Rescuing Grey Seer THANQUOL

This week I take a very old Skaven Grey Seer model and give him a new paintjob! These old pewter models are often full of character and interesting details. Don't pass them up for the new hottness (in some cases lol) because you can always strip them down to bare metal and get a brand new model for much less money. Thank you Chris H for sending this awesome sculpt in, it's a fantastic model and deserves to be put onto the table.
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[@madhellz3230]

There is something awsome about the old metal mini's for sure. I look forward to seeing bone ripper being painted, Thanks for the video has I always find new ideas from watching them.

[@billywindsock9597]

I like the way you worked the green, very Skaven.

[@jellycupcake9595]

thats a super rescue, love watching these keep up the good work

[@oscarchavez8527]

Bud, always relaxing and inspiring to watch you work your art.

[@galosanchez-bermejoenrique3513]

Wow that's an awesome model and paintjob

[@sergiolp6058]

Such a nice mini, i love skavens and the old commaenders are awesome

[@PunchieCwg]

Ugh! You do such good work man. Very impressive.

[@nekrovulpes]

This appeases the horned one. Man-thing will be mercy spared, for now now...

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

😆 🙏🏻

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Great work. Looking forward to getting more insights on the Vallejo metallics.

[@humblebumble6535]

The cloak especially is awesome 😊 great work my dude!!

[@squelch13]

Do love seeing these old models getting some updated paint and love.. Only thing I would love to see, as well as having the spinning single shots of before and after, would be to have a static side by side shotsof the before and after! Other than.. keep up the amazing work!!

[@danielklinglesmithv2732]

I see you using that metal color again. ;) it’s so nice.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

It’s so good!

[@danielklinglesmithv2732]

Yeah, in millennial one might say “it’s the truth”

[@therealsulaco]

I think I still have a couple of those models hanging around. Maybe I should finally get around to painting them.

[@brumbz513]

Makes me think of Advanced Heroquest! Great work as always, really enjoyed this one. Would love to see an early 90s pewter Chaos Knight/Champion on the block!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I think I have one laying around :)

[@Mr_Secondaries]

Chitterings, chitterings in the dark, red beady eyes glaring, emitting squeaks and shrieks of approval.

[@briangilgan]

Looks cool, as always. I generally don't use straight Metal Colour Copper anymore, because I think adding in a bit of Metal Colour Gold produces nicer hues. Adding a bit of Magnesium or Gunmetal darkens it pretty well, if necessary. YMMV, of course.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I still need to try mixing them and seeing how dark I can get it, this copper straight out of the bottle is really bright. Might be better suited for a dark gold highlight. Still, these paints are fantastic so far :)

[@briangilgan]

Fair enough. My complaint about the copper paint is that its too red for my tastes most of the time. My complaint about the Metal Colour line in general is the limited number of colours. Having said that, I don't use any other metal paints anymore :)

[@mattgrandich3977]

The Horned Rat thanks-thanks you!

[@HectorLopezSM]

Although not my choice of colors for this particular model, I still think it's an amazing result.

[@TheSuprahuman]

I am reading about this very naughty rat in my Gotrek & Felix book.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

I love old puter minis.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

They can be really great, sometimes a pain to deal with, but they always look awesome and unique :)

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Some of my favorite are chainmail minis for D&D from around the 90s. They don't have much mold lines and ushually a good deal except the gnoll monk. But yeah the mold lines can be a pain to deal with but I noticed on the Wizkids minis have some odd mold lines that are worse to deal with like along the hair line.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah, once they started mass producing models with Wizkids they got a little worse. I hate it when there are mold lines on hair!!!Some of those old DnD minis are pricey these days!

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Some yes, but there are some great deals on 1st and second edition ones. Some people are selling tones of minis like an incredible amount for 40 to 50 bucks. Which for the amount of minis is a pretty good deal. Also chainmail minis are ushually pretty good depending on the seller.

[@zwara81]

great work

[@shawnmccuen6908]

Great old school rescue bro. I'm painting an old set of Chaos Knights on horseback. I've got one with red armor. What color would you suggest edge highliting the armor with.

[@ChazCharlie1]

Whooo hooo! More Ratties! °.° SQUEAK

[@klaymen09]

Looks good man but generally speaking aren't grey seers grey?

[@torymiddlebrooks]

Nah, that's a misnomer

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Probably, but all of my skaven are green robes, so I wanted him to match :)

[@jeffdave8884]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Very nice, but grey seers have grey or white fur (it is a mark of the horned rat's favour) , no reason they can't have green robes though.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

For sure, I have a newer one that will get painted more traditionally eventually. Been primed for something like 3 years lol.

[@richardchapman842]

brilliant

[@spacehamsterZH]

Seriously, Vallejo Surface Primer for metal minis? The regular airbrush stuff? This works?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Seems to work just fine, I also gloss coat and dull coat at the end to lock it in and protect it as much as possible.

[@spacehamsterZH]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues that's good to know, thanks. The one thing that's kept me away from metal so far has been that I thought I'd need a different primer.

[@RufusKyura]

Hey, Casey! If I may ask, what brush brand and sizes do you use?

[@666lupine666]

No need to Thanq me, in fact Thanq U all.

[@malysyforethought1195]

I'm not sure how well Isopropyl works on old (30+ yrs) white metal/pewter figures painted in enamel paints, but if you're careful, oven cleaner works really well as does acetone thinner. I need to get some Isopropyl for my new sla 3d printer (so new it's not even out of the box yet) so I can give that a whirl once I have some. I was going to start painting up my Vampires, but I've been roped into DMing 'Space 1889' so I'm hunting up Victorian style figures. I'm not sure what to do about Martians and Venusians, though as they're really specific. Eh. I'm still painting figures, just not the ones I planned to be painting! (edit for clarity)

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I’ve used iso on some older GW models and it worked great, and I know they had some nasty enamel paints on them. I have had problems with it not taking some glues off very well. The sonic cleaner tends to shake that stuff off a little better. I suppose acetone pretty much works the same way as iso when it comes to stripping. Now that you have a 3d printer you could make some cool bits to convert those new figures. I really need to look into something so I can start making some good bits to throw onto some of these old models :)

[@digzmania]

Geat job of rescuing this wonderful model. I have one as well, that I am now thinking of re-doing in a similar paint scheme as what you just completed. I have noticed that you do a lot of "edge highlighting" (and you do a very thorough and good job of it), but have you ever tried dry brushing? If so, what made you choose edge highlighting over dry brushing to achieve similar effects?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! I always come to that point and think, I could just drybrush this, and in a lot of cases, that’s a perfectly valid way to go. Personally, I prefer the look of edge highlighting, especially in cases like this where the details are quite large, but if I was doing 20 of these at a time, I would opt for drybrushing 100%. I think it comes down to how much time you want to spend on a particular model. If it’s an hq unit, then edging everything is going to look a little more purposeful and come out a little nicer, for cannon fodder, they won’t be on the table long enough to notice, so id opt for drybrushing. It’s all really personal preference though :) I hope that answers your question!

[@joshuasmith5472]

Have you done any Slasnesh daemons??

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I did some Daemonettes a while back, nothing else has come my way though. I’m hoping to find one of the new keeper of secrets on eBay half painted, I’d love to paint one of those :)

[@joshuasmith5472]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues I'll be watching for the video!! Who knows I might have to get one and send you it to paint for me!

[@davedogge2280]

I hope he said Thanqu for rescuing him. I will take my coat and hat and leave the stage now.. head down..

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Lol he did

[@MaskedRiderChris]

Me, I swear by undiluted Simple Green for stripping miniatures, always have. Plop 'em in for 12-24 hours and you're good to go!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I’ve done that in the past, it definitely works, but using that in a sonic cleaner takes it down to 30 minutes or less depending on the model.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues That might bear looking into, then. Would SG work in one of those, do you think, Casey, or would it have to be something like what you use?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Christopher Pineau Sinple Green works great in the sonic cleaner. I switched to LAs Totally Awesome just because it’s less expensive, but it’s pretty much the same stuff in it’s concentrated form.

[@josiahdenton-barber9989]

nice

[@lokan1212]

Where can I donate mini to be rescued ?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I saw you just emailed me, you should have a reply :)

[@blackadder564]

I can't even paint a wall.

[@FighterDoken]

Maybe you've already discovered this over the past 3 years, but there's no reason to use any white besides Vallejo's Cold White :)

[@jankaltenecker597]

Please tell me I'm not the only one seeing a Face on this Things Snout at kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWjEloxsptqkpaM

[@swe123swe]

Isnt he supposed to be a grey rat though??

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah, I think he’s supposed to be grey with white robes. I just went with it though. If anything i could always highlight the skin again with some pallid tones and dry brush the fur with some grey. He fits my existing army though so I’m pretty happy :)

[@swe123swe]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues I've gotta say, every time I watch these, I'm insanely jealous. Would love to take some time to start painting with my daughter or something to that effect. Even if I never played, just painting these things really appeals to me.

[@andrewamann8855]

@@swe123swe nothing is stopping you from gathering up some supplies and taking that dive... Sometimes you just gotta go for it.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

swe123swe you should definitely go for it! Even if it’s a couple of paints and brushes and a handful of models, nothing beats painting with your kids and enjoying a hobby together :)