Thank you for watching, and best of luck with getting your army painted 🙂

Thank you 😊

Thank you 😊

Cheers mate 🙂

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Thank you 🙂

There will be bones everywhere 😂, and thank you 🙂

😂 I know that feeling well, I’m already planning my Empire army for when these are done. 😅

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Thank you Andrew 🙂

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Cheers mate 🙂

Cheers Matt 😊

There’s definitely no ‘should look like’, ‘tabletop’ is such a widely used term, and I think encompasses a use range of standards from basic flat colours to something relatively detailed in some areas. For me I just me they’re not ‘box art’ standard.

Yeah I went for the easy eye catching one, there’s definitely some nice alternatives in the 8th edition TK book.

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Thank you 🙂 I’ve very nearly bought some of those old men at arms myself, but decided they don’t quite fit the aesthetic I’m after now.

@@MiniatureRealms there is certainly a lot more chainmail on the older men at arms although quite a few also have surcoats like the plastic ones do. I suspect they are noticeably smaller than the current plastics? They do have a different feel to them I’m thinking of getting the plastic knights when they are released and I would love to field metal infantry…possibly some of the plastic infantry too as they will be considerably more accessible in a few more months at least There are some lovely looking proxy minis done in metal by Blacktree…men of Averaign I believe they are called.

@Svengar yep I think they will be a bit smaller than the plastics, the ‘current’ ones are 6th Ed; so definite scale creep by then.

Oh you should absolutely play your favourites, and there’s plenty of stunning new models to use from AOS if you needed them as well. There’s a certain amount of irony that some of the ‘legacy factions’ may only get a basic get you by list, but will have a more modern range of miniatures.

😂 There will be bones everywhere

There’s going to be bones everywhere 😆 …and thank you 😊

Thank you. I’m with you completely on varnishing, and try to avoid it as a final stage for the same reasons. Where I do I tended to airbrush varnish, and nearly always before metals. Anyway, a little more relevant to your question. For dry pigment powders you can fix them, there are some very good products to do so, however I believe that also spoils that final look. As 99% of the way I use powders is just on the bases and feet, it’s amazing what you can get away with. Not only does the powder mostly just go into all the gaps in the base texture etc, but it’s also in places that you just don’t really handle (most people pick up minis by the edges of the base, or heads and shoulders of minis). Because of this I don’t fix it, as I want to keep the look, and I really don’t have any issues. Now for other kinds of models like tanks etc, that can be different in many cases, but in terms of bases on models like this, I never do.

Thank you so much! That's super helpful. I'm going to try using pigments now 😁. Loving your videos. Your dwarf army is a masterpiece. Do you have an email? I would love to show you my bretonnian force so far 😊

My contact details are all in the video description, so social media, email etc. There’s a link to the channels Discord as well, another great place to share your progress. But I’d love to see what you’re up whichever way you choose 🙂

Both Wood Elf and Beastmen are on my list 🙂

@@MiniatureRealms Nice! I have 3 of the old wood elf battalion boxes that have been sitting in my hobby cave for years that will finally see the light of day!

@sitrucsimian5450 Now that’s a little goldmine there.

These were all eBay rescues from before the release, so I think the slots were pre-cut. Either way works though.

That’s the nature of the spectrum of black, some tend towards the grey and even brown tones, others the more blue spectrum.

I thinned it with water.

50/50?

@tylerford1752 Only a drop in this instance, it’s pretty close to the consistency you need it.

I’m not sure if there is an ‘official’ solution suggested in the assembly instructions, but there are lots of extra bits on the sprues that you could easy make one skellie stand out from the rest.

@@MiniatureRealms 😄 and how YOU do it?

@morcar8991 I’ve only got a unit of 3 for now, and one has a banner, that would represent the chariot with the champion.

I don’t think they will, the Bretonnia release announcement was a big giveaway. All the old stuff back, some new characters in plastic and resin (including that bone dragon), and maybe another plastic kit in the way the Brets got the foot knights.