Making My Dream Warhammer Army - Classic BRETONNIANS | A Tale of 6 Warlords

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I misspoke - Terrainosaur’s fundraiser is for the Michael J. Fox foundation for Parkinsons research, not Alzheimers! Please donate if you are so inclined! fundraise.michaeljfox.org/tf-2021/ShakyPainter2021

[@Terrainosaur]

My neurologist said Alzheimer's starts with dementia and ends in Parkinson's-like symptoms, whereas Parkinson's starts with tremors and usually ends in dementia. Research into Lewy Body dementia for example, helps both. So it's fine!

[@garfieldwithissuez]

@@Terrainosaur I was about to say exactly that. I had just gotten done typing up a huge wall of text correcting Eric when I noticed he had already made the correction.

[@nofuxgivens2797]

Sir Erik Hobby of Workshop, your Nobility is a paragon for all to strive for!

[@ddank9393]

@@garfieldwithissuez jesus garfield, calm down he just made a small mistake

[@garfieldwithissuez]

@@ddank9393 lol no kidding

[@Miscast]

I had no idea this would be a history lesson as well, badass

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Heck yeah brother

[@BOHICAWargaming]

If you get nostalgic about packaging again, I've found that a little clean up with a razor (such as cutting out the logos) turns them into nice labels for storage boxes for the figures. That way they fulfill that nostalgia and serve a purpose, instead of just sitting around collecting dust and taking up space.

[@WeirdGuy4928]

Everybody's a badass until they see their tournament opponent has 4 balls in their heraldry.

[@jimboonlyone]

Lol so true! Or three lions!

[@FlourEater]

I live in central Europe, there is 13th century castle-fortress on a dormant volcano about 7km from the city I live in. EVERY single village has it´s own heraldry and story that goes with it. I live in Pardubice, it´s heraldry is front half of the white horse on red field. Story goes when nobility was fleeing the city, the last one was riding on a white horse and the horse was cut in half by falling city gate. I come originaly from small village which has diagonaly cut heraldry, with wolf´s head in red field and a stork on a blue field, signifying the fact that the village was set up in the middle of the woods and was about keeping ponds and lakes with fish to supply the city. love the Brets army!

[@Spenglenoodle]

Classic Bretonnians! Those Perry sculpts have aged wonderfully, I'm glad I still have all mine

[@DanaHowl]

Eric I think this might be one of your best videos yet! Your passion for the subject matter, as well as the way you explained it and made it entertaining, it was all just really well done! Fantastic work!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks Dana! I definitely had fun making this one!!

[@Craftlngo]

learning as much as possible about Heraldic, just to throw the rules overboard. I love it!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Haha apart from the red and black thing I do think the rules are good guidelines :)

[@fujoyoshi4368]

You just cursed thousands of people with the drive to paint Bretonnia, the hardest army to find and most expensive

[@godconvoy]

Hopefully that'll change when The Old World comes out!

[@kenjutsukata1o1]

@@godconvoy Wait, is Games Workshop bringing back the Old World!?

[@godconvoy]

@@kenjutsukata1o1, yes. It's going to be set I believe a few hundred years before the last one was set. They already talked about it a bit last year, but all of their releases are delayed from the shutdowns. It may come out next year. They did show a map, and Kislev and Cathay were on it. The new Total War: Warhammer 3 looks to be focused on those factions as well.

[@pumpkinpuncher5524]

@@godconvoy They said it was many years off, I'm betting 2 years

[@-Benedict]

Other brands like Fireforge Games make great quality models for a Bretonnian army for far less cost that GW models. :)

[@apocalypticartisan9961]

"A Tale of Four Gamers" were always some of my favourite articles in White Dwarf years ago. I like to see people's armies grow and develop gradually over time, and I'm looking forward to seeing your future videos on this project.

[@unholyxeras8182]

I loved those articles, they really need to use that format again

[@GoobertownHobbies]

coooool!!!!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

😎

[@kylewilliams6091]

I grew up playing with my dads 10mm 100 years war miniatures and love these models

[@CommanderCheapSkate]

The Rule of Cool indeed, the only code ever needed! Seriously, excellent work on the minis, individual color and design schemes per knight is the best way to paint Bretonnians! It's hard work, but so worth the effort 😎 For the Lady!!!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks commander!! I had a lot of fun on this one

[@luketfer]

Gotta say that Michael Perry is a god damn badass. Lost his right hand loading a reproduction Cannon, taught himself how to paint and sculpt using his left hand. If people want good historical miniatures for conversion purposes, highly recommend the Perry Miniatures stuff.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Agreed! Inspiring stuff

[@garrettmontague2400]

Thank you for the shout out Eric! Also, if you haven’t looked at Claymore Castings’ models for Bretonnia, you definitely should!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I was looking at those recently! Really hot stuff

[@BrushQuill]

This is awesome, so great when Brets get some love after GW did them dirty. I tried to have families in my Bret army where the knight errants were sons of Knight of the Realm. Love the work you have done on these guys.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Heraldry just makes the backstory of your army just write itself pretty much!

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

I like to imagine that the Knights Errant are more like little brothers and such. But I guess they could also be sons as well.

[@angelx9724]

Wow, you heckin nailed these paint jobs. That's the Bretonnia of my memories, my childhood. You really captured their magic.

[@angelx9724]

Also I see you wearing your green tunic, you can't hide from us 👀

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Those figures are stunning, I absolutely love knights, quite an impressive army you have there which just needs a large castle to defend =)

[@RFDHobby]

Great video mate. Really interesting and inspiring. Cheers.

[@rvnender]

This was strangely interesting.

[@RedGnoll]

Great video, and what a beautiful paintjob on these classic minis ! By the way, French viewer here, "Gueules" is actually still a word used in French. It means "maw", or any animal's mouth for that matter, including human ones in vulgar or familiar interjections. You got the etymology right though, and the way you pronounce it sounds just like the old folks in some parts the french Breton countryside say it ("Goule") which is accidentally pretty appropriate for your army. Cheers !

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

It wasn’t a total accident! Im aware that Norman french didn’t sound like modern french, and when the English have been using a word for hundreds of years, all bets are off!

[@Zodd83]

FOR THE LADY! FOR THE GRAIL! Cheers, from another brother in arms

[@anonsenpai6533]

Great video as always, Eric! Love the Bretonnians! Just finished 3D printing my first 15mm scale Bretonnians myself for some half sized Warhammer Fantasy. I hate to be *that guy*, but Terrainosaur's charity is actually the Michael J Fox Foundation, which is doing research on Parkinson's, not Alzheimer's.

[@reverserobinhood1152]

Eric - thank you so much for this video as well as your two videos on the old school warhammer jousting. I was just about burnt out from the hobby due to too much 40k, but this trio of videos has really rekindled my fascination with not only the hobby, but with this wonderful Arthurian time period as well! I've already started making fences and towers out of popsicle sticks and coffee stirrers

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Awesome! Love hearing stuff like that

[@Vangelus]

when I was a little kid I saw the Bretonnians come out & felt utterly intimidated to even go near them this was very inspiring!! the freehand work looks amazing

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Me too. Same with high elves. I went for orcs and goblins as a kid because they were much more forgiving to paint

[@nekrataali]

One of the first White Dwarfs I ever bought was when Bretonnians came out for 6th. Edition. I didn't play Fantasy at the time, but man did I love reading the battle reports in that issue. The guy showing off the new Bretonnians forgot to roll for The Green Knight in the first game and lost because he had 275 points and a lord choice just sitting around off the table rofl

[@saimonebees9581]

My uncle gave me the a 1000 point army when I turned 8... I was brave enough to open the box for the second time when I turned 13 and for the 3rd time when I was 18.. then I finally decided to pick up the hobby xD

[@Nextr0nWasTaken]

Are we just gonna ignore the dude riding a horse made out of peasants at 12:14??

[@Sanguinary797]

That’s a grail relique, when a grail knight dies, his followers carry around his bones, as the bones of a grail knight are blessed by the lady.

[@Sammy6751]

Well Sir Eric. This amry is amaizing! A perfect army of nobles and I love the forest background too.

[@adapax77]

Thanks to these Bretonnian videos I've finally begun collecting them! I was always a LOTR and 40k modeller but had a real soft spot for the Bretonnian aesthetic (because how can't you!) 😅 so, thanks man, I'm having a blast with them! We definitely need more of this from you!

[@jrfour2408]

Bretonnia represent! For the Lady! This army looks amazing!!!

[@graefx]

A fully ranked up square base army is a feeling all its own, and see a fully and lavishly painted rank and file group of grail knights doubly so.

[@Zorpazorp]

Oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn we are birds of a feather dude.

[@Zorpazorp]

HOILY SHIT OHMSS hahahahahaha did NOT SEE THAT COMING

[@KnarbMakes]

Love all the colors. Must have been fun to pain, do u have any favorites?

[@KnarbMakes]

@@Basil_Ghothickovitch haha meant to say fun to paint

[@kenlipson8686]

Bretonnia was my first army. I am so excited about this. I hope after you're done we get to see some table top battles with them. Can't wait for the next video

[@reapercult7971]

those dudes holding up a knight is probably my fav piece

[@jasonleigh5674]

I had Bretonnians in the mid 90's. They were so satisfyingly brutal and polite!!!

[@saucercrabzero]

Great video Eric! I'm really glad to see you pursuing a passion project, too many people are slaves to the almighty algorithm and you can see it wear on their creativity. I loved the tunic and cowl, and really enjoyed the history, and I knew you were going to say The Rule of Cool. Thanks for the great videos brother!

[@thetowerkeeper]

Brings back some memories and that is some excellent heraldic painting. LOVE it!

[@drewadams6667]

Both my older brothers had "Britans" Knights , Saracens, lots of cool groups Highlanders etc . This brought back great memories of playing on the floor with my brothers With the knights and the castle my dad built. Thank you , l plat DnD and l dm for my kids high school group. Thank you this was great.

[@dartfast]

Really beautiful work. Bretonnians were the first army I had way back when I just got introduced to Warhammer back in the 5th edition. I really love the classic look of the hand sculpts and clear poses, I know some people find them monopose or static but I love them, they're so clear and readable.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I love the hand sculpted look too, and you are right, the poses are timeless!

[@jeremysolo4972]

Your passion for this army is inspiring. Well done, Sir Eric!

[@OreoPriest]

Love the description of the heraldry and love your execution!

[@r1n8k]

I used to play bretonia but fell out of it for the exact reasons you raised. They are so scarce and exceedingly expenive. Even when i was buying them from my local Games Workshop there was only ever the starter box and maybe a box men at arms or archers available if you didnt use the little computer they kept by the counter to order in the metal figs. Really loved watching your video and excited to see Bretonia get some more love from you. Looking forward to more from our 6 Warlords.

[@ВолодимирМайко-п7р]

you are great and this video is great! From Bond movies and heraldy lessons, to amazing Bretonnians and amazing you

[@ericryan8888]

THIS. this was amazing. You lived a dream of mine I've had for years. Just born to late. Love this content and the Bretonnions so much!

[@lexkooby]

This was probably the most entertaining warhammer related video I have ever seen! The sets and miniatures were amazing and watching the tournament play out with a voice over explaining the rules in a straightforward way made it that much better. Amazing work - Subscribed!

[@perrygrosshans8537]

Came for the miniatures. Stayed for the heraldry lecture.

[@gamerhalim4717]

The most beautiful army’s ever 👏👏 respect from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@blairbird8022]

Seeing the base trim be painted green gives me so much joy.

[@vaughanb1963]

Other YTubers: Makes a video Eric's Hobby Workshop *Goes on a crusade*

[@benjames193]

Jeez, those freehand eagles look amazing

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks! I like to freehand instead of transfers for maximum personalization

[@dovarioscotia-churlishmini7246]

You had me at 0.20 and that glorious surcoat

[@sgtapache7729]

Eric, your content is 10/10! I very much enjoy it.

[@WarmasterDeath]

took me a minute or two to get over my burning jealousy, but those Bretonnians are in great hands! magnificent work bringing them back to life so beautifully!

[@janetnash]

Becky love the colour and pattern of your hat. Lovely dish cloth too that’s the same yarn 🧶 as the one you sent me thank you. Wow you are coming on so well with your latest knitting. Have a relaxing day ❤

[@euansmith3699]

Odd's Teeth! That army is gorgeous! The heraldry is so wonderful.

[@JoshLikesFuzz]

Man; this just popped up as I subscribe to Dana Howl and I recently watched the first Tale of 6 Warlords.... and it SPEAKS to me. I used to spent hours staring at the Bretonnia figures in blister packs and the little two packs of knights in GW back in the day and I really wanted to collect them. I ended up with Undead as my WFB army, but wanted to do these when I got back into the hobby and found they didnt exist anymore lol. Great video - subbed!

[@TheHobbyGrotto]

Amazing army! Bretonnians on the field are truly breathtaking, and your terrain compliments the whole thing wonderfully! 🔥

[@Flamethrower1942]

Probably one of the most ore inspiring tabletop forces when painted up like that, a real feast for the eyes and very intimidating to behold if you're the opposition to it 👍

[@OmegaLittleBob]

Woah those final shots of the army were literally jaw dropping!

[@Ahivalaostia88]

Bretonia and Night Goblins were and still are my favourite armies from old Warhammer. Great work

[@ChrisSchu]

Thank you very much for this video, Bretons have always been my favorite, seeing them back on screen always makes me a bit nostalgic.

[@sprootown]

Crazy, I have a bunch of OLDHAMMER Bretonnians.... I have looked at in years....Now you've inspired me Eric, good job!

[@marlonmorris8245]

Thank you so much! This is so cool! I'm a collector of old Skaven and Wood Elves myself. I would love to see a more detailed breakdown of the models in your Bretonnian army, telling us the paint job choices and which model from which edition etc. There are some awesome miniatures in there but they're skipped over so quickly in the vid! Well done, the army looks awesome.

[@smartalec2001]

Yay Bretonnians! I loved those Nigel Stillman articles in GW about him making a Bretonnian army. Awesome stuff.

[@maxbrandt6]

Right on time for Warhammer: The Old World, give it another year.

[@lusbox4724]

I remember these Bretonnians always looking badass in the old issues of White Dwarf, don't remember ever buying any but feel like I should check some of my miscellaneous boxes now. Great work on the paint jobs!

[@andrewmcauley5202]

Impressed that you painted the model in the CoA of Thomas Montague: I portrayed him in my medieval reenactment society. He died at the siege of Orleans in 1428 when a cannonball smashed through a window he was standing by and the shrapnel took off half of his face.

[@nataliago4081]

one of the best armies. as i remember i love the boar-snout rules for charges. omg those triangular formations even for archers, simply love it

[@AdnanCucak]

I CANNOT believe ive only just found your channel! Awesome video

[@_oidaki_]

Absolutely wonderful little video this one 👌

[@cynicalpsycho5574]

Fuck me! A vid on modding bannerlord, a new sumo channel and now someone who loves Bretonia as much as me? KZbin recommendations knocking it out of the park, subbed and great vid!

[@Andross224]

So much in Warhammer fantasy draws upon real world history. It's really cool how you incorporated an explanation of the real-life historical influences into your video.

[@X.davidWilliams]

Huzzah! Passionately painted project.

[@kyleellis1825]

I always did each knightly regiment in the same 3 colors, but changed the symbols, fields, and order of the colors. For example my Knight Errant squad was Bronze, Grey, and purple. A third had Bronze sigils, a third had grey, and a third had purple.The patterns are all different, but it made it way easier to organize the squads.

[@Xinperor]

My first and most beloved army. For the Lady!!!

[@brunoscaramussa]

Cheers from Brazil, man! I'm getting a lot of inspiration from your channel. Keep up the good work =)

[@Bluecho4]

I first learned about heraldry from an old issue of DRAGON Magazine (#275), which had two great articles about incorporating heraldry into a DnD game. The first being more loose and focused on broad strokes, allowing the reader to get to making flavorful heraldic devices quickly. The second being a more technical and comprehensive examination of heraldry as an academic field, for those wanting to be as exact as possible. While the latter can be very dry, there's a surprising amount of nuance that can be of interest. It illustrates aspect of heraldry you wouldn't even think to include. Such as the idea that a ladder as a symbol can denote bravery, because you have to be very ballsy to climb a siege ladder. Or how technically the same heraldic device cannot be used exactly by different members of a family (unlike in modern day, heraldic symbols back in the day were individual). Thus requiring a knight's many sons to bear slightly modified heraldry, with symbols added that denote which number of son they were (only the heir inherited the heraldic device itself upon his father's death).

[@petras8385]

Very cool, I love your heraldic designs, and also it was interesting with some info about heraldry! More please?

[@C0m3TSw1tch]

From my understanding as a medieval re-enactor, black is a wildcard in heraldry. It can be a metal and go with colours like red, or a colour and go with white (argent). And as always, rule of cool trumps all. Fun history fact: the Kingdom of Jerusalem breaks the rules of tincture with a gold cross on a silver field.

[@finneganx2265]

Awesome video and awesome army! :)

[@christopherschlegel6412]

Me seeing the tale of 6 warlords announcement, and the first 3 videos: wow it's getting difficult to resist going back and doing bretonnia Me seeing this video: aw heck

[@Sanguinary797]

I would like to see more freehand tutorials of heraldry blazons, other than that I love the army. It’s a nice mix of models from all editions of Bretonnia, and characters such as duke bohemond beast slayer and even louen leuoncour. (Or his mount at least.)

[@OnceBitten360]

What a blast from the past!!! I learned to paint on Bretonnians. The problem was that after any model was more than a couple years old (painted), my skills had improved enough that I no longer liked it. So I always wanted to repaint older models. Anyway, great video. Makes me want to start anew.

[@scottywan82]

I've got a whole bunch of the barded horses with no heads and no tails if you want them. Just pay the shipping and I'm happy to send them.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Heck yeah man. Can you send me an email? [e-mail]

[@hyperbene7711]

The Rule of Cool... your whole video! Helmets off to Sir Eric, Great Creator.

[@gkspain1]

Excellent, Britonians and empire are my favourite, all the best, Garry

[@LittleHillsTabletop]

Such a fun and educational video! Thank you Sir! On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one of my favorites!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Its just so silly lol. Austin powers draws more on that movie than any other

[@h347h]

Looks great! Using a Fireforge Army for a Bretonion inspired Kingdoms of Me Kings of War army. Love the color variety that the knights afford your army.

[@Crazyalchemist23]

This video got me obsessed with Bretonnia. I thank and curse you for this.

[@martintaylor570]

Amaaaazing work there mate! Really captured the feel of the old days there :)

[@coldharbor2.020]

Fantastic video, I went in expecting one of those building and painting time-lapse videos with commentary over them, but instead, you went into some of the history which made it a very good watch! I subbed and hope to see more of your videos in the future. Also nice army!

[@tappajavittu]

Oh boy, oh boy! Now I'm excited, always love to see good ol' Warhammer minis.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Same man :)

[@AleksMardel]

ah! so you're the one who's been sniping all the brets from me - glad to see they've gone to such incredible work!

[@Gamarishi]

That was a great sneaky history class right there

[@SlayerMiniatures]

Awesome video :) deffo need to highlight that this is a mini history of Heraldry in your description for that algorithm! Super interesting. Thank you :)

[@HipposHobbyHours]

I love this! thank you for keeping the square base passion on youtube!

[@Carbide-1]

Wonderful and I'm very glad to have found your channel 🛡️⚔️

[@shwasywasy]

I collected Bretonians back in the day. Absolutely loved them! Still have my army somewhere in a box. Can't wait to watch this series

[@dominikvukelic2412]

wow that army and scenery looks amazing

[@AristeidisKypriotis]

All things being equal, imho a well painted Brettonian army is the most visual striking and stunning sight in any tabletop wargame