Brush Wielders Union

This month, we delve into the tuberish mysteries of the hashtag taking (at least a small corner of) the miniatures world by storm: #turnip28! I spoke with the man behind this project, professional artist, Max Fitzgerald . Max kindly explains just what this pseudo-Napoleonic, post-apocalyptic, root-vegetable obsessed world is all about. We talk kit-bashing, painting, community, game design, and get...

My guest this month was Josh Mallett , a world famous hobbyist and aficionado of Horus Heresy era Alpha Legion! Josh is hugely talented hobbyist but he came to my attention from his statement this month about an incident that occurred to him Warhammerfest . Josh was kind enough to speak with me not only about his journey as a painter (and shared some great thoughts on the hobby) but also about his...

Our guest this month is professional scale modeler and prop restoration specialist, Jason Eaton ! Jason has worked on numerous collectible replicas and has restored on-screen prop models from Star Wars, Star Trek and other media for private collectors. His work has been featured numerous places, including on starwars.com . Jason shared his perspectives from a 20+ year career as a modeler. We talke...

This month the podcast was lucky enough to be joined by the one and only Chris "Gdaybloke" Miller, the man behind the long running Lost Hemisphere blog and painting community. I've known Chris for a very long time now and his work at LH has made him a real pillar of the painting and minis gaming communities. Chris shared his thoughts on what he likes to paint, how to help your quarantine partners...

This month the BWU podcast was joined by Jordan Lamb, Lead Studio Painter at Privateer Press ! Jordan took some time out of his day to talk about what it was like to transition from a hobbyist to a studio painter, how he has helped envision Privateer's studio paint schemes, and of course, some tips and tricks for painting the models of the upcoming game, WARCASTER: Neo-Mechanika , now fully funded...

This month I was fortunate enough to be joined by hobby legend, Duncan "Two Thin Coats" Rhodes ! No matter what kind of figures you paint you're almost certainly familiar with Duncan's work over the past decade as the face of Warhammer's painting tutorials. Duncan recently struck out for new horizons and we spoke about his journey as a painter, what went into those incredibly helpful instructional...

This month's BWU podcast was joined by a guest with a VERY successful hobby Kickstarter, that I know some of you are already backing. Dr. K is the man behind DropTop; a dropper top adapter for Citadel© model paints. DropTop has already exceeded its funding goal by 100% and is well on its way to becoming a reality later this year. Dr. K shared some thoughts on how he came to envision this project,...

In this episode I spoke with Chris Suhre , a competitive painter with roots in army painting who has become an accomplished specialist in diorama work. He has placed at such competitions as Crystal Brush, Privateer Press P3, Gen Con, Massive Voodoo in-line, and others. Chris has his roots in painting armies for competitive play and discussed his journey from army painting to dioramas. He shares so...

This month I got to speak with award winning painter, Erik Swinson . Erik's won numerous awards, including the coveted Lock & Load Grandmaster and was kind enough to spend some time talking to me about his approach to painting, particularly about non-metallic metals, painting shadows, and his thoughts on how every painter needs to define their own "tabletop standard." Follow Erik on Instagram...

This month's episode features an old friend I've been wanting to interview on the BWU podcast since the very beginning, professional miniatures painter, Matt DiPietro! Matt is a Golden Demon award winner who worked as Privateer Press' studio painter for many years before pursuing his career independently at Contrast Miniatures and as part of the team at Miniature Monthly. Matt took the time out of...

Episode 6 of the  Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month my friend Andy Hobday, co-owner of Footsore Miniatures joined me all the way from Nottingham, England to talk about his imminent project, The Barons' War, coming to Kickstarter, September 15th. Andy has become a real force of natur...

Episode 5 of the  Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. I'm very excited to share this month's podcast, an interview with fellow Union member, Greg De Stefano, one of the main people behind Turbodork , the color-shift and metallic paints taking the hobby by storm! Turbodork has just released a who...

Episode 4 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. This month Simon spoke with the hardest working man in miniatures wargaming, Sean Sutter, creator (and writer, and illustrator, and artist, and sculptor) of Relicblade ! Sean kindly shared his time to talk about how Relicblade came about, his...

Episode 3 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. In the second of two interviews with the staff of Battlefront Miniatures, creators of Flames of War , the 15mm WWII game of platoon and tank combat, Simon speaks with studio painter Aaron Te Hira-Mathie. Aaron is kind enough to speak with us a...

Episode 2 of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. In our first of two interviews with the staff of Battlefront Miniatures, creators of Flames of War , the 15mm WWII game of platoon and tank combat, Simon speaks with game designer, Andrew Haught. Andrew kindly shares some thoughts on game desi...

The very first episode of the Brush Wielders Union podcast! Each month, BWU General President, Simon Berman, interviews a Union member or other minis wargaming luminary. Our first guest is hobby legend, Dave Taylor! Dave's been working in miniatures wargaming for over two decades and after painting over 10,000 miniatures, has (literally) written the book on painting whole armies. We chatted about...