The Full SIEGE STUDIOS Story

James Otero started Siege Studios 10 years ago, and in this podcast he explains the full journey of Siege, from starting as a side hustle on his own, to having 8 office staff and over 80 freelance artists.
Siege is mostly known for painting Warhammer 40k models for their clients all over the world, and working closely with Games Workshop to paint models for their Warhammer Community previewer programme.
You'll also hear from Joe, who joined in 2019 on the office side of the company, and George, who first joined Siege as a freelance artist is now 2021 and is now our lead Content Creator, while still being a freelance artist for the company.
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Paint Perspective is a miniature painting podcast brought to you by Siege Studios, featuring James Otero (Siege founder & CEO), Joe Hart (Siege Ops Manager) and George Coleman (Siege Content Creator & Commission Painter). Each week, our three co-hosts discuss a new topic from the point of view of people who work in the miniature painting industry.
00:00 Intro
01:20 The idea of Siege is born
10:30 How long was James the only person painting?
20:30 Expanding the office
36:34 The impact of joining Siege
46:43 Outro

[@JEANPIXBN]

Firssssst❤🎉

[@SiegeStudios]

🎉🎉🎉

[@JEANPIXBN]

@@SiegeStudios loving the episode so far, great insight into the core business side of the industry, specially since I myself I’m trying to make my way into those waters

[@raptorwns]

Someone get this man a cookie 🍪🍪🍪🎉🎉

[@JEANPIXBN]

@@raptorwns I LOVE COOKIES !!! Hahaha

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

Loved hearing the origin story for this company. You have the right mix of people, and you all work hard. That's why you're the best and why everyone knows your name. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@andybest3628]

warhammer painters that listen to hardcore, amazing. loved the episode and was good to hear Seige's story

[@amysnuggs]

Loved this episode and hearing all the stories. You should be incredibly proud of how far Siege has come, I know I’m very proud to be a part of the team!

[@SiegeStudios]

Thanks Amy! Proud to have you on the team!

[@thesigmaritepainter7803]

Great to hear all the stories!

[@S.A.S.H.]

Y'all are doing a great job, and I find every episode quite entertaining and informing.

[@Big_Cap]

I enjoy these podcasts guys! Keep it up!

[@SiegeStudios]

Thanks!

[@FacesNBases]

Brilliant chat. Really fascinating insight into the journey so far. You can see how healthy the work ethic and ethos is but also laced with ambition and drive. Here's to an amazing next decade.

[@SiegeStudios]

Thank you so much - glad you enjoyed it mate!

[@zachampson]

Loved this! Jumping on the Patreon tonight!!

[@SiegeStudios]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@Ashelyn_Gaming]

A great episode which gives a really great perspective on Siege, how it came to be and the spirit of the team working for it. As someone who comes from Switzerland, only moved to the UK in 2015 and had never heard much of Warhammer before, I didn't quite realise just how impactful the pandemic must have been for the hobby, as I discovered Warhammer towards the end of 2020. I don't have a feel for a before/after comparison, but somehow it came across well in the discussion. Commission painting as a solo artist has been difficult for me so far, and I am honestly blown away and moved by the genuinely passionate, hardworking and caring side all three of you have shown for the industry here.

[@SiegeStudios]

What a lovely comment! Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed the episode!

[@dougpridgen9682]

I used to play drums in metal and punk bands, but I played D&D and had never heard of Warhammer. However, I played games with my guitar player, and if I had heard of Warhammer it definitely would have come up. Demons and undead, aliens and an empire; come on? What's more metal than that?

[@pt1457]

I'll go ahead and say it, It sounds like You didn't want to run Siege Studios like Blue Table Painting. I can tell from all your amazing models that your QC process is very VERY good. I only started doing some commissions, but Quality Control is KEY to keeping return customers.