Old World Diaries: Dwarves! Painting an old Dwarf Lord for

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Welcome to The Old World week! It's time to dig into some Dwarves! This old Dwarf Lord/Thane I rescued out of my backlog is the perfect model to show the character of the old style dwarves in Warhammer Fantasy! He is often named in top lists of models over the years and he was an absolute joy to paint with contrast paints and a few quick layers. I do use paints from ‪@DuncanRhodesDRPA‬ Two Thin coats range for his skin, as I find them easier to get good results with for skin tones than Citadel paints! Hope this little champion inspires you to dig out your own old Dwarf models, or gets you excited for some future Dwarves in The Old World!
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[@koboz9321]

Just ordered a pack of lords that are made to order specifically for this mini. Your paint job looks grand 👍

[@patgray5402]

We have similar tastes my friend. One of the best dwarf sculpts ever made. Well done. My favorite sculpts are the ones "at rest" so to speak. They aren't in the middle of a sword swing but are just calmly gazing across the battlefield.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Agreed 100%

[@saltyodinson1481]

Had this guy and he’s a great model! Loved it then, love it now! Might have to fish him out and give him a new paint job

[@MediocreHobbies]

I think you would enjoy it very much.

[@froehmar]

THAT is a really good video! I ADORE Dwarves!

[@RonaldFulcrum]

That is definitely one of the best sculpts GW have ever released. For my money it does completely disprove the argument that all models should have a sense of motion to be good. There's something to be said for a sculpt of a general who is calm and focussed, and in control of the army beneath him. Or for that matter, in the moment of stillness before unleashing ridiculous violence. Weird detail to pick out specifically, but I really liked your choice of colour for the axe handle wrapping. It pops really nicely.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal. I do like a little drop by colour. And yes the lack of movement didn’t take away from the model at all.

[@Kidfry]

I also like the fact that it is not oversculpted like so many of GW's miniatures. Less is often times more.

[@Draculord666]

This is my favorite Dwarf sculpt by far, wish I owned the lad! Great work.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Glad you liked it. And maybe gw will bring it back.

[@giggabyte6413]

Im going Dwarves for the Old World, this video pleases me greatly :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Very happy to hear.

[@SleepyGhst]

Love your content dude.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal.

[@daviddalglish9430]

I promised myself I wouldn't get caught up in the Old World hype because of how much stuff I have still unpainted but as soon as I saw the old minis making a comeback I knew I was kidding myself. I love these old sculpts and it comes across in the videos just how much you do too. What a time to be alive 😁

[@MediocreHobbies]

I know, it’s just too hard to resist and honestly they’re so nice to paint, the details today can get overwhelming across an army, but with new paints and old models, we’ll get there!

[@MaximF7]

Glad to see more old world content 😊 And this serious of videos inspired me to paint minis from my “shall of potential”

[@MediocreHobbies]

Love to hear that! Get them out and get them painted!

[@Mensch777]

The bestest dwarf. I have that mini as well, will give it a new paint job soon as I plan to use him and a unit of dwarfs in my empire army as allies

[@MediocreHobbies]

Great idea.

[@Hungry_Bert]

Really nicely done! I think this model came out while I was taking a break from the hobby, so never had a chance to get it. Hopefully GW will add him as a choice when they do the Dwarfs!

[@MediocreHobbies]

I hope so too, more people need to get their hands on this guy!

[@scroggie_mini_painting3983]

Cheers Andy! Dwarfs might be my Old World army, really appreciate you showing so many different armies. Looking forward to the rest for the weeks videos 👍🏼

[@MediocreHobbies]

Glad you liked it and yes dwarfs are a great choice.

[@Ruggfish]

Definitely one of my favourite Dwarf sculpts. I never played Dwarves and I'm gutted now that I swapped out one side of all of the big 2 army boxed sets. Made sense at the time but now I'd like to get friends into the game and I've only got a few large evil armies to teach

[@MediocreHobbies]

I get that and I do hope they bring out a launch box at some stage.

[@tobiastobias2419]

i also always liked this one, damn..A piece of art

[@MediocreHobbies]

It really is a great sculpt.

[@teoiny1]

A real iconic sculpt! Would look great as a unit champion for Longbeards.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Oh yes. Very good choice.

[@fjung7294]

Yes its the best ! Love him !

[@MediocreHobbies]

He’s a beast

[@WorldBleeder]

What a fantastic model! Great to see him painted up

[@MediocreHobbies]

Ye I’m very happy.

[@StevesTreasure]

He turned out fantastic!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal.

[@sethran9447]

Amazing work as always! Ive always like this sculpt! Really excited about the unreleased Brettonian

[@MediocreHobbies]

That article has me even more hyped than I thought possible. I cannot wait to see what else is going to come out

[@danroberts007]

Very nice! My main army is Orcs & Goblins, but I do have a small Dwarf army and this gets me wanting to paint some of them up instead! Well done.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Nice pal. Well after your greenskins perhaps it’s time.

[@seanhayden6024]

I have this mini as my lord n with out a doubt the best model, its my fav

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s just the perfect dwarf model

[@jonasskinner5536]

Love this model and glad you showed some dwarf love. I actually have two of these and just painted one up for my Kings of War army. It actually looks a little intimidating at first but once you get into painting it becomes a really fun model.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Agreed 100%.

[@phil0nius]

So excited for the re-release of the Old-hammer dwarves, hoping this guy gets a re-print too as I don't have him (yet). Great work as always (I need to go find all my dwarves and re-base them all I think) :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes you do pal. Hey stuck into the old world. I’m having a blast with it.

[@GlynArmitage]

awesome model

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal.

[@metajock]

Nice. I like the more reddish skin tone, good call.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Ye I was happy with that look.

[@Jason-man-in-black]

Amazing paint job on this guy Andy. I remember painting this guy years ago for my local shop and I certainly enjoyed it at the time, I’d love to find a new one now to have another go and see how much I’ve developed since.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Let’s hope they bring them back when dwarfs come around.

[@samsowden]

Correct, it is indeed the greatest dwarf model ever.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahah glad you agree.

[@graefx]

Love dwarf Old world. I hope GW to really throw open the vaults on the old sculpts. This one highlights what I loved in dwarfs, little bricks of fun. I remember someone describing them as cannonballs with arms. Keeps sounding like people are discovering the joy of these older hand sculpts. I keep thinking modern sculpts are meant to look great under macro photography but are so detailed and fiddly that theyve forgotten these are meant to be toys to played with at arms length.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yep I really do think people will really enjoy painting them.

[@David_R434]

Fantastic miniature.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers pal

[@drakeushellblade1786]

Lord Drong still holds a place in my heart but this one is good as well

[@MediocreHobbies]

Ohh also good choice!

[@wigglyfingers0120]

it looks wonderful

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks man

[@TheOldestNoob]

Awesome job as always. Waiting to see you do Gotrek. Al’s if you haven’t checked out the dwarves at highland miniatures on my mini factory I think you would really enjoy them.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Oh I’ve seen them. Stunning stuff.

[@jmc7034]

Great to see some love for the dwarfs😊

[@MediocreHobbies]

There’ll be more when their box is announced too!

[@chrismarsden1982]

Great video as always. That’s my favourite classic Dwarf mini too !

[@MediocreHobbies]

Nice.

[@DerOrk]

We owe this mini to Felix Paniagua, absolute legend. I remember GW hosting a community vote for their best miniature back in the two-thousands and this mini took first place. So many bigger and flashier minis, and yet this one came out on top - proving that often less is more. I forsee this guy becoming very popular again when they bring him back.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes he's always been super popular in the community, love him.

[@panzerpaints]

Great vid 😉👍let’s hope the dwarfs are next🤞🏻

[@MediocreHobbies]

I mean…we’ve all seen the dice right? 🤞

[@madmerlinsart]

Did a dwarf army as one of my early commission jobs, think the guys scheme was complex which made it harder to complete. The only dwarf's I enjoyed doing was a converted Bugman and Bugman's Rangers. They were great to do. This model is fantastic and I think if I went for a dwarf force he'd be in it.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Ye they can be over complicated if you let them. I’d love some of the old metal rangers. One of the few units I don’t have.

[@jacko-san7570]

Hellyeah! THR Dwarf painting tutorial I was wishing for, thank you! KHAZUK!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@aurictgreatful]

Great Video! I've got a dwarf army heading my way. Happy to see more old world dwarf content!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Oh you will see so much more.

[@DesolateSeven]

Good shout out to Duncan and Two Thin Coats - I backed both kickstarters and love the paints. The triads are easy to work with and the metallics are amazing.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yep I’m a big fan.

[@GregStruminski]

Just finished that one yesterday!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Niiiice.

[@ka5141]

I've stripped this mini (and kept it) more times than any other - it's a great sculpt, I'm just never happy with my work on it! Been a few years, maybe time to give it a go

[@MediocreHobbies]

I think it is pal. Get stuck in.

[@karlmagnusfauchald3976]

It is a very iconic dwarf miniature you've painted, and it could be either a champion of a warrior regiment, a thane of some rank or a lord - a suitably multi-purpose figure which could inherit the role of many positions in a dwarf army. The colour scheme is nice, and the story of a "young" warrior (almost like a beardling...) having worked his way up the ranks in short time is just too good to avoid in a seriously strong dwarf army - a nice touch to the storyline of an army you want to go on with. Great!!

[@MediocreHobbies]

I agree pal. Cheers.

[@xcumulusx]

i start a dwarf army, good video. original i startet 16 years ago fantasy with high elfs,

[@MediocreHobbies]

Oh nice. High elves to dwarfs. Strange jump lol. Neither side will be happy.

[@xcumulusx]

this video was the reason , that i buyed this dwarf mini on ebay, 😁@@MediocreHobbies

[@Ethnarches]

It's a very nice Dwarf model indeed! A bit too modern for me, I prefer the 5th and early 6th ed ranges for Dwarfs and I just recently bought an army of models from that period with some older models going back to '87, over 100 metal models in that army - great stuff. Nice paintjob!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Wowza that’s a crazy collection and I do have dwarfs from pretty much every era. Always good sculpts.

[@Ethnarches]

@@MediocreHobbies Thank you! I managed to get quite lucky with finding all of those models and most of them for less per model than new GW plastic. I'll have to grab that great model you painted just to have it even if it doesn't quite fit my army. Glad to hear you enjoy the old stuff too!

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@Ethnarches love and respect the old stuff. I wish I had enough imperial dwarfs to field an entire army.

[@Ethnarches]

​@@MediocreHobbies Now that would be a glorious army!

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Dwarfs lets gooooo

[@MediocreHobbies]

Glad you approve sir.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Need to see you back on the stream getting some hobby done.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

@@MediocreHobbiesI'm usually lurking :) work been killer recently but have been working on rebasing a bunch of old saurus to use in AoS and repainting a pair of stegadons.

[@nickdavis5420]

A king he was on carven throne!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Wait what?

[@Teugeus]

I hope there's a chance they re-release this model as Made to Order, I'd so like to get my hands on one to play Old World.

[@MediocreHobbies]

I’m hoping so too, I want more people to get him as well!

[@michaciemniewski9791]

If You use contrasts for painting I recommend using speedpaint metallics too.

[@MediocreHobbies]

I do! I just try to mostly stick to citadel paints for Warhammer tutorials!

[@michaciemniewski9791]

@@MediocreHobbies so this is a business decision. I get It.

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@michaciemniewski9791 just don't like tutorials that expect you to have paints from lots of ranges!

[@michaciemniewski9791]

@@MediocreHobbies tutorials should not rely on specific paints anyway. Most painters I know do not use one range anyway neither they have complete rangers. Anyway. Good job.

[@teamkeogh]

I love the classic Old World models. There simple and precise. Not messy and busy like the newer models we tend to see. Does anyone know the name of this model? I'm considering buying it as this is a great tutorial :)

[@AnvilOfDoom]

Dwarf Lord with Great Weapon - not the most imaginative or (probably) unique name. But 100% accurate :)

[@teamkeogh]

@@AnvilOfDoom Thank you. I'll See if I can snatch one up

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s just called dwarf lord with great weapon I believe.

[@Uncle_Buck]

Love to see you take on Helga to go with him!

[@MediocreHobbies]

I don’t have her unfortunately. One of the few I’m missing from my collection

[@Kidfry]

Excellent work (as always)! I've had this guy based up and languishing on my projects table for close to 15 years now. At first, I was afraid to paint him because I didn't think I was capable of doing him justice. And later, I drifted away from most things fantasy and focused more on 40k. I think it's now time to dust this sculpt off!

[@MediocreHobbies]

I keep relying and you comment Kees coming back as if I didn’t. I don’t understand lol.

[@Kidfry]

I see you now!@@MediocreHobbies

[@nopentasgaren-teed6388]

Have you ever looked at the new Beastlord model and then looked at the old Young Valten model? Beastman under Valten, Skull under Beastlord, one hell of a coincidence.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahahahahah Damit. Will never unsee that now lol

[@Trazynn]

The sculptor of this model started with a range for himself: Avatars of War. It closely follows this aesthetic.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Interesting

[@Vasily_Kotickovitch]

I love ALL Warhammer miniatures (almost) without exception. However, I want to add them for my Age of Sigmar/40k Collection, just because round/oval bases are better, I don't like angular ones decades ago or today. What’s especially funny: as a rule, larger round bases give more fresh air to the model, while larger square ones, on the contrary, distract even more.

[@MediocreHobbies]

I get that. And they will look great.

[@moonman2423]

For the sake of my wallet I’m glad that they didn’t start with the dwarf box, because I would’ve had to genuinely resist the urge to buy two of em.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahhaha I know we’re all in trouble when it drops.

[@teamkeogh]

Also, quick question. Does the two thin coats paints need to be "thinned down", like GW paints? I generally always use medium thinner or a bit or water with GW paints. However, model air paints tend to be thin enough to come straight out of the dropper bottle and onto the pallet/model. Where does two thin coats rate in terms of viscosity? I mainly have Vallejo and GW paints and I'm not too keen to buy another pain line onto. However, if two thin coats is great I definitely would.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Ye a for sure. I use them off a wet pallet and love them.

[@mikespaintedminis5100]

this model doesnt look dated at all 👌

[@MediocreHobbies]

Nope it holds up so well.

[@GilthosDrakoniss]

👍👍

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers.

[@dominicvanbussel1889]

Hi there. Looking to paint my new dwarfs using a mixture of contrast and regular paints as you did on this tutorial and wanted to know what you did to prime this miniature. Did you prime in Chaos Black and then drybrush with Grey Seer? Or how did you get this effect? Thanks in advance!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Here's how and why I prime the way I do! Two different rattle/spray cans are used-one full solid coat of black, and a lighter coat of grey seer sprayed from above to add light/dark areas. The lighter coating of grey seer adds a small amount of grit(too small for the eye to see) from above to give the contrast paint a better surface to cling too. Contrast paints don’t work well on black primers, the colours won’t show up well. Here’s a short showing the process, if you have any other questions please let me know! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2KrqWSridKnidksi=pqC1tehDhkaxQOwq

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@dominicvanbussel1889 yeah they're so good for skin! Enjoy the painting!

[@Scott-du2cg]

I have about 20 thousand points in dwarfs 😉

[@MediocreHobbies]

Oh wow that’s a lot!

[@sigmatus303]

By Grimnir!

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahahahhaha

[@milan9443]

what's the point of using a contrast paints if you're going to repaint everything afterwards

[@MediocreHobbies]

Paints are not solid. They are translucent so you need to put a solid base coat or you will have to put multiple layers down and that will take so much more time. Contrast is a very fast way of putting basecoats.

[@shaneh7129]

Using Elgi Skin on a Dwarf!?

[@MediocreHobbies]

I knew somebody would bring it up lol.

[@geertbeekman8680]

He has to be a lord. Very nice paint job, but the color off you hair looks to have a tint of green maybe its the camera.

[@MediocreHobbies]

I think it’s just camera glare.

[@Colonel-WhiteRaven126]

I lost mine in a divorce years ago and have never been able to get another one 😢

[@MediocreHobbies]

Awww that’s so sad pal. Let’s hope gw brings it back when the dwarfs come around.

[@Colonel-WhiteRaven126]

@@MediocreHobbies that’s what I’m hoping too

[@smednir7511]

What?! Old plastic miniatures the best? Are you joking?

[@MediocreHobbies]

For me they are!

[@Higzilla]

GW used to have the best dwarf models.. but not any more. Reaper, Artisan Guild, Scobibor, all have better dwarf models..

[@MediocreHobbies]

I need to check them out. Thanks.

[@martindonohue66]

GW Longbeards and Ironbreakers are awesome though!

[@SoCalStyles]

666 like

[@MediocreHobbies]

Noice