In the evening after the final day of the Vastarian Inq28 event in Houston Texas, we interviewed many of the participants!

Including:

Martin McCoy (martin.mccoy.art)

Shane Brockway (7he_blindman)

Brad Smith (brad506187)

Mike DeBolt (gundamofficialhobby)

Tim Gerber-Fleury (howlingmad_looping)

Grant Sawyer (underworldalliance)

Eli Parsons (redwetskeleton)

Jonny Lashley (witchhammerstudio)

Just days after our Vastarian Inq28 event in Houston, we are joined by Weirding Way and Modern Synthesist to reflect on the event.

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In this episode we are joined with Trey (IIII) and Martin (martin.mccoy.art) to talk about how Neil Hollis used AI to create the backdrop for his Gold winning Exodite at 2024 Golden Demon at Adepticon. We go on to talk more broadly about how AI could influence the miniature hobby going forward.

In this episode, we talk about miniature photography, touching on cellphone cameras to film cameras. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different cameras and give suggestions of elements to consider to improve your miniature photography.

In this episode, we interview people at Adepticon (2024), the United States largest miniature wargames convention! It was our first time at the convention, but we were able to set up our recording equipment in the Grimdark Hallway, run by our friends from Hive Scum. Below are time stamps of where you can listen to each interview!

00.56 - Greg Wier (denimdayjob) chats with Eli (Redwetskeleton) and Jonny (witchhammerstudio) the morning after their first day at the convention.

06.06 - Eric and Adam Wier chat with Adam Loper of Tabletop Minions, touching on painting competitions and game design!

31:38 - Greg chats with Grant (underworldalliance) about the Kislev Mordheim warband he built and painted using Kingdom Death plastic models.

45:12 - Greg chats with Trent (miscast.co) and Bill (berserkerwrks) about MEK28 and videogames, including Unreal Tournament.

1:10:40 - Greg chats with Alex (av.hobbies) and Mark (moshartz) about everyone’s favorite Games Workshop game, Mordheim.

1:24:12 - Greg chats with Mark (moshartz) and Martin McCoy (martin.mccoy.art) about Malört, Chicago’s favorite drink, and creating artwork.

In part two of a special two part episode, we interview people who attended Under the Dice Fest 2024, a small festival in Massachusetts celebrating miniature-based tabletop wargaming. The festival was designed to appeal to those who shy away from the mainstream iterations of the miniature wargaming hobby, focusing on those who want play the games on their own terms, sometimes outside of the scope of the game rules as written, or those who want to play old games which are no longer supported by their publishers. It is highlighting those who are more concerned with telling a story with the miniatures they build than with creating something that would be optimal in terms of a game’s rule system. A punk rock approach to the miniature wargaming hobby, if you will. Below are time stamps of where you can listen to each interview!

0:56 - Scott (scotomancer) and Greg Wier chat about HeroQuest and Isolation Man screen printing

27:38 - Martin McCoy (martin.mccoy.art), Greg Wier, and Adam Wier (thekillingcold) chat about Vastarian and making art

53:10 - Shane Brockway (7he_blindman) and Greg Wier talk about MÖRK BORG and RPGs

01:14:35 - Dellon Myette (whitetigertablecraft) and Greg Wier talk about his newly designed game Cauldon

01:38:03 - Eric Locke (Eric’s Hobby Workshop), Greg Wier, and Adam Wier talk about Warhammer the Old World

01:56:43 - Matt (totally_not_panicking) chats with Greg, Adam, and Eric Wier about a Vastarian game they played on his newly built board

02:12:48 - Chris (pied_pewter_piper) and Cole (colecifer_xxviii) chat with Greg and Adam Wier

02:37:20 - Brandon Anway (banway99) talks with Greg Wier about coming to the USA to play Mordheim

In part one of a special two part episode, we interview people who attended Under the Dice Fest 2024, a small festival in Massachusetts celebrating miniature-based tabletop wargaming. The festival was designed to appeal to those who shy away from the mainstream iterations of the miniature wargaming hobby, focusing on those who want play the games on their own terms, sometimes outside of the scope of the game rules as written, or those who want to play old games which are no longer supported by their publishers. It is highlighting those who are more concerned with telling a story with the miniatures they build than with creating something that would be optimal in terms of a game’s rule system. A punk rock approach to the miniature wargaming hobby, if you will. Below are time stamps of where you can listen to each interview!

01:16 - Introduction: Greg Wier (denimdayjob) and Eric Wier

05.07 - Greg and Eric Wier chat with Alex (av.hobbies) and Jonathan from Legends of the Tabletop about RPGs

21:26 - Greg and Eric Wier chat with Terry (stone.jaw) and Phil (bloodtrancefusion)

47:02 - Greg Wier, Shane (Sombre Arcane), Steve (sovthofheaven), and Scott (scotomancer) talk about dungeon synth

1:04:24 - Greg and Eric Wier talk with Steve (sovthofheaven) and Paul (wyrdstoned) about the events of day one at Under the Dice Fest

In this episode we are joined by Steve and Gage from the Hive Scum podcast. We reflect on 2023 as a whole and how we first met Hive Scum at the New England Mordheim Open at the start of 2023. We also touch on the Rich Grimmond Inq28 event and some notable releases throughout the year.

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