This week, Paul returns to the podcast! The concept of being "self-taught" in miniature painting is not something you often hear of. But we forget how now there is so much instructional content online, it has almost become the default for a new painter to learn on YouTube, without the helping hand of a hobby buddy. In this episode, we compare our experiences and discuss some of the mistakes and bad habits new painters could run into...

Also in this episode, the return of listeners comments, our question of the week about painting grim dark in a box art style, and of course share some of our hobby hacks!

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0:00:00 Intro
0:00:36 The era of Paul
0:01:07 The DeWalt Sniper
0:06:00 Explanation, demonstration, imitation  
0:09:08 Hobby updates 
0:22:30 Listeners comments 
0:22:41 Are tank bases weird? 
0:27:41 Making excuses for your work
0:36:40 Is there too much painting content? 
0:38:48 Mistakes self-taught painters make 
0:39:52 Watching too many videos 
0:44:04 Copying painting styles
0:48:59 Distractions 
0:56:13 Learning too many techniques 
1:07:17 Stop taking shortcuts 
1:15:41 Learning to critique models 
1:22:24 How to give helpful feedback 
1:37:43 Avoiding bad habits 
1:50:54 QOTW: Grimdark ‘Eavy Metal
1:56:31 HH: Exaggerated contrast 
2:01:54 Support the show!

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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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