The miniature painting hobby certainly has its fair share of tools, gadgets and gizmo's but do any of them have any other uses than what they were designed for?

In episode 120 of Paint Perspective, we're here to shed the light on some secret uses for common hobby tools you've certainly got at your desk and explain why you might just be using them WRONG! 

Expect insights into:
🛠️ Secret uses for your tools
🖌️ How to make your brushes last longer
🙅🏻‍♂️ Perfecting mould lines
🔥 Hobby Hacks

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:56 New Space Marines
0:05:39 Painting Lion El’Jonson
0:07:12 Spearhead Magazine
0:08:48 Warhammer plus exclusives 
0:13:00 Tools you’re using wrong! 
0:15:03 Sanding miniatures
0:20:50 Mould lines
0:23:44 Gap filling 
0:28:09 Brush soap 
0:38:10 Makeup brushes 
0:43:29 Drilling barrels

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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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We all love painting miniatures, but nobody can be at peak form all the time... So what do you do when your motivation is low, and you don't know what to work on next?

In episode 119 of Paint Perspective, we're having an intervention on our own hobby lulls and discussing how we plan to get back on a more productive path...

Expect insights into: 
💪🏻How to stay motivated to paint your Warhammer army
⚖️How to choose your next painting project
💰Is your "pile of potential" holding you back?
🔥Hobby hacks 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:52 The GOAT
0:03:02 Luna Wolves Conversions  
0:17:09 AD PATREON
0:17:56 Main topic starts
0:22:08 Too many models!
0:27:27 AD ONYX
0:28:24 Sticking with a project
0:35:36 Mental motivation 
0:41:26 Maximising enjoyment 
0:48:34 Change your expectations
0:56:00 AD SCENICS
0:56:41 Our dream projects 
1:03:39 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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We love discussing painting techniques here on the podcast, but there’s one of them we haven’t yet covered… Freehand! 

In episode 118 of Paint Perspective, we're joined by Ewan who is our in studio specialist for all things freehand and miniature artwork! He’s here to share his essential tips for mastering the craft and give us a live demo on how to create not just freehand patterns, but real miniature masterpieces!

Expect insights into: 
🖌️How to become a freehand master
🏁Where to start as a beginner
💀How to paint a freehand skull
🔥Hobby hacks 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:03 Our guest
0:03:48 3rd ed freehand banner
0:09:38 Working at Siege Studios
0:15:31 How to start practicing
0:19:22 Genius painting advice
0:25:11 Can anyone do this?
0:30:23 Designs for beginners
0:33:43 Drawing Vs painting
0:36:40 Paint consistency 
0:38:54 FREEHAND SKULL DEMO
0:44:55 Best brush size?
0:46:34 Refining the design
0:49:46 Wet blending 
0:52:18 Background colours
0:55:46 Finished skull! 
0:58:36 Getting over the fear

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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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When we think about getting better looking Warhammer we usually think of improving our painting, but what about some of the more overlooked steps? 

In episode 117 of Paint Perspective, we're here to reveal some secret tricks to improve contrast, finish and get you better looking Warhammer miniatures without changing anything about your painting! 

Expect insights into: 
🤫Secret uses for varnish
👆🏻Increasing contrast on miniatures
🏝️Immersive miniature bases
🔥Hobby hacks 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:49 Joe didn’t subscribe?
0:03:32 Vehicular hobbying 
0:11:19 Model plane retirement 
0:17:06 Improving your models!
0:20:47 Varnish is magic
0:24:38 Matt Vs Satin
0:26:20 AK Ultra Matte (problems)
0:31:14 Protecting your Warhammer
0:37:21 More contrast (without paint)
0:44:33 Secret varnish tricks
0:49:10 Environmental effects 
0:57:02 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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Painting your Warhammer miniatures can be very daunting (and expensive), so how can you overcome your fear of ruining your miniatures and guarantee quality results?

In episode 116 of Paint Perspective, we share our tips for both new and experienced painters on what essential tips and techniques you should focus on. You can also expect to learn where we think your money is best spent, which paint brushes you should (or shouldn't) use and share advice for what models to choose for both practice and experimentation! 

Expect insights into: 
😰 How to overcome the fear
🙅🏻‍♂️ What products to avoid
🖌️ Which brushes are best
✅ Essential painting tips 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:24 The £2.48 spray can
0:06:36 Painting Ghazghkull
0:09:31 Perfect paint storage
0:14:34 Don’t ruin your Warhammer
0:19:40 Overcoming the fear…
0:25:20 What to spend money on
0:28:11 Expensive brushes?
0:34:01 Which paints?
0:36:44 ESSENTIAL painting tips
0:44:11 A newbie’s approach…
0:51:34 #T’august 
0:55:44 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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Painting your Warhammer army is incredibly time consuming, but can you save time without sacrificing quality results? In this episode, we discuss our best hacks for army painting, that not only save you time and make you a more efficient painter, but might just result in you having the best army on the tabletop! 

Expect insights into: 
💨 How to paint your army faster
⬆️ Hacks to improve your army 
❌ What traps to avoid
✅ Essential techniques 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:55 Painting Space Wolves! 
0:14:52 Army painting tips! 
0:15:53 Make more impact
0:20:24 Maximising motivation 
0:26:22 Batch painting tips 
0:36:51 Sweat the small stuff
0:40:09 Efficient brushwork 
0:43:11 Don’t waste time on this
0:46:18 Stop using washes…
0:52:39 Making better choices
0:56:12 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.

Follow us: @siegestudios / @paintperspectivepodcast

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If there's one thing we love to talk about, it's how to improve at miniature painting... But is this "hustle culture" actually ruining the hobby? On this episode, we discuss the reaction to some of our content and review the overall mindset behind improving your brush skills, and how our opinions have changed over time... 

Expect insights into:
🙅🏻‍♂️ Is hustle culture ruining the hobby?
⚖️ How to balance fun and improvement
✅ How to maximise fun and enjoyment 
🤔 Why our opinions have changed...

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:02:34 Custom Night Lords
0:09:50 Captain Centos
0:12:57 Painting Lion El’Jonson
0:19:03 Rise above cancer
0:23:50 Promoting hustle culture 
0:26:50 How have we changed?
0:36:13 Normalise having fun
0:43:00 Trying to get it right...
0:47:34 Understanding yourself
0:58:31 How this podcast started
1:05:49 A HUGE Milestone!

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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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The Warhammer hobby can be rather expensive, so we wanted to know: Can you really buy everything you need to build and paint a Space Marine for under £50. In this absolutely unhinged episode, we tried (and failed) to each create our own essential budget hobby list! However, while there were many hiccups along the way not all is what you might think…

Expect insights into: 
🙅🏻‍♂️ Why we failed the challenge 
🤑 Planning a budget hobby list
❌ Which tools you should avoid
✅ Essential items to spend money on

Learn more about Jamie Farquhar: https://jamiefarquhar.muchloved.com/

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:02:34 Scottish expedition 
0:08:01 White Dwarf collection
0:12:13 Space Marine tutorial 
0:14:17 The rematch 
0:17:09 £50 Painting challenge 
0:18:49 James’ list 
0:36:08 The worst list?
0:37:54 Joe’s list
0:52:55 Was that better?
0:54:36 George’s list 
1:01:04 Who won?

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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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Warhammer can be an incredible escape for all of us, but with such a solitary hobby, how can you use it to connect with the community? 

In episode 112 of Paint Perspective we are joined by Ollie of BlackHeartMinis, who has become a prolific representative of the community, to share his story of how he has used social media and events to make lifelong friends... 

Expect insights into:
💗 How to expand your own hobby community
📱 Positive use of social media
🖌️ Community painting showcase
🔥 How to rapidly improve at painting 

See more of BlackHeartMinis ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/blackheartminis/
Mind charity event ➡️ https://shorturl.at/p20ki

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:46 IronSkull 2025
0:02:45 A new hobbyist 
0:06:50 Social media 
0:11:53 Creating content 
0:15:22 Escapism & mental health 
0:21:37 Community events 
0:31:46 Making hobby friends 
0:36:18 How to build YOUR community 
0:48:07 A lot in common…
0:51:45 Improving at painting
1:00:39 Citadel paint stigma 
1:06:02 Favourite paints
1:09:32 #julydonethdeepkin
1:12:37 Charity event 

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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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You all of course know Luetin09 for his incredible lore content, but what about the other pillars of the hobby? In episode 111 of Paint Perspective, Luetin is back in the studio to share with us how he paints so many huge Warhammer armies, and the mindset and techniques behind his motivation.

Expect insights into:
🖌️ How to motivate yourself to paint a huge Warhammer army
📖 How to use lore to improve your army 
💰 Luetin’s favourite hobby products 
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

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BOOK A CLASS ➡️  https://shorturl.at/ory37

Check out Luetin's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Luetin09

0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:40 Welcome back! 
0:02:01 Luetin sleep club 
0:05:50 Discovering the hobby 
0:10:22 What drew you in? 
0:13:02 If not Abaddon, who?
0:14:31 Primarchs coming back 
0:16:00 Improving at painting 
0:19:52 Planning armies 
0:23:19 Painting armies faster
0:26:28 Motivation to paint
0:27:55 Where to get started 
0:30:00 Adding lore into armies 
0:38:45 Hobby background material 
0:41:19 Luetin’s favourite products!
0:48:38 Luetin’s tyranids army 
0:54:08 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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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts