89: What does it ACTUALLY take to make MONEY painting Warhammer?
Lots of us have at some point fantasised about turning our hobbies into our job, but what does it really take to make money painting Warhammer? In this episode, we discuss professional commission painting miniatures and the skills you’ll need to pull it off. Expect to learn from James on how he started a commission painting business, and how the industry has changed over 10 years of running it. The struggles and successes Joe has seen from managing over 90 professional Warhammer painters, and George’s experience as a full time artist and what lessons he had to learn to make it work. Also in this episode, we share our hobby updates over the past week, including painting custom sculpted Night Lords miniatures and a Guardians of the Covenant army, and of course our hobby hacks! ONYX PAINTING LAMP ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ryBEGPATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU Job applications: https://siegestudios.co.uk/jobs/RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/N9k7PDISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68MERCH ➡️ https://shorturl.at/GOTkW0:00:00 Trailer0:00:50 Joe’s musings0:11:12 James’ mistake 0:14:09 The floor is lava0:19:48 First time commission painting0:30:22 “You can’t make it your job”0:36:52 Resenting professional painters0:44:08 How the industry has changed 0:49:54 How to make money from painting0:53:57 The hardest things0:59:36 When are you ready? 1:14:49 Hobby HacksSupport the showPaint 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 / @paintperspectivepodcastWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts
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88: Hobby HACKS to build BETTER Warhammer Miniatures...
There's lots of ways to improve your Warhammer painting, but what about ones that don’t involve any brushes at all? In this episode, we discuss one of the most overlooked parts of miniature painting: building and cleaning your Warhammer models. Stay tuned for hacks on how to do a better job, the tools we recommend, things to avoid and why it will make your paint jobs look better!Also in this episode, it’s time for the community submissions for our monthly painting challenge: #catachanuary and we will be showcasing some of our favourites (and the best rule bends). Siege Scenics: https://www.instagram.com/siegescenics/PATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU MERCH ➡️ https://shorturl.at/GOTkWRECOMMENDED PRODUCTS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/N9k7PDISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM680:00:00 Trailer0:01:05 Hobby updates 0:07:54 Siege Scenics0:10:03 Is building models boring?0:20:02 Cleaning and prep0:31:31 Why it IMPROVES your painting 0:36:15 How to enjoy it more0:43:15 Converting and kit-bashing 0:44:58 The BEST hobby tools! 0:50:45 Paul missed the memo0:57:33 #Catachanuary Support the showPaint 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 / @paintperspectivepodcastWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts
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87: How to Enjoy Painting Warhammer... When You Can’t.
There’s nothing we love more than painting Warhammer miniatures, but what about those times where it’s not so much fun? This week, we discuss how to get back to enjoying miniature painting when it’s at its hardest, and how to tackle frustration, lack of motivation and self doubt… Expect to learn how we keep cool when challenged by projects, the most fun techniques you can use to relax, creating the best mindset and confidence around painting and much more! Also in this episode, we answer our listeners question of the week on choosing alternative colours and colour schemes, how to pick your paints, and of course share our hobby hacks! PATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU ONYX PAINTING LAMP ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ryBEGRECOMMENDED PRODUCTS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/N9k7PDISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68MERCH ➡️ https://shorturl.at/GOTkW0:00:00 Trailer0:00:47 Painting cavalier marshal 0:03:43 Painting Lhykis 0:05:42 Painting Death Guard0:15:53 How to ENJOY Painting… 0:20:16 Navigating ‘frustration’ in painting0:25:00 Keeping cool0:28:51 MORE enjoyable techniques 0:34:11 Tackling self doubt 0:46:36 Best ‘bang for buck’ activities 1:01:00 Getting Inspiration 1:04:52 QOTW: Colour choices 1:09:40 Hobby Hacks! Support the showPaint 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 / @paintperspectivepodcastWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts
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86: Painting these NEW Warhammer miniatures was a NIGHTMARE…
We always love painting new miniatures from Games Workshop, but can the challenge sometimes be a little too tough? In this episode, we discuss the new Phoenix Lord releases of Aeldari for Warhammer 40k and the teams experience painting the miniatures and importantly, why they were such a challenge! Also in this episode, we discuss the new reveals from the Las Vegas Open (LVO), answer our question of the week about planning projects and of course share with you our parting Hobby Hack! PATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU ONYX PAINTING LAMP ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ryBEGRECOMMENDED PRODUCTS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/N9k7PDISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68MERCH ➡️ https://shorturl.at/GOTkW0:00:00 Trailer 0:00:54 New year new challenge 0:04:10 Non metallic metal0:14:20 AD PATREON SILVER0:15:15 Blood Angels update0:21:41 The problem with NEW AELDARI 0:35:27 AD ONYX0:36:33 what did this teach you 0:44:30 Other Aeldari models 0:49:38 New EMPERORS CHILDREN0:54:33 New Cadian command squad 0:56:06 AD PATREON GOLD0:56:38 The BEST new GW reveals0:59:58 QOTW: Planning projects 1:05:04 Hobby Hacks Support the showPaint 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 / @paintperspectivepodcastWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts
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85: Mark Lifton - The TRICK that won me 28 GOLDEN DEMONS
Every miniature painter dreams of winning a Golden Demon trophy, but very few have won more than this week’s guest Mark Lifton!In this episode, you’ll learn Marks important lessons from winning at Golden Demon, his advice for how you can enter a miniature painting competition, what separates his entries from everyone else, and why miniatures are not the same in photos as reality...IRONSKULL 2025 ➡️ https://shorturl.at/mhTqyPATREON ➡️ https://shorturl.at/tCIKU ONYX PAINTING LAMP ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ryBEGRECOMMENDED PRODUCTS ➡️ https://shorturl.at/N9k7PDISCORD ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bwM68MERCH ➡️ https://shorturl.at/GOTkW0:00:00 Trailer0:00:39 Where did it all start?0:07:17 Instagram Vs reality 0:09:56 miniature painting competitions 0:15:13 Why should you enter? 0:18:36 Iron Skull 2025 0:20:20 Keeping up with the standard 0:23:52 Is modelling overlooked?0:29:28 How do you learn to kit bash? 0:35:46 Creating engaging duels 0:43:05 Lessons learned from competing 0:53:02 Picking a category 1:02:22 How do you judge painting? 1:11:25 Hobby HacksSupport the showPaint 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 / @paintperspectivepodcastWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts
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