Episodes

This month, we delve into the tuberish mysteries of the hashtag taking (at least a small corner of) the miniatures world by storm: #turnip28! I spoke with the man behind this project, professional artist, Max Fitzgerald. Max kindly explains just what this pseudo-Napoleonic, post-apocalyptic, root-vegetable obsessed world is all about. We talk kit-bashing, painting, community, game design, and get some exciting first hints as to just what will be in the soon-to-be released first issue of the Tur...

This month, we delve into the tuberish mysteries of the hashtag taking (at least a small corner of) the miniatures world by storm: #turnip28! I spoke with the man behind this project, professional artist, Max Fitzgerald. Max kindly explains just what this pseudo-Napoleonic, post-apocalyptic, root-vegetable obsessed world is all about. We talk kit-bashing, painting, community, game design, and get some exciting first hints as to just what will be in the soon-to-be released first issue of the Tur...

This month, we delve into the tuberish mysteries of the hashtag taking (at least a small corner of) the miniatures world by storm: #turnip28! I spoke with the man behind this project, professional artist, Max Fitzgerald. Max kindly explains just what this pseudo-Napoleonic, post-apocalyptic, root-vegetable obsessed world is all about. We talk kit-bashing, painting, community, game design, and get some exciting first hints as to just what will be in the soon-to-be released first issue of the Tur...

My guest this month was Josh Mallett, a world famous hobbyist and aficionado of Horus Heresy era Alpha Legion! Josh is hugely talented hobbyist but he came to my attention from his statement this month about an incident that occurred to him Warhammerfest. Josh was kind enough to speak with me not only about his journey as a painter (and shared some great thoughts on the hobby) but also about his experiences with racism as a person of color in the Warhammer community, his thoughts on this moment ...

My guest this month was Josh Mallett, a world famous hobbyist and aficionado of Horus Heresy era Alpha Legion! Josh is hugely talented hobbyist but he came to my attention from his statement this month about an incident that occurred to him Warhammerfest. Josh was kind enough to speak with me not only about his journey as a painter (and shared some great thoughts on the hobby) but also about his experiences with racism as a person of color in the Warhammer community, his thoughts on this moment ...

My guest this month was Josh Mallett, a world famous hobbyist and aficionado of Horus Heresy era Alpha Legion! Josh is hugely talented hobbyist but he came to my attention from his statement this month about an incident that occurred to him Warhammerfest. Josh was kind enough to speak with me not only about his journey as a painter (and shared some great thoughts on the hobby) but also about his experiences with racism as a person of color in the Warhammer community, his thoughts on this moment ...

Our guest this month is professional scale modeler and prop restoration specialist, Jason Eaton! Jason has worked on numerous collectible replicas and has restored on-screen prop models from Star Wars, Star Trek and other media for private collectors. His work has been featured numerous places, including on starwars.com. Jason shared his perspectives from a 20+ year career as a modeler. We talked about his inspirations, techniques, and anecdotes from his time working with film models including ...

Our guest this month is professional scale modeler and prop restoration specialist, Jason Eaton! Jason has worked on numerous collectible replicas and has restored on-screen prop models from Star Wars, Star Trek and other media for private collectors. His work has been featured numerous places, including on starwars.com. Jason shared his perspectives from a 20+ year career as a modeler. We talked about his inspirations, techniques, and anecdotes from his time working with film models including ...

Our guest this month is professional scale modeler and prop restoration specialist, Jason Eaton! Jason has worked on numerous collectible replicas and has restored on-screen prop models from Star Wars, Star Trek and other media for private collectors. His work has been featured numerous places, including on starwars.com. Jason shared his perspectives from a 20+ year career as a modeler. We talked about his inspirations, techniques, and anecdotes from his time working with film models including ...

This month the podcast was lucky enough to be joined by the one and only Chris "Gdaybloke" Miller, the man behind the long running Lost Hemisphere blog and painting community. I've known Chris for a very long time now and his work at LH has made him a real pillar of the painting and minis gaming communities. Chris shared his thoughts on what he likes to paint, how to help your quarantine partners get started on their own painting journeys, what it takes to lead a community during social distanci...

This month the podcast was lucky enough to be joined by the one and only Chris "Gdaybloke" Miller, the man behind the long running Lost Hemisphere blog and painting community. I've known Chris for a very long time now and his work at LH has made him a real pillar of the painting and minis gaming communities. Chris shared his thoughts on what he likes to paint, how to help your quarantine partners get started on their own painting journeys, what it takes to lead a community during social distanci...

This month the podcast was lucky enough to be joined by the one and only Chris "Gdaybloke" Miller, the man behind the long running Lost Hemisphere blog and painting community. I've known Chris for a very long time now and his work at LH has made him a real pillar of the painting and minis gaming communities. Chris shared his thoughts on what he likes to paint, how to help your quarantine partners get started on their own painting journeys, what it takes to lead a community during social distanci...

This month the BWU podcast was joined by Jordan Lamb, Lead Studio Painter at Privateer Press! Jordan took some time out of his day to talk about what it was like to transition from a hobbyist to a studio painter, how he has helped envision Privateer's studio paint schemes, and of course, some tips and tricks for painting the models of the upcoming game, WARCASTER: Neo-Mechanika, now fully funded and live on Kickstarter! The Brush Wielders Union is a community of like-minded miniatures gamers de...

This month the BWU podcast was joined by Jordan Lamb, Lead Studio Painter at Privateer Press! Jordan took some time out of his day to talk about what it was like to transition from a hobbyist to a studio painter, how he has helped envision Privateer's studio paint schemes, and of course, some tips and tricks for painting the models of the upcoming game, WARCASTER: Neo-Mechanika, now fully funded and live on Kickstarter! The Brush Wielders Union is a community of like-minded miniatures gamers de...

This month the BWU podcast was joined by Jordan Lamb, Lead Studio Painter at Privateer Press! Jordan took some time out of his day to talk about what it was like to transition from a hobbyist to a studio painter, how he has helped envision Privateer's studio paint schemes, and of course, some tips and tricks for painting the models of the upcoming game, WARCASTER: Neo-Mechanika, now fully funded and live on Kickstarter! The Brush Wielders Union is a community of like-minded miniatures gamers de...

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 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 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...