Loved the historical info in a mini painting video. Just shows how a bit of research and context can inspire and enrich the hobby

@chingas9378

3 ай бұрын

yeah the little history sessions mid video are so entertaining

@rubenscollegefreind

3 ай бұрын

Its the part of erics philosphy of the hobby that inspires me the most for sure!

a pro tip if you're cleaning the paint off a mini in the sink is to put something over the drain, i've made the mistake in the past of dropping a model's head and it bouncing into the plug hole, and then it's lost forever to the drain gods.

@spartanvi

2 ай бұрын

Plastic for the drain god! Heads for the drain hole!

That majoras mask quest is the same reason i loved the bone giant as a kid! Love seeing these models get modern paint jobs, nice work

A+ great video thank you for making use of HOWLING SAND

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Its so good

@footrot17

2 ай бұрын

I thought of you when I heard it.

Yay Eric’s back! Keep up the good work and keep the old world content up! All here for it and it’s very refreshing from 40k. Keep safe and crack on dude. I’ve watched you for years and love your content!

There was so much genuinely good advice in this video, i love how you approach everything from a direction that is not so intimidating as many others, thank you Eric!

Just like egyption artifacts, maybe one day our minis will be prized artifacts

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Maybe some will be buried with their armies 🤔

Love it. Working my way through resurrecting my Dark Elves right now!

My name is Eric and I'm also restoring my old Tomb Kings army. :) In my case my original from 2003 to which I added quite a bit last year when I could still find decent deals, I'm sticking to only original 2003 6th ed midels, still need a few units to fulfill the collection of all the original release models, but I do already have around 3000pts. I'm going way over the board with the painting though, so far for the first 30 skeletons I've spent something like 15 hours per skeleton as I want to make this a real passion project and those old models that I bought as a teenager in 2003 have so much sentimental value to me that I really want to do them justice. It will take like 5 years to complete and I don't have another painted army, but hey I probably couldn't play currently anyway due to various things so I don’t mind too much other than I'd like to also get to my Dwarf army full of stunning old models. Oh well, choices...

I like the historical research included in your choices for the army scheme, results look great, cohesive, impressive. Hope to see more Tomb Kings as your collection grows.

Never really seen a tomb king army, now that I have they seen one, I ahve to say that they look pretty cool! Nice video and thanks for the short tutorial on how to strip metal models.

Great video. Your approach for selecting colours is really clever, and genuinely helpful. I really need to catch up on your videos, I feel like I'm missing out on more of these nuggets of wisdom :). I hope you're doing well mate.

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am good, i hope you are doing well too bud

I’d honestly never considered doing less detail on the back ranks. That’s a game changer

I love the real world and Warhammer knowledge we get from your videos!

Awesome stuff as always, really great tips!

Awesome final results! I think focusing too much on the small details is a trap i always catch myself in. The look of a complete and cohesive army looks just as good as a single model painted to a high standard. Quality through quantity

Your videos are so relaxing as well as genuinely helpful

Fantastic work!

Always enjoy your historical deep dives mate

Every time i see a video from Eric, it keeps a smiley on my face. Thank you 4 the good content

Great video, so many useful tips! thanks Eric

Man your tips are a life saver and thank you so much. Your models look amazing 🤩

Really great watch, thanks!

These look wild good eric!

I am currently resurrecting my undead AoS models into a Vampire Counts army for the old world. Having a lot of fun!

Having been to the Met, I agree about the hippos outshining the gold.

This is really helpful , thank you !

Such a satisfying refresh 😎🤙 I'm really wanting to do this with my lotr minis I painted when I was a kid

its been a rainy day, Thanks for the video eric!

Awesome work. I loved the TKs as a kid

at first I was thinking those movement trays are odd with the thick lines in between the moddels. then I noticed how perfect all the models where standing. and now I love them and I'm going to make those movement trays for all my miniature lads now!

Great video as always Eric! Love the small tip of concentrating on the first rank! Great tip for beginners and I shall give that tip aswell

Very enjoyable!

Great stuff!

Great video again!

Those shields look amazing. Also love how you did the ushabti. They always were my favorite unit from the tomb kings roster.

As someone whose yearly hobby project is to build an army of Tomb Kings, this video has become one of my favorites on the platform. No joking, I come here at least once a day to rewatch it because it's so good! It would be nice more video like this for the other Fantasy/Old World armies!

7:16 a GREAT stripping agent for plastics and metals I've found when trialing was "LA's Totally Awesome" strips models overnight without melting any details

Loved the video eric, your colour scheme is so vibrant and eye catching, tomb kings is one of the best looking armies from WFB.

So happy you used Army Painters speedpaints for this. This is my idea, and I needed some comforting. Now of to painting those minis!

Looks great! Also really enjoy the stuff on ancient Egypt too, very tempting to get this army as I've already dived into 40k side with the Thousand sons + Necrons.

Love seeing Tomb Kings! Can’t wait to see more WHFB and TOW content!

Looking good 👍👍👍

Hell yeah dude. Good tips here

Nice one Eric another banging turn around 👌

Looks fantastic brother

GOD YES! im so glad someone else thought of majoras mask with the bone giant!

Oh my god I’m so exited 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I am the biggest bird

@tamaskolozsi8483

3 ай бұрын

Nah I am the biggest bird

@joenewkirk6136

3 ай бұрын

Dont know what you heeeeeeeard

@stuffing_.9839

3 ай бұрын

Prays be to bird king

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Nice. Welcome

@changer_of_ways_suspense_smith

2 ай бұрын

How dare you, sir!

Loving the Old World content.

Very cool!

Looks fantastic...I've got my first lot of dwarves arriving soon. I didn't play fantasy when it was around so I'm really excited to get going. I also clearly need some strong tone!!

Very nice Terrain!

Since most of my minis and scenery are winter/mountain theme, I'll be doing some frozen mummies. I'm thinking Royal purple and pale gold. But I still am working on my blue/black Bretonnians in snow based on the new Heraldry for Parravon.

Very nice tutorial on painting minis. As I am not a gamer learning that the early minis were made of metal was a bit of a surprise.

Always inspiring videos Eric! I've got a few Warhammer Fantasy armies that need a bit of love and paint. I never did paint my Empire army and they've been in a perpetual state of white primer for years. This might be the nudge I need! And yeah, that "dirty little secret" is great to share again: front models and leaders you spend more time on, the back ranks you slap that paint on!! :) Also, need to shout out your amazing desert terrain there again, just gorgeous for the backdrop of your video.

Most of the things you spoke about I've came to over the decades of casual painting, but nontheless - great video, and really good tips. Love the color scheme too, there is something magical in seeing egyptian blue on a egyptian theme army, it... feels right =)

Haha that bone giant is awesome dude. It reminds me of majora's mask aswell 😂

Excellent video , i was going to rant about GW but i was more interested in your paint job👍

The turquoise scheme is very satisfying. I have some of the very old metal Lahmian vampire women, but I’m uncertain of how they fit into a Tomb Kings army.

Very good video👍🏻.

This is the way 👍

I was going to sell my tomb kings box set I recently got but now I want to paint them this exact scheme. Guess I’m keeping them after all!

Lovely video!! It also has to be said that some armies are better for this kind of speedpainting than others, with 3 main elements and they all take contrast/speedpaints very well. Things like Elves aren't just as quick to paint since they often "need" a cleaner look, but a lot of the same rules apply even then! Having a good plan and trying not to have too high standards when it comes to details (I ALWAYS paint too many small details myself. Batch painted my entire horde of 120 clanrats at the same time. Painting the claws and teeth were pretty bad, same with their eyes :P ). But again, enjoyable video and I'll for sure have something similar done with my future Tomb Kings army!! :D

Nice!!!

Those classic Tomb Guards are lovely, wish they had brought them back along with TOW.

The only reason I ever liked tomb kings was because when I was a lot younger I LOVED ancient Egypt and mummies and when I learned that old world was a thing I’d beg my dad to buy a set of tomb guard but then he told me that they didn’t make them anymore. I’m glad it’s coming back now because I can finally have mummy warriors

I use a heavy duty paint stripper from the hardware store on my metal models. I can literally start stripping the paint off straight away, though more often than not I stick a bunch of metal minis in a shallow but wide tin can, pour the paint stripper over it, let it sit for about 30 seconds and start stripping away. I once stripped over 100 2nd ed Cadians in less than 3 hours.

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

That stuff will probably strip the hair from your nostrils too though!

@Is_This_Really_Necessary

3 ай бұрын

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop If you strip them in a well-ventilated area, then it's not as bad.

Paint scheme is very effective.

I love the colours. I'm currently looking for a scheme for my 40k army and I'm thinking about teal with bronze trim and purple accents, but I wasn't sure it's going to look good as an army on the table. I'm so happy I discovered your Tomb Kings! They are very similar to what I had in mind and they look a-ma-zing!

@lukemclellan2141

2 ай бұрын

What's your army?

@Kroeghe

2 ай бұрын

@@lukemclellan2141 Chaos Space Marines. I'd like them to be kinda Tzeenchy but not Thousand Sons. I'm a fan of the vanilla Black Legion colours, but the problem is they don't really pop on the table, they blend with the background, and they all kinda look the same, like an black mass of bolters, horns and gold trim. I like the Alpha Legion look and the Horus Heresy era Sons of Horus, so I figured something in between would look bangin.

Nice Video! Pls more Like this 😊❤

hell yes the goofy ass face on the bone giant holds up so well

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

So well

I'm really enjoying ToW. I had planned on using a conversion tray buy I've been having issues with my 3d printer printing then consistently so that every one of the squares is the same size and im frustrated by it. I'm considering just rebasing now.

Nice video

I do mostly 15mm historicals but the "front rank glow-up" is definitely a tool I use a lot. No one is going to see the 20 Grenadiers in the last two ranks at table height.

I'd love to know where you got that sphinx with the skull.

Great video as always, your content gives me all the motivation I need to power through my army painting. Regarding "diminishing returns", I'm currently struggling to make fast progress on my army. I don't use any speed paints, as I have hundreds of standard paint pots that need to be used, and I feel by the time I finish painting my army the old school way TOW will be in its 3rd edition. Would it be a net loss to me to switch to speed paints, or is there a way to speed up the classic painting process that you would recommend?

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Before speed paints even came out i was using thinned regular paints with a similar effect. Its all about making an assembly line and grinding it out! Put on an audiobook or some good music after dinner and just crush it dude

If you are doing small metal parts with acetone. Put a sieve on the drain!

I have a Vampire Counts army from 15 years ago I think. I kind of miss it.

Меленъ is a wonderful pickles. Respect

Boy am I early today :D Edit: great video as always

More Tomb Kings please!

Acetone is okay for some types of plastic miniatures. But err on the side of caution and do your research first. It definitely does not work for GW plastics!

Don't worry, we didn't notice you almost dropping the mini into the sinkhole, it's your secret.

It'd be interesting if Howling sand was a reference to Dana howl since she's well known for her love the colour pale sand. Probably not but would be funny

These are fantastic, and I want to address a common theme in professional painting I've seen in the last decade or so, and the expectations that theme places on the average painter: The use of the term Tabletop Standard, used in a way to suggest "this is the bare minimum of what you should do to get models on the table". I've been painting GW models for 34 years and I paint well, and as a teacher of painting to others, I think that pro examples of speed painting armies with the caveat that it's "not supposed to be good, just finished" is the biggest deterrent to new painters, as these armies are often beautiful. (You haven't done this here, this topic is tangential to your great video). It's a great feeling as a painter to really hit it out of the park in terms of painting an amazing army, but I have to remind new painters of two things. 1) Tabletop Standard to a painter who is showcasing their work for their livelihood is going to be beyond the best work ever produced by a standard painter, but that painter will still tell you that it's not great. And 2) ignore terms like tabletop standard, battle-ready, and my personal least favorite "slap chop". As long as it reads on the table from 3 feet away you've done your job! I think by you avoiding suggestion that this was a poor paint job or "will do for now" in your video, you've only emboldened newer and aspiring painters to paint more and get better for themselves!

@chad4858

3 ай бұрын

There's really nothing wrong with the idea of "tabletop standard" it's a perfectly reasonable idea that anyone with a steady hand accomplish if they care to.

@chriswolfe403

3 ай бұрын

@@chad4858The problem that I'm talking about is the use of the term applied to very well painted models by excellent painters. Some of GW's own examples of "table top standard" would absolutely blow painting from their 90's books out of the water. The end result of using terms like these is setting a bar of what standard is by the examples of very skilled individuals, which might cost some new painters the confidence to paint their stuff. Standard is subjective, and what we see being called standard is above actual standard when you include the ability of the vast majority of non-professional painters.

@misterballista

3 ай бұрын

I agree with this - whenever I'm on a forum and someone posts pictures of their figures and they're obviously a new painter and the paint job is fairly basic I will always take the time to give a like and an encouraging comment. I'm a decent painter and I get intimidated by the amazing quality of some KZreadrs paintjobs, so for someone new to the hobby it must be 10x worse.

scrubbing your minis over an open plug hole is a bold maneuver...

@EricsHobbyWorkshop

3 ай бұрын

Yeah i guess, i can always just open the u bend to retrieve em . Better to out the plug in though its true

Majora's Mask is the new giant's name!

Can you do a video on how to start Warhammer fantasy/old world?

love tomb kings simple as

What’s the painting handle you used for the Bone Giant?

The first thing that came to mind was "Nuln oil is instant talent" meme. The models Eric got were drenched in the stuff lol.

Hehe if the pun worked with the first undead army why not use it again :p Beautiful looking army, it’s come so far

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Looks amazing 👌👌👌

8:05 watch out for losing bits down the sink drain!

so isopropyl alcohol wouldnt damage plastic models? and whats best for resin?

Think there is a small error in the painting steps. Instead of Pallid Bone on the wrappings its Bony Matter. Did some testing myself and think this is more the brown tone needed.

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How do deal with acetone once your done stripping the metal models? Do you wash it off or just leave the model out to dry?