Rescuing Mangler Squigs

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4 жыл бұрын

This week is pretty special. I finally finish the CHRISTMAS project that I received from Florifant! She emailed me back in December asking if I could do this model for a friend who had just started an army, her friend has yet to paint anything so having a painted mini might inspire her to jump in with both feet. Being that it was Christmas I decided to give back to the community that has given me so much and go ahead and paint this up and send it on its way for free. I plan on doing this every Christmas, so if you have something that you would like painted for the holidays please feel free to contact me! I know the holidays are a long way off now, but I will make sure to announce this again when the time comes! Thank you Florifant for allowing me to paint this model, I hope you and your friend have an awesome time getting into the hobby together.
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@Kasper210 3 жыл бұрын

getting a real "my pet monster" vibe off these boys from the 80's. we both know you had one growing up. i love it

@Inivicient 4 жыл бұрын

Well we just realized that the gift we received from our friend some time ago, was actually one of the mangler squigs. Amazing job, especially seing it up close and in real life. She mentioned she got them comissioned, but I didnt realize from who, till I had a close look at the base :D The colour transitions then made the lightbulb go off in my head Thank you so much for your awesome work

@GoobertownHobbies 4 жыл бұрын

What an incredible dreamteam! Great transitions on the skin. Love those shots with all 3 mangler teams. Also, I didn't realize Golden acrylics names their paints after actual pigments... this interests me... :-)

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Squigs are always fun :) The Golden paints are very interesting to use as well, almost like inks, but they still function like acrylic paint using a brush. I’m sure it would make for an interesting chemical analysis and comparison to some of the products you are currently using ;)

@looselycollected7505 4 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity, where are you buying the Golden brand paints? Having read articles in model builders magazines, like Modeler's Resource and Amazing Figure Modeler, I had heard of Golden. But I don't think I've ever seen them for sale in Hobby, craft, or art supply shops locally.

@RayRamirez75 4 жыл бұрын

The Golden Acrylics suitable for airbrushing are called High Flow Acrylics. In the US I've only ever found them at Jo-Ann's Craft stores and occasionally at Michael's. You can easily find them on Amazon... But I like shopping with coupons. They are artist grade acrylic paints though, meaning the exact pigment used and transparency level is right on the bottle. There is no need to guess what's inside.

@looselycollected7505 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, that makes sense. The closest Micheals to me is about an hour away and I don't get there much. We have Joann fabrics. But I forget that they carry more than fabric. When I was younger they were mostly just fabric and sewing notions in the 80's.

@brooksmerket9470 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@grandogrigo 4 жыл бұрын

Like for colour transitions! Love your channel, thanks for video, Casey!

@FrankyDCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Im going down a creator rabbit hole. Some many talented people. I love the colors.

@NatesMiniatures 4 жыл бұрын

This guy just keeps pumping out that amazing art, you're not from this world! Squiggly diggly doo

@torymiddlebrooks 4 жыл бұрын

Man, you are just SUCH a buddy! Always a pleasure

@garfieldwithissuez 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Golden line. This is another great project!

@punchtommy 4 жыл бұрын

Love it! Big fan, Happy painting

@briangilgan 4 жыл бұрын

Looks cool, as always. A couple notes to add. There are gloss version of Nuln Oil, Agrax Earthshade and Reikland Flesh, which might or might not negate the need to reapply metallic paint after the wash. I generally don't find the extra layer of metallic is necessary after the gloss washes. And while it didn't come up in this video, we've talked about the lack of a good range of colours in the Vallejo Metal Colour line, and I've been experimenting a bit. Copper + Dark Aluminum yields a copper that I like, but adding any of the white metals to copper seems to work pretty well depending on the brightness of the copper you want. Copper + Sepia ink gives a pretty good bronze. Just thought I'd share :)

@skraagthedestroyer 4 жыл бұрын

Nice one dude! I used to paint miniatures when I was in my teens and recently decided to get back into it (I'm 47 now). I've been watching your videos for a few months now and have found inspiration and confidence to try new techniques; the airbrush was something I found particularly daunting at first, but as you've shown, it can be used for more than just base coating! All the best moving forward.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome man, welcome back to the hobby! That airbrush is a fantastic and fun tool to use, definitely more than basecoating :)

@scaredcrow4675 4 жыл бұрын

I just recently got into warhammer, and while my first bit of my army isnt painted too well this channel has given me some awesome tips and inspiration for my gloomspite gitz that I've yet to paint!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! I do love those Gloomspite models. Glad I could help in some way :) and welcome to the hobby!

@DMNKLR_official 4 жыл бұрын

Great job, Casey. I am also glad to see you using Golden's paints in this video, because it opens that up to those in the hobby who wouldn't otherwise know about them. I've practically fallen in love with Golden paints, after having used them and seen how awesome they are. Their heavy body paints will get you tons of mileage, as well, btw. Just reduce them as necessary, and you can easily turn an 8oz tube into a quart or so of "hobby paint". They're also perfect for glazes, washes and filters, because of how well they reduce, and how far you can stretch them before it breaks.

@oliverizzard8751 4 жыл бұрын

Cool man, nice tips and tricks sprinkled in there thanks.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man :) I’m glad you got something out of it.

@joeholloway1386 4 жыл бұрын

Great details!

@EramarGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Here's a suggestion for your showcases at the end of a video for figurines that end up in your armies; It would be awesome if you made a small diorama that not only shows the new piece but also it's place in your army. Besides that, that commission was an awesome paint job!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool idea, I’ll keep that in mind! I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)

@DevsDice 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome work as usual Casey! Nice tip (lol) with the modeling tool for the pupils! 👍

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@allhailminiatures3028 4 жыл бұрын

I'm new too painting mini only been dping it for a few weeks and I find trying new techniques so daunting I'm trying them and i find its helping me progress in some ways and ...well making alot of butchered minis in the process

@cmakowka 4 жыл бұрын

$40, that is a hell of a find.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Not too bad at all!

@mattspivey5100 4 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude :)

@candogancan5574 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome..

@ZombieApocalypse09 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video! Really like the look of those squigs. The commission ones remind me of classic DOOM Cacodemons.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Haha I never thought of that before, they really do look like that!

@Mr_Secondaries 4 жыл бұрын

I Love the color transitions on the squig skin! Pus, $40!? That's a crazy find!

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, yeah $40 was an awesome find :)

@GamingMediocrity 4 жыл бұрын

You really outdid yourself on this one man.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I’m glad you like them!

@douglascampbell9809 4 жыл бұрын

My personal miniature rescue project. I had about 300+ Imperial Guard and Steel legion in a tote when the basement flooded. Little did I know the tote was not watertight. I found out a couple months later when I moved the tote thinking it was fine so they had been in water a long time. All of them were painted and based. It's going to take a lot of time to redo them in quasi German Bundeswehr flecktarn camo. I'm just hoping the CA glue holds during the stripping since the plastic figs had Pig Iron gas mask head swaps.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Man that’s a huge bummer! In my experience CA glue mostly holds up to stripping about 75% of the time. There’s some brand out there that always seems to come loose when I strip models, but things like Krazy glue seem to hold up alright. Good luck with the restoration man, I’m sure it will still be fun, even though it sounds like a good amount of work!

@douglascampbell9809 4 жыл бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Well at least the 90 pieces of armor were above the water line.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

That’s good at least!

@blakec1924 4 жыл бұрын

Great work on the manglers! Always enjoy when these drop and wonder if we will get a LVO video from you just discussing your time there?

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I’m not planning on doing an LVO video, I mostly just took classes and talked to people while I was there so I didn’t get any footage. But, Uncle Adam over on Tabletop Minions did a really good livestream from the convention floor, he showed the a lot of the vendors and tournament rooms, and talked about the weekend. It’s worth a watch if you want to see everything :) I’ll probably do something at Adeptacon, which is in a couple of months.

@brooksmerket9470 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@davidaward82 4 жыл бұрын

for a little perspective, most night goblins use black cloaks with red or yellow detailing. yellow seems to work quite well, though it's not too lore friendly. (could be an abherrant night gobbo clan)

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Not too lore friendly indeed, but when you have 90 grots all in yellow it looks pretty awesome :)

@davidaward82 4 жыл бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues that I can understand. Lol... I used to use brighter colours on normal gobbos, earthy tones (and bright feathers) on forest gobbos and black on night gobbos... Skin tones would highlight with yellow on normal and forest gobbos, and white with night gobbos (lack of sun, lol)

@torymiddlebrooks 4 жыл бұрын

The clan is yellow /black color blind. Happens some times.

@Heath86 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful models and paint schemes! However I think the initial design by gw to make them on top of one another just sets them up to get broken

@Trisaart 4 жыл бұрын

i feel compelled to start a gloomspite gitz army now

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

The gloomspite models are so fun, they just have so much character to them.

@tattooeddragon 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! I notice that you never really dry brush any of your models. Is that because you have found other techniques that give you a better result, or do you find dry brushing just is not your thing? More curios than anything else.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I’ve wondered that myself, I like drybrushing, I think it can look amazing, but I never get around to doing it too much, I’m not sure why, maybe it’s a fear of messing up a nice looking airbrush work up, I probably need to just practice more lol. Next week in fact, there is a heavy emphasis on it, weird coincidence :)

@thorstenrumpf1312 4 жыл бұрын

Why did you decide to not pain the tongue? Also after using the shade in the skin how do you highlight it back up a bit?

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

The tongues are all a little different, I liked the way a couple of them looked with more of the skin tone, one has a flesh colored one. With a light wash of that purple most everything looks pretty good, although if you want to push it a little farther then a drybrush of a light skin tone will bring everything out nicely.

@Maeyanie 4 жыл бұрын

Haven't been following your channel all that long so sorry if you've answered this before, but which type of Milliput do you use? I've recently had to fill some gaps in a model and ended up using many layers of white glue... which works, but takes a long time because it shrinks so much as it dries. I checked the place I usually get hobby stuff and they have 5 different types of Milliput, but that's a fair number to try just to see what they're like.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think anyone’s asked me that before. I’m using Standard yellow/grey. This is the kind most people use for hobbying, or at least that I’ve seen. It doesn’t shrink and it dries in a few hours. I didn’t realize they made different versions....I may have to go shopping lol. My only complaint with the stuff is that, while amazing for filling gaps, it’s hard to sculpt into anything, so I go with greenstuff for that, but maybe that’s because I’m using the standard stuff and it’s softer and made for filling holes. Interesting 🤔

@Maeyanie 4 жыл бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Thanks for the answer. :) My local place's website lists "Fine Black," "Silver Grey," "Yellow Grey," "Superfine White," and "Terracotta." I'm guessing the Silver Grey and Terracotta are just different colours of the standard yellow/grey you're using, but I might try Fine or Superfine at some point to see how it compares too.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the list! Because of what the stuff is used for it’s probably safe to assume that the other colors are the same (besides the fine and super fine) and probably made for fixing things like actual terra-cotta pots! I’ll see if my local shop has some of the other stuff to try out :)

@j453 4 жыл бұрын

Have you done any brush painting with that golden paint? It looks like it couldbe a great paint to use and I have been wantimg to try it. I just dont jave an airbrush yet.

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve done a little bit of brushing with it. It’s tough to work with because it’s sooo thin, but it works well for glazing and tinting things, so it’s worth having around! In a couple of weeks I’m doing a video where I use some golden paint with a brush to do some fun stuff :)

@j453 4 жыл бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues can't wait 😀

@SnoddiesHobbies 4 жыл бұрын

Are those plastic or the forge world models?

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

These are finecast, a strange and not always good in between :)

@Murrauder 4 жыл бұрын

What was the song when you were painting the yellow?

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

It’s called Try Harder by Shay Raviv. For future reference check out the description, I list the songs and artists at the bottom in the order they appear in the video :)

@Will.C. 4 жыл бұрын

Are they finecast?

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah they are, not terrible ones too! Probably because they are mostly big blobs and it’s more about texture than small details.

@idiotproofdalek 4 жыл бұрын

Wait till its a hot day and they sag 90 degrees....

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man I hope not lol. I’ve never had that issue with finecast, I suppose it’s possible though.

@idiotproofdalek 4 жыл бұрын

eBay Miniature Rescues i didn’t put mine on top of each other either, I used them as separate units for economy. And even then they sagged until they touched the base.

@jmc7034 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm! 🤔How to approach my wife to ask for money to start a new army with? somebody has to make sure we have food instead of mini’s on the table

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

Haha well having food is important, but also, you only need 1 kidney to live. Just sayin ;)

@jmc7034 4 жыл бұрын

eBay Miniature Rescues don’t give my wife ideas 🤣🤣

@EramarGaming 4 жыл бұрын

you do realize you can always use your plates as buildings and terrain on the table ;)

@NbassMc 4 жыл бұрын

I cant even say why, but i think you did better Minis. These dont really get me, i mean theryre not bad at all, just a bit more "sloppy" (sorry dont know how to say it better for not speaking english native) than other Minis that youve made.... Still its a pretty decent job and critique on a high level. Keep up the good work, and sorry if I was innapropriate with my carcharodons request via insta. (SM-Chaplain)

@eBayMiniatureRescues 4 жыл бұрын

For my 2 manglers they are definitely a bit underwhelming, I tried to spend more time on the nicer model to keep it a little bit cleaner. I know what you mean though and I appreciate the feedback. I’m not sure about the message on insta, I’ll have to take a look and see if I missed it! Sorry if I did! It’s certainly not inappropriate to send me messages via insta :)

@NbassMc 4 жыл бұрын

@@eBayMiniatureRescues Yep thats what i thought.. the one looks nicer then the others, but i wasnt sure

@thra-x1855 4 жыл бұрын

youve GOT to STOP with the white-on black-zenithals for everything, it muddies up your colors. use the base color and highlight colors for zenithals instead and i promise you'll get more vibrant colors and shadows.