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...

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:39 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 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.

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