Rescuing a TOMB KING Liche Priest

I was browsing eBay the other day and I came across this model for $10.50. I have never painted anything from the Oldworld Tomb Kings army and I thought this would be really fun. Turns out, Tomb Kings are really great models that evoke a ton of memories and emotion surrounding ancient Egypt (Im looking at you "The Mummy"). While a lot of what is being triggered in my nostalgic head might be Hollywood in general, I can't help but love the way this looks. This was a great model to paint and I am looking forward to getting my hands on more Tomb Kings in the future! I hope you enjoy the video, and if you are a fan of the model, I am putting this guy right back on ebay for the $10.50 that I bought him for. Thank you for your support as always, I couldn't and wouldn't be here without the support that you all give. Whether that's subscribing, or going as far as bidding on an auction, Thank you all!
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eBay Miniature Rescues
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[@wolflittlepsycho3437]

For future tomb kings... Egyptian sword Khopesh was made from BRONZE, stone maces, copper spears, etc. :))

[@davidaward82]

i find with tomb kings, a more burnished or red-gold works really well as a basecoat, it adds a stronger contrast against the other colours. that said, the way you did it looked great too, the contrast issue was well handled, still there a little though.

[@LegendEternal]

A drop or two of the metal color copper in with the gold warms it up a bit.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That makes sense, I haven’t tried that combo yet, thanks :)

[@LegendEternal]

I can’t take credit. Venti V commented about it on the video review he did of the paint line in response to someone complaining about the green hue. I tried it, and it works great.

[@hyfryd6677]

Always look forward to your vids man, great job.

[@novashnova1232]

Honestly the Tomb King and music in this video, makes me nostalgic about Diablo 2

[@d030y1]

Got a sub from me. It's great that you showed not only what worked but the things you feel you messed up on and had to redo. Great content, thank you.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks for the sub! I always try and maintain a level of transparency. I want to show my mistakes as often as they come up so everyone understands that mistakes are fixable, and necessary for growth :)

[@Zangdoodle]

I love your rescue videos! Please paint more ORKS!

[@SJGvP]

Looking great again. And I think the red glow on the blades could have turned out interesting. I hope you find another model where you could explore that in the future.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah I think the red will come into play eventually, the goal is to have a shiny NMM blade with a ground and sky reflection. We’ll get there!!

[@JRobb84]

Loved this rescue, never painted any Tomb Kings either so I've got one of these from eBay and will add him to my nighthaunt!

[@WePaintMinis]

My wife and I watched this last night. Really liked how it turned out, Casey. I dont own many pewter minis, but Tomb Kings has always Interested me for the same reasons as yourself, the aesthetic. Keep it up my friend.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks guys :) I do like the look for sure, still a little more classic than the new bonereapers, although some of those really have this kind of vibe.

[@MrVolvobloke]

How to paint a tomb kings army without it looking like every other tomb kings army! Great episode that demonstrates how useful a good shade wash can be when using pale colours. love the incidental music too- we do notice these touches !

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Haha, I am glad you notice the music, sometimes I do feel like nobody does, so that makes me happy :)

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Great work! That oil wash did a great job.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks :) I do love a good oil wash.

[@Ben_de_pick]

And thank you so much for this pretty cool video on this model from another space-time

[@SinNerds]

Love the weapons, Love the contrast, Amazing job as always my friend! I love how this one turned out. Nice to see the Blight Kings again as well.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks man, I’m liking these tomb kings! Blight Kings are still coming along....still... lol. I probably just need to get them done with so I don’t have to keep showing them.

[@jamessmithiii4129]

Loving the content... keep up the great work. Appreciate that you mix things up a bit with fantasy, 40k, star wars etc... shared your channel with a couple of my FB groups :)

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks man, I appreciate the share!

[@TheRainman614]

For the ghoul King, go for a 40's horror movie look. Black, white, and brown. You could do a whole army that way and be pretty original :)

[@godlessheathen4548]

One little bit of advice for auction listings on ebay from an experienced seller. Always start your 10 day listings on Thursday night. (or if you want to put it up on Sunday, just do a 7-day listing) That way they will end on Sunday night, which is pretty much the best time to end an auction. That is when the most people are online, and if you have a quality listing like you have you can have the it double in the last minute of bidding. No matter what time your auction ends there are always peolps who will snipe an auction in last seconds if it is somethiong they want, but ending it on sunday knight gives the most number of people a chance to bid. BTW you have some great pictures up for the listing.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks for the advice! I usually do a 10 day auction because the video will get viewed more in that span of time. Makes sense that more people would be online Sunday night, these auctions have been ending in the middle of the week. I might try just doing 7 days Sunday to Sunday.

[@samhoban2509]

Man I love your intro graphics. So cool. Love your vids, keep em coming

[@kelticnord9875]

Would love to see more tomb king stuff

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Someone sent me a few more models after this video, I have an idea for one of them, and I will definitely get there eventually :)

[@kelticnord9875]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues can’t wait

[@cycoholic]

The Liche Priest looks amazing. As others have said a terracotta type red/brown works well with a gold, as gold is an earth colour. As for resin, try the Green Stuff World UV resin. I've had a lot of success with it, mainly replicating bits and pieces for terrain building (door frames, window frames, etc), though I have started to make some shields. You do need a UV torch, which hardens it in a fairly short time, depending on how much resin has been used. It can smell quite strong when setting, so good ventilation is prefered. And you can sand and paint it. You can also add colour to it if you want. They recently released a couple of other colours as well as the clear, which is what I've been using. And they do sell a little UV torch if you don't have one. I believe the resin they use is similar to the UV resin used in nail salons, but I haven't really looked into how close they really are. It may be a cheaper option, as hobby supplies tend to be the more expensive option. Looking forward to the Tau, along with other future projects. 😉 (edit for spelling)

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I’ll have to look into it for sure, I’ve seen that stuff used as gap filler too, seems to work pretty well with a little plastic syringe, UV cure it and sand it down. Seems pretty versatile!

[@rokurokubi3273]

Looking forward to seeing how you tackle that chameleon paint scheme. That sounds like a real challenge. Keep up the good work, mate.

[@KingPeaceus]

This channel inspired me to do some ebay rescues but now I am in over my head haha. I bought a considerably large Tau force that is painted pretty... Uhhh... uniquely.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Haha, it’s easy to get a lot really quickly! There’s always such a good feeling when you get those models cleaned and primed though, i know it will be worth it to fix up those Tau :) good luck man!

[@grandogrigo]

Like for Egyptian styled music) Thank for your awesome cozy videos, Casey! Every week I wait for another episode. To be honest I'm not a painter, but I like this art cause it makes me calm and inspired for my own projects. I came here from Goobertown and emmediately subscribed, cause you're make existing fusion of painting video, music and voiceover. Thanks again and see you in the next video)

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

AK sells basically a water acrylic gel that looks really cool for water effects. Takes 24 hours to fully dry but after a few hours you can start to build up the water effects.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Nice! I’ll have to check that out, thanks for the heads up :)

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Your welcome. It goes a long way for its price as well. So I personally think it's worth it. I've made a huge battle board for a friends birthday, a peace of terrain, and been using it for a miniature and still have some left over. It's pretty neat to work with as well. Especially depending on what color paint you use underneath before applying it.

[@jmc7034]

You deserve far more subs than you already have as your work is excellent

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I appreciate that very much! I’m just gonna keep at it as best I can and see what happens :)

[@kazegakun]

I love Aethermatic Blue! I use it on my Marines for a simple plasma and power weapon effect. Leadbelcher base, edge/coil gradient/lightning with Ceremite white, then a layer or two of Aethermatic. Some more Ceremite to make the edges really pop then a really light layer of Aethermatic to tint the latest white a touch. It's amateur hour, but it looks legit for TT quality. Just gotta practice thinning the lightning down.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Nothing wrong with doing coils like that. I do that all the time, contrast has made it pretty easy to get those done to a good tabletop level. And unless the model is going to be purely for display I don’t see anything wrong with doing it the way you described :)

[@GiftofChaosStudio]

A trick with gold is to use a more reddish tone. One way to make it that way is to use a reddish brown wash. Reikland Flesh is an excellent wash for gold!

[@brianmanning1440]

New to the Chanel and the hobby ur fantastic and an inspiration cheers dude 🇮🇪

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks man! I’m glad you enjoy the videos, and welcome to the hobby!

[@brianmanning1440]

eBay Miniature Rescues I’ll never reach your level but your videos and obvious talent are something to be admired

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Well I appreciate that, but don’t count yourself out just yet. I’ve only been painting for a couple of years, just take your time and keep painting, you’ll get there quicker than you may think :)

[@bladieeightwheels]

Well done dude. Love your channel.. Keep going with the nmm style its real usefull once if becomes learned skill.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks man, I’m glad you enjoy the videos :) I’m really trying to make a push for getting that NMM down, I really like the way it looks and I always see good opportunities to use it. Just gonna keep doing it until it works 😆

[@Bubbowie]

Found this channel trough Goobertown Hobbies and I really like what you're doing. Subscribed and eagerly awaiting more content :D

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That’s awesome, thank you :)

[@David-so9ct]

Some of these cool tomb kings could be cool "counts as" on a themed out undead army if you wanted!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

They are technically still usable in AOS, so you could do a whole undead army with skeletons and stuff, it would be pretty great!

[@TheRunesmythe]

I like your take/approach here and I think, by and large, the finished miniature looks great! Another route which might be interesting to experiment with is to go with dark tones for the leathery, mummified flesh, not unlike what you see on some actual mummies; it would definitely punch up the contrast. The addition of the Aethermantic Blue (one of my favorite Contrast Paints) was a nice touch and really sold the idea of the weapons having some sort of magic quality. Finally, the idea for the pattern on the snake scales was a nice touch; I think if they'd all been painted the same color it would have been a bit too much, especially with the size of that headdress. Honestly, in my opinion the Gold and Copper are the only Vallejo Metal Colors paints that don't stand out like the rest of the line; they always look much to washed out and faded for my preferences. I still stick with the alcohol based Vallejo Liquid Gold/Silver/Copper paints for that; the Old Gold or Red Gold might have been a nice contrast on this project. However, I will offer this caveat; if you've never used them before, they're *very* finnicky; the metallic powder they use for pigment is so delicate that they have to suspend it in alcohol, so in order to thin it and clean the brushes you use for it you need 91% or higher isopropyl alcohol, you should only use synthetic brushes with it (the alcohol will dry out and damage natural bristles) and once you use a brush for them you really can't use it for anything else because the water content of acrylic paints or trying to clean the brushes with water will cause the residual metal powder still in the bristles to rust. That being said, the results are really beautiful.

[@jjtrocking]

Looks great, just wish tomb Kings were still a fully usable army still

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

People are still holding out hope, maybe the new bonereapers will get some skeleton units along the same lines, or in the least, the Tomb Kings rules will be given a once over and keywords added to fit into some of the new stuff. Never know :)

[@reapper6660]

Have you tried green stuff world's UV resin ? Tomb king looks awesome wish GW would bring back the range

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I haven’t tried it, they are probably still shipping right now, I’ll have to look it up and see what it’s all about, they make pretty good stuff :) thanks for the heads up!

[@marcellogenovese199]

Awesome video! Came out great. I was wondering if you would share the camera gear you use to produce your content. I want to get started with some sculpting/converting videos possibly but I don't really know what I am doing filming wise. Thanks!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I hope to make a video about that topic at some point. I have a list of stuff I use on my website ebayminiaturerescues.com as well. But for the most part, some good led lights and a newer phone with a good camera is where I would suggest starting. I still use my phone for most of the filming and editing :)

[@marcellogenovese199]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Hmm, what do you use for editing software on your phone? I didn't realize it was possible to get that tight on your phone. Thanks BTW. And yea that would be a great video, I feel it's something not many creators do so it would probably get you the attention to be worth it.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

I really like how this guy turned out and I'm going to see about scoring one of these on eBay as well so I can put my own stamp on it. The only thing I'd have done differently--and likely I'll try it on any one of them I get--is to use Athonian Camoshade on the skin to give it a more sickened and diseased tone. Otherwise, nice work as usual, Casey!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

They are out there, I’ve been doing some searching lately, pretty expensive though, which is a bummer. Even the regular skeletons are amazing. Good idea with the Athonian, that would have pushed the green a little more in the skin. Next time perhaps :)

[@DMortuus]

Great job, thank you for the video. :)

[@gmeado]

good work mate, just had a random challenge come to mind. You should try one of the Warhammer 40K second edition cookie cutter space marines, see what you can do with that? would love to see it

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I think I have some of those laying around :)

[@beaothers4821]

Awesome!!! 💀

[@ThatAussieBloke1]

looks great, I'd like some more detail in the face however :)

[@nikkih9441]

I love tomb kings, and the paint job here was awesome, but as someone who still plays 8th ed fantasy, seeing them on round bases makes me die a little inside.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Hah yeah that round base. I thought about leaving it on a square, but my thought was that the most likely use for this model would be as a proxy for something in a skirmish game, like a necromancer in warcry or something.

[@MattGroover]

Casey did those storm cast make it to you. Just checking.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Actually yes, I just (literally right now) picked up a package at the post office! Gonna drive home now and open it up :)

[@MattGroover]

eBay Miniature Rescues hope you like them. I’m all about the bad guys...lol. I could think of no one better to give them to.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Matt Groover these will be put to good use for sure! Thanks so much man!

[@MattGroover]

eBay Miniature Rescues no worries

[@AceHardy]

🎶🔥

[@sanderinNZ78]

What is the song called In this vid? It's awesome.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Sander ter Koele bump! I want to know too

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I got a handful of tracks from epidemicsound.com I just searched for Egypt and a bunch of stuff popped up, so I put them all together to make one long track. I’m not usually a fan of epidemic, but every so often then really have what I’m looking for!

[@dantekc]

Curious, do you use citadel air paints with brushes so you dont have to thin them?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

All of my paints have been transferred into dropper bottles, so they pretty much are all air paints now. They work fine with a brush, though some of the lighter colors may need an extra coat sometimes.

[@Dereliction2]

Great job on the mini! Your enjoyment of it shows in the final product. Beyond the mini, please take this as constructive advice on public speaking/speaking effectively: re-watch this video and count how many times you say "kinda." Eliminating extraneous words in your vocabulary, or at least greatly reducing them, will make your sentences crisper and have more impact for listeners. You'll be surprised at how much stronger your commentaries will become if you work at it like you do your minis!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks, and thank you for the feedback. This is something I am actively working on, the last 13 videos, just a few after this one, have been scripted, where as I was just going for it before. I'm hoping that helps keep the message on point and keeps me from repeating the same word over and over. Still working on it, but every week is a new opportunity :)

[@Dereliction2]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Honestly, it just takes awareness and practice. You're already on your way! Meanwhile, I'm going to keep binging on your videos. You've got a good thing going here.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks man. I appreciate it very much :)

[@mtgskunkworx1671]

Nice work on this one, though on the contrast point, you might want to take a look at some reference photos of mummified skin, as it tends to be quite dark, compared to the owner's original skin tone, which could really play nice with the whole thing. It just feels like a missed opportunity.

[@Belzediel]

The OKA Egyptians were black, so, 'quite dark' skin compared to what? I mean, I'd agree with the general point; why on earth would you look at that model and think 'Oh yeah, white dude', but you seems to be suggesting that mummies 'went chocolate' after death. Might be being punk'd though, if so, fair game, have yet to get through my second cup so might be a bit slow.

[@mtgskunkworx1671]

@@Belzediel actually, the darkening holds true for mummified remains dug up in Irish peat bogs, too. The mechanism may change from method to method, tannic acid being the case for the more northern example, but I think it may even hold for the functionally freeze-dried remains even on Everest, if I recall correctly. Not looking to get one over, not trying to play SJW, either. Just pointing out that, regardless of skin tone, the end product of mummification can, and frequently does, wind up with a much darker color than the starting sample, regardless of the starting skin tone.

[@Belzediel]

Unless you're trying to suggest AOK Egyptians were white, then, I guess, that's kinda a back up, I guess. I mean there are plenty of white skinned mummified corpses about, so, darkening down is far from universal, and I think I'd be reasonable in suggesting a boddy immersed in coal black peat for a hundred years might get a tad stained, but, in any case, we'd be in agreement that the skin tone of the miniature is not authentic. I am 100% certain that this is a parody channel, so felt no need to make that observation directly (it would be entirely in character for the pale skin to be a gag at viewers expense) but it's always annoying to find this latency still kicking around that AOKs looked more or less like Charlton Heston and Liz Taylor. I'm exceedingly woke-averse, but even I get a tad annoyed that in tabletop gaming there's little room for ethnicity. No, I wouldn't push for representative armies, no sane person cares enough, but, if you look into those fantasy peoples inspired by non-european cultures there's a distressing tendency to bypass the skin colour issue by making them frogs instead. Seriously. It's almost always frogs, or lizards. Something amazingly bizarre in the deep s/c there.

[@steggoraptor]

@@Belzediel Mummification darkens the skin. Also ancient egyptians weren't black. In its over 3000 years of history and over 300,000 square miles of land, ancient egypt was never racial homogenous, but genetic, artistic, and linguistic evidence points to the largest group being red or white depending on the time period.

[@Belzediel]

@@steggoraptor Yeah, I've heard that bullshit before.

[@christopherbollinger86]

I have this miniature.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Nice! It’s a great mini :)

[@christopherbollinger86]

It is, I actually used it as a mummy in Blood Bowl.

[@paulluker6960]

When I read that it was an ebay mini rescue I expected the model to be in a rubbish state or really poorly painted. The video came across more as a painting guide in my opinion.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

It really depends on the week. Some that I get are reaaaally bad, others, like this one, have some small problems, mainly the glue and base, and some basing material that had to be chipped off. Either way, I’m sure this model was sitting in a drawer somewhere for a long time, and now it’s going to be in someone’s painted collection of minis.

[@mikenewtype]

You should check out goobertown hobbie’s video on how to paint yellow 👌👌👌👌👌😂😂🤣

[@mikenewtype]

Spoiler alert... HE USES PINK

[@ChazCharlie1]

Personally I would have done the skin blackish brown. Real Mummies have very dark skin.

[@Redskies453]

Oh my god clean your ushabti bone pot bro. It doesn't even close anymore.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

😂 I transferred all of my paints into dropper bottles quite some time ago, that’s just a picture of the paint. My Ushabti bone is still going strong :) On a side note, yeah the citadel pots are pretty bad for actually keeping paint for long periods of time.

[@Redskies453]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Haha good move. I think I've pulled half a pot of leadbelcher out of the neck in solid chunks. Nice paint job btw.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Oh for real, most of the bottles I had when I decided to transfer everything were real bad! Probably 20% of the pot was clumped in the back and around the lid...I won’t go back after the dropper bottles! Glad you liked the paint job, thanks :)