NEVER Strip Your Warhammer Minis!

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0:00 Intro
1:08 Check Out these Models
2:37 The Ol' Cut & Sweep
3:31 Don't STRIP Them! Do This
5:45 F the Details
7:49 Why We Don't Have to Color Match
9:41 Keys to Upgrading
12:00 Fix Any Rough Spot
14:58 Final Reveal and Thoughts

[Nallenbot]

Intro was so hot I started throwing dollar bills at the screen

[blakestewart]

Can we just point out how badass the space marine looks. Man's got two chainswords

[RyanEdwardsVA]

5:00 "Don't strip them, consider if it's worth it, maybe just throw them away"

GOOD LORD IT'S EBAY MINIATURE RESCUES WITH A STEEL CHAIR!

[KevinvL]

This was by far the best Segway to announce a sponsor in the whole of mini painting YouTube. Well done, sir :D

[kingsting]

Been restoring my old 3rd ed necron army my mom helped me buy back when i was 11-14, most of which is in a horrible condition. Its been very entertaining to see how much 16 years of experience is actually worth, and giving these miniatures the treatment they deserve and leaving them looking beautiful enough to have the kid inside me jump with glee.

[rogthepirate]

14:00 very good point. I've painted printed resin minis without primer for a whole while when I first started out. D&D minis too, so they do see some play. Never had anything rub off, never had issues with paint not sticking to the model, nothing. I do finish them with a varnish usually, because I feel it makes sense, but if I do use primer these days it's more to give me a good base color to start from, not anything else. I feel priming is a bit of a relic from the days of metal minis that too many in the hobby simply take as gospel without questioning.

[YanniCooper]

one suggestion: if the minis have been played with a bunch consider washing them gently in warm soapy water, finger oil can make it hard for paint to stick

[addampaniagua]

I don't think I can un-see Ninjon in his alternate identity dancing like that.
I'm definitely going to have to ask for a repeat performance the next time I run into him at Adepticon.

[DudeInABlazer]

I did this for a friends army. He had one buddy that painted things cheap and fast, then he'd pay me to make them look way better. It's actually really fun to get to the details and those final touches when all of the base coats are already taken care of.

[MrMarrok]

THAT INTRO!!!! Thats why I keep coming back. Knowledgeable and funny as shit. A small ultrasonic cleaner with some simple green 50/50 with water eats paint off in 20 minutes.

[milesboyer]

i dont know that i will ever repaint my first few models, its always fun to look back at them and see how much ive improved

[neilybobber]

I can really appreciate that jon got a matching tattoo because he liked Darrell’s so much.

[apinapartio]

First time someone has a sponsor and a deal worth checking out! And great job on the minis too!

[OxMann]

Too situational; the fig used was pretty salvageable, but others are just going to take too long to justify keeping the original paint on and fixing. But apparently, according to his rank of options, we should toss those, and ones caked in paint, in the trash rather than strip. Great advice there.

[shankley_has_a_brush]

I'm a barber and I thought I was the only person ever to use a barbicide container to strip my minis. I have an excuse. You? You're just a weirdo. It's great.

[TheIndigoEclipse]

The reason I strip is not because of 'color matching', it's because the 2nd hand models are often not cleaned of mold-lines, so I end up scraping away a lot of paint and primer. Also because the original paint can be so thick, that adding more is just going to kill details.
That and I generally want my own paint scheme.

[MisterTingles]

I literally just did this with a Terminator Chaplain I finished before my hiatus some 10 years ago. selectively stripped and repainted it up to my current skills/standards, super gratifying to see the progress I've made.

[Paradox-gfmw]

I actually got back into painting last week because of you after years off and man have I lost a lot of skill. Thank you for this I forgot how relaxing it is

[williammitchell]

Intro Reminds me of when my mom checked my search history when I was as 14 and found "stripping models"

[the_Mike_d]

I just needed to comment to acknowledge that the connection between your music, sponsor choice and theme for this video are genius-level. You're a clever dude - thanks for this great video!