hey guys jay here welcome to eons of battle in this video i want to show you how to paint space
marine shoulder pads shoulder pads are deceptively difficult but i find painting them separately can
really help out and crank out some high quality shoulders really quick once i had the outsides
primed i flip them around i'm using double stick tape to hold them so this will let me prime the
insides next even though each will come from a different chapter i base coated all the bottoms
and insides with games workshop lead belcher i'm using my airbrush to save time but you could also
do this with a brush then to finish the metal i gave it a wash of known oil to bring out the vents
now every shoulder is identical but it's time to lay on some color i flip them around again
then for each shoulder i'm using two colors a base coat and a highlight for ultramarines i used a
darker blue and i prepared myself two highlights i put down three drops of blue and in the middle
i mixed a little bit of light blue and in the last one i mixed a lot of light blue i base coated the
shoulders with the dark blue i took about two thin coats and then i grabbed a small piece of
foam and some tweezers and i started stippling on my middle color this will add some nice contrast
and it'll help the shoulder look less flat then i used my lightest color again stippling
on because the shape of the shoulder stippling is a really nice and easy way to add a gradient
now to really spice up a shoulder pad nothing does a trick like a water slide decal
to apply these cut out the decal you want place it on a wet paper towel i'm using my wet palette
then i rub water onto the shoulder this will help me place the decal on straight
then i grabbed my soaked decal and slit it halfway off then pulled away the paper i poked at it until
it was straight then i took a damp paper towel folded a few times and pressed down hard to get
any water out from underneath and the glues in the decal paper should help it stick down
keep pressing down until the decal lays flat you might get some wrinkles but these wrinkles should
press down flat too now to paint the trim for a classic ultramarine i used some gold and then
for that annoying bit of exposed rim i carefully added a line of null oil wash to darken this area
then the ultramarine's shoulder was complete to do a salamander's shoulder i started by a base coat
of black i kept this only to the round part next i sponged on some black with a little bit of gray in
it and then i finished off with another sponging of black with a little bit more gray in it
i did the rims with some green paint and it helped to leave the trim with just a primer so that i can
get away with one coat of paint then i apply my decal using the same method slide it on and use
a damp wad of paper towel to press all the water out of it if your decals are just not laying flat
there is a product called decal softener that will slightly melt the decal but try really
putting some force into crushing down that decal and there you have a salamander's shoulder pad
for the imperial fist shoulder i base coated with a dark yellow then i stippled on more dark yellow
with some light yellow mixed in then i stippled on more dark yellow mixed with a lot of bright yellow
for the trim i brushed on some black paint and i painted a line of wash to blend the shoulder
and the rim together and finally the decal the imperial fists one is one of my favorites
i got it to where it needs to be and then pressed and pressed until it was flat if you look really
closely you can see that there are some wrinkles but they are so flattened that they'll disappear
when the shoulder is varnished and there you have a crimson fists shoulder pad for the white scars i
started with a base coat of light blue gray then i stippled on some light blue gray mixed with white
and then a final stippling of some light blue mixed with a lot of white on the rim i painted
on some pure white paint and to separate them a little i painted on a thin line of null oil wash
then it was time for the decal i pressed on the decal and the white scars is probably
the easiest of the decals to apply of the bunch and there you have a white scars shoulder pad
and finally for the final shoulder i went with blood angels i base coated with a dark red
then stippled on some dark red mixed with a light red and then a final stippling of more
dark red mixed with a lot of light red then i painted the rim of the shoulder bright red
then i painted on a thin line of null and oil wash to add some contrast and finally the water
slide decal the blood angel symbol is classic and the black looks really nice on the red shoulder
and there you have a blood angel's shoulder pad now i have five finished shoulders i pop them off
the paint handles and they're ready to be glued to the marines shoulders we make tutorials like these
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