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"Will It WARHAMMER?!" suggestions please!

Hi friends! As some of you will have seen, last week we put out 2 short-form videos, testing out "non hobby" products in a Warhammer/minipainting setting to see how they fare.

Safe to say, people seem to enjoy this format, as between the 2 videos, they've received almost a million views over 4 days across Instagram, You...

Your 3d printing questions ANSWERED

Hi everyone! First of all, thank you all so much for dropping such AWESOME questions on the 3d printing Q&A we posted here a few weeks ago. Second, HERE'S THE ANSWERS!

I think we managed to answer EVERY question that was posted at the time we recorded it, and we mentioned who asked them too!

I hope this sheds ...

Negative colour painting challenge with BLOOD BOWL!

Hi everyone! Guy here, with an exciting new video for you! Not only are we covering some BLOOD BOWL, something we've never done before on the channel, we've also tackled TWO teams with a cool painting challenge!

Hatty was given free reign to choose a limited colour palette for her Necromantic team, and I was ...

Using THESE... (blooper)

Good morning you awesome bunch! New video in the final stages of editing, realistically will be ready today! We thought you might enjoy a sneak preview in the form of this little behind the scenes blooper.

A question for all the 40k players!

Hello everyone! After playing probably one of the most heavily house-ruled, and MOST FUN games of 40k I've ever played last night, I'd like to know something from YOU...

Do you use any "house rules" when you play 40k? Or any other game, really...

If so, can you let me know what they are in the comments? I've got 4...

Can I go from 3d printing "idiot" to "expert" in just 1 day?

Hello everyone! Brand new video up now! First collaboration of 2024, too!

My pal Ross from the channel Fauxhammer came down to Colchester to help me finally get my head around 3d printing. My experience in the past has been... ummm.. AWFUL, so it's going to be a challenge for him!

I also go into quite a lot of det...

Which would you prefer?

Hi folks! Just a quick one: we're right in the middle of a cool painting challenge video, with 4 people painting exactly the same mini in one "afternoon session", without conferring at all, and doing it in secret.

We will reveal the minis to each other and we have to guess who painted what. The painters are Hatty, Ant, ...

What do YOU want to know about...

3d printing?!

We'll be kicking off 2024 with a red hot collab, a giant in the 3d printing field, and one of the things we'd like to create in our day together is a rapid-fire "no stupid questions" Q&A about 3d printing.

As you know, I'm pretty much a 3d printing noob myself. I had one briefly, and had about 10...

Happy new year!

Last year was full of ups and downs, but what a sensational way to end it!

On the way back from visiting Exeter Cosplay and Iron Warrior Cosplay to repaint the life-sized Space Marine, we stopped by Yogscast and took part in their Jingle Jam livestream, in the Midwinter Minis Warlord Titan's debut game of 40k.

Dur...

We only went and DID IT. Repainting the lifesize Space Marine!

Hello you amazing bunch of hobby heroes! Guy here! We've had an EXTREMELY eventful 2 weeks. I'm absolutely exhausted, but hopefully you'll agree all the effort was worthwhile!

Hatty and I kidnapped the lifesize Space Marine from its home at the 4TK gaming store in Colchester, drove it to the other side of the country to...

HeroQuest Skeletons! Let's GO!

Good morning all! I'm writing this post from a hired van that Hatty and I are currently in, on our way to a TOP SECRET PAINTING PROJECT in the south west of England. Don't worry, I'm not driving and typing. Hatty is the only one with a manual driving licence. I only have a gokart licence.

Here's a brand new speed paint...

The long awaited rematch between Orks and Synthwave Nids!

Your wish is my command! You asked for a narrative battle report, and I have delivered! AND HOW!

A massive 2k point battle between my Ork army and Ant's Synthwave Tyranids, the greenskins defending their fortress world against the oncoming swarm!

I hope you enjoy it, it was a pretty huge endeavour to put together,...

Name an Ork planet!

Hello everyone! Yesterday Ant and I finished our 2k narrative battle report between Orks and Tyranids, as requested by the recent poll!

We need your help though. No spoilers, but the game ended up surprisingly close, and we both felt a rematch, or at least a "part 2" was on the cards.

Can you help us name the ...

Begind the scenes: battle report!

Getting set up for the narrative battle report you chose in the poll! Think this Ork stronghold will stand firm against a Tyranid onslaught?

What video next? YOU CHOOSE!

Hello everyone! I hope you've been enjoying our Warhammer+ ranking video. It's been up for 12 hours now and it's STILL monetised, so... fingers crossed!

We've been absolutely flat out the past couple of months, as I'm sure you can imagine putting out 2 separate hour-long videos with our usual tight editing is a pretty i...

We watched 100 hours of Warhammer+ shows so you don't have to?

Hello you lovely bunch! Guy here. I'm very pleased to announce our brand new video is available to watch now! Hatty and I watched every Warhammer+ show, from the animations to the "live action" battle reports and painting tutorials, and RANKED each and every one honestly.

This is especially interesting, as Hatty used to...

Queen Nessa

Hello lovely Patreon supporters! I hope you're all doing fantastically. Hatty and I are busy as ever creating this week's new video. It's about Warhammer+, and it's going to be a lot of fun to watch!

I've had a few people message me asking if they can have a full size version of that portrait of Nessa as a Queen that I ...

Sporktober Patreon/Discord WINNERS!

Hello you lovely, incredible bunch! Please put your hands together for the WINNERS of the Patreon side of the SPORKTOBER painting comeptition!

Jumping back into HeroQuest, painting all the furniture!

Hello you lovely bunch! Guy here. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of the Speed Painting HeroQuest series. I think the results are really nice, considering how little time it took to paint over 30 minis! Hopefully this will give you some inspiration to get your set all painted up.

Make your tabletop games a little SPOOKIER!

Hello everyone! This week's video is a good ol' fashioned tabletop terrain building and painting video, scratch building some FANTASY stuff this time though! We've got crypts, gravestones, fences and twisty trees! Hatty took the lead on this one, joined by her brother Josh!

I hope this gets you all in the mood to finish...

Warhammer+, what do you think?

Hi friends! I've been planning a follow-up video to my original Warhammer+ review (y'know, the one that GW demonetised, hah)

I want to keep things as fair and balanced as possible, and I know that MY opinions aren't the ONLY opinions, so I'd genuinely like to know your thoughts on the platform.

Do you like the sho...

The video you've all been waiting for

Here it is, folks. How to play Warhammer 40k, 10th Edition.

It was a blessing a curse not being sent a preview copy of Leviathan by GW.

It stung a bit, not going to lie. I've dedicated most of my professional and a lot of my private time over the last 5 years to making videos based almost entirely on Warhammer. Th...

Sporktober is upon us, and it's time to WIN THINGS!

Hello friends! As we strongly alluded to in a previous video, we're running a painting competition this October!

Here are the rules for SPORKTOBER '23:

Challenge

Paint any “Ork” or “Undead” style miniature in a retro 90s colour scheme.

Prizes

Patreon Ork ...

The dungeon calls! Speed painting HEROQUEST

Hello ladies, gents, friends and fiends! I'm very excited to share the first episode of the brand new "Speed Painting HeroQuest" series.

In some ways, a return to "classic Midwinter Minis", but in other ways, I'm just sharing a real passion of mine! With the, in my opinion, pretty badly managed release of Warhammer 40k ...

Fixing my mistakes!

Hello you fabulous bunch! Guy here. I got a lot of feedback from my last video about how I could have improved my Contrast version of the classic monopose 90s Ork model, so... I tried it all out!

I have to say, it looks way better, and took much less time than my previous version. Win, win, win!

Don't worry, I kno...

New video, and a competition announcement!

Hi team! Guy here. I got curious as to whether or not Contrast paints would be a bit of a secret weapon when it comes to speed painting large armies of 90s Warhammer models... but, well... you'll see the results for yourself.

HOWEVER, more importantly, this video contains a competition announcement! There's also some pr...

A brand new video, and a brand new format

Hi everyone! Last month I asked what Space Marine chapter you'd like to see me cover in a new "paint, lore, conversion, and tactics" style video. Something that will give hobbyists a kind of "one stop shop" to get up to speed on the chapter.

The Salamanders video is here! It's taken a while to put together, as all "new ...

First video from the new studio!

Happy Tuesday everyone, I hope you're all doing amazingly well. I hope you enjoy the first video from the new studio! The painting room is still getting fixed up, but the editing room is pretty much good to go... Perfect for a talking head video! Haha

Win a piece of Midwinter Minis studio history!

EDIT: this was won exceptionally quickly! Congratulations Matthew Coman!

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Hello again you awesome folk. Here's a bit of fun:

One of the things we use quite a lot in our videos bit the dust last week, and no longer works.

If you can correctly guess what it is, YOU CAN HAVE...

Choose a chapter!

Hello you awesome bunch! You're all looking particularly fabulous today, I hope you're having a great week so far. 

2 things!

First of all, if you're wondering why it's been a few extra days since the last video, that's because WE ARE MOVING STUDIOS.

It was always going to happen, but I'll detail the wh...