eBay Miniature Rescues is back again with another video, and this time he’s talking about his favorite new way to play, Pocket Hammer!
eBay Miniature Rescues is a unique channel that shows you how to take beat-up, damaged minis, and restore them to their fullest potential! It’s a relatively new channel on YouTube and it’s super fun to watch what Casey is able to do with some once hopeless miniatures. Be sure to check out all his stuff here!
This week, he’s talking about his favorite new way to play Warhammer on a much, much smaller scale! If you don’t feel like spending a ton or just something new, this might be for you.
Pocket Hammer: eBay Miniature Rescues
Forest Dragon Minis have a monthly Patreon that prints out 10mm armies. Casey wanted to play a small version of Warhammer that actually uses the same rules you can find in the AoS 3.0 rule books.
Whereas you could play another game, he just wanted a smaller scale, so it’s cheaper, easier to play on smaller surfaces, transport, and easier to paint. So, you can grab the 3D STL files from them, or type the same thing into eBay and find a ton of armies. However, there are some problems to solve to be able to do this.
Problem #1: Finding Minis That Make Sense
Thanks to Forest Dragon Minis, this problem is pretty much solved. While you may have to proxy some stuff, as they are a little more Warhammer Fantasy style. All the minis are pre-supported, but a none supported model is available as well.
Problem #2: Scale
There are plenty of awesome files out there that you can just scale down. There are plenty that of Warhammer-inspired figures out there that you can just scale down and print on your own if you don’t want to proxy as much. Remember, he went originally 10mm here, so it’s really, really small.
To fix that, he scaled everything up to 15mm, this makes them stable enough for them to not fall over and make the game easier. Converting the game to the size is really easy. Basically, take everything that’s in inches, and make those centimeters. The scale almost works out perfectly.
Problem #3 Portability
Let’s first look at the armies, then figure out how he transports them. He printed out two full 2,000 point armies, one for Sylvaneth and one for Soulblight Gravelords.
For painting, he took inspiration from the box art for Cursed City. Where you just prime them black and then once the primer was dry, he did a big drybrush of white over every mini. This was time-consuming but worth it in the end. For the vampires, he then came with a red from the side and finished them off with a light white drybrush. For the Sylvaneth, he did the same thing but with green.
Finally, to transport them, he went with a sweet TMNT lunch box! In the end, he’ll probably go with a tackle box that will be more useful in the long term.
Playing a Game
It really feels like playing a game of AoS. Even at this size, it looks pretty epic on the tabletop. It’s not the exact same, but being able to pull out a pencil box and play a game of Warhammer, it’s pretty amazing. Plus, printing out an entire army feels pretty good.
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
