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The Miniature Podcast

Uselesswizard

50 episodes

9 months ago

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! In this episode, our interview is with return guest Chris Suhre. We discussed his part in the upcoming "The Art of..." Volumes 4-6 Kickstarter by Dave Taylor. Chris is one of three artists in this Kickstarter along side Tommie Soule and Seyni N'Daive. During our interview, Chris and I talk about what kind of content he's including in his book and what he wants the readers to come away with. Specifically, we talk about how much of the book is goi...

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Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! In this episode, our interview is with return guest Chris Suhre. We discussed his part in the upcoming "The Art of..." Volumes 4-6 Kickstarter by Dave Taylor. Chris is one of three artists in this Kickstarter along side Tommie Soule and Seyni N'Daive. During our interview, Chris and I talk about what kind of content he's including in his book and what he wants the readers to come away with. Specifically, we talk about how much of the book is goi...

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An Artist's Tease of "The Art of..." Kickstarter Vol 4 - 6 -- Chris Suhre

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! In this episode, our interview is with return guest Chris Suhre. We discussed his part in the upcoming "The Art of..." Volumes 4-6 Kickstarter by Dave Taylor. Chris is one of three artists in this Kickstarter along side Tommie Soule and Seyni N'Daive. During our interview, Chris and I talk about what kind of content he's including in his book and what he wants the readers to come away with. Specifically, we talk about how much of the book is goi...

3 years ago

31 minutes

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My Worst Failure Was My Greatest Triumph -- Mocha Minis

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Mocha shares how she started painting miniatures and the importance of smooth blends on every mini she paints. We also discuss the struggles she's had with feeling like she is ready to tackle more complex pieces. How does anyone know when they're ready to paint one of their dream miniatures, or should they just go for it? Mocha also makes the point that not every miniature has to be better than the one before. There's nothing wrong with painting...

3 years ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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Painting Competitions are Subjective, Make Them Showcases Instead -- Kris Belleau

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Kris has been in this hobby since the late 1980s thanks to some of his older cousins and the first edition of Space Hulk. Ever since that first game, he's been painting and hobbing almost exclusively with Warhammer miniatures and games. Kris ended up working for Miniwargaing during the 2010s as the painting instructor for their content creation team which really launched his career as an educator in the miniature painting hobby. Miniatures and m...

3 years ago

2 hours 3 minutes

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Paint 15 Minutes a Day Instead of 8 Hours on Saturday -- Shoshie Bauer

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Shoshie is a professional miniature commission painter, painting teacher at conventions, and private painting coach. She switched from painting watercolors to dedicating herself to miniature painting as a profession after finding that her beautiful miniatures sold for more than the watercolors were. She shares a lot of her professional insights into commission miniature painting, teaching classes, and building a professional career as a miniatur...

3 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Failure is Essential and My Biggest Motivator -- Drew "Thunderdomedru"

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Dru's path in miniature painting has been a rough one. He has faced many challenges on the road including a daughter fighting leukemia. Each of these challanges has formed the way he looks at his art and his artistic mindset and Dry freely shares what drives and inspires him to keep painting. We talk about the insights and perspective he's developed through his failures and successes in miniature painting over the years. His drive to better hims...

3 years ago

2 hours 12 minutes

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If You're Not Having Fun, Something Needs to Change -- Zambies

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Zambies' entry into the miniature painting hobby is one I've never heard of before. She had always been creating art growing up, and she went to school to become a graphic designer. She didn't discover miniatures until she checked out a friend's Twitch channel who happened to be sharing a miniature painter's stream. After that, she started to seek out other miniature painters on Twitch and discovered the wider community. Since then, Zambies has ...

3 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes

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Painting in a Style You Enjoy is the Most Important Thing -- Mike Cousins of Epicduck Studios

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Mike and I sit down to talk about his career in miniature painting so far, and I was surprised to hear that Mike was a web developer for Miniwargaming and that was how he started painting miniatures. Mike shares how that started him down the path of starting his own studio and developing his own style of miniature painting. Naturally, we end up talking quite a bit about the comic book style of miniature painting which Mike had a big hand in popu...

3 years ago

1 hour 58 minutes

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Art is for expression and sharing yourself -- Captain Maddlove

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! The Captian shares her background in a variety of art forms and the life events that brought her to the miniature painting hobby. While members of her family were involved in gaming, she has never been. Painting miniatures have always been a source of artistic expression tightly bound into family and community. We discuss her motivation for painting miniatures and sharing her passion for encouraging others in their art and creativity while also ...

4 years ago

2 hours 21 minutes

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You must fail to grow, so go fail a lot -- Jason Craze

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Jason the owner of Monument Hobbies, and a fantastic miniature painter, and I talk about what got him started into art in general, and what brought him down the path of miniature painting. He shares his perspective on miniature painting and what it takes to improve. If you want to improve, you absolutely have to try. If you fail, that's a learning experience and you can always paint over it or throw it in the paint stripper. He also talks about ...

4 years ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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Don't be the Best Miniature Painter You Know -- Kevin Fannin

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Kevin and I talk about what got him started in miniature painting, how he began to grow as a painter, and what he did when he discovered groups of other miniature painters on Facebook. Being a big fish in a small pond is something that many of us have gone through, and how Kevin dealt with it is a fantastic example. Kevin had no knowledge of art or color theory when he started painting, so he had several eureka moments. He does tell us about two...

4 years ago

54 minutes

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A Heartfelt Apology and A Request

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! I wanted to apologize for not getting the latest episode out in time for Friday morning. I have no excuse and I take full ownership of my failure. I am going to be completing the episode over the weekend and releasing it on Monday morning. This late release will not delay the next episode release on the following Friday, as normal. I also wanted to put out a request to you for any suggestions on new core questions to be added to the existing li...

4 years ago

1 minute

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Scale Doesn't Always Matter, It Can Work -- Chris Suhre

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Chris started playing Warmachine and Hordes with his friends as a way of relaxing during his medical residency. As his medical and social responsibilities grew, he had less time to play against his friends. He wanted to be able to maintain contact with them and the hobby, so he started focusing on painting miniatures to a higher level instead. Chris finds inspiration for his miniature dioramas everywhere he goes. When he sees something that stri...

4 years ago

59 minutes

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Step Back and Let the Project Rest For a Bit -- Cathy Wappel

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Cathy tells us how she and James started to paint miniatures and how that has been a central element to their relationship and their friend groups. Cathy is the mind and heart behind Fort Wappel, a painting area you can find at almost every Reapercon and Adepticon where painters of all skill levels can gather together and paint during the convention. It's often the highlight of my time at conventions, especially late at night and into the wee ho...

4 years ago

1 hour 33 minutes

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You Don't Have to Finish Every Miniature -- Berserkerworks

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Berserkerworks and I start off talking about what got him into painting miniatures and streaming on Twitch. He has plans to enter the next Golden Daemon painting contest and we talk about what inspires him to try painting to that level. He also talks about how he plans to use his love for building terrain and telling stories to improve his entries. We move on to talking about painting styles and the way miniature painting has expanded beyond th...

4 years ago

1 hour 37 minutes

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Lasers and Making Terrain That Makes the Game Better -- Austin of Death Ray Designs

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! This is an extremely interesting dive into the minds and passions behind one of the best MDF terrain companies in the industry. Austin tells how we started working on building and selling small house and model kits at a very young age. His love of building and crafting led him to work with Miniwargaming and starting commission work. Now the creation of Death Ray Designs allowed him and his business partner to get back to creating terrain and sce...

4 years ago

1 hour 28 minutes

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If Someone Says it Can't Be Done, Prove Them Wrong Ten Times Over -- James Wappel

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! James shares the beginnings of his journey in miniatures painting, from a career in painting canvases to transitioning to painting minis. We then talked about the thought processes of getting into painting miniatures with oils and what that says about James' perspective on experimentation and new painting techniques. James experiments with techniques and materials more than almost anyone else I know of in the miniature hobby save a few. When som...

4 years ago

1 hour 24 minutes

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Massive New Hobby Classes at Las Vegas Open 2022 -- Seth Amsden

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Seth and I talk about how he became involved with the Las Vegas Open, and his vision for what the hobby events and programming of his dreams look like. We also talk about the new Master Classes that are available for the first time at LVO 2022. These are weekend-long classes with a specific painter who takes you through an entire project from beginning to end. We also talk about what Seth's vision is for what he wants the Las Vegas Open's hobby...

4 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes

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Be Picky When Choosing What to Paint -- Synjinn Scott

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Synjinn and I start out this interview by talking about getting into miniature painting after his first child was born and what encouraged him to pursue higher-level painting. One of Synjinn's eureka moments led to the importance of keeping your worst model intact as a reminder of how far you've come. Use it to keep you grounded and remind that you are better now than you were before Syndjinn also tells us how moving from the deep south to Colo...

4 years ago

1 hour 32 minutes

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Sometimes Realism Doesn't Look As Good -- Sam Lenz

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Sam shares how he got started in miniature painting and the artists who have influenced his style and sense of composition and color, both in miniatures and the rest of his art. The works of people like Frazetta and Blanch and how they approach color and dimension are often far more compelling and visually interesting in Sam's mind. We also talk about some of the most influential lessons he's learned from both his failures and his successes, and...

4 years ago

55 minutes

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This is All My Wife's Fault and She's Amazing -- Reiner72

Have questions or feedback? Send us a message! Renier72 and I talk about how he got started painting wargame miniatures and how much of an influence his wife had on him being able to start painting and what an incredible partner she has been in his painting development. He also discusses some of the digital tools he uses to assist in planning paint schemes and creating stencils for his airbrushing. Studying the work of other artists, either online or in-person has helped Renier72 develop his...

4 years ago

56 minutes