Rescuing 69 2nd Ed. Ork Gretchin from a Pickle Jar

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

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[@Setsuraful]

I really wanted this chair, it seemed perfect and they even have a UK store.. but inexplicably the version sold here doesn't have a built in foot rest despite being the same price and showing it in the product video.

[@emmadavies1246]

Can I show you links to more minis

[@jaanikaapa6925]

Pickled Grots for Gork's Grin, pickled orks for Mork's Fist!!

[@jtrain9926]

Casey at eBay Miniatures Rescue: proud new owner of that guy's wife's purse.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

😅

[@Barrowium]

Not the jar.......please.........

[@mordredpendragon1235]

Ayo

[@l1zrdking]

Alls I can think of when I see a big ol pickle jar like that is the homeless dude from In Living Color.

[@RenMomoDotPog]

do not read my commend if you do not want to know what the horror behind the jar is for those unaware: there is a meme where someone put a rainbowdash figurine from my little pony in a jar and then over time filled the jar with a bodily fluid I am not allowed to state here on youtube. thus why "big jar full of thing" is kinda cursed

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Gotta put them somewhere!

[@harbl99]

"Wot we gonna do in the jar Boss? Oh Gork nooooooo!!!"

[@SeraphimKnight]

I'm impressed by the level of variation you managed to impart in each model without going overboard on the details.

[@danielcannon9893]

LAs totally awesome has been a game changer for me. Strong on paint but gentle on plastics.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Surprisingly so good!

[@Winterydee]

69 Ork Gretchen... NICE!

[@Jjgm69]

Nice, niceee 🗿👍

[@neliusbresnan3766]

niiiiiiiice 👍

[@kevinyoung6605]

A pin drill and a small piece of 24 gauge wire will keep the new spikes from snapping off, and it will give you a little armature to sculpt on.

[@euansmith3699]

And, with the pin-vice in hand, there would be no excuse not to drill those 69 barrels. 😄👍

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That would have helped keep the shape too, the spikes are tiny!

[@JohnB1163]

The Gretchens were basically used as cannon fodder but could still cause chaos making the game interesting and fun

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That's what I'm talking about :)

[@gordonfr333man]

Back in second edition units had to shoot at enemy closest to them, so you would screen your orks with a loads of gretchin and the enemy would waste their phase shooting at them.

[@grimzagdoes...4716]

Love these old guys, i've 2 squads of 30 of them in my blood axe contingent. Sculpted the Runtherds into drill sergeants so it looks like the grots are standing on parade ground.

[@afaultytoaster]

You should upload a vid of them!

[@vurtne]

noticed a lot more 2nd edition minis being worked on by people recently which is great, good work man!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

They're still so good!

[@kieran2221]

The more I watch, the more I love your gentleness and the slice of life content that pops up occasionally. Thanks again for a great video. Also 2nd edition gretchin are awesome, if dangerously spikey!

[@computersocsci]

Very nice results! I love the different colors, and the freehanding makes such a difference

[@antonyleech2967]

The gretchin from second edition bought brand new must be the only squad I've ever totally finished and happy with lol

[@13Nagash13]

Way way back in 09 I was building a speed freaks army. I needed a cheap troops option to hold backfield objective so I wanted grots. Then I thought, how do grots keep up with fast moving orks? No vehicles and legs too short to run. Then I had a thought. Who remembers those plastic Fischer Price quad skates designed to strap on over kids shoes? So I scratch built strap on quad skates for 10 grots using plasticard and green stuff. Then I couldn't have the grot herder walking, so I used some old model airplane wheels and plasticard to make a cross between a chariot and Segway scooter for him to ride. I love them, but I will never do all that again.

[@kristiancornell5368]

Tack!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thank you!!

[@ross5066]

I agree about the model "cheerleader effect" if you have a lot of models that are decent looking (even with some mistakes) it kind of reads as one good looking army

[@AVS_uk]

Wow - The freehand on every one! Batch printing like your buddy Brent. Well done for painting so bravely

[@neliusbresnan3766]

You did a love job on the guns. Makes them all look cool and indivdual. And by picking the biggest, flattest and most-visible bit they all look a bit different without taking absolutely-forever to finish them. Good shout ❣

[@tlangston2496]

Whenever I'm batch painting, I like to consider what the "next step" is that is going to make the biggest difference. I.e. what will feel like the biggest accomplishment. Eventually you'll get it done or end up being satisfied with something that is pretty much there rather than one or two perfect features and primer!

[@WilliamBraun-kw5jo]

Each one is so eye catching and so many variants. Thats Awesome!

[@blissfulbadger]

NICE! I love the old Grots. I have a bunch in my Ork army and I field them whenever the opportunity arises.

[@Mara999]

I have a few of these classic Gretchin, along with Orks of the same era. I've always liked the few Gretchin that have been available, especially the later ones, as well as the plastic Goblins for WHFB, because of how much character they have. That's why I've also been a bit bummed out that the Gretchin have not been available in larger boxed sets on sprues, or more visible in general. One of my dream projects is to make an all-Gretchin 40K army, where they compensate for their runtiness with insane tech.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I also wish they were more front and center for orks, but 40k seems to be trying to simplify things and are getting rid of the more "fun" ork stuff. Still, making vehicles with lots of them all over the place is fun and there is potential for an all gretchin themed army.

[@tycondrius23]

very nice. I think I have about the same amount to paint too since 2nd edition. I remember in 3rd you could used grots as a meat shield for orks and mobs of 30 were common . lol

[@Flarecobra]

I'm more impressed you didn't do a 69 joke the whole video. :D One thing I do like doing for my Guard, they all do get the same basic look, but as they do things of note, they get a little more flourish. Like one guardsman that successfully blew up a Hammerhead tank, and in the resulting explosion, also took out a Crisis Suit. As a result, he got an explosion onto his shoulder, and a couple of krak grenades for his visual loadout.

[@epickingedward7378]

Definitely gonna have to do an overview of all the orks together cause I wanna see them all together

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I do need to do that, might need to add a few more units though :)

[@wonderboy2402]

Love their custom painted rifles. Great restoration!

[@J3TF1RE]

I enjoy vicariously enjoying this hobby through you. Love your videos!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I appreciate you :)

[@Firedrake-f4g]

Love your work. I got me the same grots from that 2nd Ed kit. Really must finish painting them.

[@johnchambers6317]

Casey, Your vids are great dude. Keep up the great work, you never disappoint!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! Will do!

[@X.davidWilliams]

Huzzah! 69 grots,, an amazing army!

[@Peroxide-Mark]

I love orks. Never painted any warhammer in my life, love the lore, love the PC games. Your ork vids kind of make me wanna learn how to paint Orks lol

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol, it's never too late to start painting Orks, they have the unique advantage of looking awesome no matter how they are painted :)

[@Morthatron]

And there is no standardisation in Ork armies between models, so anything goes

[@ElNick09]

The Red Gobbo's Waugh!

[@noops9220]

Milliput is my go to for spikes… it dries much harder than greenstuff and is sandable to fix up the shape

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I do like Milliput for that reason

[@calebwhyte6957]

Nice.

[@chilledpepsi9411]

0:30 some big robots are missing too (Tau Riptide)

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I picked up a Commander Shadowsun today and thought of you. That project was started like 4 years ago....I really need to finish it.

[@micklanning2157]

You should make a pickle jar Killa Kan for the new army

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

haha, that would be amazing :)

[@terrencemiltner1005]

Great video. Seems i converted a handful of these into crossbolters for Songs of Blades and Heroes.

[@euansmith3699]

Reading the headline, I thought that this was going to be a crossover between Casey and Josh from "The Pickle Jar". That could have been a very mellow interaction.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Haha, that would have been good. Josh is a good dude, I'm sure we could make a fun time of it :)

[@nikolashahn5457]

Great video keep up the amazing content!

[@magaz]

“Nice”

[@Fox01313]

Looks fun though I'd probably debate between a few audiobooks or just putting Blind Guardian albums on repeat to get something like this all done. One Ork trick I like is going with a different green contrast paint for a squad or nice medium green then try a different shade for some so there an easy bit of variety. What kind of tape did you use to secure them to the tray for the initial paint?? Been using a strip of wood & double sided foam tape which works but alternative brands is always good when one runs out.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Good call with the contrast, that works really well. I just use painters tape wrapped backwards, it holds long enough to get the job done, and it can be quite a bit cheaper than the double sided stuff.

[@Nurgleoneshot]

I've got a whole grip of these on sprue

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

very nice!

[@hoshi314]

i had a dangerous thought recently, repainting my necron army from starter and elite box from 9th edition starter boxes, the total is 30+ minis. i have a repainting experience with the ultrasmurfs from those 2 same boxes before i sold them but i dread the day i repaint them i'm not happy with the paint job but at the same time repainting 30+ necrons can and almost did drive me mad LOL

[@jlance1971]

Great work!

[@bopaintsminis]

69 linedancing gretchen. Could be worse. And I love that your batch painting blows my slow and deliberate painting away. 😂

[@leforestierdamien877]

looks great, i miss goiblin green sometimes hard to find something as good for ork flesh base :/

[@wren1024]

My only complaint with your videosnever is that I wish they were longer. I'd watch 45 minutes or an hour of just painting and listening to you talk!

[@loveminis31]

Pickle jar cleaning

[@roryhatfield6696]

Old school cool 😎

[@R.I.P-Remi]

finished my first model today!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Congrats! Welcome to the Hobby :)

[@R.I.P-Remi]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues cant wait to play my first game! and who knows maybe in the future i can give you some models👍

[@TheRagnartheBold]

Miniacs wood elf was hiding in the orc army

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Just hanging out for a while :)

[@snydly666]

Nice the older Gretchen are great fillers

[@Sykdude]

I love your content. But I wish you would put the paint and tools that you're using on screen. Like were those Citadel base paints? Maybe contrasts? (I doubt it)

[@Jathom]

He used to do that, but he stopped. He talked about it on Paint Bravely, that he didn't want people feeling like they needed specific paint lines to accomplish the same goals. Though I do sometimes wish he'd share specifics again.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Sometimes I do mention paints, when I find some quality about them that I really like, either color or consistency, or whatever, and when it applies to a specific use case. I mostly use Pro Acryl and the new Army Painter Fanatics. That's what I used to do all of the base coating for these guys, and even then, if I had picked Khorne Red from Citadel instead of the Dark Red from Pro Acryl, you might not even be able to see the difference. Whatever red you have on hand isn't necessarily the same red that I have, so even if I were to say here is the red I'm using, if all you had was some other red, it will still do the same thing in the end. It would be better for you to just go for it than to put it off until that new red came in the mail or you went and picked it up. That's really why I stopped mentioning it. At the end of the day you should be painting with whatever you have on hand and not buying another red that maybe looks different. Heck, most of these paint lines have conversion charts for citadel colors, which basically tells you that most of the colors out there are the same or very close anyway! I hope that helps, or at least makes sense lol.

[@gregpower308]

The jar reminded me of Silence of the Lambs…

[@Edwoodb3]

69 2nd ed. Gretchen for $20, what a bargain! Awesome video as always.

[@allenforbes8108]

If you are going to push the Gretchin even further, maybe you could put on in a bacta tank oddly labeled pickled asone of their number.

[@scottovegtable]

That's so friggin cool

[@spudssss123]

Where did you get the sleep token shirt? 🤘🤘 Always love the vids

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! They had it on their official site around when the new album came out, I'm not sure if it's still there but it's been a good shirt, one of the better band tees I've had in a while.

[@brokenheroics8223]

I love every sine one of them. Give them all huggies and kisses.

[@SuperSweetBoy]

What’s the name of that Totally Awesome stuff you use for stripping minis? I don’t know if it’s available in the UK. Does it need straining every so often to get all the loose bits of flaked off paint out or can you just leave it all in the jar? Like you said in the video, it does look cool as a piece in the hobby space, like a science lab.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

LA's Totally Awesome and unfortunately not available in the UK, or at least for the same price as we get it here in the US. It's $1 a bottle here, and widely available. I'm not sure what the exact equivalent is, but any kind of concentrated degreaser will do the job. Purple Power, Simple Green, things like that. I haven't had to strain it, but it depends on the models going in. I put some with lots of black paint and now the jar is almost pure black, so I will probably replace it when I go back to it next time. Otherwise if the paint doesn't cloud up the solution it settles on the bottom, so you could theoretically strain it if you needed to clean the liquid.

[@Tangodownmtndew]

Not sure if anyone can help me. I have a couple sprues that are primed black. How long should I keep them in the isopropyl? Seems like it should be left for days. I’ve heard people say 40 minutes. Obviously didn’t work

[@CAMSLAYER13]

I have a jar of ipa that I've had models soaking in for like 2 years lol. I'll get round to freeing them from their solvent filled prison one day

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

cleanest models ever!

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues i wish, fuck knows what that kid I bought them from coated them in

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

@@CAMSLAYER13 lol, yeah you never know.

[@brandonherrington7080]

Do you have any suggestioins for breaking models up that are preglued?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

If they are superglued together then there is CA glue DE-Bonder that works amazingly well. If they were put together with plastic glue then you might be able to soak them in isopropyl or LA's totally awesome and loosen them up, but those pieces are more than likely permanent and will need to be cut off carefully. Isopropyl also works to soften CA glue after a long soak, and you can try putting them in the freezer overnight and getting that glue brittle to the point that the pieces just snap off at the joints. All in all, it's just kind of a pain and you need to try a few things before cutting into them, but it usually ends up working out with one of these methods.

[@willmendoza8498]

New video! Nice.

[@Layla-gz4ed]

I love your videos!! Pickle jar is funny to me but makes a lot of sense. I might use that. I wanted to ask though, I like painting but I often fall into doing it then falling out (Irl stuff, or being disillusioned by my art skills). Is that a problem, model wise? (Leaving models half painted, unfinished, with just the primer, etc, without putting any top coat for long periods of time?)

[@goblinbomb5257]

Whats that solution you put them in?

[@PraetorGix]

How on earth is nobody commenting on what a NICE purchase and restoration this was??? Really low hanging fruit here boys...

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol

[@ARescueToaster]

What number are we thinking of...? 69, dudes!!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Such a good movie :) I still have my vhs copy from when I was a kid

[@ARescueToaster]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Damn! I got rid of most of my VHSs which I regret. I still have Willow, though!! Lol

[@ChernobylKid]

very cool

[@heckinmemes6430]

Not usually what I see happen to figures in a jar.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

The internet is a dark place

[@ArkAngel_45]

69 Gretchen? Why not release this on April 20th?

[@captainweekend5276]

1 man, 1 jar (of grots).

[@emmadavies1246]

Can I show you links for minis

[@brionl4741]

I really prefer batch painting my minis, but 69 at once is a bit much even for me. I generally do 10-15 at a time.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah, 69 all at once is a bit rough. I did split them up into smaller batches for the color changes, so that helped, but the skin, leather, and metallics were all at once. I did finish Resident Alien on Netflix though...so that was a bonus lol

[@reddogterrain]

ORKS!!!!!

[@timsplinter1321]

"DRILL YOUR BARRELS YOU SAVAGE! I don't care that it's 69 tiny models!" OK... black dot them anyway... maybe that's good enough...

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol, I really thought about it and then just said no, A few of them I did put a black dot of paint, but even then I gave up after only a couple. Someday I will finish those, probably when I go back to do some highlighting on the skin, but it is not this day for sure.

[@Ti0z]

Nice...

[@GarryWButler]

Nice!

[@Aaron-oy4wk]

Ork Tribute jar....

[@TwinSteel]

Great work - can tell you tried out some new stuff with this video - editing, sound, etc - you often use a faster, more intense style that contrasts with your persona, but I like how you left time for the sections to breathe in this video

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks, I'm glad you noticed :) It felt right this week

[@TwinSteel]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues it was perfect 👌🏿

[@robinblackmoor8732]

I dont want my comment to seem critical, as this a painting channel and the painting tips are great. I would have painted according to how I would play them. 3 squads 23 each. 3 different paint schemes. May 3 20 unit squads and save the rest for gun crew or something. One 69 unit squad is too difficult to play. 3 smaller units cause more chaos. They can protect your important Orcs by holding opponent units for a round or two dealing with the little buggers.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah, that makes sense. I would probably run them in 20-man blocks anyway unless I was just messing around. But in terms of painting, I personally don't have any issues with colors not matching fully. That being said, I painted most of these in color blocks of 10 with another 10 being the same colors placed in an alternating pattern, so technically the 20-man squads are pretty close in color and in a lot of cases, the freehand on the guns match up. It's not 20 matching minis, but the colors are at least the same :)

[@robinblackmoor8732]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Nothing you did was wrong. It is more of a personal preference for me. Matching color schemes make game play easier for me. I don't play Orks often. Mostly I play Ultra Marines. I do like to play a mixed army of tanks, and mixed squads of humans too, so it is not a hard and fast rule for me. My Imperial Guard squads and tanks are all over the place. I have played a scenario before where a Ultra Marine squad is with Imperial Guard, and some artillery defending something against a friend's crazy mixed up Orks. He has Gorka Morka Orks and vehicles he uses in that army. It is supposed to be fun, so house rules make it more fun sometimes. Even played time travel scenario too. 40k and knights in same battle is a fun time.

[@moniterlizard07]

I wish i still had my 120

[@TheGlacialGeek]

You, sir, are a better man than I ... An entire video about 69 models and not a single "Nice" comment ... Well played 😏

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

This comment section will do that for me lol Believe me I thought about it for a good long while

[@xyonblade]

The hardest part to believe is the $20 part, based on what I've seen the prices for lately, sigh

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I got super lucky on this one, the dude just put it up and I got it right away. I'm sure someone else would have snatched them up the second after if I hadn't gotten them. They have gotten more expensive too which is a shame. They are great, but not for more than a couple of bucks per mini.

[@xyonblade]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Yeah, I've been noticing 2nd ed stuff goin up recently. I've been trying to collect a little bit here and there, nothing really to build full units or armies with, but just fun little collections.

[@heyheyalaska]

nice

[@GamemasterGiff]

What’s up hobby friends

[@Titleknown]

You shoulda painted one of them like Rainbow Dash...

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

The internet is a wild place...

[@LukeRosenlieb]

nice.

[@XYZdude00]

Nice

[@wren1024]

Could you do us a favor and make us Playlists to put on in the background?

[@jean-patrickleger2215]

Thumb up if you also felt the black panther was staring at you.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

My wife laughs at me every video because of this, now she can't unsee it, and I assume you can't either lol.

[@ghi-dorah]

i think 69 is the number to go with here ;)

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

100%

[@Gobberfactory]

I watch your video a lot but don’t comment I did 100 of these for my grot army with 24 grot tanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That sounds amazing! I'm hoping to go down that road as well :)

[@AngelusNielson]

I was 17 in 93....

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Feels like yesterday, and I was 7 in 93 lol.

[@AngelusNielson]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues it's so weird to me to hear about "retro" Warhammer as my friends were heavily into it, so these are the editions and minis I remember.

[@tomwright2582]

i have been working on this army for years now. are you reading minds now?

[@jefferymartens6303]

While it wont win any games, it will look ridiculous 😂

[@TwinSteel]

🥳❤️👍🏿

[@MagnificentX]

Noice

[@adamjohnson8384]

Yes 2nd comment