51: Arbitor lan - How to enjoy painting Warhammer (when you don't)

05/23/24 • 75 min

Paint Perspective - Miniature Painting Podcast

This week we are joined by none other than Arbitor Ian! While you may be familiar with his expert lore videos on YouTube, we wanted to dive deeper into his takes on the hobby and painting... Expect to learn how Ian stays motivated to complete army projects as someone who does not enjoy painting, how lore knowledge can benefit the look of your models, overcoming painting failures, balancing your time with the hobby, and methods to enjoy your painting as much as possible!
Also stay tuned for our question of the week all about motivation, and where we find it in the hobby. As well as our closing hobby hack, where our guest drops a bombshell trick for assembling resin and metal miniatures!
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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:30 Who is Arbitor Ian?
0:10:18 Is Warhammer Historical?
0:13:07 Ians intro to Warhammer
0:15:34 The three hobby pillars
0:18:19 Only gaming with painted models
0:21:04 “Painting is the thing I like the least”
0:23:33 Finding ways to enjoy painting
0:26:26 Biggest painting failures
0:28:36 How do you choose models?
0:31:21 Using lore for your own models
0:36:26 Balancing your hobby time
0:42:40 Ways to paint armies faster!
0:46:47 Maximise enjoying the hobby
0:53:13 discovering new styles of painting
0:58:56 Improving with every army
1:05:59 QOTW: Your biggest motivation to paint?
1:10:28 HH: Greenstuff & superglue trick!

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Paint Perspective is a miniature painting podcast brought to you by Siege Studios, featuring James Otero (Siege founder & CEO), Joe Hart (Siege Ops Manager) and George Coleman (Siege Content Creator & Commission Painter). Each week, our three co-hosts discuss a new topic from the point of view of people who work in the miniature painting industry.
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50: What we REALLY think about VALLEJO...

This week we discuss one of the biggest brands in miniature painting... Vallejo. But as seasoned painters what do we REALLY think of the brand and their products? In this episode, we discuss our experiences with Vallejo, their paint ranges and products and perhaps bust a few myths about them. Expect to learn what we look for in a quality paint, some things to know and avoid, and whether or not they deserve a spot in your painting arsenal (beginner or pro).

Also in this episode, we discuss the rise of spudchop, free warhammer and the infamous barrel-gate! Also expect to hear some of our listeners comments, question of the week and of course our parting hobby hacks!
PATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU
ONYX PAINTING LAMP ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ryBEG
COMMISSIONS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/xBKW8
DISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68
0:00:34 Teacher James
0:03:48 The gift of time
0:05:42 SPUDCHOP!
0:10:11 Childhood arts & crafts
0:11:55 Free Warhammer
0:14:04 The ‘big jam’ agenda
0:15:16 Barrel Gate
0:20:51 What we REALLY think about VALLEJO
0:22:07 Accessibility
0:26:34 Name system
0:31:24 Paint quality
0:35:58 Airbrush paints
0:41:01 Primers
0:44:43 Other air products
0:47:58 Model Colour Consistency
0:50:26 Hobby products
0:57:01 QOTW: When are you not a beginner?
1:02:11 HH: Ditching paper towels

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52: Making a CUSTOM Space Marines chapter (that doesn't suck)

Paint Perspective Podcast episode 52, where we explain making a CUSTOM Space Marines chapter!
The Space Marines chapter created in this episode wouldn't be possible without our new Signature Series Spray Primer from Colour Forge, which you can get your hands on via Kickstart starting from May 31st!
Sign up at this link to be notified of the launch!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecolourforge/signature-series-0
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Referenced in this ep:
Paint your army FASTER (and better) https://youtu.be/u7Pl63fAq9A
PATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU
ONYX PAINTING LAMP ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ryBEG
COMMISSIONS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/xBKW8
LISTEN ON THE GO ➡️ https://pod.link/1690786293
DISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68
EVERYTHING AIRBRUSH ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bdX07
Everyone loves Space Marines, but codex chapters can be a little bit limiting. In this episode of Paint Perspective, we discuss how you can create your own custom chapter of Space Marines, that are fast and easy to paint, look fantastic, and suit your own personal style.
James shows us his 'Exemplars of Siege' which is his own home-brew chapter, and shares the exact methods he used to create them, so you can too!
Also in this episode, we respond to our listeners comments about the confusing names from Vallejo, answer our question of the week about finding motivation to finish projects, and of course share our parting hobby hack!
MAIN TOPIC around 30 mins
Colour Forge collab info around
0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:30 The BEST board game
0:02:08 Meet us at UKGE!
0:03:25 1 year of Paint Perspective
0:04:47 Joe’s new army
0:10:07 George finished a model!
0:12:28 Competition results
0:15:11 We got roasted
0:19:07 Vallejo paint names
0:23:36 Vagueness in Warhammer
0:30:06 Making a CUSTOM Space Marines Chapter
0:35:23 1: Colour scheme (Colour Forge info)
0:36:53 Colour Forge Signature Series reveal
0:44:07 How to test colours fast
0:49:39 2: Lore & narrative
0:55:44 3: Basing
0:58:27 4: Applying it to the army
1:04:53 TLDR Summary
1:06:47 The hardest part
1:10:51 How to find motivation?
1:16:25 Custom Transfers hack
1:19:19 Support the show!
Join in with our upcoming monthly painting challenges:
May - #AdeptusMaycanicus (Ad Mech)
June - #JunestealerCults (Genestealer Cults)
July - #Julegion (Horus Heresy)
August - #SolarAugzillia (Humans)
September - #TauSeptEmber (Tau)
October - #Orktober (Orks)
November - #Nidvember (Tyranids)
December - #Sanguinala (Anything red / holiday themed)