Warhammer 40K is Better With Cowboy Hats

[@melindajohnson3394]

Is it me or did anyone else feel like this was the fastest eleven minutes on earth? Between the exquisite detailing and the narration, time vanishes into the WIW.

[@wallabaatar]

Great comment!

[@alexrodders4155]

No it felt like it took ages cos I watched it back to back 3 times

[@jst1man]

It's to get you to watch it twice!

[@nothingsurprisesmeanymore]

It also felt like an advert for Warhammer 😄 well the man's gotta eat.

[@duallydiligent6128]

Mad skills, and apparently an art degree. Absolutely brilliant application of color theory and airbrush skills.

[@harbl99]

"Wait, do you hear that?" "For tha emp-yeehah!" [hollerin' and shootin' noises] "Oh no."

[@marschma]

**Ominous chanting mixed with country music in the distance**

[@MatthewYork-hi9iq]

Walla walla wooow, wow wow woooow

[@chrisedwards6663]

For the Emperor, pardner!!

[@songjunw8981]

How about, For Our Manifest Destiny?

[@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen]

You've yee'd your last haw, Chaos varmint!

[@feynthefallen]

a smoke stack or two would have worked marvels for that knight... It's already pretty steampunky, it needed only that little bit to push it over the edge to look wild-westy.

[@RandomFlyingPotato]

That head was screaming for a bandana

[@mullerpotgieter]

Where's the cowboy hat?

[@lucasdeconninck1232]

Was about to say just the same. Some of the wires that are present on everything else in the Wild Imaginary West could have helped tie this army with the rest too

[@monsternside1509]

That and maybe some cow catchers on the Ankles as additional "armor"

[@feynthefallen]

@@lucasdeconninck1232 Yes. Those power packs on the marine armors look terribly out of place without the iconic antenae.

[@hockeyer101]

I was hoping for a giant cowboy hat on the big guy 😂

[@Calamitious]

Bro that would have been hilarious!!! 😂

[@NerdGlasses256]

Like a hefty big sombrero? Ohh yeaaaa I feel u!

[@BarokaiRein]

"This side of cicatrix maledictum ain't big enough for both of us, heretic." -Brother Captain Cassidy Y. Haw, circa 41st millenium.

[@Dragon66898]

Feels like a good blending of the two there.

[@ravenlit]

This comment wins.

[@ikeduley6361]

“Cassidy Y. Haw” is amazing. I just know the Y stands for Yee lmao

[@ItsA72]

I see what you did there

[@sherican23]

Ah my 3 favorite things 1. A Boylei video 2. Space Marines 3. Cowboys

[@wallabaatar]

Wow…the bases, hats, bison horns, spurs, facial hair…so many creative details, and finished off with some of the best painting I’ve seen you do! This is one of the coolest armies I’ve ever seen!

[@christophhinrichs8301]

You definitely should call out @EonsOfBattle for an epic duel. Not only with the army but also sculpting, and painting. That is unbelievable! Great idea, and marvelous realization. Wonderful.

[@Unhinged29]

name suggestion the imperial Marshals, they just need the star badges.

[@mistformsquirrel]

Purity Stars >_

[@Ragnarra]

HOLY SHITE that's brilliant! I was Just talking about space marine or astra militarium unit that came from a wild west planet.

[@freddywilliams9837]

The Dust Prowlers, successors to the White Scars.

[@jessegd6306]

Imperial Marshals Emperor's Rangers Peacemakers Gunstringers Gallows Calibrators Purity Stars Dust Prowlers High Noon Highrollers Smoking Barrels Ghosts Of Juarez Sunsetters Saddleblazers

[@cobaltCarnivore]

@@freddywilliams9837 Ghost Riders (in the Sky)

[@Lock_Knight]

Your creativity is astounding. Beautifully done! Post Script: The Ramblin' Throne Boys chapter may not be perfectly codex compliant, but their devotion to rootin' out varmints (tyranids), banditos (renegades), outlaws (chaos marines), and such-like malefactors on their homeworld of New New Tejas is second to none.

[@genericuser984]

New New Tejas, amazing 😂

[@RSOxSPEC4x]

when the homebrew need to be cannon

[@JoyfulNerd400]

I’m in love with the recent Warhammer pop-ins that some of my favourite creators started putting out

[@JoyfulNerd400]

@Drew776655 as a tabletop player, I am taught from the beginning of my journey as a player to hate GW. So, no, I shan’t. Lmfao

[@ironbomb6753]

Nope. Hate them.

[@supremecai5857]

@Drew776655was this video sponsored illegally? Idr seeing a sponsor disclaimer that you’re required to have. So dont think its that 🤡🤦‍♂️

[@karengilchrist9774]

Those are adorable and hilarious! Wild West Space Marines! Awesome!

[@MindlessFocus]

Probably the best mashup ever! Love the Wild West marines!

[@colinberry7226]

Might I recommend putting a smokestack on the knight, it may help it feel more like a steam train

[@RoboCrash]

This is so awesome. I have a Studio Ghibli themed Ork army and have used purple-y shadows as well. It adds so much to the final look!

[@Onewolfmanpack]

Looked you up on insta, looks awesome my dude. Love me a good ork conversion😅

[@patrikhjorth3291]

Fun fact: a rotary cannon _is_ a Gatling! They are mechanically identical to the original Gatling gun, just made with modern materials and tolerances. The main difference is the de-linker, i.e. the piece of space age magic that separates up to 6000 rounds of ammunition per minute from the links of the ammo belt to feed the Beast. This army is absolutely fabulous. I agree, the spurs are the best part, but it's by a very narrow margin. It makes me wonder what kind of monumental creatures they are equipped to hunt? The Great Rat King of San Francisco? The Horror at Red Hook? Could it be... have they actually tracked down... a GRUE?!?

[@TheDavidPoole]

Best ever use of Warhammer miniatures. Ever. ...EVER!

[@AleksiePenamartinez-j9q]

this is the MOST ingenious conversion iv'e seen dude.

[@stephenullman4534]

I am so amazed at your skill. The creative approach to your work is incredible. I've enjoyed your videos for quite some time now and can't get over the beautiful work you do. I'm 70 years old and I'm learning from you. Love your work!

[@WarhammerGeek]

Once upon a time, I was thinking up a Western-themed Space Marine Chapter called the Steel Riders. I debated about if I wanted to keep it grounded in the 40k aesthetic or go fully Western with it. In the end, I never ended up doing any models at all. This is exactly how I pictured the fully Western idea though. So it was truly amazing to see this video!

[@CraftandQuest]

I can’t express how unbelievable cool this is.

[@jessegd6306]

"Wehll if it ain't the Daemon Prince! G'Day yer """majesty""", ah'd tip mah hat to yah, BUT AH LAWST ET!" ~Deputy Captain Oklahomas Winchestire, 5th Company, Royal Gunstringer Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes.

[@just1mahi188]

He could have easily edited it out, but instead he had us also feel the pain of the stubborn piece of tape! Amazing paint job and imagination; to both think it and pull it off!

[@johnmatthews9808]

I laughed out loud. :)

[@GraySt0ne]

8:56 always hate when that happens its like: Get off.. get off.. GET OFF!

[@Frozenkoldfury]

Love these minis, cowboy space marines was not something I knew I needed but now I have received it it will live within me forever

[@chrisbeckett9748]

This reminds me of some wild west/ steampunk Orcs I made about 15 years ago. ❤ Every mini looks better with a mustache and a cowboy hat.

[@roguebeans143]

I was unsure of how this would turn out until the reveal but I was really surprised how nicely they all tie in together, they really do have that wild west theme and I think you communicated it very well.

[@paulhannoever7680]

The bison- Horns on the dreadnought! Excellent work!

[@Byronjames89]

I’ll be so sad once this imaginary west series concludes. Amazing work and great story telling 🙏💪

[@faked8586]

quest for camelot is probobly the most nostalgic movie of all time for me. I havent remembered the name ever since i watched it as a little kid and you mentioning it has finally allowed me to watch it again after many years of wanting to. thank you!

[@montackinp6935]

Love Boylei and love Warhammer ❤ perfect mix

[@Miscast]

SO SICK, this makes me unbelievably happy

[@kyank1884]

Please let one of them have a tiny cowboy hat on! Edit: YESSSS

[@lemonardodavinci4138]

I'm blown away, this brings my love for Warhammer, Knights and The Wild West together! Thank you for this! I really hope this pushes you beyond 1Million subscribers!

[@izaakjohnson2723]

"There's a snake in my suit!"

[@aaronbono4688]

The transformation of those minis into wild west motif is amazing - worked great. I love it!

[@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen]

Very happy that the most definitely Loyal Imperial Robot got himself an adorable cowboy hat :3

[@kennyclaing4923]

I’m really happy to see you paint your first army ! When you said you didn’t find a space marines horse cavalry, I immediately thought of someth cool you could do, and that would be to purchase the serberys raiders from the Adeptus Mechanicus, which comes in units of three, and then use them as proxies for the thunderwolf cavalry. What’s even cooler with that, is that this unit is already kind of set in the wild imaginary west !! Seriously, they have cowboy revolvers, rifles, and even sabers, they’re only missing a cowboy hat !!! I would love to see you make that, but your wolves look awesome and are perfect as they are, as well as the others models you painted !

[@novak_the_rex6436]

would have loved to see more of the WIW tech on the mechs, aswell as a cowboy hat on the knight

[@novak_the_rex6436]

otherwise incredible paint jobs and i love the facial hair

[@Springtrap11556]

Please make more WIW videos! I love watching you make such involved, story driven dioramas! The fact that these all share a universe and form a cohesive story makes this all the more impressive!

[@darrylhilbig6459]

I have a necromunda gang of delaques (first ed sculpts) with the cowboy hats from the big cowboys you can get in the toy aisle at Woolworths or Coles. The reason it works is because Delaque figures had overcoats that reminded me of the ones from Sergio Leone westerns. The heavies were given uniforms from the ACW artillery units. Both North and South. I later did the same for some Regiments of Renown Horse artillery. Though I did include one gun with the RHA uniform and French uniform (I think). These were from WHFB before it went stupid.

[@SpinupSquad]

Love where you were headed with this. The dark and gritty feel is fantastic.

[@PatriciaSchneider-b7d]

This video is so epic! Miniatures are painted so cool looking! I wish I had your finesse when painting! BY far one of my favorite videos on your channel, and I love a lot of your vids. Keep up the good work!

[@PetesWorld01]

Really couldn't picture how this was going to turn out at the start but of course it came out looking awesome! ☺

[@edanwallgejw]

Awesome inspiration Boylei! Soooooo cool! This army deserves to be played with though! Thanks for your awesome videos.:)

[@brownk2]

What an amazing Warhammer theme. That giant knight turned out just as you said looking like an old steam train. That face shield may have looked pretty boss with red also like it had a bandana hiding its face. Love your vibe, love your story telling.

[@SIMONK479]

Space marines with revolvers is pure rule of cool and I love it. Looks incredible

[@ragnabob]

Great video, cool miniatures, amazing conversions, fantastic paintjob and the struggle with the tape... About my favourite of your videos yet. Keep them coming!!

[@rccarguy3696]

No exaggeration. That is the most clever idea I’ve seen for a Warhammer army. And the locomotive theme for the big guy was perfect! Someone needs to make a movie about the IWW! 🎥

[@Gurren813]

I could imagine with the warp being such a weird place that a small band of marines like this was catapulted though time and space to the WIW, and to survive they became the most feared and dangerous group of both monster hunters, and guns for hire. Not wanting to affect this world's fate too much, they don't just overthrow the government and instead bide their time until hopefully their ticket home comes their way. Awesome paintjob and an awesome vessel for story telling. I'd love to see them tackle something like a Tyranid Bio-titan that got sent back just like they did.

[@jakubgramczynski8155]

Fantastic! Please, continue growing the army with additional units.

[@iamnotgonnatellyou]

This is such a fantastic conversion; seeing all the little changes like the sculpted facial hair makes these so charming. But I think my favorite part is that despite the fact that you picked the models for their aesthetics, it's almost a perfectly legal 1000 point army! I checked the numbers! 10 Reivers: 170 points 3 thunderwolves: 90 points Dreadnought: 135 points Allied Knight Castigator: 465 points And I think that last model is UR-025, from Blackstone Fortress? You could proxy it as a leader for the Reivers. A Captain in Phobos Armor is 80 points. All total that's 940 points, which leaves just enough wiggle room to pick some enhancements!

[@diyfireking]

I always enjoy seeing and watching. Beautiful piece of art 😍😍

[@daniellogue8365]

Its amazing how you made these look not like space marines at all with a few customizations. Love it ❤

[@jaket8947]

Holy wow, I love everything about this. I wish I could see it in person.

[@adorimable9690]

This is awesome! I've been working on an army that looks like bioshock with the new Solar Auxilia kits, also using a cerastus castigator

[@toportime]

The cowboy roundup team looks amazing, well done.

[@disendromeder4347]

I love it!!!!! If I could add one thing though, it would be that you should paint the armor trim on the bottom of the knight red, it'll really help make them pop and add a bit more variation to the color. Also, maybe adding some small stripes of it to some panels too? Getting interesting variation on them is super important

[@davidbarwick2078]

A smoke stack on the bigest one would have given it that locomotive vibe. All fantastic.

[@AndrewKuntzman]

I don’t know anything about war hammer but that looks pretty sick

[@tehninjastickman]

In the unending wilds of the west, there is only war. Love these models and tanks for the inspiration.

[@melvinshew5127]

One of my favorite games and channels combined ,this is awesome Semper Fidelis

[@josephpalmer2903]

Man I have been following you for years and I gotta say, your painting has gotten 10/10. I love your Western Steampunk style stuff, but this could be your best work.

[@shauku77]

You made me smile all the way to the end😊

[@2CraftySeniors]

Although I truly enjoyed every moment of watching you make this diorama/scene... I really appreciated that little piece of stuck tape. How many times I've had that happen while filming!

[@Chris-jl6vp]

Would love to see another one of these if you tackle another army. Maybe a cowboy-themed ork group? The beastsnagga line has a nice selection of revolver-like pistols.

[@originalnamehere7308]

In my head, I think of this channel as mainly a kitbashing/scratch building channel. So, whenever I see how great the sculpting is, I'm always surprised. The beards, the moustaches, and the skull all look like they came right off of a sprue.

[@mrsmum3-6]

So many Patrons, well deserved of course! How many though? I've tried counting them as has my grandson, who absolutely LOVES every video from Boylei.

[@jodezero]

Just wow!! Phenomenal job on this one. Love the cowboy hats! Absolutely cool.

[@ironbomb6753]

40k guy here. This army looks incredibly awesome! Those 6 shooters and cowboy hats!, wow. Very cool BHT. 👍

[@lillianlee4610]

So creative and detailed. I think you can remake anything to fit into your Wild Imaginary West. I love it!

[@left-over-crack6491]

Just saw this in person looks so cool

[@joelruehs4386]

The bison horns are a very nice touch!. Great build.

[@jakeberry5036]

for the sake of future conversions, most space marine kits come with sets of both helmeted and helmetless heads, so you would have the room to make hats on most types of marine.

[@IronModeOfficial]

I’ve been working on a Cow Boy chapter. I call them The LoneStar Wanderers. Been working on them for awhile. Terminators got pretty tricky

[@wolfishfang]

i started watching your channel when i wanted inspiration for building warhammer terrain so this is great, love this channel.

[@griffintwalsh]

You have a really unique and cinematic way of painting

[@bluedog843]

The bison horns on the Dread just made me so happy

[@JustBarbarianThings]

It was so cool to make the trek to see the army in person (and buy some more nerd supplies). Thank you for sharing this with all of us!

[@bethanygraham427]

I love the customisations - so perfect!

[@alejandroespinosa7542]

This was amazing to watch! I didn't even realize it was 11 minutes. Incredible work! Definitely liking and subscribing.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

those marines came out flawless! I had my doubts, but you outdid yourself.

[@qwerty2012w]

This is great would love to see more! A custom apothecary, tech marine, and/or chaplain for this theme would be fantastic

[@obsessivelychaoticdimwit9764]

Incredible as always

[@FlowersInHisHair]

The "not brass" areas on the knight look superb on the finished model

[@Caplonky5]

Finally what we've all been waiting for

[@redthecrusadertiktok]

It always comes back to Warhammer

[@sargentspursuit8738]

This is just so frigin amazing haha. I'd totally play a game with characters like this

[@RevRaak]

That music cue has got me going to rewatch Firefly again. This is awesome.

[@WaxWantSleeep]

now i want to see a ttrpg home game with you and other mini builders

[@malignant_rumor]

I never thought of putting cowboys and space marines together, but holy hell you pulled it off amazingly. I wanna see more space marines with lever guns now

[@dogskulldesign]

Always such awesome detail, would love to see your skills on sculpted and painted furs.

[@cerisekappes580]

Combining some of my favorite things!!!! Love the army!!! ❤

[@chrisporter8120]

I very much appreciated you leaving in the wee fight with the masking tape, 10/10. Take a sub.

[@steaky6523]

I love the idea of the dreadnoughts being these massive steam-powered machines

[@georgeduncan4528]

This conversion is insanely awesome

[@knallpistolen]

8:53 I love this bit, and the pause 🙂

[@panzerkitsune]

This video made my modelbuilding fire light up again. Gonna paint again after several months of absense.

[@graefx]

I love it. The spurs might be my favorite part.

[@kharnethebetrayer4125]

You just wild western everything😂 keep going, I love it, so creative, and you talk us through the process. Cant wait for the next bid.

[@nathanielzaharia9630]

Man, I love your sense of humor. "Caraplace?" And the little segment with the tape that wouldn't go away? Come on! 😂