The Cutting Mat Podcast

Get a glass of that good orange stuff and sit down with the boys this week as we talk about Meta-Hobbies, roles in the community, those darn influencers and orange juice!

Season Two! New recording interface. Tony Hawk! Jack Black! oh yeah we also talk about the importance of tribal knowledge in this hobby!

Recently the boys had Mecha and Monsters 2 in Raleigh, NC which fostered a whole new Multi-State Gunpla Meetup! Then Joel flew out to California for SCGMC by ThoseGundamGuys!

We reached to the Gunpla community far and wide for questions that needed to be answered. Well, we finally answered these questions in a podcast form. Check out this episode where the boyz sit down and answer the hard questions you have all been asking. Also, this artwork for the episode will make sense once you listen to the episode. We promise. ps: tony hawk we love you

Yeah, that's right. One Whole WEBSITE AND PATREON. What are you gonna do about it? Hopefully, check out the Patreon and our fancy website. Check out this little bonus episode. We now have a website that is thecuttingmatpodcast.com and a patreon at patreon.com/thecuttingmat. Also, Tino dies from laughing in this episode. RIP Sign Off Boy

This episode we are talking about influence! No, not those make-believe dorks called influencers. We are talking about the things we draw from to inspire our artwork. Everything from borderlands to bolt thrower. This is a great episode for anyone wanting to look into inspires people and where to find that inspiration. It might be closer to you than you think. 

This month's episode we are talking all about routines and organization and why it's so important to have these things involved with your hobby. We also briefly touch on how these can be related to feeling burnt out on the hobby. Hope you enjoy this episode and we promise that the patreon is coming soon! Thank you all for the support and our sponsors as well. 

You will face failure in anything you do. We talk about how failure plays such a major component in scale modeling. This is a must listen for everyone. New builders to professionals. Enjoy this episode and enjoy the hobby for yourself

Here it is! We give you the best tips and advice on how to start your own local Gunpla community based on our own experiences. If you have any questions or want to even learn more shoot us an email at [email protected]. If you enjoyed these two episodes make sure to leave a review on iTunes!

The first episode of two! We sit down and talk about our local hobby and the experiences we had with starting it, maintaining and everything else in-between. We also speak about the online community Gunpla Builders Association and other online communities as well. From sharing our experiences we believe we can give you better insight into the next episode when we give you the steps you need to find, start, maintain and keep your scale modeling community prosper!