How to Paint Thunder Hammers tutorial [Video]

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**Catattafish**

Hey Guys

There was just too many pictures to take in this tutorial. I will provide pics in the next few days when the figure is complete. But here is a video on how I paint my thunder hammers. Comments are always appreciated!

Cat/

edit: added video directly to thread -grey_death

**Zefig**

Another great tutorial! That's a pretty darn awesome look for the hammers. Thanks for posting!

**commissar80**

love it will have too try

**madman12367**

wow...... thanks i need that soooo bad, love it!!!

**HAZZER**

This is one dam cool post!

**juraigamer**

Wow! Glad I found this, I've got thunderhammers that need a paintjob! Excellent guide!

**djphranq**

Great tutorial!
/subscribed

**Tzeentchling9**

Awesome! This is great, thanks a ton.

**Micromegas**

Jesus Christ. That was intense.

**kenneydee**

Rep for you. Need to work on blending more but here is my WIP Assault Termie sergeant.

**Yggdrasil**

Wow, great!

I like the preliminary explanation on a sheet of paper, it really helps!

Thanks!

**Unanything**

kenneydee wrote:Rep for you. Need to work on blending more but here is my WIP Assault Termie sergeant.

What colours are those on your Assault Termi's hammer, kenneydee?

Brilliant tutorial.

**Clumpski**

I WANT YOUR SKILL! ut im not going to nick it! thanks to you i can create my own beautiful marine weapons!

**Catattafish**

Kenneydee,

That is a FANTASTIC looking model, especially the TH! Did you paint that after watching my tutorial?

I am going to guess the colours you used

Dark angels green
snot green
Goblin green
skull white?

Is there a tinge of scorpion green as well?

**kenneydee**

Catattafish wrote:Kenneydee,

That is a FANTASTIC looking model, especially the TH! Did you paint that after watching my tutorial?

I am going to guess the colours you used

Dark angels green
snot green
Goblin green
skull white?

Is there a tinge of scorpion green as well?

I was actually stuck on painting the TH until I saw your tutorial. It is awesome and I thank you again for posting!

Yes the paints I used are in that order except scorpion green right before the white.

**dantay_xv**

It looks really cool, i cant wait to try it out,

This might be a big ask, but could you maybe show mw how you would do this on an axe?

**Catattafish**

Kenneydee, thank you so much for sharing your pictures. That so inspires me to keep doing tutorials. They are a fair bit of effort and a ton of time to do them right but when I know someone is getting something out of them, it makes it ALL worth it. I am doing a video right now updating my finished terminator and I am also going to video your picture as well! Watch for my next vid........

Cat/

dantay, Yes I will do that very soon for ya. Stay tuned...

**AlmightyWalrus**

Awesome paintjob! My only issue is that Thunder Hammers aren't surrounded by an energy field all the time like normal power weapons, but who cares when you've got something like that?!

**Catattafish**

"Awesome paintjob" is already taken!!! Lols! I have been speaking with Les for over 2 years now on ventrilo and consider him a friend, I cannot infringe on his trademark!!

I wanted the lightening effect after watching the 40k movie. When they show the TH, it had little lightening on it so that is where the inspiration came from. The foundation of how I went about painting this was from Les - awesomepaintjob's tutorial, however he used oils and got a very very very cool effect, something I couldnt mimic with GW paints.

Here is a video of my finished termie using this thunderhammer, and also a thank you to Kenneydee for sharing his results!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL-YIr5p2rE&lc=Zy74qW9shu0wFhokWSasuwbyhFZW-WZsathMC3e4uL4&feature=inbox

Cat/

**Candroth**

That is awesome. I'm going to give this a try on my TH/SS Terminator Sergeants. Though I may use purple, because well, yeah, purple.

Your videos are always so awesome. I love them!

**Maxim C. Gatling**

Normally I never use any sort of hammers on any of my minis...but thanks to your video I will start. That was too cool. Best tutorial video I've seen in a long, long time.

**Catattafish**

Hey Guys,

Here is another figure with this technique done......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmeCw_urvHk&lc=OgjNk0rVmo5TxYZQx1INHUlzM14AmLjfjJYrLWdqo-g&feature=inbox

**Rhich**

Fantastic tutorial !!!!!!! simply fantastic !!!!
I tried Wes’s but as you mentioned blending GW paints is not the easiest way to go… love your idea and it’s just what my thunder hammers needed….
Great job !!!!

**Baron Phlegm**

:}

Really useful tutorial.

Will be sure to try the technique if I ever get round to my SpaceHulk Termies!

**Zid**

just wow... definitely bookmarked this one; gonna have to revisit my thunderhammers!

**HAZZER**

God I love your vids on you tube!!!

**NiallCampbell**

Brilliant work, I use a similar technique on my Lightning Claws, inspired by 'Sergenat El's Way of Painting a Space Marine' (see youtube).

I've not tried it on TH yet but might go with yours as it's brutally effective.

Good work!!

NC.

**Catattafish**

Thanks everyone for your very kind comments, if you do try this technique, I WOULD LOVE to see your results, please share your accomplishments and mistakes (if ya make any!) God knows I do!

Cat

**Lolcanoe**

My WIP Nemesis Daemonhammer

It looks better he farther away you get. I'll try changing the picture later

**Godeth**

Thanks for sharing looks wicked!!