White Scars Armor Speed painting Guide

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer White Scars Kit bashed Mark VI Vigilator Space Marine from the Horus Heresy. It includes a blue glowing eyes tutorial.
For the whole mini including the base the process took 4 hours.

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##### The Armor #####

1. Prime the Mini Black

2. Base coat the mini by stippling on multiple thin 1:5 mixed layers of Vallejo - Neutral Grey 77.992 and water with a Artis Opus - Series D (size M) brush

3. Add volumetric highlights by stippling multiple thin 1:5 mixed layers of Vallejo - Blue Grey Pale 77.905 and water with a Artis Opus - Series D (size M) brush

4. Add even smaller volumetric highlights by stippling with a Artis Opus - Series D (Size S) brush a 1:5 mix of Vallejo - Pale Grey Blue 77.907 and water

5. Finish the volumetric highlights by stippling with a Artis Opus - Series D (Size S) brush a 1:4 mix of P3 - Morrow White and water

6. Base coat the metal parts and the sub suit with Vallejo - Gunmetal Grey 77.720

7. Cover the gun casing and cables with Citadel - Abaddon Black

8. Base coat all parts that should appear gold with Scale 75 - Victorian Brass

9. cover the hands and add som freehand armor paintings with a 2:1 mix of Citadel - Khorne Red and Citadel - Abaddon Black

10. Add volumetric highlights to the hands and freehand paintings with Citadel - Khorne Red

11. Create Highlights on the gun casing and cables with Vallejo - Dark Grey 70.994

12. Intense the highlights on the gun casing and cables with Vallejo - Neutral Grey 77.992

13. Add small reflection and edge highlights on the gun casing and cables with Vallejo - Pale Grey Blue 77.907

14. Smooth out the highlights with a glaze of Citadel - Abaddon Black

15. Highlight the metal parts with Citadel - Ironbreaker

16. Prepare the surface of the armor with Micro sol and apply decals

17. Create volumetric highlights to the golden parts with Vallejo - Gold 77.725

18. Add Edge highlights to the focussed armor parts with P3 - Morrow White

19. Cover the whole miniature with a coat of Vallejo Premium - Gloss Varnish 62.064 with a brush or airbrush

!!!LET THE GLOSS VARNISH FULLY DRY!!!

20. Mix 2:1 Schmincke - ivory black and Schmincke - burnt Sienna add as much white spirit that you achieve a contrast color consistency, and cover the whole mini with the mix

21. Let it dry for at least 12+ hours

22. Use a Qtip or eshadow applicator tools, to remove the oil wash from all the surfaces (No mineral spirits or anything else involved)

23. Apply a full coat of Vallejo Premium - Satin Varnish 62.063 with a brush or airbrush

24. Fix the missing recess shades with Citadel - Black Templar Contrast

25. Recreate some Edge highlights to intense the with armor with P3 - Morrow White

26. Add scratches and armor chipping with Vallejo - Dark Grey 70.994

27. Create depth to the scratches with P3 - Morrow White

28. Add chipping to the decals and final highlights to the red parts with Citadel - Mephiston Red

29. Done!

###### Glowing Eyes #####

1. Base coat the entire eye, including the corners, with Citadel - Kantor Blue

2. Use a mix of 1:1 Citadel - Sybarite Green and Citadel - Thousand Sons Blue, and add center focused highlights with brush strokes from left and right for both lenses.

3. Add an edge highlight the size of the lens highlight using the mix from above

4. Repeat step two with an even smaller highlight using the highlight mix and add some P3 - Morrow White

5. Add an edge highlight the size of the highlight in the bottom corner using the mix from above

6. Intense the highlight mix with even more P3 - Morrow White and add the last tiny highlight

7. Add a dot highlight in the center using P3 -Morrow White

8. Add a small dot on the edge of the bottom corner with P3 - Morrow White

9. Done!

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