BEYOND REPAIR? Rescuing Blood Warriors

These blood warriors were some work! Beyond the time constraints, they were really really messed up. I went through the stripping process several times and tried to get them to a good place to at least be presentable. Unfortunately I pretty much binned half of them because, and I’m pretty sure, the last owner used some kind of acetone on them, melting away s good portion of the details. Hard to see under all the layers of paint, even on the good ones you can see evidence. But I picked the 5 best ones and made them look as nice as I could in order to get them ready for the army sale. All in all I’m pretty happy with the way they turned out. They are most definitely playable models!!
This week I almost didn’t get a video out. I’ve been in a lockdown because of exposure to Covid, and while that seems like I would have extra time, well it doesn’t, being a dad means that I have other responsibilities, so I’ve been home with my son for the week. I scraped together time to get this far and I still plan on having a full video out tomorrow, but at least the footage for this video has been shot!!
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[@kausalkraken5951]

As the original seller, a bit of a back story. I have been buying and selling Warhammer for 15 years. I also do professional painting jobs and commission for fun. About four years ago, a fellow wargamer gave me his 9-year-old son Khorne army after he passed away for free. It was his first army and was using it to learn how to paint. I placed them in simple green but ironically moved to Reno NV shortly after for work. When I returned back home to PA beginning of last year, I discovered them and put them up for sale (I was downsizing at the time). Ironically, If I had them with me in NV, I could have walk a mile to the house and said: Free army, here you go. Please remember, we all start somewhere.

[@m22152]

No ones judging you, sorry for your friends sons passing.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

This certainly marks the first time that a seller has come forward after a video that I’ve made. Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it. It’s very unfortunate and sad that your friends son passed away. Hopefully I can do a little justice to the army by fixing it back up. Being from Reno as well, crazy coincidence. Such a small world man.

[@raimundkeller6115]

Oh my... now I really hope that he is gonna use those other models as well. Would be good to know they were of some use...

[@RagnarTheGrey]

Hey, you should go watch the latest video about the army, he needs your help with something. This is just a polite heads-up, and if you already know about it I apologize if I've notified you unnecessarily.

[@Headywon]

This is all BS; same comment has been posted in multiple videos with the same response. This is scumbag behavior and it deserves to be called out. I am saving these comments as evidence Edit: looks like these videos are of the same collection of models, but the same comment being copypasted multiple times with the same copypasted response is sus AF. I'm not convinced.

[@seymourbuttes3194]

You should think about making an “army” out of irreparable rescues. You’d never be able to field it, but a weird Nurgle/Khorne hybrid sounds disgusting and awesome.

[@kardasdragon7933]

He could as proxies as long as the other players fine with it.

[@ElNick09]

I like this idea a lot! Imagine, not an army of chaos undivided, but an outcast band of mutated, broken, cast-offs exiled by each of the four dark gods, allowed to roam real-space in exile, hating each other and squabbling constantly, banding together strictly for survival, pariahs even in the eyes of their fellow chaos worshippers, they lurch through battles in the vain hope of redeeming themselves in the eyes of their Dark lords.

[@coaxill4059]

@@ElNick09 I very much dig it! I'd call them: The Unwanted

[@Iamvalcristvalentine]

Hey Casey, love the show. I love showcasing how a hand firmly in the hobby side of things can repair almost anything that can happen to a mini. I have some experience with these "beyond repair" models as I play Bretonnia and have pieced my army together used from eBay for the last 15 years or longer. There are NO Bretonnian models that are beyond repair. They can't be. period. I once bought an auction of "primed black" knights a year or so ago. Primed back was code for melted with aerosol over large surfaces. the plastic literally bubbled and foamed where it was melted. Lances twisted, helmets rendered featureless, and Banners unrecognizable. Most of the damage was on the Flat surfaces where it met the edges making the Cloth look unrecognizable but leaving the horses more or less non-mangled. I rescued a single model to start with a razor blade and sanding sticks over the course of about 15 hours to a surface that was paintable if not recognizable as a 6th edition Bret. As I had DOZENS of these models all needing rescue to the same degree, I totally changed the aesthetics for my Knights Errant and utilized the refurbishing process to differentiate the Knights Errant from the other knights on the table. The refurbished knights are now the best looking unit on the table-top. Their stark contrast from the other parts of the army makes them jump out. Not to mention how much I learned about hiding the crimes of damage with a good paint job, making replacement banners with packaging plastic, and utilizing bitz I would not normally use to repair or draw attention from surfaces. The miniature does not have to look like the box to be great. Damaged and repaired models are some of my favorite things to paint now as the restriction of the repair forces you to adapt. I still have about 20 knights to refurb, let me know if you want to take a crack at one ;) Cheers.

[@GoobertownHobbies]

13:37 I see you.

[@giovanni23048]

Having a video lenght of 13:37 is pretty leet

[@MrStatistx]

Haha, meme before the age of memes

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Lol, didn’t even notice.

[@MrStatistx]

@Maximo Ricardo Don't have a GF, don't care about instagram and you are a spam bot anyway.

[@the_musing_kravist]

I love the story and intro before the painting; the cuts and music are inspirational.

[@Ratazana314]

Just binged in a series of your videos- great content! Also, your soundtrack choice is always fantastic! Keep up the great work!

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Convert the melted ones into Death Guard Space Marines. Some different heads, different weapons, some Space Marine backpacks and Nurgle icons and they could be some pretty cool and unique Death Guard.

[@Tlees91]

Amazing rescue on these. Something I was wondering was why dont you do a before and after shot at the end? It really contrasts how much work you went through to fix models.

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Khorne's judgement before paint: "Ewww! Just...no." Khorne's judgement after paint: "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!" One of your best restorations Casey! Amazing!

[@botchedresurrectiongf1743]

Khorne’s ass did not say some corny shit like that

[@garryabbott3474]

I have never played a table top game, but I still find your vids fascinating.

[@MrVolvobloke]

Those are fantastic, and the oil wash just adds so much depth. The poses are great too, over the top yes; but not too crazy !

[@sehgfx]

how about using those "dead models" for sacrifices to khorne on some monster or deamon?

[@davidmarkley3015]

I really liked this video. The details made the final figures awesome. The paint job was straight forward and could be done by an ordinary mortal.

[@captainweekend5276]

Nice to see someone else using contrast through an airbrush, I utilized it quite heavily when painting my kharadron overlords, it was really good for getting a smooth metallic colour on the airships as well.

[@wezab]

The upside is that your ruined warriors will make great casualty figures for objectives or just scenic adjuncts to the battlefield. I did the same thing with a CSM. Used a bunch of plastic sprue to represent bent piled girders, lay the marine recumbent in the pile and actually twisted part of his leg to make it look like his injuries included a dislocated hip. On a separate base I had a broken CSM bike. Have fun with it

[@init3]

Man those came out really really nice. Great job getting them cleaned up. Every mini needs a good home!

[@dilemmaaaa3104]

Thanks so much for the videos. You inspired me to begin rescuing my 8 year old Cadians. Keep up.the great work.

[@locolarkin8529]

Hey what a nice final result. They look great. Nice Job.

[@odinswolf1969]

good tip with the contrast through the airbrush, looking forward to trying that myself

[@corkey2077]

Definitely using this recipe on my starter box thanks for the tip on the contrast paint

[@AlexAttemptsTabletop]

The world dose truly need more blood warriors. Great job as per!

[@ExileDCC]

These turned out great. Winton oil color really performs well as a wash, it was what I first tried out when experimenting with oils. I can’t believe the tattoo is happening!

[@kadiabarenbaum7252]

The mangled 5 could surely be used in some basing goo pools below your larger Nurgle beasties..no?..or acid victims in wreckage in standalone scenic tabletop sections for your battlefield

[@cycoholic]

Those turned out great. The oil wash really helped the red contrast paint pop. Got an old school 'heavy metal vib. As for the rest, maybe paint them up as warriors that have been infected by nurgles rot (if that's still a thing), and use them as a suicide squad.

[@OldFreackyGuy]

Comparison at 1:27 is priceless. Expectation and reality.

[@shadow111d]

hey man, just wanted to say your video quality is really getting awesome, its noticeable how much work your putting into them, thanks!!

[@LegionaireSiggi]

Good job and thanks for including your playlist.

[@sergioholmes2358]

those at the beginning are absolutely insane i love them i wish i could paint like that.

[@rokurokubi3273]

Using solvent to partially dissolve styrene minis as a deliberate creative choice seems like it could be interesting.

[@michaelmasters1212]

kinda would've loved to see a kitbash attempt to bring a few of them back to life, end result is still great though!

[@Wijkert]

09:40 I love how you don't want to waste anything and are said when I kind of have to let stuff go.

[@valecraftworks]

Holy heck man! That transformation was night and day! Great work man! Love it!

[@underscore._.7540]

I don't normally see these models on the battlefield or at all for that matter, but uts good to see them have justice done for them, great video!

[@diogocosta3549]

3:26 I like that mug you've got there. Looks pretty... Gooberish

[@jorgeclarkson4639]

Was looking forward to the continuation of this and so glad it was Blood Warriors, inspired me to crack on with mine after a brief break.

[@Kavouraki_]

Wait, as for a rookie Airbrusher since I got it for Christmas. You just take contrast paint from the pot and poor it in? No thinner or anything? And thats an amazing work on these models. Amazing what you can save and make !!

[@wrath3470]

Considering how they came that's awesome. good job bro. can't wait for the tattoo! hahaha

[@horstpeter6955]

Dude, you are a real artist! Looking Great. ^^

[@Lavernator]

Man, that little trick forming the brush on your thumbnail.. I'm going to steal that

[@MaskedRiderChris]

Talk about your paint removal troubles, I can relate; the ultrasonic cleaner I procured on eBay doesn't appear to be doing anything resembling removing anything from any miniatures I put in it as of yet. I filled it with Simple Green, dropped the minis in (they're pretty well caked, though, to be clear), pushed the button, and....nada. It's a TruePower brand cleaner and I'm not finding any reviews on it as of yet, which I suppose is what I get for not researching first. I'm eyeballing a Maganasonic cleaner which is getting actual and good reviews online, so I may just bite the bullet and grab one of those and see what happens.

[@joshuagannon6566]

Can't wait to see the Khorne army in all of its glory. You've inspired me to start up my own Khorne Daemon army. Blood for the Blood God!

[@donclark712]

I may have missed it somewhere in an earlier video, is there a reason you like an oil wash vs something like nuln oil? Love your videos, keep the rescues coming!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I like oils because you have so much control over the final result. Nuln oil is great, but it really stains and darkens all of your colors, so you are forced to go back and do more highlights. With oils you can do all your highlights and edge highlighting before the wash, if the oil covers anything you don’t want it to, you can remove it with some mineral spirits. If I’m purposefully trying to darken a color and stain it, then nuln oil is my go to, for everything else, oils. Hope that helps :)

[@donclark712]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues very helpful information, thank you!

[@racspartan1]

Great Job 👍. What I do with the models that are beyond repair, is I make them casualties and dead bodies for bases.

[@JamesEarlCash]

You should consider making a competition of some sort and including those 5 remaining blood warriors as part of the prize. :D

[@pokephyjk]

Nice job, where did you get the Bases from? :)

[@Eviscerator18]

Wow, these look fantastic!

[@gwynjustice6664]

maybe for the melty boys you could mix Nurgle and Khorn aesthetics to get an unholy union sort of look with missing limbs, sloughing skin and diseased bodies but also with red colors and fierce weapons armor and expressions? or maybe you could use chaos marine kits to bash them into something worthy of 40K?

[@patrickweggler]

Nice rescue! I love to see the more difficult rescues, the ones who need more love then just a bit of color. Maybe you can show the repair part in more detail? Do you have a link to the nice bases?

[@jmc7034]

Considering the mess they were in, the 5 that You finished look great

[@simonmears4073]

Great video as always, you really should think of doing a CD you play some really awesome music during your vids. Keep up the good work.

[@MrStatistx]

really like the silver faceparts of the helmet in contrast to the red and bronze

[@HistoricLife]

This is nice and helpful. I bought some of these figures from the same seller and are painted in the same manor.

[@sandyakabatteriehuhn]

Congrats on 50k, Casey

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks!! Kinda blowin my mind a little bit 😆

[@sandyakabatteriehuhn]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues You deserve much more! I remember subscribing when you didn't even narrate your videos, just because I liked your style. And since then you improved so much! Also, and I commented in that a few times - best music choices off all mini painting channels :)

[@peterdavey7350]

Maybe you should have a go at greenstuff modelling? As always Casey, love your videos

[@shaneflickinger]

Good idea combining parts from the ten warriors to make five good warriors worth painting. Not sure what your bitz situation is, but could you convert the other five warriors to complete the unit? A lot of Khorne Chaos Warriors from the 80s had beastman, bloodletter, or even mechanical/robotic features (e.g. a dog or bloodletter head, bionic arms/legs, etc). Just a thought.

[@keithsimpson2685]

I had a living hell stripping a bunch of old battletech "unseen" minis that had been painted in some kind of enamel and varnish.

[@MugenSlayers]

You should really test some biostrip 20 it's such a treat to strip plastic models from acrylic paint. Artis opus has a video on the stuff. It's great.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I’ll have to pick some up, I’ve never used it before.

[@FengolZA]

Those models look amazing!

[@lloydd4]

bought 10 bloodwarriors myself for a cheap price. They are awesome to paint indeed

[@theodieman]

Some elite video duration margins we got.

[@Sir_Gonzo]

Congrats on the 50K subs, bud.

[@wezab]

Hey Casey, a question for you. From my perspective, Australia, I have never seen cheap models from Warhammer or Battle Front on E-Bay. Even the second hand ones. I worked it out once and I found models selling for up to 10% more than the GW price. Add on to this the cost of postage, expensive from the US to Aus. So is there a particular search query you use in E-Bay for your projects and do the prices you quote for E-Bay purchases include the postage?

[@itsCHIzy]

Can you tell us more about your light and camera setup? I would love to setup my new office to have this kind of lighting and to even record my own progress as i get better at painting and would love to know how you set it up! Thank you!

[@MachineMindDesigns]

Reminds me of the 30 Eiserkern troopers I got from ebay for my Doomslayer Army, but instead of caked paint it was an intense amount of superglue that was used for assembly...for some reason. It was so bad that soaking them in LA's Totally awesome for 4 months did jack shit to the glue it was that thick. Then I busted out 91% Iso alcohol and mixed it with the LA stuff and that weakened the blobs immensly. They're still soaking so the glue can flake off when I get to them.

[@blairbird8022]

This video was leet. Also, what light are you using? The circular one.

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

idk what youre talking about but those models look awesome after you rescued them

[@arkhantheblack8934]

I say keep the best bits of the army( these awesome guys, the bloodthirster, and some skull crushers and bloodletters) then sell the rest as pre painted and use it to expand the army in other ways

[@giovanni23048]

Damn those got repaired af

[@gogogo2day]

Love your music choices for every video!

[@ruaridhmackenzie3215]

Casey : "They have melty bits." Me : "Go for it, invent Khorgle, tell us it happened when Khorne was fighting Nurgle" Casey : " So I'm going to paint it the best I can or cut it off." Me : (Snobbing) Such a great opportunity lost forever.

[@MrStatistx]

Khorgle i think of Corgis

[@ruaridhmackenzie3215]

@@MrStatistx do you also think the queen is a great unclean one?

[@MrStatistx]

@@ruaridhmackenzie3215 I would say she fits more in the legions of nagash... Ancient undead and such

[@dropkickpiper3204]

Khorgle... or is it Nurgorne?

[@kl1thedominion]

@@dropkickpiper3204 Ooh...that's tough. On one hand Khorgle is hilarious, and on the other Nurgorne unironically sounds good and awesomely visceral.

[@6lote]

I use acetone, on metalic aloy minis, without plastic bases. Beside toxicity when not done in a ventilated area, it work very well in few seconds for acrylic paint (not oil based). But it litteraly melt plastics... Have you tried that already?

[@jackbookworm]

I love watching your videos! I just got into painting recently and with you as inspiration bought a lot of half painted minis from ebay. How long do you leave them in the agitator?

[@RoblolGames]

I wish you had shown the detail that you thought was too bad too use as a reference. Maybe consider showing close ups if it happens again?

[@bespokehero]

Turned out really nice, good to see some of them got used. Where did you get the big halo light you use for recording?

[@ch2kensh2t]

I've not had any luck with contrast through an airbrush, but I'm still just a novice. Do you just use them straight, or partially thinned? Any other tips would be appreciated as well. Great video!

[@kadiabarenbaum7252]

Casey..what's the cool blurred section rectangle bkg behind you by the goose neck lamp?

[@swordbrethrenjrbear1693]

So cool, I'm just now starting a blaze of khorne army, never played AOS super cool rescue . nice,

[@skagwaterrpgs6893]

Convert the other 5 fire warriors that are busted into being Nurgle Blightkings? Just for the heck of it?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That could be fun, I have a bunch of dg heads laying around. They are just the right size for it too, a little greenstuff work, some nastiness.

[@MrStatistx]

We don't get LA totally awesome here. I once stripped a mini for a friend and it took me like 1 day of constant "put in isopropyl alcohol, let it soak for 1-2 hours, scrub off with toothbrush, repeat, put in cleaning fluid, tootbrush, repeat all over" and there were still spots of color, but at least not enough to not prime over it. Also the mini smelled like dishwashing soap for a while XD

[@gonnaw1n]

It almost looks like you swapped out the really bad 5 you were going to work on for some brand new models. I mean the close ups didn't look melted at all when painting, so you done very well with the finish.

[@TruthTealler]

great vid. but i was just left wondering.. what about the 5 rejects. i wanna see them xD

[@Teifling]

Oof, I wonder if going alcohol first would have helped... sorry, if that's obvious... I'm super new to the hobby and just typing thoughts. I hope the damaged 5 find a home. Maybe used as bits for bases?

[@stefanromanski8597]

Hi, do you need a varnish before the oil wash or just mush it on there raw? :)

[@Tezcatlipoca73]

good job! i really like how you transformed those models from junk to works of art.

[@williamwatson4795]

Out of curiosity, where could I find the STLs for those bases? I'm looking for bases for my Khorne army, and those look pretty good.

[@KMKimo]

Best music in 40k youtube

[@wendigo1619]

i would love to see these newer models in puter, i'm not really a fan of plastic models (they feel cheap to me) but love the designs and poses

[@aggonzalezdc]

"Pewter" Pewter has some issues though. Paint has a much harder time sticking to pewter than plastic. From what I understand you can get better definition and more dynamic poses from plastic than pewter. And (as personal experience has taught me), when you drop a model, there is a MUCH higher chance of something nasty happening to it if its pewter than plastic... I liked my old pewter models. I still have some. But I recognize that it has issues and that the process of making plastic models has progressed to a point where you can make better plastic than pewter models.

[@retrovirusjet6244]

Hi, nice vid, what is the power of your ultra sonic cleaner please ?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I’m not sure what the actual power is. The sonic cleaner is a cheap model off of Amazon, so probably not overly powerful. I do want to get a sonic cleaner with a variable setting someday though, that would be nice, and I could actually tell you what settings it’s on. Someday :)

[@retrovirusjet6244]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues i bough a cheap one it's 50 watts, we 'll see... thank you :)

[@thra-x1855]

being khorne models you might ave been able to cover up some of the melty bits with gore... unless the vast majority of the model is melted.

[@ArcaanRitual]

Hey, I've got some questions about your lighting setup for filming, I've been contracting for about two years and my trusty lamp is way to bulky to work around with a camera up there too, where did you get your ring light?

[@kingremus7544]

Great video and result! Though I gotta criticize the lack of gloves and the resulting dryness of your hands! (Assuming you have to use aggressive detergent) Also the music on the first half did absolutely not fit into the video. That said I really like how you paint, the timelapse was fun to watch!

[@OPGuitarandGames]

Will this aunction be for your Patron ? Are going to announce when you are putting it on Ebay ?

[@Gorcyca]

awesome video! where do you get your files for the printable bases from?

[@masteroffate2692]

Could it be possible to make the melted ones look like they're fighting on after being blasted by some type of drake fire attack? Maybe a little greenstuff and some scorched paint effects?

[@therealwinston3634]

when I see painting-videos, I want to paint too

[@andrzejwasielewski1644]

Good Job

[@MrStatistx]

I can accept the pros of contrast paints, but then I look at my too big amount of regular colors and decide that I won't go down that rabbit hole

[@leonmumford179]

I'm working on the blood brood starter set. Blood for the blood God

[@jasonborder4175]

Hey been watching you for a while for inspiration. I'm curious how would do splinter camo on regular troops?

[@metaller1317]

What is that step called where you airbrush the white over black model? I'm not a native english speaker and can't understand how it is called