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@footrot17

9 ай бұрын

My friend bought a really nice Bowie knife off wish, he received a beautiful screen print of said knife lol. It's hanging on his wall

@RPRsChannel

9 ай бұрын

*_But, if you go up in price, aquarium scenery can be very good; also for wargaming terrain. But now we all have 3D printers, so there's no point in buying aquarium terrain for wargaming, not even "sunken ships" or "large dragon skeletons". If you are gifted or find a large bundle for next to nothing, "hmmm"._* *_However, plasticard of great quality is amazing for building blinged-out-board game-tiles, or mazes or dungeons. That was a few sheets of garbage you bought-but we all knew it would be garbage. Black plasticard(stiff), for making large, confined board game boxes/tiles/pieces is siiick._**_ *_The video was still fun._*

@harambomambo

9 ай бұрын

​@@footrot17😊

@-JustHuman-

8 ай бұрын

Why don't you run water through the airbrush to clean it out ? or alcohol.

I honestly love that they're passing off aquarium decorations as "terrain".

@ajk354

9 ай бұрын

Who would ever use that…🙄

@PatGilliland

9 ай бұрын

@@ajk354 I got some nice resin columns on clearance at the pet store.

@Spackentim

9 ай бұрын

There are Aquarium pieces out there that are actually nice.

@fundip533

9 ай бұрын

Actual aquarium decorations are more expensive than GW terrain here soooooo 😅

@LorewalkerTheo

9 ай бұрын

why not? I use quarium terrain all the time. looks great and super cheap

As an aquarium hobbyist, I'm pretty sure the "terrain" models are just fish tank decorations being rebranded for miniatures lol

@alandtic4616

9 ай бұрын

Honestly I go to animal stores just to get terrain for warhammer and dnd

@CommDante

9 ай бұрын

Where did it say in the description it even was for miniatures?

@oculicious

9 ай бұрын

it literally says "aquarium decoration" in the title of the product, only one scamming you is squidmar

@burgertim7878

9 ай бұрын

Clearly says "Ornamental fish tank hiding cave" omg I bought it for my minis and it doesn't work Yeah no shit.

@camojoe83

8 ай бұрын

It said "aquarium" in the description.

Hell yeeeeeah, just as I sat down on the toilet, perfect timing

@WilhelmArnander

9 ай бұрын

Hahahhaha same here 😂

@crawbag0311

9 ай бұрын

You too!?

@Fallbackreacts

9 ай бұрын

😂😂 same here

@BombatGeneral

9 ай бұрын

Sameeeeeee

@kinkaid8553

9 ай бұрын

Snap

“Grinder; is that the website you are on all the time?” 😂😩

“This sucks and it’s so hard to work with” Produces something better than I could ever hope to - a testament to their skill

Fun fact, those cheap -ass brushes are the ones I use on my daily hobby 🙈

@Johns3n

9 ай бұрын

me too, spend enough on warhammer that I can't justify buying expensive brushes :(

@burningphoneix

9 ай бұрын

Lol I do have a set of those cheapass 5$ ten packs of brushes as well. I have some Kolinsky Sable and other higher quality synthetic brushes now but I still use the cheap stuff to put down the first basecoat and such.

@user-sy8ew6gb7q

8 ай бұрын

A Navy SEAL with a bb gun will outshoot an average Joe with a match grade pistol. Brush quality doesn't matter nearly as much as practice painting.

@Peron1-MC

6 ай бұрын

@@user-sy8ew6gb7q yeah but since its a hobby its a plus if they are at all pleasent to use XD

whatever the editor(s) are being paid, they deserve a raise

@SquidmarMiniatures

9 ай бұрын

Yasssss

I would love to see a brush comparison of a pro painter with very poor brushes and a beginner with premium brushes

@yeoboshong

9 ай бұрын

My thoughts precisely. It's a bit of a myth to say kolinsky = better painting.

@frankli4018

9 ай бұрын

Make the pros use craft paint and I am sold

@SalterThe

9 ай бұрын

​​​@@yeoboshongYes and no. I am beginner painter - just finished my first fully painted game (Death may die) Somewhere in the middle of painting I have recieved Kolinsky brush as a gift. I can confirm that good brush wont suddenly make you pro painter, but good brush with proper tip is just much easier to handle and even tho the result isnt that much better, becouse I am still noob, its so much easier and feel better to use...

@_lionezzz

7 ай бұрын

my friend is artist and he only use cheap brushes. But all his money goes to expensive paint

I actually think the first Rockery (big barrel) was quite nice as decoration that you don't look closely at. For 3$ it's acceptable

One thing to be mindful of with drill-type devices is "what are they intended for?" I use a multitool designed for use on acrylic/gel nails rather than a hobby drill or dremel-type device because plastic and PLA and resin are closer to nail extension products (acrylic and gel) than wood and metal. Also the Wowstick drill seems like it has no power but it's meant to be low-speed/high-torque for use on PCB's and plastics.

@CommDante

9 ай бұрын

Using a polish bit to grind plastic doesn't help much either...

@Peron1-MC

6 ай бұрын

@@CommDante the stone tip is not for polish XD

Hey guys I grabbed that exact air brush, took me a ages to notice that there is a small adaptor that is in the black box that needs to go on first before it becomes duel action, otherwise it does what you see it doing just blowing air.

@brikilian7834

9 ай бұрын

That's included incase you use it with a compressor that can tolerate a dual-action airbrush. Some sites are honest enough to say that those hand-held compressors will fail if they have back pressure. So use them single action when totally portable; and get almost dual-action when using a good compressor and air tank.

I gotta say guys, I’m not even sure that the first one was a scam more poor reading. it was literally advertised as aquarium Rockery it had nothing to do with miniatures in the title 😂

I've bought something very similar to the "beauty system" a while ago as my first airbrush and it's not very good, but! It does it's job. I use it for priming minis and painting terrain. It's quiet and portable - that's a huge plus. Clogging can happen if I don't rinse it with water thoroughly after each use. Overall, it's a strong 6/10 from me.

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

This happens with any airbrush, $300 clogging the same way as $15 (I have both, just in case, and use $15 very often with 0.5 needle it clogging a lot less than 0.3 expensive one)

I've order those triangle shaped paint brushes, and they were surprisingly good, better than I had expected

/puts brush from Wish in mouth/ yep, you now have an STI

The music you chose to play over Lukas reminiscing over grinding on the titan diorama was perfect. Love that song.

@ricojacquet

9 ай бұрын

Berserk always hit man

My first airbrush was one that cost $40, comes with a small compressor that overheats after an hour and an airbrush that was really hard to clean. BUTT, I end up using it for priming miniatures since it didn't work properly in small details Cheap airbrush for saving money in priming cans is a really good investment

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

Even more expensive compressors overheat if they don't have a tank

@JeffreyBenjaminWhite

9 ай бұрын

exactly, but Squid's advice to avoid due to difficult maintenance is good advice. I started with a similar kit, used it for basing and it worked well. With a better kit, a hobbyist is spared the frustration of learning how to tear down and reassemble a cheap airbrush, to be able to focus on painting instead.

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

@@JeffreyBenjaminWhite , but one should clean an expensive airbrush, too, and to do this properly able to disassemble it, Of course, design flows could cause more issues, but this is not necessary, there are no fundamental differences between expensive and cheap airbrush

@JeffreyBenjaminWhite

9 ай бұрын

@@gi1dor yes of course. the idea is however that people mistake cheap for beginner... when a beginner benefits most from the better reliable easier to use and to maintain unit... where an expert can airbrush with a cocktail straw and a balloon.

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

​@@JeffreyBenjaminWhite It's a double-edged sword. Yes, something cheap may cause more issues for beginners, so force them to try to solve them, but on the opposite end, by convincing beginners to buy expensive tool which they are not sure they need and may not like using cause or they never tried it or regret spending money on it I would also say it's not an issue of cheap and expensive, there are many very cheap, but very serviceable, airbrushes now on the market and no need to avoid them, but as with any tool, better to check what experienced people would say about it.

Duuuude you’ve come a long way man! I remember watching you when you were at 98k subs and now at a 581k you deserve every single one of them man. The minis you paint and the content you upload is legendary. Much love Emil!

Your editing is on point. It’s always been solid but it seems to get even better over time. Great work, awesome content 👍🏼🤙🏼

@digluugrootdu7606

9 ай бұрын

Noticed this too. The Editing is really good 👍

I've always been curious about the super cheap airbrushes!😂

@tay13666

9 ай бұрын

Same. I've considered getting one just for priming.

@digluugrootdu7606

9 ай бұрын

They should have paired a Wish air compressor with that brush. I imagine squidmar has a really nice compressor so it will make it seem better than it is.

@the98themperoroftheholybri33

9 ай бұрын

​@@tay13666I bought an airbrush used for cake decorating, it has a rechargeable battery air pump attached to the nozzle, it's fine for priming and zenithal highlights but it's quite heavy and awkward to hold in your hand, and the nozzle you get with the airbrush isn't great, but I've bought more detailed nozzles individually so it's pretty good. A downside to using a battery powered airpump is you have to make sure you're not using the pump on low battery because the PSI does change compared between a full battery and low battery

@darkstorminc

9 ай бұрын

I bought a cheap $25 set off Amazon. The airbrush is decent as is the small compressor, but the quality is crap. The on/off switch is broken so you have to unplug it to turn it off. Not bad for the price, and I only really use it for priming so far. Once I get some terrain put together that will be the next test.

@trashcan01

9 ай бұрын

Got one for 15$, very similar like the one they used in the video. Good enough for priming. 10-15 secs on a smaller model and it's done.

Loved this. Very chill and entertaining. Thanks to you both!

When you put that resin on that beautiful squig I was like “WTF?! No!!” Lol

i have an airbrush similar to the orange one, cost me about £10 on amazon, and frankly i love it i have had it for 6 years with no issues, i recently brought a harder and steenbeck but still use the cheap one for 90% of my airbrush work the H&S only gets used for small super precise detailing work

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

The same story for me, I have H&S, but use it mostly for detail highlighting, 90% of day to day airbrush work doing with an airbrush from $30 set with mini compressor (but with different compressor now)

@theaces3697

7 ай бұрын

@@gi1dor yeah I should add I brought a proper compressor as the ones that come with the cheap kits can barely get 10 psi

A Golden Demon Winner said during an interview: "While a master can paint perfectly with trash tools, the last thing a beginner need is to fight bad, cheap tools while trying to learn to paint. A beginner will learn slower and learn the wrong way of painting by unknowingly compensating for the bad tools, not even knowing that the tools are the actual problem, not the painter. Always buy the best, more expensive and most recommended Highest-Quality tools as a beginner. Later on you can buy whatever." I don't remember the guys name but his wisdom is a timeless truth and helped me alot in the beginning of my painting journey. Just buying the IWATA HP-CS changed everything about airbrushing for me, for example.

@TeensierPython

9 ай бұрын

That’s true for most things.

@wrah5480

9 ай бұрын

Learn to Drive in a Porsche😍

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

​@@wrah5480exactly! Beginners have a lot higher chance to accidentally destroy more expensive stuff Yes, you don't want to buy bad products with which you would struggle, but there is no reason to overpay too and especially buy the best ones I think that this advice is actually a bad one, there is no universal rule, beginners just should understand how to use tools Of course if you are not limited in money, it's fine, otherwise it's a pretty bad advice

I have the exact same chrome orange air brush. As a total noob at airbrushing I found it worked quite well. But the time it takes to fully clean it is frustrating

Maybe they'll find a lost Primarch there..... you'll never know

@SquidmarMiniatures

9 ай бұрын

Emptygrim of the emperor's mothers

I hope you do a video like this but for fake warhammer or stuff like trying to be warhammer , would be fun to see what scam warhammer models are out there

@CaptnLoken

9 ай бұрын

The joke would be that the recasters models are better quality than GW resin

@Timeyy

9 ай бұрын

@@CaptnLoken Also they have all the stuff that GW can't be assed to restock, some models have been sold out on the GW website for like a year...

I've had my fair share of cheap humidifiers, and let me tell, you, that humidifier will work until it gets clogged up with limescale and stuff. Then it will stop working, no matter the amount of tries and methods of cleaning.

I work at a pet store in the U.S. and boys, let me tell you- you got a good deal on that quality, I promise. The best part of Aquarium "terrain" is the texture, and even that's not great. Trust me, $3-$6 for stuff like that is perfectly fine. Look for bigger fish tank decorations if you want some "quality" stuff. 😜

Machinist here, you can sharpen drills on a grinder , 135 degree and create a cutting relief for the chips. You can also make a ghetto endmill with bad drills, just need to profile and get a cutting geometry on the flutes on your grinder

Don’t joke about Lucas using grinder, don’t give me hope😭😭

is it really a warhammer scam if its made for fish and train sets?

@SquidmarMiniatures

9 ай бұрын

It was pushed to us when we searched for warhammer on wish ;)

The meme energy in this one was strong as fudge!

I tried buying a body pillow of Lukas on wish, but it never arrived :(

I love seeing these kinds of videos! Fun stuff, with the potential for a hidden gem

Lukas painting this vampire with a split brush in 10 minutes, while I took 8 weeks.

First time I've ever actually purchased from a sponsor. Good work guys

@SquidmarMiniatures

9 ай бұрын

You'll be super happy with these

'This brush has three tips!' - Still better than what I can do with my good brushes because I'm that bad.

You could try and repaint the terrain pieces.

Thank you! As a beginner I had one of those airbrushes and always thought it couldn't be that hard! It gave me lots of pain to clean, until the needle bent and I lost some spring

I like the cheap "sable but not really" brushes for base coats and colour blocking, then I move to the more expensive, quality brushes for details. Especially for paints that tend to destroy brushes like washes, metallics and contrast, they are cheap enough that it doesn't really matter to me.

give the editor a raise! great video guys! Squidmar for life!

Those brushes that Emil tested are actually quite alright, I own a VERY similar looking set of brushes that are most likely from the same factory with just a different brand getting their name printed on them, other than that they are identical. Even if the tips might look bad occasionally they can be reshaped fairly easily and if you clean them properly after use they will last pretty long, they are great for both beginners wanting to test the hobby and for more seasoned painters that need some good quality but still cheap workhorsebrushes :)

@tay13666

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, they look like the ones I got on Amazon. They work great if you aren't expecting super fine detailing out of them. I use my good brushes for that. But for basecoating and intermediate highlighting they are perfectly fine. And you get a whole set for less than one 'good' brush.

My $60 Chinese Portable / Wireless Airbrush is awesome. After some use, I placed the Airbrush with the cheapest Iwata. It's more than a year old and is super convenient.

"this looks so bad because the drill bits are already rusty" me with my expensive army painter pin vise that started to rust the day after i bought it:

I ordered those same brushes....2 of them had paint dried in the bristles.... lol.

I got some of those brushes a while ago, they aren’t amazing but they do the job quite nicely

Emil immediately putting the crappy brushes into his mouth to try and get the tip sharper. 😂💯 that painter life.

“These paint brushes are the worst” paints to amazing high standard anyways

Agh! I am so sad there are no good airbrushes online! If only there was a reliable youtuber around who would release a quality airbrush with some cool aquatic design on it (probably) Until the day comes I will be forever scammed with fake airbrushes... 😢😢 Please help, squidmar 😢

@SquidmarMiniatures

9 ай бұрын

Give me two weeks

@miller413

9 ай бұрын

@SquidmarMiniatures thank god for squidmar! Now alls I am missing is some quality jumpers and tshirts! Perhaps I must continue my search for a good reliable set of youtubers to release their own of those too !

@SquidmarMiniatures

9 ай бұрын

Give me a month@@miller413

@miller413

9 ай бұрын

@SquidmarMiniatures ... is there anything he cannot do!? Thank you team squidmar x 🐙 🦑 🐙

That is some serious savage action licking up those trees 😅

Just backed the paths of sona on kickstarter! Painting the minis after I read it! Can’t wait, but prepared to wait! Lol

Clogmaster: "I can't clog... if I always shoot air" 😎

I like how the 2nd part comes in and the guy on the left give the guy on the right his tshirt 🤣

I’m sure the sponsor loved “speaking of scams” 🤣

Y’all’s videos got me into the greatest hobby known to man

This was fun. Thank you!

Goteeeem with that Grinder joke, haha

Its funny I've actually bought little trees very similar to those you got, and they're a little flaky before you seal them but they're honestly great for 6mm games like Battletech! Made my own little woods templates with them plugged in and they work okay!

Lol, I use those blue stemmed brushes and the hand drill with the black handle. They both get the job done, especially for that price.

ow wow that video flew by in no time. This was fun too watch :D !

Awesome, I even got a KZread ad to match about free drones when I sign up to temu!

The real scam is the scam numbers getting mixed up lmao pretty sure I saw “Scam Six” pop up three times 😅

I got the exact pin drill from Amazon, the same as the picture works great 😂 I was rooting for that one

Half of the items on this list I actually have in my workshop plus also I encountered the same problems with the exact items. With the air brushes I took off the brush from the hand held compressor and added the other brush (the exact one) to it and it is a good all rounder for basing and large highlights 🤣. Would love to see a comparison video of all these items to the ones you guys use on the regular. Would definitely be a help to beginners and journeymen alike👍 Another awesome vid guys. Earned another vid per vid like from me 👍

LMAO not the grindr callout

Aquarium ornaments have always been a bit shit in the dry because they're made to sit submerged in a fishtank and can't be too textured for the health of the tank & occupants. Drillbits were crap but what about the handle? Should come back to the "dremel" after a while to see if the motors still working Beauty airbrush system sounds like it belongs in a spray tan booth

Making me proper chuckle

"SPEAKING OF SCAMS, HERE'S OUR SPONSOR" LOL CHAD MOVE

I once ordered the silver pin drill, and got the black drill and I stil use it. Wonderful thing! And the drill bits are fine. The trees are fine in 1/700 and 1/160 scale diorama's. You needed to order the bigger ones, they are fine for the bigger scale

Orders aquarium decorations "WhY dOn'T mY MiNis fiT?"

The cheap brushes with the triangle shaped handle i have and find good for priming and base coating my minis, which is a godsend for saving the good ones for the real paint job and highlights.

I got one of those cheap China airbrushes with the handheld compressor. The brush that came with it was crap. But I swapped it out for a proper airbrush, and it works great!

@pan2aja

9 ай бұрын

But how do you adapt the nozzle ? Is there an adapter ?

@ex0ne

9 ай бұрын

@@pan2aja the nozzle? The compressor unscrews from the crappy airbrush and screws on to the new airbrush. It was a standard airbrush thread on mine and seems to be on most of these compressors..

@pan2aja

9 ай бұрын

@@ex0ne dang.. mine have non standard thread. Thanks anyway

That base line, love it.

Regarding brushes, the cheaper ones always seem to be hit or miss, and even then, the ones that do hit aren't as good as a proper good brushes. However, over the last year, I've done about 95% of my painting using 2 old cheap makeup brushes for drybrushing, 3 different cheap larger sized brushes for basecoating and washes, a couple of old garbage brushes for doing stuff like bases, and my workhorse is a cheap size 1 that is actually a hit and both forms a nice tip and holds it (it forms a nicer tip than the 00 from that same package lol). Maybe I got lucky, but that one brush has been really nice.

I got some good stuff from wish… some base brushes, diorama leaves, and the BLACK pin vice…. And mine was black

when you get to the brushes part i am reminded why i dont really do the hobby anymore. "this looks like poop... proceed to paint a model i would think is amazing".... so yeah i am terrified of ever showing my models to anyone, and thus the hobby is kinda dead to me.

Dude :D the dremel is for nails!

I got a really nice air brush with built in compressor. It works great for priming my figures and for doing my base coating and such. As it retails for around 587.18 Kronor or US 53.86 and has lasted me almost a year so far... pretty cost effective. I only charge it once every couple weeks so it is energy efficient for me as well. I still prefer to use brushes for most fine painting, but it has allowed me to stop using spray primer and saves me a ton of time plus it being cordless allows me superior portability.

Thanks for super good videos. 😊😊 I just want to say that I have bought a relatively cheap airbrush a bit like the one with a compressor. The one I bought, however, gives me the possibility to control the air via the airbrush like when I use my regular compressor. And I can mount my more expensive airbrushes on the smal compressor.😊 it actually works well 😊

To clean the airbrush wit the tiny hole you could use pipe cleaners.

Aw, you guys, Aquarium terrain is so fun - I have a full table of "Jungle" terrain including a range of SE Asian temple scenery for aquariums that looks really good! Yes, you have to pick and choose as there is some bad stuff out there, but it is a fun vibe to play on a table of dense aquarium terrain!

I mean, that first one was literally advertised as an aquarium decoration, what were you EXPECTING?

Try the orange airbrush on the USB compressor as well as a good one.

As a person who only uses Airbrushes for Priming, I look at the orange one and go "Maybe look into it" I don't take the best care of my Airbrushes, but I also only buy cheap garbo ones, so I don't mind;

I've ordered a couple of cheap airbrushes now. What you need to know as a consumer is that the quality control is wildly inconsistent, and sometimes (like with Lukas' model) they are difficult to clean properly. If you get free returns from the store you're using, I'd highly recommend them, but otherwise beware.

That what should be a brick wall looked like a Raufasertapete! xD

Dude, I got the pin drill they showed in the advertisement at a local woodworking store, it works great.

I have that hand drill! Love it.

my first airbrush was one very similar to the "beauty" one, just it had working double action - now its not even a close experience to the iwata i upgraded too, but it worked, it was cheap enough for me to say "lets try airbrushing", and I what still like about it is that its much more mobile than my higher value setup.

I want that f**king funky playlist from your Videos!! The Songs are really good !!!

@AcrylicJumbo

9 ай бұрын

Epidemic sound baybyy, I think one of them is called "mama funk"

gosh... nice to hear that the brashes Emil tried are not so bad. cause few days ago I ordered them as an addition to my future Warhammer beginners' paint set :D

@user-mu5zn2qj2s

8 ай бұрын

I've tried the brushes I ordered in China. I enjoy them much more than the Citadel starter brush. It lost its shape after the 1st day of painting, when the brushes from Chine are still in a great shape.

about the airbrush I know so many people telling me airbrushed was only good for basing, because they bought this kind of stuff. There is a reason why airbrushes are expensive but people often favor cheap stuff as a beginning to "try out" and get the wrong idea.

@gi1dor

9 ай бұрын

Even a cheap airbrush can be fine for highlights if you have a skill for it and know how maintain and sometimes improve it (polish needle, seal all connections properly, lubricate needle and trigger, and just properly clean it) I wouldn't blame cheap airbrushes for this, this just requires quite a lot of skill and practice I think the only thing which is different with more expensive airbrushes, is that after purchase more expensive ones, it pushes the owner to master it out, otherwise one thinks that they are wasted money

fwiw the airbrush with the battery-powered air compressor is actually meant for cake decoration and makeup, so variable pressure isn't really needed.

Pretty sure those trees were for model trains, unless they were marked as 32mm scale. Used to see those things in the local hobby store, you'd jam them into foam board and the job was done

I use that little hand drill all the time with the custom models i make. Was good deal for what i paid, but my drills were sharp and the shape was exactly what was offered.

Those cheap trees would actually be really good for 15mm or 6mm gaming. I have a load of cheap Chinese trees for my 15mm games, a quick dusting of less garish flock and a nice base and they’re fantastic table-fillers. I’d give them 7 out of 10.

Great video guys! Love this kind of content! I love the WARLORD TITAN, but I'm glad it's over 👍

Technically, a fragrance diffuser IS a humidifier because it's putting moisture into the air. Just not much... If your room is about a square foot, it could perhaps make it humid.