Small Subjects

By Jim and BarryArts Leisure Visual Arts Hobbies

Small Subjects episodes

February 16, 2023 Episode 32: Travis Haussener
On this episode, we talk with one of Barry’s fellow modelers from Utah, Travis Haussener, who, despite the shared passion for miniatures and modeling, differs from him and co-host Jim in two pretty significant ways: Athleticism (you won’t find either of us getting buried in an avalanche, mainly because you’d never find either of us on skis), and, um, he holds a PhD in organic chemistry. We thought we could glean some insights into a lot of stuff we use on the workbench all the time without having much of a clue about how it works—or what we may be doing to ourselves by inhaling or ingesting it. We were not disappointed, and in fact, we’ve already got a long list of questions for a second round with Travis in the future (and maybe his physician wife, too). Modeling may not be as dangerous as skiing off-trail in the mountains, but then again, stabbing yourself with the X-acto or spilling a bottle of plastic cement is no picnic, either. Enjoy!

BTW, in spite of Jim welcoming Travis to Sound Opinions, you are indeed listening to Small Subjects.

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1 hr 59 min
January 12, 2023 Episode 31: Tools (and Other Stuff) We CAN Live Without
Tools (And Other Stuff) We Hate (according to Jim), or Tools (And Other Stuff) That Just Haven’t Worked for Him (according to Barry, who is overall a kinder person).

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1 hr 24 min
December 15, 2022 Episode 30: Will Pattison
One of our favorite and most outspoken voices in the hobby, we thought it was long overdue for us to chat with Will Pattison, especially since Jim needed some advice on chipping, and Will is the master! Will frequently posts to the Scale Modelers Critique Group on Facebook, shares his knowledge on his YouTube Channel, and talks modeling and other things with co-hosts Tracy Hancock and Chris Meddings on the Sprue Cutters Union podcast, and he’s written for several hobby magazines. He is also no slouch at figure painting.

Please note that unlike our other episodes, this episode is marked explicit because it has some profanity (a censored Will Pattison would be like an airplane model without weathering.)

You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com

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1 hr 38 min
November 17, 2022 Episode 29: Mike Good
The name of California-based miniature sculptor Mike Good should be familiar to many in our hobby. We talk with him about his work, his interests, and his methodology.

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1 hr 51 min
October 20, 2022 Episode 28: Greg Cihlar
Barry and Jim talk with Chicago-area modeler Greg Cihlar, a consistently gold-medal maker of striking dioramas and vignettes in the historical world (World War II a specialty) who’s also branched out to do some stunning work in the fantasy realm.

You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com

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1 hr 15 min
September 22, 2022 Episode 27: Tools (and Other Stuff) We Can't Live Without
In this episode, Barry and Jim wax rhapsodic about tools and other stuff they can’t live without on their workbenches—and they have A LOT of fun doing it!

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1 hr 54 min
August 18, 2022 Episode 26: Pat McGrath
http://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjects/2022/8/19/episode-26-actor-playwright-and-modeler-pat-mcgrathhttp://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjects/2022/8/19/episode-26-actor-playwright-and-modeler-pat-mcgrathBased in Dublin, armor modeler and orc sculptor Pat McGrath is a talented miniaturist, as well as a fine artist, an actor and a playwright; he performed a brilliant one-man show about our hobby, Small Plastic Wars (which we urge you to listen to here), that stands, as far as your hosts Barry and Jim know, as the only theatrical masterpiece exclusively about this odd pursuit of ours. We also talk about two of the themes in the play: modeling as therapy and (again) the idea of exhibiting vs. competition, and then we chat a bit about other appearances of our hobby in film and television.

You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
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1 hr 15 min
August 04, 2022 Episode 25: John Bonanni/IPMS Nationals
Jim and Barry chat with John Bonanni about the 2022 International Plastic Modelers' Society USA national convention (the "Nats",) which they attended in Omaha, Nebraska in July. John is the second vice president of IPMS/USA and happens to share some of our views on how IPMS contests might be improved.

You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
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1 hr 21 min
July 21, 2022 Episode 24: Pat Stansell
In addition to being a fine armor modeler, Pat is a helluva funny guy, who wrote to your hosts saying he’d be eager to chat with us, after we mentioned our enduring fondness for the late, lamented magazine he edited, Military Miniatures in Review. Eager to get the story behind the sad demise of that fine mag, as well as to hear what Pat is currently up to in Delray Beach, Florida (his new publishing company can be found here), we had quite a few laughs, and thoroughly enjoyed our chat. We hope you will, too!

You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
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1 hr 44 min
July 07, 2022 Episode 23: Calvin Tan
Calvin Tan has been recognized as one of the most talented sculptors and figure painters in the world, especially among those working with WWII subjects. A graduate of RMIT University who is now the Department Chair at DigiPen Institute of Technology, he’s one of the most eloquent artists we’ve interviewed on this podcast in terms of drawing connections between what we do in miniature (his favored scales: 1/35 and 1/16) and what some of the grand masters did in the realm of fine art; as he pointed out, there is plenty to learn from them, even if the connections aren’t always obvious. Calvin has an excellent blog where you can follow his works in progress here, and, as always, after our chat, your hosts pick several of his pieces to discuss in depth.

You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message (up to 60 seconds) about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
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1 hr 34 min

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Small Subjects is a podcast devoted to discussing big topics in the worlds of scale modeling, diorama-building, and sculpting and painting miniature figures, as well as presenting interviews with…