Finally Rescuing My FIRST WARHAMMER ARMY

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I will be at Soonercon June 21-23. Come hang out and paint some minis with me! soonercon.com/

[@commentingisdangerous7530]

newer models might have more detail, but the older models have more personality and character and just look more fun. i can't tell you how much i love your channel, whether you are saving a model or just hanging out with your buddy i can never get enough of what you do. Would you ever rescue some classic chaos dwarves??? they are my favorite old models and i would love to see what you would do with them.

[@kieran2221]

It's the context and the emotional background for your minis which I really, really like. It's the secret sauce for your channel, you connect with the minis and their paintjob in a completely different way to most.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That really means a lot, thank you :)

[@wellspokenrambler]

Hell yeah the 3rd edition Chris Fitzpatrick Fire Dragons! I always liked how they were modelled after the 2nd edition Fuegan, scale loincloths and all. Painted a squad of them up last year, great work on yours!

[@Telmach]

The new paintjob looks cool, but I think you had a great motif in the old paint scheme as well. Black, silver, gold, and red looked very striking. Even the unintentional green was really interesting. It might be fun to make a call back squad with those colors done a bit more intentionally. Heck if you don't do it, I might just steal it for myself.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I did like the colors that were there and I re-based the rest on the new bases and am going to keep them as is. I might try and do a 50/50 split with the old and new colors on the models coming in the mail, that would be fun.

[@csdn4483]

For those wanting to strip metal minis like Casey, do not do what Casey did. Remove the base from the model before dropping it in the acetone. You might be able to save the base for use.

[@max34671]

Yeah, I was wondering why the flip he didn't remove the bases beforehand? Also, why didn't he keep the tab on their feet and put a slot in the base toppers?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol, yeah I kind of forgot about the bases, and they ended up melted, not great, and they were perfectly savable, I planned on using them for the toppers until I realized they went in with the models!

[@Firedrake-f4g]

Love it. I switched to Eldar from Ork with the release of the Codex that essentially stole the character of the Orks and made it impossible for them to win. Never regretted it and a lot of the models were still metals. Still have them and have never regretted the paint job or colour selection.

[@commentingisdangerous7530]

dang! those look so good when you were finished with them. back in the 90s that would have been golden demon material haha. great job. maybe some warp spiders to go with them next?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! Crazy how times change, Golden Demon is insane now! I have a set of warp spiders that need paint :) I do want to get to each set, they all need something, and it would be great to get the whole army back up and running!

[@peterevans6661]

Love your work. I would like more extreme closeups of the models at the end. Thanks!

[@Wijkert]

3:23 even with acrylic paint I have noticed that the older the paint job, the harder it is to strip. I wonder what process causes that. It's not the paint. If I strip a model that has 20 year old paint on it, but has been painted recently, it comes right off.

[@Miss_New_Booty]

A lot of the older carcinogenic chemicals that were used in paints work differently than the safer stuff we use now

[@Cerderius]

I love that you shop through Tista, I also use them and they often have exactly what I need. Though being a Canadian like the seller my deals aren't as nice haha

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I've managed to buy from them a ton of times not really even realizing it. They just have good deals and I end up saving their listings and going back to them. Really nice people and not bad on shipping rates to the US!

[@gregoryhall4062]

Some great advice here. Many times I've had to put down a unit and come back to it days, weeks, or months later and I'm always refreshed when I return.

[@8bitbonsai]

im just doing the same, resuracting an old army. Mordian iron guard it is for me. Those old minis just have a charme to me

[@jamesrichards2442]

God they need to do a new Mordian kit.

[@brionl4741]

A lot of the eldar aspect warriors date back to Rogue Trader. I've got those same exact guys.

[@RatRatRatty]

They look great! I like how the colours tie in well together, especially with the details on the helmets. A nice collection of new and old memories of fun times...

[@ARIES5342]

Very nice work! I like to see the Emperor's elixir used to strip away nurgles rot!

[@oreoczar5188]

Not much of a fan of the Eldar, but I love watching your videos and seeing progress with anyone's style. Keep up the good work!

[@TheDreadGazeebo]

Nice, glad to see someone finally painting Eldar on youtube! Keep it up!

[@bretticus6722]

Man Jes Goodwin Really came up with some Brilliant Designs 👍

[@ProxyHammer1]

I love these older Eldar figures!!

[@jamiehughes5573]

Whenever i see these miniatures i just get reminded by thin your paints(the video about extremely disfigured minis with them screaming)

[@roryhatfield6696]

Great job. I hope to see you at Soonercon. That’s my state and Norman is close by

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! I will be there teaching a few classes and hanging out in the painting area, see you there :)

[@Furtuim]

Hey boss, IDK if you noticed but around 5:30 in you may have revealed some info.

[@jod3000]

He referenced it as I was commenting 😅😊

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I appreciate you!

[@beartygerevillaugh9418]

Heck yeah some gorgeous Eldar!

[@jamesladbrook8255]

I've literally just done the exact same thing with my original oldhammer howling banshees. They were always my favourite unit and I really want to do them justice 25 years later Keep up the good work 👍

[@grounder91]

I like your base theme concept, it's clean and simple and that lore concept comes across easily

[@CrussaderGrarl]

i like the classicy paintjob on them they look great

[@Tynster747]

Casey, just gotta say i love watching what you do. You've taught me a lot about painting and about buying used. So much im working towards a 2nd 2000pt army painted up almost entirely bought on ebay.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks :) That's awesome you're almost at full second army! It can be slow going, but it's so worth it, good luck filling out the rest of the army.

[@Tynster747]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Yep! I mostly just need some necron hero units

[@rokurokubi3273]

I just sold off a whole bunch of my very first Eldar minis, mostly drowned in an absurd amount of ink wash. Makes me a bit nostalgic seeing the old Fire Dragons painted so nice.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Those inks from back in the day were brutal! I have a few minis that are covered in the stuff. If only I knew then what I know now, it would have been game changing. I imagine it was for other people back in the day lol.

[@stefanlvkc7986]

LOL, I'm literally doing the same thing with used Eldar that I have been collecting for over 20 years. And that codex...oh the memories.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

definitely some good memories :)

[@19jsparker19]

3:55 For the record, Fire Dragons are pretty good on the tabletop and the fun and kinda cheesy way to play them right now is to load a squad into a Falcon and Deep Strike with the Falcon

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

hehe, awesome :)

[@zprettpolly]

Would be great to work through all the old aspect warriors and get your take on the colours

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That's definitely the long term goal, I want to go through all of the ones I have and update them with new paint and bases, should be fun :)v

[@marcwittkowski5146]

I can absolutely understand the urge to re-start your first army. I've done the same with my Black Templars army which I started in 4th edition. I'm slowly starting to get to a point where one could actually call it an army and the nostalgia is amazing. I absolutely love it. Great video, as always!

[@lukejames3975]

Awesome colour scheme 👌

[@ftumptch86]

My collection is 2nd edition Blood Bowl teams which I half painted back in the late 80's. I haven't repainted my old ones either just the new ones I've picked up to fill the gaps. I like keeping the difference even though my increase in skills have been matched by my decrease in eyesight 😂. Great vid, some nice tips in there.

[@Apache_Cox]

That's a cool light you have

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I do like it, it's fun

[@MaskedRiderChris]

I've bought from Tista Minis before and he's always been great to buy from and deal with. Getting older Warmachine minis for reasonable prices from him has always been pleasant. It's funny you made this video because I'm building up a Cryx (Warmachine) collection again as of recently and while I'm mostly adhering to the studio paint scheme, I'm giving solos and warcasters a different armor color to make them stand out more and it's turning out nicely so far. Hoping to find people who like to play Oldmachine (MK 2 rules set, preferably), and I really enjoyed this video as usual.

[@chadkittleson5447]

Really well done. I'd like to see more of this army.

[@euansmith3699]

Great bit of archaeology with these minis.

[@magnusmillerwilson]

Dude, you make old models look REALLY GOOD!!! Nice job!

[@Nubgan]

As always, an inspiration to us all.

[@UncleSalarino]

A new video from Casey is always an awesome way to start the day! Love it, and keep up the great work

[@chestersleezer8821]

Back then nearly all GW miniatures came as a single figure which I like. Eldar were my first army as well and well last year they all went into the my Super Clean solution. They are in the queue for painting but since I am painting my WFB miniatures right now they it will be a while before I can get to them.

[@PearlJam2k6]

Feel like the weapons need a touch extra of a wash of red or or similar to bring up the detail, but i love how they look overall. The model is surpisingly still nice to this day as well, if we consider how badly some other GW things have aged.

[@Wortnik]

OMG, saving thsi for later. My first army was Eldar back in 2nd edition and they are sitting ina box in storage awaiting some TLC! Gonna take a while to get through 10K points!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

woo 10k points! That's a lot of minis. I got to just about 2k when I stopped painting back then and that felt like alot :)

[@leeboy007b]

Great job mate!

[@InputVerolian]

Love your channel man! Keep up the great work!

[@Wijkert]

6:24 doesn't a metal wire brush like that you use here scratch the surface of the mini? Maybe you are using a soft metal brush of like made from brass? Still have to find one to test.

[@breandan3280]

Non mini related comment, but I love the shirts and your taste in music in great. 🤘

[@Mara999]

Really cool golden flame pattern on these. They kinda remind me of Victorian firefighters, except they fight with fire. :D

[@NexUtInfinitus]

Eldar were my first army and those old fire dragons are iconic

[@KiteBM]

I love what you have done with the minis! Also may I ask what kind of magnifying glasses you use around 15:08 ?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! They are dentist loupes, they come with a battery pack and led on the front too, pretty nice. I got mine from my dentist brother in law, but they are all over amazon, pretty nice to have!

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Another amazing video brother 🙌 🔥 keep up the inspiring work ❤

[@juliem2397]

Take the part number stickers off of your cabinet panels!! My god, man! 😂

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol, yeah I probably need to do that, you can't see most of them, or they came off when I was putting them together, but I can see a few even now.

[@Cadiangrunt99]

Love this stuff man keep at it :D

[@BlindSilas]

The new colors are nice and vibrant, but I do agree with another user here that the Black/Silver/Gold/Red scheme wasn't horrible either. Just a thought, but with the other unit that was ordered, what if it was updated to something like an NMM style as an homage to the previous colors used? Certainly not necessary, but an idea.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah, I never disliked the colors and I might paint a few of the ones I just got that way to see them updated, it would be nice to split them up with the different colors since I will have 2 full squads now. And I put my originals on the new bases and they look pretty nice!

[@arachnon4785]

I love tistaminis there brick and mortar store is awesome

[@Arides2010]

Not to be too picky: those are 3rd Edition Fire Dragons. The second edition are the ones you showed in the codex.

[@PinkDevilFish]

It would have been cool to do the one with green over part but on purpose. I kinda liked it haha.

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

In the mean time Aeldari remain my main army since the switch from Orks in the mid naughties. Being a little different my army is painted in metallics with flat acrylics to accent the colour. For the Fire Dragons I took inspiration from the late 19th early 20th century fire brigades where they wore brass helmets. So the armour is brass with red helmets accented in orange and red guns except for the fire pike which is pure snowy white. I have never had the urge to correct the colour schemes I employed and they did get a run out in Armies on Parade pre vid.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Nice! That sounds like a solid color scheme :)

[@danielcannon9893]

Niiiice looking dragons

[@guineapigsith699]

gorgeous

[@peterkantor9494]

metal models remind me of ancient coins, they are timeless

[@DezMaggs]

That lamp is so cool, does it split apart? Anyone know what is called?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

This is the Redgrass lamp. It’s pretty good, the lights don’t split they just rotate so you can angle them a little better towards the mini. They are pretty long though so I don’t feel like I need two of them, which is nice. The only downside is that they are pretty expensive. Definitely a nice light, but you can get similar ones for quite a lot less.

[@RawsWave]

What magical liquid is in that jar used to strip your minis?

[@Skelosk]

Hey Casey, don't know if you are going to read my comment but what resin do you use for your printer? I see you aren't using a mask when scraping it off the plate or when using the printer so I figured it is odorless and non toxic to breathe in

[@imherebecauseiwant2]

So, funny story, I'm working on a commision for a friend. i have 4 models to do in Tal'darim colors. all of them are Fire Dragons.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

ooh, those should look pretty nice with those colors :)

[@Mosaic117]

For a third/fourth Ed army that is an absolute huge force you’d collected there 😟

[@Dan-bq1dz]

I keep a couple old Valhallan ice warriors, some of my first painted minis, bought around... 2002 or so? Something like that. They're painted very badly, classic thin-your-paints and "what's a spray primer" situation. I will never re-do them. They are sacred to me. The final proof of how far ive come, how i get better every little model. I love those ugly mutant freaks. They're a reflection of a silly kid with big dreams and a paintbrush looking back at me through time.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

100% this!

[@complexage1]

Old metal minis are elite af

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

So I think you might have taken one of those models and applied the original colour scheme you used but obviously with your current skill level. I think you might find it more inspirational than you imagined.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I am thinking about doing that with some of the ones that are coming in the mail, get a 50/50 split with the new and old colors. I re-based the rest of the older ones and they look pretty nice on the blue bases with the silver reflecting a lot of that color!

[@TheMichaellathrop]

So I know you've gone out of your way with a lot of paint schemes to do a version that's a glow up of the original even if you had to strip that mini back to bare plastic/metal, why not do that for at least one model from your original fire dragon color scheme with a sort of black and steel "tacticool" look with some bright gold bling? Also if they were rangers it might have been worth it to try and save the guy half covered in half a bottle of green paint by turning that into an Eldar camo(phase?) cloak maybe with the bright blue electricity edge highlights you sometimes see for the half painted Tau units done over clear resin.

[@jackjawn8758]

How do you find models in poor shape on ebay?

[@ZedLeppelin1989]

Not printing the base toppers flat without supports is such a waste of resin

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

probably, but they are much easier to get off the plate and clean up. I printed about 100 bases for my ork army straight on the plate and I broke a bunch trying to get them off the plate, so it felt like a wash in terms of resin usage. who knows though.

[@ZedLeppelin1989]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues magnetic build plate might be a solid investment tbh. Less resin used on supports and time spent having to faff about removing and disposing of them

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

@@ZedLeppelin1989 That's a good point, I haven't tried one of those yet.

[@TwinSteel]

🥳❤️👍🏿

[@ArynCrinn]

Exarch. It's pronounced "Eks-ARK." It's a real word with the same Greek etymology as the words "monarch" or "heirarch."

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

that makes sense

[@druidobianco9734]

Snapping off the original label? You are a monster!😢

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol, had to be done! I did save them though, I have a little pile of metal labels from a bunch of minis :)

[@ginger-ham4800]

$8 for a mini barely bigger than my thumb is straight up criminal. $2 dollars more and you can get yourself a Gundam kit that's easily 5 times bigger and 5 times more plastic lmao

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I feel ya, but that's where we are at these days. I probably paid $15 for these when I got all of them originally. I think they were like $4 or $5 new though even then.

[@leforestierdamien877]

very nice video! at some point you saiud to aquire an airbrush, i would say, first people should understand how color work and be sure they want to comit in this hobby before buying one, as a cheap airbrush is not that great for painting mini, and they are close to a second hobby / skillset by themselve. definitly a good tool, but not for beginer

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That makes sense, but I kinda disagree, partially. When I came back into the hobby I got an airbrush almost right away, and because of that, even with a cheap one, I feel like I can now use the airbrush pretty well, if I hadn't gotten one with basically zero experience in miniature painting, I don't know that I would have felt better about it knowing more later, if that makes sense. When I started using it I primed models and did base coats, but it didn't take long to get comfortable with it to try new things. I would say if it's something you can afford to get, you should, because it's a great tool to have even if you are only priming or base coating 1 color. Getting a cheap one might not be the best route, but I started with a $15 Masters brush and it worked out well enough for me to want to get a better brush. I switched to Badger after a year of the cheap one and then worked my way up to H&S. The more expensive ones are definitely nicer, and less of a hassle, and if you've been painting for a little bit and want to get into it then going mid-range is the best place to start for sure.

[@leforestierdamien877]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues you are right i didn't though to progress with basecoat and priming, i think we agree that at first, a beginner should not have too hiigh expectation with an airbrush. and yes i forgot that it enable to prime model indoor

[@mg1342mg]

Exarch= "ekˌsärk"

[@chilledpepsi9411]

I know of something pretty different you could rescue.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I almost did it, I was right there, and then I saw the box with my old Fire Dragons in it...almost though.

[@robinblackmoor8732]

Huh. When I use the word Warhammer, I refer to the old armies with the archers and knights. I use 40K for these armies. I though everybody did that. I thought we were going to see an old school dwarf army or some knights and archers get repainted.

[@HenryShoemaker-be4dd]

And the last four digits of your visa 💀