Ph3lan's Miniatures

Horus Ascended - Time Lapse Video Part 2 (The Green Armor and Gold NMM)

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Here is the second video of me painting the Warmaster. This one is meant to be watched together with the PDF Part 2 which covers the same parts of the painting process. The pdf has all the paints and explanations, while the video shows you real time painting footage of how I actually did it.

I will rele...

Horus Ascended - Time Lapse Video Part 1 (the wolf pelt and the cape)

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Here is the first video of me painting the Warmaster. This one is meant to be watched together with the PDF Part 1 which covers the same parts of the painting process. The pdf has all the paints and explanations, while the video shows you real time painting footage of how I actually did it.

I will rele...

Painting Horus Ascended Part 4 PDF - The Base

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Here is the 4th and final instalment of the Horus Ascended painting process. This one shows how I painted the base including the Magenta glow, the bones, the green armor pieces, the rubble, and the metals.
(PDF Guide, 39 Pages)

With this one, the Horus series is finished, although when it comes to ...

Painting Horus Ascended Part 3 PDF - The Steel NMM, Face, Leather etc.

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Here is the 3nd instalment of the Horus Ascended painting process. This one shows how I painted the Steel bits (Mace/Claws), the Face and the surrounding glow effect, the leather bits and the eye of Horus motives on the armor.

(PDF Guide, 39 Pages)

The next guide will be the final one, where I'l...

Warcrow Varank Long Form Video

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This is the 2 hour long footage of me painting the Varank Ladies from the Beyond Winds of the North Expansion box for Warcrow. You can find the explanation and the thinking process in the PDF guide and in the YouTube video, this is simply a lot of real time footage of me painting with music, so you can get...

Warcrow - Varank Painting Guide

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You can find a guide about how to paint the blue skinned Varank from the Northern Tribes in Warcrow (1 PDF 66 Pages)

As usual the guide contains all the paints and steps needed to paint every element on the minis.

These gals were a ton of fun to paint, so let me know if you guys want to see more ...

Painting Horus Ascended Part 2 PDF - The Armor (Green Panels and Gold Trim)

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Here is the 2nd instalment of the Horus Ascended painting process. This one shows how I painted the green armor panels and the gold trim around them.

(PDF Guide, 26 Pages)

Let me know what you think!

Cheers,

Zoltan/Ph3lan

Painting Horus Ascended Part 1 PDF - The Cloak and the Pelt

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With this PDF we start another big project consisting of multiple guides. I painted this for Mosonshow, the biggest Hungarian Miniature show and painting competition. I don't think it can really win anything, I simply didn't have enough time to really refine it to that point.

But I still wanted to enter...

How To Paint Fur PDF Guide

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This is a simple guide showing you how to paint good looking fur or pelts on your minis following a couple of simple rules.

(PDF guide 14 Pages).

Cheers,

Zoltan/Ph3lan

Painting Black Templar Sword Brother - Long Form Video

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This is more than 2 hour long footage of me painting the black templar sword brother. You can find the explanation and the thinking process in the PDF guide and in the YouTube video, this is simply a lot of real time footage of me painting with music, so you can get a better idea of how I did things.
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How to Paint Black Templars PDF Guide 3

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You can find a guide about how I painted the NMM and the Sword on my Black Templars Sword Brethren (22 Page PDF)

As usual the guide contains all the paints and steps needed to paint the Gold and Steel and the fancy NMM sword with the secondary reflections.

You can find the first two guides in the...

Painting SandTrap Pan Oceania - Long Form Video

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This is almost 2 hours of real time footage of me painting the Pan O side of Operation Sandtrap. There is a YouTube video with all the explanations on my YT channel, so this one is just a lot more footage without commentary.

There is also a PDF guide here on Patreon, so the YT video, the PDF and this vi...

How to Paint Black Templars PDF Guide 2

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You can find a guide about how I painted the black armor and red decorations on my Black Templars Sword Brethren (21 Page PDF)

As usual the guide contains all the paints and steps needed to paint highlighted black armor panels on a space marine and the red armor trim and other decorations.

You can...

3+1 Ways to Paint a Cape - Patreon Exclusive Version

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Usually when my wife and I edit the videos we have a version with a lot of painting footage, but we have to cut most of it out so the YouTube video end up around the 10-15 minute long which seems to be the sweet spot for most people.

But we thought here on Patreon you are not like most people, and maybe...

Black Templars PDF Guide 1 - Rough Sackcloth Type Cape

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You can find a guide about how I painted the rough sackcloth cape of my Black Templar Sword Brethren. (17 Page PDF)

As usual the guide contains all the paints and steps needed to paint rough woven fabric which you can use on any garments on your minis, not just capes.

I hope you guys enjoy this ...

New Video on YouTube - SpeedPainting Operation Sandtrap PanO Forces

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Just a quick heads up that the latest video is out on YouTube, this time featuring a guide for painting the the PanOceania side of the Sandtrap Infinity Starter Set.

You can find the PDF guide for them in the post below! :)

Cheers,

Zoltan/Ph3lan

Speed Painting PanOceania - Operation Sandtrap

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You can find the PDF guide about painting the PanOceania Kestrel side of the Operation Sandtrap (1 PDF, 44 pages)

As usual I tried to get as close as possible to the box art, but in less than 2 hours spent per model. Considering that the 7 models took me 13 hours of painting time, I think they came out...

Simple but Effective Bronze and Dark Iron NMM

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I made an 1 hour video guide about how I did the metals on the pre-heresy Death Guard. I used new color recipes to represent the dirty/grimy and corroded look.

The method is quite simple and fast, but it looks pretty good for the time invested I think.

I hope you will find it useful! :)

Che...

Preview: PanO Kestrel Speed Painting Guide

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I know that some of you have been waiting for the PanO side of the Sandstorm box for a while. The models are now painted and I started working on the video and the guide. If everything goes according to plan, you will see both of them go live next Friday :)

Today I will publish a vi...

Ariadna Marauder PDF Painting Guide

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You can find the PDF guide about painting an Ariadna Marauder in camouflage green armor and khaki fatigues (1 PDF, 22 pages)

There is no video on YouTube this week, but I thought some of you might be interested in how I painted the Ariadna Marauder on my latest Infinity Diorama (That won in the Scenery ...

New Video on YouTube - How to Paint Pre-Heresy Death Guard

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Just a quick heads up that the latest video is out on YouTube, this time featuring a guide for painting the Pre-Heresy Death Guard in their dirty bone white armor with green accents.

You can find the PDF guide for them in the post below! :)

Cheers,

Zoltan/Ph3lan

Pre-Heresy Death Guard Painting Guide

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You can find the PDF guide about painting the Pre-Heresy era bone white armor for Death Guard. (1 PDF 87 pages)

The guide shows how to paint a 30K and a 40K model and both NMM and true metallic versions.

I hope you guys like this one!

Enjoy!

Zoltan/Ph3lan

Painting a PanO Tikbalang | Painting with Inks and Advanced NMM

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You can find the PDF guide for painting the PAN Oceania Tikbalang from my How to Paint with Inks video attached. (1 PDF 57 pages)

This includes all the work I did with inks, the highlights, battle damage, and the multiple types of NMM on the model.

This one was part of a diorama that I made for th...

New Video on YouTube - Krieg Riders Speed Painting Guide

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Just a quick heads up that the latest video is out on YouTube, this time featuring a guide for painting the Death Riders of Krieg.

You can find the PDF guide for them in the post below! :)

Cheers,

Zoltan/Ph3lan

Death Korps of Krieg Speed Painting Guide

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You can find the PDf guide about painting the Death Riders from the Death Korps of Krieg attached. (1 PDF 48 pages)

This guide should work for you if you want to paint only the infantry men as well.

I was trying to get as close to the box art as possible while only spending 2 hours per model. I th...

Iron Man Hulkbuster Tutorial 4 - The Effects

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You can find the PDF guide about how I painted the Effects on the Hulkbuster armor.(1 tutorial, 31 pages)

This one is the final guide in a series of 4 PDFs. The first three dealt with the Red Armor, the Steel and the Gold NMM respectively.

This was my fun project over the Holidays, so I hope you g...

Death Guard Plague Marine Speed Painting Video Guide

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Since the plague marine speed painting video was so popular both on YouTube and here on Patreon I made a longer form tutorial video to go together with the PDF.

It has a lot more footage than the YouTube version in case you want to follow along and I included more unscripted commentary as well which wh...

Iron Man Hulkbuster Tutorial 3 - Gold NMM

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You can find the PDF guide about how I painted the Gold on the Hulkbuster armor, but you can also use the same method on other bigger models, like Dreadnoughts or TAGs as well.
(1 tutorial, 20 pages)

This one is the 3nd of 4 PDFs. The first two deal with the Red Armor and the Steel NMM respectively a...

New Video on YouTube - Wet Palette Guide

Hey everyone!

Just a quick heads up that the latest video is out on YouTube, this time featuring a guide about Wet Palettes :)

Cheers,

Zoltan

Iron Man Hulkbuster Tutorial 2 - Steel NMM

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You can find the PDF guide about how I painted the Steel NMM on the Hulkbuster armor, but you can also use the same method on other bigger models, like Dreadnoughts or TAGs as well.
(1 tutorial, 20 pages)

This one is the 2nd of 4 PDFs. The first deals with the Red Armor and the next two with the gold...