I would love to see a Confrontation mini painting video. There are tons of *insert new model here* painting videos, but seeing 20+ years old Rakham miniatures competing against the new stuff would be fun. Maybe even do a comparison. Paint a Rackham and a modern GW Mini and tell us, what you liked painting, where there any problems and such things.
Agreed. Such an amazing range ahead of its time in sculpting, still have a load in my cupboard somewhere along with a bunch in my painted cabinet. And some of these minis absolutely hold up to the modern sculpts too. (I am not a fan of metal minis any more though)
I don't know if anyone else has commented on this, but the Warhound Titan pictured in your video at 2:50 is actually a Lucius Pattern Warhound Titan. You can tell from it's more angular, boxy shape compared to the smoother, rounder Mars-pattern that you usually see. That particular pattern of Warhound is long out of production and is pretty damn rare and hard to find these days. If you can get your hands on that for less than the price of a new one from ForgeWorld, you *absolutely should* because it's worth a LOT more than that in raw resale $$$$. But, of course, a video of you painting this pattern of Titan would be absolutely priceless in nerd cred, so you know what ya gotta do.
I was going to point this out, you are definitely correct and if he painted it up and resold it, he could easily make enough money to possibly buy a Reaver Titan... He should make it a series at that point. Buy, assemble paint warhound, sell it to buy a reaver. Buy, assemble, paint reaver, sell it to buy a warbringer. Buy, assemble, painter warbringer, sell it to buy a warlord. LOL
As someone who really enjoys the Death Guard lore it would be really cool to see that Dark Imperium half painted up in a cool thematic way. Maybe swamp, desert, undersea or some other environmental theme. Alternatively you could just showcase some painting techniques such as weathering, oil washes, grimes etc. Since you already have a Death Guard army maybe you could plan to donate the new Death Guard project to a charity auction. Would be amazing for you to take a $15 investment and turn it into a couple hundred dollars for a good cause!
In all honesty. If you're just looking to find some kind of project for the Confrontation minis, you do this full time now. It doesn't necessarily have to be a specific project, you can just paint the minis and show us your techniques and process cause having more than one video describing generally how you go through different minis is more helpful than just one video on a particular method. Cause they are cool models and I bet they will look great with your oil magic.
The whole minipainting YT community is stuck in a clickbait-style thing at the moment. I miss the days when each channel was sharing their painting approaches and tips, not just these unboxing vids (though it is sometimes a nice change of pace). Squidmar is the worst for it. Channels just one giant ego trip with absolutely no tutorial content anymore. Yawn.
I reckon the Confrontation minis would be a good option because of the differences in building and painting metal minis. Either that or kitbash the high elf bits into Eldar Exodites. Space elves riding dinosaurs!
The confrontation stuff really warmed my heart. That range were some of the first stuff I ever bought as a kid. I would love to see them get painted up using new techniques to try and capture the classic box art look
Confrontation was the reason i reentered the hobby many years ago. And i still love looking at my painted models and remebering all the good times with them. I‘d love seeing you painting them!
That looks like four decent starter warbands for Underworlds - which is the perfect amount for yourself, Vincey V, Sam and Miniac to paint one each up and then play a big ol' wombo-combo match/or even a little tournament. Other suggestions are awesome too - what a haul! Love these more hobby-ajacent videos to break things up too btw.
As part of his shift to full-time youtuber, Jon is starting to build his Pile/Closet/Stack of Shame/Opportunity so he can start working on that video. Looking forward to it. Video Idea: GW Box Art sucks, paint a Confrontation model to their box art which looked pretty good.
Only idea that comes to mind, would be nice seeing a cool conversion/kitbash with the deathguard stuff you got. Maybe kitbashing another daemon engine for your Nightlords army? Like the defiler one you made, that one was super cool and I liked the process of you building the thing and the end product looks amazing as well. Still keep up the great work dude, I like you vids they are nice.
If any of you are traveling as far afield as Scotland, drop by Legion Forge in Falkirk, been open a year and managed to weather the COVID storm. Fantastic shop, great guys owning/running it.
Geeks & Games in Oregon City, Oregon--this place is amazing, and they've won my patronage for the foreseeable future. Amazing staff, great range of products that they carry, overall an amazing environment!
I'm always amazed by the size of your stores. I live in Prague (Czechia) now and the biggest store for all things Boardgames is maybe a bit bigger than your basement... Thanks for the great content.
It's the same with German and UK Shops. That may have to do with the different approach. In UK and Sateside the Stores are more some kind of "Club", where you can meet and play, even paint and chat over a tea or beer. Element Games in Stockport is a nice example of a cool store/club thing.
A video about the differences between metal minis and plastic/resin would be really neat. The Confrontation minis are hands down the best metal minis I've seen that aren't Infinity.
would you be up for making a video series showing off your painted collections up close with a bit of back story on them? Would be a nice amount of videos im sure! :D
I would honestly like to see you paint those confrontation miniatures however you see fit. I've always liked the look of old metal models, they have that classic look that is hard to find today.
I would like to see something wicked with the Underworld Warbands: Imagine being forced to life and die repeatedly in a mirrored madhouse of a city (Shadespire) through the Necroquake, a living mountain trying to digest you and an influx of new hunters - with no hope of getting out, not even eternal rest. Maybe you find a way to give the miniatures (especially the Stormcast Far Striders) not only the normal used/grimdank or battle-damaged look, but a healthy dash of madness, ever-dying and tiredness.
Over the course of the pandemic, I stopped ordering my stuff from GW's web store and started doing pick up orders from my FLGS, we only have 2 in town and the local crowd seems to have rallied to make sure they stay in business.
Texas Toy Soldier in Carrollton, Texas: caters mostly to miniature wargaming and has lots of deals and loves including other wargames. Plus nice owners and lots of tables that are open to play on
I would love to see a video on NMM through ages : explore different ways of painting NMM, and why not paint one Confrontation mini the same way as Rackam use to do ! Which is not as "realistic" as we can see nowdays, but is clearly amazing.
To add to your intro: I organized a multi table mega battle at my local store (GMI Games and Collectible in Riverside CA.) For context, we used to run giant scale games pretty regularly about 10 years ago. But a lot of the old crew started families and we just did occasional tourney when we could. when I say giant games, I mean 20+ player games in pre 8th edition scales of 100,000 point games and more. I began to miss those games and started updating an Mega Battle game we called Island Hopper. each and could influence other tables by firing to them, if your weapon had range, or have reserve from your table be diverted to other tables. It had been an extremely popular game in the past. But during the preparation work, out friends, no our family Robert and Catherine Walker, the store owners past due to the Vid. As tragic as is was during the services, all of us came together, and we truly discovered how much of a community that was forge by them. After not much convincing, the new owner, their youngest son, and one of my dearest friends agreed then the game must go on, if nothing more then to keep their memory alive. Then game drew in 13 players, and quite a few onlookers. Also had our photographer Friend take time between turn to shoot the event. Think they are still be organized for there site. On a side note, I had a female Commissar and a tech-priest named after my friend. That was their last game. They are going to be interred into a diorama that will find a place at the store. Hope that will help inspire other
If you have no plans for those Death Guard models, a couple of suggestions (which double as potential videos..!): - Cool diorama project - Gift for a friend (put together and painted, naturally) - Raffle prize, or contest prize (either on-sprue, or after building/painting them) - Convert them in some crazy way (like I think it was Jazza From Tabletop Time who once did some 'cleansed' Nurgle models, with all the gross bits purified)
Literally just want to see you paint those confrontation minis. There is something about old white metal minis that is just charming. If you need to be click-baity I guess you could do something with improving on the already existing and splendid box art. “Modernising 90s box art” or the like.
That auction looks like a blast! P.s. a video on the "rack em" models would be sweet, especially curious about Gobbertown hobbies and your interpretation of that same model "Kyress the somber". I don't comment as much as I should on your videos, but thank you for spotlighting brick and mortar local game shops! Slay the Grey!!
Tips and Tricks on how to assemble, paint and handle metal miniatures would be a good topic for these confrontation models including pinning, gluing, washing, priming and all that jazz. And how to paint fur textures or how to glaze. There are so many possibilities.
Hey Jon, I’d love to learn more about the “styles” of mini painting. Being relatively new to the hobby i have no idea what people mean when they say they’re using a “grimdark’ style or the “GW” style… and I’m sure that I’ve heard of people referring to other styles that i cant recall because i don’t know what they mean. It would be super helpful have a “style catalogue” type video where the technique is discussed and the results are compared. Thanks Man!
Yeah this is a great idea! You could go all crazy and do style videos with similarly styled outfits/character improv that fits the paint style. Could be fun.
When people say grimdark, theyre basically saying make the miniature look as lifelike as possible, simulated paint chipping, very muted colors, even blood splatter effects. Make it look like it's been lived in a Grim and Dark world. GW style I believe is Synonymous with 'Eavy Metal style, which if you don't know, Eavy Metal is the name of the in house GW team that paints all the minis for the Boxes and covers. The style is meticulous and there is almost 0 margin for errors. It's also super inefficient for painting large armys due to how much detail you must put into each miniature
This gives me an idea for a challenge between you and Scott. The Bits challenge. You put all the different types of bits in a bucket, so bucket of heads, left arm, right arm, weapons, body, legs and so on. You have to pick each part out blindly and make a mini of it. Best looking one wins. Second challenge is to paint them drunk.
I'd love to see a Frostgrave warband painted up from those Rackham miniatures. How about doing it blind. Don't look at the box or card art or any of the "official" paint jobs and do it on your own and then compare the two with a side by side when you are done?
1:Paint the Confrontation Minis model in 'Eavy Metal style ie: Does the style work well with different styles of models and construction or does 'Eavy Metal work best with GW? 2: Paint those warbands and play with em in Miniac's new studio. I loved the Guild Ball video and would love to see more highly produced content like that. 3: Paint some Mini's for a D&D game and record the game for us. Even just a one shot. TUP has great banter so I imagine your D&D is just as great. Hope those help.
Tbh I just like watching people paint stuff. Not enough minitubers just paint stuff and show us how they did it. Legit my favorite painting series' is Midwinter Minis's Blackstone Fortress series. It's fun to watch people just paint stuff and to show off their techniques for painting those minis.
Huge shoutout to Blue Sky and Game Wizard here in Bremerton, Washington! They have an amazing selection of 40K, AoS, X-Wing, almost anything tabletop related! With their basement of gaming, coffee and bar, and kitchen, you can find just about anything you want!
Nice grabs from that auction, particularly the Confrontation. I've been going to an auction for a few years at Games Plus in Mt Prospect, IL. They've been doing it a long time and I love that it helps support their existence. And I've picked up some great finds. The 9 hour round trip, weekend getaway to go, is totally worth it for me. I'll also mention Golden Rhino Games in Ypsilanti, MI where I live. They're a newer and much needed FLGS in these parts. And they're great peeps.
Floyd From Game Plus here. (Thanks for the shout out.) We've been doing Auction at the store since the late 1980's. We just had our 74th Games Plus Auction. We effectively do several thousand items over a 4-5 day time period. Our auction sellers get 100% store credit for what their items sell for. (Similar to what was described by NINJON.) We do Auctions 2x a year (Spring & Fall), with our next one in March of 2022. :) Our auctions are a huge community event, and we love it.
Great video, Jon! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos so pick whatever gets you pumped. That being said, I’d love to see more of the non-GW minis mixed in like what you picked up at the end of this video. I liked the 3d printed vampire that you modified a few videos ago, the 3d dragon that you did awhile ago and some of those other 3d print projects because they were interesting sculpts/conversions and highlighted a company I knew nothing about. I’d also enjoy if you’d paint some of the recent Infinity models and show off your take on cyberpunk/manga too.
!!! CONFRONTATION !!! I jumped from my chair when you showed those blisters, before you even said Confrontation! HELL YEAH!!! I would have bought them too and fought for them. Confrontation was the game that got me into the hobby many many years ago. I still have some models to play with...but I don't have any other player to play with :(
Amazing video, and wonderful finds! Especially the rackham stuff! My idea: Challenge: Make a model out of ONLY the things inside the extra bits, then paint it standing over a lake made of luminous gold causing a light source from below.
That's actually genius; considering that the markup for a store is going to be roughly 30% - they're effectively getting a 30% commission for the auction. The event itself gets people into the store, it gives them incentive to purchase at the store AND it empties their shelves of unused hobby product (which technically is a loss against the store - as a purchased product is a substitute product). Super Smart idea.
Great haul. Give your brain a chance, You never know when 2:00 in the morning your brain's going to snap you awake and you're going to go 'oh I can use those figures for...' You never know when something for the right price will show itself...
The 1:1 ratio of buyer/Seller value is great. I don't care if I get a giftcertificate that's worth less to the store than what they got, I get full price for an item I want to sell an I get to support a store I like. Win/win.
Video idea for the underworlds warbands - paint each one using only one colour. For instance red for the Khorne boys, green for the nighthaunt, blue for the stormcast. You can add black, white and a single metallic to break it up, but every other paint has to be a shade/tone of the same colour.
If anyone is is ever in the Elizabethtown Kentucky area, you NEED to stop by Hard Knox games and hobbies. They have the best paint selection I've ever seen in a hobby store, carrying a very wide variety of paint lines. The staff is great and always very helpful and they have a gaming hall that's at least the same size as their retail space. All around the best FLGS I've personally been to.
I don’t think anyone would ever come to Idaho for a vacation but if you ever find yourself in the treasure valley Phoenix Fire Games is honestly the greatest LGS we have. I’m very common customer there to the point they know me by name or the other employees know me as the “blood angel player”. They’re extremely nice and amazing people so if you do happen to go there, give them as much support as you can give to those great folk
I'm a local Minnesota man myself. I personally always enjoy Dreamer's Vault in Burnsville and Minneapolis, Tower Games in Minneapolis, The Source in Roseville, and The Forge in Chaska
I remember when Rackham stopped making the metal confrontation miniatures. Many of the miniature shops online were trying to liquidate their stock and were offering the minis for up to 70% off! I stocked up.
You know Ninjon it would be a nice idea to explain the difference between painting a plastic mini, resin mini and metal mini. I just feel like those all take paint differently.
Your Local Game Store in Mint Hill North Carolina is where our group holds court every Saturday night. It's great place with a great community of gamers that range from war games to card games to role playing games to board games. And every purchase you make gets you a little store credit to spend on merchandise.
The Hidden Lair in Mt. Zion, IL. I am a 40k/AoS player as well as an employee here. We usually get shipments of GAW product every week day, with nearly the full range (excluding web-order only kits).
i would love to see a video painting some or one of those rakham minis, ive been in the hobby for almost a year and love seeing oler vintage stuff i didnt know existed, those minis are so freaking cool.
How about painting up those 90s mini's and have the community vote on which one should be on a new merchandise shirt with the meme "the gray is slain!"
Wonko’s Toys and Games, in Austin,TX, has been a great store and fostering a great community for years. Great selections of cards, tabletop games, D&D and of course AoS and 40K. Been addicted to building during the pandemic and they have helped scratch that itch all year.
3hr uncut paintinsession (stream?) With one mini per day for the rest of the year. No editing, no scripts. Just prime it before you sit down and we will come hang out with you ;)
Maybe paint some of those Rackham miniatures, and as a bonus skit try convincing Scott to play Confrontation using one of the mini rulebooks included in those clamshell packs :)
Games Plus in Downtown Mount Prospect Illinois is my favorite gaming store of all time. The staff is AMAZING and it's always been a super friendly place to game.
Aw man, bittersweet memories. I totally fell out of the hobby back when Confrontation was around and I ended up selling all my minis. I had such a large Alchemists force. I've only recently gotten back into mini painting and really wish I still had them. I'd love to see what you do with those minis.
My favorite hobby store is Games U in Mesa, AZ right on the corner of Stapley and Baseline. It's kind of tucked away towards the end of a shopping plaza, but they have a HUGE selection of all different types of minis, games, and supplies. The staff is also friendly and very chill; usually I like to browse and see what catches my eye, and most of the time they usually ask if I need anything, and I'll say, "No, just looking," and they just let me look and don't really pressure me into buying a ton of stuff.
Battle Brothers Miniature Wargaming in Milwaukee Wisconsin is an awesome place to come play! I love the store, the community, and the hobby so much and this is the place that got me started in the hobby!
I would very much enjoy a friendly spot of competition with Goobs where you paint that same model you gifted. Maybe he could paint the inquisitor this time round?
If you're near Milwaukee, I'd highly recommend Game Universe! Stores in Franklin, Brookfield, and Mequon! The staff is friendly and really helpful, and the stores have a great variety!
How about a Confrontation diorama? You'd have to paint a few up, as well as showing folks how to approach metal miniatures. That's all my brain wrinkles got, Jon!
As a person in Faribault, MN - D6 is now saved as location I would like to go. When I started painting in 1990s my shop of choice was Phoenix Games off Lake street in Mpls. Alas no longer there but now in Fridley, MN and do have a GW store in Eden Prarie, MN
Hey Ninjon, an lgs here in Genoa does this since some years, it works the same way even though there's more board games than minis. It's a friend of mine who runs the shop, it's called Zughemmo Ludocafé. Zughemmo means let's play in Genoese.
For the metro Detroit area: Guild of Blades (GOB) in Clawson! First went there to play some MTG with my brother-in-law and his buddies, stayed for the weekly WH40k on Wednesdays.
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I would love to see a Confrontation mini painting video. There are tons of *insert new model here* painting videos, but seeing 20+ years old Rakham miniatures competing against the new stuff would be fun. Maybe even do a comparison. Paint a Rackham and a modern GW Mini and tell us, what you liked painting, where there any problems and such things.
Agreed. Such an amazing range ahead of its time in sculpting, still have a load in my cupboard somewhere along with a bunch in my painted cabinet.
And some of these minis absolutely hold up to the modern sculpts too. (I am not a fan of metal minis any more though)
I second this! I'd love to see you paint your version of Kyrus the Somber! Such a cool mini. All those Confrontation minis look great!
The Rakham stuff was so killer. Had a ton that I had neither the ability or time to complete and gave them to a friend. 🙃
And also give us the whole story of what it felt like to get deeper and deeper into miniature painting while you do it.
Agree as well. Would love to see some Confrontation painted. Sooo nostalgic!
I don't know if anyone else has commented on this, but the Warhound Titan pictured in your video at 2:50 is actually a Lucius Pattern Warhound Titan. You can tell from it's more angular, boxy shape compared to the smoother, rounder Mars-pattern that you usually see.
That particular pattern of Warhound is long out of production and is pretty damn rare and hard to find these days. If you can get your hands on that for less than the price of a new one from ForgeWorld, you *absolutely should* because it's worth a LOT more than that in raw resale $$$$.
But, of course, a video of you painting this pattern of Titan would be absolutely priceless in nerd cred, so you know what ya gotta do.
Could paint and do a squidmar, resell the completed one. Next auction, to some it'd be pure find well worth it?
This would be amazing.
Wow! Well spotted, sir. Maybe we can hassle Jon with the mantra 'It's a business expense!' Lol
Good catch! Can clearly see the old boxy pattern. +1 To Jon tracking down that old boy.
I was going to point this out, you are definitely correct and if he painted it up and resold it, he could easily make enough money to possibly buy a Reaver Titan... He should make it a series at that point.
Buy, assemble paint warhound, sell it to buy a reaver.
Buy, assemble, paint reaver, sell it to buy a warbringer.
Buy, assemble, painter warbringer, sell it to buy a warlord.
LOL
As someone who really enjoys the Death Guard lore it would be really cool to see that Dark Imperium half painted up in a cool thematic way. Maybe swamp, desert, undersea or some other environmental theme. Alternatively you could just showcase some painting techniques such as weathering, oil washes, grimes etc. Since you already have a Death Guard army maybe you could plan to donate the new Death Guard project to a charity auction. Would be amazing for you to take a $15 investment and turn it into a couple hundred dollars for a good cause!
‘I don’t know what I’m ever gonna do with these, but I have ‘em’ - I feel like this one line summarises the majority of my mini purchases
Same
In all honesty. If you're just looking to find some kind of project for the Confrontation minis, you do this full time now. It doesn't necessarily have to be a specific project, you can just paint the minis and show us your techniques and process cause having more than one video describing generally how you go through different minis is more helpful than just one video on a particular method. Cause they are cool models and I bet they will look great with your oil magic.
I would love to see them done with a limited color pallet
Cool idea 👍
The whole minipainting YT community is stuck in a clickbait-style thing at the moment. I miss the days when each channel was sharing their painting approaches and tips, not just these unboxing vids (though it is sometimes a nice change of pace). Squidmar is the worst for it. Channels just one giant ego trip with absolutely no tutorial content anymore. Yawn.
Came here to say, just do the confrontation mini's.
@@colbybastian17 He could also pick a colour he dislikes working with and base it around that colour.
I reckon the Confrontation minis would be a good option because of the differences in building and painting metal minis.
Either that or kitbash the high elf bits into Eldar Exodites. Space elves riding dinosaurs!
This!
Agreed
THIS
Exodites!
The confrontation stuff really warmed my heart. That range were some of the first stuff I ever bought as a kid. I would love to see them get painted up using new techniques to try and capture the classic box art look
Confrontation was the reason i reentered the hobby many years ago. And i still love looking at my painted models and remebering all the good times with them. I‘d love seeing you painting them!
That looks like four decent starter warbands for Underworlds - which is the perfect amount for yourself, Vincey V, Sam and Miniac to paint one each up and then play a big ol' wombo-combo match/or even a little tournament.
Other suggestions are awesome too - what a haul! Love these more hobby-ajacent videos to break things up too btw.
Tale of Four Gamers, maybe?
As part of his shift to full-time youtuber, Jon is starting to build his Pile/Closet/Stack of Shame/Opportunity so he can start working on that video. Looking forward to it.
Video Idea: GW Box Art sucks, paint a Confrontation model to their box art which looked pretty good.
seconded! especially if you do a GW model in their house style from the same year
Only idea that comes to mind, would be nice seeing a cool conversion/kitbash with the deathguard stuff you got.
Maybe kitbashing another daemon engine for your Nightlords army?
Like the defiler one you made, that one was super cool and I liked the process of you building the thing and the end product looks amazing as well.
Still keep up the great work dude, I like you vids they are nice.
If any of you are traveling as far afield as Scotland, drop by Legion Forge in Falkirk, been open a year and managed to weather the COVID storm. Fantastic shop, great guys owning/running it.
Geeks & Games in Oregon City, Oregon--this place is amazing, and they've won my patronage for the foreseeable future. Amazing staff, great range of products that they carry, overall an amazing environment!
Nice. I'm over on the west side and my local game store is Rainy Day Games.
Big fan of both of those places!
I'm always amazed by the size of your stores. I live in Prague (Czechia) now and the biggest store for all things Boardgames is maybe a bit bigger than your basement...
Thanks for the great content.
be the change you want to see. !, time to open a shop!
It's the same with German and UK Shops. That may have to do with the different approach. In UK and Sateside the Stores are more some kind of "Club", where you can meet and play, even paint and chat over a tea or beer. Element Games in Stockport is a nice example of a cool store/club thing.
A video about the differences between metal minis and plastic/resin would be really neat. The Confrontation minis are hands down the best metal minis I've seen that aren't Infinity.
would you be up for making a video series showing off your painted collections up close with a bit of back story on them? Would be a nice amount of videos im sure! :D
I would honestly like to see you paint those confrontation miniatures however you see fit. I've always liked the look of old metal models, they have that classic look that is hard to find today.
I would like to see something wicked with the Underworld Warbands: Imagine being forced to life and die repeatedly in a mirrored madhouse of a city (Shadespire) through the Necroquake, a living mountain trying to digest you and an influx of new hunters - with no hope of getting out, not even eternal rest. Maybe you find a way to give the miniatures (especially the Stormcast Far Striders) not only the normal used/grimdank or battle-damaged look, but a healthy dash of madness, ever-dying and tiredness.
that sounds awesome!
I felt this video 1000000% 1 part elf bits, 1 part models ya don't need and 10 parts nostalgia.
Over the course of the pandemic, I stopped ordering my stuff from GW's web store and started doing pick up orders from my FLGS, we only have 2 in town and the local crowd seems to have rallied to make sure they stay in business.
Texas Toy Soldier in Carrollton, Texas: caters mostly to miniature wargaming and has lots of deals and loves including other wargames. Plus nice owners and lots of tables that are open to play on
Seconded. I used to work right down the road, and loved going here. Wonderful store and good community.
TTS is absolutely fantastic
Wish I lived closer. Currently game at citadel mostly great group of people with great boards, but not exactly an LGS
Thirded. Best store in Texas if not the US for the ownership and community
Hell yeah! TTS represent! Great fuckin store, I love finding an excuse to go there, I was amazed by community and the amount of play tables they have!
I would love to see a video on NMM through ages : explore different ways of painting NMM, and why not paint one Confrontation mini the same way as Rackam use to do ! Which is not as "realistic" as we can see nowdays, but is clearly amazing.
"Anytime you can get bits that catch your eye for a good price, I recommend doing that" Agreed ;)
"I'll buy anything nerdy as long as the price is low enough" -Ninjon- We need a shirt of that!
As someone that has collected a lot of Confrontation models I applaud you sir! Amazing Win! Would love to see you build a confrontation Warband !🤗🤗🤗🤗
Definitely missed an opportunity for Daryl to pop in and ask what's in the box.
To add to your intro: I organized a multi table mega battle at my local store (GMI Games and Collectible in Riverside CA.) For context, we used to run giant scale games pretty regularly about 10 years ago. But a lot of the old crew started families and we just did occasional tourney when we could. when I say giant games, I mean 20+ player games in pre 8th edition scales of 100,000 point games and more. I began to miss those games and started updating an Mega Battle game we called Island Hopper. each and could influence other tables by firing to them, if your weapon had range, or have reserve from your table be diverted to other tables. It had been an extremely popular game in the past. But during the preparation work, out friends, no our family Robert and Catherine Walker, the store owners past due to the Vid. As tragic as is was during the services, all of us came together, and we truly discovered how much of a community that was forge by them. After not much convincing, the new owner, their youngest son, and one of my dearest friends agreed then the game must go on, if nothing more then to keep their memory alive. Then game drew in 13 players, and quite a few onlookers. Also had our photographer Friend take time between turn to shoot the event. Think they are still be organized for there site.
On a side note, I had a female Commissar and a tech-priest named after my friend. That was their last game. They are going to be interred into a diorama that will find a place at the store. Hope that will help inspire other
If you have no plans for those Death Guard models, a couple of suggestions (which double as potential videos..!):
- Cool diorama project
- Gift for a friend (put together and painted, naturally)
- Raffle prize, or contest prize (either on-sprue, or after building/painting them)
- Convert them in some crazy way (like I think it was Jazza From Tabletop Time who once did some 'cleansed' Nurgle models, with all the gross bits purified)
Games plus: Mt. Prospect IL
Grognard games and hobbies: Roselle IL
Cataclysm Games: Machesney Park IL
Man please do a Confrontation series … the models are so dinamic i think it would be great to explore different kinds of OSL on them ❤️
Kitbash those deathguard, and turn those elf bits into custom eldar!
I would love to see you paint your favorite mini out of the batch. When you really care about the project you're artistry just shines
Literally just want to see you paint those confrontation minis. There is something about old white metal minis that is just charming.
If you need to be click-baity I guess you could do something with improving on the already existing and splendid box art.
“Modernising 90s box art” or the like.
That auction looks like a blast!
P.s. a video on the "rack em" models would be sweet, especially curious about Gobbertown hobbies and your interpretation of that same model "Kyress the somber".
I don't comment as much as I should on your videos, but thank you for spotlighting brick and mortar local game shops! Slay the Grey!!
Tier 1 Games in Lafyette Indiana is an amazing Warhammer store, they even have full time painters who do commissions on the SECOND FLOOR of the store.
Tips and Tricks on how to assemble, paint and handle metal miniatures would be a good topic for these confrontation models including pinning, gluing, washing, priming and all that jazz. And how to paint fur textures or how to glaze. There are so many possibilities.
Great video, and I love your dedicated support for local stores! Thanks all around! :)
Hey Jon, I’d love to learn more about the “styles” of mini painting. Being relatively new to the hobby i have no idea what people mean when they say they’re using a “grimdark’ style or the “GW” style… and I’m sure that I’ve heard of people referring to other styles that i cant recall because i don’t know what they mean. It would be super helpful have a “style catalogue” type video where the technique is discussed and the results are compared. Thanks Man!
I agree, that would be amazing.
Yeah this is a great idea! You could go all crazy and do style videos with similarly styled outfits/character improv that fits the paint style. Could be fun.
This is an excellent idea, and one that I’d really benefit from too!
When people say grimdark, theyre basically saying make the miniature look as lifelike as possible, simulated paint chipping, very muted colors, even blood splatter effects. Make it look like it's been lived in a Grim and Dark world. GW style I believe is Synonymous with 'Eavy Metal style, which if you don't know, Eavy Metal is the name of the in house GW team that paints all the minis for the Boxes and covers. The style is meticulous and there is almost 0 margin for errors. It's also super inefficient for painting large armys due to how much detail you must put into each miniature
This gives me an idea for a challenge between you and Scott. The Bits challenge. You put all the different types of bits in a bucket, so bucket of heads, left arm, right arm, weapons, body, legs and so on. You have to pick each part out blindly and make a mini of it. Best looking one wins. Second challenge is to paint them drunk.
I wish that confrontation would still exist. And you even had all the Game rules in every blister. Every blister!!!
I'd love to see a Frostgrave warband painted up from those Rackham miniatures. How about doing it blind. Don't look at the box or card art or any of the "official" paint jobs and do it on your own and then compare the two with a side by side when you are done?
1:Paint the Confrontation Minis model in 'Eavy Metal style ie: Does the style work well with different styles of models and construction or does 'Eavy Metal work best with GW?
2: Paint those warbands and play with em in Miniac's new studio. I loved the Guild Ball video and would love to see more highly produced content like that.
3: Paint some Mini's for a D&D game and record the game for us. Even just a one shot. TUP has great banter so I imagine your D&D is just as great.
Hope those help.
Now I want to see Jon DM for Scott, Darrell, and Upsidedown Glasses Scott.
Backing 2 :D
Tbh I just like watching people paint stuff. Not enough minitubers just paint stuff and show us how they did it.
Legit my favorite painting series' is Midwinter Minis's Blackstone Fortress series. It's fun to watch people just paint stuff and to show off their techniques for painting those minis.
Huge shoutout to Blue Sky and Game Wizard here in Bremerton, Washington! They have an amazing selection of 40K, AoS, X-Wing, almost anything tabletop related! With their basement of gaming, coffee and bar, and kitchen, you can find just about anything you want!
Nice grabs from that auction, particularly the Confrontation. I've been going to an auction for a few years at Games Plus in Mt Prospect, IL. They've been doing it a long time and I love that it helps support their existence. And I've picked up some great finds. The 9 hour round trip, weekend getaway to go, is totally worth it for me.
I'll also mention Golden Rhino Games in Ypsilanti, MI where I live. They're a newer and much needed FLGS in these parts. And they're great peeps.
Floyd From Game Plus here. (Thanks for the shout out.)
We've been doing Auction at the store since the late 1980's. We just had our 74th Games Plus Auction. We effectively do several thousand items over a 4-5 day time period.
Our auction sellers get 100% store credit for what their items sell for. (Similar to what was described by NINJON.)
We do Auctions 2x a year (Spring & Fall), with our next one in March of 2022. :)
Our auctions are a huge community event, and we love it.
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Great video, Jon! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos so pick whatever gets you pumped.
That being said, I’d love to see more of the non-GW minis mixed in like what you picked up at the end of this video. I liked the 3d printed vampire that you modified a few videos ago, the 3d dragon that you did awhile ago and some of those other 3d print projects because they were interesting sculpts/conversions and highlighted a company I knew nothing about. I’d also enjoy if you’d paint some of the recent Infinity models and show off your take on cyberpunk/manga too.
!!! CONFRONTATION !!!
I jumped from my chair when you showed those blisters, before you even said Confrontation! HELL YEAH!!! I would have bought them too and fought for them. Confrontation was the game that got me into the hobby many many years ago. I still have some models to play with...but I don't have any other player to play with :(
Confrontation,just Confrontation.the uniqueness of the models are phenomenal
Amazing video, and wonderful finds! Especially the rackham stuff!
My idea: Challenge: Make a model out of ONLY the things inside the extra bits, then paint it standing over a lake made of luminous gold causing a light source from below.
Shiba coin is the future it rising day by day with time Shiba Inu coin will rule the world .who is on my side ?
I wanted to trade shiba but got confused by the fluctuations in price
Confrontation Minis for Sure. Stand in Front of them as i was a little boy and love them to bits. Go for it !
That's actually genius; considering that the markup for a store is going to be roughly 30% - they're effectively getting a 30% commission for the auction. The event itself gets people into the store, it gives them incentive to purchase at the store AND it empties their shelves of unused hobby product (which technically is a loss against the store - as a purchased product is a substitute product).
Super Smart idea.
Great haul. Give your brain a chance, You never know when 2:00 in the morning your brain's going to snap you awake and you're going to go 'oh I can use those figures for...'
You never know when something for the right price will show itself...
guys coming to spain: i love all gts shops, goblin trader is incredible, and the people in Zaragoza's WH shop are incredible
My favorite game store, sadly didn't survive covid. RIP Da Source in Chicago. I appreciate the sentiment of this video. Cheers to local game stores!
The 1:1 ratio of buyer/Seller value is great. I don't care if I get a giftcertificate that's worth less to the store than what they got, I get full price for an item I want to sell an I get to support a store I like. Win/win.
Video idea for the underworlds warbands - paint each one using only one colour. For instance red for the Khorne boys, green for the nighthaunt, blue for the stormcast. You can add black, white and a single metallic to break it up, but every other paint has to be a shade/tone of the same colour.
Paint that Kyrus the Somber. If it's one of your favorite models, challenge Brent at Goobertown to a paint-off!
If anyone is is ever in the Elizabethtown Kentucky area, you NEED to stop by Hard Knox games and hobbies. They have the best paint selection I've ever seen in a hobby store, carrying a very wide variety of paint lines. The staff is great and always very helpful and they have a gaming hall that's at least the same size as their retail space. All around the best FLGS I've personally been to.
I don’t think anyone would ever come to Idaho for a vacation but if you ever find yourself in the treasure valley Phoenix Fire Games is honestly the greatest LGS we have. I’m very common customer there to the point they know me by name or the other employees know me as the “blood angel player”. They’re extremely nice and amazing people so if you do happen to go there, give them as much support as you can give to those great folk
A seperate video about kitbashing and/or the glory of old High Elves models would be awesome!
Mix Boarding House is my FLGS. Their staff is always friendly and they create a welcoming atmosphere!
I'm a local Minnesota man myself. I personally always enjoy Dreamer's Vault in Burnsville and Minneapolis, Tower Games in Minneapolis, The Source in Roseville, and The Forge in Chaska
That’s a good idea. The seller gets the value of the sale, and the store obtains profit on the gift voucher when redeemed.
I remember when Rackham stopped making the metal confrontation miniatures. Many of the miniature shops online were trying to liquidate their stock and were offering the minis for up to 70% off! I stocked up.
Get Vince to play Warhammer Underworlds with you. Give him the Skaven Minis to paint up!
Oh, and I'd abso-freakin-lootly love to watch a several part series of you painting the snot out of a Titan ;)
Aesop's Treasury in Farmington, Missouri. Every year on Free RPG day we have an auction and 100% goes to Suicide Prevention in our county. Great time
as soon as he said "but why shouldn't I?" I knew EXACTLY where he was going :)
You better get in touch with Trovarion ASAP.
He’s ready to escalate this battle into “Yo Mama” jokes.
You know Ninjon it would be a nice idea to explain the difference between painting a plastic mini, resin mini and metal mini. I just feel like those all take paint differently.
Your Local Game Store in Mint Hill North Carolina is where our group holds court every Saturday night. It's great place with a great community of gamers that range from war games to card games to role playing games to board games. And every purchase you make gets you a little store credit to spend on merchandise.
Despite everything, I'm just really happy that there was a Seven reference. Good choice, Jon!
a great way to get a smallish band presented is with a lovely diorama, Like the dwarf brothers delving a mine-diorama.
The Hidden Lair in Mt. Zion, IL. I am a 40k/AoS player as well as an employee here. We usually get shipments of GAW product every week day, with nearly the full range (excluding web-order only kits).
i would love to see a video painting some or one of those rakham minis, ive been in the hobby for almost a year and love seeing oler vintage stuff i didnt know existed, those minis are so freaking cool.
How about painting up those 90s mini's and have the community vote on which one should be on a new merchandise shirt with the meme "the gray is slain!"
Build a grotesque nurgle conversion using ONLY the sprues from the starter box. (Plus whatever glues/barks/putty you might bring!)
Wonko’s Toys and Games, in Austin,TX, has been a great store and fostering a great community for years. Great selections of cards, tabletop games, D&D and of course AoS and 40K. Been addicted to building during the pandemic and they have helped scratch that itch all year.
3hr uncut paintinsession (stream?) With one mini per day for the rest of the year.
No editing, no scripts. Just prime it before you sit down and we will come hang out with you ;)
Confrontation painting tutorials and confrontation battle reports! A confrontation campaign! Let s revive Confrontation!
Life before death, Strength before weakness, Journey before destination
The Briar Queen! Please, please, please paint her! I have one and I need to see someone make her amazing as inspiration.
Maybe paint some of those Rackham miniatures, and as a bonus skit try convincing Scott to play Confrontation using one of the mini rulebooks included in those clamshell packs :)
Confrontation - I know nothing of Confrontation, but to see a small diorama of two or three characters would be neat.
Games Plus in Downtown Mount Prospect Illinois is my favorite gaming store of all time. The staff is AMAZING and it's always been a super friendly place to game.
Luv the 7evern refference! 😂"What's in the box??? 😢😭😭😉
Aw man, bittersweet memories. I totally fell out of the hobby back when Confrontation was around and I ended up selling all my minis. I had such a large Alchemists force. I've only recently gotten back into mini painting and really wish I still had them. I'd love to see what you do with those minis.
My favorite hobby store is Games U in Mesa, AZ right on the corner of Stapley and Baseline. It's kind of tucked away towards the end of a shopping plaza, but they have a HUGE selection of all different types of minis, games, and supplies. The staff is also friendly and very chill; usually I like to browse and see what catches my eye, and most of the time they usually ask if I need anything, and I'll say, "No, just looking," and they just let me look and don't really pressure me into buying a ton of stuff.
All the Rackham gives me all the inspiration. Paint it all...Do it...
Do it.
Doooo it...
Battle Brothers Miniature Wargaming in Milwaukee Wisconsin is an awesome place to come play! I love the store, the community, and the hobby so much and this is the place that got me started in the hobby!
I would very much enjoy a friendly spot of competition with Goobs where you paint that same model you gifted. Maybe he could paint the inquisitor this time round?
Do a mini rescue video, step by step on how to turn someones trash into treasure. Stripping and fixing models, customization and paint.
Get Darryl to paint some warbands. Maybe turn those skaven into a Trash Panda Terry force. That'd be pretty funny.
If you're near Milwaukee, I'd highly recommend Game Universe! Stores in Franklin, Brookfield, and Mequon! The staff is friendly and really helpful, and the stores have a great variety!
How about a Confrontation diorama? You'd have to paint a few up, as well as showing folks how to approach metal miniatures. That's all my brain wrinkles got, Jon!
As a person in Faribault, MN - D6 is now saved as location I would like to go. When I started painting in 1990s my shop of choice was Phoenix Games off Lake street in Mpls. Alas no longer there but now in Fridley, MN and do have a GW store in Eden Prarie, MN
Hey Ninjon, an lgs here in Genoa does this since some years, it works the same way even though there's more board games than minis. It's a friend of mine who runs the shop, it's called Zughemmo Ludocafé. Zughemmo means let's play in Genoese.
It's neither the destination nor the journey. It's the company. Awww.
For the metro Detroit area: Guild of Blades (GOB) in Clawson! First went there to play some MTG with my brother-in-law and his buddies, stayed for the weekly WH40k on Wednesdays.