How To Make Even Terrible Old World Models Look Good

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0:00 Old World Pricing & Who Is This For?
1:49 Batch Painting My Favorite Way
3:44 One Minute of Highlighting, A Lifetime of Happiness
5:25 What They SHOULD Have Done with these Models
9:21 Can You Really Speed Paint Smooth Blends???
12:08 Create A Painting Bag-O-Tricks
14:14 The Good & The Bad of my Old World Painting Experience

[HankMoustache]

You had me at "Up until recently they were extremely cheap to pick up on the secondary market". Sorry when have tomb kings EVER been cheap on the secondary market? 😅

[timparks]

I like the old skeletons. It’s tough to find just a regular old Jason and the Argonauts or Army of Darkness style skellybone anymore.

[andrewbakescakes]

Awesome tutorial, and agree on the derpy mismatch of the cool new models and the goofy pre-7th edition models.

[JayWalshe]

I think that you could get the old skeleton to look more like it came from the same army as the new Tomb King model if you used some of the specific TK bits on it. My TK skeletons have golden arm bands, head dresses, khopeshes, and tower shields that give them that ancient Egyptian look that this poor guy is missing.

I also love these old skeletons *because* they are simpler than the modern models. There's fewer fiddly little bits to get my brush to, and fewer paints that I need on my palette. Plus they remind me of the Harryhausen skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts, which is a vibe I really enjoy.

[Robman]

I love these old models. I’m glad they are coming back. They had character and remind me of the art work in the older GW and D&D products

[sirbobulous]

I really like this style you've been developing and sharing. I've been using it as a way of giving me 'speedpaint+' results, where it's still painted fast with the focus on getting done quick. But getting a result that looks more visually striking than the simplest speedpaint methods.

[danielbrisch]

I would always prefer the old skeletons to the new ones. They convey so much nostalgia and are not overloaded with details.

[Crivicus]

I got the TK box. It was almost perfect for me to complete my old tomb kings army I had from back in the day - would I have liked new sculpts? sure, but the ascetic would be different especially if I mixed the models in a unit. I might pick up another army if they continue with the old world enough and actually bring out new minis for it. I hope they do it but it will depend upon how well the launch has gone I guess.

[GarethHreidmar]

Wow I’ll have to rewatch this a few times to watch your blending. These look amazing and I love the color fades. Your time with Vince and Sam is really pushing you in good ways! Love your work and your videos!

[noops]

Turns out that the term “speed paint” means something different to competition painters than it does to the rest of us

[AlexUCP]

If, at some point, you find the time to make a fully fleshed out tutorial with multiple examples (and maybe multiple levels of difficulty) to showcase this method of painting, that would be a fabulous video.

Love your style of painting but kinda scared to apply it on a full army!

Great results as always, thank you for your work !

[lamMeTV]

Most old world models are far and above better looking than the models we get nowadays

[xavrikxify]

I personally think there is something wonderfully nostalgic about those big ass skeletons. I love them.

[wyattvale]

I don't understand the mentality behind bashing these older models especially at release. Old World seems to be for people who already wanted to play fantasy and that's about it. I would love for them to have new models but its un realistic to expect that for a rerelease of a game that already died from not having enough sales, why risk it you know.

Maybe I was under the impression that fantasy players wanted Fantasy Battles back period, but I couldn't imagine the belly aching that would happen because "my whole army is outdated" from the addition of new models combined with a base resize. Idk seems like everyone clambered for a game to be brought back from the dead and expected them to fully support it with new ranges when they already have 2 big army battle games that make them a good chunk of change.

[Alex-bcgz]

TOMB KINGS CHEAP??? Did we live on the same planet dude?

[niall]

Nobody hates GW more than youtubers who get miniatures given to them for free

[oleww]

15:04 glad you addressed the elephant, widely differing aesthetics between the sculpts!

[callumannette]

Assembling the skeletons with the most basic & worst looking options (no shield, no unique TK head, sword rather than spear) does make them look crumby, sure. Many people with the early release are making them look amazing though. Granted the big hands are janky, but they really don't look so out of place next to the new sculpts given a bit more effort to unify them.

I enjoyed the approach to painting the HQ though, really nice and vibrant

[ThirdAndOnly]

I will not hear a word against these beatiful chonkers how dare you call them terrible.

Joking asside great stuff man! Though these models really werent cheap on the second hand market. 30 pounds kits were regularly going for 100.

[ElNick]

Old models certainly have their limitations, but I do wish more designers would look back to them for inspiration. The limitations in the casting technology of the time meant that sculptors had to make smart choices about adding details, not just cramming pouches and daggers and filigree everywhere there was space to do so. Overloaded models are exhausting models, prone to the 'unfinished project' curse.