How to paint CLASSIC 40k Striking Scorpions

[@tomxtomato]

Not only are your paint jobs fantastic - your editing, narration, and overall attitude is fantastic! Love your relaxed approach while still making a great effort to do these minis justice. Keep em coming!!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much dude! I’ve been working hard to improve the quality of the videos so I really appreciate it🍻 plenty more are on the way! 😊🙌

[@garrapato]

This is step by step the super canonical ultra classical technique for Games Workshop minis. It made feel comfortable - like at home when I was a kid.

[@davidfeline5850]

Process for the black highlights is great, been looking for a way to move forward from Dark Reaper. Thankyou. 🙂

[@OldenDemon]

I’m not sure how Darren did it either, I think he has some kind of special magic

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Paint is scared of him. It does what it’s told when he’s around.

[@jojan292]

Found you through another certain "Of Doom" youtube channel and I absolutely LOVE this, you're such a talent! The way you're able to paint these old models true to form, in a scheme that matches the era but elevate them with modern paints and make them look arguably better than what I'd see in the old codeces - you're even motivating me to have a crack at some of these old minis! you're a legend keep it up :)

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much dude! You’re too kind 🙌🍻 Really glad you’re liking the minis I’m painting 😊 Good luck painting that old gold!

[@njkf]

Lovely stuff Dietz 😊

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thank you! 😊🙌

[@StuartHarvey-rh3sl]

Brilliant job as always mate 👍🏻 I love the old Eldar style too. You’ve really made this pop 😃

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks Stuart! Glad you like it mate 🍻🤝😊

[@tonypridham1253]

Mr Latham would approve! Great stuff matey, keep pumping them out!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much dude! Will do 👍🍻😊

[@scottm9605]

Well done on yellow and green. That green came out super vibrant. Lovely job and awesome to see you continue pushing yourself. Love it, keep it up

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much man! I appreciate it! 🤝🍻

[@tomrea4586]

You sell yourself short, that is really nicely painted.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks dude! Too kind 🍻🤝

[@anonsenpai6533]

The gold on that chainsword *really* pops! Very nicely done.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much mate! 🤝🍻

[@FloppyChopp]

Awesome reveal mate. Great work with the tricky Color’s.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks dude! Glad you like it 🤝🍻

[@eriksolie511]

Good job Deets! Another great video

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it 😊🙌

[@brionl4741]

Ah yes, the infamous banana-hat. Looks good!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Haha love that banana hat. Thanks man! 🙌🍻

[@gbirdnonsense1084]

Brilliant paint job dude, looks awesome

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much dude! I appreciate it 🍻🤝

[@ajsworkshop7986]

Best video intro yet!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Haha thanks man! Glad you like it 😎🤝

[@heldeign6150]

Some of your best work, great work mate.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Cheers dude! I appreciate it 🙌

[@jonathanthomson3388]

I painted these models over 20 years ago, still have them (with one stomped on by my sons when they were playing with them on the floor!) & loved painting them, such great poses & lore, so stoked when I saw your video, thanks so much!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Nice! They are great little sculpts. Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊🙌

[@stompie51]

Looking good.

[@Ghorghrom]

Awsome video ... as usual! Please keep it up!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks mate! Will do 🤝🍻

[@marcuspiristi3043]

That green is sweet as

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Cheers man! Glad you like it

[@xyonblade]

I have seen one other person use pink as a basecoat under yellow, in case you wanted to try it

[@SlabBulkhead]

Pink works really well but it skews it to orange. The bronze fleshtone makes it a bit more mustardy/brown. Both are great, you just need to decide which direction you want to go in.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks for the tip mate! I’ll definitely give it a crack one day 👍

[@tamaraelmore6209]

Love this! 🦂

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thank you! 🙌

[@180RFSA]

Nice! Love those old sculpts, and great paintjob!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks mate! 🍻🙌😊

[@henrikwannheden7114]

I think the new models look fantastic, as did the finecast predecessors.. They obviously kept Jes Goodwin's design language and just leveraged the better modelling techniques available without straying too far. Exactly how I like it.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

I agree, I really do think the new ones look great as well 👍 as you said they haven’t strayed too far from Jes’s original designs which is the right way to do it.

[@raymondbarnell9123]

great one!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks mate!

[@TrentRosenbaum]

Brilliant and your scorpion has a home with my Altansar Craftworld. Really nice painting 🖌️🎨❤

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks so much dude! 🤝🍻

[@AnHourOfWolves]

It turned out extremely well, strong work! Green conquered!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks mate! 🍻

[@hyosworld109]

Clean!!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks mate!

[@Ethnarches]

Really stunning paintjob! You manage really great paintjobs with the more standard painting techniques, but there's a whole world of all sorts of other ones if you are interested. Usually though those other types of paintjobs are more suited to different kinds of paintjobs, if you want to keep at recreating this great 90s vibrant GW style, then the techniques you are using are the correct ones and you should just keep honing them (you are very far already considering that you haven't been painting for long). Maybe do some other miniatures with the more modern painting techniques to experiment and see what you like? :)

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Thanks mate! I’m glad you like it 🙌🍻 Yeah as I advance I’ll definitely be looking at painting some new diverse models. Right now I’m just painting up all the things I never got to paint as a kid and give me that hit of inspiration and nostalgia. I’ll be sure to do some more experimenting and trying some new techniques very soon 😊👍

[@Ethnarches]

@@anvilofdoomminiatures Now reading my comment it sounds a bit condescending and not as I meant it. I really love your style and the 90s style and models and I think most watch your channel because you can recreate it so well, you are very talented clearly and have so much potential. But yeah, I just meant to highlight other style as well, I personally paint only models from the 80s, 90s and up to around '04 but with a more modern realistic style, it comes natural to me but I really like the vibrant style too. But yeah, if you want to explore other painting techniques, I warmly recommend Vince Venturella here on KZbin, I've learned most what I know from him.

[@the_lichemaster]

Metal models forever!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

I agree! 🤝

[@gbirdnonsense1084]

Don't know why, the old ones look more badass to me. More attitude on 'em

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Yeah it’s got plenty of character!

[@ironbomb6753]

Old metal miniatures are still the best. I'm so glad there other old timey modelers out there that share this love for the original figures. ❤👍 Tnis figure turned out brilliant 💥

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Couldn’t agree more mate! 🤝 thanks a lot, I’m glad you liked how it turned out 🍻😊

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

Only good thing about metal minis is the weight when you move them around the game board. Their old derpy stunted proportions are laughably bad, lack of fine details and the paint chipping is infuriating; besides being blinded by nostalgia goggles, metal minis are inferior in every possible way to plastic.

[@rossdiggle]

I just can't paint over white undercoat anymore. I prefer grey. It's a good mid tone between the usual black or white. White always looks patchy to me.

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Yeah I don’t use white much anymore either as it’s pretty grainy. I’ve been using Wraithbone which is much smoother. I’ll have to give grey a shot one day 👍

[@juzkful]

If u do a paint recommondation it would be nice if u said the brand 😉

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Haha silly me, sorry mate! I didn’t realise Bronze Flesh tone was sold by other brands other than Vallejo.

[@mrogface]

Its not wrong, its just different

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Haha I’ll take it.

[@mrogface]

@@anvilofdoomminiatures Great paint job btw, the annoying thing about Mr Latham is he probably has a unit of these not just one

[@Befferson]

what brush did you use with the larger tip?

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Kolinsky sable size 1 😊

[@Befferson]

@@anvilofdoomminiatures sorry to bother again but mind telling the brand? I see several online like Windsor and newton etc etc

[@Befferson]

@@anvilofdoomminiatures and maybe that small green brush name too 👉👈🥺

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

@@Befferson no worries dude! The brand is Raphael :) and the one with the green is a cheap 00 size brush I got from the hobby shop and it's Micador Roymac. I hope that helps!