Painting Adeptus Custodes - Trajann Valoris Made Easy! [How I Paint Things]

If you're going to paint towering golden heroes, why not start at the top? Painting characters for your army doesn't necessarily require that you completely rethink how you paint your bulk infantry - the methods used here for the armour and cape will work just as well on Wardens, Praetors, or even allied Sisters of Silence.

Don't let the size of a miniature intimidate you into not giving it a shot or including it in your army! Just start at the beginning, plan through your steps, and once it's painted? It's painted forever. Try following along with this method and I guarantee you could finish an Adeptus Custodes army even faster than Henry Cavill!

00:00 - Intro
01:04 - How to Get A-Head in Painting
02:03 - Painting the Armour
25:05 - Painting the Face
29:15 - Trajann Valoris: Finished!

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THE BASE: Stirland Mud, drybrush Golgfag Brown and Tyrant Skull, paint edge of base in Dryad Bark and add tufts to taste.

PAINTS USED:

PRIMERS:
Retributor Armour, Wraithbone (Citadel)

CITADEL:
Retributor Armour (Base)
Reikland Fleshshade (Shade)
Sigmarite (Dry)
Necron Compound (Dry)
Ushabti Bone (Layer)
Mephiston Red (Base)
Liberator Gold (Layer)
Iron Hands Steel (Base)
Jokaero Orange (Base)
Zandri Dust (Base)
Corax White (Base)
Caledor Sky (Base)
Mechanicus Standard Grey (Base)
Tyrant Skull (Dry)
Carroburg Crimson (Shade)
Agrax Earthshade (Shade)
Seraphim Sepia (Shade)
Flayed One Flesh (Layer)
Wyldwood (Contrast)
Contrast Medium (Technical)
Thunderhawk Blue (Layer)
Lothern Blue (Layer)
Ulthuan Grey (Layer)
Terminatus Stone (Dry)
Nuln Oil (Shade)
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)
Skavenblight Dinge (Layer)

VALLEJO:
Burnt Red (or Citadel Doombull Brown)
Black
Chrome (Vallejo Model Air)

VARNISHES:
Citadel Munitorum Varnish
Instar Varnish+