Rescuing a NASTY Warhammer Ork Warboss from eBay

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I found a rather THICC Ork Warboss on eBay that really needed help. A little tlc and we can get this guy back on the tabletop. I always love painting Orks and this is one of the better ones I've been able to work on in a while. Really good sculpting, especially in the face, and some awesome details that make this a really cool model!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 So Many Good Orks
01:04 The Ork Warboss
01:55 What's Going on With This Mini?
02:40 Time for a Bath
03:02 Watch the Paint Come off
03:40 Meet the New Host for EMR
05:00 Plague Monk
05:13 Repairing the Warboss
07:19 Thank You CMO GAMES for Sponsoring
08:23 Base Coating
09:43 Filling in Some Details
10:28 Edge Highlights
10:41 Glazy Painting Ork Skin
12:15 Bringing in More Blue
13:15 Weathering the Warboss
14:47 Basing
15:31 Final Thoughts
16:54 Recap
17:08 The Final Shots! Thank you for Watching
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@Mephiston 10 ай бұрын

As someone who runs a miniature painting workshop for mostly kids with disabilities, one of the biggest keys to retention is reassurance that making mistakes is quite fine, and it is a learning process. My first model looked WORSE than that model, and something I try to do is find things about the model that ARE good, whether its colour selection, technique, painting accuracy, or even basing.. something they can take away with them to go "hey, ive been told that this is a good example of X, even as a learner.. so I didnt waste my time". Positive reinforcement does wonders, and this entire video hammers the point home really well. Great job Casey.

@elzawhite6050 10 ай бұрын

Hearing the encouragement towards the original painters in each video is always so great to hear, starting off can be embarrassing when so many people are so critical. Keep making this amazing content!

@warherd_miniatures 10 ай бұрын

Your kid did an amazing job on that mini!! It genuinely looks better than the minis i painted even as a teenager. Amazing job dude!!

@sovviedan6791 10 ай бұрын

When i saw the finished product I was actually pretty impressed with the color palette and highlight placement. If he sticks with it he'll have a pretty cool style.

@nuru666 10 ай бұрын

Yea, he did 1000x better than I would have at his age

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I try and encourage him as much as I can, he's still pretty young but I'm hoping that if he has good experiences early on that he might end up taking up the hobby.

@nuru666 10 ай бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescuesAs someone who had a dad growing up and is lucky enough to still have a dad, uhh, DUH! I'd say that would be a pretty friggen cool memory, models and painting are your thing, my best memories are fishing with my dad when I was your sons age. You're doin great, man.

@roadgoeseveron7128 10 ай бұрын

gotta agree to the people who thank you for the kind words towards the original painters, its extremely encouraging and creating a wholesome hobby space

@TheDivisionAgent 10 ай бұрын

The goblin not having the big dakka is actually kinda funny

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I thought so too, just feels right somehow lol

@Froggsroxx 10 ай бұрын

Gobblin looks like he's holding an old camcorder. He's acting as a go-pro... a gob-pro if you will.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I love having my original minis around, they are such a good reminder of how much progress has been made. Definitely a good thing you had those craft paints taken away though lol I'm sure it made a significant difference pretty quickly.

@Froggsroxx 10 ай бұрын

1 thick coat 🎉

@MrGufalo 10 ай бұрын

Extra thick

@TheGreenSquander 10 ай бұрын

Poor boy was caked 😂 I still have the first model I painted with my dad, great memories to cherish, it’ll never be stripped. Also love that rocket glyph, such a classic from the old days!

@Alino- 6 ай бұрын

Man my first painted miniature was a pewter Drazhar back in 2012. That boy must have like 6 different paintschemes cakes on him.

@MaskedRiderChris 10 ай бұрын

I've never forgotten how, when I first went to my painting sensei's house, he took one look at the craft paints I started off using and declared "Put that s**t AWAY," in horror. Since those don't thin down properly, I remember how thick the paint went on in my first endeavors pretty well--not near as bad as this one was, but still. I still have several minis from my beginnings and I'll never strip them and repaint them because they remind me how long a way I've come as a painter in the last 14 years.

@un7ucky 10 ай бұрын

i have some ancient monopose DG that was the worst paint job i've ever seen and they get a pass. they often get a laugh

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I have quite a few older Eldar minis that are pretty nasty, but they still work on the tabletop!

@xicufwm 10 ай бұрын

What a great inclusion to show your kid's attempt at miniature painting! I loved that segment, but the end result for the Orc Warboss was amazing as well!

@theopolusthizzler7565 10 ай бұрын

Great to see not only encouraging us the viewer, but your children as well is most commendable! keep the content flowing!

@Harrythebotar 10 ай бұрын

Ok but real talk, your son may have hit a paydirt idea with washed out pastel cloth colors for plague monks and grunge for the banners. Might be a good idea for a future video? Excellent vid as always.

@wyatt864 10 ай бұрын

came here to see these comments. wish my plague guys looked this rotten and dingey

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

haha, I know right? The colors actually work really well together and even being kind of slapped on there it works. I have a ton more skaven minis that need to be painted, I might get him to finish them up one of these days!

@Sturmensky 10 ай бұрын

Your videos are such a gift to the community. The advice, the supportive attitude, the general optimism... It's something that really helps. I'm glad that our corner of youtube has been gifted with multiple apparently-genuinely-wonderful content creators, such as yourself. The model looks great too. Just sayin'.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

Thank you :) I do think we got lucky in this space that there are so many great creators on youtube. The people I've met have all been wonderful and some of them have even become really good friends. A lot of them are the reason why I even wanted to start filming in the first place, and they have been nothing but encouraging from the very beginning. I can only hope to be a reflection of the kindness that anyone has shown me in the hobby and try and encourage people to have as much fun as possible when it comes to painting minis!

@Sturmensky 10 ай бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Well, for what it's worth, I definitely think you've been a force of good in the community and am *incredibly* glad you decided to pick up a camera.

@DominatorLegend 10 ай бұрын

I understand why he would've cut the Grot. When I first got that Warboss I thought about cutting it too and stick a Dreadnought minigun in there instead.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

adding a bigger gun is the better and more correct choice!

@jprovorse4159 10 ай бұрын

Such a great feeling sharing a hobby with your kid. My son plays 40K with me but no painting. He’s never been much of an artist, more of an action kid. He does love to roll dice.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

We still haven't tried a game yet. He's still trying to wrap his head around Uno and Sorry, but the interest is there so I'm hoping in a few short years to have a good wargaming buddy :)

@Wijkert 10 ай бұрын

4:53 so cute to see how excited he was to be in the video!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I filmed an entire episode with him and he just wants to watch it on repeat and show it to his friends and family. He's very funny about it :)

@laurastanleyneelindquist1806 10 ай бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescuesThat's such a cute idea. You'll definitely enjoy watching the video years in the future.

@uyaratful 10 ай бұрын

Little guy was so excited and sweet.

@bopaintsminis 10 ай бұрын

Amazeballs. Thanks for the encouragement to paint bravely.

@Nobrix-5 2 күн бұрын

My god, your sons talented ,props to the little Mini painter

@marcwittkowski5146 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your attitude and your words towards and about the previous owner. You're a great person!

@oldschoolfrp2326 10 ай бұрын

Nice transformation, and kudos for always finding a way to highlight the positive in the original paint jobs. Trial and error really is the only way to learn what works and what doesn’t.

@halley42 10 ай бұрын

That skaven your son painted was looking great, the purple over the green had a great nasty plague rat kind of look!

@Spartan12 10 ай бұрын

Always cool to see a fellow left handed painter getting into the hobby! Best of luck to the little tike as he delves into this adventure!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

It's crazy, my son is left handed, and now that my daughter is a little older, it looks like she is as well. All things lefty around here! Except me and my wife lol.

@TheMichaellathrop 10 ай бұрын

As soon as you said paint his armor red and blue I immediately thought of the Bay-verse version of Optimus Prime and thus Orktimus Prime with bright red armor with blue flames all over it.

@wonderboy2402 10 ай бұрын

Great video and I liked that you let your son come in and paint something whenever and however he wishes.

@justarandomname420 10 ай бұрын

Red, white and blue Waaagh! Just enough color to play in a Warhammer competition.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

lol true

@thequestbro 9 ай бұрын

Your kid's mini reminds me of John Blanche's painting style a bit. He goes for a really desaturated "splotchy" style of painting. Big leaps of color on even the same sections. Very cool, little dude!

@SJGvP 10 ай бұрын

Nice to see the future of the channel is secured. Would be fun to see more collaborations with your son. He's a good painter and co-host. 🙂

@garybramley9868 9 ай бұрын

Great to see you getting your involved in the, I have fond memories of teaching my boy to paint over 20 years ago.

@AvocationNation 10 ай бұрын

Great job, Casey. Essence of you, and the channel too.

@HectorLopezSM 10 ай бұрын

You have no idea how much encouragement and inspiration I get from your videos.

@cowboyinsunset 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful work! Stunning paint job! Some good suggestions and I like that you mention all the parts and colours used. Helpful!

@isisnmagic1812 10 ай бұрын

Great video dude, and to see how good your son is at his age is just brilliant , cherish the time and memories you have doing this hobby together. I have memories of my dad when I was growing up, but he had no part in my growing up as my folks separated when I was a toddler, and that had an effect on me, that said great job and can not wait for the next video, also Orks do rock I've done quite a few different ones from Gretchin to mech.

@alexdavies6948 10 ай бұрын

I also have that Sleep Token shirt. Worship. Also, really cool that you and your son share the hobby. My daughter and i paint together from time to time too.

@antonjonsson424 10 ай бұрын

Great job including your little man :) and excellent job by him on that plague monk, he is lightyears ahead of how my things looked when I was around his age

@jadynbaxter5692 9 ай бұрын

Your son done a brilliant job, something special about people trying their best and in his case it went amazingly

@jayday1480 10 ай бұрын

Really fun to watch this one come to life! Very well done as usual. Know it will probably never happen but would love to see you get your hands on a Titan project with the Psi Titan kit... Never seen someone make a vid of one of those

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I'm always on the lookout for a sweet deal on a Titan, never know when one will pop up :)

@Zhos 10 ай бұрын

I loved this video, and the encouragement of newbies into the hobby! No one is perfect and it’s more important to have fun and learn, rather than trying to paint flawlessly! Also, I love the Sleep Token shirt man! Worship!

@newtybot 10 ай бұрын

You have no idea how much it means to me that you preserved the original colors. We can only guess the intention behind the choice, but this way we can ensure whatever it was lives on. Awesome stuff

@peterwitczak3124 9 ай бұрын

Sons paint job has more effort than the people I see playing unpainted models!

@kieran2221 10 ай бұрын

Oh, I love your style Casey - super supportive :) Also, love to see your boy, he's an excellent new presenter!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! He's gonna end up taking over I'm sure, especially when he passes me in paint job quality!!

@glenndonaldson3017 10 ай бұрын

Class job great paint scheme!!

@stompie51 10 ай бұрын

Lovely comments and guidance.

@user-nw3hq2eo4x 10 ай бұрын

always enjoy the rescues!!. When your kid paints better than me .

@alternas7195 9 ай бұрын

Wow your son actually impressed me with that plague monk. For such a young guy, that was some decent detail and color work

@Gronkster89 10 ай бұрын

Like i needed another reason to like this guy... What a cool dude and father. I hope the original painter sees this video

@simonwilsher8308 7 ай бұрын

I like the way the Ork Warboss turned out way cool.

@adriandoyle8668 9 ай бұрын

Your kid is adorable and he did a very good job. Impressive for his age. If he keeps going he'll go places with this hobby.

@triplet7788 9 ай бұрын

These videos always encourage me to get into Warhammer 40k, even when I feel like my attempts won't be as good. Especially for custom armies / killteams. I'm going for it! 🎉 Thank you Miniature Rescue!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 9 ай бұрын

Woo! Welcome to the hobby my friend :) Things will be tough at first, but let those early projects be learning experiences, and don't let anything stop you from trying the thing you want to try.

@triplet7788 9 ай бұрын

@eBayMiniatureRescues thank you! I have a mostly D&D minis under my belt and a killteam. An army sounds like a lot. I've been following a ton of people's work and channels. I've had an idea for an army consisting of iron hands and adeptus mechanicus.

@adamsrcs7205 10 ай бұрын

I have just got back into this hobby after a 15 year break . Finding your channel has made me find my passion for it again . I am trying to teach my 8 year old son and he loves watching your channel . Thank you for reminding me what I have been missing plus giving something for me and my son to do together . Love your work and your tips and tricks are such a help

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

That's wonderful! I took quite a long time off from it myself, 20 years or so, but since coming back I've found that the hobby is better than ever and it really makes me happy when I get to paint with my son. Welcome back, and I hope you continue to make good memories and experiences with your son :)

@MrVolvobloke 10 ай бұрын

Never felt sorry for an Orc before-until tonight! Great rescue !

@user-op4ve9tl8h 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic example of how to save a mini, thank you!

@Chefonfire124 9 ай бұрын

I almost bought that miniature to convert. I did buy his warboss on a wartrike and it also had several layers of paint that I had to remove before I could paint it. Nice paint job you put on it.

@KazeTheCursedOne 10 ай бұрын

What a good plague monk!

@Ineedtostop-sw2wn 6 ай бұрын

What an amazing miniature, the choice of color is great... oh and the one you painted looks nice too I guess.

@leforestierdamien877 4 ай бұрын

just comented on your last vido, teh how to do rescue, and youtube sent me to the exact rescue that impressed me the most. really you did a great job on this one.

@GazpachoTabletop 10 ай бұрын

Love how you kept the red and blue as a nod to the previous owner

@Matt-md5yt 8 ай бұрын

The color scheme on the mini in the beginning reminded me of Optimus Prime. Glad you rescued this boss.

@TheCotzi 10 ай бұрын

your sons mini looks rly great not gonna lie its a start for a good upgrade with some highlights and blending here and there it will totally work as a sceam in my opinion

@allenforbes8108 10 ай бұрын

The war boss seemed to be holiday flavored, like 4th of July and one layer during the strip away looked Easter. It could be because I'm partially colorblind or that the idea of this war boss was to "stomp" holidays. Therefore his banner should of been, like a flag of holiday symbols with a couple of X's and tally Mark's under him. Would make a hilarious Ork with the mind set of destroying holidays.

@just_dog110 9 ай бұрын

You know something that i think hould go really well with orks? Tattos and face paints, so that is a sugestion! Also, props for you for being a nice father, that was sweat and took a smile from me, really heart warming.

@cygnar2006 9 ай бұрын

After seeing your son's Skaven finished, it is clear to me that the child is already a master of Blanchitsu!

@jeanpatrickmeunier8493 9 ай бұрын

THAT SKAVEN IS SIIIIICK!!! Daddy's got competition!!!

@granierromain 9 ай бұрын

Great job. You re son understand everything. His skaven has a Real skaven look. The banner just look like a skaven's banner should!

@Lothrean 10 ай бұрын

Your kid’s mini looked like it had a ton of fun painting it!

@johnhanley5546 10 ай бұрын

always enjoy the rescues!!

@ogremark5 10 ай бұрын

Wow! I don't remember seeing your son since he was a toddler. Let him paint all he wants!

@rivertlevandowski 10 ай бұрын

I think it would awesome to see when your son gets older and “rescues” some of his own models if he wanted to or paint the same but another different model so he can put them side by side to see how far he’s come.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

I'm trying to give him good experiences now so he will want to continue later on. Never know with kids but he's pretty excited about painting still so you never know where that will lead :)

@rivertlevandowski 10 ай бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues that’s great! my 9 year old daughter loves it as well I hope it’s something she’ll always enjoy doing with me.

@thefreik 10 ай бұрын

😭😍 Cutest painter in the world! Your son deserves his own channel 🙈😆

@ronitabick961 10 ай бұрын

Thumbs up for the plague monk!

@ohwii 7 ай бұрын

hey my guy, your videos are great. If your personality on screen is just a small indicator of who you are as a person I would love to be your friend and hang out with you. You bring very nicely together the technique and the context of miniature painting. keep up the great work. your videos are source of inspiration.

@Obesebot 10 ай бұрын

You can mix Miliput with Iso to fill gaps easier, Its keeps its properties while flowing into recesses easier.

@reddogterrain 6 ай бұрын

The little guy on top is the best.

@Assichicken 9 ай бұрын

The minis mini looks fantastic 🎉❤

@eBayMiniatureRescues 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@sockpuppetentvideogameplay3215 10 ай бұрын

I love the skaven model I think it turned out Awesome!!!!

@B0redom13 10 ай бұрын

I don’t know why but that original paint job in the red white and blue just reminded me of ultra magnus

@mogwiawolf4354 8 ай бұрын

looks cool with out the small goblin

@Valkyriana 9 ай бұрын

I can't wait to see if you and your son do painting competitions, New Rescue vs Old Rescue, New Methods vs Old Methods.

@ThatDirtyApe 10 ай бұрын

Your son's colors are coming along super well! He's much better than I am, but I'm excited for my future progress.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

Just keep at it! My son still needs quite a bit of help, but he's still excited to paint and have fun and that's all that matters :)

@AVS_uk 10 ай бұрын

Amazing green skin work

@phi-life-cipher936 10 ай бұрын

Hey dude……….have recently come across your channel. After watching some 40k lore vids by David Attenborough randomly. I’m 43, Bath uk 🇬🇧 and used to be a huge 40k fan. Not really thought about it apart from getting wet over a few video games and the odd book over the last 30 years. What I used to do was paint……….. when citadel inks had blue tops and I had to save a month pocket money to buy a character model and a dry brush meant to most of my mates what their mother did to them on a Sunday for being late for dinner…………….and that was a preferred punishment. I was outwardly ‘jock’ (USA - Effinism…….. def a word, if not I’m coin-op-ing it) with the biggest and more so nerd side ever………. Talk about bipolar childhood. Anyway to put it in short for, a job I sculpt plaster for buildings over 1000 years old……….. you never know where warhammer will take you but the creativity it’s brings is priceless. I’m so getting divorced as just bought a set of new new paints, and found my old tyranid collection in mothers loft. Shhhhhhhhh 🫣 I can feel a long weekend coming on…….. when the wife is out of town 😇

@crudgamers2672 10 ай бұрын

When your kid paints better than me 😅😢

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

haha, he is getting pretty good, although it depends on how invested he is at the time, sometimes he throws down half a base coat and calls it a day!

@le_blehblehbleh 9 ай бұрын

OMG !!!! i had some from the same guy and I can tell they were not easy to cleanup ! had to wash them about 3 to 5 time each even there lost about some of them ( on 42 total i could manage to save 35 ) and that with a lot of kit bashing

@Scyrner 10 ай бұрын

I would love a video about how you cleaned and repaired that extremely messed up brush!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

lol that drybrush can't be saved, but it still works as a drybrush all day long!

@Wijkert 10 ай бұрын

Love how the model turned out! Great color composition. I have one suggestion though. The universal blue shadow color suggest that the orc is in a cold environment, however his base tells another story. Maybe interesting to experiment with matching the universal shadow color to the base somehow. Something like Payne's Grey would have been suitable, or even a colder brown.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

Yeah that would have worked, probably if I painted more of the armor actually blue too. I have been looking for Payne's Grey forever too, I can never seem to get my hands on it at an art store. I should just go out and get some online.

@miniaturestash 10 ай бұрын

Looks epic🎉

@jamesfisher4892 9 ай бұрын

The goblin on top looks like the Orc's videographer

@Mara999 10 ай бұрын

Looking at your process on this model gives me ideas. With very small changes, this Ork Boss could be turned into a steampunk-brawler. Maybe there is an army of Orcs that have repurposed some Dwarf technology for their WAAAGH!!?

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

This model would be perfect for something like that!

@Barbwire1996 13 күн бұрын

Okay but that banner is absolute fire. I don't think I could get that effect even if I tried

@xyonblade 10 ай бұрын

I have minis for my kid, he has had me strip the paint off many of them to re-paint multiple times hehe

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

Very cool! Love to see that :) I'm finally getting a good pile that will need to be stripped, a few that my kid wants to keep though so that's progress!

@michaelmasters1212 10 ай бұрын

the plague monk was indeed icky

@David-wv3si 10 ай бұрын

With standard acrylics his son paints better than me. If it wasn’t for Speed paint or contrast I wouldn’t be able to have the fun he’s having lol.

@ovarb12 10 ай бұрын

Lil guy did a pretty good job. I've seen much worse. It looked interesting when it was done 2 thumbs up.

@jamesrozell6467 10 ай бұрын

That skaven looked dirty and diseased. Good job.

@GimmeAweapon 9 ай бұрын

That Skaven looks really good tbh! It’s taken me 6 years to get that good 😂

@nitroglysarine 10 ай бұрын

Great work on that thick paint. I've found degreaser to be a revelation for plastic models.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 10 ай бұрын

When I started using LA's Totally Awesome it was a huge game changer! Concentrated Degreaser is definitely the way to go these days

@nitroglysarine 10 ай бұрын

@eBayMiniatureRescues I'm in the UK, so I tried the product 'Elbow Grease'. It's £2/litre and I'm just soaking with it. Worked a charm. I posted the progress to your FB page.