Drybrushing Scales + Flames: How to Paint Stormcast Stormdrake Guard

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How to Paint Stormcast Eternals: Stormdrake Guard! In this Artis Opus Tutorial we're bringing out some brand-new drybrushing techniques, for the first time! We're going to show you how to achieve a unique result, which you can only get using (at least some) drybrushing!

The model-painting is broken down into 4 distinct, in depth sections, feel free to skip the assembly tips to get you to the part most relevant to you. We have a little discussion on colour theory beforehand, the video is packed with painting tips, tricks, and hacks, to get the absolute maximum out of your miniature-painting, with plenty of drybrushing!

Covered fully in this tutorial:
0:00 Intro
0:48 Paints Used
1:23 Unboxing/Assembly Tips
3:44 Wings Pre-Painting Analysis
4:20 Base-it! How to basecoat fast without airbrush
5:56 Colour Theory Explanation
8:15 Dragon Painting
18:40 NEW DRYBRUSHING TECHNIQUE - 'Post shading' to increase volumes
24:45 Black 'Batsuit' Armour painting
41:11 'Old Gold' Gold trim armour painting
48:17 OSL (Object Source Lighting: Glowy Stuff) and Flames
1:08:09 Showcase
1:08:42 Outro


How to Paint Flames/Flaming Weapons
How to Paint Satin Black Armour (Batsuit reference 🦇)
How to Paint Gold Trim
How to Drybrush Scales and Textured Volumes (This is the highest-level drybrushing we have done on the channel)

Thoughts about the longer format are very welcome, as well as feedback about the edit.

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In this video Byron’s using the Artis Opus Brushes!

Series D: These high-quality brushes are perfectly designed for stippling, smudging, drybrushing, buffing, and even edge-highlighting. https://store.artis-opus.com/collecti...

Series S – The perfect point, the ideal everyday brush: https://store.artis-opus.com/collecti...

Series M – Shorter heads for precision detailing: https://store.artis-opus.com/collecti...
Series D Brush set: https://store.artis-opus.com/collecti...

XL Series D: https://store.artis-opus.com/collecti...

Accessories (brush racks, cleaner, pallets): https://store.artis-opus.com/

Music: Bensounds

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