with the airbrush and loads up Gun Metal. Keep the backpacks off for this, and spray them down using this color.
Now onto the model itself. Max loads Dark Reaper into the airbrush and sprays the whole model from the top down.
Next, he goes to the brush and paints the shoulder pads, Celestial Grey. If you have any mistakes with the gray, touch it up with the black.
Just keep in mind you might have to do a few coats.
Step 2:
Back to the airbrush, he loads up Matt White (but don’t clean your airbrush from the gray, so it’s not as pure white). He just does a quick spray of the shoulder pads to highlight them.
You can also use the black from before to fix any overspray. Now, to finish the shoulder pads, he paints two crosses on the shoulder pads. He does this with Matt Black and starts by making a small cross and then adds a tiny V to the end of each line.
Step 3:
Next, he blocks in all the silver, such as the gun, and then adds a little gold to highlight the model. Then, he paints Steel Legion for the purity seals and highlights them with Skeleton Bone. Then he does all the other highlights with a darker red and highlights it with Evil Sunz Scarlett.
Step 4:
Now it’s time to wash. He starts with Nuln Oil for all the silver areas, Agrax Earthshade for the gold parts, and finally Seraphim Sepia for the purity seals.
Finished Model
All he does is base it, and you’re good to go! A decent-looking Black Templar model, and you can get a ton of them done in no time.
Be sure to watch the video below for all the insights!
That does it for this one! If you want to see more, check out Hellfire Hobbies’ own tutorial by clicking this link.
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
