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Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy

Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy

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@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Hey everyone! We hope you enjoyed this one, it's something a little different. We love Rackham miniatures and their books. It's such a pity they're no longer with us. But such is life...at least we have fond memories. Let us know in the comments below which is your favourite Rackham miniature or if there are any other studios you think were ahead of their time. If you enjoyed this video, please feel free to leave a Like and Subscribe or leave Comment and if you want to support the channel, then why not check out the Academy (www.duncanrhodes.com). Have an amazing weekend everyone! Cheers Dunc, Rog & the DRPA team.
@TheIndigoEclipse
@TheIndigoEclipse 2 ай бұрын
I honestly wish someone would buy the IP and start it up again. There was something very special there. I believe a lot of the sculptors from Confrontation ended up doing work for Wrath of Kings. So if you love that style of minis, take a look at those.
@guillaumeslv9508
@guillaumeslv9508 2 ай бұрын
@@TheIndigoEclipse Monolith bought it earlier this year ;) and while waiting for some new stuff from them, check Cernunnos studios and Temple of the West, they both released some minies for confrontation in the past years, both of them working with artists from the golden age of rackham!
@Hekselys
@Hekselys 2 ай бұрын
Love so much of their models, really love their Cadwallon line. It's really hard to pick a favourite Rackham model, but if I had to choose it would be the Wolfen Prowler model.
@Hekselys
@Hekselys 2 ай бұрын
@@guillaumeslv9508 yeah but they won't revive the model line, Monolith does board games, so it will be plastic crap again, they will mess this up. also the other companies you mentioned do their best, but it comes nowhere near the original stuff. Rackham is dead alais.
@Hekselys
@Hekselys 2 ай бұрын
@@TheIndigoEclipse Cmon snagged up a lot of talent that worked at Rackham, which they F ed up.
@BigBoxPCGameCollectors
@BigBoxPCGameCollectors 2 ай бұрын
OMG please please do more confrontation content! I love it!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Us too!
@ignesz
@ignesz 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely YES. I have been drooling over Rackham minis since the early 2000s :)
@dimitriachminov5536
@dimitriachminov5536 2 ай бұрын
Man, Duncan doing Confrontation, where were you 20 years ago when we were trying, and failing to paint those ? 😀
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Learning how to paint...plus I was only 11 😂😂
@johnsnowdon2939
@johnsnowdon2939 2 ай бұрын
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I was twice your age, and trying (and failing) to do justice to my recently bought Tir-na-bor Thermo Warriors with screw-top Citadel paints and paint-by-numbers quality synthetic brushes. I'm glad I waited the intervening 20+ years to do justice to the rest of the Rackham figures I bought at the time.... I was so impressed with how they turned out when I started painting them on a whim just last year that I've gone on a mini-adventure buying up as many Dirz and Tir-na-bor figures as I can find! The Dirz figures are probably my favourite line of all time. I'm not sure anyone could do that fantasy-biopunk-body-horror look any better than these 20-25 year old figures did it.
@Darkover1981
@Darkover1981 2 ай бұрын
Rackham were masters of their craft. Their designs were amazing, their armour designs were intricate as heck and their elves have a special place in my heart until today.
@klug5916
@klug5916 2 ай бұрын
Well, I'm French, and I'm not super young anymore. The French studio Rackham really brought something, at least in my country. The NMM, a very specific style of miniatures and painting, yes, this was brought to a quite big audience, also trying to bring something challenging with the skirmish games. Also, the terrain that they created was awesome. But the British won as Rackham was never extra successful in term of business. I'm very glad to see someone well known and followed like you, Mr. Rhodes, putting a miniature of this previous brand to the light.
@kofibrake
@kofibrake 2 ай бұрын
I'm from Portugal and I had 3 full armies of Rackham - Orques of Bran o kor, Empire of the Griffon and Kelt Sessairs. Still have a few leftovers from each that I decided not to sell. For me, what set their colapse in motion was when they started doing those speed painted plastic miniatures in such poor quality. I immediately lost interest in the novelties they came up with. The rules for Ragnarok were also very poor and the game didnt flow. it was a slog, even for Fantasy battle comparison. What a pitty, they could have gone far indeed.
@Brickfrog427
@Brickfrog427 26 күн бұрын
"But the British won as Rackham was never extra successful in term of business." Kind of. Not really. Rackham mostly killed themselves. GW and Rackham both made miniatures, but GW pushed their models as being part of a tabletop wargame first and foremost. As the 90s went on and rolled into the 2000s, GW was really blowing up, ESPECIALLY with Lord of the Rings selling gangbusters. Rackham did have their wargame, Confrontation but it uh, wasn't so well co-ordinated as GW and Warhammer. The real killing blow to Rackham was 2006 with the launch of their sci-fi wargame, AT-43. The game had some INCREDIBLE artwork from Adrian Smith that is still posted today, but for whatever reason Rackham decided to pivot away from selling high quality metal models with studio paintjobs on the packaging and went for PRE-PAINTED AND PRE-ASSEMBLED plastic models for AT-43. The studio died in 2010.
@kofibrake
@kofibrake 26 күн бұрын
@@Brickfrog427 True, when they thought it was a nice idea to become the next Mage Knight, they got their papers. remember how awful those miniatures were? and who painted them? Stevie Wonder?
@klug5916
@klug5916 26 күн бұрын
@@Brickfrog427 Well, I didn't had all of these information. Thank you. Nevertheless, Still, for what I remember, Rackham was never as hyped and player as Warhammer (and I'm French, so I remember the local game stores back in the days). The idea of focusing on skirmish games, rather than big armies was a good one, but perhaps not as appealing to the audience at this time. But the end, like you indicate, surely gave the final blow to the company.
@erih2934
@erih2934 2 ай бұрын
To this day its the only table top game I loved. Rackham's artstyle taught me so much and set my taste especially when it comes to color compositions. Nothing GW or anyone in the industry ever did matched how far ahead they were for their time. Their minis are still among the best in the business two decades later.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Agreed. They pushed the boundaries for sure and got the best talent they could find. And for a short period, they were the best
@temoorebaber4801
@temoorebaber4801 2 ай бұрын
My sentiments exactly. It is still my favourite fantasy range. The Demon Tower is still one of the best models today.
@iainj8514
@iainj8514 2 ай бұрын
Lucky enough to have a Rackham catalogue in full colour, it's a thing of beauty - sculpts are amazing, painting is gorgeous, illustrations are just epic. If you ever see one, buy it.
@martingrandbarbe7282
@martingrandbarbe7282 2 ай бұрын
Cool to see some good old Rackham :) ! Was myself a studio painter for five and a half year and it was quite an experience but it was twenty years ago ^^. Aarklash will come back soon with Monolith :)
@jeancouscous
@jeancouscous 2 ай бұрын
Salut martin !
@temoorebaber4801
@temoorebaber4801 2 ай бұрын
The painting was as revolutionary as the minis. I still prefer NMM because of Rackham. Merci!!!
@martingrandbarbe7282
@martingrandbarbe7282 2 ай бұрын
@@temoorebaber4801 I wasn't there when they took this decision but the reason was because TMP was a nightmare with picture so a painter had this idea and it became a trademark of the brand.
@martontoth4807
@martontoth4807 2 ай бұрын
What a legend!
@franriolobos2261
@franriolobos2261 2 ай бұрын
Wow, those illustrations are AMAZING
@richardv3792
@richardv3792 2 ай бұрын
Paul Bonner, Adrian Smith, Karl Kopinsky all from the GW golden age era. Were all doing art for Rackam Look also for Edouard Guiton. Currently known for lot of CMNO stuff, like Zombicid and such.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Yup.
@jeancouscous
@jeancouscous 2 ай бұрын
@@richardv3792 Paolo Parente too, I own a few of the original arts. Mira the reckless a paladin alahan and a Dirz warrior
@gomezzara_creative
@gomezzara_creative 2 ай бұрын
LONG LIVE RACKHAM AT-43 - CONFRONTATION are freaking AWESOME.
@vermilion7777
@vermilion7777 2 ай бұрын
Don't want to spoil the fun, but the company got broke almost 15 years ago :D
@gomezzara_creative
@gomezzara_creative 2 ай бұрын
@vermilion7777 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@gomezzara_creative
@gomezzara_creative 2 ай бұрын
@vermilion7777 i know my friend, but still hope to see both ips come back one day. .
@TreasureTrain
@TreasureTrain 2 ай бұрын
nothing better than an old, unopened blisterpack of a figure from a game gone-by. so cool seeing the history of games that aren't just warhammer!
@grumpylathropvod
@grumpylathropvod 2 ай бұрын
French guy here :) never played Confrontation, but I painted some of their miniatures back in the day (late 90s, I was in high school). The miniatures, although in metal (I disliked it), were and are still incredible. Amazing work !
@Gnecro
@Gnecro 2 ай бұрын
I have a bunch of confrontation still in the blisters!! Love the models!
2 ай бұрын
Massive dose of nostalgia, thank you Duncan.
@Rathammergames
@Rathammergames 2 ай бұрын
Rackham had amazing artists and painters. It was impossible for me at the time to paint like that! I have small Wolfen and Dirz armies! Thanks for this video!
@artycharr
@artycharr 2 ай бұрын
First to the egg! glad to see Rakham getting its deserved attention!
@NaktheCow
@NaktheCow 2 ай бұрын
Seeing that rulebook included with the model reminded me of how in awe I was of the rulebook that was included with a small box of Ice Age Magic The Gathering cards when I was a kid back in 1995.
@cjanquart
@cjanquart 2 ай бұрын
What's better than watching one of Duncan's videos? Watching one of Duncan's videos while wearing my Two Thin Coats t-shirt.
@RenOkamiya
@RenOkamiya 2 ай бұрын
Rackham will always have a special place in my heart, it is what started my own hobby journey 20 years ago. I'm French and I witnessed the downfall of the company first hand so to speak. I still have 100s of blister and boxes left over from the store my mother used to own before the company closed down. Those metal minis are still so good it's insane.
@WORLDPENG
@WORLDPENG 2 ай бұрын
Where in France? Can I paint some plz?
@Arballisk
@Arballisk 27 күн бұрын
Damn youre lucky. I'm in the US so I have to make do hunting them down in rundown shops and private sales to get my collection.
@jeancouscous
@jeancouscous 2 ай бұрын
This was the pride of France, in 1997 seeing the blisters in the French stores aligned with their beautiful NMM cards shown on the back. blown away.
@MarkCMG
@MarkCMG 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! Rakcham always had some seriously nice sculpts, and metal. Oh sweet, sweet metal.
@COLLINDavid-u7g
@COLLINDavid-u7g 2 ай бұрын
Wow ! so many memories about that ! i still have my Yllia's Wolfen and Acheron's fiends
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Nice
@nakenmil
@nakenmil 2 ай бұрын
OOOOOFUUUCKYEEES! Duncan, you basically made this episode specifically for me. Thank you. I remember getting completely grossed out by the Dwarves of Mid-Nor, or the Alchemists of Dirz, and loving it. I used to hope for the Sphinx finally getting a model range before the company imploded. Oh, and I loved AT-43 as well, such an incredible design, among others Karl Kopinski's awesome work. I basically worked some of the Therian lore into my personal headcanon for the 40k Necrons, their brand of bodyhorror with the white masks was cool as hell.
@martontoth4807
@martontoth4807 2 ай бұрын
Duncan, my man, on the one hand I weep it took you so long to do this video, on the other I'm so happy you actually did it. We need more creators paying attention to Confrontation, the company may be gone but the game is going strong. More Rackham, please!
@themorgansinclair
@themorgansinclair 2 ай бұрын
I actually had my first game of confrontation a couple of weeks ago. Still holds up really well. Hoping to keep the (dim) flame alive in London!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Do your part 🫡
@JohnnyZed
@JohnnyZed 2 ай бұрын
Oh wow, this is a flash of nostalgia. I miss the heck out of Confrontation's miniatures. Loved the Alchemists of Dirz and the various werewolf factions the best.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more!
@omrigilkis5016
@omrigilkis5016 2 ай бұрын
I'm so excited seeing....ANYTHING rackham. I'm very glad Monolith picked up their IP and said in the next couple of years we might see Rackham's world again, or they'll start working on it at least by then. I had the previlage to meet many RAckham ex employees like Paul Bonner (the one and only) and sculptors like Martin Lavat. Journeyman miniatures already took Paul Bonner's paintings from the rackham days and you can get them now. I'm a happy owner of the minotaur. and planning on the Mid nor upscaled chess set. Martin (Nautlius miniautres) also has Paul's art in sculpt. there are more like temple of the west. rooted. So very happy there are several of those projects out there
@Hekselys
@Hekselys 2 ай бұрын
Monolith will mess this up, we will get horrible plastic sculpts. Journeyman makes some nice things of the Rackham line, but some aren't done so well and over expensive.
@loupiscanis9449
@loupiscanis9449 2 ай бұрын
Thank you , DRPA . 🐺Loupis Canis .
@Hekselys
@Hekselys 2 ай бұрын
Best miniatures line ever, amazing art (Hello Paul Bonner..), unique armies, sculpts, concepts, stunning paintjobs, everything, also their sci fi line was just awesome and had so much potential. Indeed way ahead of their time on so many fronts. Such a damn shame and waste that greed got them killed. And such a shame that all the revive attempts after that by several companies were utter criminal scams. That is why we can't have nice things. Thank for shedding a light on this, most people that watch you, won't know Rackham probably, they are most likely GW fanboys all the way which makes sense since that is all over the radar, but maybe some will appreciate this amazing company and their models and everything.
@alphaleigpyne
@alphaleigpyne 2 ай бұрын
The aqua-blue layers over the Dasyatis Clone flesh is cool colour scheme. Rackham sold a lot of quality miniatures back in the day. Good paint job.
@draadhaai
@draadhaai 2 ай бұрын
Never played the game but I used to collect some miniatures. The sculpts were way ahead of their times. Sometimes I show some to friends who can't believe some were made over 20 years ago! Super that you are giving them some much deserved love.
@Mensch777
@Mensch777 2 ай бұрын
Oh my this brought back some memories. I once bought a nice goblin to use for my night goblins when I was like 11 years old. They really put everyone else to shame back then with their minis (and even today to some degree).
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Agreed. They pushed the envelope of what minis could be.
@PaulKuykendall
@PaulKuykendall 2 ай бұрын
A good friend of mine created the first English translation of the game. What's funny is that he doesn't speak French. He translated it using Babelfish (one of the earliest online translators). His work ended up with them taking the translation and made the English version. For years each month he received a box from Rackham with everything they released that month. Confrontation is still to this day my favorite miniatures game I've ever played. I still have every one of the figures I bought and took everything that my buddy didn't want to keep. Their downfall happened when they went from the best miniatures of their time _bar none_ to prepainted plastic to try and break into the consumer toy market.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Wow. I heard about the change to painted plastic. Pity that.
@DoorsAJar
@DoorsAJar 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video! Nice blast from the past!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Gwenymoo
@Gwenymoo 2 ай бұрын
Ahh I only got my hands on a few of the wolf like characters way back when at a model show. They're so beautiful.
@travman228
@travman228 2 ай бұрын
100% agree i love those minis. I found a website a few months ago and cant wait to start my collection
@exocethgroscalin460
@exocethgroscalin460 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Duncan for your work and for talking about a compagny like Rackham ^^ They have built some of the some awsome miniatures in the 90's.
@markbailey2130
@markbailey2130 2 ай бұрын
you make it look so easy... Superb control of your brush and a great painted model as always
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@luismartinezgc
@luismartinezgc 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Duncan, for doing a Rackham video. Rackham was so special for many of us, and we remember that time in ours hearts. Hope to see more Rackham videos. ❤❤
@garyguett
@garyguett 2 ай бұрын
Merci Duncan !!! More Confrontation jewels whenever you want
@Arballisk
@Arballisk 2 ай бұрын
someone at my LGS dropped a huge bag full of these guys on the free table that I nabbed. nice to see what they look like painted. Id like to play the game but theres nobody anywhere near me that has them and before this I wasnt sure about how to handle lead models.
@ronindesbois9660
@ronindesbois9660 2 ай бұрын
Confrontation initiative system was so good, with the way you could have one card on the side and all that ... god i wish this game and those models were still around.
@allhailthelegs
@allhailthelegs 2 ай бұрын
I believe you can still get pretty good recasts of the miniatures from Cadwallon. Not originals but still metal and still very good quality
@ImperviousSC
@ImperviousSC 2 ай бұрын
I didn't know this company existed until I randomly came across a used Wulfen model a few years ago. I went down the rabbit hole to find out about Rackham and their downfall. I've been fortunate, as I have managed to snag a dozen or so models from the Wulfen line and some of their books since then, all of which are in great condition. I haven't painted any of them just yet, but I am definitely looking forward to it when I can. They are some of the nicest sculpts I've ever seen, and it's incredible that Rackham was making miniatures of this quality at the time. They seemed so far ahead of everyone else at the time. It's truly a shame that the company died the way it did.
@MentoliptusBanko
@MentoliptusBanko 2 ай бұрын
I love Confrontation, it was the first wargame I played and Rackham minis were the first minis I painted back in 2002. I still have some mins from that time and some I found later...and I painted some of them during the years to see how my painting skill improved. I am absolutely amazed by Duncan painting Rackham...since I learned to paint minis "properly" by watching him while painting my old Rackham minis.
@MattB-es2zo
@MattB-es2zo 2 ай бұрын
I loved that game and the miniatures. The art was amazing and I'm sad they are gone. Some of the models are available from a site that I'm not sure is fully legit along with some of their own work that is in a similar style. Pinning the weapon hands onto the little clone warriors wrist nubs was the hardest thing I'd ever done hobby wise so many years ago.
@Hekselys
@Hekselys 2 ай бұрын
that site, they sell recasts. so beware.
@richardmarriott-smith9517
@richardmarriott-smith9517 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing this video. I’m a huge fan of Rackham. It’s very cool to see people still talking about what a great game it was and, how amazing the minis were. Just beautiful, weird and wonderful sculpts. I really like the paint job you did. Please paint more Rackham minis. Thanks!
@JamesBradd-u6d
@JamesBradd-u6d 2 ай бұрын
I love these miniatures. I have quite a few of the wolfen in my collection. great job on the painting.
@imdeaded
@imdeaded 2 ай бұрын
I have a few of these minis still in blister packs. This inspired me to Crack some open and paint them. Brings back memories.
@anthonydauphin9624
@anthonydauphin9624 2 ай бұрын
Such a wonderfull thing to see you paint Confrontation! I hope we could see more of them! Even now they have a charm that no other have! What your favorite minis from them?
@olawidell1916
@olawidell1916 2 ай бұрын
One of the better skirmishgames ever made. Excellent and deep gamemechanics and the artwork, minis and the feel was superb
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Agreed
@AnonymousMontanan
@AnonymousMontanan 2 ай бұрын
Such beautiful miniatures! Way ahead of their time!!
@TheIndigoEclipse
@TheIndigoEclipse 2 ай бұрын
Rackham minis are amazing. I have about 6 of the wolf models. Hard to find, but beautiful minis.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
lucky
@connorjensen9699
@connorjensen9699 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for highlighting Confrontation/Rakham! always been a huge fan, such a shame its gone and no one barely seems to remember it
@garyfrancis6735
@garyfrancis6735 2 ай бұрын
Love this. I too have a whole load of Rackham blisters in the loft that I tell myself I will paint one day.
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Awesome. Get painting! 😊
@stefanlvkc7986
@stefanlvkc7986 2 ай бұрын
I miss Rackham. Their minis and art were soooooo good.
@onebigadvocado6376
@onebigadvocado6376 2 ай бұрын
I remember Rackham! I accumulated a couple of their models in 40k trades. I never bothered to look into their games but the quality of the models and rhe crisp style was there for all to see
@samuelkohn7282
@samuelkohn7282 2 ай бұрын
Confrontation really is the best miniature ranger ever ! It's a bit surreal to see a painting video on one of those minis today, but I hope there'll be more. The result is great, thanks
@MrAmanox
@MrAmanox 2 ай бұрын
It was my first wargame, I still have a lot of minis and grow my collection every day :). I love to see it get some attention
@Destynka
@Destynka 2 ай бұрын
I love Confrontation. We met weekly with my friends, going through Rackham catalogue and prepare to order together. After several weeks my friends called 'ITS HERE". I love Confrontation minis. Espiecially Wolfen faction. Thanks for bringing memories to me :D
@dddonttrip
@dddonttrip 2 ай бұрын
Loved the real life lore and the tutorial was incredibly well explained and helpful!
@thrrax
@thrrax 2 ай бұрын
I remember playing the video game for like a week at a time until I got bored, would keep forgetting its name, would find it again, playing it for a week until I got bored, and so on.
@bennyzweite6692
@bennyzweite6692 Ай бұрын
Brilliant painting technique ✨🖌
@Thranite
@Thranite 2 ай бұрын
Memories! I miss this game. Thanks for bringing it back for an afternoon. :)
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@joevespaziani
@joevespaziani 2 ай бұрын
I have so much of their stuff - most still in blisters. I can’t let go of it - I loved playing the game back then… as fiddly as it was 🙏
@BadgerLovingFluffster
@BadgerLovingFluffster 2 ай бұрын
Nice job on that model Duncan. Funnily when Rakham's stuff came out I thought it was way too over detailed. If only we knew what was to come! 😆 17:05 that pallet looks like a Paul Bonner painting broken down so mission accomplished!
@legogodzilla
@legogodzilla 2 ай бұрын
I thought this was some sort of Conquest miniature from Para Bellum when i saw the thumbnail. Little did I know of the truth! It's nice that you're painting up one of these old miniatures and bringing some attention and love to an old game that isn't published any more. With the death of Monsterpocalypse, I've been wondering how we'll remember and keep old miniatures games around.
@felixelbe7298
@felixelbe7298 2 ай бұрын
Turns out I bought a confrontation wolfen warrior as a 7-8year old. Found it in the basement one year ago and painted it as a minotaur proxie. The model looks great and was fun to paint!
@Boris_Bern
@Boris_Bern 2 ай бұрын
Great as always!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Thanks
@AndrewChalk88
@AndrewChalk88 2 ай бұрын
I remember back when I was looking to do conversions to spice up a handful of older sculpts for Guard and Inquisitorial retinues, I looked through a lot of the old Rackham kits.
@paulofreire7520
@paulofreire7520 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely awesome 👍🏻
@sedeslav
@sedeslav Ай бұрын
Red Lioness and Razheem l'insense are still my favorite miniatures of all times!
@ericharlaux289
@ericharlaux289 2 ай бұрын
You got my attention with this, and a subscription in the hopes of more Rackham content. So many mind-blowing models throughout the ranges. Would love to see your take on one of the many armies I still have.
@TheExcessus
@TheExcessus 2 ай бұрын
Rackham did some banger minis back in the day!
@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290
@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 2 ай бұрын
I remember getting one of their big dragons for display. The detail was glorious. It's still in the display case next to the old chaos emperor Dragon.
@intuitivealchemist
@intuitivealchemist 2 ай бұрын
Man I absolutely love Confrontation models. They are an absolute joy to paint, I use some of them for D&D, specifically the fire, earth and darkness elementals.
@thepavl
@thepavl 2 ай бұрын
This is really a great video! All around interesting and informative !! Great job guys!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@sebastiaanvandekerkhove2339
@sebastiaanvandekerkhove2339 2 ай бұрын
God I miss Confrontation. Rackham really was ahead of their time. I have fond memories of being in early high-school and sitting in the living room, pushing my Griffin soldiers around, fighting my buddy's Alahan.
@jimboonlyone
@jimboonlyone 2 ай бұрын
I have hundreds of racham models. Love the art,design,models,and game play. AT-43, Confrontation, and hybrid were awesome games.
@wolfgrinn
@wolfgrinn 2 ай бұрын
I love these models s well! I have a few of them and they are a delight!
@bnickxavier6102
@bnickxavier6102 2 ай бұрын
Awesome video! So glad credit was given to Paul Bonner too. His art and designs account for a lot of the look and feel of Confrontation, as well as early GW too (especially his dwarfs, orcs and gobbos), and even Warzone/Mutant Chronicles!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@johnsnowdon2939
@johnsnowdon2939 2 ай бұрын
Pretty uncommon to see any content on Rackham minis these days, but the vast majority of the figures really have stood the test of time. They are still some of the best sculpts I've ever seen. The Dasyatis is also one of my favourites - I've got a pretty large Dirz collection, and the bio-punk, body-horror aesthetic is so well done. People shouldn't be put off by the (quite intricate) designs - Dirz especially take really well to heavy use of inks, washes, contrasts colours and all of the fun stuff we have these days that wasn't really a thing back in the late 90's and early 2000's.
@Blue_Maxxx
@Blue_Maxxx 2 ай бұрын
I loved the confrontation wolfmen.
@Azazel-zv4fy
@Azazel-zv4fy 2 ай бұрын
Hopefully this gets enough views to make doing more of these Confrontation videos worthwhile. Really enjoyed this one!
@thalum
@thalum 2 ай бұрын
I did bring myself in the hobby yeras after the end of Confrontation. But I could see these beautiful minis in stores in France alongside with Warhammer ones when it was a thing. Since I started to paint, I started to collect some of these treasures as well. I'm pretty happy to got my hands on pieces like Bazuka, the Uraken gobelins leader or Shanys the Shadow :D
@tzeca
@tzeca 2 ай бұрын
I saw non-metallic metal techniques for the first time on the Rackham minotaurs. Those were amazing.
@TheBeeFlex
@TheBeeFlex 2 ай бұрын
Best miniature Studio EVER !! still have my full collection ...
@mcscruff3813
@mcscruff3813 2 ай бұрын
I still have some of these floating around somewhere! So cool to see one in the wild!
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Paint it 😀😀
@mattchristensen7271
@mattchristensen7271 2 ай бұрын
I have soooo many of these models in my collection. PLEASE do more videos!
@jakubzachnik1070
@jakubzachnik1070 2 ай бұрын
that was awesome
@StephenClarke-r3b
@StephenClarke-r3b 2 ай бұрын
Got to confirm that these models were years ahead of everyone! Many miniature makers, including Games Workshop, are only catching up with Rackham now. I still own pretty much own every Dirz and Griffin model, plus have selection of other models (Kelts and both Orcs). Did own Ophidean models but sold all and owned Wolfen models; again sold. Best models of all were the Molochs and the Horned Raiders - so good, still own them!
@BarronFamily231
@BarronFamily231 2 ай бұрын
For a long time, the minis seemed hard to get hold of in the US- and for ages I only ever found packs with the inserts in native French. I loved them and collected quite a lot, and scooped up tons of the pre-paints when Fantasy Flight Game closed them out. My faves were the Mid Nor dwarves- creepy little guys!
@johnstantinople
@johnstantinople 2 ай бұрын
Holy crap I never thought I'd see the day. Rackham games deserved better. Confrontation and AT-43 were gorgeous, and their lore was fascinating.
@tonyhowell201
@tonyhowell201 2 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved the Confrontation minis. My favourites were the Dwarves of Mid Nor
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Good choice.
@GoobertownHobbies
@GoobertownHobbies 2 ай бұрын
Great vid! I've only painted one Rackham mini, but it was pretty dang cool. Thanks for showing this big lad off a bit 🙂
@ImperviousSC
@ImperviousSC 2 ай бұрын
Does this mean we'll be seeing a video of you painting one or more Rackham minis soon? I sure hope so!
@damienc7303
@damienc7303 Ай бұрын
Rackham minis were something else. Their paper rpg was also pretty good. At43 was also pretty good. And so was the board game Nemesis. I don’t even know why they went bankrupt but that was sad. They’re the ones who managed to pull me out of GW. Good memories. I wasn’t expecting at all to see anything recent talking about their products. I haven’t yet finished watching the video but thanks.
@stonehorsegaming
@stonehorsegaming 2 ай бұрын
Loved Rackham's stuff. I was quite fortunate that in my old gaming club, there was a bug shift away from GW in the early 00's. Rackham got a lot of attention. I, sadly never got around to painting mine, as I lacked the confidence to do the models justice. It is an absolute travesty that Rackham arw no longer with us. They were ahead of their time, both in product and sculpture designs.
@thecactusman17
@thecactusman17 2 ай бұрын
Nearly every GW staff member I've talked to about mini design has said that their favorite non-GW models were from Rackham. They definitely made some outstanding miniatures for the time period.
@thehappyogryn
@thehappyogryn 2 ай бұрын
This miniatures were so well sculped, still have two big werewolves that i use for skirmish games.
@Heroes_of_Qalanor_RPG
@Heroes_of_Qalanor_RPG 2 ай бұрын
Had a few of these back in the day ! 👍
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Cool 👍
@ainohaste
@ainohaste 2 ай бұрын
Hi ! I was playing Confront' (like we used to say at that time), and still have a lot of miniatures. I was lucky to meet one of the painter and I improved my painting skills a lot thanks to him. Rackham released a board game called "Hybrid", that was more like "space hulk", and I won the contest for creating the stats and abilities of a miniature. The miniature is called "Kyrus the somber".
@DuncanRhodesDRPA
@DuncanRhodesDRPA 2 ай бұрын
Wow, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing
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