Warhammer can be an incredible escape for all of us, but with such a solitary hobby, how can you use it to connect with the community?

In episode 112 of Paint Perspective we are joined by Ollie of BlackHeartMinis, who has become a prolific representative of the community, to share his story of how he has used social media and events to make lifelong friends...

Expect insights into:
💗 How to expand your own hobby community
📱 Positive use of social media
🖌️ Community painting showcase
🔥 How to rapidly improve at painting

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:46 IronSkull 2025
0:02:45 A new hobbyist
0:06:50 Social media
0:11:53 Creating content
0:15:22 Escapism & mental health
0:21:37 Community events
0:31:46 Making hobby friends
0:36:18 How to build YOUR community
0:48:07 A lot in common…
0:51:45 Improving at painting
1:00:39 Citadel paint stigma
1:06:02 Favourite paints
1:09:32 #julydonethdeepkin
1:12:37 Charity event

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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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You all of course know Luetin09 for his incredible lore content, but what about the other pillars of the hobby? In episode 111 of Paint Perspective, Luetin is back in the studio to share with us how he paints so many huge Warhammer armies, and the mindset and techniques behind his motivation.

Expect insights into:
🖌️ How to motivate yourself to paint a huge Warhammer army
📖 How to use lore to improve your army
💰 Luetin’s favourite hobby products
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

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Check out Luetin's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Luetin09

0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:40 Welcome back!
0:02:01 Luetin sleep club
0:05:50 Discovering the hobby
0:10:22 What drew you in?
0:13:02 If not Abaddon, who?
0:14:31 Primarchs coming back
0:16:00 Improving at painting
0:19:52 Planning armies
0:23:19 Painting armies faster
0:26:28 Motivation to paint
0:27:55 Where to get started
0:30:00 Adding lore into armies
0:38:45 Hobby background material
0:41:19 Luetin’s favourite products!
0:48:38 Luetin’s tyranids army
0:54:08 Hobby Hacks

Support the show

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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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

The airbrush is a fantastic tool for miniature painting, but do you actually need one? In this episode, we’re discussing the common misconceptions, myths and struggles we hear from the community surrounding the airbrush. We’ll be spreading some light on when you should and shouldn’t use one to paint your Warhammer miniatures, and how to best use it to paint your army faster!

Expect insights into:
🖌️ Tips to get better results from your Airbrush
💰 Should you buy one?
❌ Why you might not need one
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

Huge thanks to our sponsors! You can check them out here:
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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:45 Return of the Joe
0:04:43 The uprising
0:07:52 Hobby updates
0:10:50 Gaming Tournaments
0:16:13 Playing old rulesets
0:21:54 Scale model woes
0:25:06 Hobby Hack
0:29:19 “Consistency of milk”
0:31:59 Do you NEED an airbrush?
0:41:06 Are spray cans as good?
0:44:25 Too expensive?
0:47:53 Just for the pros?
0:51:47 What it’s BEST for
0:57:00 Hobby Hack
0:58:47 Compressors
1:06:46 Balance = best results

Support the show

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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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

Is digital miniature design becoming too complicated? Saturnine is the latest release for Warhammer the Horus Heresy, and it’s not been without mixed opinions…

This week we’ve had our hands at painting some of the new miniatures and are here to discuss our honest thoughts…

Expect insights into:
🖌️ How we painted the new Saturnine miniatures
😰 Difficulty with the assembly process
❌ Should you buy or avoid this expensive box?
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

Huge thanks to our sponsors! You can check them out here:
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Thanks to Warhammer for providing these miniatures free for review.
#adwip #warhammercommunity

0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:58 It’s getting hot in here
0:06:27 Hobby Updates
0:14:44 Saturnine price £195
0:16:19 Controversial design
0:20:42 The models
0:23:53 The problems…
0:29:45 Have we got it wrong?
0:35:28 Difficult miniatures
0:39:42 Painting the Miniatures
0:48:43 Painting them FASTER
0:53:33 How big are they?
0:54:58 Should you buy it?
0:56:21 Hobby Hacks

Support the show

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.

Follow us: @siegestudios / @paintperspectivepodcast

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

We’ve never made an episode quite like this… There’s many ways to improve at miniature painting, but nobody explains it quite like Tommie Soule!

In this essential episode of Paint Perspective, we sit down with the miniature painting tutor himself to challenge everything we’ve ever thought about how we approach the hobby…

Expect insights into:
🖌️ The KEY to improve at painting
😰 Overcoming your FEAR of ruining miniatures
❌ Wet Vs Dry palette DEBATE
🔥 ESSENTIAL Tips to improve brush control

Huge thanks to our sponsors! You can check them out here:
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0:00:00 Trailer
0:0045 Who is Tommie Soule?
0:09:41 Discovering miniature painting
0:13:50 Improving as a painter
0:19:07 Fear of ruining models
0:23:02 When you just want to quit
0:29:26 Judging yourself
0:32:08 Attention = key to improve
0:35:00 Holding the brush
0:40:39 All techniques are equal
0:44:34 Why do you hobby?
0:48:35 Wet pallets = zero control?
1:05:21 Wet palette showdown!
1:08:03 Wet palette setup
1:12:40 Using the wet palette
1:20:28 Comparing to dry palette
1:24:03 Improve your brush skill
1:28:54 Best style for improving?
1:34:42 A lesson learned

Support the show

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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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

You've seen us talk 3rd edition, but what about the most beloved era of Warhammer 40k...2nd edition! In this episode, we're reviewing every space marines release from 1993 - 1998

This was James and Paul's intro into the world of Warhammer, so expect a lot of nostalgia that certainly won't go unchecked! Also in this week's episode it's our latest monthly painting challenge: #JunespiteGitz and we'll be rounding up all of the submissions from our community!

Expect insights into:
✅The best Space Marines of 2nd edition
❌The Worst miniatures of 2nd edition
👤Hobby updates!
🏆Monthly Painting challenge

Huge thanks to our sponsors! You can check them out here:
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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:20 Painting Trench Crusade
0:08:10 Updates
0:10:30 2nd Edition Space Marines!
0:16:15 1993
0:18:27 1995
0:20:05 Hobby Hack!
0:21:01 Dreadnought
0:22:00 Landspeeder
0:24:07 Blister packs
0:25:44 Were they actually good?
0:32:23 More characters
0:39:27 1996
0:42:45 Thunderhawk
0:46:34 1997
0:49:43 Quality and materials
0:55:32 Will we be this nostalgic again?
1:05:06 #JunespiteGitz

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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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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

You know there’s nothing more we love around here than chatting about paint, so why not go straight to the source! In this episode, Mat Hart from Steamforged games is in the studio to teach us all about how they designed, and manufactured the return of the most coveted paint range in the industry… P3!

Expect to learn how to exploit the properties of your paints to paint an army fast, how to easily improve the contrast on your model, how to avoid common mistakes with miniature paint and much more!

Expect insights into:
🖌️How to paint your army faster
🌓How to improve your contrast
✋Common mistakes with paint
🔥Hobby hacks to improve your painting!

Thanks to Steamforged games for sponsoring this episode! Check out the relaunch of P3 here, and keep your eye’s out for the crowdfunding campaign for the additional range coming soon! https://shorturl.at/UYhsX

Huge thanks to our sponsors! You can check them out here:
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DISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68

0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:13 Steamforged Games
0:06:58 Only paint your own minis?
0:12:15 Painting gaming armies
0:17:00 Owned by its players
0:22:26 Commission painting
0:26:56 P3 Paints are back!
0:36:18 Painting a Blood Angel
0:41:15 Matt finish is worse?
0:44:44 Too big of a paint range?
0:47:11 Why your models look flat
0:51:24 Using the new P3 paints
0:56:42 Hobby Hacks!
0:59:14 What’s in the new P3 range?
1:08:58 The current P3 range

Support the show

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.

Follow us: @siegestudios / @paintperspectivepodcast

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts

There's no doubt that Trench crusade is the most hyped game in the wargaming / miniature painting hobby right now, so it's about time that we take a closer look...

In this sponsored episode, James talks us through his experience with painting grimdark miniatures for the game, how surprised we were by the quality of these 3D printed miniatures, how to paint these models incredibly fast, and much more!

Expect insights into:
🖌️How to paint GRIMDARK
⏱️How fast these minis are to paint
🤌🏼The QUALITY of these 3D prints
🔥Hobby hacks to improve your painting!

Pre order the models here ➡️ https://only-games.co/collections/trench-crusade?sca_ref=9029394.dLlZVGmtZp

Huge thanks to our sponsors! You can check them out here:
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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:03 Making dioramas
0:07:44 Repainting models
0:12:00 TRENCH CRUSADE
0:14:24 Background & lore
0:16:25 3D printed miniatures
0:18:33 What James painted
0:23:30 Palette cleanser
0:27:52 Fast and easy painting
0:31:20 Expectations vs reality
0:38:07 Print quality
0:43:40 #MaygotkinOfNurgle
0:48:24 Miniature photography
0:51:20 Hobby Hacks

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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.

Follow us: @siegestudios / @paintperspectivepodcast

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts