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Great video! Stellar paint job; I'm going to be following this for my Hivestorm build when I can next month! I really appreciate you listing Citadel paints for goofballs like me with a self-punishment fetish. :)

Informative video, however your worst may be my best 😂

and you really need to tell us where your getting your natural hair brushes at that are "affordable" ive not seen any for less than 30 bucks and the size 6 on the W&N site is 100+ dollars

25 bucks american for 5 pots is already a bargain though...just getting the models for free basically

Like Mum's night out......🤣🤣🤣🤣

This was the exact box i got just last week and painted over the weekend as my first ever mins of any kind! So if you want fresh review from a beginner, here you go! I don't know how about others, but after deciding to order this in order to try out a new hobby, i went deep into research. That was highly overwhelming. Everyone started on about, you need this kit, you need this primer, don't do that, use this method... You get the idea. After a lot of thinking and not wanting to sink over like 40 quid all in all in my first painting, i ended up getting some cheap make up brushes for slathering on the base coat and a hobby knife, to clean the edges. For any first timer reading this, don't make the mistake i did, get the primer, my painting started flaking already when i was painting it. Anyways, i got it home, cut them out, which took me over an hour itself. I then looked up many guides on how to paint, but finally found the original guide from games workshop on this specific set, so instead of experimenting, i just followed that. Put the blue on the base in 3 thinner layers, which was good to at least familiarize myself with how the paint behaves in cracks and crevices of the mini. Then moving on the black for the gun and the satchels on the back. That progression was great, since it was only around the second color that i started to get the hang of mixing the paint on the pallet to get the consistency i wanted, and working on the small handle points and the pouches on the back helped me to learn how to approach details on the mini. Then it finally came to the metallic paints, that's where the first detail was done on the shoulder pads, where i basically got the metallic paint everywhere and needed to do about 10 thousand touchups afterwards with the blue to cover it all up. Only at the white while doing the emblems on the shoulder pads did i realize that you can put the brush to the mini on these flatter surfaces with extended edges on the side, which allowed the paint to nicely fill out the emblem, but also took a few tries. With the technic paint, i was slighty annoyed at myself, since i didnt have any tools for that either, seriously, get at least the wooden coffee sitrer. I ended up getting the technic paint on the boots of the spacemarines, which made it look like they had big chucnks of dirt stuck to their suits. A tip, don't stress if this happens, i waited for it to dry out, then it was easier to remove and the rest i just repainted. Overall, id say the experience was pretty fun all around. As a first timer, probably the top 3 things id change is add a primer to this set, since i had the blue base coat flaking several times during painting, add a better brush, or in the least, two brushes, and make the second one more disposable and bigger, to apply the primer / base coat and finaly, id add some clear way on the box, or maybe with a paper in the box, to direct people to the original guide on how to paint this exact set, to avoid overwhelming new players. But other than that, it was great, and im already doing research on what army id like to strive towards painting and eventualy playing properly

Really like that you don't skip ahead and miss massive parts, you actually show how the steps are supposed to look, and give an idea about how long the steps take/drying time etc. Also, it's actually funny! As nice as the Bob Ross style that a lot of youtubers use can be, I like that these videos aren't a combination of tutorial and sleep aid.

I really like this style of overgrown. Would love to see some of the larger pieces in part 2

The pace of video output is insane. If youre in need of content ideas, board games might be a new approach. Recently bought Mice and Mystics and its a nice break from 40k and GW

Good video Don't have kill team but just watched it anyway

Had me giggling like an 8-year old hearing the word "bum" for the first time.

Damn, you are so productive. So many videos. I love it! Keep up the great work

Those orange handled 8404's are the real deal. Painted with the maestros for 2 years and going to the orange handles with a much sharper tip leveled up my final product significantly and instantly.

I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic terrain too, will definitely try this out on my (first) terrainpieces. Hope to get a result as good as yours!

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So git gud?

Absolutely love your videos Alex, I've learned loads of good techniques and tips from watching them. My 14yo and I recently picked up Warhammer again (after a short spell before Covid, but my son was just too young to have any confidence painting), and your videos have helped us a lot in our progress. Side note, we live in Edinburgh (10 minutes walk from Ancient Robots) so the Scottish side of your videos is a massive bonus, haha!

Great video! It starts out with something I can understand and even try, then dropped into techniques I’m nowhere near ready for yet. It really runs the range from beginner to advanced techniques in one video.

Bro, I absolutely love your sense of humor! The dry humping paint comment and "your mom's favorite part" line totally caught me off guard 😆 Your blend (or stippling) of editing style, narration, humor, and solid hobby advice is wonderful. Always makes me smile when I see a new video posted in my feed. Keep on creating Alex!

Stippling-thingy was something new - need to try that out! Thanks!

Pretty funny, because your "painting in silence" comment hit home with me. I actually always paint in complete silence...like some sort of psychopath. To each their own! 😅

That's all well and good, but how's your sample knowledge?

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Hi Alex, love your work. However, I felt like this started as a "I'll show you techniques" but quickly turned into a display at how amazing you are at painting. Please don't take offence to this. I would like to see a few maybe in-depth videos of the techniques. Like the way you and others are able to blend colours, you do it with the snakes yellows to green. I can see in the video what you're doing but maybe a bit more slowed down, in detail and a bit closer to how you are actually able to carry out these techniques

I enjoyed the slightly longer format, but you do whatever works for you and I'll keep watching

footsore miniatures have plastic and metal figures and I came across many (3d printed) miniatures on bigger events like Smc

noticed quite a change in your format. This is more informative, which is great and these tips I totally agree with... but being honest, I like your f'ups which brings your personality out more. You do you, just giving some feedback

Pale sand FTW. I almost poo'd my Y Fronts when I saw it

oh nooooo. my bank account. ahhhhhhhh.

Keep up the good work!

How's my boi doing??

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Theres a lot of love and thought in there! i have a large wooden board i paint on and keep brushes, pots and pallets on. Then I have craft storage box with all my paints and base stuff etc. These can be easily moved between 3 areas of the house i might paint in. I dont have anywhere near as many paints as you but it works well for me and has seen me paint much more often as its always in reach and doesnt take long to set up.

I think the display cases are actually really worth it - it helps remind you of all the cool stuff you painted. I'm working on turning a 300 sqft shed into a hobby space and I'm trying to incorporate good display options for inspiration purposes.

One page rules.

Bro if that is considered "terrible", then I might as well just toss out my minis. Damn

As a viewer it feels a little dishonest to shove a chair commercial in the middle of your video without being up front about it. It would be better to make it clear what you are doing.

lol, your face when you sat into the C7 chair x)

This video is totally not a flex ......im onto you mister!!!!

Always interesting to see where others slap paint on plastic! Sneaky chair ad!

Gotta get the IKEA Skadis pegboards on those walls. Like, _all those walls._ With a 3D printer you can find a million hooks, shelves, trays, etc, for paint, brushes, masking tape, etc, and pump them out quick smart. I have next to nothing on my actual work desk, it's all elevated, and that's just making do with the stuff IKEA sells. Seriously, the possibilities for Skadis/3D printing is as exciting to me as any mini/model building prospect.

Your set up looks really nice. I am starting a new hobby room and it has given me some ideas. Thanks.

Can we see David's trolly? I'm really interested in that

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BEFORE YOU COMMENT… please remember this is me trying to do something half decent with my painting experience, I’m not trying to put you off or make you feel bad as a beginner. I want more people in the hobby, not less :) - please also understand that I am sarcastic. I don’t REALLY think it’s the worst marine in the world.

Idea for part 2: Which of the games mentioned are actually played on a wide enough scale that there are frequent tournaments or events where you can find people to play with. It doesn't matter how good an alternative game is if no one is playing it. Sadly.

3:10 no hobby knife? Sandpaper.

What brush/brush set would you recommend for a beginner? Without breaking the bank

Good list. I’d add Rumbleslam and Burrows & Badgers.

Why did you get your magnifying glasses