The Last Good Space Marines

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Intro Animation By: Liqerise

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[MSnell]

Those turned out amazing. Your "paint by numbers" assessment of how Space Marines are usually painted I think can be applied to basically anything GW-related, especially if you only watch their videos and buy their products. We need more videos like this to show that getting a little artsy and learning some basic color theory can really elevate one's hobby. This is a legitimate form of art and GW approaches it more like a scientific formula.

[Tectonix]

To this day, the power fist sergeant is in my opinion, the best space marine ever sculpted

[XilejaffacakE]

I have these Sternguard, I have to agree with you, they are some of my favourite space marines ever made and I'm not sure that will ever change. Love the videos, keep up the good work :)

[ronnocrd]

They look really cool Jay, the base coat really added a lot of interest and saturation that otherwise would have been lacking. I recently found that purple ink works really well for shading nmm bronze, if you glaze yellow ink over it, it starts to look more reddy brown but the slight blue hue creates an extra level of depth that really adds to the effect. Experimental painting is where growth happens :) great job as always guys.

[jaytwokay]

You know, seeing oldhammer art next to the new stuff surprised me. They actually work well together.

[chrisbeckett]

I read "Retro Marines" and I instantly think of bases with drybrushed sand and trims in Goblin Green 😅. Jay, this is an amazing paintjob and I'd agree that these are your best marines so far - this red/purple blend thing is just next level and the lenses are superb.

[codemaster]

Thanks! Can we get a video of crimson fists.

[fungruntjb]

Oh man I still have these, I remember painting them up for a school project.

[brandonabbott]

I used to have a space marines army in the 90s… I just started back into the hobby, and nothing is the same as I remembered at all.

[codemaster]

Love the bases, for mine I want to put cork on the bottom and build from there.

[Jack-wycg]

10:45 I think i still fall under your statement but i do like finishing an army and never buying anything else for it. It makes me feel happy like i accomplished something until i start the next army.

[lorenzovive]

Not only do I agree that that old metal, Sternguard kit is one of the best set of sculpts EVER, but it was really enjoyable to watch you work through your inventive process. Well done!

[murphy]

8:48 luckily I am not the only one that does that

[joshy]

Oh damn EoB, getting sponsorships now? Y'all work really hard, I'm glad!!! And still keeping awkward segways into ads, love it.

6:22 Did I hear degloved? *happy Excoriators screams*

How do we get GW to send Jay the new Horus Heresy box. I wanna see what would happen with those...

[erds]

0:30 speaking for myself, not really why people are mad. It's not even true realy. Space marines aren't taller now, there's just other space marines that are taller than the existing space marines.

I myself and I expect other people have reservations about primaris marines cus they're kinda just a soft replacement of what we were invested in. If you don't like space marines and collect something else, chances are your bread and butter units have gotten an upgrade to newer modelling standards lately, or it's written on the wall that they eventually will do.

Regular actual marines that a lot of older fans are invested in are (or were with the new horus heresy stuff, fingers crossed) basically the only thing that had a red stamp on them basically guaranteeing they'd never get a real update because their new more marketable pseudo-space marine friends are toddling around getting in new fans at the detriment of old ones. The funny part of that is that while regular marines are stuck in stunty limbo, primaris marines are only around the height regular ones should be. So technically the entire range is stuck in purgatory.


I know some people have coped with it just fine but for me I'd only really be able to stomach getting primaris stuff en-mass if I could sustainably get regular marines in true scale alongside them, hence the spark of hope that is those new Mark 6 marines. I can only hope we'll see those scalings get ported over to mark 7 and 8 bois (also my precious Mark 3's pls). If I can get my favourite old marine squad types and armour varities standing shoulder to shoulder with the new guys rather than stuntedly hovering around the height of new regular human models, I'll be very happy.

[connor]

This video makes me so happy.
My sister (a very talented art school graduate) taught me color theory when I was getting back into miniatures in 2020. Learning to paint well was my competitive escape from the chef world where the stress of that was eating me alive… I found it very relaxing to be practicing these new skills like nmm glazing and osl. They were hard and my good minis turned to sucky minis but then they started to get good again, but I was getting stressed from painting. So I started painting in the same “painterly” style in this video, and started having a blast again.
the minis are good but not where I always wanted them to be as compared to like the heavy metal guys and golden demon dudes
Seeing this video makes me happy because now I know that this style can lead to breath taking results if I just keep practicing it! Thank you!

[christophervonwilczur]

Can I ask what blue you used as a highlight color? It looks great on them, especially with the tinting of the blue wash!

[shadowofhawk]

That bit in the beginning wasn't why people were mad. People were mad because the lore felt like a cheap way to explain why someday your current minis were no longer going to be valid.

[Revi]

I had those, many years ago... but they are not the OG, old school.
I remember buying the Rogue Trader rules along with the first giant plastic set of marines, all Corvus pattern helmets, studded shoulders... that’s proper old! Heck, I even had a metal power armoured human miniature hefting a shuriken catapult. Wouldn’t find that sort of xenos armament these days!

[kurthasedd]

I'll never be sold on primaris marines. They can have good stories, nice looking models, but early lore did a lot of damage and for me they represented a shift in universe dynamic to a less grimdark setting and that just doesn't jive with me. I even have a similar problem with the newer Horus Heresy books.

The designs of the older stern guard look just fantastic and they were a great choice for this kind of scheme, if ever you get your hands on some tyranic war veterans you have to do something as interesting with them, they're just great older kits