Lord of the Rings is back! In this episode we discuss the new edition of the Middle Earth Strategy Battle and all of the miniatures which we have painted for its release. Expect to learn James' struggles with the resin casts, how we tackled painting the models, how Games Workshop have stepped up the quality of their sprue design, how we would speed paint the box set, and much more! 

Also in this episode, we answer our listeners miniature painting questions in our first Patreon Q&A, share our advice for stripping miniatures from eBay, and of course share our hobby hacks! 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:34 Painting updates 
0:12:04 MIDDLE EARTH BOX SET
0:13:51 The sprues 
0:21:47 Painting the miniatures 
0:26:13 Was MESBG dying? 
0:28:37 The resin miniatures 
0:42:18 The rules
0:47:40 Q&A 
0:48:10 Prepping for Golden Demon 
0:50:28 Battle damage colours 
0:52:45 2025 Hobby goals 
0:57:12 Non GW miniatures 
1:00:40 Painting Faces 
1:06:25 Warhammer Metal Album
1:09:47 Question of the Week 
1:14:22 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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Warhammer is known for being a little on the expensive side, so can you really buy everything you need to paint for under £100? In this hilarious episode, the gang pitch each of their own budget setups to see where you can save money, and where you should spend it to get the most bang for your hobby buck! 

Also in this episode, we discuss the hobby bargains we were able to obtain at Warboot, showcase community submissions for our monthly painting challenge, answer our question of the week and of course share our Hobby Hack! 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:41 Warboot
0:10:00 RuneScape Kingdoms
0:14:18 Painting setup under £100 
0:17:28 George’s list
0:34:09 James’ list
0:55:54 Joe’s list
1:22:21 #Nidvember
1:25:50 Question of the Week 
1:28:33 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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Blending is an integral technique to the miniature painting hobby, but whats the best method for it? In this episode we break down five of the most popular blending techniques and explain to you the pros and cons for each, and when they are best used for the best results on your models! 

Also in this episode, stay tuned for our regular segments like: The news, our Question of the Week and of course our Hobby Hacks! 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:42 Black Friday
0:02:47 Warboot
0:07:35 BEST Blending Methods!
0:09:57 Wet Blending 
0:20:08 Glazing
0:29:30 Layering 
0:36:41 Stippling 
0:43:58 Feathering 
0:48:23 The News 
0:59:42 Question of the Week 
1:06:26 Hobby Hack

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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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It's that time of the year where Games Workshop release some new battleforces for Warhammer, but are these huge army boxes actually worth it? This week we discuss our experiences over the year from painting, and how we would take what we have learned to starting a new army (using one of these sets). We also go through each of the boxes to give you some tips for which ones are a good buy, and whats worth a miss... 

Also in this episode, we tackle our question of the week about sustainability in the hobby, go through the latest hobby news, and of course share our Hobby Hack which this week is all about painting metallics! 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:36 The big surprise 
0:03:55 Joe’s army update 
0:08:54 Painting Necrons 
0:13:55 Black Friday 
0:15:23 Warhammer Army Boxes
0:25:22 Price / Value 
0:30:38 Age of Sigmar boxes
0:42:44 Planning our armies 
1:06:00 Local Game shops (FLGS) 
1:07:54 The News
1:20:23 Question of the Week 
1:28:00 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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How can you paint a stunning Warhammer army? We thought who better to ask than one of this year’s Armies on Parade judges! In this episode, expect to learn what makes a tabletop army stand out, how you can make a more cohesive looking force, create a unique look using scenery, generate motivation and much more!

Also in this episode, we share this week’s news, answer our question of the week about brushes, and of course share with you our Hobby Hack (with the return of a live demo)! 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:10 Painting Death Guard
0:07:08 Main topic starts 
0:07:42 James judged Armies on Parade
0:11:12 Creating a setting
0:15:53 Making a cohesive army 
0:19:08 Miniature choice
0:21:53 Using scenery
0:24:18 What makes an army stand out?
0:27:35 generating motivation 
0:31:51 Display boards
0:38:41Improving your army
0:45:36 The news!
0:51:25 Question of the Week
0:58:46 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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The pile of shame is something that all of us deal with in the hobby, but we're proposing an alternative option to both save you money, and maintain your motivation to paint more at the same time!

In this weeks episode, we discuss models at the top of our "bucket list", why we have not painted them yet, some better models that might replace them in future, how to stay motivated and much, much more! Also in this episode we review our community submissions for #orktober, answer our question of the week and of course share our hobby hacks!

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:38 Joe’s Dark Angels 
0:05:04 Temporary subassembly 
0:08:47 James’ diorama 
0:12:43 The Nugling Haggle 
0:15:45 Warhammer Bucket List
0:24:22 Models on our lists
0:35:24 Wildcards
0:39:57 More picks 
1:03:28 Conclusion 
1:05:30 #Orktober
1:10:36 The News
1:12:17 Question of the week 
1:16:37 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 regularly see starter boxes released from Warhammer, but could this be one of the best value sets you can buy? In this week’s episode, we discuss the new Kill Team Starter Set and whether its unique contents make this one of the most interesting releases in recent memory, what we hope this means for future sets, why you should care even if you’re not into the game, and much more! 

Also in this episode we tackle our question of the week on creating cohesive armies out of old/new miniatures, share our hobby hacks and introduce our new news segment! 

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:00 Painting updates 
0:09:16 The BEST VALUE box? 
0:10:46 MDF Terrain 
0:16:35 Price / VALUE
0:22:24 The miniatures 
0:35:47 What this box represents
0:42:07 Future boxes like this?
0:50:21 The News! 
1:00:05 Question of the Week 
1:08:09 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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With the amount of information available about miniature painting these days, it can sometimes be tricky to work out whats true and what is just a myth… In this episode we’ll be your miniature myth busters as we break down 5 widespread pieces of hobby information and explain why they are actually false! Bu’t don’t worry we’ll also give you some alternative information along the way, so you can improve your miniature painting, without fear of getting it wrong! 

Also in this episode, Paul shares his progress with his Blood Angels, James drops a big hobby update with his goals for 2025, we answer our question of the week and of course share our parting hobby hack - This week with a live demo!

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:18 Pauls Blood Angels
0:09:13 Removing mould lines
0:12:27 NOT mixing colours
0:14:51 James taps out 
0:30:32 AD PATREON
0:31:31 Painting myths BUSTED!
0:32:45 1: Small brushes 
0:38:45 2: Airbrushes make you better
0:46:05 3: Metallics on wet palettes
0:50:58 4: Grimdark is weathered 
0:55:12 5: Two thin coats
1:01:07 QOTW: Airbrush for competitions?
1:05:49 Hobby Hack: Painting eyes 
1:11:03 Post show trailer 

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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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Could your knowledge of Warhammer lore actually improve your painting? This week, we are joined by popular YouTube channel (and loremaster) Wolf Lord Rho! In this fascinating conversation, we learn how you can enter the world of Warhammer lore, and utilise it to improve the painting side of the hobby (even as a beginner), how you can use lore as motivation for completing your projects, how to make painting more accessible to yourself and increase your hobby output, Wolf Lord Rho’s predictions for the future of the 40k setting and much more! 

Check out Wolf Lord Rho's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wolflordrho

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:00:20 Wolf Lord Rho
0:02:21 Why did you start making videos? 
0:05:07 What got you into Warhammer?
0:08:44 Is the hobby more accessible now? 
0:11:28 Is lore its own hobby?
0:14:30 Did you always enjoy painting?
0:17:57 Painting a Crimson Fists army 
0:20:56 Did the lore inspire your army? 
0:22:18 How to choose your faction 
0:26:32 Does the lore benefit your painting? 
0:29:11 Where to start with Warhammer lore?
0:32:05 Where to start with Warhammer models? 
0:36:20 Staying motivated to paint Warhammer 
0:39:46 Recreating favourite characters
0:43:52 Learning to paint Warhammer 
0:53:21 Which Primarchs will return?
1:04:35 Question of the Week 

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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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This week, James reports back from Spiel Essen, home of Golden Demon in 2024. In this episode, James reviews Europes biggest boardgame/wargaming convention, the Golden Demon event itself and we discuss the winning entries...

Also in this episode, we review your submissions for our monthly painting challenge, discuss the recent feature in Warhammer Community and of course answer our question of the week!

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0:00:00 Trailer
0:01:17 James’ WarCom article
0:05:52 Biggest army we painted
0:08:54 Reviewing old paint jobs 
0:10:33 IronSkull 2025
0:15:43 Spiel Essen 
0:27:55 Event review
0:30:59 Golden Demon  
0:37:00 Our favourite entries
0:55:20 Monthly painting challenge 
1:01:36 Question of the Week
1:07:52 Patreon bonus segment

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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

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegeStudios/podcasts