Lil'Legend Miniature Painting Tutorials and Tuition

How to Paint Tank Tracks

I have a feeling this video will be popular. How to paint tank tracks! 

You can find the full masterclass here: 

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Kratos Masterclass 3: Forking path

Oils, chipping and how to buld the rest of the paint scheme from here. This is your jumping off point! 

Kratos Masterclass 2: Basecoats, Decals and Chipping.

The Magic Cutting Tool! 

DISCORD 

How do we overlap decals? How to lay down the basecoats on a tank to develop with realistic chipping? It's all here, with your questions answered from the discord group.

Please submit any questions you may have for the Kratos q&A round up! 

Kratos Masterclass: Assembly, Materials & Preshade

The first in a multi-part series exploring tank modeling. This masterclass is perfect for any tank, titan, or train (for alliteration). 

We'll be taking an in-depth look into weathering powder, shading, weathering, and the finishing techniques for tank modeling in the 31st Millenium. 

If you have any questions make sure to post them in the Discord Group!

DISCORD 

XMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER!

The Advent Calendar will be in full swing again this year. 25 days of treats for everyone and ho boy is this stocking packed! 

Please copy and share this post on your social media to raise awareness of this madness. By sharing you are entered into...

YES! We're giving away a Slaves to Darkness Boxed set and we're launching a new series in the New Year - Path to Glory!&nbs...

Painting the Legions: Blood Angels

Mathew's latest guide will be a popular one - BLOOD ANGELS! 

Enjoy the entire series by searching for: Painting the Legions via the tags below this post, or enjoy scrolling through the posts (we started in January). 

Once the project is complete we will be hosting the entire series on the website for easy viewing! 

Enjoy. 

The Living Martyr: Halloween Narrative Tutorial.

🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN LEGENDS 🎃

🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃

HAPPY HALLOWEEN LEGENDS

We round out the month with a narrative tutorial - the Living Saint, Tyde Veil. 

Next month we have the full masterclass course for the Sons of Horus Kratos I have painted for my Sons of Horus Force.

And the month after that? 

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Painting the Legions

Mr Kane brings you another feast - the tricky-to-accomplish Thousand Sons. 

Designed for all levels of miniatures painter, this pdf is the backbone to how you create this scheme. Enjoy. 

READING WEEK! Blood Bowl Orcs & Thousand Sons

October is a funny month - should we create Halloween-themed tutorials? 

Play to #orctober?

or plow through our usual exploration of the grim dark? 

Why not all three? 

This is reading week on Lil'LEgend with 2 PDF's sailing your way.&...

BLOOD BOWL PDF: Yellow Orcs

ORCS - They're big, an 'ard, and wanna have a game of Blood Bowl. 

35 pages of blood, guts, and glory. Perfect for those who want to apply military scale modeling techniques across a wider array of miniatures. 

Vellas Von Faine CRIMSON COURT MASTERCLASS

Vellas Von Faine CRIMSON COURT MASTERCLASS.

🎃 Halloween on Lil'Legend 🎃

I don't care if it's the 1st of October  I'm cramming as many ghouls and blood suckers this month as I can. 

You can find the full Tutorial Masterclass here (with all relevant links.  

This month kicks off with a NARRATIVE TUT...

Lliwaur - Chaos Necromunda Cult

Mari Lwyd, Lwyd Mari
A sacred thing through the night they carry.
Betrayed are the living, betrayed the dead
All are confused by a horse's head.

— Vernon Watkins, "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd", lines 398–400

Lucius Masterclass - Scars

How to paint scars - no, not the white ones, the ones that gouge skin and twist beauty. 

LOVELY! 

This video covers how to paint old scars. ENJOY!

Lucius Masterclass - The End

The final chapter in our Lucius Masterclass is now here! 

Enjoy the finished techniques used to elevate characters to divine polish. 

The King in Yellow - Spooky Season on Patreon

The Lucius Masterclass concludes this week by looking at how to paint old scars and the finishing techniques for character-level paint jobs. 

Perfect for higher level patrons, or those looking to develop their skills into competition level painting. 

HALLOWEEN!

Yes, Halloween is around the corner and I'm going all in. Next month we look at Cults, Cthulu G...

Lucius: Imperial Purple

One for the brush fiends. This tutorial is an unashamed MASTERCLASS. 

Learn how to create the perfect Imperial Purple for the perfect legion. 

If you'd like more Emperor's Children Tutorials check out this post. 

Dreadnought Detailling

This is the most important part of the process. Up until now, your dreadnought will blend into a crowd. That was foundational steps readying ourselves for this! 

In this video, we look at how you use oil paints to modulate the under laying paint job. 

We alo weather, and add metallic work to round off the Dreadnought series. 

Enjoy!

How to use Oil Paint.

Building on our previous Dreadnought Lessons, we bring yo ua stand alone guide on how to use oil paints. 

New, or experienced, this video will give you an insight into how to prepare, use and manipulate oil paints on your miniatures. Enjoy. 

Dreadnought Masterclass Complete. LUCIUS NEXT

This weekend we round off the Dreadnought Masterclass tutorials. Next up we have a full on Character piece examining Lucius the Faultless blade. 

DREADNOUGHT MASTERCLASS LINKS 

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How to create EASY Chequers

Before I forget:

MAGIC CUTTING MAT PRE ORDER 

Learn how to create complex patterns RIDICULOUSLY EASY!

This guide is a snippet from a larger Kratos Tutorial that will be reelased in the future. 

We also explore how to create fades within patterns, so they don't stand out as aggressivley. 

A subtle one, but a tutorial that has a wide variety of us...

SEPTEMBER CRUNCH TIME

2 ESSENTIAL Tutorials hit the Patreon this weekend. The much asked how 'How to apply decals" & 'How to create easy chequers. 

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ESSENTIALS: How to apply decals

Back when the patreon was first conceived, we had a series called essentials. It explained techniques used in nearly every one of our videos. 

Even if you have applied a GAZZILION decals, you will learn something new from this video. Learn how to apply decals that look painted on.

This tutorial came about from a user request on DISCORD  - we'd love for you to join the community and request more videos!...

Not Just Tufts: Scenic Basing.

Scenic basing - the final frontier. It's a subject that strikes fear in the hearts of any hobbyist: the resin pour. 

This video introduces you to the wonderful world of scenic basing. We explore how to build a base from scratch, the tricks used to paint the base and create snow. 

Oh, and how to create EASY water effects. Yes, EASY. 

Taro Model Maker (Plinths) 

Painting the Legions: Iron Hands

Quite possibly THE most difficult, and ICONIC paint scheme in the entirety of the Heresy! This weekend we are proud to present PAINTING THE LEGIONS: IRON HANDS!

Enjoy. 

Dreadnought Painting Course 2: The Rule of Thirds and Chipping.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to attend one of our Walkers courses? Well wonder no more - we bring you part 2 of the multi part series on how to paint your dreadnoughts. 

In this video we go through the theory of colour placment, secondary colou,multi-parts and how to start the weathering process of your vehicle. 

Enjoy! placement,colors,

Faceless Knight Tutorials & Canada Tour

3 Tutorials hit the Patreon this weekend packaging up the Faceless Knight into one neat package. 

Missed out on the faceless Knight? Well, we're opening sales to Patreons and incluing a nice discount (see Faceless Knight posts for access).

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Hey Myles, when are you coming to Canada to teach a course?

YES! WE ARE COMING TO CANADA IN JANUARY!

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Faceless Knight: Flayed Face

The face only a mother can love. The Faceless Knight tutorial set continues with this horrendous visage. I'll paint someone pretty one day...

Faceless Knight Lunar Sword - Full tutorial.

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