The Ugliest Miniatures in Warhammer History

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    With Games Workshop releasing the new Lumineth Realm Lords, we've been given yet another army to make fun of - the cow helmeted hammer elves. I think the models look great, albeit a bit funny. But it got me thinking - What are the ugliest miniatures in the history of Warhammer Miniatures? I did some digging and found quite a bit of miniatures that don't live up to the standard we've learned to expect from Games Workshop today.
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  • @SquidmarMiniatures
    @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 3 lety +42

    👑👑 I'm in the midst of releasing my dream miniature brush as well as some wonderfully sculpted miniature busts. It's something I'm really proud of and been working on for the better part of the last year. Late pledges are up and You can check it out here: www.squidmar.com/latepledge 👑👑

    • @tomfson8609
      @tomfson8609 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm going to buy one, and take care of it

    • @dantesandstrom4680
      @dantesandstrom4680 Před 3 lety +1

      @Allie Neesan
      First of all, that's awfully rude, and secondly, no it isn't!

    • @sageemerald7685
      @sageemerald7685 Před 3 lety +1

      You should have paid the guys on fiver to make you your ariel wifu mini that looks dope

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 Před 2 lety

      Has anyone seen the Great Clean One conversion?

    • @Beansmorgan88
      @Beansmorgan88 Před 2 lety

      You forgot the first plastic Seraphon run, those were the worst.

  • @Drashia08
    @Drashia08 Před 4 lety +751

    We'll need a top 20 best looking minis

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +89

      Agree!

    • @hostagegrenade743
      @hostagegrenade743 Před 4 lety +1

      True dat

    • @tobiaskuhl7237
      @tobiaskuhl7237 Před 4 lety +1

      Drashia blood bowl troll for sure!

    • @Tzeeensh
      @Tzeeensh Před 4 lety +22

      I'd say most of them will come from AOS. I can understand if people don't like the game, but boy, a crapload of aos models just look gorgeous.

    • @doomkingraye7692
      @doomkingraye7692 Před 4 lety +1

      New serasz will definetly make the list

  • @sabartadrel
    @sabartadrel Před 4 lety +389

    The screamer killer was a work of art.

    • @korpurkorpur9655
      @korpurkorpur9655 Před 4 lety +25

      Agree. There’s something special about its silhouette and design of the head. It’s really terrifying. .

    • @scott238colin
      @scott238colin Před 4 lety +22

      Agreed. Classic 90s tyranids were pretty unique looking (even thought they were basically alien rip offs)

    • @SamGlaze
      @SamGlaze Před 4 lety +3

      It was unusually thicc

    • @-Siculus-Hort-
      @-Siculus-Hort- Před 4 lety

      indeed.

    • @pwrlol
      @pwrlol Před 4 lety +5

      Yes it was funny, as for the panning shot of all the old dreadnaughts the Screamer Killer stood out as looking like the one that had aged the best!

  • @BlackMagicCraftOfficial
    @BlackMagicCraftOfficial Před 4 lety +168

    Shhhh. Nobody let Emil find out about old Ral Partha minis.

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +33

      Oh I did a video on those already 😅

    • @marcraygun6290
      @marcraygun6290 Před 3 lety +2

      My ral partha chimera is one of my favourite mosels

    • @herculeholmes504
      @herculeholmes504 Před 3 lety +6

      Ral Partha are great, but their online catalogue to this day SUCKS. Always has, always will. You need a magnifier to see the images.

    • @chrisbuckley7630
      @chrisbuckley7630 Před 3 lety +4

      Ral Partha was great compared to some of the others on the market at the same time. Late 80s - Early 90s Grenadier, for example. Better than many of the same-time period GW sculpts.

    • @xxnoxx-xp5bl
      @xxnoxx-xp5bl Před 3 lety

      Old Nagash was great. People have no taste.

  • @Thomas-fk3xl
    @Thomas-fk3xl Před 4 lety +122

    Stop calling little carni ugly. He's doing his very best

  • @miniaturecollector7345
    @miniaturecollector7345 Před 4 lety +224

    Dude, that Daemon Prince still look solid.

    • @cn.st.182
      @cn.st.182 Před 4 lety +32

      Dankmunda the nurgle one? absolutely agree, really cool model.

    • @rakelodakel
      @rakelodakel Před 4 lety +44

      I also like it. I feel like a lot of these were supposed to be ugly, I mean, its a demon prince of Nurgle. I guess I have a lot of nostalgic love for that mini too, but I honestly think the plastic demon prince kit is waaaaay worse.

    • @KAKudrin
      @KAKudrin Před 4 lety +8

      Somehow, the Nurgle DP is on the list, but awful FB/AOS "minotaurs@ isn't.

    • @NotChaosCultist
      @NotChaosCultist Před 4 lety +1

      At first I thought it was ugly and goofy looking, but now I have one and I love it!

    • @wellpaintedstudios
      @wellpaintedstudios Před 4 lety +6

      I think that the old chaos Marine Daemon prince was a better sculpt the the new plastic kit out now. they jumped to far from what people are interested in and what is better for children hobbyist

  • @philipmarquette2808
    @philipmarquette2808 Před 4 lety +35

    I can just hear that Sister shouting NO CAPES!

  • @ksilk4224
    @ksilk4224 Před 4 lety +56

    Is it bad that nagash was my first “big” miniature as a kid.. I remember sitting with super glue holding the model together for ages,, just to find I had glued my finger to the metal lol

    • @redstonecasey4713
      @redstonecasey4713 Před 4 lety +10

      K Silk
      "If you're getting frustrated, you should put it down!"
      "I CAN'T put it down, that's the issue!"

    • @-Markus-
      @-Markus- Před 4 lety +1

      Not at all, Nagash is love! That old bastard of a model is great!

    • @gunnarsoderhielm3425
      @gunnarsoderhielm3425 Před 3 lety +4

      The true pain of using super glue is realising that your fingers are stuck to the model and if you try to pull them off you will break it again

  • @Kaptinark
    @Kaptinark Před 4 lety +178

    10:50 I completely disagree with you, that model's appearance is fitting for what it represents and has aged well. The other Nurgle model is also not too bad.

    • @TheOneStooge
      @TheOneStooge Před 4 lety +13

      Yea, gotta disagree there. The Nurgle Daemon Prince is a classic and STILL is better than the current Prince model despite it's age.

    • @tigersympathiser2265
      @tigersympathiser2265 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheOneStooge I mean they're different things aesthetically, the current Prince is objectively less dated and easier to customize whereas the older Nurgle one only works because it's nurgle. Just because it's a classic doesn't neccescarily make them better than the mediocre/average counterparts.

    • @Karloss00
      @Karloss00 Před 3 lety

      It's better then the plastic one that looks like it was ripped out of a Saturday morning cartoon.

    • @andromidius
      @andromidius Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah its ugly - because its meant to be ugly. You don't want a pretty Nurgle daemon!

    • @Beansmorgan88
      @Beansmorgan88 Před 2 lety +1

      I agree, miss on that one. Nurgle Demon prince rocks. I made a Captain Spaulding out of that model, so many cool creepy details you can play with, does not deserve to be here. Especially when the 1990's plastic Saurus models exist, sorry to be repetitive, but those were really really really crappy looking, how did they not make the list?

  • @jcsminiatures366
    @jcsminiatures366 Před 4 lety +192

    Very surprised to find the Dark Elf dragon on here. I think its a perfect sculpt of a truly vile and evil dragon.
    In any case... thanks for an entertaining video! 😃

    • @chrispalumbo5556
      @chrispalumbo5556 Před 4 lety +13

      Yeah, I thought the dragon looked pretty good too.

    • @corkey2077
      @corkey2077 Před 4 lety +4

      I have the dragon and yes the dragon is very cool but both the riders are ugly as hell

    • @michaellenczuk7289
      @michaellenczuk7289 Před 4 lety +2

      I thought the same thing as a lot of dragon heads are done terrible and I thought this was done very well. And then I rewinded and saw the teeth. It's the only thing I can think of that could trigger people. And then it started to annoy me too. So I think if I had the model I would attempt to file them down so that they'd be smaller. But the thing is with all these miniatures they use exaggerated features and something like teeth are one of those spots that might have that. But ugliest is always going to be subjective.

    • @wisdomfpv1499
      @wisdomfpv1499 Před 4 lety +2

      i cant unsee how huge the teeth are and how they wouldnt fit in its mouth

    • @isfanyartheaccursed1617
      @isfanyartheaccursed1617 Před 4 lety +1

      love that dragon too! Noxious breath will do a number on those teeth and everyone's.

  • @RobDP1981
    @RobDP1981 Před 4 lety +284

    I've actually always liked the old carnefex, granted the new ones are better.

    • @richjohn2497
      @richjohn2497 Před 4 lety +7

      Me too, classic model.

    • @gauntiful
      @gauntiful Před 4 lety +8

      The original carnifex was awesome, the next carnifex was bad, and then the plastic carnifex was the top epicness.

    • @thatryanguy
      @thatryanguy Před 4 lety +2

      Way better than the linebacker they came out with after it.

    • @dootingjunkie115
      @dootingjunkie115 Před 4 lety +4

      I actually do have a old Carnifex.

    • @andrewnolte2593
      @andrewnolte2593 Před 4 lety +4

      I think part of the problem is the gaudy paint style that was in vogue back then. I wonder what it would look like with a more modern paint scheme.

  • @romanschaal1207
    @romanschaal1207 Před 3 lety +11

    The Genestealer Patriarch mini is not ugly! It was actually pretty awesome when you were playing the first Space Hulk with the Genestealer Expansion in the Final Assault Mission. I always loved the idea that he is sitting in his throne room sending out his minions against the Space Marines... But admittedly on a 40k Battlefield the new Models are much cooler!

  • @Ophidia_Lore
    @Ophidia_Lore Před 4 lety +63

    I actually like the biovore. I find it kind of funny in that, like “dumpy bulldog” sort of way

    • @nicholassinnett2958
      @nicholassinnett2958 Před 4 lety +9

      Also worth remembering that its face was meant to hint at Bivores being Ork DNA hybrids.

    • @mykomatos5445
      @mykomatos5445 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah he isn't ugly, just weird but in a good way
      I don't own one yet but I definitely will

    • @Andyp12
      @Andyp12 Před 4 lety +6

      @@nicholassinnett2958 And that fluff bit fits really well with the fungoid nature of the Orks, after all it fires....err...spores.

    • @nicholassinnett2958
      @nicholassinnett2958 Před 4 lety +3

      ​@@Andyp12 I've been collecting 40K for 18 years, and I only just made the Ork spores-spore mine connection now that you pointed it out. Damn it.

    • @GypsyComet
      @GypsyComet Před 2 lety

      The current Biovore is odd, but the original Biovore is genuinely bad.

  • @ezpz90
    @ezpz90 Před 4 lety +203

    WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BIOMASS IN THE 80'S OK!! *ANGRY BUG NOISES*

    • @Jathom
      @Jathom Před 4 lety +7

      So the 'nids were still cultivating mass? Like Mac on Always Sunny?

    • @aBoogivogi
      @aBoogivogi Před 4 lety +1

      What came first. The good looking models or WC3 Zerg? Because it's pretty obvious that the later models are if nothing else a bit inspired by them. Would be kinda nice if that's the case considering I have read something about Warcraft starting out as a project for GW and then ending up as it's own IP because they had some kind of disagreement and broke off their deal.

    • @battlez9577
      @battlez9577 Před 4 lety

      @@aBoogivogi good looking models, tyranid warriors precede wc3, along with gaunts which set the 5 edge, which would be followed by the trygon and others

    • @thomassaxon8254
      @thomassaxon8254 Před 4 lety +1

      @@aBoogivogi the basic look of Tyranids which zerg copied came out in late 2nd and very early 3rd. Before the zerg were a thing.

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 4 lety

      ​@@battlez9577 What's the 5 edge?

  • @insanemang9983
    @insanemang9983 Před 4 lety +52

    The fulgrim model is just a "why?" type moment. It looks like a gummy worm with arms and wings.

    • @biikuajet
      @biikuajet Před 4 lety +1

      I like your avatar.
      It is beautiful.

    • @insanemang9983
      @insanemang9983 Před 4 lety

      @@biikuajet i too like your avatar. It is wholesome.

    • @armag3ddon
      @armag3ddon Před 4 lety +1

      Oh wow. Look up Tomb King Sepulchral Stalkers and you'll know where they recycled that body from.

    • @korpurkorpur9655
      @korpurkorpur9655 Před 4 lety

      Aren’t you talking about a conversion now? The one made by Helge.

    • @terratheterribl
      @terratheterribl Před 4 lety

      I like both of your profiles. Maybe turn on the lights next time you take the pic though.

  • @tommelom2
    @tommelom2 Před 4 lety +59

    You left out the worst of the worst: The last metal possessed chaos space marine gw released. Just completly terrible!! Rogue trader dreadnoght rocks, though. You´re terrible for thinking it´s terrible:P

  • @christophreisinger7920
    @christophreisinger7920 Před 4 lety +5

    That Nagash model is still so very cool.
    I did paint every single undead miniature, but did not dare to touch Nagash with a brush as I feared to ruin him. I was so proud when I got him

  • @OrangeRustyMetal
    @OrangeRustyMetal Před 4 lety +11

    My favorites are Khorne Berszerkers.
    I liked how intuitive and easy they were to paint.
    "Just slab some red paint across the mini, add some gold to the trims and drop some steel onto the weapons. Voila! Now go ask for a Golden Demon, kid!"
    Never glued the sergeant head though: in 2004 painting faces was too much for me.

  • @ArkhanTheBlack
    @ArkhanTheBlack Před 4 lety +76

    I still love old Nagash, and i will deny every evidence about how bad he looks :D
    I remember i left him as the last mini of the army to paint because i wanted to give him the best paintjob i could

    • @Beaut_Beau
      @Beaut_Beau Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah man, i feel like i spent FOREVER painting my old Nagash model, i still think he's a classic and boy did he scare opponents on the battlefield lol

    • @idodaisuke4285
      @idodaisuke4285 Před 4 lety +2

      couldn't get the old nagah back in time... got it a few month ago for a couple euros... i'm so glad i get to paint this ugly charismatic mini... also planning to play the old 4th edition just for him... ;)

    • @soddof7972
      @soddof7972 Před 4 lety

      My mate played Dark Elves his comment to ugly Nagash was "at least you got your supreme leader"

  • @mikey17091986
    @mikey17091986 Před 4 lety +4

    Screamer killer is an amazing figure.

  • @TheOverseer303
    @TheOverseer303 Před 3 lety +7

    The Ork Cheerleader is amazing! Absolutely needed to be just like that.

  • @ericnicklas1512
    @ericnicklas1512 Před 4 lety +19

    I always thought it was just me that thought the Ariel model was hideous. Was always a bummer because she was such a powerful character back then.

  • @cole445
    @cole445 Před 4 lety +90

    I'll be honest, the Nurgle Daemon Prince still holds up today, even with the paint-job of the time. I'm glad they're still selling it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

    • @KaiCalimatinus
      @KaiCalimatinus Před 3 lety +1

      I also love how James Swallow made the one from the debut battle report, that Eavy Metal painted one shown, from the Medusa V worldwide campaign canon in Flight of the Eisenstien by naming the traitor death guard captain Grulgor, that then attacks the ship when its lost in the warp. I think with him, the gross is not a bad sculpt, its exactly capturing the blergh of Nurgle

    • @little_hunt3r
      @little_hunt3r Před 3 lety +1

      I gotta agree. I really never understood why people weren't fond of it

    • @ArcaneAzmadi
      @ArcaneAzmadi Před 3 lety +4

      Criticising a Nugle model for being ugly is like criticising a honey macadamia pie for being sweet.

    • @Beansmorgan88
      @Beansmorgan88 Před 2 lety

      Dam right. Thank you Joe. Never been a big fan of the color GW uses for Nurgle armor but this model rules, If they take it down the better replace it with a dam cool one, otherwise i'll be mad AF all those cool little gorey details they put in are a horror movie fans wet dream. Not to mention great price compared to many of the other large models, IMO it's the best kit option for converting your own custom freakbeast. Edit: AAAnnnnnnnndddd I just talked myself into buying another one, lol I gotta stop watching youtube it's getting expensive.

    • @HenryC04
      @HenryC04 Před 2 lety

      yeah i just finished painting mine i love it

  • @TJM108
    @TJM108 Před 4 lety +61

    That Patriarch sculpt is awesome - like an alien mafia boss!

    • @battlez9577
      @battlez9577 Před 4 lety +4

      And you gotta be real brainwashed to think he's worthy of loyalty

    • @TJM108
      @TJM108 Před 4 lety +1

      @@battlez9577 totally :D

    • @whitecreamymilk8436
      @whitecreamymilk8436 Před 3 lety +2

      Yea i think it was actually perfect for the artstyle.

  • @nstalkie
    @nstalkie Před 4 lety +7

    In the blood bowl 2 videogame, you can select the orc cheerleaders ... seeing them animated and wiggling things will give you nightmares :)

  • @Nethezbet
    @Nethezbet Před 4 lety +8

    Dude, I still have that carnifex! How dare you!

  • @VonRichtburg
    @VonRichtburg Před 4 lety +10

    The old Genestealer Patriarch could make a nice base for a Nurgle daemon.

  • @karnog9379
    @karnog9379 Před 4 lety +21

    I love the Nurgle deamon prince WTF :D

  • @ste5f
    @ste5f Před 4 lety +80

    Have to disagree on the genestealer patriarch. I love that mini, the throne and the adviser. One of my favourite minis. Got pride of place in my display cabinet.

    • @redyellowpink01
      @redyellowpink01 Před 4 lety +5

      It's ugly but like intentionally and in a good way

    • @philipisbest
      @philipisbest Před 4 lety

      It’s such a funky looking model but great at the same time. Shame about the price, I had to pay close to 100$ to get one with everything included.

    • @awesomebro649
      @awesomebro649 Před 4 lety

      Keep the throne and adviser but maybe replace the old patriarch with the new model but you will need to convert it

    • @RottenMechGaming
      @RottenMechGaming Před 3 lety

      I am with you on that one. I think the face has charm and it's a big blob of a beast. I used to use one in Spacehulk but long since lost the model sadly.

    • @MorganThorgan
      @MorganThorgan Před 3 lety

      I totally agree! If you look at the description of the Patriarch from the 1980s he was described as an overweight grotesque creature. I feel like to make him pretty would have been an injustice. The new Patriarch while being hundreds of times better in terms of the sculp just doesnt look grotesque enough for me.

  • @harrykeeling2964
    @harrykeeling2964 Před 4 lety +4

    Dude's got such a good 'to camera' persona. Chilled, friendly, articulate.

  • @stevewagstaff7250
    @stevewagstaff7250 Před 4 lety +19

    You seem to be missing some of the Inquisitor minis, as the sculpt quality varied hugely between the characters. Some got amazing sculpts and others were terrible, the assassins were great, as was Eisenhorn. Others were just terrible.
    I love the story about Nagash, they pushed that mini out early and even the sculptor said he had originally had another couple of months to finish working on it but they just took that version from his area and made it.

    • @rakelodakel
      @rakelodakel Před 4 lety +1

      There's also an unreleased head variant that looks more like the art, as I understand it the head we got replaced the original to make him more cartoony for some reason.

    • @gjoenge
      @gjoenge Před 4 lety +1

      @@rakelodakel Actually a head ressembling the old artwork would be a major improvement on that model. It really is the head that is bugging me about that miniature.

  • @1dwkjr
    @1dwkjr Před 4 lety +37

    80s Genestealer models were practically lifted straight out of the TMNT comic. They freaking rule.

    • @BbBb-zx6sx
      @BbBb-zx6sx Před 4 lety

      Dire Wraiths fromRom Space Knight and the Alien from Aliens.

    • @vegalacerda6097
      @vegalacerda6097 Před 3 lety

      Ymgarl genestealer ftw!

  • @polish_soap2360
    @polish_soap2360 Před 4 lety +2

    Imagine coming into the room and seeing your father with a horse mask and cooking tools taped to it.

  • @steve101968
    @steve101968 Před 4 lety +10

    The necromunda bounty hunter was also a rogue Psycher, One of my favourite models I ever bought. He came as a two pack and the other chap was really good
    .

  • @sonnytubbs2536
    @sonnytubbs2536 Před 4 lety +9

    Love the screamer killer so much. He brought me in the hobby.

  • @Haggispk
    @Haggispk Před 3 lety +3

    The Nurgle Demon Prince is just big Papa Nurgle energy. Totally fits the theme.

  • @rasvahn9748
    @rasvahn9748 Před 4 lety +54

    "The best thing about Heroquest is the miniatures! Made in the Glory Days before Gamesworshop were destroyed from within...There is not an inch of pretentious overcomplexity about them, any man can tell what they are from 500 yards away, and I know this cos I've tested it with a team of Russian, ex-Soviet scientists!" -BardicBroadcasts

  • @SquidmarMiniatures
    @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +138

    Waasaaaa everyone, i'd love yo hear your favorite ugly mini in the history of GW is! There are so many wonderfully funky models out there!

    • @loupiscanis9449
      @loupiscanis9449 Před 4 lety +7

      Ugly is in the eye of the beholder , oh and BTW i have a Space-wolf force (in the 100s of pieces) and it is from the Rouge trader time , So Squid , Stop dissing my force you child ! ;-) .

    • @lucabastianello9830
      @lucabastianello9830 Před 4 lety

      I should make a video about it too ahahahaah
      Anyway nothing beat the Wight king on sheketon horse.
      Or the old Isabella Von Drak
      Or the Seraphon Naggaronts for actual saurus knights... So awful...

    • @john-rossmorland
      @john-rossmorland Před 4 lety +1

      For me it is old Nagash so that's covered.

    • @joethomas5528
      @joethomas5528 Před 4 lety

      trajann valoris. full stop.
      i think custodians are damn ugly, uglier than the old tyranids from the old space hulk
      and also the old dialogus looks like an angry teacher critising the F- an inquisitor got

    • @joethomas5528
      @joethomas5528 Před 4 lety +1

      also i love the lumineth realmlord hat
      13:55 ah yes, twig man who looks like he has been flushed down a toilet several times

  • @Grendelnz
    @Grendelnz Před 4 lety +20

    the screamer killer was an amazing model for the time, certainly compared to those metal warrior models. but you missed the ugliest tyranid model, the first metal tyrant guard, woof. The Genestealer patriarch was awesome as well, he was bloated with power which is why he looked like that. While i agree with you on Arielle, you have to remember that most of the stuff from the 80s was actually amazing compared to what else was out there. i remember being enthralled by those models becuase compared to the basic D&D minis they were masters. Very glad you added Nagash, that one is the worst.

  • @GutterWizard27
    @GutterWizard27 Před 3 lety +2

    As someone who is a full Lumineth player, I really like how the alarith stoneguard look, their helmets show off their cool lore and the aetherquartz gems in their armor is a really nice touch. Their weapons also look really cool too.

  • @FollowingGhost
    @FollowingGhost Před 4 lety +1

    I used to paint professionally and competitively, wrote for several magazines and had a huge collection on minis from the mid 70s forward. Later I worked in TV and music as a prop builder and prop master and built for museums, the military and private collections. The difference between those early 70s and mid 90s is like the difference between the 80s and 90s and now. I played 40K when you had the 4 books, one for each faction plus the rules for the Imperium, ah the good old days reeking havoc with a 40,000 point army to choose from. Love seeing the minis today and still enjoy the 40K lore and books. Enjoy watching you young guns keeping it going.

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +1

      That's awesome, OG warhammer player. I was just born at that time out came out. Such a rich history.

    • @FollowingGhost
      @FollowingGhost Před 4 lety

      @@SquidmarMiniatures thanks for the reply. Yep OG lol and proud of it. Me and a friend were the guys people would travel to the game store where we played just to challenge us. You still played the long way on an 8 foot table so movement and strategy meant more. But the painting was so much fun I would buy collections just to repaint them to follow the lore of the Horus Heresy and the Black Hands. I just retired as a professional model builder building large models for companies and the military. Great to be able to do but nothing like painting minis and building terrain.

  • @WePaintMinis
    @WePaintMinis Před 4 lety +6

    I really like the new Lumineth models, Cows and all. Haha.

  • @Newjourney14
    @Newjourney14 Před 4 lety +5

    2nd ed carnifex is one of my fav of all time, taste is subjective

  • @TheRewasder97
    @TheRewasder97 Před 4 lety +2

    A few year back, I had a friend starting in painting that wanted to paint gandalf. He didn't knew that you have to thin your paints, so the result was something we called Gandalf the (way too) Grey

  • @screggyn7776
    @screggyn7776 Před 3 lety +1

    Original Ariel is terrifying. But I think I find her endearing because she reminds me of my aunt.

  • @kaijupredator4063
    @kaijupredator4063 Před 4 lety +6

    I actually own some of the Female Space Marines (in lead) buried in my storage unit somewhere...
    As a Tyranid player I'd love to have some of those old Screamer Killer Carnifexes! Look at them, they just wanna HUG YOU! 🤗

    • @GypsyComet
      @GypsyComet Před 2 lety

      The RT Female "Marines" are 1980s, and predated the entire shift to pewter in the 90s.

    • @kaijupredator4063
      @kaijupredator4063 Před 2 lety

      @@GypsyComet yeah a friend from Chicago and I got some from GW mail order back when you could still get old sculpts. I have a few of both poses.

  • @JonBoy79
    @JonBoy79 Před 4 lety +3

    Hey! You leave the Cuddle-Fex alone! All he wants is love!!!

  • @bzacrack6342
    @bzacrack6342 Před 3 lety +2

    The Genestealer Patriarch is beatiful. Love it :D

  • @jonathantheslow
    @jonathantheslow Před 3 lety +1

    The Nurgle Daemon Prince is absolutely great. It’s supposed to be a bloated corpse of a Daemon. I personally love it.

  • @axo4383
    @axo4383 Před 4 lety +3

    When the year was in 2001 i was 12 collecting Tyranids through 3-4 gen.
    Now in 2020 im 27 seeing that ancient uselesss Biovore (Yes no one used Biovores they were shit) and Old Eye and Red Terror just makes me cry interally for mercy for them.
    GW please it's literally been over 20 years for these.

  • @G_Phunk_
    @G_Phunk_ Před 4 lety +4

    I used to love that Nagash as a kid 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @marcusgingell3585
    @marcusgingell3585 Před 4 lety +1

    Sometimes your imagination fills in the blanks, it’s not until years later when you look with fresh eyes that you can see all the flaws

  • @Kukrapoth
    @Kukrapoth Před 4 lety +1

    Came here for the peanut dreadnought, was not disappointed.

  • @meditationsanddimensions542

    People must understand that those miniatures were sculpted by hand, not by 3D softwares. This is why they were imprecise, "weid", and had a bunch of proportions errors. But they were lovely anyway. Today, the miniatures are created with the use of 3D modeling softwares, this is why they look so precise. Imagine, at that time, they had to manually sculpt each spacemarine pose, all from scratch. Now, instead, they can create the model, rig it, and the put the guy in the desired pose. You will not see errors and the proportions are perfectly the same.

    • @zaganim3813
      @zaganim3813 Před 4 lety +1

      and still the greeks and romans built perfectly beautiful statues out of freaking marble. sure bigger scale but the lines are smooth and perfect. its just that the games workshop sculpters werent really masters of their craft. but they still created something lovable :) which is warhammer

    • @Andyp12
      @Andyp12 Před 4 lety

      Although you could compare it to something like Mierce Miniatures, where some are sculpted with 3D but a great many are still done using the old-fashioned methods.

  • @TheHobbyGrotto
    @TheHobbyGrotto Před 4 lety +18

    Hah! I like that old Nagash, I want to pick one up and put it on a nice big round base for my Age of Sigmar games :p

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +4

      Me too 😬😂

    • @gjoenge
      @gjoenge Před 4 lety

      Maybe I should do it :) I know alot of player will go, what the hell is that?!? Only thing is that the base would have to be very scenic seeing how huge 130mm would be according to the actual model. But your idea have at least got me thinking here :)

  • @sonofsanguinius176
    @sonofsanguinius176 Před 3 lety +1

    1. termagaunts (who are literally xenomorphs with guns, yes very creative gw)
    2. basicly any ork or nurgle vehicle (although they are supposed to look ugly in their defense)
    3. and yes that screaming fanatic lady lol

  • @hotomatoe664
    @hotomatoe664 Před 3 lety +1

    Not agreeing on the screamer killer, love it :) would have loved to see a remodel on that particular strain though

  • @MrStatistx
    @MrStatistx Před 4 lety +3

    Haha, yeah I've seen the old dreadnaughts recently, cause there was a recommended video from someone comparing minis through the ages.

  • @MassimoCristofolini
    @MassimoCristofolini Před 4 lety +3

    They SURE need to update these berserker...

    • @zacbru
      @zacbru Před 4 lety

      Don't think they will since Forge World update kit is still available. Also World Eaters is a faction that is so easy to convert with Age of Sigmar models, that i don't know if GW would make much money from a new berserker kit.
      Selling the current kit is kind of a scam for new players. Current berserkers require conversion to look as good as current Chaos SM kit.

  • @adamryder8377
    @adamryder8377 Před 4 lety +1

    I had that cheerleader ork when I was a kid. Ordered some mini's from GW but they were out of stock. They sent a credit note and a bag full of random minis, including that cheerleader ork. I had that dreadnought too. He was ace back in the day, although when the next generation of dreadnoughts came out, he got binned. The only model I still have from my old collection is a Catachan jungle fighter from the early 90s.

  • @AFnord
    @AFnord Před 4 lety +1

    I would give a honourable mention to the first generation of Chaos Space Marine Oblitterators. Those were not on the market for very long, and that's a good thing!

  • @robbath1
    @robbath1 Před 4 lety +22

    Perhaps it's just me, but so many of the GW miniatures released over the past 3 years or so have been horribly over-engineered. Sure, technically they are great, but there is too much detail, too many ornaments, leaving the miniatures uncustomisable and well, a bit like over-decorated Christmas trees. Perhaps it's just me, but I preferred the miniatures GW were producing a decade ago.

    • @tiredgardener
      @tiredgardener Před 4 lety +2

      This is what happens when the model is sculpt on a computer. GW minis have lost that spark of being sculpted by hand. Too perfect looking, and far too detailed.

    • @MuurarinEno
      @MuurarinEno Před 3 lety

      Niinpä! Most of the minis are a major pain in the ass to paint these days. And for me, painting is the least favourite part of the hobby.

  • @davidelrizzo
    @davidelrizzo Před 4 lety +5

    No way, the 2nd Ed Tyranids and Screamer Killer models are awesome!
    Agreed, though 3rd Ed metal Tyranids were total pieces of garbage

    • @GypsyComet
      @GypsyComet Před 2 lety

      The Angry Ant Warriors and the Grinners were both terrible in their own ways.

  • @tigersympathiser2265
    @tigersympathiser2265 Před 3 lety +2

    Seducers and that Sister Of Battle muppet make me feel deeply uncomfortable.
    Slaneesh? No, Nurgle approves. I despair

  • @CodenameNovacaine
    @CodenameNovacaine Před 3 lety +1

    How dare you! The Screamer Killer was a work of perfection. I still use three as a brood.

  • @flatheadgg2443
    @flatheadgg2443 Před 4 lety +6

    I actually highly prefer the old slaanesh fiends over the new ones they just looks perfect for what they are the new ones are fine but l am still upset they replaced it

    • @YanniCooper
      @YanniCooper Před 3 lety +1

      Weird, I'm the other way around... I love new one... though I do think the Diaz Daemonettes and Seekers were much better than the new sculpts.

  • @pedrobastos8132
    @pedrobastos8132 Před 4 lety +3

    You forgot to mention the egg shaped terminators from rogue trader, I mean, they remind me more of Humpty Dumpty than anything else.

    • @pedrobastos8132
      @pedrobastos8132 Před 4 lety

      @Epic the overly rounded shape of the model also adds a lot to it's goofiness, I mean, that suit of power armor looks more suited to one of the M&M's mascots than a human being.

  • @TheBiggreendot
    @TheBiggreendot Před 4 lety +2

    New tho this channel, love the content !
    Started back with my 40k army and painting again ✌🏻
    Cheers from belgium

  • @michagryc814
    @michagryc814 Před 4 lety +1

    I love Nagash "Batwing-crown" Lord of Undead.
    +
    I have him to this day... and like half of the box.

  • @notimetopaint
    @notimetopaint Před 4 lety +6

    Magnus the Red for epic was an interesting model but damn I love it

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +2

      Hahahhaha what is that 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @harrymann6479
      @harrymann6479 Před 4 lety +1

      @@SquidmarMiniatures www.google.com/search?q=magnus+the+red+epic+model&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS734US734&sxsrf=ALeKk01x1od6BoPZzP28OU1IQxm8BZSjaw:1587576374422&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzoefuxvzoAhURLs0KHRoDCZoQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1653&bih=771&dpr=1.13#imgrc=YzlHgRpNB_o4DM

    • @Grendelnz
      @Grendelnz Před 4 lety

      He was really good in the game, so i never cared what he looked like, better than some of the models from that game :)

    • @darthmortalitas242
      @darthmortalitas242 Před 4 lety

      @@harrymann6479 I liked the mortarion figure, that was cool

  • @ScratchBashing
    @ScratchBashing Před 4 lety +4

    6:56 Hey, at least the Chaos dreadnought is pretty g... wait...
    *is that a pp?*

  • @CoolRanchSociology
    @CoolRanchSociology Před 4 lety +1

    Would love to see a video of your best effort in painting some of these, in particular the old ones!

  • @architectofdreams73
    @architectofdreams73 Před 3 lety

    Lol, I used to have that Tyranid Carnifex in the thumbnail. I took some rubber cement, made it drip from its mouth, then used a glaze sealant to harden it, giving it the impression of it drooling. I also crafted some skulls and guts out of clay to put on the base, painted them appropriately.

  • @Emanuelmartins69
    @Emanuelmartins69 Před 4 lety +37

    in my view, the "sexy" slaves are the ugliest minis GW ever did

    • @Kaptinark
      @Kaptinark Před 4 lety +2

      It's amazing how long they were for sale on the GW website.

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Před 4 lety

      Kaptinark I Know, right?

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Před 4 lety

      Those were _grotesque!_

  • @Taladrane
    @Taladrane Před 4 lety +3

    I like the Red Terror :( Nids from the early 2000's are my nostalgia

  • @TheAutomedon
    @TheAutomedon Před 4 lety +2

    I think the new Lumineth realm models look amazing personally, I'm going to try an alternate color scheme but I love the idea of not the traditional elves. Hammer elves? lets go

  • @johntakacs9441
    @johntakacs9441 Před 3 lety +1

    Love the Screamer Killer! You crazy, Squidmar!

  • @fridaemmamadeleine
    @fridaemmamadeleine Před 4 lety +4

    Best cosplay ever! That cracked me up!

  • @joabthejavelin5119
    @joabthejavelin5119 Před 4 lety +7

    The old nagash is badass! I love that model.

  • @peterhoffmann502
    @peterhoffmann502 Před 4 lety +2

    Was so happy you said your praise for Nagash, I played undead back in the 90's and he was always one I wanted and never got. Nostalgia be damned I love him!!

  • @darthmortalitas242
    @darthmortalitas242 Před 4 lety +2

    No mention of the old Dark Eldar Archon? His head! His hand! just, just.....

  • @jamesedwards8175
    @jamesedwards8175 Před 4 lety +3

    I love it, but man the old T'au Orca is just a flying shoebox...

  • @thilistine
    @thilistine Před 4 lety +3

    It's nice "weather" out, has snow on the ground and looks like a nice winter day. *looks out my window* oh look its 81F and raining outside. . . freaking squidmar

  • @Novaoftheabyss
    @Novaoftheabyss Před 4 lety +1

    4:00 he is one chill tyranid

  • @samsowden
    @samsowden Před 4 lety +1

    I don't know how you can possibly expect a nurgle daemon to ever look pretty...

    • @morningstar2180
      @morningstar2180 Před 4 lety

      Do kinda feel like it's an expectation with them... XD

  • @impetigoguy3570
    @impetigoguy3570 Před 4 lety +5

    i´d take old wonky faced 80s/90s minis over those modern 3d sculpted abominations any day.

  • @Tzeeensh
    @Tzeeensh Před 4 lety +4

    I play against a dude very regularly who plays Cities of Sigmar with a witch on Black Dragon . Everytime we play against each other, I buff my King on Terrogheist like hell, and instantly deletes the Black Dragon just so the table can look somewhat decent without that ugly trash on the table.

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +1

      Looool

    • @titouiant
      @titouiant Před 4 lety +1

      So much hate.. I love it

    • @Tzeeensh
      @Tzeeensh Před 4 lety +1

      I'm not even kidding. Last game before Corona, his dragon took triple 6 on the gaping maw w/ gruesome bite (buffed by the Archregent with +3 attacks), 18 Mortal wonds in a single blow.

  • @ryanfurey5465
    @ryanfurey5465 Před 4 lety

    One thing that brought me back was the aquila painted on your case lol I did the same about 20 years ago in hawk turquoise over the years its chipped off giving a marble effect. Just brings back good memories

  • @Goblinovski
    @Goblinovski Před 4 lety

    Recently doscovered the channel and love it! Was looking thru but coudnt find any video with your armies, is there a video with your shelves?

  • @tonyirvingaudio
    @tonyirvingaudio Před 4 lety +4

    I love that old Nagash - in fact I love all those old mini's - except the dialogus, she was truly awful even when she came out (I bought it)

    • @SquidmarMiniatures
      @SquidmarMiniatures  Před 4 lety +2

      I love them too, but I'm also somewhat of a realist

    • @tonyirvingaudio
      @tonyirvingaudio Před 4 lety

      @@SquidmarMiniatures pah who cares as long as it's fun to paint

    • @jakea3950
      @jakea3950 Před 4 lety

      @@tonyirvingaudio you got nostalgia glasses in bud. They are ugly AF

  • @taylorashton2442
    @taylorashton2442 Před 4 lety +5

    12:46 the old sisters of battle mini looks like she's still upset hillary lost the election.

  • @mikehuffstetler2729
    @mikehuffstetler2729 Před 4 lety

    I've still got that Ariel mini, and a Catachan Heavy weapons team.
    I have so many old miniatures from the 80's-EARLY 2000's in my closet. I don't know what I'd do if I had some of the newer sculpts. Pretty much my entire space marine army is filled with 20+ year old figures.

  • @DocApoc
    @DocApoc Před 3 lety +1

    You forgot those daemonettes with giant claws!

  • @MyMiniCraft
    @MyMiniCraft Před 4 lety

    i just found you channel a few week by now, but i m watching like crazy, awsome videos.

  • @theactualduck
    @theactualduck Před 3 lety

    The first lizardmen looked quite funny too, like scaly little squares.

  • @songsteel00
    @songsteel00 Před 2 lety

    It's amazing how much better miniature sculptors have gotten in just the last few years. The skill cap is significantly higher that it was back in the day, even leaving all the digital sculpts aside.

  • @cynicaltigeruk4546
    @cynicaltigeruk4546 Před 4 lety

    Elves wearing horned helms? Clear this is dwarf envy, can't be helped that the pointy eared princess's want to be just as fearsome as a dwarf.

  • @Jixejo
    @Jixejo Před 3 lety

    there was a time on a tabletop once, our marooned squad of Imperials and Marines faced off against a rogue alien hive of tyramids and distorted goblins, can't say who won.

  • @Christacion
    @Christacion Před 4 lety +1

    Ok, but have you seen the salamander models for seraphon? Like seriously it looks like the grandma of a rotisserie chicken that was left out in the blazing sun for a tad bit too long.

  • @c3pcock
    @c3pcock Před 3 lety

    That ork cheerleader is probably my favourite miniature.