The man, the myth, the legend.

Horus vs the Emperor, this man is a legend for that alone

LEGEND. Mike´s work is the reason why I started painting warhammer miniatures in 1992.

This man has probably inspired more people to get into the hobby than anyone else. Absolute lgend!

Lotta GW gamers might not know who he is now, but this man's work brought colour to so many of our childhoods, gave us a standard to aspire to, and brought the world of Warhammer to life. o7

I started on my GW journey right at the start of 1987. Hearing McVey and others talk is like rediscovering a beloved book from my childhood.

Those early swooping hawks always struck me as incredibly graceful.

Seeing them painted in pictures back in the day really made me go "WOW!"

In fact, they still do.

Mr Eavy Metal himself 👍

From pouring my first ever miniatures from molten lead into Prince August molds in my kitchen as a 9 year old in the 1980s.........all the way up to my own career as a miniature sculptor....Mike was always a massive influence and inspiration along the way. Thanks for all those golden years of GW back in that magical era of the hobby🤘And yes, later generations, 9 years olds handling molten lead unattended in your Mother's kitchen was not unusual in the 1980s... 😂
If only the company could have been frozen in time in the 1990s and avoided the inevitable creative decline through corporatisation that has since occurred. What an incredible legacy all these lads left behind them.

This guy was a god to me back in the early 90s. I still remember meeting him in 91 (I had gotten to the grand finals of Golden Demon, I still have my little badge!! Sadly I didn't win)...he was very patient with me, very shy. I asked him why he never smiled in his pictures and he said 'I don't like cameras'. He showed me what type of brushes he used so I could improve (Windsor and Newton Series 7). I'll never forget that day, he was sat next to Tim Prow and a few others. I got to chat to Jes Goodwin that day too.
I got too close to an original painting because I was studying the brush-stroke only to have Jarvis Johnson bollock me haha, sorry Jarvis if you're reading this.
I turn 50 next week and I still read White Dwarf from this era, it's still a part of my life. Thank you for this video, it's an absolute joy to watch

Mike's Green Knight is still one of my favourite painted miniatures

mike was hugely influential in my hobby journey, kindly gave me and my friend copies of both of his books around 1996 via his sister who was our pottery teacher at the time. the hours I spent digesting every page of those books still resonate with me today, also learning the names of different horse markings has never let me down 😅

Right at the end there - "I was always more of a fantasy guy... from reading Lord of the Rings when I was 15..." - and that's my childhood validated in one moment :)

Mike's dark reapers for 3.rd edition are the best incarnation of the unit in any edition. I will die on this hill.

Mike was my childhood hero, I used to spend hours just going through white dwarf looking at the models he painted, and I still remember when the Warhammer quest diorama was 1st shown, and it was surreal seeing it in the flesh last year when I went to Warhammer world for the 1st time

This is the video i've been waiting for. From my perspective as a 13 yr old on the late 80's Mike McVey was Games Workshop. Loved Mike McVeys work in those early WD issues. He set the tone for my own painting and his style still influences me to this day. Cant seem to shake those stripes and checks.

Nothing this man ever touched looked like it was painted in a day. His work was second to none. He is a legend.

Mike's 'Eavy Metal was cornerstone of my love of GW Hobby. I think everyone wanted to have his skills with paint

Mike is so humble about his sculpting skills. The eldar sculpts he did for 3rd edition still hold up so much. Absolute timeless. What an absolute legend.

Mike is a true legend of the hobby.