How to Paint The Lion
In this video, I will show you how to paint the Lion! Yes Lion El Johnson has returned from his long slumber ready to lead the Dark Angels and his redeemed fallen brothers! This is an epic long tutorial just like the old days, so sit back, relax and enjoy!
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Dang brother! You slapping that on like you're making a brew. Good show!
He‘s such a wonderful model, I love him
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! A tonne of detail!
@AQS521
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait until Corax returns. I think his will be the best loyalist primarch model since he's tapping into some warp fuckery, maybe he'll get badass raven wings
@drip671
4 ай бұрын
@@AQS521😂😂😂😂😂
The Lion looks fantastic! They really outdid themselves design wise
All these months later and I JUST NOW got my hands on a Lion miniature ! He's always been sold out online or in my local store, it's been crazy. I am looking forward to getting him painted so thanks for this !
@ThePaintingCoach
6 ай бұрын
Awesome!
Thank you for the great tutorial. I stuck to it for the most part when I painted my lion and was able to learn a lot and grow beyond myself.
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
Awesome - glad you liked it and that it helped!
This video was so darn good. I am painting my Johnson in Deathwing colours, but I really appreciated this video for some new stuff I learned. Love the gold method. Love the Black > Green base coat to clean highlights, blew my mind. Amazing painting, earned yourself a sub
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - I appreciate it!
Looks fantastic. Lovely in depth tutorial and easy to follow.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
I followed this guide and The Lion turned out GREAT. Thanks for the tips!!
@ThePaintingCoach
9 ай бұрын
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you brother, im gona use a blend of airbrush and your highlighting techniques to get mine done.
Step one: Posses a lion el'jhonson model
@douggherkin
7 ай бұрын
Ha ha ha ha! 😂🤣😂🤣 ....yep! That is no small task is it? Lol.
Amazing tutorial as always, absolutely incredible paint job!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Ive been waiting for this guide, I always appreciate your approach and insight into models especially with characters. Thank you for this tutorial Lloyd 🙏
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Niko
@nikot.9920
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach Cheers
Amazing painting guild, love it, thank you!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
My moat anticipated video of urs! Great job !
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Absolutely stunning!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Gordon 👍🏻
Been waiting for this one, amazing job!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dennis!
This video is very helpful! I'm going to get my miniature this weekend, so excited!
@ThePaintingCoach
6 ай бұрын
Awesome! Enjoy!
Splendid work, thanks for the tutorial!
@ThePaintingCoach
10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the best model I've seen you paint my friend. Amazing job
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike!
Pro Acryl has some really nice metallics that go with minis like this wonderfully.
I'm still a new Warhammer fan, and I have yet to get any mini's, but when I eventually do I am going to be using your tutorials as guidance because I find them quite easy to under stand. Thank you for your effort sir
@ThePaintingCoach
6 ай бұрын
Excellent 👍🏻
Damn this is beautiful, been really looking forward to this one. Borrowing your green style, that is really nice looking.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Amazing paint job and tutorial!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I've been waiting for this!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy!
Finaly someone painting in subassemblies :=)
i used your technique for painting his face on a comission i painted for a friend (substituting bugmans glow for barbarian flesh from AP though) and it was hands down the best face i have ever painter, love vid mate.
@ThePaintingCoach
7 ай бұрын
Awesome 👍🏻
Not sure if loving you to bits for giving me a reliable, solid and beautifull scheme and set to follow for painting this gorgeous, beautifull model or hating your guts for making me buy three primers I will use just for It, around ten/fifteen colours and making me doubt my, admittedly lacking, abilities. Still, thanks are in order, good sir!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I think 🤣
Yours looks great wish mine looked that good
Fantastic work! 😮👍🏽👌
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
into the painting guides you go!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
Great vid for a great sculpt
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Heather 👍🏻
Yesss Thank you for this!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Excellent Tutorial! Now I just need a Lion El'Jonson model
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully he will be released on his own soon!
Very nice!
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
Thanks for defending Corax White! I just use a hand mixer with a bit of medium into the paint and then it's really one of the nicest whites out there. I love Bold Ttitanium White as well but that is a pure pure white where i like Corax White as a cold white for cloth and things like that. I am not a "this or that brand" painter and I mostly recently have been using mostly Citadel and Pro Acryl.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
I have far too much paint haha! I like corax as the base for any white, then shade depending on the material - soulblight for hard surgaces, apothecary white for cloth
not too shabby 🦁
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers
Very nice. Thank you.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it
Oh man. I wanna paint my one now. Too many things I need to finish first though. Also, can't wait for your shatterpoint vids!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
I feel your pain! Always too much to do! Glad you enjoyed this one!
@TronsTableTop
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach oh so much to do. But need to finish stuff first. Working through the mcp core box.
Ctrl+F "balthasar" - no results I tell you what, the Painting Phase lads will be disappointed, so they will! Great work on the model fella
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers thanks! They will be fine - they get personalised Balthasar Gold voice notes 😝
This miniature is just straight up gorgeous, now if only it was in stock and not out of stock within seconds by bots and scalpers…
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully he will be released stand alone soon
@CastleOD
Жыл бұрын
people are out of their mind if they think I'm paying 350.00 for it lol
Gosh, you made him more like Charles Dance
Nice!! Nice, nice, nice! Nice! Fried nice! 3 blind nice! Coach says nice, drink gin on ice.
One model is really like to see you do is the new Dante model. I got the new model myself but I’m waiting to start him until I see a couple of different tutorials on him.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
He'll be up next 👍🏻
🔥🔥🔥
NICE!!!! thx
What do you use as holders for all the peices?
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Redgrass Games handles and a selection of cork bottle stoppers
how did you paint the lightning on the sword? the strands
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
Check this video out kzread.info/dash/bejne/m559sLOohbfHmqQ.html
wonderfull
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
Did you do only one coat of the 1:1 of Caliban and black for the armour so it has some transparency or did you do multiple coats for the solid colour?
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
I did just the one coat 👍🏻
Love your work as always! One small note - a few of the paints you used (particularly noticed corax white and soulblight gray) didn't make it onto your paint list. Minor quibble though!
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up!
May I ask the size of the brush used for Evil Sunz Scarlet on the small dark angels icon detail?
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
I can't remember but probably a size 00 - I use that and a Size 1 or 0 for most work
@chrispaice5583
11 ай бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach Awesome thank you, I appreciate the link in the description as well as the speedy reply. Great tutorial will have a go asap :)
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
No problem 👍🏻
Great guide, can you help me out with the first step tho? Can't seem to find a Lion ;)
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully he will be out soon
Hey Coach! Question for you- what/how do you use to stick model parts to cork like that? I have some pieces I need to do separately as well
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Either some blu-tac, or in the case of the main body, I pin it with a paper clip
@iamfadge
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach thanks Coach!
What glue do you use to put it all together? Superglue always leaves this frosting.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
I used super glue - loctite. If you have issues, you can always scrap the paint off the contact points and use normal plastic glue 👍🏻
This tutorial is brilliant! If only i was half as good, i would be much happier. I know it’s a pretty crazy suggestion, but would you be up to paint a lord of skulls?
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like the tutorial - hopefully it helps you with your painting! I'm afraid I haven't got time for a Lord of Skulls - but I have done a lot of Khorne tutorials that might help?
@lucadilly4852
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach I’ll be completely honest, your correct, more than time itself is needed for a daemon engine like that! Your khorne tutorials are fantastic and i have taken many tips from them. Yes, This lion was one of the best i have seen, glad that the painting coach never disappoints!
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Question would nocturne work for his Armor
@ThePaintingCoach
4 ай бұрын
I've not tried it - give it a go on a spare part and see if you like it!
Couple of questions? And I apologize if you answered this in the video: but which paint did you use on “El’Jonson” right pauldron? Specifically, the paper that says his last name and did you use Nhul Oil to shade the lettering? Thank you. Amazing job by the way!
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
I think I used Rakarth Flesh, shaded it with Agrax (including the lettering) and then highlighted firstly with Rakarth Flesh and then Pallid Wych Flesh
could be dumb, but what are you using to hold the different parts of lion ? I mean what are those "sticks" ?
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
I use a mixture of Redgrass Games painting handles and large corks - bottle stoppers - with a paper clip pinned into parts of the miniature
@MaximeSILVAOLIVEIRA
11 ай бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach Okay thank you a lot :D
@ThePaintingCoach
11 ай бұрын
No problem
Very nice, but you should have made a video about how to purchase the Lion.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
He will be put individually soon enough 👍🏻
Awesome vid, as always. Man, always when i try to use vallejo metallics, they are GRAINY as hell, idkw. I shake and shake and shake - ANY citadel metallic is smooth but in vallejo i literally can see grains. What is my problem? I really want to use vallejo metallics, there are very good metal colors.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
No idea 🤔 I can't say I've ever had that issue - but I would always say use what works for you
How much water do you use to thin down your paints?
@ThePaintingCoach
6 ай бұрын
Not much as I am working on a wet palette - it also depends on how thick the paint is. Generally I use a couple of drops
@chrisjeter6887
6 ай бұрын
@ThePaintingCoach thanks for the reply! Just getting used to the wet palet myself.
i want to get this model for my DA army but the amount of paints i see people use adds up ontop of his price tag
@ThePaintingCoach
10 ай бұрын
You could try mixing your own, or just use base coats and build him up as you go - a lot of the paints used for you other dark angels could also be used here
Finally, my favourite prinarch painted! (Where did you get him)
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers! I was lucky my LGS had some in
is that a 3d print? lol i hope it is. resing color is all
👌
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers
Wish i couldve got this still waiting for second wave or single release , bet i will be waiting a year 😢
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully soon 🤞🏻
@themachine7534
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach hopefully bro, been waiting about ten years for the lion , whats one more . I refuse to be scalped .
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Fingers crossed that after leviathan releases, stock levels will go back to normal!
@themachine7534
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach hopes and prayers ..
The Lions armor is Black, He's been asleep since the Heresy when Dark Angels armor was originally black with red chapter markings, before the green armor was a thing. If you look closely at the GW promo image you will see the armor is black.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Check out the paint guide from 'Eavy Metal www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/12/painting-the-lion-how-eavy-metal-tackled-one-of-the-all-time-greats/ I've used similar colours to simplify the scheme a little - you can always glaze some boack in if you want to go darker
@mountedpatrolman
Жыл бұрын
@@KnightSquire Reguadless of what a retconned book just written says, His armor would most definitely be black. Black armor was the original draw to Dark Angels players in Rogue trader. Green Armor did not come along until 2nd Edition well after the Heresy was conceived.
@mountedpatrolman
Жыл бұрын
@@KnightSquire The model has whatever color you want to paint it chud.
Wait... people hate corax white? I painted 1200 POINTS OF CUSTODES WITH WHITESCAR (capes and details) AND THAT STUFF PAINTS AND DRIES LIKE WET SAND! Corax white is much easier to handle and dries much better
@ThePaintingCoach
6 ай бұрын
Agreed!
I'll use your tutorial as soon as the model restocks. Lol I hate FOMO.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully he releases soon!
I like going to wild rider red before fire dragon bright
I painted mine in ultramarine colors.
If only i didnt have a sea of plastic to paint already😢... And i had a couple hundred hours... And a good bit more skill... Well at least i can enjoy the video!!!🤪 Thanks
@ThePaintingCoach
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it at least haha
I think some steps might have been glossed over with the shield portion of this tutorial......
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Which bit do you need more info on?
@createdmanpainting
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach Thank you for responding. Do you have a more in depth guide on the way you achieved such awesome TMM. (I did re watch your video and realised that you did go through it when you were painting the backpack vents, I am just hoping for more if you have anything) Awesome guide over all though, and I will be using it.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
I'll be putting a video on Dante live tomorrow which is all about the gold - so keep an eye out for that! I also have a video on Sigvald that covers gold too
@createdmanpainting
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach Awesome, I look forward to see them. Thank you.
Awesome! The music was a bit distracting at times. Hard to focus on what your were saying. It should be more background music rather than trying to see what you’re painting underneath a roaring orchestra. Just my take.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback!
Beautiful model, but GW really dropped the ball on putting it out and too many scalpers got it. Glad you got one though. I hear GW will release him as a separate model at least.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Yes he will be released separately - Ingot lucky with my LGS having some in!
I thought this was better than gw's, anyone agree?
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Different audiences, perhaps
@TheTankArtist
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach The face that you painted was much better (you thinned your paints more lol) the gradients and highlights also😃
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍🏻
i love the guide, but you just straight up miss parts of the painting process and don't mention them :D quite jarring when trying to follow :D the shield for example you just miss how you painted the eagle part. and the back cloak i assume you did at the same time as the dissambeled cloak but no idea :D
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I love your videos but I found the music too distracting in this one. I personally found it too dramatic & would have preferred it at a lower level.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻
@pvtspoon
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach I hope it doesn’t come across too negative.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Not at all it's something I am trying out - out of interest do you use headphones to listen? Or just system speakers?
@pvtspoon
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaintingCoach a bit of both. Although earphones made it seem slightly worse.
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Cheers 👍🏻
great video ,but please get rid of the music
@ThePaintingCoach
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback!
Ah yes, Charles Danse.