Retro painting: Space Wolves | 70 hours of pain

[@lonecolamarine]

"I'm done painting geometric patterns on pauldrons!" Next vid, "Hey guys, so... I started reading the lore of one of the saddest blood angels successors, aaaand to show them some much deserved love, I'm going to paint a tactical squad of The Lamenters!"

[@derphurr8814]

The only real answer to which chapter to paint are the original retro marines, the Crimson Fists!

[@peterkantor9494]

Yes

[@rexpugh844]

Yes

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@philhelm1318]

Orange Blood Angels.

[@richschoffy8743]

Is anyone else infinitely impressed at Guy nailing all the pronunciations of the names

[@JohnxInfinity]

Would have messed up on so many no matter how many takes i had.

[@bichetorduemusik5142]

I told myself the same thing

[@marcwittkowski5146]

He always seems to be very well prepared to pronounce everything properly.

[@thomasmatthewman808]

Was just about to comment this!

[@craftypainter]

I was almost super impressed but then he got Benjyo 2456 wrong. Should we do a poll and try to get Guy to read out that list of names again?

[@DrumsTheWord]

What a nightmare. Well done indeed!

[@DrumsTheWord]

Nerves of steel, my friend!

[@lewtes52]

"The dangly bits between the boss man's legs." *dramatic pause* Perfectly timed.

[@jherazob]

He was looking directly at the camera during the pause

[@TitusVarus]

Crotch danglers

[@jacob_thegoat8355]

Nuln oil: *spills Me: I’m never gonna financially recover from this...

[@PumpkinHoard]

*Shoots tiger*

[@somefurryguy1811]

The joke gets more real when you're in south america and a single bottle of that shit costs a fucking liver and a kidney.

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

@@somefurryguy1811 I feel your pain...

[@scottlock8584]

Never felt more called out in my life

[@namewastaken360]

Spilling shade paints is a real amateur move, real pros manage to throw an open bottle of Black Templar on the floor.

[@trollbearcat]

this was the reason for my new "no 1 am painting sessions no matter how inspired you feel" rule.

[@ttaibe]

My GF managed to "spill" it on the table-floor-wall-bookshelf and a decoritive expensive semi precious stone. All in one go. The lid was stuck.

[@logicforfirstgraders]

My childhood bedroom was graced by golden yellow by me and blood red by a friend.

[@indiepixels2261]

every shade bottle i have gotten has been spilt before it has been finished.

[@BrettRyder]

@@logicforfirstgraders are you sure you weren't eating hotdogs and missed the condiments?

[@MisterofBattle]

I'd say you've got to do some Crimson Fists. They're the poster children marines of the early editions.

[@kuredar9702]

if you've done Space Wolves. Your doing Ultramarines, Dark Angels, Blood Angels, and you have 5 left over marines. Why don't you do 1 marine in each of the 5 remaining loyalist legions. So White Scars, Imperial Fists, Iron Hands, Salamanders and Raven Guard.

[@kassy6373]

Nice idea!

[@colonelcurstard5359]

Yeah that be amazing all lined up !

[@CommanderSuberox]

Can’t like this comment enough!

[@the40kboyz11]

That would work

[@zephyrstrife4668]

But what about the Rainbow Warriors?

[@henrikwannheden7114]

I took the liberty of naming your longfangs according to the runes on their kneepads. ᛟ = o (sergeant) Ove ᚺ = h (missile launcher) Halfdan ᛜ = ŋ (missile launcher) Njal ᚠ = f (heavy bolter) Frode ᛇ = ï (las cannon) Ingulfr

[@funnycreature2331]

Can i have a source for those runes?

[@waffle6440]

@@funnycreature2331 same

[@jaredtiller884]

Runes are Elder Futhark. Google has plenty of references

[@KimKhan]

... Ove. OVE. This tickles my Swedish bone, it's the Swedish equivalent of naming your sergeant "Ollie."

[@TheSynthisis]

Why do the Njords always have problems with chucking out Fulldan's?

[@namewastaken360]

Even though they cower behind walls while the Wolves of Fenris are out doing battle with the enemies of the Allfather, the bonus chapter should probably be Imperial Fists. Gotta get all the primary colours for retro paint jobs.

[@shadowofhawk55]

That or Black Templars.

[@Nusphigore]

You might say that, but if it werent for those walls you'd still be battling ticks in a campfire, cousin. ;) For The Primarch-Primogenitor!

[@nicolascarlier9533]

It's looks amazing. The space wolf from my childhood are back.

[@thomasbraden8242]

Outstanding work.

[@WeDontTalkAboutJosh]

Comments for the comment god, engagement for the engagement throne. Space Wolves may be loyalists but the algorithm is a warp-spawned abomination.

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Even Chaos can appreciate Fenris and the boys.

[@alpharius7216]

@@changer_of_ways_999 except the thousand sons, we all know magnus is still salty.

[@michielroskam3877]

so this josh guy.....who is he

[@davida138]

Me no understand...

[@lordhamster9452]

@@davida138 reference to chaos gods.

[@Walican132]

I personally just got a complete in box 3rd Ed blood bowl set. I’m thinking about painting the two armies in the classic style because of your videos. So thanks Guy.

[@AsteroidWrangler]

Absolutely loved seeing this. Some of the 2nd Edition studio Space Wolves are in a case at the Warhammer Store and Cafe in Grapevine TX, and I always can't help but look at them when I stop by. You absolutely nailed the 2nd Edition look with these guys once again.

[@MidwinterMinis]

That sounds awesome! Thanks James :)

[@Bluecadet1987]

I cannot like this video enough! I have been collecting space wolves for about 25 years starting 2nd ed and those awesome metal models. Nostalgia overload.

[@gregoryzagorski8383]

The best space marines I've ever seen painted!

[@johnbeaudoin7820]

As a Space Wolves fan, that was the most enthralling 32 minutes of my weekend. Well done!

[@KabinMiniatures]

It's so satisfying to see retro minis painted with such an effort and sort of "redeeming" the old sculpts, that are so often dismissed when compared to new ones. I tip my normal-head-sized-hat to you, sir!

[@AFnord]

I think people have a tendency of fixating a bit on the bad sculpts and let them represent the "classics" in their minds. The quality of the sculpts were far less consistent back then than they are now (though GW is not always spot on these days either, though nowadays it tends to be clutter that's the big issue), with some still looking great, and some looking not so great. The fact that they tried to cast these in as few pieces as possible also did not necessarily make for the best minis, with some being far better at hiding their flatness than others.

[@jaybot4443]

That shot of the painted squad instantly transported me back to the 90's....to those awesome Saturdays spent in GW with my mates, rolling dice and dreaming of our ultimate armies. I can even smell the old school paint! Nostalgia is powerful indeed!!

[@markshumate5377]

2nd ed box set was my first and I painted them all Space Wolves. You did a far better job! Thank you for the Nostalgia.

[@muff9160]

total pale sand counter: 6 why did i spend this much time doing this

[@gianrcarlo]

Dana Howl would be so proud!

[@dlh567]

All hail our lord and savior, Pale Sand.

[@notnubilous3804]

Dana Howl, the Emissary of Pale Sand

[@Horatio2040]

I don't know, but I'm glad you did.

[@grayfiresoul]

I entered the hobby on the *cusp* of 3rd edition and grabbed the new Eldar codex, but knew friends who had Space Wolf and Dark Angels, and marveled at the minis. These are true and authentic!

[@vojinkremic3776]

As someone who's getting into the hobby I am amazed by the paint job! As always, Guy continues to impress. Greetings from Serbia!

[@bobiojimbo]

Cool! Good job. The way you knock out those patron's names, is impressive.

[@mattjagger4360]

I loved this. The 90's were just the best for 40k. I had vivid flash backs...to my childhood watching this. In utter bliss. Please keep doing these. 90's style paint schemes were amazing. You did a bang tidy job on those. Well done.

[@abzhasan8322]

This is too awesome. Out of all the retro colour scheme Space wolves and legion of the damned are my favourite.

[@alexvaraderey]

Let me get this straight about the bottle holders - you press them down firmly, they suck on and only release if you give them a strong tug? Okay.

[@damonbrown5424]

Instructions unclear: d*** stuck in paint jar...

[@petervandenbossche1315]

Waaauw...absolutely gorgeous !!! love your retro-vids !

[@mikecrathorne8873]

Don't think about things, go with your first thought...Imperial Fists. They are the defenders of Terra and humanity's saviours. Not only that but they are a lovely yellow colour 😀.

[@reecegilbey4774]

Fantastic work! Thanks for all the content 🧙‍♂️🤙

[@azerel83]

They are Glorious nearly brought me to tears. Envy is Heresy, and Heresy will not be tolerated.

[@karalas]

Made me feel a lot better about how long my paint projects take with this video.

[@Megis13]

Incredible job! You painted all of this miniatures like the pictures of 90's books, codex. What a nostalgia!!

[@MidwinterMinis]

I'm glad you think they look that good! :)

[@cbst6w5]

Space Wolves are my first army, got all of these models back in 1995-1997. This hit me hard with the nostalgia bat! Great work painting them in the original style, so awesome!

[@DanishArtist]

Gosh, I remember my first space marines being Space Wolves, most of them got "painted", then I ended up collecting Dark Angles, I also remember the heavy weight of the miniatures/models as I had to carry them around for tournaments and friends' places, it was the time of back and shoulder pain, and short lived backpacks :)

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Love this series of old school painting projects - Bonus authenticity points for intending to start with the monopose marines then not painting them yet

[@My_wife_left_me]

After saying bossman I can now only think of a space wolf asking me what I want from the kebab shop

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Fenris got a bit warmer over the millennia.

[@-Benedict]

Chilli sauce bossman?

[@justinkotrba2197]

Super accurate to the box art! Thanks for the Nostalgia!

[@ThePipLad]

Ah Fever Tree tonic. I see you're a man of fine taste.

[@mozadie]

didnt expect to see a mutant here

[@ThePipLad]

@@mozadie damn right

[@MrSwankypants]

It would be cool if you could do a couple retro marines in a different 90's chapter paint scheme so we could see how to do it and them all lined up...

[@MidwinterMinis]

That might be cool!

[@anotherzingbo]

The five spare marines could be done as 5 different chapters, it might keep the old farts like me happier as there's more chance our preferred chapters (Salamanders!) would make the grade that way!

[@MrSwankypants]

@@anotherzingbo There's a point, a range would reach out to a wider audience too

[@jdelta1014]

@@MidwinterMinis I vote for Blood Angles or one of the really crazy Marine chapter paint schemes.

[@alphariusomegon6711]

@@jdelta1014 Old school Minotaurs. Make a seasoned painter cry with that abomination of checker boarding.

[@TheShirtie]

I've not painted or played Warhammer 40,000 for decades, but saw your channel and saw this video. I visited a gamesworkshop a last year in January had had a big nostalgia trip with the manager, talking about these models and the old paints. This video has given me a great nostalgia trip. I have a loads of these old models base coated somewhere in my mums house. I need to go find them!!! Thanks for the trip back to my teenage years.

[@benrafferty3084]

This is probably my second favourite video of yours (after the 2nd Ed unboxing). The detail of space wolves and the codex at the start were great, and these guys turned out absolutely amazing.

[@rodento3220]

Well done! I remember looking at those old codexes and thinking "Yeah right". If we only had KZbin back in the 90's....

[@leechick]

90s black templars would look sick, I’m really tempted to try something like this myself lol

[@daili4917]

I have those metal long fangs, they've been sat in my to-do list since the late 90's, so getting them done in just a year is good going by me 👍

[@mattshaw5179]

The other chapter should be crimson fists, they were on the cover of rogue trader after all!! Great video!!

[@tonyburns3586]

something about that music and seeing those old minis, just gets me all goosebumpy and the memories of been 10 in my local GW store come flooding back. For the others go sons of medusa or howling griffons...

[@davidcrappenshitz1901]

Your channel is exploding with views atm. I'm glad 40k is getting a wider audience

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thank you David! Exciting times eh?

[@mike_minnick]

I'm not even a fan of 40k and I love this channel. I'm guessing there's others like me who watch the channel for the painting aspect of it

[@JendersGaming]

100 % right!

[@dyansis]

They look amazing. And those feet design come back in the form of gravis armour 😁😁😁

[@Beelzeboogie]

The Grey Hunters in this codex were the first minis I ever tried to paint, and trying to do those yellow shoulder pads was so stressful I didn't paint anything else until 2017.

[@EdU-od5ec]

This brings back memories. I collected SW back in the mid 90s. I pretty much had all the models you painted in this video.

[@VidetOmnia]

I'm a patreon supporter and a subscriber, but I only knew about this video because of patreon. The algorithm is a tool of the Dark Gods. My faith in the Guy Emperor will never waiver!!!

[@rakino4418]

The algorithm is clearly Tzeench affiliated

[@_A.d.G_]

Epic. Legendary. Mythic! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Please paint rainbow warriors! The most 90s chapter out there, and they need more love, GW isn't giving it to them.

[@tyrannosaurus696]

My brother had beaky RTB01 Rainbow Warriors back in the day. Seeing those got me into 40K and Fantasy. I've always wanted to make a MkVI Forge World army and get them sent off to be commission painted as Rainbow Warriors but I don't play 40K anymore so can't really justify the cost!

[@saschyplayz3857]

Yeah!

[@jefferymartens6303]

They look absolutely gorgeous

[@graat6990]

Crimson fist would be great for retro space marines considering they're on the cover of the rogue trader rule book^^. Also great work Guy ! Keep it up

[@paulofreire7520]

Very cool. The legendary goblin green! 👍🏻

[@sevenproxies4255]

I remember that I always hated the logo transfers. So for space marines I always ended up freehanding the symbols instead. That was some painstaking work for sure.

[@billcurran7210]

Those look great! Look at that smooth yellow!

[@Lorenzantium]

Rainbow Warriors would be cool, it sucks that GW basically abandoned them back in the day.

[@silkyjohns0n]

I love that those Coat D'Arms paints are basically the same names as the paints I painted with in the 90s!

[@Malganis85]

Let's go paw patrol!

[@SlocumJoe7740]

This warmed the hearts of so many of us Oldhammer fans

[@forgefartherloki6585]

I have a deep love for the idea of flame design on that space wolf rocket launcher. Awesome work!

[@aztechdhillon3717]

it would be awesome if you painted some salamanders the have a pretty distinct colour scheme

[@vernonjennings5921]

Takes me back... Thanks for sharing!

[@murgel2006]

Very useful. I looked for a "painting Wolves correctly" video quite so time. This is it.

[@rasmuskock8077]

Ah yes, the renowned space-furries

[@anurglingwithinternetacess4622]

At least there not the weebo space communists

[@silvergunn9354]

OwO

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Literally sons of bitches, eh

[@harbl99]

Never seen a painter who has managed to capture the haunted, horrified look in the Fenrisian Wolves' eyes. "And I hear you do strange things to your pets Russ. Yeah, rekt." -- Fulgrim

[@AnnyMouseyMouse]

I guess these retro vids didn't get many views, but I'm here to say this video and the citadel paints retro painting videos are definitely what got your channel on my radar. I wasn't into Warhammer then but I find the old stuff quite fascinating and I love your recreations of the old styles. It's hard to find content from a cool dude about warhammer history. I hope in the future you do more retro painting/unboxing because it's definitely my favorite warhammer content I think... ever? :)

[@boketto888]

Takes me back, these were chapter of choice back in the day

[@gamerhalim4717]

The retro model still good 👍 and you are killing me , I want to have it !!

[@silfreed1542]

I absolutely love those space wolves man! Black templars as a bonus chapter would be awesome.

[@WylochsArmory]

GLORIOUS

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks buddy :)

[@Medicae131]

These are just awesome. I love your dedication to taking your time to make them looks retro as possible. I'm so looking forward to the next episode.

[@carloshobbychannel9070]

This have to be the best looking metal second edition space wolves I have ever seen.

[@christophermellor5837]

Really enjoy the retro stuff. First one of your videos I've watched all the way through. Well done 👏

[@djsuter4410]

Fantastic job! They look amazing.

[@Moredakkamus]

The shoulder mounted Heavy Bolter is chefkiss

[@IronHelmIV]

Amazing work 💪 70 hours of pain for awesome nostalgia buzz. Thinking for your spare squad go really old school with camouflaged space marines

[@bysigmar3819]

ah such a nice good old Retro look. now I want to check my hobbybasement for my old minis🤣 funny is as you talk about the weight I could feel it exactly in my Hand.🤣

[@janbiela8596]

Wow I think this is the best paint job you ever did 😯 something to be proud of 👏 now I have to look on eBay for 90s minis~

[@malicant123]

Good retro scheme. A whole army done this way would be awesome.

[@RedfoxDK]

Yes! More retro painting please

[@npf6717]

That banner is, wow. Love this project.

[@CyberVic]

Amazing job nailing the retro style

[@adrianmihaizamfirescu4540]

Nice job. Worth the 2 weeks wait!!! I vote for the Imperial Fists!

[@kjbarker121623]

The metal banner was a stellar idea.

[@westkoastdogg6680]

Love that old school bold colour style

[@WiZaRDstarcraft1]

Can only like this video once! We need more Retro Marines/Chapters! :)

[@archboldentertainment1730]

I absolutely love these retro painting sessions, just the vibrant colours and goblin green bases. Just in love with the 90s versions of the models

[@fredericblum374]

What an awesome job...and what a huge amount of work. Back in my loyal days and before GW was giving the space marines their most attention, I was playing black templers. Would vote for them.

[@sirkarl1]

Look awesome, love the old 90s style, fond memories of these guys in my childhood

[@wilsun3638]

These are so bloody amazing.

[@AdeptusRidiculous-2025]

Salamanders should be the next retro in the works! Thanks Guy!🐺🐺🐺

[@grantmills2557]

i learned sooooo much in this video. and im watching your channel for more than a year now. really one of the best videos yet. both thumps up

[@thenextbondvillainklaussch3266]

These are f*cking amazing , When I started , these wernt even released , but i still got a nostagia hit with this , you nailed the box art , well done. Retro for life

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

Pretty damn good looking pups of Russ. Let the honor duel commence 😉

[@cybertrophic]

I played Space Wolves in that era and had an entire Great Company's worth - 100+ marines (all metal), plus Rhinos, Bikes, Predators, Dreadnoughts, etc. Never got them to look 'Eavy Metal quality, but yes they were a nightmare to paint and get looking good. My daughter has what I kept hold of now and they still bring a smile when you see them on the tabletop - way more interesting than the Ultramarines. This brought a happy nostalgic tear to my eye :D