EPIC BLOOD ANGELS BATTLE COMPANY: Painting over 100 Space Marine Miniatures in 6mm
2024 ж. 22 Мам.
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It’s another retro Warhammer 40k painting video! This time I’m painting over a hundred miniatures from Epic Space Marine, Games Workshop’s old school 6mm mass battles game! Painting up a whole Battle Company of Blood Angels would be a mammoth project in 28mm, but thanks to Epic I accomplished this in a handful of evenings - Captain Tycho would be proud!
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You continue to be one of the most underrated 40k channels.
This.
I Mean It Just Feels Really Creative In Some Areas To Be In Complete Honesty
I have always liked the idea of using epic minis with the standard 40k rules set for a sort of minihammer game, where you simply change the inches to centermeters. (E.g. 6inches become 6cm, 12inches becomes 12cm etc). Its not an exact 1:1 scale down of the measurements, but its close enough (and simple enough) to make an enjoyable game variant i think.
You can find that under PocketHammer
Travel hammer!
I've seen some people did this for necromunda a few years back.
Dont know where my comment went. Pockethammer fits this. Some YT channels have done it.
I'm working slowly on such a thing. (Fan made)
Love you old school 40k content! It makes me wish I was born in the 90s
The simple yet bold aesthetic is really motivating me to paint my own models. Thank you for another amazing video!
What a belter of a video! Seeing the whole Company together is such an awesome idea and they look amazing!
Would love to see a battle report in epic from you. Your battle reports are the best on the web. Love the channel.
I don't have any plans to do this, but it was fun and quite easy to paint these guys...maybe one day! 🤔
@@edpaintsminis no worries, forgot to say the army looks great.
@@edpaintsminis we’ll all be here to support if you do :) they look brilliant, too!
Love the background track that you're using for these videos, very '80s early '90s electronica. Perfect for setting the mood.
How cool! I'm excited to see more. Maybe a campaign map that shows what elements are where on a map of Armageddon? Looking forward to more!
I have been thinking about doing this! Maybe writing up each mission and compiling it into a fanmade supplement.
I don't know why, but even that green plastic color feels nostalgia.
I was quite surprised to see that when I stripped the paint! Must've been from the 1st ed Space Marine kit.
That thunder hawk gunship sounds effect spooked me. It sounds 3D
Shrooms are kicking in...
I love your brand of nostalgia - the models, the music, the whole vibe is so amazing. And I think your idea of using epic minis to help tell the narrative of your campaign is such an awesome idea! I've always wanted that feeling of loss and attrition over a campaign in a 40k, and this seems like an awesome way to represent that!
you have a very calming voice, and i love the retro style music. and its amazing to see a paint scheme i could follow. loved it.
Nostalgia Overload. Well done.
Glorious work! Painting Salamanders for epic at the moment and it has to be said that Contrast paints are a dream at this scale. Keep on doing what you're doing, dude! 👌
Really cool project. You're a champ for doing those tiny details so well, especially the pauldron trims. I think I might have some sort of cognitive overload if I painted so many tiny trims. Any great work!
Thank you for making my weekend just a little better everytime!
Best 40k channel by mile
Legitimately my favourite retro 40k channel
Amazing job, thank you for these good old vibes! ❤
Impressive, those teeny tiny peeps look really good with a controlled lick of paint .. so many shambling epic minis I've seen in the past, deformed and mutated beyond recognition by layered crusts of paint, thick as Ben Grimm's rocky orange hide after a dose of space gamma rays.
Must be so wonderful to have those retro boxes of full armies... I dream of one day finding one.
An absolute feast to watch. Thanks for sharing
Great work on representing Tycho's 3rd Company. just wanted to make my suggestion on the remaining minis and make them Crimson Fists, maybe start a Rynn's World campaign with them?
I do love the sense of scale you get with 6mm; small enough that you can field them in great numbers, but large enough that you can distinguish individual figures.
6mm was always one of my favorite historical scales too.
This looks amazing! Love the idea behind them too. I'd really love to see some epic scale Space Wolves some time
Beautiful, just beautiful! Brings a tear to my bionic eye ;)
Loved this! Every one of your episodes has been brill! Trimming mold lines on a 100 miniature minis would have driven me loopy! I bet that involved a lot of concentration!
That thumbnail is so cool!
This is absolutely incredible!
I know this might be much to say, but honestly your videos help me a lot, especially since at the moment I am in the middle east on deployment. Your channel has helped out a lot not just as a fellow hobbyist but also for my mental health since out here there is literally nothing but sand for the next few months before I can come back home. Keep up the great work man, and as always I am looking forward to the next video!
Beautiful lil munchkins! I’m so glad you’re doing these videos!! 🙏
I cant wait to see the other 9 companies 😉
Funny now how the Thunderhawk looks closer in scale to a contemporary Storm Eagle/Fire Raptor. 2E Blood Angels trigger one heck of a nostalgic sense-memory of flicking through White Dwarf back in my teens during the early/mid 90s. Every time I see something like this my inner hobby-gremlin really wants to start a 2E Blood Angels army project, but then I remember I already have 3 unpainted armies in the queue and plans for a further 3 after that, so it my be a while... They are so pretty though...
Fantastic video! The army looks incredible, your Blood Angels force is really a total hobby project which I love. I'm on vacation next week and this video got me inspired to smash through the Yncarne and get cracking on my Corsair killteam. Love it!
Background music made me feel a little melancholic for a few minutes there lol. Fantastic looking army! Nice choice on pin washing and the basing paint choice.
Oh man, using Epic as a part of a 40k campaign is a brilliant idea. I've heard of people using Epic scale minis with 40k rules, but this is really cool. Having been distantly curious about Epic way back when, I'm loving seeing it covered. A great video, as always. As for the question, I would love to see Crimson Fists, as depicted on the cover of the 3rd edition codex for Space Marines.
Anyone ever told you the way you move is very ASMR .
Minisodes Made Me Into 2nd Edition 40K And Acutual Made Me Make Papper models of Certain Units For the Ultramarines , Blood Angels , Tyranids And Choas Marines Really. And Hell 2nd Edition Is Probally My Favorite cause It Feels So Colorful And Creative And Sometimes Even Halarious ( With Some Vechiles Mind You ) And Hell I Say Minisodes And Miniscape Are the 2 Channels That Made Me A 2nd Edition Fanboy Ever Since Last Year And Just Like Ed Always Said " Happy Hobbying ! "
Greetings and Salutations! I dont actually play Epic but rather 40k, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Back in the day I bought a metal Epic Baneblade and the box including the Ork Stomper because I wanted to scratchbuild them for 40k. I now have The Baneblade but not the Ork Stompa kit. I might get around to building a Stomper eventually. All the best, Billi
Can't go wrong with your videos always great to watch. (Doing two companies of Epic Blood Angels myself at the moment.)
This tickled all my nostalgia bones!
I've been painting some 6mm chaos stuff recently, really enjoy painting at this scale, quick and fun!
That Thunderhawk is such a precious baby
These are lovely models and what a wonderful job you’ve done with them
It's a tiny space marines we got here for sure
That's Epic! Sorry... Can't wait to see how you incorporate this army into the narrative of your engrossing and highly entertaining campaign. I'm glad you started a Patreon, considering the time and effort it takes to produce content of this quality. It's like White Dwarf of old, but in video.
WHAT A SATURDAY TREAT!
Contrast was definitely the way to go, looks great mate! Tempted to do this for my Dark Angels.
These are terrific! Thanks for sharing such great eye candy! ~ Gordon
Ah man, I love a bit of epic!
I know they don't have much for legendary companies, but I'd love to see how you'd tackle a raven guard army in epic scale!
Always a good day whenever you post ❤
Now that's Epic (I'll see myself out)
Another incredible video. Love it!
What a great idea. Looks amazing. 👍
That diorama at the start is amazing!
Literally Epic ❤
I always enjoyed epic battle reports it’s a shame they discontinued it.
Fantastic, Thank you
Love your vids, Ed. I'd love to see you paint up a Dark Angel or two sometime
Great video would love to see you paint the remainders as either the sons of Medusa or the knights of blood
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Beautiful work! Love it
Great video, loved seeing this come together! :)
Keeping with the Armageddon theme. Grimaldus' Black Templars at Helsreach might be cool? Plus you can add titan support then too
Your voice is so good for this!
Wow. Love it. 🤗
class, love og marines
Outstanding work!
Hi, I have the same project but I'm half way thru. Great scale to paint fast and great setting to play. I did the same choice for the bases but chose round ones.
Amazing as always
Verdant !!!! made me laugh :)
Awesome force!
Awesome mate!
Great project!
Excuse the pun but this is EPIC!!!! Well done 👍
As someone who paints a lot of small scale miniatures, its a lot easier to paint and base the figures of you glue the individual marines to a popsicle stick first, woth just a dab of PVA glue. That way nothing is blocking the different angles.
Great work!!
Dark Angels 3rd company. Their symbol is just a diagonal red line on the knee, and I feel like trying for smaller details would be interesting
Great. Now I have go go buy epic stuff
Painting Epic miniatures was super easy back in the 1990's, just leave them on their sprues and grab the right can of spray paint, for Ulthwe Eldar a good can of black spray paint for Blood Angels a can of red would work. Then spray them and then cut them off of their sprues and put them on their bases and touch up the helmets, weapons and whatever else. Love playing Epic but then GW kill it off did not stop me from building up my armies so now I have 15,000 - 18,000 points of Eldar, Dark Angels, Orks, Squats and Imperial Guard.
Armageddon dunes seems to work best if you dry brush it back up. I usually slather tyrant skull on.
It’s funny that my most detailed paint jobs are this scale.
So cool
Really cool video
What a dream :D
All i can hear is the worlds tiniest "for the emperor" when you showed the mini next to a rule
Wonderful and impressive display of Blood Angels! Wonderful as well, there is *NO* modern-day identity politics, no vile wokery, just pure 40k goodness as it should be! 😊
Sweet vid
I’d be too scared to try and trim those mold lines 😅
Amazing stuff! As for extra marines, what about the legion of the damned?🤔
Amazing job, though slightly disappointed you went for the new fangled fancy Thunderhawk rather than the original flying shoe box which I have 2 of.
coooool
Epic: best game❤❤❤
This is epic 🗿
Lamenters :)
Nicely done. The only thing I would have done different was to base them on the long Epic Armageddon bases. Epic Armageddon was probably the best ruleset GW came out with and is vastly superior then anything they have out today.
Yes! Aesthetically I never really like the strips, but it does make them easier to paint.
Agreed. Solid decision making the whole way though, worth playing every turn.
The thumbnail could be a poster
Dude's finna resurrect Battlefleet Gothic next.
Or Space Fleet!
Siiiick