Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's the hobby essentials I'd absolutely rebuy if I was starting my hobby space from scratch again. Maybe you'll want to try some out for your own setup?

Here's the list and relevant links:

Desk lights
UK: geni.us/mediacouslightuk
Rest of world: geni.us/niulight

Kitchen roll holder
geni.us/kitchenrollholder

Desk edge hairdryer organiser
geni.us/deskedgeorganiser

Vortex mixer
geni.us/VortexMixer

Over-door shoe rack spray paint holder
geni.us/doorshoerack

Lap tray
geni.us/laptray

Sharps bin
geni.us/sharpsbin

Double-sided organisers
geni.us/doublesidedorganiser

Rack shelving
geni.us/boltlessrackshelving

If you want to buy more traditional hobby bits, paints, models, etc, use our Wayland Games affiliate link and get stuff at a huge discount, and we get a small kickback too! WIN WIN! affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/1355-8.html

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Here are some useful links for stuff we use. Amazon gives us a few pennies if you buy using these, at no extra cost to you!

The wall-mounted paint rack I use: geni.us/nailpolishrack
The voiceover microphone I use: geni.us/PodcastPro
The painting lamp I use: geni.us/DaylightLumi
The “hobby cam” I use for livestreams: geni.us/LogiBrioWebcam
My favourite headphones: geni.us/BeyerDT770Pro
The camera I used in 2020: geni.us/mwm50
The camera I use now: geni.us/SonyAlpha728-70
How I mount my camera to my desk: geni.us/SmallrigDeskClamp
My airbrush compressor: geni.us/AirbrushCompressor
My airbrush: geni.us/IwataAirbrush
The airbrush set I started with: geni.us/RevellAirbrush
A great model paint starter set: geni.us/VallejoPaintSet
A great beginner paint brush set: geni.us/RLTaklon
Cheap brushes for detail work: geni.us/RLDetailTaklon

00:00 Intro
00:56 Desk mounted lights
02:01 Kitchen roll holder
02:41 Desk edge organiser
03:33 Vortex mixer
04:25 Over-door shoe organiser
05:13 Lap tray
06:02 Sharps bin
06:34 Double-sided organisers
07:14 Rack shelving
08:04 MDF boards