Warhammer TV Drops Quick 7-Minute Guide to Painting Aeldari Vypers

Vypers are sleek skimmers offering a perfect compromise between the speed of a jetbike and the heavier armament of a grav-tank, and if you've been sitting on a freshly built one wondering where to start, Warhammer TV has your back. Presenter Ollie has just dropped a focused, no-filler painting guide that gets you from bare plastic to battle-ready in under eight minutes, and the core technique it champions, sub-assembly painting, is the kind of workflow shortcut that pays dividends far beyond this single model.

What the Video Covers

The tutorial, titled "How to Paint an Aeldari Vyper | Warhammer 40,000," runs 7 minutes and 16 seconds and lands squarely in step-along territory. Warhammer TV describes its goal plainly: "This video will teach you exactly how to paint one." Ollie leads viewers through the process on camera, and the official description frames the appeal well: "Follow along as Ollie shows you how sub-assemblies make the process easier and why the Vyper is so much fun to paint!"

The focus on sub-assemblies is not incidental. Having the hull and body separate is very handy for Aeldari models who often have a different colour for both, especially when bright whites are involved. For a vehicle as geometrically distinctive as the Vyper, that separation is the difference between a clean, confident paint job and one where you're fighting your own brush angle all session. For character models or larger vehicles, painting components separately before assembly makes it much easier to reach all the details. Ollie's guide puts this principle front and centre, making it directly applicable whether you're running the kit as a Craftworld Vyper or its Corsair equivalent, the Starfang.

Why the Vyper Rewards This Approach

With the venerable Vyper getting a long-awaited refresh in this new release, joined by its alternate configuration, the Corsairs' own Starfang, there are plenty of gleaming hulls and graceful lines to showcase. The redesigned kit is substantially larger than the old model, and that size lends itself toward a lot of freehand; the old Vyper was a no-go for this because of the narrow front hood. All of those larger panels and cleaner curves make sub-assembly painting especially rewarding here: you can get light, controlled coats across every surface without wrestling around an already-glued cockpit or turret housing.

The miniature is an absolute joy to build and, with the range of motion on the turret and weapons, can be positioned very dynamically. That dynamic quality is precisely what makes tackling it in sections so satisfying; each sub-assembly feels like a small, completable painting project in its own right.

Following Along

The video is hosted on the Warhammer YouTube channel, which sits at 1 million subscribers, and had accumulated 9,710 views as of the YouTube capture shortly after its March 18, 2026 upload. A full transcript is available directly on the YouTube page via the "Show transcript" option, meaning you can follow along at your own pace or revisit specific steps without scrubbing through footage.

If you prefer to watch via the Warhammer Community site rather than YouTube, note that the page includes a cookie consent prompt: the video is hosted on a third-party website, and you'll need to accept cookies before the embed will load. It's a single click and entirely reversible via the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of any Warhammer Community page.

Context: Where the Tutorial Sits in the Warhammer TV Lineup

The Vyper guide arrived as the top entry in Warhammer Community's "Latest Videos" section, running alongside a busy week of Warhammer content. Adjacent entries include a 7:29 "How to Paint Mortis Reapers" tutorial for Age of Sigmar, the 10:51 "How to Paint Huron Blackheart | Red Corsairs" deep-dive, a 2:51 "Return to Armageddon" animation, and a 55-second clip confirming that Citadel Colour has rebranded to Warhammer Colour. That last entry is worth flagging: while the Vyper tutorial itself doesn't make an explicit call-out to the new branding, the rebrand is live across the site and relevant to anyone shopping for the paints named in the guide.

The placement of a tight 7-minute vehicle tutorial alongside longer character guides and franchise trailers reflects Warhammer TV's approach of mixing depth with accessibility. The Vyper guide is clearly pitched at hobbyists who want a practical, quickly-digestible reference rather than a comprehensive masterclass.

Community Painting: How Others Are Approaching the Vyper

The enthusiasm around this kit extends well into the community. Solly and his son, Colin, Lukas, and Sion all went for the Vyper and yet made it look wildly different in all four cases, while Chris chose to build his as a Starfang draped in a simple but stunning teal scheme. That variety speaks to the model's flexibility: the same hull reads completely differently under Iyanden yellow, Alaitoc blue, or Saim-Hann red, and the clean panel surfaces make each craftworld's markings pop.

One Warhammer Community team member painted the Vyper to fit their Biel-Tan collection, following a Falcon grav-tank finished not long before that was heavily inspired by an 'Eavy Metal showcase from the 3rd edition of Warhammer 40,000, noting that the Falcon and Vyper on that page really made their mark.

Separately, a community painter circulating Aeldari content on Instagram shared a detailed black armour recipe for Yriel (not attributed to Ollie's video, but useful context for anyone tackling the Corsair side of the range). The process involves building up from Ionic Black through a 1:1 mix of Black and Vallejo Dark Grey, then Vallejo Dark Grey straight, before finishing with edge highlights using a 1:1 mix of Ionic Neutral Grey and pure Neutral Grey. The key principle called out: glaze each step back with the previous colour to maintain blend continuity, and keep the greys restrained so black remains the dominant tone. A pale skin recipe from the same post works through a 3:1:1 base of Rakarth, Ionic Tanned Flesh, and Ionic Neutral Flesh, progressing through tanned flesh shading, Ionic Black-brown recess shading, and Ionic Zombie Skin highlights. This content is a standalone community post, not a transcript of the Warhammer TV tutorial, but it sits naturally alongside Ollie's guide for anyone building out an Aeldari Corsair warband.

Getting the Most Out of 7 Minutes

Seven minutes and sixteen seconds is a tight window for a vehicle model, which is exactly the point. Warhammer TV has engineered this as a confidence-builder: the kind of tutorial you watch once to get the sequence in your head, then keep tabbed open on a second screen while you paint. The transcript availability makes it even more useful as a reference document once you're mid-session with wet brushes and no free hand to scrub the timeline.

Having recently assembled three of the old Vypers, one reviewer noted with absolute certainty that the new kits are insanely better, and that the kit can be assembled into two different models. That flexibility means the sub-assembly approach Ollie demonstrates applies equally whether you're building the Craftworld Vyper or the Corsair Starfang variant, keeping the tutorial relevant across a broader slice of the Aeldari range.

The video is live now on the Warhammer YouTube channel and embedded on the Warhammer Community site. The transcript is available via the "Show transcript" button directly beneath the video on YouTube.