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Blows my mind, Brent. I remember playing Warcraft 2 with you in your house on the McNamee road.. What a nostalgia high. You introduced me to a whole world i didnt know existed. Im so happy to see you doing/sharing what you love.

My favorite thing about this channel is being made aware of obscure miniature games. I am so excited for fantasy hockey.

"you can't spend three days cooking chicken... what are you gonna do with all that chicken?" 🤣🤣

I always get so psyched when I see my friend's work unexpectedly on media. Thank you for sharing Brent

i’m the one in the center on that panel and i had such a great time painting my first mini! He lives on top of my thermostat now, and some day i’ll use him in a game ❤

The transferable skills thing was the biggest surprise for me; our last rental, the walls, doors, window frames, just about everything was flawless by the time I was done (and better than when we moved in). 100% thanks to 'The Hobby' 😊 Great talk, a lot of excellent points and stuff to think about, for someone who's been in the hobby for a short while and as points to make to someone else who asks about it.

The thing thats perfect about wargames is there are so many hobbies wrapped into one. We get the game itself, the art of painting the art of sculpting, lore and world building. You arent just getting into war hammer per se but whatever you want to make it.

That was awesome even for someone with 20+ years of miniature painting. Thank you Brent

Nice work Brent, as usual. I've been running paint and takes for the last three years, its quite rewarding! You touched on a lot of points that I make with participants. Tell a story about your figure, choose interesting colors, dont give up, etc. But especially making the analogy about it being not really different than a coloring book, I found that it helps set people's minds at ease, and helps them "Paint bravely"! Also my IG feed is about 85% mini/gaming content, 10% cats, 10% music

I remember at origins last year my whole family did the paint and take there... 5 months later my dad got me a painting kit and here we are, 6 months later im painting for most of my evening :D it really is the gateway drug

Great talk, thank you very much. I am in this hobby for about 27 years of my almost 38 year-life, but I re-appreciated it again with you making these points. I wish you all the best!

Always happy when Arcadia Quest gets some attention. One of my favorite games ❤

You are a great ambassador for the hobby Brent. A balanced, well reasoned explanation of the craft and motivation to jump right in. I am not much of a game player but have embraced the building and painting zen of the hobby.

You had me at "vampires playing hockey."

Awesome that you are taking the time to introduce people to the hobby! You did a great job tailoring your talk to folks at this con

What an awesome presentation, loved seeing those Twenty Sided Realms minis up there. Bring TSR podcast back 😉

Thanks for keeping me company while hand sewing, and reminding me that I really need to locate my minis after the move...

Gosh, I live near Philadelphia and never heard of this convention!

Great job helping grow this! You’re a great ambassador for miniature painting! I’m still here for the fishing videos🏆🎣

Thanks for some awesome and unique content!

love it, I really enjoyed this long video !

Fun video, I hope it got some new mini fans :) The more of us the merrier! The only thing I would have done is point people towards some other inexpensive miniature games they might enjoy. Painting minis is fun and I love it, buuuut I am painting them to play a game with, without the game, I wouldn't have gotten into the minis. In my case, it was OPR, but there are lots of cheap mini games that might be the just the trick to suck 'em in.

Was great to meet you at toomanygames, hope to see you back next year. Still going to call you the Bob Ross of mini painting

This is perfect timing! I'm teaching at an international summer school for the first time (13-17 year old kids), and I just received a huge box of painting supplies and the Deadzone starter set while we're 3D-printing fantasy minis and terrain for One Page Rules. Your key points about the hobby will definitely go up on the whiteboard for all the 200+ students to see! PS. I just posted pictures of the two pages I wrote and the 3D-printed minis we're making if anyone's curious at r/minipainting on Reddit.

From one ex-teacher to another, you absolutely smashed this - excellent job. You broke a quarter-mil subscribers too! You've earned it dude 😎

Magic the Gathering: a gateway drug. On a side note, my small semi-local convention had a paint camp with tole paints like American Craft and Apple Barrel, a new girl started her first mini.. a bust. The work she did with crappy paints! She is super into makeup so she was able to transfer those skills over (with some lingo translation from me). The friends I made over that weekend and I crated a Discord server where we occasionally hang out and paint :)

That was really enjoyable to listen to while I splash up some models. Thanks Brent!

Great job. I'm sure you got a lot of new recruits

Nice! I literally have Arcadia Quest on my paint desk right now! I'm almost finished with the 12 heros. Only 5 more bosses to finish and that game is completely finished!

I just got into Painting miniatures and found your channel. I really appreciate you and your videos! My dog loves your cats too

Nice one Brent 👍

Congratulations Brent ! speaking in public is Hard, and you performed well. Have a great day !

Thanks for sharing this experience in all its detail Brent! :)

Nice presentation! Thanks for including my work. I hope your effort to introduce more people to the hobby was fruitful.

It was awesome meeting you at the convention even if I was a little starstruck having you, Bob, and Ian right across from our booth. You aren't kidding about the Paint and Take being busy and it was great seeing so many new people try out painting all weekend.

I had an amazing time at these events. I can't wait for the next one!

Really cool hearing you talk about the hobby. I wish I could have been there.

I had to miss TooManyGames this year to take my kid up to U of Maine. I hope you will come back next year. Incidentally, there was a big RelicBlade event at RedCap's Corner in Philadelphia on the Sunday of the convention. I think you would have enjoyed checking it out. I know I would have enjoyed playing in it! Maybe next year!

To this day, the black and white artworks from the warcraft 2 manual are some of my all time favorite.

thanks for that how to paint your first mini vid was what i used to paint my first ork when i returned to hobby in 2017

Man, that video was awesome!

The only incentive I needed to begin painting was opening a board-game and seeing the hideous default lime-green minis 😬

I was at a Wedding that weekend otherwise I would’ve gone. I’ll put it on the calendar for next year. This is my kind of place.

That was a nice one

Good job Brent.

Man, I'm actually upset I didn't make it out this year!

"Seduce" 😭

Greetings from Italy. Happy painting 🖌️

I wish I had known about this beforehand

That planet kosmos font is everywhere lol

I clicked on this video to get Bert Mabers glamorshots. Either way great video and PowerPoint!

FOR THE HORDE!

*Summary* ## How to Recruit Painters at Conventions - A Miniature Painting Summary: *In-Person Events:* * *(**0:00**)* *Target-Rich Environment:* Conventions are full of potential miniature painters who haven't tried it yet. * *(**1:46**)* *Paint and Take:* Extremely successful. Provided free minis & paints, and drew constant crowds. Proved to be a great "gateway drug" into the hobby. * *(**3:00**)* *On-Stage Shows:* Experimental but promising. Included TED Talk-style presentation about the benefits of miniature painting, panel discussion about alternative war games, and live mini painting demonstrations with audience participation. * *(**3:42**)* *Challenges:* Ambient noise, camera/screen placement issues made demonstrations difficult to see clearly. * *(**4:55**)* *Solutions:* Improved AV setup for future events. *Why Miniature Painting is Great:* * *(**7:44**)* *Accessible:* Low barrier to entry for all ages & physical abilities. * *(**7:44**)* *Creative & Relaxing:* Allows for artistic expression & stress reduction. * *(**7:44**)* *Productive & Collectible:* Creates tangible pieces of art & builds collections. * *(**19:18**)* *Connects to Other Hobbies:* Overlaps with gaming, art, modeling, etc. * *(**18:31**)* *Flexible & Social:* Adapts to different schedules, budgets, & social preferences. *Recruiting New Painters:* * *(**24:29**)* *Highlight Affordability:* Emphasize low cost of entry compared to other hobbies. * *(**9:00**)* *Connect to Existing Interests:* Showcase miniatures related to popular IPs & fandoms. * *(**16:00**)* *Demonstrate Simplicity:* Paint and Takes are crucial for first-time painters. * *(**46:21**)* *Promote Community:* Emphasize social aspects & potential for new friendships. * *(**48:31**)* *Show Long-Term Appeal:* Painting offers lifelong enjoyment & collections don’t become obsolete. *Brent’s Experience:* * *(**29:12**)* Went from card games to Warhammer in his youth. * *(**45:01**)* Believes painting teaches color theory & can even translate to better fashion choices. * *(**36:59**)* Inspired by art styles in video games like Warcraft, Rome: Total War, and XCOM. * *(**46:28**)* Thrilled by the current "Golden Age of Nerd Hobbies" and the growing popularity of miniature painting. I used Google Gemini 1.5 Pro to summarize the transcript. Cost (if I didn't use the free tier): $0.1110 Time: 24.61 seconds Input tokens: 28701 Output tokens: 1001

My suggestion for a live painting event: cage death match! :)

Warcraft 2 is indeed a great source for inspiration. :)

I thought you did a great job on stage. Suggestion: When giving the "TED" talks... remove hobby specific jargon like "STL file" and replace it with "digital file" so that layman understand the talk easier. BTW the Convention Croc is one of my all time fav models, he's adorable.

18:05 "The hobby is almost..." sorry, missed the next bit, I just turned on the spray booth extractor fan

Dude what? I'm in philly why didn't the algorithm show me any of this? But I get ads for things I don't want or need? I'm bummed.

Xcom essentially inspired the new killteam

Did they send you home with one of those sweet sweet gaming chairs?

Great to get to hang out with you!

Question from a beginner that has only painted 28mm models how do you support your unbased large models for painting. I have tried hot glue, tacky putty, and apca glue to try and hold them in place to no success. I have resigned myself to just holding the model in working on, but the repeated handling it rubbing the paint off leading to constant touch ups. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you in advance

Wait did i hear Snapships

I utterly love your content Brent, but this... is... just... LAY-ZEEEE. :(

I have been playing world of warcraft from when I was 7 until now and I can say I have noticed it influences my painting very much I also played WCIII as a child and since then I just always end up painting my elves pink/purple because of my love of the night elves.

Such a fun event! Looks like it was a hit!

That’s quite the unique surname there, Mr. Amberger … I’ve never seen it (and I work with all U.S. states) and even my autocorrect doesn’t recognize it. 😅 But dang, that is one tough crowd.