Episodes

My guest this month is the one and only Victoria Lamb, founder and owner of Victoria Miniatures! If you've had any kind of big kit-bashing project or love for a nostalgic and out-of-print Imperial Guard armies, you're almost certainly familiar with Victoria Miniature's expansive line of arms, guns, heads, and alternate body parts. Victoria was kind enough to speak to me about what all went into growing her small operation into the international hobby resource it's become. We talked about the cha...

My guest this month was professional painter and longtime hobbyist, Jeff Hall! Jeff has had a storied career in miniatures, having worked in events Games Workshop and currently as operations manager of Games and Stuff. These days he specializes in creating immersive tables for use in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPGs! Jeff shared some practical advice on dressing your own tables, building a versatile collection of dungeon terrain, and teased his upcoming book, The Tremendous Tome of Dec...

My guest this month was professional painter and longtime hobbyist, Jeff Hall! Jeff has had a storied career in miniatures, having worked in events Games Workshop and currently as operations manager of Games and Stuff. These days he specializes in creating immersive tables for use in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPGs! Jeff shared some practical advice on dressing your own tables, building a versatile collection of dungeon terrain, and teased his upcoming book, The Tremendous Tome of Dec...

My guest this month was professional painter and longtime hobbyist, Jeff Hall! Jeff has had a storied career in miniatures, having worked in events Games Workshop and currently as operations manager of Games and Stuff. These days he specializes in creating immersive tables for use in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPGs! Jeff shared some practical advice on dressing your own tables, building a versatile collection of dungeon terrain, and teased his upcoming book, The Tremendous Tome of Dec...

It was my great honor this month to speak with the one and only Andy Chambers! Since the early 90s, Andy's been designing some of the most beloved and genre-defying miniatures games, and he was kind enough to spend an hour talking about those experiences. Andy reminisced about his first projects at Games Workshop, what it was like developing Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition (and 3rd...and 4th...), as well as what went into the early days of Titan Legions, Necromunda, and his "magnificent octopus/mag...

It was my great honor this month to speak with the one and only Andy Chambers! Since the early 90s, Andy's been designing some of the most beloved and genre-defying miniatures games, and he was kind enough to spend an hour talking about those experiences. Andy reminisced about his first projects at Games Workshop, what it was like developing Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition (and 3rd...and 4th...), as well as what went into the early days of Titan Legions, Necromunda, and his "magnificent octopus/mag...

It was my great honor this month to speak with the one and only Andy Chambers! Since the early 90s, Andy's been designing some of the most beloved and genre-defying miniatures games, and he was kind enough to spend an hour talking about those experiences. Andy reminisced about his first projects at Games Workshop, what it was like developing Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition (and 3rd...and 4th...), as well as what went into the early days of Titan Legions, Necromunda, and his "magnificent octopus/mag...

My guest on this month's podcast is my old friend, and former co-worker, Ron Kruzie. Ron is the longtime Studio Director at Privateer Press, but these days I know him better as the person who runs the best looking miniatures event games I've ever played! I've played in a couple of Ron's games, and they're always incredible games that I find myself thinking about years later. Ron was kind enough to talk to me about what goes into creating beautiful and immersive wargaming tables without sacrifici...

My guest on this month's podcast is my old friend, and former co-worker, Ron Kruzie. Ron is the longtime Studio Director at Privateer Press, but these days I know him better as the person who runs the best looking miniatures event games I've ever played! I've played in a couple of Ron's games, and they're always incredible games that I find myself thinking about years later. Ron was kind enough to talk to me about what goes into creating beautiful and immersive wargaming tables without sacrifici...

My guest on this month's podcast is my old friend, and former co-worker, Ron Kruzie. Ron is the longtime Studio Director at Privateer Press, but these days I know him better as the person who runs the best looking miniatures event games I've ever played! I've played in a couple of Ron's games, and they're always incredible games that I find myself thinking about years later. Ron was kind enough to talk to me about what goes into creating beautiful and immersive wargaming tables without sacrifici...

The one and only Duncan "Two Thin Coats" Rhodes was kind enough to speak with me once more! When last we spoke in the winter of 2020 Duncan had just left his long-time position at Games Workshop to found his then-upcoming endeavor, the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy. Since then, the world has changed in many ways, but Duncan is still painting up a storm and has even launched his own line of miniatures paints on Kickstarter just last month. Duncan and I talked about what it's been like for him de...

The one and only Duncan "Two Thin Coats" Rhodes was kind enough to speak with me once more! When last we spoke in the winter of 2020 Duncan had just left his long-time position at Games Workshop to found his then-upcoming endeavor, the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy. Since then, the world has changed in many ways, but Duncan is still painting up a storm and has even launched his own line of miniatures paints on Kickstarter just last month. Duncan and I talked about what it's been like for him de...

The one and only Duncan "Two Thin Coats" Rhodes was kind enough to speak with me once more! When last we spoke in the winter of 2020 Duncan had just left his long-time position at Games Workshop to found his then-upcoming endeavor, the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy. Since then, the world has changed in many ways, but Duncan is still painting up a storm and has even launched his own line of miniatures paints on Kickstarter just last month. Duncan and I talked about what it's been like for him de...

My guest this month is my old friend, former co-worker, and former podcast co-host, William Hungerford. You may know him from his time at Privateer Press where he was Press Gang Quartermaster and then a leading game dev for many years on WARMACHINE, HORDES, Riot Quest, Monsterpocalypse, and other games! We spoke about his time at Privateer, his philosophy of game development, and about what he's up to now, working at Broken Anvil Miniatures on their upcoming game, Rivenstone! Follow Hungerford ...

My guest this month is my old friend, former co-worker, and former podcast co-host, William Hungerford. You may know him from his time at Privateer Press where he was Press Gang Quartermaster and then a leading game dev for many years on WARMACHINE, HORDES, Riot Quest, Monsterpocalypse, and other games! We spoke about his time at Privateer, his philosophy of game development, and about what he's up to now, working at Broken Anvil Miniatures on their upcoming game, Rivenstone! Follow Hungerford ...

My guest this month is my old friend, former co-worker, and former podcast co-host, William Hungerford. You may know him from his time at Privateer Press where he was Press Gang Quartermaster and then a leading game dev for many years on WARMACHINE, HORDES, Riot Quest, Monsterpocalypse, and other games! We spoke about his time at Privateer, his philosophy of game development, and about what he's up to now, working at Broken Anvil Miniatures on their upcoming game, Rivenstone! Follow Hungerford ...

This month I spoke with my old friend and fellow Union member, Ross Thompson! Over the course of his career Ross has become one of the pillars of the miniatures wargaming hobby and community. We talked about his time at companies like Privateer Press, CMoN, and the Op Games, before talking about community building, running conventions (like he did with KingdomCon) and generally swapped old war stories. As usual, this episode will be exclusive to brushwieldersunion.com members for a few days bef...

This month I spoke with my old friend and fellow Union member, Ross Thompson! Over the course of his career Ross has become one of the pillars of the miniatures wargaming hobby and community. We talked about his time at companies like Privateer Press, CMoN, and the Op Games, before talking about community building, running conventions (like he did with KingdomCon) and generally swapped old war stories. As usual, this episode will be exclusive to brushwieldersunion.com members for a few days bef...

This month I spoke with my old friend and fellow Union member, Ross Thompson! Over the course of his career Ross has become one of the pillars of the miniatures wargaming hobby and community. We talked about his time at companies like Privateer Press, CMoN, and the Op Games, before talking about community building, running conventions (like he did with KingdomCon) and generally swapped old war stories. As usual, this episode will be exclusive to brushwieldersunion.com members for a few days bef...

My guest this month was the one and only Meredith Placko, half of the team behind Turbo Dork! I first interviewed Greg De Stefano, the founder of Turbo Dork in one of the first BWU podcasts, back in August of 2019. Two years later, Turbo Dork has grown in every way possible, and Meredith had lots to say about that journey. We talked about the winding path that brought her from news media to miniatures hobby paints, the challenges the company has overcome, and she even dropped an exclusive tease ...

My guest this month was the one and only Meredith Placko, half of the team behind Turbo Dork! I first interviewed Greg De Stefano, the founder of Turbo Dork in one of the first BWU podcasts, back in August of 2019. Two years later, Turbo Dork has grown in every way possible, and Meredith had lots to say about that journey. We talked about the winding path that brought her from news media to miniatures hobby paints, the challenges the company has overcome, and she even dropped an exclusive tease ...

My guest this month was the one and only Meredith Placko, half of the team behind Turbo Dork! I first interviewed Greg De Stefano, the founder of Turbo Dork in one of the first BWU podcasts, back in August of 2019. Two years later, Turbo Dork has grown in every way possible, and Meredith had lots to say about that journey. We talked about the winding path that brought her from news media to miniatures hobby paints, the challenges the company has overcome, and she even dropped an exclusive tease ...

This month I spoke with my old friend and fellow BWU Member, Andrew Bailey. You might know Andrew from his days as Mod_Faultie on the Privateer Press forums but these days he's best known for his incredible kitbashing creations, focused on the Kroot of Warhammer 40,000 and one of the pillars of the #siegeofpech and #krootvasion communities on Instagram. We chatted about kitbashing, world building, and carving out a niche for yourself in an existing setting as he's done in 40k. Be sure to follow...

This month I spoke with my old friend and fellow BWU Member, Andrew Bailey. You might know Andrew from his days as Mod_Faultie on the Privateer Press forums but these days he's best known for his incredible kitbashing creations, focused on the Kroot of Warhammer 40,000 and one of the pillars of the #siegeofpech and #krootvasion communities on Instagram. We chatted about kitbashing, world building, and carving out a niche for yourself in an existing setting as he's done in 40k. Be sure to follow...