The kroot collector is my absolute favourite. Not only is it obviously painted marvelously, but I just love the story it tells! Such a unique and interesting concept!
@@AuroraDE95 thanks! it's probably my favourite mini to this day. Kroot offer so much fun opportunities - I still have two funny dioramas from back in the day that I should really finish...
Actually, some are! None of the Scarab Occult are dust as they have a really strong Psychic connection. Some sorcerers don’t have as strong a connection.
@@joshuagraham5750 Where does it say some Sorcerors are dust? The lore that I've always seen is only the non-psychic Thousand Sons turned to dust and all Psykers got buffed.
I remember seeing the last 2 in person! It was when I got a commended award for my first entry and was so inspired after seeing your work. Sadly didn't get to meet you though.
I remember staring at all of these in White Dwarf wondering what wizardry was able to produce these incredible miniatures. This was really interesting, thanks man.
same. It was after I'd been out of mini painting for a few years and a friend's bro said "hey, check out the golden demon winners in this years white dwarf". I was like...woah...it's so dusty. like green but....not green. This guy is really pushing mini painting in a new direction. cool" that would have been about 2003/04. Who'd have thought I'd come across your channel all these years later.
I really really like the design of the Nurgle Marine. Don't get me wrong, GW's sculpts for the modern Death Guard are great, but I really like the simplicity in this design without the need for gore, mutations or huge horns. It's refreshing. It has a WW2 feel that I think has been overshadowed in modern Death Guard.
Die Minis, die ich male, sehen so ziemlich so aus wie jene alten, die du am Anfang gezeigt hast. Auch wenn du damit nicht mehr wirklich zufrieden bist und viel zu kritisieren hast, gibt mir das total viel Hoffnung für meine eigene Zukunft und Entwicklung. Natürlich weiß ich nicht, ob ich jemals so gut werden kann wie Du (X doubt), aber da ich dich und dein Talent als Künstler so respektiere, motiviert mich dieses Video mega! Super interessantes Video. Danke dafür. :) Bin froh, dass Du dich entschieden hast so viel Hintergrundinfos zu geben.
I remember being super impressed with those beastmen back when I saw them. The paint job is great, but what really made me think "wow" was how great the sculpts were. I've mucked around with green stuff a fair bit and I can't imagine sculpting detailed anatomy like that 5 times over and having it look consistent across the entire squad.
I still have the White Dwarf Copy where they highlighted the B'elakor Mini. Really blew my mind back then. Thanks YT Algorithm for bringing me here! Big Ups!
Thank you so much for this video! I'm not painting miniatures or anything, but it was so enjoyable to listen to an artist-craftsman criticising their past job!
Hi, hab deinen RUclips Kanal gerade endeckt und bin begeistert !!! Oida ! Du hast es echt drauf !!! Hab nach vielen jahren Pause wieder mit Mini painting begonnen und bin happy das es so tolle videos gibt ! Liebe Grüße aus der Steiermark
Thanks for the great video it was awesome to hear you talk about what you where thinking at the time and to see how your style for competition changed over time. Would love to see for videos on your conversions and sculptures
Amazing video. Thanks so much. I get a huge amount of value from listening to an artist actually talking about what went into their work., Inspirations and what they think about it now. Your early style reminds me of the Italian painting technique sfumato that was used by the greatest painters!
Super Sache Christoph! Find ich toll, dass du auch deine werke nach Jahren nochmal beäugelst und einen Entwicklungsprozess erkennen kannst. Das zeigt uns alle das wir immer nur besser werden können wenn wir es just-doin (-; Danke für das Video wie immer. grüsse aus dem Waldviertel
Thank you for sharing your toughts! I think this video was super interesting. Fun to see how you go back to certain techniques like shading with brown in several entries. That gives a specific look overall in my opinion, really kool!
this is one of my favourite painting related vids on youtube, to see the progression and style changes was really informative, a video diary of painting a golden demon would be amazing
I'd have to say your krieg piece is my favourite. I actually love both the horse color and the dust aswell, both was very important for drawing me in! Theoden is really nice aswell, the brightness on the top of his forehead and hair really make me feel the light🙂 Fantastic pieces!
The beastmen group reminds me of the feel you get from looking at the muscle definition you get on renaissance marble sculptures, the whole effect of the global light and stuff. I don’t know if it was intentional, cause I don’t know anything about professional painting but I really like the sort of focused, direct approach it has to the way the minis are standing. Maybe they’re not grubby enough? But at that point it feels like nitpicking
You're clearly very talented as well as humble. Your work is amazing and thank you for sharing it with us and giving such honest opinions. I love the minotaurs and Kroot collector the most
@@trovarion Vince Venturella maybe? And you could critique his old stuff? Could maybe develop into a real interesting conversation about how things have changed through the last decade.
I've always wondered how creative people like authors or artists look back on their past work, so this was really cool to see it from your point of view. Also very interesting to have your insights into composition. At the moment I feel like good composition and colour choice can "hide" or at least balance imperfect technique to make successful models even if one doesn't have a technical mastery. What do you think?
depends what the ultimate goal is - winning a golden demon? probably not, as the judges will take the time to look for these "imperfections". If the goal is to create a cool piece for the showcase? then yes, I think there is more important things than technique :)
an don't mind it - it can be anything from slight audio issues to the video simply being long, to someone not liking my haircut ;) thumbs down are interactions too, so that's ok! :)
The sculpted Sororitas has a remarkable resemblance with Michael York, but I still think most of your miniatures are holding up really well, even after all this time. Plus, I do not think I thanked you enough for your chipping tutorial...
Ahh these are all so great! Height of my Warhammer obsession was 2002-2010, (entered UK Golden Demon a few times but no joy) so major nostalgia here. Glad to have found your channel :)
Amazing stuff. Although it's weird to see these models today again, remembering seeing and marveling at them on the pages of White Dwarf so many years ago. It's like travelling back in time to the age of 5th edition 50k.
Great video, it's very interesting to see your long artistic way through all your winning entries. My favorites are the Beastmen and Theoden ! Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Tolle entries und sehr verdient gewonnen. Ich finde nicht, dass man als Künstler zu hart sein muss. Die Selbstzweifel sind ja eh immer mit dabei. :D Super interessantes und hilfreiches Video, grad für jemanden wie mich, der grad ins Mini-malen einsteigt, aber schon 25 Jahre anderes Zeug malt. Ich werde mich jetzt erstmal auf value shading stürzen. Da ich Thousand Sons anmalen will, muss ich mir um Skintones erstmal weniger Gedanken machen. Und dein Kätzchen.
Those 2013 Beastmen are my favourite (so far at least...) Absolutely love those - as you say they tell a story, and I love the general style of them. Gorgeous!
Sometimes I feel bad when I see a video of a painter better than me, because I wish I could do something at that level. But this puts things into perspective well, you won a silver demon the year I was born lol, I have some time to go.
It's very refreshing to see artists who talk good about and have faith in their own work. As an artist for video games, it is very common for artists to talk down on their own work. You give rational, thought-out reasons for things you could have improved on back then. Its obvious to see how you are such an accomplished painter. Cheers!
Not through the whole video yet but 1) love the idea of self-criticizing your work and 2) respect for the stuff you say around 05:40 and calling it valid, not everyone does that, love that I found your channel some days ago.
I remember seeing some of these in white dwarfs years ago. I would pick out those issues from my stack of magz just to look at them. It feel so weird watching this video and seeing them again. Or at least I think I have.
100% agree. Can’t leave them or it bugs the heck outta me. Even ones where you won’t see. I’ll know 😊 that’s what I love about 3d printing 🎉❤ very little assembly and NO mold lines lol ugg
These were super cool to see! Thanks for sharing :-) It's interesting to note the themes and techniques that matter and those that don't in that competition.
Some of those points were very relatable. I first started the hobby, gaming and painting in about 93 (40K was soon switching up from 2nd to 3rd edition). The paint styles are really quite different now. They were brighter, cleaner, happier?* Now, there's more emphasis on realism, the grime and wear and tear of battle; not brand new out of the forge. * remember the free GW "magazine" you'd sometimes get with a purchase (Red Imperator Titan Vs. Yellow Mega-Gargant on cover); bright Gretchin w/ bright red gun. Well enough painted but painted with a kind of child's mindset!
The cat bit was good! What did we learn... your bases were a bit crap, but they got better, and; maximum contrast is overrated. Some of these pieces are really really cool, my favourites are: 1. Beastmen, highly unusual, brutal minis with a soft paint scheme, weird, very cool. 2. Krieg, love the colours and composition, the banner is great, although there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me (I'm not sure what). 3. Theoden, a great example of a LoTR mini (but Arwen's base is better). Special mentions: The Bretonian Knight, he's awesome, but no shield... what were you thinking!? Also that guardsman facing up to the Khorne marine... he must be Sly Marbo incognito.
Thanks Trov! just like hearing you talk about the pieces - I don't feel the need for more criticism per se; just walking us through what you perceive in the piece is very interesting. It would be fun to finish with one of your "more creative" pieces in contrast, to show what would probably not be "golden demon material" but you are yet totally proud of and happy to talk about. I don't recall if you have commented other pieces previously - would you mind pointing me to existing videos if you have? Thanks again for the video and have a nice week-end! EDIT: Oh, and for my favorite piece, I'd probably have to go with your Theoden (in part because I can't really care for W40K lore in general), though the Beastmen I also like a lot.
great work over the years ! my favorite 37:00 not my kind of miniature but 34:15 great skin ! think my Tzaangors could have some turned in to grey too? and YES 29:32 Sisters always great, yours ist verry good! AND yes a small sister with a big back pack is OK! =) thank you for that journey!
What I really like about your work is that it has none of those 'heavy metal 80's' white highlights that - unfortunately - seem to be ever-present in this game. You put a lot of effort in to making it a cohesive whole. Great! If I'd have to pick a favorite, it'd be the Kroot-collector. Some models are just aesthetically much better suited to painting and being visually interesting in shapes and textures. I'm a traditional painter myself (canvas etc.) and maybe I'd suggest adding a few 'harder' strokes with a brush here and there to prevent the surface from getting too smooth. It gives a lot of character with just a tiny bit of work.
I won a total of 5 Golden and Silver Demons in 1999/2000, then quit painting for 20 years. Looking back, my old miniatures don't hold up to current standards at all. 🙈
I'm Australian, I visited France in 2004 at the age of 16, every month white dwarf buyer. I was blown away at the the golden demon in the french white dwarf. I wish I kept those issues.
I like the last one the best. The pale horse looks better for contrast and I like the dry dusty look to it. You are an amazing painter. Thanks for doing this one.
As far as improvements, (this is a genuine question, not a criticism nor suggestion) how about the tail on the horse? (Regarding the Nurgle Knight.) Would it be possible to give the tail more depth/3-D? His mane appears to be more 3-d than the tail? I think?
watching this video certainly was a humbling experience. It's really funny having a look at a model and only thinking "wauw this is amazing". And then afterwards finding out about all these things you didn't see or understand beforehand. When you critiqued Arwen's face I was shocked. But then hearing the arguments I understood what could be changed.
They are obviously great, but if there is something missing from pretty much all models it's object lighting. I think it usually gets overboard, but your muted sense of aesthetics, and masterful blending, it'd be properly applied. Otherwise, very nice video.
47:27 OH yes WoW protect you horse! so great work ! from all youtube i watched here you are my HERO such great art work! yes i took a glas of wine to look and learn over and over again, thank you for showing ! ...and yes the story on that kroot rider (couldn t he have killed other then space marines :( this are paintings in 3D Vincent van Gogh where ever he is, is looking and smiling like i doo =))
god that 2006 marine was baller as hell. I think the grungeyness of it really works well on that model and i know you really like to critique it and be objective, but i think it DUNKS on a lot of more recent paintjobs
Lovely models, indeed! But I think many of the award winning miniatures the last decade are getting to technical. And I really dislike competition when it comes to artwork. Every painted mini is a winner in my book. Keep up the good work, all of you!!!
Which one do YOU like best? Let me know!
The kroot collector is my absolute favourite. Not only is it obviously painted marvelously, but I just love the story it tells! Such a unique and interesting concept!
That non-metalic Theoden is amasing!
Death Korps and Kroot!
The beastmen! And it was really cool and helpfull to see how you have improved each year!
@@AuroraDE95 thanks!
it's probably my favourite mini to this day. Kroot offer so much fun opportunities - I still have two funny dioramas from back in the day that I should really finish...
You should make a video where you “repaint” a old golden demon mini, remake it from scratch in the current year then compare them side by side
That is actually a really good idea and something I would definitely watch
First thing I thought of when he talked about the nurgle marine.
Scan and print via 3d printer,?
but it's boring to paint the same subject :x
Would love to see that Death Guard marine converted in a similar pose and with a similar but improved look using the modern plague marine kits
It's a nice breath of fresh air seeing an artist taking pride in their work instead of ripping it apart! Very constructive for both us and you :D
I had those in waaaay worse memory than they are to be honest when I started the video.
"ALL my Golden Demon winners..." I am SO far out of my depth here!
The rubric marines sorcerors aren't dust. So it is actually lore friendly.
Actually, some are! None of the Scarab Occult are dust as they have a really strong Psychic connection. Some sorcerers don’t have as strong a connection.
@@joshuagraham5750 Where does it say some Sorcerors are dust? The lore that I've always seen is only the non-psychic Thousand Sons turned to dust and all Psykers got buffed.
@@Tonberry88 That's how I understood it as well
@@Tonberry88 from what I remember it's been changed that all the TS are psykers in some way and only the strong ones didn't change
@@busterbackster1 Are the ones that changed still psykers though? I'm not too familiar with modern 40k lore
I remember seeing the last 2 in person! It was when I got a commended award for my first entry and was so inspired after seeing your work. Sadly didn't get to meet you though.
I remember staring at all of these in White Dwarf wondering what wizardry was able to produce these incredible miniatures. This was really interesting, thanks man.
same. It was after I'd been out of mini painting for a few years and a friend's bro said "hey, check out the golden demon winners in this years white dwarf". I was like...woah...it's so dusty. like green but....not green. This guy is really pushing mini painting in a new direction. cool" that would have been about 2003/04. Who'd have thought I'd come across your channel all these years later.
You're a newbie still, I had a GD finalist in '93. My first and only ever entry 😂
93, i remember that year. It was sometime between 92 and 94 i believe. Long time go!
@@marahadjan indeed, feels like another lifetime.
Me: "Holy shit, that is one gorgeous miniature, I love it!"
You: "Yeah, the freehand here is rather... naive.."
Me: "Did I stutter?!"
Got this sudden vision of you in your basement saying 'It puts the brown shade on the mini else it gets the hose again.'
Lmao
@@trovarion great video btw.
Doesn't rhyme.
I really really like the design of the Nurgle Marine. Don't get me wrong, GW's sculpts for the modern Death Guard are great, but I really like the simplicity in this design without the need for gore, mutations or huge horns. It's refreshing. It has a WW2 feel that I think has been overshadowed in modern Death Guard.
yes, I love the simplicity too.
The kroot collector is beautiful as well as the death Kreig horseman....damn nice
A rubric is dust, but there's always a sorcerer with them who is still an astartes.
Die Minis, die ich male, sehen so ziemlich so aus wie jene alten, die du am Anfang gezeigt hast. Auch wenn du damit nicht mehr wirklich zufrieden bist und viel zu kritisieren hast, gibt mir das total viel Hoffnung für meine eigene Zukunft und Entwicklung. Natürlich weiß ich nicht, ob ich jemals so gut werden kann wie Du (X doubt), aber da ich dich und dein Talent als Künstler so respektiere, motiviert mich dieses Video mega! Super interessantes Video. Danke dafür. :) Bin froh, dass Du dich entschieden hast so viel Hintergrundinfos zu geben.
I remember being super impressed with those beastmen back when I saw them. The paint job is great, but what really made me think "wow" was how great the sculpts were. I've mucked around with green stuff a fair bit and I can't imagine sculpting detailed anatomy like that 5 times over and having it look consistent across the entire squad.
I really enjoyed that. The knight on the horse and the Kroot were awesome... and you should've won with your beastmen I think.
Thank you. Very brave to critique your own work. That 2018 entry at the end is phenomenal.
man, those beastmen are definitely my favourites! love the idea of them wearing banners as loincloths and wielding those beautiful shields
I still have the White Dwarf Copy where they highlighted the B'elakor Mini. Really blew my mind back then. Thanks YT Algorithm for bringing me here! Big Ups!
As a recent subscriber, I didn't realise you were such an impressive sculptor as well as a master painter! Really inspiring video, thanks
Mate.. just to let you know - whatever I do looks like finger paint compared to yours. Cheers from South Australia LOL :)
You: I’d like my shading to look a bit more lifelike.
Me: For the 4th year running, all my models have coffee stain shading.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm not painting miniatures or anything, but it was so enjoyable to listen to an artist-craftsman criticising their past job!
Absolutely amazing work, love the collector! He's amazing!
I love your LOTR mini paint jobs - it would be great to see a video of you tackling one, especially given how small they are.
Oh boy, I love that Bretonnian knight!
This video was, in my opinion, really ineresting !
My favorite was the Kroot one
Hi, hab deinen RUclips Kanal gerade endeckt und bin begeistert !!! Oida ! Du hast es echt drauf !!!
Hab nach vielen jahren Pause wieder mit Mini painting begonnen und bin happy das es so tolle videos gibt !
Liebe Grüße aus der Steiermark
That was a really nice idea for a video. And your new studio looks great, by the way :-)
Thanks for the great video it was awesome to hear you talk about what you where thinking at the time and to see how your style for competition changed over time. Would love to see for videos on your conversions and sculptures
Super Video!!! Und das Beste: Hab jetzt voll Bock zu Pinseln... :-) Dankeschöööööööööööön!
Amazing video. Thanks so much. I get a huge amount of value from listening to an artist actually talking about what went into their work., Inspirations and what they think about it now. Your early style reminds me of the Italian painting technique sfumato that was used by the greatest painters!
That Death Corp at the end is amazing. The detailing on the coats is unreal
Awesome video, really like the in depth long format commentary!
Super Sache Christoph! Find ich toll, dass du auch deine werke nach Jahren nochmal beäugelst und einen Entwicklungsprozess erkennen kannst. Das zeigt uns alle das wir immer nur besser werden können wenn wir es just-doin (-; Danke für das Video wie immer. grüsse aus dem Waldviertel
Thank you for sharing your toughts! I think this video was super interesting. Fun to see how you go back to certain techniques like shading with brown in several entries. That gives a specific look overall in my opinion, really kool!
this is one of my favourite painting related vids on youtube, to see the progression and style changes was really informative, a video diary of painting a golden demon would be amazing
Hands down the Krieg Display, it's been my favorite ever since I've spotted it in the GD compendium
And here i am trying to get a straight highlight on an outstanding bit of cloth. Damn.
Absolutely loved that Theoden model.
I'd have to say your krieg piece is my favourite. I actually love both the horse color and the dust aswell, both was very important for drawing me in!
Theoden is really nice aswell, the brightness on the top of his forehead and hair really make me feel the light🙂
Fantastic pieces!
That deathcorps of krieg and the kroot collector are just amazing. Thank you for sharing this!
Awesome vid! Would love to see a similar vid with your old Rackham figs. Story time of how/if Rackham changed anything for your journey as a artist.
I enjoyed every minute! Thanks 🙏🏽
You keep being amazing Trov, nice to see all thoose minis. I still need to learn to art :P
I think this was fascinating. Great stuff. Keep pushing the envelope. Loved it.
been watching LOTR while "working", so the Theoden entry stood out to me :)
"Working" is "great".
I’d love to see a checker patterns tutorial!
The beastmen group reminds me of the feel you get from looking at the muscle definition you get on renaissance marble sculptures, the whole effect of the global light and stuff. I don’t know if it was intentional, cause I don’t know anything about professional painting but I really like the sort of focused, direct approach it has to the way the minis are standing.
Maybe they’re not grubby enough?
But at that point it feels like nitpicking
I loved this video, I really like these "breakdown" style videos!
Great video. I like the retrospective.
I'd love to see you repaint the lord of the rings minis with you current skills
I really like the Kroot Collector. Well done!
The Theoden is amazing, really beautiful!
For real! Just look at the color transition on the bottom scale male skirt. This shit is a whole nother level.
Thanks for this; I enjoyed watching : )
You're clearly very talented as well as humble. Your work is amazing and thank you for sharing it with us and giving such honest opinions. I love the minotaurs and Kroot collector the most
You should let someone else critique them again, too!
but who?
@@trovarion Vince Venturella maybe? And you could critique his old stuff? Could maybe develop into a real interesting conversation about how things have changed through the last decade.
@@trovarion Ben Komets?
@@trovarion A selection of content creators you like - disregarding them being miniature painters maybe. just for fun
Congrats on the past awards, even more for being able to call out your own flaws and the knowledge to fix it.
I've always wondered how creative people like authors or artists look back on their past work, so this was really cool to see it from your point of view. Also very interesting to have your insights into composition. At the moment I feel like good composition and colour choice can "hide" or at least balance imperfect technique to make successful models even if one doesn't have a technical mastery. What do you think?
depends what the ultimate goal is - winning a golden demon? probably not, as the judges will take the time to look for these "imperfections". If the goal is to create a cool piece for the showcase? then yes, I think there is more important things than technique :)
@@trovarion Awesome, thanks for you reply! :)
That krieg figure... holy shit
I love the Kroot Collector. Its so well done, glad it won gold.
Why are there so many thumbs down for someone who clearly is a most talented artist?
an don't mind it - it can be anything from slight audio issues to the video simply being long, to someone not liking my haircut ;) thumbs down are interactions too, so that's ok! :)
A very interesting watch. Nice to hear you analyze paint jobs. More like this!
The sculpted Sororitas has a remarkable resemblance with Michael York, but I still think most of your miniatures are holding up really well, even after all this time. Plus, I do not think I thanked you enough for your chipping tutorial...
Ahh these are all so great! Height of my Warhammer obsession was 2002-2010, (entered UK Golden Demon a few times but no joy) so major nostalgia here. Glad to have found your channel :)
Amazing stuff. Although it's weird to see these models today again, remembering seeing and marveling at them on the pages of White Dwarf so many years ago. It's like travelling back in time to the age of 5th edition 50k.
Fantastic video! Great to see your journey and lots of interesting and useful knowledge passed on! 👌🏼
I LOVE THAT BRETONNIAN KNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST MINI EVVVVER
edit: ok, maybe the krieg scout is best mini ever.
Great video, it's very interesting to see your long artistic way through all your winning entries. My favorites are the Beastmen and Theoden ! Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Tolle entries und sehr verdient gewonnen. Ich finde nicht, dass man als Künstler zu hart sein muss. Die Selbstzweifel sind ja eh immer mit dabei. :D
Super interessantes und hilfreiches Video, grad für jemanden wie mich, der grad ins Mini-malen einsteigt, aber schon 25 Jahre anderes Zeug malt. Ich werde mich jetzt erstmal auf value shading stürzen. Da ich Thousand Sons anmalen will, muss ich mir um Skintones erstmal weniger Gedanken machen.
Und dein Kätzchen.
Those 2013 Beastmen are my favourite (so far at least...) Absolutely love those - as you say they tell a story, and I love the general style of them. Gorgeous!
The Bretonnian Knight and Theodon are probably my two favorites of the bunch. The Krieg one up there for sure!
Sometimes I feel bad when I see a video of a painter better than me, because I wish I could do something at that level. But this puts things into perspective well, you won a silver demon the year I was born lol, I have some time to go.
It's very refreshing to see artists who talk good about and have faith in their own work. As an artist for video games, it is very common for artists to talk down on their own work. You give rational, thought-out reasons for things you could have improved on back then. Its obvious to see how you are such an accomplished painter. Cheers!
Not through the whole video yet but 1) love the idea of self-criticizing your work and 2) respect for the stuff you say around 05:40 and calling it valid, not everyone does that, love that I found your channel some days ago.
I remember seeing some of these in white dwarfs years ago. I would pick out those issues from my stack of magz just to look at them. It feel so weird watching this video and seeing them again.
Or at least I think I have.
100% agree. Can’t leave them or it bugs the heck outta me. Even ones where you won’t see. I’ll know 😊 that’s what I love about 3d printing 🎉❤ very little assembly and NO mold lines lol ugg
These were super cool to see! Thanks for sharing :-)
It's interesting to note the themes and techniques that matter and those that don't in that competition.
Trovarion ASMR featuring the cat? Take your subscription, you've earned it.
Some of those points were very relatable. I first started the hobby, gaming and painting in about 93 (40K was soon switching up from 2nd to 3rd edition). The paint styles are really quite different now. They were brighter, cleaner, happier?*
Now, there's more emphasis on realism, the grime and wear and tear of battle; not brand new out of the forge.
* remember the free GW "magazine" you'd sometimes get with a purchase (Red Imperator Titan Vs. Yellow Mega-Gargant on cover); bright Gretchin w/ bright red gun. Well enough painted but painted with a kind of child's mindset!
Seems really petty to not give the Bret gold over a shield, that thing is a work of beauty
The cat bit was good!
What did we learn... your bases were a bit crap, but they got better, and; maximum contrast is overrated. Some of these pieces are really really cool, my favourites are:
1. Beastmen, highly unusual, brutal minis with a soft paint scheme, weird, very cool.
2. Krieg, love the colours and composition, the banner is great, although there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me (I'm not sure what).
3. Theoden, a great example of a LoTR mini (but Arwen's base is better).
Special mentions: The Bretonian Knight, he's awesome, but no shield... what were you thinking!? Also that guardsman facing up to the Khorne marine... he must be Sly Marbo incognito.
Thanks Trov! just like hearing you talk about the pieces - I don't feel the need for more criticism per se; just walking us through what you perceive in the piece is very interesting. It would be fun to finish with one of your "more creative" pieces in contrast, to show what would probably not be "golden demon material" but you are yet totally proud of and happy to talk about. I don't recall if you have commented other pieces previously - would you mind pointing me to existing videos if you have?
Thanks again for the video and have a nice week-end!
EDIT: Oh, and for my favorite piece, I'd probably have to go with your Theoden (in part because I can't really care for W40K lore in general), though the Beastmen I also like a lot.
Love it and the format! Thank you for making it!
Glad you enjoy it!
So cool, like them all! Never played any 40k but had fun painting a while back.
great work over the years ! my favorite 37:00
not my kind of miniature but 34:15 great skin ! think my Tzaangors could have some turned in to grey too?
and YES 29:32 Sisters always great, yours ist verry good! AND yes a small sister with a big back pack is OK! =)
thank you for that journey!
What I really like about your work is that it has none of those 'heavy metal 80's' white highlights that - unfortunately - seem to be ever-present in this game. You put a lot of effort in to making it a cohesive whole. Great!
If I'd have to pick a favorite, it'd be the Kroot-collector. Some models are just aesthetically much better suited to painting and being visually interesting in shapes and textures.
I'm a traditional painter myself (canvas etc.) and maybe I'd suggest adding a few 'harder' strokes with a brush here and there to prevent the surface from getting too smooth. It gives a lot of character with just a tiny bit of work.
I won a total of 5 Golden and Silver Demons in 1999/2000, then quit painting for 20 years. Looking back, my old miniatures don't hold up to current standards at all. 🙈
I'm Australian, I visited France in 2004 at the age of 16, every month white dwarf buyer. I was blown away at the the golden demon in the french white dwarf. I wish I kept those issues.
I like the last one the best. The pale horse looks better for contrast and I like the dry dusty look to it. You are an amazing painter. Thanks for doing this one.
Favourite, it’s hard to choose between the nurgle and brettonian knights🛡🗡
Someone with that talent clearly selling soul for skill.
Trick with photo on crossroads?
Despite sacrifices results unreal.
Damn(literally:)amazing 👍🏻
As far as improvements, (this is a genuine question, not a criticism nor suggestion) how about the tail on the horse? (Regarding the Nurgle Knight.) Would it be possible to give the tail more depth/3-D? His mane appears to be more 3-d than the tail? I think?
watching this video certainly was a humbling experience. It's really funny having a look at a model and only thinking "wauw this is amazing". And then afterwards finding out about all these things you didn't see or understand beforehand. When you critiqued Arwen's face I was shocked. But then hearing the arguments I understood what could be changed.
They are obviously great, but if there is something missing from pretty much all models it's object lighting. I think it usually gets overboard, but your muted sense of aesthetics, and masterful blending, it'd be properly applied.
Otherwise, very nice video.
47:27 OH yes WoW protect you horse! so great work ! from all youtube i watched here you are my HERO such great art work! yes i took a glas of wine to look and learn over and over again, thank you for showing ! ...and yes the story on that kroot rider (couldn t he have killed other then space marines :( this are paintings in 3D Vincent van Gogh where ever he is, is looking and smiling like i doo =))
I like your honesty, I mean you can't really be too critical as they litterally won awards from a competition which is the zenith of the art form
god that 2006 marine was baller as hell. I think the grungeyness of it really works well on that model and i know you really like to critique it and be objective, but i think it DUNKS on a lot of more recent paintjobs
Lovely models, indeed! But I think many of the award winning miniatures the last decade are getting to technical. And I really dislike competition when it comes to artwork. Every painted mini is a winner in my book. Keep up the good work, all of you!!!
Man, crazy to think I saw some of these in the White Dwarf I used to read in the school library as a kid
Nowadays they'd throw most of these in the trash bin and kick you out.
So, to win a GM you just have to paint their box art, got it.