Predator Tank Restoration - Warhammer 40k Space Marines 90s 2nd edition
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2023
- Because I hate my life, I am going to try to save this predator...
Five coats of paint
Missing parts
burned with fire
It's going to be a tough one
0:32 my history with the predator model
1:50 the abomination
3:14 stripping
3:35 rebuilding
8:21 my other predators (interlude)
9:41 painting
20:44 heavy bolters
21:04 Mrs Miniscape
21:29 the reveal
22:20 Battle Tank Predator Song
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The Predator’s machine spirit no doubt feels completely rejuvenated. Great work!
Thank you
A thoroughly inspiring restoration, and a testament to patience. Between Minisodes and Miniscape I'm awash in GW's best era of paintjobs!
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Anvil of doom is a great channel too
I have done some restoration on eldar vehicles, it is such a pleasure to see minis back to life again. Good work !
Nice one. Thank you.
Awesome restoration! Goes to show how useful keeping bits can be
Indeed. I keep all bits ☺️ thank you
I do like seeing these old models painted up in a the vibrant colors of the period. Its helping my figure out my own retro hammer colors and methods.
As I recall, there was a Bob Naismith interview a while back that stated GW's first few plastic kits - the RT-era ones - were all produced in much smaller runs than most injection manufacturing jobs, so they just got whatever colour plastic the third-party company they used had in the hopper from the previous job. The RTB01 marines were produced in something like five different colours of plastic over the years!
In the early nineties they bought the company they were using at the time, that's probably when they standardised on grey.
Thank you. That makes sense.
A restoration job worthy of a techmarine!
The Omnissiah would approve.
a techmarine with a song to give the right moode =)
The sexy sax music makes me feel like I’m at a warhammer speak easy hidden away down a misty alleyway where there’s a street lamp broken away from its housing, causing it to subtly sway back and forth, illuminating the entrance.
Dude... that's exactly where you are with this channel 😉
You have me pulling together 2d edition and dusting off my old armies.
Thanks for saving me money!
You are welcome. Wishing you success with it
Brings back memories. I started my BA army in 95 and played with friends throughout my high school years. Sadly i lost my complete collection including custom built terrain by my brother later on when my mental health went down hill.
Great job at restoring that ancient piece of archeotech. The mechanicum approves (and asks for the STC 😂).
"We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster.."
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Haha, I'm restoring an old 2nd edition rhino I bought off a mate years ago. its in the same state apart from the massive burn in the side. Took two days to strip most of the paint off not sure what paint they were using haha, The plastic seems to be a lot softer on the old models. Cracking vid
Thanks buddy. Maybe the paint was enamel.
@@Miniscape-wh40k Probably. I've been striping old models I never painted but they are all from boot sales and 5th hand from friend's and people at school back in the 90's, keeping the ones I've paint to see the progress over the years. like in your vid the amount of layers of paint schemes is crazy while striping. keep up the fantastic work
Warms your heart to see the Ghost of Christmas past at work!
Feel like I'm listening to Sean Bean the entire time and I love it.
What a compliment...though he's from Sheffield
I love that she lives again. Great work
Thank you!
Thank you Sir! I really loved this one. I have 2 of the original Land Raiders, 2 Predators and 3 Rhinos. Still think they are the best. Much appreciated. Greetings from Billi.
Greetings! That sounds like a fine collection.
That is the joy of playing Papa Nurgle. I can nurgle up anything and make it work :)
Oh man i love model restoration videos!
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Need a song for the pred now! My bad. At the end haha brilliant
Great choice of funky background sax and Damn yeah some of that original paint reminds me of what teenage me might have done.
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
Aw thanks. I try.
Mine was the Ork scorcher, called "Gitbrenna" in my part of the world, I reclaimed him this year! All I have to do, is paint him up!👍
unbelievable how you turned this poor one into shine! shine on you crazy diamond! Thank you this is real inspiring to bring back things onone had hope for
This is such a cool style. It's very... Crisp.
Thank you. I'm just trying to copy old school 40k schemes.
Just found your channel yesterday and I'm having a blast watching your videos
I am so glad. Thank you.
@@Miniscape-wh40k keep up the great work.
@@coolmariobros759 will do mate
This channel is a gem! ❤
If you had told me that the end Predator Tank was the one in the beginning...I would have questioned it. It went from out of service/action into Battle ready and its a major contrast from its former self. Great job! 10/10!
Why thank you ☺️
That is some THICK paint.
I have 'rescued' a few eBay models myself.
Few things in our hobby are as satisfying as returning a Warhammer models to the battlefield! ! !
Agreed
Love seeing a good ebay rescue, especially a vintage model 🙂
😍 it's one of my favorite parts of the hobby
I've done some rescuing and repairing myself. Very satisfying.@@Miniscape-wh40k
Can't stop getting Mighty Boosh vibes watching this. Great vid btw totally loved it! love a old skool rescue and paint. Thanks for the vid!
You're welcome
Looks awesome
Thank you
When I’m hobbying, my thoughts are often voiced by you now
😅 awesome
I come for the miniatures, but I stay for the songs! Bravo on both!
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Absolutely brilliant and an inspiration as to what is possible. Thank you very much for sharing 🙂
You are welcome. Thanks
Your Ultramarines just have that certain “bang” to their color pallet. I’ve never been an Ultramarines collector but you make me want to start an army!
Thank you. It's a slippery slope.
Excellent video, I was riveted! - Geoff
Thanks Geoff. Glad you liked it!
Masterfully restored ❤
Thank you buddy
sensational work
Thank you buddy
Just like in the real world tanks at one time were set up to be used as different things. Some had an anti-tank role and some were meant to be there to support infantry. Now tanks are more of a one sized fits all type fighting vehicle. They are not as specialized as they were in WW 2. Having the sponson options, makes this Predator way more useful on the table. Great job repairing this model. It looked battle scarred, but it probably should be dirtier. Some mud on the tracks and a bit of oil and dirt on it. A Predator with battle damage should be dirtier. I think I still have one of these sealed up in the box. I want to get one and do something like this too, but i don't want to open my box. have to see what is on eBay. Very inspiring.
Praise the Omnissiah the machine spirit have been pleased, excellent restoration!
Thank you kindly!
Great work, reminded me of when I was younger (7/10) I had a space wolves collection, I randomly decided one day to melt a huge hole in the front of my predator LOL…
Ah so it's a common urge then 😉
Loved the wife's response to the paint residue. 😂 I think that all of our wives have had the same experience at one time or another with our hobby,.😊
Lol yes
@@Miniscape-wh40k By the way you did an excellent job on restoring that old first edition plastic Predator kit.👏 I have to say I'm a bit jealous😉
Cool project. Good work.
Love the song at the end. 👌🏼
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Great job. Once more it will vanquish the emperor's foes
did the same recently to a more recent predator, I rediscovered in my parents basement. must have been sitting there for about 17 years. Fortunately there was only the terrible paintjob, some gaps and broken-off sponsons to fix.
I wanted one for my world eaters anyways so I did a rough fix for the sponsons, which is kinda fitting to the army, filled the gaps with spruegoo, smacked some new paint on it and it came out way better than I'd ever imagined. Rough enough to fit into a world eaters army, but still technically sound.
Love that little tank
Thanks for the squidgy paint was very enjoyable ⚜
Most welcome
Old models with modern paint jobs look so good! You've done this old pred justice!
Red-tinged metal underneath the paint could also always be explained as just being some oxidation peaking through the latest paint job. These vehicles have been used and reused for a very, very long time in universe as well as in real life.
Great work! Looks amazing. Enjoyed the new song as well!
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Fantastic job with the restoration, it really turned out amazing, just like a classic from the good old days! 😀
Thank you 😊
With this, you have been risen to the rank of Master Techmarine!
An excellent restorat ion.
Looks great, genuinely could not have imagined that it was salvageable.
Some of the early GW plastics were cast in the Matchbox factory. That's why sets like beakies came in car interior colours. Possibly, that's why that kit is in cream plastic.
I enjoyed the restoration, but the song pushed it over the edge! Legendary! 😂
This Predator has always been one of my absolute favourites! Awesome work!
Thank you
All I want for Christmas today in 2023 was Warhammer 40k stuff.
I mean...same
Dang bro that paint was thicc...great job as always
YES!!!! Nice Job on the restoration I luv it. Love the Channel too!!
Thank you kind sir
I really enjoyed how you restored this historical piece to playable condition. Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for commenting
Great restoration, amazing song 😅
Thank you
So, I was in the middle of a big painting phase while watching this video and it took about 5 more minutes before I could reply. When you were singing at the end, I was thinking was a silly song and then found myself humming it as I was painting. Thanks.
It gets stuck in your head 😁
The Omissah (sp) would approve, brother ! ! !
Last year I did a restoration of my old Baal Predator from the 90s, all that red goop is giving me flashbacks! Nice vid, lovely job on tarting the old girl up!
The song was epic!
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Damn, from now on my mind will sing "battle tank Predator, blow you all to smithereens" every time I see a Predator...
My work is done then
Army painter is doing a new, very well received (atleast from what they've handed out) line of paints so maybe that old bottle can hold out just long enough for that! Awesome work on this as always. 2nd edition is well before my time but I always love seeing the bright colors that come with that era of the game
beautiful also love the song you should do a retro toy commercial for the space marines and their vehicles.
Ha 😂
I didnt realize I tapped a playthrough of a 40k Mod of Tank Mechanic Simulator.
Very nice!
awesome job there.
i remember the one i used to have but i played space wolves not ultramarines, that was until my army was stolen when the house was broken into. the problems i faced was the barrel was very fragile aswell as the coms antennas and kept snapping off so the barrel i steel pinned and that did the trick nicely and the antenna i used some steel wire aswell which gave a nice effect
I'm sorry to hear your army was stolen. I have never had that but I lost a large nid army in a house move. Those older models were fragile too.
Great job resurrecting that old girl!
Thank you
You sound like Retro Ahoy, very nice narration and the project came out amazingly.
Ahoy is the boss. Cheers
Just discovered this channel. I'm more of a 4th edition era 40k guy, but I love love love the older aesthetics, and its so nice to see people rescuing models like this. Keep it up!
Welcome!
Amazing restoration. Beautiful 90's paintjob. Witty and dry commentary. And to cap it all off, a Predator theme song! Best video I've seen in a long time. Well done, sir!
Thank you for your kind words
The Predator Tank of Theseus! It still counts, I'd rather go down your route of replacing rather than repairing
I love the song ❤
This hits me with some serious déjà vu. I still have 2 Rhinos and a Predator tank from my 2nd edition BA. My Predator has a crushed genestealer on the front with a severed arm hanging off the autocannon(?) barrel. All pretty good for an 11 year old. I think I pooled some superglue to give a 3D effect to the GS blood (but I painted it green!? Aliens/Predator fan, I guess) and...... I too also used a match to give 1 of the Rhinos some 'realistic' damage. Nothing like the blowtorch that hit your poor Predator. Obviously, as an adult, I now see this as heresy (and do NOT encourage kids to repeat my foolishness, although I was smart enough to do it outside in the open air, away from anything flammable) but at the time, pre-internet, it seemed like a pretty decent hack to inject some realism into my tank.
Thoroughly enjoyed this mate. I picked up one of these on eBay a while back myself. I remember getting one as a kid (the second box variant) - lots of nostalgia! Wonderful retro paint job and so satisfying to see this poor mini come back from the brink! Thank you for the entertainment! 👍
Thank you for your kind words
Good job Matthew.
Thank you for filming the squidgy paint residue.
You are most welcome
I like the paint jobs here. Nothing fancy, just battle ready with some highlights. Just like I’d paint it in the 90s Damn i muss the old days when I was happy with anything 😂😂
A fantastic video. I especially like the mid-period Hawkwind song at the end, a lost track from Live Chronicles, no doubt.
You left out the antenna's you could put flags on! Fabulous Predator!
I did indeed!
Holy moly, the metal rod to replace the broken exhaust pipes trick. I have resorted to this once before. Awesome.
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Awesome video. We are almost the same age and not only did this give me grand nostalgia vibes, but also idea of things to try myself some day. I LOVE the Heavy Bolters at the end too.
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
Wonderful job mate! God bless Biostrip. You ask 10 people the best way to strip a model and you'll get 11 answers.. That said, Biostrip really is the mutt's nutts. I've tried the lot. Even imported everything our cousins across the pond favour and nout holds a candle to the stuff.
Agreed. I have tried dettol for example and it works but it stinks so bad. Is there a better stripper than biostrip? Probably, but it works for me and that is enough.
I was wondering for a moment why that box art you showed didn't spark any nostalgic recognition, until you got to the earlier era box, and then it clicked. My own Predator wasn't quite as harshly treated as that one - at least, most of the damage was in pursuit of converting it, not trying to set fire to it - but I was similarly 'generous' with how much paint I slopped onto it, those obscured sculpted details from before you set to work look very familiar. I've no idea whether my old tank is in someone's drawer or a landfill now, but it's very satisfying to see a similar one brought back to glory.
Great work!!! awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
There are no imperfections! Just Happy Accidents or battle damage. Epic restoration.
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@@Miniscape-wh40k Its not RED. But I come from a Family of Blood Angles. :)
No gingerbread used in this video? Unsubscribed. 😂
Um...
Great video, great job. Reminds me of that open all hours sketch tho. (Paraphrasing) Ive had this mop years man & boy and its only had 17 new heads and 12 new handles 😂 all the best for 2024!
Hah I know what you mean
Really nice work
Thank you
A new miniscape video means it's a good day
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Every time I watch one of your videos, I get compelled to dig out all my old tanks (land raider/predator etc) and 2nd edition minis. I just don't have the time or space!
Fantastic work though, and great to see another model saved 😊
Maybe when you get some time 😊
Beautiful mini. I have one of these from when i was a kid, converted for the chaos army i played back then. Old beast is covered in spikes and skulls, even has the upper torso of an Imperial Guardsman glued to her hull that was added as a petty jab at a guy from my local hobby shop at the time. Kind of makes me want to break it out, clean it up and restore it to my modern army.
Thank you. And why not give it a go.
You rescued my heart with this! Just stumbled over this on my feed. Love it, love your style. Keep up the great videos!
Ah thank you ☺️
Oooh, looks like a gang of Orks had a go at her. Excellent restoration sir!
They probably did. Thank you.
Wow. Looks amazing. Thank you for sharing this.
Glad you like it. Thanks for watching.
Classic ultramarines to blood angels paint job you striped.