Midwinter Minis Podcast: the highs and lows of Salute 2024 w/

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks for a great chat and for hosting me. Looking forward to more visits and more podcasts.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Absolutely! You're welcome again any time, the twins need some more sword practice!

[@52Miniatures]

@@MidwinterMinis I'll bring my axe!

[@Nzenz-PhotographyVideography]

will this be on spotify as a podcast?

[@kingodacheez3416]

@@52Miniatures No shield? Bold, good sir!

[@legion8860]

@@MidwinterMinis It was good seeing you at Colchester, my kids still think Hatty is spooky and my boy really wanted the sword lol.

[@Starstrykerx]

Very cool to see this collaboration! Your channel original led me to his channel! Great stuff! Thanks Guy!

[@Geistermoor]

I came from Alex' side, but I'm following this channel here for a while too. It's funny because my best friend, who really enjoys the Midwinter Minis Channel since she got into miniature painting end of last year, didn't know Alex' channel until I showed her some videos a few weeks ago. And now you two are here, doing a podcast together ^^ Thank you so much for all the inspiring content. It was really fun hearing your thoughts about the convention and your time together.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Happy you enjoyed it!

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks Bea, your a star :)

[@Themodelman]

Really great video, it's really interesting to hear the behind the scenes of how you two make videos as well as your experience at salute. Can't wait to see how you made the Nurgle tank even more awesome!

[@rccmavis]

good vids dude, it was nice to meet you at salute, thanks for commenting on my coheed t-shirt

[@Owitsch]

Nice talk! Thank you both. Hey Alex: I've been playing some sort of Frostgrave with my 8year old son. The rules are easy, the stories are selfmade (eg: fetch this or save someone...) and we play one team of adventurers together. It works for almost two years now.

[@BillMakingStuff]

it was good to meet you Guy, sad I didn't bump into you again I had a copy of Bangarang for you!

[@MidwinterMinis]

I'm sure I'll see you again soon, my dude!

[@52Miniatures]

Yeah thanks for the book Bill!

[@marks6928]

Please do a colab together somehow!

[@paintertovey]

The highlight of the day for me was the painting competition and seeing all 3 of your pieces in the cabinets 😃

[@MidwinterMinis]

That's so kind to say, matey!

[@isisnmagic1812]

So grateful Alex mentioned this video , and I'm shocked I never knew this video was around as I follow midwinter minis. Awesome stuff.

[@pagancrew]

This is such a dream collaboration. Thanks Guy and Alex!

[@Havermeyer7908]

Genuinely really exited to listen to this. I'd love it to become a series!

[@leesweeney8879]

Wish I was close enough to buy you both a drink and talk about life, war gaming, and everything.

[@TylerProvick]

1:01:19 I honestly recommend that everyone enter painting competitions, regardless of their chances of winning. That said, I have entered enough, win or lost, to realize that I don't really care about what a judge thinks about my miniatures. An "Open" competition, I'm there every time. Otherwise, some event where only the judges will really look at the minis - I couldn't care less.

[@Coffeeandpaintwater]

Would love to see more of the podcast formats. Definitely one of those things that are great to have on in the background while you hobby!

[@markfrommontana]

I came over after receiving the invite from Alex on Patreon. Of course I subscribed to Guy's channel, which I should have done years ago. I really enjoy the chemistry, what a treat. I'll be watching Midwinter Minis (and Alex of course) regularly. Thank you!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Nice to have you on board Mark!

[@52Miniatures]

Your a star Mark, thanks!

[@kingodacheez3416]

Mark; you are getting to be a regular "cast" member with Alex! 😃

[@markfrommontana]

@@kingodacheez3416 I'm just pleased to be part of the many folks who enjoy Alex's contributions to the hobby. I love his projects and his amazing story telling and visual style. He inspired me to start painting a 28mm army (a small one of course) for "A War Transformed" as a project with my son. That will be my first venture into war gaming.

[@marks6928]

Have been wondering for a while if you knew / had met Bill Making Stuff, and hearing you get excited about seeing him bought me a lot of joy. Loved this chat, thank you 👏

[@Mattybs_Miniatures]

Really enjoyed the pod cast style of video. Also, I believe it was only 5 made the cut at salute for each category. It was a great competition and I'll be honest when I saw your tank I was like oh this is like Guys, so good in person :)

[@wietsesartsythings969]

Good fun, you guys should do more podcasts!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks mate!

[@Sqalman]

Lovelly hearing you guys chatting! :)

[@peacheymodels3503]

Great to bump into you and Hattie as you were entering the painting comp! On the prizes, they announced last year that they were changing, and posted it on the rules for entrants this year. I get that some found it weird, in past years, each winner would also win physical prices (cases, mini's tools etc) but this was the first year in 8+ where they only had 'awards' Saying that, everyone who made it onto the shortlist got a 'You made the cut' card, so many more people got 'awarded' this year than previously. Congrats to Stefan (lead on the painting comp) and the South London Warlords for another awesome, volunteer-run event.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Good to know! Yeah, I think all in all the team did a really great job organising it.

[@esaedvik]

This is just so relaxing as both of you are a bit maybe tired and just chill. This almost works as ASMR :D Nice slow pace and interesting tales. As for the being a celebrity bit; I only watch Guy, but honestly, the vibe is just awesome, you seem very approachable and relatable, which is just kind of parasocial gold, I guess :D I'm out here for the long-form stuff, lesss gooo!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks bud! Yes, we were very, very tired. Haha

[@THECardboardtheatre]

Is that a Misfire Miniatures dice i spot in the bottom right! It was really lovely to meet you, sadly I didn’t bump into Alex, maybe next year. Haven’t listen to the whole podcast yet but looking forward to finishing it up tomorrow, nice to hear your experiences of the event.

[@TherealNarcon]

I attended with a mutual friend of ours and it was a pleasure to meet you briefly at salute. And to see your monstrosity of a land raider in the flesh, it was one of the few things I managed to get a picture of in between getting distracted by all the stalls and gaming tables.

[@edwardgilhead5421]

I have now added a Miniatures Gallery onto the list for set up when we win the lottery :D Time to find a suitable empty air craft hanger as a base. Great idea both, it was excellent listening to you!!

[@sekkachigaming]

So confused about the amount of thumbs down on both parts of this podcast. Such a nice and relaxing chat I fail to understand who could have a problem with this

[@rchilton]

This made for great listening while doing a long overdue tidying of my studio.

[@ribofen]

This may sound weird but Alex's accent is so British here compared to in his own videos! Perhaps staying in the UK for a while has made him code switch.

[@52Miniatures]

Most probably! Chameleon :)

[@flingah535]

Great video! Personally I really enjoy this side of the hobby and listen/watch a lot of other channels such as The Painting Phase as this sort of thing is really insightful! More please Guy!!! Great job 👏🏻 🎉👏🏻

[@MidwinterMinis]

Noted! Thanks bud :)

[@markalade]

Brilliant chilled video to listen to whilst building my Salute haul. Also great to meet you in person on the day Guy 👍🏻

[@AnTuras]

Not a postman, but I would stop & say “I love both your channels”. Enjoying these relaxed chat formats that complement the other content. Fully agree seeing video featured items irl would be a draw. Had identical experience to Alex as a teenager drooling over completed & painted models in a train & model store on Deansgate in Manchester in the 80s! Keep producing all these styles of content please gentlemen 🙏

[@dazmaulwargaming]

Awesome to finally meet you, hope you enjoy the dice

[@matthewjohnson1415]

Only just seen this but wanted to say Hi. I saw you at Salute but didn't really get a chance to say hi then. I was right behind you when you were checking your models in to the painting competition and fortunately my Sphiranx ended up right next to Hatty's dragon in the large fantasy model category. I didn't win anything but i did get a few "You've made the cut!" cards which I assume are commended entries? Either way, hope to see you again next year!

[@martynjones3978]

I enjoyed this 😊 very interesting to find some one else who is colour blind!! Well I’m partially i struggle seeing colours some times or i see them differently!! Plus the amount of day light impacts on how i see colours too!! I painted under a normal big light and thought it looked great picked up next day it was horrendous!! So if you can paint that awesome theres hope for me yet!! 😂

[@Cunabula_Adrian]

Really glad you like the 15mm Napoleonics (from Essex Miniatures) Alex, there really were far too many to choose from, I just went "Can I have these two similar British ones please?"

[@52Miniatures]

I intend to paint one to see what its like!

[@DauntlessPanda1986]

I saw you guys wandering around, but didn’t want to disturb your day. Also was kept busy running demos of The Drowned Earth...

[@aroncheek5092]

Excel centre is huge, I went to the first MCM comic con when covid restrictions were lifted , the queues were massive look forward and it was a sea of people then in a matter of seconds there was a sea of people behind also , really need to be good on your feet to go around these conventions

[@jamienm42]

What a nice chat with such lovely fellas, It was so nice of Nessa to let her boyfriends* go and do a podcast in their downtime. all of the competition entries looked great but hattie's molten pink dragon was especially *fancy* *a few from the extended Nessa boyfriendiverse

[@MidwinterMinis]

There was a magical evening where Nessa had Alex, Mamikon, AND Steve in the house at the same time. She was in dog-tart heaven.

[@52Miniatures]

Hattie's dragon is a stunner!

[@jamienm42]

@@MidwinterMinis let's not dog-tart shame - she's a thoroughly modern woman living her best life with a hareem of hobbyists

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

Nice relaxing conversation while I'm gluing tiny posters on my scratchbuilt terrain, cheers! Which OPR miniatures did you get?

[@Gahoole]

Hey guy! It would be super cool to see you paint up some kings of war minis from Mantic. Seem like a great cheaper alternative for fantasy battle games! Might be fun to see some armada too for different content.

[@matthewmcfadden6332]

Alex is one of the best folks in the hobby.

[@MaverickNicolson]

You fed marmite to someone else... I thought that was our thing

[@MidwinterMinis]

He didn't get sausage rolls though babe, they're just for you

[@52Miniatures]

Hah!

[@ka5141]

The birth of the next Trapped Under Plastic?!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Nothing could replace TUP!

[@jandukanocraft]

@@MidwinterMiniswouldn’t be a replacement. I think more like an expansion. Hehe. Or just another great podcast to watch while crafting and painting minis.

[@b100draven]

Would love a list of painting events worth going to in the UK

[@timcalderhead]

Will this be available as an actual podcast accessible in a podcast player? It would be great to be able to have it in an audio format :)

[@daniellof453]

Shout out to Alphaspel!

[@52Miniatures]

Yes!

[@Stormtrooper990]

I would love to put you guys on my podcast list while i paint :)

[@damiansmash]

Alex has a voice for podcasts

[@stevedombay7688]

Hi guy I would love a Orkney hover tank scratch bash vid

[@hydecleese8877]

Suggs next?

[@chadkittleson5447]

My son loved Pop up Pirate when he was little, now as a teen he plays Relicblade with me and is building a 40k army. Pop up Pirate must be a true gateway game. Ha.

[@J.Panxer]

Yeh, GW filled the litter box recently, and for the last time for me. Glad you're still in the space. You'll have a lot of room to move about now that they've fallen off of the last and final integrity cliff. Cheers.

[@cabe_bedlam]

Having seen it at Salute, I am still not sure adding the tongue to the tank made it any less disturbing. It's disgusting and I love it.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, much appreciated

[@klokar21]

This really should be on a separate channel, this does not fit with your other content.

[@anneperchard3477]

Would people have found it on a different channel? Just skip it if it's not your thing.