Episodes

This month I was fortunate enough to be joined by hobby legend, Duncan "Two Thin Coats" Rhodes! No matter what kind of figures you paint you're almost certainly familiar with Duncan's work over the past decade as the face of Warhammer's painting tutorials. Duncan recently struck out for new horizons and we spoke about his journey as a painter, what went into those incredibly helpful instructional videos at Games Workshop, and what the future holds for him, including the announcement of his upcom...

This month's BWU podcast was joined by a guest with a VERY successful hobby Kickstarter, that I know some of you are already backing. Dr. K is the man behind DropTop; a dropper top adapter for Citadel© model paints. DropTop has already exceeded its funding goal by 100% and is well on its way to becoming a reality later this year. Dr. K shared some thoughts on how he came to envision this project, and his own journey as a painter. He's been painting minis for less than a year but has been a fine...

This month's BWU podcast was joined by a guest with a VERY successful hobby Kickstarter, that I know some of you are already backing. Dr. K is the man behind DropTop; a dropper top adapter for Citadel© model paints. DropTop has already exceeded its funding goal by 100% and is well on its way to becoming a reality later this year. Dr. K shared some thoughts on how he came to envision this project, and his own journey as a painter. He's been painting minis for less than a year but has been a fine...

This month's BWU podcast was joined by a guest with a VERY successful hobby Kickstarter, that I know some of you are already backing. Dr. K is the man behind DropTop; a dropper top adapter for Citadel© model paints. DropTop has already exceeded its funding goal by 100% and is well on its way to becoming a reality later this year. Dr. K shared some thoughts on how he came to envision this project, and his own journey as a painter. He's been painting minis for less than a year but has been a fine...

In this episode I spoke with Chris Suhre, a competitive painter with roots in army painting who has become an accomplished specialist in diorama work. He has placed at such competitions as Crystal Brush, Privateer Press P3, Gen Con, Massive Voodoo in-line, and others. Chris has his roots in painting armies for competitive play and discussed his journey from army painting to dioramas. He shares some excellent tips for diorama work and presentation in general. Below are images of the three pieces ...

In this episode I spoke with Chris Suhre, a competitive painter with roots in army painting who has become an accomplished specialist in diorama work. He has placed at such competitions as Crystal Brush, Privateer Press P3, Gen Con, Massive Voodoo in-line, and others. Chris has his roots in painting armies for competitive play and discussed his journey from army painting to dioramas. He shares some excellent tips for diorama work and presentation in general. Below are images of the three pieces ...

In this episode I spoke with Chris Suhre, a competitive painter with roots in army painting who has become an accomplished specialist in diorama work. He has placed at such competitions as Crystal Brush, Privateer Press P3, Gen Con, Massive Voodoo in-line, and others. Chris has his roots in painting armies for competitive play and discussed his journey from army painting to dioramas. He shares some excellent tips for diorama work and presentation in general. Below are images of the three pieces ...

This month I got to speak with award winning painter, Erik Swinson. Erik's won numerous awards, including the coveted Lock & Load Grandmaster and was kind enough to spend some time talking to me about his approach to painting, particularly about non-metallic metals, painting shadows, and his thoughts on how every painter needs to define their own "tabletop standard." Follow Erik on Instagram and if you're going to Adepticon consider signing up for his intensive day-long non-metallic metals clas...

This month I got to speak with award winning painter, Erik Swinson. Erik's won numerous awards, including the coveted Lock & Load Grandmaster and was kind enough to spend some time talking to me about his approach to painting, particularly about non-metallic metals, painting shadows, and his thoughts on how every painter needs to define their own "tabletop standard." Follow Erik on Instagram and if you're going to Adepticon consider signing up for his intensive day-long non-metallic metals clas...

This month I got to speak with award winning painter, Erik Swinson. Erik's won numerous awards, including the coveted Lock & Load Grandmaster and was kind enough to spend some time talking to me about his approach to painting, particularly about non-metallic metals, painting shadows, and his thoughts on how every painter needs to define their own "tabletop standard." Follow Erik on Instagram and if you're going to Adepticon consider signing up for his intensive day-long non-metallic metals clas...

This month's episode features an old friend I've been wanting to interview on the BWU podcast since the very beginning, professional miniatures painter, Matt DiPietro! Matt is a Golden Demon award winner who worked as Privateer Press' studio painter for many years before pursuing his career independently at Contrast Miniatures and as part of the team at Miniature Monthly. Matt took the time out of his busy schedule to talk about his journey from amateur to world-class competitive painter, shared...

This month's episode features an old friend I've been wanting to interview on the BWU podcast since the very beginning, professional miniatures painter, Matt DiPietro! Matt is a Golden Demon award winner who worked as Privateer Press' studio painter for many years before pursuing his career independently at Contrast Miniatures and as part of the team at Miniature Monthly. Matt took the time out of his busy schedule to talk about his journey from amateur to world-class competitive painter, shared...

This month's episode features an old friend I've been wanting to interview on the BWU podcast since the very beginning, professional miniatures painter, Matt DiPietro! Matt is a Golden Demon award winner who worked as Privateer Press' studio painter for many years before pursuing his career independently at Contrast Miniatures and as part of the team at Miniature Monthly. Matt took the time out of his busy schedule to talk about his journey from amateur to world-class competitive painter, shared...

Episode 6 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month my friend Andy Hobday, co-owner of Footsore Miniatures joined me all the way from Nottingham, England to talk about his imminent project, The Barons' War, coming to Kickstarter, September 15th. Andy has become a real force of nature in skirmish gaming over the past few years and was kind enough to talk about his new line of beaut...

Episode 6 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month my friend Andy Hobday, co-owner of Footsore Miniatures joined me all the way from Nottingham, England to talk about his imminent project, The Barons' War, coming to Kickstarter, September 15th. Andy has become a real force of nature in skirmish gaming over the past few years and was kind enough to talk about his new line of beaut...

Episode 6 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month my friend Andy Hobday, co-owner of Footsore Miniatures joined me all the way from Nottingham, England to talk about his imminent project, The Barons' War, coming to Kickstarter, September 15th. Andy has become a real force of nature in skirmish gaming over the past few years and was kind enough to talk about his new line of beaut...

Episode 5 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. I'm very excited to share this month's podcast, an interview with fellow Union member, Greg De Stefano, one of the main people behind Turbodork, the color-shift and metallic paints taking the hobby by storm! Turbodork has just released a whole bunch of beautiful new paints and Greg was kind enough to chat at length about everything that go...

Episode 5 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. I'm very excited to share this month's podcast, an interview with fellow Union member, Greg De Stefano, one of the main people behind Turbodork, the color-shift and metallic paints taking the hobby by storm! Turbodork has just released a whole bunch of beautiful new paints and Greg was kind enough to chat at length about everything that go...

Episode 5 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. I'm very excited to share this month's podcast, an interview with fellow Union member, Greg De Stefano, one of the main people behind Turbodork, the color-shift and metallic paints taking the hobby by storm! Turbodork has just released a whole bunch of beautiful new paints and Greg was kind enough to chat at length about everything that go...

Episode 4 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month Simon spoke with the hardest working man in miniatures wargaming, Sean Sutter, creator (and writer, and illustrator, and artist, and sculptor) of Relicblade! Sean kindly shared his time to talk about how Relicblade came about, his own journey as a sculptor and illustrator, the inspirations behind the game, the wonderful community...

Episode 4 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month Simon spoke with the hardest working man in miniatures wargaming, Sean Sutter, creator (and writer, and illustrator, and artist, and sculptor) of Relicblade! Sean kindly shared his time to talk about how Relicblade came about, his own journey as a sculptor and illustrator, the inspirations behind the game, the wonderful community...

Episode 4 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month Simon spoke with the hardest working man in miniatures wargaming, Sean Sutter, creator (and writer, and illustrator, and artist, and sculptor) of Relicblade! Sean kindly shared his time to talk about how Relicblade came about, his own journey as a sculptor and illustrator, the inspirations behind the game, the wonderful community...

Episode 3 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. In the second of two interviews with the staff of Battlefront Miniatures, creators of Flames of War, the 15mm WWII game of platoon and tank combat, Simon speaks with studio painter Aaron Te Hira-Mathie. Aaron is kind enough to speak with us at length about what it's like to paint miniatures professionally, shares tips and techniques for pai...

Episode 3 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. In the second of two interviews with the staff of Battlefront Miniatures, creators of Flames of War, the 15mm WWII game of platoon and tank combat, Simon speaks with studio painter Aaron Te Hira-Mathie. Aaron is kind enough to speak with us at length about what it's like to paint miniatures professionally, shares tips and techniques for pai...