Vlogs
Keeping the Hobby Streak Alive
Painting through recovery - if I can hobby through RSV, bronchitis, pneumonia, and an ER trip, I can hobby through a vasectomy.
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Vlogs
If You Can Make It Through Today You Can Make It Through Tomorrow
Day 120—the hardest day since starting the channel. Five minutes of paint on a model to keep the streak alive and the reminder we all need sometimes.
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Vlogs
If You Can Make It Through Today, You Can Make It Through Tomorrow
A short reminder that showing up for just five minutes on your hardest days still counts as a win.
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Vlogs
Basing and Life Tips
Finishing up a base with traditional flock, testing cherry blossom tufts, and a reminder to take a breath when life gets hectic.
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Vlogs
Self Reflection & Story Time
How did it get this bad? The storage shed story, radical accountability, and why the only way I engaged with the hobby was buying. Time to change.
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It's Ok to Not Paint Your Miniatures
Realizing the 'everything must be painted to play' rule was holding me back. Giving myself permission to have fun with my toys without the pressure.
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Vlogs
Paint & Ramble: Hobby Pressure
Hunched over in ultimate goblin mode, rambling about the hobby pressure spiral—building armies you'll never paint, arbitrary deadlines, and plans for a purge.
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Tips
Get a Small Win Every Day
Ever forget how to paint in the middle of a project? Wrong ink, separating paint, cursed goblins—sometimes the win is just gluing a horn back on.
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Tips
Staying Motivated During Big Projects
12 hours into assembly with no visible progress—here's my tip for staying motivated: get quick wins to keep the momentum going.
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Vlogs
Creating Space for Creativity
Mental, physical, and financial—how do you actually create the space to sit down and make something? Lessons from 20 days of daily vlogging and The War of Art.
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Vlogs
Finding Ways to Make Progress
When the airbrush is broken and you're stuck, pull out that 20-year-old goblin from storage. Don't let setbacks stop you from moving forward.
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Vlogs
Just Rambling
Seven days in and I've found something I didn't realize I'd lost. The board started telling its own story, and for the first time in years, I'm truly back in the hobby.
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Vlogs
Mistakes
Day two—no plan, just making videos. Don't run from the robe you messed up. Sit back down, grab some blues, and make it look like Vivi from Final Fantasy.
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