Hobby Time in the Murder Basement

It is not everyday you get to talk with someone who took the time to make your hobby time a more enjoyable event.  Kit saw a need for a product, and used his skills to develop the Hobby Holder, which is used by almost all miniature painters out there.  He has now had three successful Kickstarters to expand his line, and he is just a really cool person.  We had a really fun chat.   Check out my twitch at www.twitch.tv/heathaldrich Check out my music at https://heathaldrich.bandcamp.com/ If you want a podcast version of this episode https://open.spotify.com/show/0PganrMaZnzuRjZ6lnvcet?si=hsoiTMubRhi1hHwcUucJDA or search wherever you get your podcasts.  Make sure you like, subscribe, and share this with your friends.  Lets boost the signal of this channel!

You ever talk with someone, and it instantly clicks?  Where it feels like you have known each other for forever?  That is how it was the first time I heard Mike Disney speak, I knew we were destined to be friends.  Mike is one of the most genuine people I have ever met.  Such a cool dude.  Check him out, you wont be disappointed

 https://www.twitch.tv/artofmikedisney

If you like the music in the episode, please check out my bandcamp and download some tracks

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If you have been in the hobby for any amount of time, there is a really good chance you have seen a photo, or heard of all the cool models coming out of Creature Caster.  If you have been in the hobby for a while and have not acted on your impulses to purchase a Creature Caster model, you have done yourself a disservice and need to rectify this issue as soon as possible.  Today I got to sit down and talk with Peter and Simon from Creature Caster, and they teased a lot of really cool stuff.    You still have time to back the Canuckmera in the following link, you may need to change what region you are in depending. https://creaturecaster.com/us/product/canuckmera-creation-campaign/  Because this episode is coming about 5 days early to give people a little more time to get excited for the Canuckmera, there wont be another episode next week, but I will be back the following week with a interview with one of my favorite streamers, Mike Disney!  Check out my twitch at www.twitch.tv/heathaldrich Check out my music at https://heathaldrich.bandcamp.com/ If you want a podcast version of this episode https://open.spotify.com/show/0PganrMaZnzuRjZ6lnvcet?si=hsoiTMubRhi1hHwcUucJDA or search wherever you get your podcasts.  Make sure you like, subscribe, and share this with your friends.  Lets boost the signal of this channel!

Brent and I had an awesome chat about his start in content creation, and how he managed to make his 55 minute video on Social Justice in the Hobby, it is too bad my mic wasn't working the entire episode.  In the punk rock spirit of the Murder Basement, I decided to release the video as is, because I didn't want it to lose any of its magic.  So, this episode is harder to listen to, and I am sorry, but Brent brings the heat, and I am proud to call him my friend.    If you haven't seen the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgVb4a0bUw here is the link.  if you would rather a podcast version of the episode, here is the link. https://open.spotify.com/show/0PganrMaZnzuRjZ6lnvcet?si=PTILzM0XS-2dz-14RpuO_A

I have been following Eenieminis for about 2 years on Instagram.  I have always been a fan of her style, her bold use of colors, and the way she uses color modulation instead of just adding black or white to the paint she is using to get her desired effect.  Recently she got picked by Kingdom Death to paint the Titan Bee, and it made me realize that my new goal of mini painting is to get as cool as her, so I can also get the Titan Bee from Kingdom Death.  We get into some very real subjects, on this interview, and it is a long one, but if you stick around for the whole thing, I am sure you will find a conversation that will stick with you for a long time.

Vince is easily one of my biggest influences for mini painting, mainly because he taught me almost everything I know behind the brush.  His Hobby Cheating series on YouTube is one of the most comprehensive tutorial series on the platform, and if you haven't watched it, then you are messing up.  We talk about his intro to the hobby and how he developed into the painter he is today.

I belong to a Discord channel that is called the YouTube Creators Braintrust, and it is full of really cool individuals.  They often do challenges all the time between channels, and I watch Miniocalypse paint a Bat Squig using only 3 colors in craft paints...  It was insane.  https://youtu.be/HXERKEX0JsI  I told the group that I was interested in interviewing them, and Jamie was the first to reach out.  He has been really enthusiastic about the Murder Basement project, and basically there since day one, so I was thrilled to get to talk to him.  His videos may seem goofy, but make no mistake, Jamie is the real deal, and we go deep in our conversation in a way that most people are too afraid to with a stranger.  It was refreshing.  I really hope you check this one out, because it is a good one.  If you prefer a podcast version of these interviews, Hobby Time in the Murder Basement is on just about every podcast service on the net.  https://open.spotify.com/show/0PganrMaZnzuRjZ6lnvcet?si=CPkrZUthSkKjf8KcKKQ3qQ

Thrilled to be able to speak to Kenny from Next Level Painting and The Long War fame.  If you have been on YouTube, and you have somehow missed his tutorials on airbrush, you are doing it wrong.  Kenny is the real deal, and is such a good human. We talked for only 45 minutes on the record, and then he just talked to me like a friend who he hadn't seen in years, off the record.  It meant a lot to me to tell him thanks.  https://www.patreon.com/nextlevelpainting

I met Jason last year at Warfaire Weekend here in St. Louis, we spent a lot of time bullshitting about the hobby, so it was great to be able to sit down and talk with him in the Murder Basement.

I feel very fortunate to have had a chance to interview Uncle Adam from Tabletop Minions.  He is one of the most prolific content creators doing the miniature hobby thing on YouTube, and if you haven't seen his vids, you aren't YouTubing correctly.