I am very pleased to have Mitch from Terrainosaur on the blog today. I have admired Mitch for a long time now, and not just because of his great output (though he makes amazing stuff) and not just because he's funny (though he very much is), but especially because he's doing all of this with…
I am thrilled to interview Troy from Sonic Sledgehammer Studios, because it was Sonic Sledgehammer's YouTube channel that got me out of a major hobby rut and convinced me to get into historical wargaming.
One of the things that I like best about Sonic Sledgehammer is that the videos are incredibly accessible. They are…
I can't remember the first time I started watching Brent at Goobertown Hobbies. I think it was one of his Goobertown Roulette YouTube videos in which he has placed about a hundred minis in small paper bags so he can pull one out at random and paint it with: colors and techniques decided by the…
I'll admit it. I am not a great painter. I have been part of the wargaming hobby for thirty years, and my painting ebbs and flows--some years it's really good and some years it's not so good.
This is not because I don't try to improve. Probably the #1 YouTube videos that…
I've been painting miniatures for over thirty years now, and I've used a lot of different kinds of brushes. I've gone through a cheap synthetic phase, and I've gone through a fine-art sable phase, but I've landed on my favorite miniature painting brushes.
In this article we're going to talk about the nine…
The scale of miniature wargames is a big deal, especially as you move from one wargame to the next. And, while we had a period where most games (aside from many historicals) were squarely in the 28mm camp, it seems like there has been a renaissance of alternate miniature wargaming scales.
In this article we’re going…
On this channel we have already covered the best miniature painting YouTube channels, and the best wargame terrain YouTube channels, but what about channels that are just, you know, about wargames? There are plenty of channels that are devoted to the hobby--be it a Games Workshop game or something else--and they deserve a little more…
There are a hundred miniature painting YouTubers out there--I've even dabbled in it myself--and I clearly can't talk about all of them. But the list that I've compiled below is the group of miniature painting YouTubers that I watch the most and from which I've gained the most insight. Some of them are more accessible…
The Best YouTube Channels for Hobby Terrain
When I was getting into the hobby, most of the tips that I got came from White Dwarf magazine and that was about it. For a very brief while I bought copies of Wargames Illustrated at my FLGS, but that was hit and miss, plus it…
There are a lot of miniature paints on the market, at a lot of different price points and with a lot of different features. But which paint is the best? In this article we are going to look at miniature paints according to price per milliliter, price per star rating (to determine value), variety and…