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**Ghaz**

One for the Necron and Tyranid players

**BrookM**

Please let me know just how close the colours are, as much as I'd love to get a can of their primer, I've been stung one time too many by their assurances that the colours would match, only for it to be a gakky primer.

**Ghaz**

New video posted

There's still time for Ultramarines, Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Space Wolves and a few other Marine chapters to round out the calendar

**Farseer M**

Two tutorials about doing a black power armor...
I'm tempted to use dark reaper color but I don't find a vallejo equivalent

**Ghaz**

New video posted. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be enough contrast between the Mechanicus Standard Grey and the Thunderhawk Blue to make an effective scheme for the tabletop. The scheme on the Wyvern is much better IMHO.

**Brometheus**

Interesting tutorials and what-not, but I will avoid subscribing to something like this in the future. I feel pretty dumb.

**Smitty**

Hopefully they do a tutorial on infantry camo. I've been having trouble with painting my imperial guard fatigues in a camo pattern, and would like to see Duncan or Emma talk about it.

**Ghaz**

New video posted, something for the Ork players out there

**BrookM**

It's a good one, plus it's a technique that can be applied to other stuff as well.

**Ghaz**

New video posted.

**lancebenchpress**

Shoot, I've been out of the hobby for so long, that all these urban and black armor are giving me a real drive to get some models done up. Looks like my guardsmen are going to once again become City Fighters.

**Ghaz**

The next two videos have been posted. The marble tutorial looks nice.

**Smitty**

The snow base links to the Marble effect.

EDIT:

Okay, you fixed it

**jonolikespie**

That marble is great. The snow is pretty crappy.

**Ghaz**

New video posted featuring Emma sponge weathering an Ork Killa Kan.

**Ghaz**

Entering the homestretch and we have Kabalite Warrior armour for the Dark Eldar players.

**Slayer-Fan123**

So we have multiple videos about painting and, while pretty well done, I'm more curious about the supplemental stuff that was supposed to be done.

**Ghaz**

And the finial tutorial is *drumroll* Horus Heresy Word Bearers Power Armour

**Pariah-Miniatures**

I really would have liked some tutorials that were more in depth rather than simple 2 step edge high lights.. Last I checked advent calandra still have the 25th as a spot to open, not sure why they wouldn't just post two videos or have a bot make the upload on Christmas..
No use being disappointed, this was expected from GW.
Also not a fan of Emma's on camera direction.

**NAVARRO**

Quite good painting tips and even some gems in there. Really happy with this initiative.

**BrookM**

The first part of the Word Bearers armour is already covered in the White Dwarf Weekly some time ago, but the second part that goes into the astral markings and the scripture is a nice addition though.

**boyd**

Yeah. They should have not done anything at all right? I mean, they can't disappoint you if they don't do anything at all.

I found the series to be a nice change of pace and checked on the videos daily. I found myself actually buying some of the textured paints as a result.

**Pariah-Miniatures**

Or they could have done full tutorials like they have done prior to this. But just about every advent calendar tutorial is: base coat, "black line", highlight, maybe additional highlight. All of course just done with other color schemes, that basic formula is easy to replicate on anything, it's not needed to be shown in various colors.
Now showing off different techniques or having complete and more in depth tutorials would have been great. Don't mistake me being unimpressed with lazy painting videos as not being great up that they even bothered to do it for good PR. It's great they did, just wish they did more with it.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Almost half of them weren't that, though.
Remember they did:
1. Power/Force Weapons using blending for the effect
2. Harlequin Diamonds for some freehand
3. Volcanic Bases as an advanced basing technique
4. Stubble
5. Urban Tank Camo for some more, if more simple, freehand
6. Ork Checks and Dags for some more simple-ish freehand
7. Urban Bases
8. Marble effects
9. Snow bases
10. Sponge Weathering

That's pretty decent since a majority of their intended viewer base are beginners.

**Pariah-Miniatures**

If you want to debate this with me take it to pm. Most of them are the same, that's my point

**Slayer-Fan123**

It isn't going to be taken to PM. You made a stance, in public, so you need to defend it, in public.

**kronk**

They just posted 24 tutorials in a very short time. Expecting 15-30 minute "how to build a reaver titan" is abit much. As stated, most of them are not the same. You're wrong. Merry Christmas Eve.

**Ghaz**

They also posted the Archaon tutorial back on the 2nd. It clocked in at an hour and a half...

**Pariah-Miniatures**

Again, closed for discussion here, if you want to talk to me about MY opinions, pm me.