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The most fun I've had making a video for a while

Hey team! I thought I'd try to make a potentially pretty boring video into one of my most entertaining, and I'm pretty happy with how it went!

Tons of tips and tricks crammed into one video, and it'll hopefully save you a bit of money in the long run!

Hope you're all ready for a spectacular weekend :)

New merch, baybeee! (plus a discount for Patreon supporters)

Hey team! The Snazz Dragon store has now been restocked with regular Midwinter Minis logo t-shirts, but ALSO we're very excited to reveal the glorious "STOP STARING AT MY WIGGLYBOIS" t-shirt I had commissioned by Kenny from Next Level Painting, and also a classic logo HOODIE! All sizes available right now, from S to 4XL.

Help me name a paint set

So, purely hypothetically, if I was speaking to a company about releasing a paint set that contained the paints and colours I use in all my limited palette/speed painting videos, what do you think the best name for it would be?

For context, it will probably also contain a few brushes.

Cho...

Painting MDF Ork stuff and talking about hilarious place names

We've done a couple of livestreams this week, on top of making lots of short, punchy videos for the next few weeks. Mad organisational skills over here. Here's the latest addition to the Midwinter Minis Livestream archive, where Penny and I paint some MDF terrain black (the most boring part) but we also talk about some pretty...

Get game ready! Paint all your terrain without even using a paintbrush or airbrush!

A fun, fast video for you today! I was feeling a bit guilty about having loads of unpainted terrain bits in my "battlefield box" so I decided to GET IT DONE. I'm pretty sure you can guess how I did this, but it took no time at all, and looks good enough for battle reports!

Hope you enjoy it :)

Let's start building the Titan's big gun

Hey friends! Here's the permanent link to last week's livestream where we started building p the Sunfury Plasma Annihilator, the weapon we chose for the Warlord Titan.

All our livestreams go private as soon as we make a new one, and only our Patreon supporters get the link! If you want to check through our back-catalogu...

Blackstone Fortress: the final episode

Hi friends! A bittersweet post today. My final "Speed painting Blackstone Fortress" video has just gone live, where I paint up the Guardian Drones that are found in the Ascension expansion.

I hope you enjoy it! It's been an absolute pleasure making this series.

Attention new supporters!

I've been a busy little bee this week, prepping lots of videos for the weeks ahead. If you didn't know, Penny and I are expecting our first kids - twins - in a few weeks, so I'm trying to make a few "banked" videos that I can release when I take a little bit of time off when the babies arrive.

Because of this, I've spli...

Start Collecting DEATHMATCH tournament FAQs

Hey everyone! I've had a few common questions about the DEATHMATCH series posed to me. First up, here's the SC!DEATHMATCH series table, so here's how things stand now. Here's some FAQs hastily answered between painting steps:

"What do the abbreviations mean?"

ORK: Orks

KHO: Daemons of Khorne...

What is your favourite type of Midwinter Minis video?

I'm always interested to know what kind of stuff you enjoy the most. Feel free to choose as many options as you like! Your support is incredibly important to me, and I'm always happy to tailor the kind of videos I make to suit the people who are really "invested" in me, Penny, the channel, and Nessa of course ;)

Unstoppable force vs immovable object!

It's back, baby! The third game of the Start Collecting DEATHMATCH series is up and available for your viewing pleasure. Will Ant's Synthwave Tyranids munch my gross Nurgle Eyebearers and buggybois?

90s Space Wolves!

My longest ever painting video, cataloguing 70 hours of building, prep, painting, blood, sweat, and tears! I hope you enjoy it!

It also features a cool Space Wolves-style voiceover from friend of the channel Sebastian Kling at the start. Thanks dude!

GET YER (discounted) T-SHIRTS!

Yes, they're finally here: Midwinter Minis logo t-shirts.

I've collaborated with an independent merch company called Snazz Dragon to bring you great quality t-shirts with awesome print detail at a good price! Win, win, win!

These t-shirts are £16.99, but to thank you for your Patreon support, you can grab one for...

Archive: Opening a mystery box of 90s Space Wolves

We went live again today, starting the prep and clean-up of the Titan's big gun. You know what that means? Time to add another episode to the livestream archive!

We make all but the newest livestream on the channel "unlisted", available as Patreon exclusives to you! Rewatch our long hobby hangouts to your hearts content...

90s Space Wolves in progress!

Livestream archive: gross pink bugs

We did a cheeky livestream last night, checking out a mystery box of retro Space Wolves. You know what that means? A new livestream archive episode added exclusively for Patreon supporters!

We chat about Studio Ghibli films, the secret society of brush-licking, and I get school by Dana Howl in the comments on how to mak...

Everything I use to make videos!

Hello team MWM! I hope your week is off to an amazing start.

If you didn't catch it over the weekend, I just put out a video covering one of the most requested topics in the comments section: what gear I use, how I store my minis, what's in my studio... literally everything you could possibly want to know about my setup...

Woo! Title time

Hey team! I've got a pretty niche video coming up that gives you a behind the scenes look at my "studio". What I use to film, my cameras, my lighting, as well as a complete tour of my room.

What title would you be most tempted to click on?

Snazzy bug painting livestream archive

Hey team! We did not one, but TWO livestreams last week, trying to get this Nurgle Daemon Start Collecting box finished off.

The first one, where I do lots of drybrushing, a bit of washing, and talk about the best 80s and 90s action films, is now archived so only you gorgeously wonderful Patreon supporters can see it. 2021-03-09 11:33:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Livestream archive: building Plague Drones

We hosted another hobby hangout livestream today, but here's last week's stream just in case you missed it. If you want to watch any of our livestreams back that are now private on YouTube, you can find them all by clicking on the "livestream" tag on posts like this. Only available to you, our lovely Patreon supporters! :) 2021-03-05 15:34:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Tell me what to paint metallic purple

Let me be clear. I bloody loved the old Citadel paint Amethyst Purple. It's metallic and beautiful and... dare I say it: a bit sensuous.

What model should I use it on?

Help me with a video title

My imminent video is a balanced look at recasting: what it is, why people like it, why people think it's bad, and offering some insight into how - with one small change - it might actually help Games Workshop in the long run.

It's a very neutral look quite a divisive issue, but you know YouTube... I need a catchy title!...

Archive: Unboxing the Beta Titan Head livestream

Hey team! After a couple of solid weeks of fund-raising for the MJF Foundation, we've raised and donated over $300 for Parkinson's research!

The livestream replay has now been unlisted, but you can still watch it with your magical Patreon powers. Thanks so much for supporting us in our crazy hobby adventures!

Should we do more giveaways?

Last week we ran a little competition for some Judge Dredd goodies. This was our first "Patreon-only" giveaway. Should we do it more often?

PS, if you hadn't seen, Jere won by correctly guessing Chief Justice Fargo!

Judge Dredd winner announced!

Congratulations to the winner!

Win some Judge Dredd goodies!

Hey team! I'm on a bit of an organisation spree at the moment, making space for the Titan, and for the twins, and I thought we could start doing Patreon giveaways semi-regularly!

Now, because of Patreon's rules, there has to be some element of skill, it can't entirely be chance, so here's the challenge!

I wrote d...

Official GW Judge Dredd models?

Calling all Dredd fans! I show off, kit bash, and paint three totally awesome Dredd models, and made up some fan rules for using Judge Dredd in 40k! And yes, the one on the left is a totally legit GW model!

Check out the attachments on this post to grab the Dredd 9th edition datasheet.

Impromptu Nurgle livestream: watch again

On Sunday, we decided to do a random, unplanned livestream just to see where we can improve when we start doing Titan-building streams.

The livestream replay is now private, but Patreon members can watch it back any time! YouTube doesn't let me totally disable ads these days, but I've removed all the mid-roll ads so onc...

Let's talk about the head...

Hey team! So, yeah, you've seen the unboxing, you know I made a stupid mistake... let's fix that! TOGETHER!

What should I do about the head?

Unboxing the Warlord Titan

Hey friends! It's finally time! The Titan arrived, and Penny and I sat down to unbox it. This thing is absolutely enormous. The guns alone are bigger than most 40k vehicles! Hope you enjoy this relaxed exploration of Forge World's flagship model. Warning: there is some tragedy, you'll see.