Finally found the channel! KMFDM!

Great video dude! Im going to use this for my next peice (and my current one)

Finally someone mentions John Margiotta! I was bored with the clean style everyone tries to achieve, and after I've seen his works, I had to start painting miniatures. He singlehandedly sparked my interest in painting and I thank him for that.

Great advises! I do agree with final statement, that having deadline actually helps with building motivation to push yourself (unless you happen to be a procrastinator that oscillates between "Eh, next week" and "PANIK!" modes. Like me!). It even works for smaller commitments, like "I have a league games in two weeks, let's paint the army till X days before that, in case I need extra day or two to fix things or push some extra details".

I was waiting for you to say combine 2 or more of these strategies. E.g. a sick conversion in a less-popular category.

This is awesome dude! There's so much drama about Golden Demon on youtube it's nice to watch something so helpful + thoughtful. Thanks for the video

You got me with that link I am a sucker for research papers.

Another tip for even your local painting competition meta.... if your a great painter, teach your kid to enter young guns category

No BS vibes...also you look like you're about to talk trench crusade with this lighting/framing/outfit and I'd be cool with that too

I think it's painting a space marine to tabletop standard. Worked in 2024.

Hahaha love the intro

Hopefully you enter next year as well

100% on the Play the Categories strategey, I put a large monster entry in at adepticon 2024 and got a finalist pin...It was not finished, but there were so few entries that year that is crept into the top 25%. I love your analyses, I agree with all of them, and I'm already planning on entering that mini that gets release Thursday night next year :D Mossy rock meta FTW!

So hoping that the background is actually your room 😄Look how cosy!

The "Pick a new mini and you have a higher chance of winning" believe turns out to be very persistent. So many biases at work at the same time. Thanks for calling it out here Ben!

hah, Golden Demon has put me in the friend zone. I'm stuck at commended level. At least I have some dusty demons from the old days!

Love this peek behind the curtain.

This is so hilarious and thought-provoking as always, Ben. I'm really enjoying the videos and am grateful to experience your creativity more than once a year

love a good tier list, noice.

I'll enter one of these days

I miss Crystal brush, I haven't really done a true Chibi since then :(

I too am not a casual person, doing painting competitions with so many winners in each category just is not appealing to me.

Great vid 👌

Thanks for the video!

Obligatory first hour post-release algorithm comment

10 out of 10 video Ben! Really awesome concept and excellent execution

This is so awesome, Space Hulk is what got me into 40k. Please show more stuff off on KZbin!

Hoping you not retiring from GD (or come out of retirement somewhere in the future), because your pieces are awesome Ben! I know it's a kind of selfish statement, but I hope you take it as a compliment as well.

6:54 I have noticed that a lot of successful painters have said that they keep starting late, then rushing at the end and afterwards promising themselves that they will start earlier next time only to find out that they started late again. In my dayjob I have seen a trend that some people might want to start on time, but their performance is actually better if the start a little later. Somehow the stress that crunchtime triggers might feel bad, but they perform better than when they are relaxed. So the solution might not be to start earlier, but to accept the downside of being stressed as a price for better performance. Only a portion of the population functions better under a deadline. You might potentially fall within this group, or maybe not and starting earlier would actually net you a better result.

Very interesting to hear your insights on GD and your entries. The diorama was very impressive! I only now found this video, but remember the diorama well and also that it got damaged during judging.

2:05 what kind of issues did the back of the cloak have, if you don't mind sharing?

I love this concept!

This is so good. I love it. Please do more :D

Very cool video idea Ben! Sick looking emperor, who looks suspiciously like you... 😄

Nah .. Dioramas suck IMHO, outside of the Diorama category. I dont like them in other models .. I think its too much show off on the things that arn't the Citadel model. . Iv only ever entered 1 Golden Daemon 2007 Kholn Games Day. only got 81 points on my model. My personal Bias. Models must be a usable game token. So enjoy this down vote as your clip title was stupid clickbait.. I was expecting comedy. like "Paint your first Golden Deamon winner " .. Classic Video..

Man, it's an awesome piece, really but, if i can give you a suggestion about the video is this: take the mouth a few inch away from microphone or take a pop filter to improve the audio. Love, u are great painter, love frome italy!

"A beautiful diorama, I really like it. Just a suggestion for next time: the muzzle flash should also come out of the hole on the side of the muzzle, not just from the front, as it would make it more realistic."

Games workshop Could make a classic category where you can only paint unmodified gw models

You know you really shouldn’t use bs clickbait titles like that when your trying to grow your channel. It’s universally hated, so why do it? Obviously to get clicks but at what cost? 30 seconds of watch time?

Never watch a video like this before you go paint your army.....

I think the word you're look for with the title is called "clickbait".

i hate the click bait title and make me hate you a little but damn those minis are super good and actually you should have won golden

That miniature painting is astounding. Congratulations. I am so glad i found your channel, please keep posting videos

This is such an incredible piece, Ben. I've been looking around for high-resolution photos of this piece and can't find any. Do you have any available?

I love this! But I honestly thought Golden Demon pieces need to be GW minis. Do 3D printed minis and pieces not count as 3rd party?

God, I wish they'd bring back the Space Hulk board game.

Great video. Loved the retrospective on your pieces.

Found this video by chance. I saw Trovarion’s review of the golden demon winners video - this piece stood out to me. An absolute hammer blow of a masterpiece. Gloriously painted.

Amazing piece!

Your space hulk entry was by far the best at Adepticon + should have won. The slayer sword winner was nowhere near worthy of the name; yours was so much more inventive + atmospheric + had so much more skill involved. I think you were robbed [el'sda2].