Colour Theory in Practice: Are Limited Colour Palettes Faster? [How I Paint Things]

Well, rather than keep you in suspense with the title: I think they are! Painting this Valor Korps trooper took me less than an hour overall, and that's including time spent highlighting. The end result looks striking and as part of an army would look great on the tabletop - easily achieved by deliberately keeping to a narrow set of colour choices which are harmonious with one another, according to the colour wheel.

Make sure and check out some other sources on colour theory! It's a fascinating subject whether or not you're painting miniatures, but for those of us that're putting armies on the table it can really help to jump start some thinking on what colour choices should work together when we apply them to our figures.

Find the Valor Korps STLs from The Makers Cult here: https://www.cgtrader.com/themakerscult
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00:00 - Intro
00:59 - A Little on Colour Theory
03:23 - Painting Time!
10:46 - Battle Ready Complete
11:15 - Highlighting
13:18 - The Finished Trooper

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THE BASE: Stirland Mud, drybrush Ryza Rust then Eldar Flesh. Stipple Tyrant Skull on the jacket as you like. Paint rim in Rhinox Hide, add tufts to taste.

PAINTS USED:

PRIMER:
Grey (Vallejo Spray Primer Can - not Airbrush!)
Grey Seer would also work fine here

CITADEL:
Karak Stone (Layer)
Stormvermin Fur (Layer)
Leadbelcher (Base)
Retributor Armour (Base)
Grey Seer (Base)
Marine Juice: Equal mix of Nuln Oil, Reikland Fleshshade, Lahmian Medium
Squig Orange (Layer)
Liberator Gold (Layer)

VALLEJO:
Cavalry Brown
Metallic Black (Model Air)
Black

VARNISHES:
Vallejo Matt Varnish Spray