I Painted More Than YOU this Year...was it worth it?

[@GoobertownHobbies]

This video definitely sliced my bread. Congrats on the last 12 months... and on the last 15 months!!! :-) wishin you all the best in the new year.

[@EonsOfBattle]

thanks Brent!

[@johnhammond6225]

More than a model a day, that's impressive. I built and primed a few hundred, but only finished painting 4 models.

[@jasontrinque]

I spent 664 hours painting over 301 days so far this year (~2hrs a day when everyone is asleep). I was able to finish 652 minis/terrain pieces, some of which I am proud of!

[@shadrach9654]

Awesome. My total was 448 so far this year. Gotta love the hobby productivity

[@phantomminer3293]

My total was 14 (I only just started during Christmas '21)

[@damirmejric3441]

439... I'm a car modeler and in 2021 I haven't even cut off, sanded, primed, painted or assembled that many pieces on all my models combined... :D

[@13Joshman]

I painted 81 models to completion this year, not bad for starting in September and working. Full time. Went from paint noob to my first commission in the span of 3 months. The growth is super real. And you guys have ABSOLUTELY helped with all the tips and tricks videos and supportive community. Just tried making false snow for the first time off of one of your vids the other day and I love the outcome! 🖤 Keep being awesome guys

[@oggabogga2345]

I started early January, but I got burned out quickly. When I came back this winter, I painted 4 minis and I'm giving 2 of them to my parents. In total I have painted 7 and I am proud...

[@themilitarumpainter]

Great job man, it's easy to burn out but to pick up a brush again and get some models finished is a big achievement!

[@bretts2356]

I think I painted something like 120 models this year, which is more than ever for me. Painting along with you guys at night helped me progress a LOT. Thanks for being a constant source of inspiration.

[@Silith13]

I tend to paint 1 mini on Wednesdays. Sometimes a second one somewhere else in the week. I started on September 22nd this year and got 21 painted mini´s right now. Each taking 3 hours of painting take or less a few minutes. (Not counting basing, priming and assembly) To me it's about quality and not quantity and I do want to play my blood bowl teams sometime in the future when the Games Workshops are allowed to run matches again.

[@davidferns3584]

Your channel has really motivated me, I’ve managed a few hundred this year and found it therapeutic. Thanks for highlighting how awesome our community is and keeping me going when I’ve had those hobby burn out weeks, thank you Jay

[@towerguarder]

Managed to paint 500pts of ad mech (40 ish models) , 1 tau kill team (10 models). 50 in total. Honestly pretty happy with myself. Had my first 40k games this year. Really enjoy how zen mode I get when I paint. Really happy to have found this hobby and its nice to have a creative outlet i didnt have prior to this

[@Global337]

Recently returned to the hobby after many years away. Kill Team 2021 brought me back and I managed to get a Warp Coven, Death Guard, Grey knights, and Genestealer Cult teams painted for a total of 50 models. Looking forward to many more next year!

[@johnhanley5546]

Cool - I've watched youtubers painting hundreds of models but I love Space Hulk for that very reason - low model count - quick gameplay and you can fit as many rounds in as your have time. God for you!!

[@MrCai01]

The Tyranids, when on the right side of the screen, look absolutely incredible!

[@TheBigFrasier]

Just got back into the hobby after about a years hiatus and decided to tackle my pile of shame. Didn't get an official count but I knocked out over 100 models since the end of October. All geared up to start a new Ork army in 2022!

[@dr_wilko]

Thank you for featuring my Carnosaur!

[@Dsabide]

I came back to the hobby in February, paintet about 200 models since then and now one of them made it to Jay's videos. A great finale to a good year :-) (hobbywise) Thank you!

[@sw33n3yto00]

Jay: These models look like a muddy mess. Mortal painter: Dude, look how badass these models look!!

[@FrankieRogersArt]

I'm actually doing my own end of year video soon so I know the exact number of minis I've painted. I've painted 218 but by the time the video is done I think I'll be adding 3 to that. You've done amazingly this year, I hope next year brings you more success, you deserve it!

[@chrissteadman4614]

Awesome! And inspirational - makes me want to get more done in 2022 than this year (226). Try a different kind of storage. They don't all need to be on display. Maybe try drawers - I use metal stationary cabinets (but only because I got them very cheap from an office that was closing). Ikea do some very neat wooden storage cabinets.

[@lemcrossview5358]

I'm a couple months late and don't have an exact count, but I painted up my clones from my Legion republic core set, a box of arc troopers, a box of specialists, a phase one upgrade box, two republic AT-RTs, a Sabre tank, and possibly my proudest paint job so far is my Captain Rex. Your videos and others are what gave me the courage to sit down and put paint on models, taking risks and learning as I go. Thank you!

[@Gingerbread22]

That's insane amount of quality and number in just a year. Full time painted really gets things done! Congrats!

[@Tehquall]

That legion of the damned Sargeant is absolutely incredible... Whilst you were saying you weren't happy with it I was wiping drool off my phone. Thanks for the showcase, looks like a great year. Happy holidays and looking forward to the next one!

[@TheDomfou]

Ah! Well done Jay. Well done. That retrospective video made me also look back to all the models that I have painted this year. I could achieve seven hundred model this year. I can thank multiple lock down for that amount of free time. We can all be proud of what we achieved!

[@gribblegreeble]

not a surprise that the ones you're not a fan of are similar dark, black colors, while the favorited ones are very colorful and vibrant. totally understand why you chose both, but even the least favorites are still good work.

[@BlizzAz]

I'm sitting at 497 with a week left in the year. The majority of them were Malifaux, but GW, Mantic, Reaper, and D&D/Pathfinmder were also represented. Good work btw, and great video.

[@theunseenparagon7074]

More than one model? Damn dude that's impressive. Seriously, though, your models look awesome!

[@philsayer2447]

Awwww look how much you've grown up in just over a year!

[@kaytigraham2413]

29 minis and 4 dioramas this year. I only started in the hobby last December and the more I have improved the longer it takes me to finish as the paint job gets better.

[@Bob252-z4x]

I have painted a big fat ZERO mini’s. Ever. I don’t have the patients. But I enjoy watching and I’m amazed at the finished results. Keep it up

[@josephpatton8869]

You painted more minis, hand gestured ✋ 🤚 wayyyyy more ……and perfectly enunciated the T consonant in words like “buTTT” and “noTTT” than I did in 2021!!! 😂. Looking forward to more of the same in 2022!!!

[@terminatoruk4921]

Wow - stunning work! I’ve done a Broodlord, 3 Genestealers, 12 Devourer gaunts, 2 Carnifexes, 3 ripper swarm bases, 6 Tyranid Warriors, a Tyranid Prime, a Neurothrope and 4 Zoanthropes …so 33 models! Many are magnetised with multiple weapon options and all varnished so not too bad for me!

[@skumfisken]

I have only painted 3 (2 saurus warriors and a skink priest) but to be fair i only (re-)started painted at the start of december. This channel was a large part of inspiring me to do so

[@derrekingledue3138]

I've gotten into miniature painting this last year. Started with a box of Mansions of Madness figures. Finished most of the characters, but bit off more than I could chew with the bases. Finished only 6 of them. What really kicked it off were the statues/large figures from Etsy. First I did a Tali Zorah. First time sculpting, and painting the filigree was an experience. Then I constructed my part of my first Necron army. About 38 units. I painted the core box of Heroquest. About 30 models. Painted a pin up of Zelda. Then I went straight into a NMM purple on the army. I did a bust of Superman, and am now building about 40-50 Adepta Sororitas so my father and I can have a crusade. First year of wargaming, and I did 92 completed miniatures, 3 models that are between the size of a energy drink and a textbook, and built another 40-50 which I will paint soon.

[@paintingbyminions8360]

Yes! I appreciate you acknowledge the space issue. I’ve run out of my room and need to figure how to give away older minis to make room.

[@TheTrueBoogaloo]

I think we all would love to see you play some games with your amazing minis!

[@bobderbaum2471]

Great job and expressive, how your skills can improve due to constant practice.

[@ti-guylesbarniques556]

I painted 373 W40K models in the past 8 months...not counting terrains AND around 300 D&D minis...

[@mrheisenberg83]

I was afraid of painting for years. I have finished my first complete squad ever, 15 old school pewter plague marines. Painting 15 at once was way too much, lesson learned. I have been collecting my army since close to the end of 4th edition and only painted single models. I now need to paint 6 biker marines whose bikes I have also quasi finished this year. Only the marines left and some highlights on the bikes to call them finished. I also started with my Defiler and made a lot of progress. Not too shabby for finally getting my ass in motion, getting into kind of a groove and really starting to paint after all these years. I just wish I had more time and energy to paint more. Btw: Your videos played a not small role in getting me back into the hobby after a nearly 10 year hiatus. Cheers for that! Edit: I also finished a Ranger model for my girlfriends weekly Pathfinder game. She was the first of all their players to bring a fully painted model instead of a paper cutout. I was quite proud of the reactions the mini got.

[@doomguy9049]

Wow man if you painted all that just in this past year you've done a great job, keep up the good work!

[@erikbraun473]

I painted my adeptus Mechanicus army of 68 models and I'm 25 models in on my thousand sons. I felt accomplished... And then I saw this... Wowowow that is incredible.

[@joshy7759]

Lictor video idea 💡: Repaint or Retouch? Take two lictors, strip and repaint one vs retouching the other. It comes up with people eBay ing old models now and I think with your style you could give really good insights on the dilemma!

[@Xlavio]

Great Video, really impressive. I just spent 48hours to paint a full Necron army, the first time i owned a fully painted army since i started the hobby in 2018. Your Videos really motivated me to not spend 8h on a single Necron and just get it done. Feels great.

[@McBethklok]

What I painted this year: All currently "usable" necron models up to full unit size (including forgeworld) all underworlds warbands (ALL) and terrain pieces, some general terrain pieces, some 3D printed DnD figures, and some seraphon-esque models from onepagerules

[@mopspear]

I just started painting again after 10 or so years and I wanted to say you were an influence on that. Squidmar and Miniac too.

[@raeishimura]

I started 3 new miniatures games this year, all of which were miniatures agnostic games and all of which I 3D printed a lot of the models for, and added new models to old games. This video made me actually go look and see how many miniatures I actually made and painted this year. I somehow painted 427 models this year. Models for Reign in Hell, Five Parsecs from Home, Gaslands, D&D and Grimdark Future. I have no idea what I am doing with myself, lol

[@danwagner4306]

And you know what's a great fit, those transitions. Really this makes me want to document all Mine. I started maybe a year and a half ago, so it'll be a correlation to your first video, but its a great inspiration. Thanks.

[@StillSearchingForME]

I started getting into painting in October and I’ve painted 12 and I’m having a blast!

[@BanzaiM50]

This inspired me to figure out how much I painted! I know I've painted about 3500 points of Necrons, 2200 points of Adeptus Custodes, my chaos Blood Bowl team, my 800 point Imperial Star Wars Legion army, and about 12 Marvel Crisis Protocol minis. And like 6 Sisters of Battle. Maybe I can knock a few more out before the new year!

[@jasperpott6341]

In the grim dark lictors, there is only disappointment... I'm jealous of all the nice miniatures you've been painting! But then again, you have over 500 miniatures in 7 years before you came to this level :D Over 400 in a year is still very impressive only man-reads-books can get to that level I think ;)

[@CardboardFishGaming]

after building my workshop last year i started to track how many models i finished each month, i also made sure to track what was a personal project and what was a commission project, ill tally up those 2 catagories at the end of the year but so far this year I have painted a grand total of 862 models.

[@oubobcatsrule]

Yup, you have me beat. I thought my 350 this year was a lot. Though mine are definitely not to Jay's level of awesomeness! I'll send something in to EOB Complete one of these days. Great year, love your channel!

[@nrgspike]

Well done! My personal best was in 2019, with 1,082 painted. Only managed 109 this year, but I finally bottomed out my pile of shame at the start of year and it's currently only regrown to be 121 models strong so I was never going to be breaking records this year even if I kept on top of things.

[@AlaricCantonain]

A good number ! I painted 315 miniatures since january, but my best year was 2019 with 1813 pieces. And I have a full-time job.

[@nchlebak]

Congrats on a great year! I had my first child and on top of my full time job, I only got 26 done.

[@vectorshaman338]

I know next year I'll be painting terrain til my eyes bleed. Hive city spanning 6 structures over 8 necromunda tiles. Enough fantasy terrain to build middle earth. If i can hit a painting stride half as well as you have pfffft would be so happy. Really Impressive to fill a table like that.

[@JMcMillen]

I had a couple of thoughts about two of the three mini's you were disappointed in. First, when GW did metal mini's they were usually spin cast with vulcanized rubber molds as those are usually better than silicone for handling the hot metal and less like to get damaged during castings. So you might be right about that mini being a recast. Second, when dealing with metal mini's like the lictors you can use high grit sandpaper to smooth various surfaces on the mini. I saw someone do that with an old Grenadier Frost Giant Princess, where they sanded the skin to smooth it out and it made a world of difference in the final paint job.

[@larsgottlieb]

Well done! I finished out at 368, so while I did end up painting more than one per day of 2021, you're right, you Did paint more than me (o:

[@shrike2598]

I have successfully painted 7 blood bowl players in 12 month. Damn that year was over quick…

[@real-lomas-chenko]

Think I've done pretty well this year. Painted, literally, 10,000 points of space marines in 18months and most of it was since January. I'm happy.

[@charlesentrekin6607]

I have two huge advantages, one I'm retired, to I have always loved speed painting. I have a daily painting regimen that is based on doing 12 figures a day. Or six if I am doing cavalry. So for the last year I turned out 4, 190 figures

[@mosselliadelt]

only started warhammer 40k 3 months ago. Managed to paint 119 models. Look forward to painting more this next year.

[@theibault]

Wow! Great job. I painted 43 minis this year. I'm happy but I hope to double that for 2022.

[@engineerpaul0073]

I'm looking forward to seeing you paint some Battletech mechs (not so subtle hint).

[@philsayer2447]

This is what I love about your channel, you drop little facts like "I only played with 155" and I think "wait... the amount of work that must of had to go into working that out is ridiculous...!"

[@Marshallo.o]

I think the landraider looks great!

[@theanimaster]

“These guys take a long time to paint up….” Should have told me that three years ago. Still painting my son’s DeathGuard from the Dark Imperium box!!

[@daili4917]

That number isn't crazy, it's amazing! You only painted a few...hundred...more models than me...

[@squidly162]

Thanks for a year of great content! As someone who also painted a few hundred models this year, its really fun to see how much you can improve, but my god getting rid of some really helps clear the house up

[@drpretzel2086]

When I saw the thumbnail my only thought yes. Yes you do

[@papabear6837]

Since the UK was in lockdown at the start of the year, I was happy with managing to paint 100 models in the first 3 months. Hoped to keep up the momentum but then we were freed from our prisons... I mean homes. Went back to work, started seeing friends, travelling the country, getting out every chance I got. In the final 9 months I painted just 12 :( It's still a record for most painted in a year and hopefully I might push to beat it again.

[@dicebot9617]

when jay is standing behind his table covered in miniatures it makes me think of a mukbang youtuber, and im waiting for him to take a bite out of a chaplin or a lictor

[@pryer39]

Have you thought about making videos of playing the tabletop? You have enough models to bring newbies so they can play too. Plus more modles get playtime.

[@Aigismetis]

Most impressive! congratulations to a job very well done!

[@regulus_2284]

It was great seeing the shot of all the models you painted this year and being able to link them to videos and live streams.

[@nelsonantunes7846]

Great work! and thank you for your inspirational videos! this year I pushed 203 minis!!! was awesome

[@darrenshepherd3984]

I only found your channel a week ago and I've watched a few. This was a great video telling me your story. Your least favourite models are leagues above my standard. Cheers.ta.

[@longjonhothan6963]

I started painting around August. I've done 10 models this year however did take a month off after having covid, I was too tired to paint much😅

[@seanclarke8015]

I'm sitting on a nice round number of 260 models for 2021, this year has been fantastic for my hobby and I can't wait to start my new wood elf army got AOS and Azogs legion for middle earth

[@VillainousMagus]

For 2021 I painted only 3 for dnd game. I'm just starting to get into warhammer and starting to build my minis

[@MrSmashySmash]

I've painted a commission and I'm working on another, but I've also painted a lot necron stuff. I guess the thing for me to discover now is how to streamline my speed while also keeping a good quality.

[@williamamely7038]

Those Deathguard models look fantastic!! Thanks for sharing. Happy holidays, Jay, and to all your viewers.

[@craigjones7343]

Never limit yourself when painting hero or centrepiece models. Go all out. Use all the tools and techniques at your disposal.

[@TheChessenips]

I would love to see battle reports. Battle Reports would be a great excuse to play and make videos

[@---md4iv]

Jay definitly forgot the barrel and the even smaller dwarves XD they are consumables for throwing

[@haydengibbons5000]

I painted 157 miniatures this year (necron half of indomitus, some necron extras, csm start collecting, two big board games, and some extras). I could've got more done, but I slowed down in may. I had started using oil paints for the first time, but they took a lot of the fun out of the painting for me. it was a big mess to use them, and everything got nasty. the oil I used to thin the paints smelled bad and was gunky, and the models didn't turn out as good as I had hoped after many hours of painting. I might return to oil paints sometime in the future, but I really didn't like them. anyway, I barely got any painting done in june-august because I just wasn't motivated to paint. I started up again in september and painted up a board game. october-december I didn't do a ton of painting, I was really busy and everything I painted was characters for a board game so I painted everything one at a time and just painted 16 models in those three months

[@mayofrench5170]

I miss the old intro. I find I can see the EOB complete minis better if I slow down the play speed to .75. Congrats on doing this full time and enjoying it. I am currently on a build phase. Soon I will return to painting. Terrain can be a good break from painting armies. I would like to see more of what you can do with terrain.

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

I painted 1434 models in 2021. But. The kicker for me is that I didn't keep hardly any of them. I throw the majority of what I paint on ebay to have extra money for anything I might need it for as the pandemic has surprisingly not hurt, but increased, sales of well painted miniatures. I also didn't paint any of them up to a particularly high standard. Just cranking out lots of borderline high table top/low display quality level stuff. Almost no free-hand, but lots of carefully applied and blended in decals for unit numbers, emblems, division patches, etc. I painted more armoured vehicles (mostly for Bolt Action, little 40K, little Legion) in the last year than I did in the previous 10 before it. Over 150 of that count are just tanks and various AFVs. I'm already over 100 models into the year as of a couple hours ago, more of the same. Legion, Bolt Action and BattleTech. This year, I hope to paint more stuff for myself though, in particular Fallout models, as I have a small and growing backlog of Fallout stuff, and I don't like letting stuff sit in boxes for long.

[@fkaroundhandleit]

When I started my new job roughly 8 months ago. I found out a couple of guys played 40k, only thing we do is talk, but no action. I even offered to buy TTS, so we could play, but nothing...I've also got an attire living room area just for 40k with a built table with tons of terrain, and different mats. I don't know what it is with wargamers, but nobody seems to play many games, at least with the people I've talked with.

[@MaxPower666]

These Necrons look so amazing! Keep up the good work! :D

[@andystocking5316]

Well, you got me to count it up. I just got into this hobby this year and I dived into it headfirst: 424 minis since I started in May.

[@meralda5582]

i count mine and i'm at 245 models but i work full time... not so bad but super 2 tumbs up for your work!

[@charles96541]

You're a beast and an inspiration!

[@luisbermudez4756]

Finished 12 Star Wars Legion Rebels, but the year ain't over yet!

[@ghostturtle3784]

I have started mini painting just this month and my count is five decent minis. Pretty proud of myself

[@Gumlass1]

Satin varnish helps when applied before the oil wash.

[@CocoHutzpah]

This year I painted: * 20 Imperial Guardsmen * 2 Imperial Guard command squads with officers * 3 Crisis Bodyguards * 3 XV-15 Stealth Suits And I've almost finished my 10 dude Krieg kill team. I think next year I'm going to try and paint more of my Crisis suits and vehicles.

[@WiZaRDstarcraft1]

Really good video, I must say that even your worst models are the quality I'm striving for lol, I hope to paint as well as you some day :)

[@shangron5796]

The big dwarf model reminds me of Nurgle, perhaps the dwarves brought Nurgle into existence.

[@modmoto6016]

And I was proud of my skaven army of around 250 models that was painted this year xD