What I Learned WINNING GOLD at the NOVA Open 2023

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  • @helenmcclure
    @helenmcclure Рік тому +59

    Congratulations on your win. Always good to give it ago once. I found myself trying to hard when I first started painting & the process became a chore instead of a pleasurable pastime. Now I paint just for myself , or a present for my partner & I’m back to enjoying the hobby again.

    • @theragingdolphinsmaniac4696
      @theragingdolphinsmaniac4696 Рік тому +2

      But I bet that process raised your game a lot, and you are much better now than you were before.

    • @shadowuser00
      @shadowuser00 Рік тому

      this is kinda how i feel right now. i recently got into painting more seriously but i feel like maybe my approach is all wrong. i feel inspired by videos and pictures but then i sit down to work on a mini and i just sit there…because i KNOW it’s not gonna be as good as i want it to be. obviously skill comes with practice but it’s like i’m shooting my self in the foot by expecting too much out of myself and i don’t know how to turn that off.

    • @Cowgirlsteve26
      @Cowgirlsteve26 Рік тому +1

      It's a tough hurdle to overcome - but try to focus more on comparing your work to your own work. It's far more motivating to compare your 1st to your 5th model and see the actual improvement than to compare your work to a Golden Demon winner online. Once you are able to switch off the comparisons to others and focus on improving yourself model to model, it becomes a lot more fun and easier to find the drive.

    • @sporf_sporf
      @sporf_sporf Рік тому

      That's pretty much how I handle it when I enter Gencon's painting competition. I try not to compare my work to the other miniatures in the case, but to how well I did the previous years. I had somewhat consistently gotten bronze, this year I got silver. I hope to maintain that next year or maybe even push to gold.

    • @theragingdolphinsmaniac4696
      @theragingdolphinsmaniac4696 Рік тому

      @@shadowuser00 Yes, that is a valid feeling that I had too. I got past that when I realized I kept asking "what else can I do?" and was never satisfied, and not having fun. I was building/painting to please a judge, or others at the event, not myself. Do it for yourself and not somebody else. As you work on your skills, I promise they will improve and the trophies will come on their own. Once you rise above it, and start winning awards you will ask yourself "what's the big deal?"

  • @Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel
    @Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel Рік тому +22

    I can’t wait to get past the crayon stage of painting minis to the next level. Creators like you are so inspiring. Thank you.

  • @invictarussuzerain
    @invictarussuzerain Рік тому +1

    2:42 love the Pitch Meeting reference lol

    • @gregorygirard3002
      @gregorygirard3002 3 місяці тому

      Thanks you! I went in the comment section immediately after I watched it, hoping to find this comment 😂

  • @MalcolmPugh
    @MalcolmPugh Рік тому +2

    @2:54 That's a sick band pic! Can't wait for the new album. :)

  • @BirthofaPainter
    @BirthofaPainter Рік тому

    Congrats on the gold! Very well deserved. I've painted for display a few times - once for a competition, once for a pure display model, and once for a model I plan on using in gaming. What I've come out of each experience with has been a model that I come back to over and over just to look at and a heightened level of hobby enthusiasm for everything I want to do next. For me, I think it's important to - every once in a while - really put maximum effort into a piece just to remind myself what I can do if I really give a model my all so that I can feel confident in my abilities and my art when I'm trying to pound through 10 grungy vampires.

  • @goreshadetube
    @goreshadetube Рік тому

    Congratulations! Tabletop Standatd for life. I mostly enjoy hanging out and chucking dice. I’m glad other people do it though.

  • @wittlegoblin
    @wittlegoblin Рік тому +2

    Congrats on your well-deserved win!! I'm looking forward to going to NOVA next year, I'm glad everyone had so much fun!

    • @tabletopminions
      @tabletopminions  Рік тому +1

      It’s a great time! I think you’d like it. Thanks for watching!

  • @intzbk1
    @intzbk1 Рік тому +3

    Congrats on the Gold! You deserve it! :)
    I've been painting minis off and on since '84 with Ral Partha D&D minis and Testors enamels. My first foray into acrylics was the Citedel white-cap paint set (which I still have and they're still good) but even with the painting guides that GW put out, I don't think my painting improved that much until UA-cam and watching how-to videos. I'm at the age now where I need reading glasses so I doubt I'd be anywhere close to the detail required to enter one of these.
    As far as project planning, you can also try backwards planning, you know the end date so plan backwards from there to establish how long it will take and I'd suggest buffereing (adding time) to the durations of each task until you're comfortable on how long each individual step will take.

  • @Duppyman695
    @Duppyman695 Рік тому +2

    "Super easy, barley an inconvenience" wait is this a pitch meeting? Congrats on the win and good advice for new painters.

  • @Gamerdj1981
    @Gamerdj1981 Рік тому

    My friends and I were there. One of my friends, Carol, was teaching the basic painting classes in Hobby Haven! Both of my friends entered the Capital Pallet. Carol entered journeyman and won Bronze for her Diorama. My other friend Dan, won Silver for his Model in Amateur! He hasn’t been painting long either, less then a year, but he has a lot of talent.
    I was there staffing, I mostly just at the Hobby Haven assembling Space Marines when I wasn’t helping out with room change overs or being a Go for.
    I do remember seeing your piece in the displays. Nice work on the mini and Gratz on winning. The competition was intense since there were so many great minis.

  • @Icarus992
    @Icarus992 Рік тому +21

    Was that a Ryan George quote? 😂Brilliant work on the model and congratulations on the award! Well deserved!

    • @0815Murks
      @0815Murks Рік тому +9

      Just wanted to comment the same thing 🤣painting minis for a competition is tight!

    • @adamgoode8997
      @adamgoode8997 Рік тому +1

      @@0815Murks Dang... I was gonna use the tight quote. lol

    • @tonyclough4128
      @tonyclough4128 Рік тому +2

      Wow wow wow.
      Wow.

    • @adamgoode8997
      @adamgoode8997 Рік тому

      @@tonyclough4128 Impressing you is super easy! Barely an inconvenience!

  • @RenePaints
    @RenePaints Рік тому +1

    You said the thing! "Super easy, barely an inconveniewnce" has to be one of the best phrases added to my phrase lists in the last decade.

  • @MultiverseMinis
    @MultiverseMinis Рік тому +1

    Congrats Adam.
    I entered the MSP open this year for the second time and won a gold in the Diorama category. I was amazed that i did so well and it has me amped up to paint sculpt and hobby in general.
    My experience with thos and display painting in general is to have a project you want to paint at a compition level and work on it over time. Dont be afraid to take breaks from it because it will give you time to decompress, paint other things at low effort then come hack to the 110% needed for display modles.

  • @cordial001
    @cordial001 Рік тому +4

    Congrats on the gold! Also, I just wanted to say my friends and I absolutely love Majestic 13. I know it's been out for a while, but we just had a chance for a few games over the past week or so. Really great fun game.

    • @tabletopminions
      @tabletopminions  Рік тому

      So glad you’re enjoying it. Thanks for watching!

  • @greesmunky6505
    @greesmunky6505 Рік тому

    I was there and saw your model. It was a great showing of painters from across the country. It made my silver medals in the apprentice category that much more special. It was a great experience, and I hope to see you there again next year with an even better model.

  • @gordonai5803
    @gordonai5803 Рік тому +2

    Congratulations! Competition painting is one of the most difficult things to even consider about our hobby, something that most never even try to do just because it is so daunting. I've entered 1 myself but just at my local game store, nowhere near close to the scale you competed but I'm glad you got to do it and thank you for sharing the lessons learned from it. From my own experience the stress you can feel from wanting to complete the model can be so debilitating that it becomes your biggest tool in procrastination. As crunch time nears it gets easier and easier to find ways to not paint. 45 minutes or an hour a day is all it takes to really make progress, whether that mini takes 1 hour or 100. But if you sit down for an hour and you see you're making progress, 2 or 3 hours more doesn't seem so hard. It's small wins that often lead to great victories.

  • @mindyfranke5279
    @mindyfranke5279 Рік тому

    Congratulations on your win! Glad you got your piece done to enter this year; I tend to have the procrastination problem as well. It's also awesome that you get to actually hang out with other painters, and good ones at that! You probably get more tips and hands on tutoring than most of us could wish for in a lifetime, LOL! Hope you have a great week!

  • @dustinshorter2391
    @dustinshorter2391 Рік тому +4

    Congrats! One thing I have learned is, sometimes learning what you don't enjoy is almost more important than what you do! I don't think I have the patience to spend that much time on a single model, let alone the skill to even do it in the first place.

  • @alexanderthomson6966
    @alexanderthomson6966 Рік тому

    Congrats on your win. I haven't done any real competitions but I like to, once a year, let myself the taste of painting one ordinary model from any range up to the absolute best standard I can. I started it in 2021 with a mantic games enforcer pathfinder, 2022 was a 75mm dwarf (first model that scale), this year I don't have one yet but most likely the phantom major that warlord put out last month.
    Doing this let me see a where I have improved, where I need to work and it's only for me so no pressure. I wish there were more competition like this in the UK

  • @BlitzMekanika
    @BlitzMekanika Рік тому

    As an accomplished display painters with a few podium medals, what I have learned is that having a unique model, a bright and vibrant paint job and attention to detail are key to a win.
    Having a model that nobody else brings to the competition is in your favour. If there are multiple of the exact same model makes it harder for the judges to decide and decreases your odds of success. Kitbashing or scratch bashing a model is a good idea.
    Tabletop war gaming is generally drab colours. Eye catching bright colours, candy metallics, and neon shades draw eyes towards your model and make it stand out as being different.
    Judges love attention to detail. The best example of this and the other 2 factors is my Razorback Flamingo. I kitbashed Necron to blades and wraiths into a flamingo. Because necron models have a lot of surface detail on them, after painting the model pink, I used tamiya panel liner to make the surface detail pop. Also the little touches I made to the base helped. Won first at Heritage con in class. :) Congrats on your win.

  • @AdamNodwell
    @AdamNodwell Рік тому

    02:54 - Korn (stylized as KoЯn, or occasionally KoRn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band is notable for pioneering the nu metal genre and bringing it into the mainstream.

  • @StackingLimit
    @StackingLimit Рік тому

    Congratulations. I hope you give it another try. Having attended the NOVA Open and having seeing your model it was great. The Capital Palette this year was amazing in general.

  • @chromechef891
    @chromechef891 Рік тому

    Been watching you for years! Im happy you won! Very well derserved.

  • @DavePottsAmI
    @DavePottsAmI Рік тому +1

    Lololol "Super easy! Barely and inconvenience!" Love the reference!

  • @ricci8497
    @ricci8497 Рік тому +3

    Army painting and display model painiting are very different beasts and can require totally different approaches in some steps especially model prep getting rid of all those mold lines and gaps etc. But there are a lot of crossover points and I think any army painter will always say there is always a new way to paint a model that often times becomes a new go to method and painting that display model often teaches that new method even if it's just the centre piece of the army. But planning is key in both types of painting set targets build A B C prime XYZ etc but in this always set yourself rewards when you actually get those things done it becomes less of a labour because you get to have something to look forward by getting things done.

  • @GarryWButler
    @GarryWButler Рік тому

    Congratulations! thank you for your breakdown of the experience.

  • @MentoliptusBanko
    @MentoliptusBanko Рік тому

    Congratulations Uncle Atom!
    I enter an online painting competition in my country twice a year, which has 2 categories (regular and masterclass). I always enter at regular because I don't want to paint one model for months. I just paint an HQ or unit leader a little better than I usually would or paint a mini as a present for my wife or a friend. I use this painting competition to try some new color scheme or some new technique (the opposite of what you said) because I know it will take time and practice to learn the technique and I am already committed to invest more time in this mini than I would otherwise so I am not concerned that I'll be spending more time than usual.

  • @yonstenger
    @yonstenger Рік тому

    Great vid, man! Congrats on the gold! I’m always keen to see what you’ve got going next!

  • @anthonywaggett9317
    @anthonywaggett9317 Рік тому +2

    I really like and appreciate that you are not a conventional painter. Personally I have a dreadful habit of selecting complex paint schemes for my tabletop minis which tends to result in work that may look 'messy' on close inspection (or if photographed with a Hi-Def camera and a macro lens) but looks good on the table. I've recently tried out some monochrome as in black and white movie style, in preparation for painting up the Zombicide Night of the Living Dead Figures and so far feel that a more impressionist style rather than a realistic light and shadow gives a better tabletop look. I would love to give this a try on a display piece but not sure if 'tradition' would work against it, maybe a vignette or diorama in this style would be the way to go as it would show it was an aesthetic choice rather than a bad paint job. Anyway keep up the good work and as I believe you have said before, there isn't a 'right' way to paint.

  • @christianschmidt1784
    @christianschmidt1784 Рік тому

    It was really nice meeting you and the 'fire pit' chat are always damn motivating. See you in Journeyman next year 🤘🏻 Congrats again!

  • @niallcampbell
    @niallcampbell Рік тому +1

    Entered my first display piece at a local GW comp here in Aberdeen, Scotland earlier in the year and might try to enter their October comp too. Good fun tackling something to a standard I wouldn’t normally do :)

  • @bjorn9486
    @bjorn9486 Рік тому

    Thank you for the insight into competition painting!

  • @garethm9523
    @garethm9523 Рік тому

    Congrats on the win. Very happy to see this after your years of great advice

  • @thrasher99999
    @thrasher99999 Рік тому

    A big congratulations! I'm working on my painting skills (still pretty new in painting in general) but I kinda want to start doing a more "display painting" style. I don't play any war games currently (haven't before but have interest in it) however I do like having minis, I kitbash some of 'em, and some yet I use in D&D so I have a lot of paired or stand alone models I'd like to put some real time into instead of just sloshin' some paint on.
    Biggest thing for me though? Patience. I don't want to wait to make sure everything is set and dried properly. I just want to do it and get it done and I know that can be detrimental to something that's going to be on display...

  • @DeadGators
    @DeadGators Рік тому

    Congrats on the gold!
    I entered the MHE comp at Gen Con for the first time this year. I'd been regularly challenging myself to up my painting quality for a year before that, so I didn't set out with specific pieces to paint for the competition; just picked them from among the ones I'd already done or had in progress. I wanted to see where my "doing my day-to-day best" fell and get some feedback on it. So my experience was a lot less stressful than yours-even though I had to switch up which mini I was entering in one of the categories last minute 'cause I didn't have time to finish some final cleanups on the one I wanted to enter. But I'm also not far enough along in the hobby to be expecting placings, so I was really excited my four entries got three bronzes and a silver.
    The feedback was all stuff I knew or suspected, so that was reassurance I'm on the right track. Aside from one very confusing statement that I needed to clean up mold lines on a piece that was completely hand-sculpted. I'm still trying to figure out what that judge was looking at so I don't create faux-mold lines in the future.
    I'll probably switch to painting specific minis for competitions at some point. But in the meantime, I'm enjoying this low-key learning stage.

  • @jakec5550
    @jakec5550 Рік тому

    Congrats on getting gold! Enjoyable video. The time dedication is what keeps me from doing a display level piece... Oh and talent... That bit too...

  • @arbysandtehchief5494
    @arbysandtehchief5494 Рік тому

    I also procrastinated on mine and it showed, but I also discovered when painting I screwed up when I primed my mini... Gonna paint some stuff for fun and start gearing up for Capital Pallatte next year.

  • @FrostbiteRep
    @FrostbiteRep Рік тому +1

    I like how after years of "i'm not a competitive painter", you win your first competition. That's an awesome job

    • @tabletopminions
      @tabletopminions  Рік тому +4

      I didn’t “win” per se - I got a gold. Being an open competition, there were three or four other people in that category in the Apprentice division you also got a gold. There were several silver metals and bronze metals and finalist pins, too. They don’t do “podium” style like in the Olympics - one gold, one sliver, and one bronze - which is another reason why I love this event. Thanks for watching!

  • @DasDevilSquid
    @DasDevilSquid Рік тому

    Oh snap! Congratulations! We chatted a bit at the Con this year and you told me you had entered the painting competition. I'm glad you made the effort to do so and having it come to fruition.

  • @pvtavis
    @pvtavis Рік тому

    Congrats! You’re piece was wonderful! I managed to pull off a big win with my World Eaters Contemptor in Journeyman Vehicle! It was nice seeing you at the convention and talking to you!

  • @CondeDeBalayan
    @CondeDeBalayan Рік тому

    Congratulations Uncle Atom! Nicely done. Félicitations de Montréal!

  • @brothereldrian9913
    @brothereldrian9913 Рік тому

    Congratulations, the piece looks awesome. And thanks very much for the tips. Might use some of those when tackling the Lion himself.

  • @TheTazman49684
    @TheTazman49684 Рік тому +1

    Congrats Atom! It is good to push your boundaries and grow. I, myself painted an army for Kings of War and entered a tourney. I'm glad I did but haven't done it since, wasn't for me. But I'm glad I did. You won't know till you try! Nice award!🎨

  • @paulknox505
    @paulknox505 Рік тому

    Very well done model, Congratulations on the gold! (extra points for the Pitch Meeting reference in this video).

  • @Asathor76
    @Asathor76 Рік тому

    Congrats! Always a great source of inspiration UA! 🎉

  • @danielscillieri58
    @danielscillieri58 Рік тому +1

    congrats on the win buddy! motivating me to maybe give it a try!

  • @davidschneider5462
    @davidschneider5462 Рік тому

    Thanks for the video. Congrats on receiving a Gold Medal. It seems that it inspired you, at least a little, and made you feel that the effort was worth it. I find the 3X longer applies to most things I do, not just painting minis. Can I ask how long it took to complete the model and whether now you think it was worth the effort, since it sounded that before finishing you had some regrets about starting the project? Also, was there anything you wished you had spent more time on and did the judges provide feedback? Thanks.

  • @jordancarlson4233
    @jordancarlson4233 Рік тому

    Congratulations! This is a great video, and you offer some excellent tips. It can be nerve wracking to voluntarily place one’s hard work under scrutiny, but the feedback gained from constructive critique is invaluable. Thank you, Uncle Atom, for sharing your experience!

  • @TheLateNightPlayers
    @TheLateNightPlayers Рік тому

    Congrats on the epic first time entry! That is honestly super inspiring.
    I entered my first painting competition at GenCon this year. I came out with two silvers, but it was definitely a learning experience.

  • @Bruce-Zatarra
    @Bruce-Zatarra 10 місяців тому

    I have intered one event some 25 years ago and it was local. My Parkinson's was almost non noticeable back then. I actually did very well. Nurgle have some of the best looking models on the market. A good tip for your next competition is to pick a Nurgle model with just one eye. A good eye makes all the difference, and you don't have to duplicate it. I'll be picking up the new Army painter 2.0 fantastic line complete set as soon as it releases from my local hobby store (Board Fox games). I have already emailed the folks over at Army painter, but maybe you'll have more luck getting through the red tape to the people who matter most. Make a tray that holds the triad of 6 colors (bottles) that are either stackable or connected in a way to make a full rack. That way, as their line grows, so can the rack.

  • @theophrastusbombastus1359
    @theophrastusbombastus1359 Рік тому

    Congratulations on your win. I hope you have many more 🙏

  • @kaikropp3254
    @kaikropp3254 Рік тому

    Congrats on the gold! Super for the first entry!! 🤘

  • @Horror-Fan1313
    @Horror-Fan1313 Рік тому

    A Pitch Meeting reference from another UA-camr I love following? Amazing.

  • @theragingdolphinsmaniac4696

    Congrats and keep up the good work. While building/painting for competition is a struggle now you will find it gets easier and that skill will become part of your every day painting. The only question will be whether you choose to go that level or not. I said on one of Vince's videos that once you accomplish that level of mastery, it won't be such a big deal anymore. I am primarily a model car builder (I use the TTWG painting skills I learned for diorama figures) and found that the real masters of a genre of modeling aren't contest/competition modelers. The true masters have far surpassed the skills needed for competition. For me, winning awards was validation that I had reached a certain level of skill. Once I achieved that, I found out I didn't need anybody's approval, and I began asking "what else can I do?" and competitions aren't the end-all-be-all. I rarely enter competitions anymore because I am more concerned about making something interesting than maxxing out details to impress other people.

  • @dfly27485
    @dfly27485 Рік тому

    Congratulations on that W.
    Now hopefully you’ll be getting a lot more of the recognition that you deserve.

  • @Vallinen92
    @Vallinen92 Рік тому

    Congrats! Great to see the man teaching me how to make a scuffed homemade wetpalette coming through like this! ^^

  • @LordCalgar901
    @LordCalgar901 Рік тому +1

    Congrats on the win, the models looks amazing. Nice job!

  • @Pino.1
    @Pino.1 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations.
    Videography question:
    When you transition from your normal profile shot to a closer up version of the same camera angle, are you using software in post or are you using two different cameras?
    Also, have you ever considered making a video on the process of making videos in your studio? Or even a studio tour?

    • @tabletopminions
      @tabletopminions  Рік тому

      Just one camera - shooting at 4K - and then I “punch in” I’m my editing software later. It adds visual interest and helps to punctuate my speech somewhat. Thanks for watching!

  • @ethan6322
    @ethan6322 Рік тому +1

    Super easy barely an inconvenience, I see you are a fellow man of class!

  • @billdefranza4927
    @billdefranza4927 Рік тому +1

    Pitch Meeting references are TIGHT!

  • @domgarner1173
    @domgarner1173 Рік тому

    Nice work dude! Mad respect from the UK 🇬🇧

  • @MrCasper1271
    @MrCasper1271 Рік тому

    Congratulations on your win! That's really awesome! Definitely got to feel good to do so well in your first ever entry, I hope to be going to Nova open next year and would love to see the painting competition.
    I am very much a beginner painter at this point in my journey. Do they have any of the like painting tutorial type events at Nova?

    • @tabletopminions
      @tabletopminions  Рік тому

      Yes, there are lots of amazing painting classes at NOVA Open. Great teachers. Thanks for watching!

  • @MrTroutbum05
    @MrTroutbum05 Рік тому

    Congrats Unc! You have always been a spectacular painter!

  • @joejoyce1027
    @joejoyce1027 Рік тому

    Congratulations Sir! Well deserved for sure!

  • @jameshennessy1507
    @jameshennessy1507 Рік тому

    Congreats on winning gold! I've toyed with the idea of display painting because I spend a lot of time on each model in my army and I love how they look, but I've never tried to see how far I can push a single model. I'm always just following my color scheme formula for the most part. I think that new 30K Fulgrim model is calling my name.

  • @goon5544
    @goon5544 Рік тому +1

    Congrats! That model looks awesome.

  • @scrausch
    @scrausch Рік тому +1

    Congratulations! I ran into you at Gencon on the last day and I remember you telling me that you were preparing for this. I'm glad to see you did well. Maybe next year I can sit and chat with you a little more about your thoughts at the MHE paint competition.

  • @redrooster7371
    @redrooster7371 Рік тому

    Congratulations!
    I'm more of a display painter. I enter in competitions. But not that much seriously as I don't like to paint the latest style required. I think your lesson 5 is the most important. I still love fully painted armies but I'm not an army painter. I never thought I'll be a display paibter but that's where I found out I have most fun.
    But it's always good to push yourself sometimes. For me it's painting maybe painting a boardgame with quickpaint techniques and for others to paint a miniature in higher quality. I learned so much about placing the highlights grinding through 30 minutes zombies. And if you're an army painter you can learn about some techniques which will help you painting good looking armies.

  • @rogerd4313
    @rogerd4313 Рік тому +1

    I think I’d be happy with just doing some painting 😂, we’ll done on your win awesome work

  • @BB-pn2qv
    @BB-pn2qv Рік тому

    That’s awesome!!!! Huge congrats to you!!

  • @akakeri9802
    @akakeri9802 Рік тому

    Yo, congrats! That's something to be proud of.

  • @cobudho
    @cobudho Рік тому +1

    Congrats Unc!

  • @RavenMorpheus
    @RavenMorpheus Рік тому

    In this video Adam talks about being bit by 'nids (bugs)... Congratulations on the gold. Now the apprentice has become a journeyman. Display painting for me is at about the same level as yourself, but for me I call it "tabletop plus" as I'm nowhere near as good as Vincey V and co. Great to see that someone at about my level of painting (when I can be bothered to push the boat out) can win at cons though. Again, well done that man!

  • @thetattoodmini
    @thetattoodmini Рік тому

    congrats on the win. that's awesome!

  • @erik_swinson
    @erik_swinson Рік тому

    Congratulations! You are correct, it’s not for everyone, but I hope to see you in Journeyman next year.

  • @804homes
    @804homes Рік тому

    Congrats on the win and I look forward to seeing what you pick for Nova 2024.

  • @xensoblu059
    @xensoblu059 Рік тому +1

    Congrats!

  • @aslbaron1
    @aslbaron1 Рік тому

    Congrats! Way to go!

  • @thomasgrable1746
    @thomasgrable1746 Рік тому

    Nice job! I try to paint at a high level (I've won Silver at GenCon and Adepticon), but my focus is to have cool looking minis on the table. Some judges (perhaps most) want a miniature on a display base that isn't suitable for play. That means spending time on a mini that won't ever be played, which is hard for me. But if you are serious about display painting for competition, that's what you have to do. I guess I'll have to make the attempt to try for gold. Good luck in your painting!

  • @ODonnchadhaBrian
    @ODonnchadhaBrian Рік тому

    Dude! Congratulations!
    I went to a painting weekend at the end of lockdown run by Marco Frisoni from Not Just Mecha. The weekend was excellent and he is a fantastic painter and a lovely guy.
    Very quickly into the weekend, I realised I have no interest in display painting other than to have the models I play with in a cabinet at home so I can see them.

  • @aarons6201
    @aarons6201 Рік тому

    Glad you won, congratulations!

  • @G_Signer
    @G_Signer Рік тому +1

    congrats! ballin!

  • @IronGuardsman
    @IronGuardsman Рік тому +1

    Congratulations!
    "Referencing other youtube channel catchphrases is tight!"

  • @janviggoneubergjohansen
    @janviggoneubergjohansen Рік тому

    Gratulere!!!!🎉🎉

  • @vidi5086
    @vidi5086 Рік тому +8

    I was lucky to win my first award this year too :) Apprentice league too 😅 It was not "Nova open", but ,"Coven Brush" thou, a "Big Warhammer model" category ✊

  • @grendelb3298
    @grendelb3298 Рік тому

    This is a great example of growth vs fixed mindset. Glad you got out of your comfort zone. Do you think this advice would help students writing essays? I’d like to maybe use it for an example. Thanks for the great video!

  • @garypilkington2
    @garypilkington2 Рік тому

    Congrats on your win! I am of the mindset that miniatures should be played with not just displayed. While I appreciate everyone who spends time creating fantastic and detailed figures and dioramas, I personally don't wish to spend the time on something I would never want to (or would be afraid to) use in a game. Maybe spend a little more time on a command unit or hero figure, but not to the level of a display piece. That's just me.
    My $0.02, ymmv, offer not available in all states.

  • @jonathanmarquiss2435
    @jonathanmarquiss2435 Рік тому

    Congratulations on winning!!

  • @TheHunch8ack
    @TheHunch8ack Рік тому

    Nice. Well done, my friend. Flex it! You deserve it.

  • @johnnnysilverhand9819
    @johnnnysilverhand9819 Рік тому

    Congratulations!!

  • @Buildpaintplayrepeat
    @Buildpaintplayrepeat Рік тому

    I came back to this video to ask a question… what’s a reasonable place to find or buy plaques for minis? I found Eon’s of Battle’s video on how to make some plaques, but it involved more tools than I’m currently ready to go get myself.

  • @basstedson
    @basstedson Рік тому

    I'd love to give it a go someday but realistically there is a way to go to get there. Only really started painting in earnest this year after playing with primed models for longer than I care to admit. I have treated myself to the new terminator librarian model for my space wolves though and will be using it as a personal 'try as hard as I can' piece to gauge my painting journey so far.

  • @mikee9464
    @mikee9464 Рік тому

    Yes! CONGRATS!

  • @TheMysticshroom
    @TheMysticshroom Рік тому +1

    Grats UA!

  • @Kevin.Mitchell
    @Kevin.Mitchell Рік тому

    Ooh, congratulations! I don't have the motivation or patience (or let's face it, skill) to paint to competition standard, well done on persevering and an even bigger well done for getting that sweet, sweet gold!

  • @vidi5086
    @vidi5086 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations, sir Atom! 🎉

  • @andywardle2988
    @andywardle2988 Рік тому

    Congrats! And great video

  • @TheEr910
    @TheEr910 Рік тому

    Congrats. Paint for the paint gods.

  • @patrickmchugh948
    @patrickmchugh948 Рік тому +1

    Congrats

  • @ionminiatures
    @ionminiatures Рік тому

    Project Management 101: when estimating the time a project will take, take the time you think is reasonable then multiply by 3, then multiply that by 2. If you get it done before that time, you get to keep your reputation as a Miracle Worker 😊