1995! Vintage Warhammer Miniature Rescue 

“The joy of painting” is a precious thing to hold on to! Glad you managed to hold on to it Alex. Enjoy the process !

Just watching you paint and listening to your thoughts is enough! Thats what i come here for. Not every video needs to be a revolutionary new technique or concept

I love your mini reveal where you lay it flat on it's back. 😆

This paint job is spot on. I remember having Pit Slaves for Necromunda many years ago - such cool minis!

I love old metal sculpts; they have so much character. I pulled a metal Escher ganger out of my oldhammer box as a palate cleanser, and had a great time slapping some paint on her.

The way I recharge when I'm feeling burned out is to pick one of the smallest, simplest minis I have (and one I dont have big plans for) and paint it in a quick single sitting before doing something else that's easy/fun as a reward, like watching a movie or playing a video game. If the mini is small and simple you can get to the fun parts of painting fast and have the satisfaction of finishing fast. More importantly, painting such minis with at least some sophisticated techniques employed on the minimal number of surfaces available to is like going to the gym just to put in a few 'reps'. The more reps you do, the better your gains will be, but you can't push yourself to the limit every single time. With painting, as with going to a gym you need some off days where you do low impact stuff to allow yourself time to recover, while still maintaining the habit. Now that I think about it, maybe if I try to convince myself that hitting the gym is like sitting at my painting desk, I'll actually go to the gym!

This mini has so much character. Your paint job was perfect. Great work!

Wow Alex, a journey in the 90's, great job, it looks really angry and suffering, you gave him justice

Lovely oldhammer mini! When I run out of painting juice I usually turn to converting minis. For me that is often more enjoyable than the painting

I really like how you painting this model! It has a wonderful old-school grimdark feel, like it came out of the pages of the original Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader rulebook. To many people the hyper saturated red and Goblin Green look of the mid '90s is the be all and end all of retro painting but for me the era before that was far more interesting and I feel your paint job here channels it wonderfully.

I think this is my favorite video you have ever made, I can't quite put it into words, but I feel like you captured something we have all been trough

Love it, the skin is wonderful, the jeans and the orange of the cybernetic arm are lovely contrasts. Your colour choices and methods really brought this old figure a new lease of life. I really do love the old pit slaves, I think I might have one or two hidden in "those places" too.

Hello Alex. Well in regards to the feedback you request. Your videos are usually what pulls me out of a 'hobby funk'. I really enjoy your style of relaxing and personalised video content, mixed with fantastic techniques of painting. I love these random one-off models you do where the focus of the video is on a start to finish of the model, with narration to your reasons and choices you make along the way. Thank you!

When I have a painting block, like real struggles in knowing how I want to progress the current main project, I generally take out a couple of different models that are not on the main projects pipeline, and usually smaller/less complex ones (I mostly paint minis I find interesting to something as close to display quality as I can do, so this is time consuming). I pick one or two of these and do the simple tasks on them, assembly/sub-assembly, under coat, base coat in simple primary colours and can then on the next visit to the desk progress one aspect of one of those, e.g. just the trousers through to highlights and textures. This gives me the satisfaction of progress that lets me do something on the main one that is a small step and not like much progress, but not feel bad about it. In the end more minis get painted, so it works out. Basically, similar to what was done here in a way.

Excellent rescue job. Would love to see more pit fighters or Necromunda models in general cross your paint desk when time and inspiration allow.

the ratskins were so cool! love their lore as well, they are just living their best tribal life not bothering anyone while trying to avoid all the violence and drama of the hive. They don't even trade with the hivers. I wish I could still buy those models, didn't really start painting Warhammer until after all the cool old Necromunda gangs were taken out of circulation :/ And when I started I was too busy with Space Marines to realize how cool the other models were.

That art of just watching you paint, amazing!

Loving the work done on the mini! I deal with hobby burnout by taking time to just talk about painting instead of actually painting... It gets me excited to pick up a brush again :))

Minis then scenery then minis then scenery... to beat the grind.

Thanks Alex. I like the “mini drove this video” idea. My wife is accusing me of a hobby of collecting Miniature painting supplies. I guess she’s kinda right. I go to sit down to paint and end up finding something to rearrange or looking for inspiration online, or watching video on this or that technique. Anything to actually not pick up my brush and apply paint to miniature.

Lovely video as always. Great work on that mini! Those "Spur of the moment" situations are the best and we should try those more often

Great mini. Great paint. Great video!

Love this! I've been working on an old metal Yarrick a friend got me as a "palate cleanser" as I'd been feeling a bit unmotivated recently. I love doing a random painting "passion project" (as opposed to getting an army tabletop ready for example).

The arm was perfect! That was a score

Very cool old mini

Some of those old GW minis are just dorky looking, but this one just has loads of character! Great paintjob!

Ive had a similar experience today, i was busy with a fancy bust. but i got exhausted, so i picked up a simple necron mini I never finished and well, finished it. Its something ive done a thousand times before. but it is simply very satisfying.

Simply brilliant!

There is definitely something about painting a one off 90s metal mini that works very well as a hobby pallette cleanser. I have a big box of them that I dip into from time to time. I think there's something about the slightly lumpy, hand sculpted looks that means you can get a lot of character into a mini with less effort than the perfectly engineered modern ones, and that can be very satisfying and quite relaxing

Lovely miniature and great video Alex. I use nearly exclusively Artist Scale 75 and have the whole range and the 4 new boxes are on their way from the kickstarter.

Great result. I was really excited before they re-released Necromunda a few years ago. Then it released as a €250 box with dense rules and a lack of the multilevel terrain I remembered from the original. It was just too unwieldy for me to get into. I wish they did a Necromunda Underworlds game. Simple rules and multiple clans fighting over objectives. Seems the perfect fit imo.

Made my day! Always a great watch.

I love your cyberpunk aesthetic you've mastered. Once I get around to my ancient Ral Partha Shadowrun miniatures I'll give it a try some day. To get over my slumps I focus on another part of the hobby. Be it kitbashing, terrain building, prepping a completely different mini project, terrain painting. As long as something moves forward it isn't wasted time. Right?

Great paint work, love how you brought the mini back, I bought some green stuff putty and milliputt, dont know when I'll use them but better to have and not need than to need and not have. And to answer your question Alex, when the minis and depression monsters rise, I go build a plane kit , that's what got me into miniatures in the first place lol a change from the norm.

Love it! I'm a big fan of old Necromunda minis

I'm so happy to see people embrace artist grade paints. They have a lot of good properties and deserve more love. For too long they've been consigned to the same bin as cheap crafting acrylics when the only thing artist grade acrylics have with craft acrylics is the word "acrylic". Very awesome results.

Love it! I've been wanting to try painting some retro sculpts... more akin to new mini's made to look old rather than actual old ones though

Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing. Happy days and model on! 😎🇨🇦

The minis sometimes call to us all! Very nice results - the touch of colour over the flesh is a great addition.

Inspiring. Really. Love the scandi noir commentary.

Great stuff friend loving your journey. Thanks for sharing 👍 👏

Excellent job Alex! Personally, I make various odd things often starting from junk that I find. Sometimes I don't make what I intended because the junk inspired me to make something else 😁 Weird how that happens, but I end up with some pretty cool stuff.

Great mini! Always a treat when you release a new video, its so relaxing to watch :)

Personally, now a days I enjoy stripping old metal minis and painting those over the newer models. The metal models IMO have so much more character or maybe it's just nostalgia, possibly a little bit of both.

Definitely need to let the kiddo pick the mini more often. He's got quite an eye!

Amazing work as ever; lovely and inspiring. I really like your approach to RU-vidHammer, it’s so refreshing! My way to deal with hobby burnout normally is to take a week off and learn to miss the brushes again. Otherwise, if I’m in the middle of a protect I’m not feeling like finishing at the moment or I’m a bit stuck with, what I try to do is grabbing something smaller to cleanse my palate. A little warband, a bust, a half finished mini from the past, preparing a few cool bases for the next “proper” project… just something that feels fresh. I always have another little thing on the table for this purpose, or to have something to do while oil paints dry. Hope this helps!

Great paint job on an awesome mini, there is something very apealing about those old clunky minis.About the burn-out; I personaly find variety the best thing. Also looking to much at other paintvideos can be a bit stifling. In the end its about how you like to splatter colour on things.

Alex you always seem to bring back an older miniature and give it a spotlight. Love these vids.

This looks awesome Alex!

That skin is fantastic, I’ll be honest I didn’t like how it looked initially but the slow and steady addition of textures and tints made it look incredible by the end. It makes me more confident to push through the initial stage of a paint job where nothing looks good and you just want to start over.

Another rescued mini! Nice conversion and resurrection.

i have a big rubbermaid bin of stuff i hope i get to, buying job lots is a good way to have 400 half done kitbashes and half painted figures.

looks great!

An absolute delight of a mini, lovely to see then end result :) And, as others have said it's just nice to hear your thoughts on painting, minis and extra stuff regarding the hobby, there's no need for new methods every video or anything. I definitely get into a bit of a fog with painting at times, especially with a large project. I have a 40k army I'm kitbashing atm, there's a lot of infantry and thinking about painting it all is definitely an uphill struggle. Either I divert myself with a small side project or just wait a while for the energy to come back. Keep cracking on with what you want to paint or build, it's your channel and I'm just enjoying seeing what you come up with :)

Excellent work as always 😁❤️👍🏻

Fantastic work as always. When I get fed up painting etc I usually reorganize my pile of shame and my bits, I'll usually find a mini or army that had lore attached to it and read the lore, after this I can't help but get some ideas that I want to build and get back into it.

well timed video alex! I'm in a bit of a rut right now after a long run of painting a good amount almost daily. I've finished a number of big projects and now the thought of starting something new is daunting. To address the issue I grabbed a block of polystyrene packing and my box of greeble and I'm working on the first of what I hope will be several future dystopia style dingy habitation blocks. The process is much free-er and easier than painting.

Fantastic video brother as always. I guess I'm going to have to open up that Box of shame hiding In the closet with miniatures from the late eighties That I never got around to And just get by more

Love the skin tone. I have a real soft spot for older miniatures. They seem to have more character, less engineering.

Alex, my way of getting over a draught is to force a change of scenery. Today, I painted my first bust and I must say it was exhilarating! I could not stop painting and it allowed me to try new techniques I had never tried before. I suggest you do the same. Find a mini (or bust) that is really different of what you are used to paint. I know the algorithm is biased toward GW and Warhammer stuff, but your motivation is more important than that! Good luck!

Lovely dude! I have no old models lying around, since i gifted old my old stuff from my teens away (grave mistake) and just don't buy old ones, but this makes me feel like i should maybe head to ebay and get some mystery boxes or something. Cheers !

Love it as always. Inspiring and fun!

Glad to see a old mini getting a lease in life. He reminds me of the guy from Judge Dredd.

Fantastic! Love those classic Necromunda figures, and you really made it shine with that paint job!

Really well done! I love seeing old sculpts done with a good modern day style.

If I'm suffering from some hobby burnout my go to is buying a box from an army or game I don't even play and kitbashing a killteam/squad. My main motivation to paint is to see the story I have in my head become something "real" and often by the time I'm done making my squad with their own story I'll be hyped to paint them. I find a lot of the time dissinterest in the hobby comes from trying to focus too much on just one part, so I switch gears and do something else while my skills recharge.

Bravo! Brilliant video!

Great work as always! Old school for the win.

Thanks for the inspiring video!

Love this!

Love the work man. Your product is unique and so is the cinematography. Would love to watch a video on those artist scale 75 paints. Was considering purchasing them yesterday.

Very relaxing video!! Just wanna let you know I always use your channel to unwind and relax after work or school. Keep up the good work!!!

Really one of your greatest paint jobs so far! Very nicely done!!

Always great to get a notification of an upload Alex, really helps while sick at home and waiting for my wet pallet to arrive. But great vid as always

Absolutely fascinating how you painted the skin tones-I wonder how that could be modified on one of my next military figures. 😉. I agree with your comment about eyes. If the result doesn’t look awful, probably wise to leave well enough alone. I learned that the hard way. Another charming and fun video Alex. Thanks for resurrecting this little fellow. 👍

Im in a hobby slump right now. How I deal with it is buy more minis to leave unpainted... 😭 ... but I find just sitting down and setting up the pallet and pick 1 colour, one item and paint it. Then maybe do another colour or object and before I know it the minis are painted.

If I loose my paining mojo I do other hobby related tasks that help me feel productive and when I get my mojo back, I am happy that all the menial tasks have been done already.

Big fan of those old mini's. Currently painting some old bretonnia mini's, they have very funny designs such as the grail reliquary. Would love to see your take on that!

Why the name "52 miniatures"? There has got to be a story there and I would love to hear it!

Lovely. The glazing/blending on the skin tones was very useful - as were the varnish/paint ideas. I was wondering about some nice ways of doing something that might be close to the Space Station Zero cover art (more neon cyber punk than grim dark deep space far futureness) and this might be just the inspiration I need

Your highlighting the mini's butt cheeks made me chuckle for some reason. I am glad your passion for painting was rekindled by this mini.

Skin colours are great.

If I run out of steam for painting minis, I add coal to my fire by painting somthing diffrent , like I do a Terrain Project or paint a canvas. Or take a break get off the steam train and go walk for inspiration 😉😁

Hej! Thanks for your advice on sunday regarding to getting the mojo back

Fun and nice

When I’m not feeling a miniature I’m working on or am feeling sabotaged, I usually put it away and work on something else. This particular ethos means I have drawers of half painted miniatures, and only gave me 6 days to work on my latest contest entry, but I find it is good for my mind. Also, where is that mold that use use for UV resin from if you don’t mind?

Do the old Pit Slave gang rules still work? I almost forgot about these guys. Wonderful job on the layering and blending work.

Acetone is great for stripping mini's and even better at dissolving super glue. Will nog harm metal miniatures at all. Will melt plastic though and it's not healthy to breath in the fumes.

I just wait those hobby slumps out. I've had a good few now, they always pass. I don't have to cough out a video on a regular basis though.

Beautiful paintjob. Enjoy bathing in dollars :)

tight

Rad!

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Sadly I lost all my old necromunda

That model ought to be uggly as sin but it's really not, the snaggle teeth and the rolling eye just make it. It struck me how the painting really came alive when the matt varnish hit it, it just happens that way sometimes

Thanks Alex