I was invited to share this mind-blowing project. It’s a Tabletop Wargaming concept video created by Cinecore @cinecoremedia3878 : a film crew out of Philadelphia whose director (Dan Mendenhall) happens to be a fan of tabletop gaming. Miniwargamer Dave here from MWG.com, and this is how I got involved in a mega-collaboration that I believe will change tabletop gaming forever!
Many of the comments on this high-concept video said things like, “please do a battle report” and “when’s the full game coming?”
So I jump on a call with Dan and we discuss the idea of actually filming a full-fledged battle. The biggest challenge is: we’d be using a massive $300k robot arm camera rig in a film studio we’d need to pay money to rent. Oh, and it would take multiple days to film as well. I searched for collaborators from the community to be my opponent in the film.
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My opponent:
Brent from Goobertown Hobbies. Now, if this is your first impression of Goobertown boy, do I ever have a treat for you.
From Explainer videos on 3D printer resin, to complete guides to painting miniatures, Brent has been contributing to the miniature wargaming hobby community on YouTube since 2018. His down-to-earth calming videos are informative and light-hearted.
The first time I saw Goobertown Hobbies? no joke, this was my reaction: “dude, we’ve got a chemist in the community man! AND he’s making explainer vids about the hobby? This is totally awesome. Check out his channel here: @GoobertownHobbies
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One Page Rules (OPR)
I feel OPR has revolutionized the tabletop industry by making available their free-to-download rule sets for their tabletop games whilst also providing a space where wargamers could gain access to STL files of 3D printable miniatures.
Grim Dark Future is the tabletop game Brent and I play in this film. It’s model agnostic. I can use any miniatures as proxies for their game. They have built an impressive following and the community is continuing to expand in this area of modern tabletop gaming experiences.
Dan really liked the aesthetic of the War Demons and even asked me if I could be the one to paint them up.
Meanwhile, Brent was hard at work preparing his Saurian Star host army. I was fully prepared to Slap Chop @TheHonestWargamer the paint onto these Demons but I saw how much Dan wanted to paint them so I conceded and agreed to him doing it.
Every War Demon model you see in this video was painted by Dan. He’s a massive tabletop wargaming fan AND a filmmaker. He even told me during our film shoot it was a wild dream of his to combine work and pleasure. I could feel his hobby love as he shared this with me.
For Brent’s army, he exclusively used Monument Hobbies paints on his Saurian Star host. But it feels like they’re just like us! Hobbyists who started a business that supported the hobby and they’re a bunch of dudes having a blast. I enjoy working with companies like that.
Ask me about the quality of their paints? Not a question for me, but you can Ask Goobertown. He’s a painter AND a chemist. Dare I say he’s easily amongst the most qualified people to accurately answer that question. A thing of note I could add is, I’m happy they’re sponsoring this project and are providing a production budget to create this film! I still can’t believe this is real, to be honest.
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Coming up:
1) a 90-second promo teaser behind the scenes docu-style video shot by Cinecore at the bunker and show bts of the project.
2) the film itself. It documents the battle between myself and Goobertown.
Feedback:
This is where the discussion happens. I wanna hear your thoughts. Your ideas. Your questions about the project. Have you heard of OPR or used their miniatures? What do you think of them? Has your hobby experience included using paints from Monument Hobbies? If so, how were they? All this info is not only valuable to me but to others as well.
Thanks for watching, I’m MWG Dave and THIS is wargaming.
I was invited to share this mind-blowing project. It’s a Tabletop Wargaming concept video created by Cinecore @cinecoremedia3878 : a film crew out of Philadelphia whose director (Dan Mendenhall) happens to be a fan of tabletop gaming. Miniwargamer Dave here from MWG.com, and this is how I got involved in a mega-collaboration that I believe will change tabletop gaming forever!
Many of the comments on this high-concept video said things like, “please do a battle report” and “when’s the full game coming?”
So I jump on a call with Dan and we discuss the idea of actually filming a full-fledged battle. The biggest challenge is: we’d be using a massive $300k robot arm camera rig in a film studio we’d need to pay money to rent. Oh, and it would take multiple days to film as well. I searched for collaborators from the community to be my opponent in the film.
===================================
My opponent:
Brent from Goobertown Hobbies. Now, if this is your first impression of Goobertown boy, do I ever have a treat for you.
From Explainer videos on 3D printer resin, to complete guides to painting miniatures, Brent has been contributing to the miniature wargaming hobby community on YouTube since 2018. His down-to-earth calming videos are informative and light-hearted.
The first time I saw Goobertown Hobbies? no joke, this was my reaction: “dude, we’ve got a chemist in the community man! AND he’s making explainer vids about the hobby? This is totally awesome. Check out his channel here: @GoobertownHobbies
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One Page Rules (OPR)
I feel OPR has revolutionized the tabletop industry by making available their free-to-download rule sets for their tabletop games whilst also providing a space where wargamers could gain access to STL files of 3D printable miniatures.
Grim Dark Future is the tabletop game Brent and I play in this film. It’s model agnostic. I can use any miniatures as proxies for their game. They have built an impressive following and the community is continuing to expand in this area of modern tabletop gaming experiences.
Dan really liked the aesthetic of the War Demons and even asked me if I could be the one to paint them up.
Meanwhile, Brent was hard at work preparing his Saurian Star host army. I was fully prepared to Slap Chop @TheHonestWargamer the paint onto these Demons but I saw how much Dan wanted to paint them so I conceded and agreed to him doing it.
Every War Demon model you see in this video was painted by Dan. He’s a massive tabletop wargaming fan AND a filmmaker. He even told me during our film shoot it was a wild dream of his to combine work and pleasure. I could feel his hobby love as he shared this with me.
For Brent’s army, he exclusively used Monument Hobbies paints on his Saurian Star host. But it feels like they’re just like us! Hobbyists who started a business that supported the hobby and they’re a bunch of dudes having a blast. I enjoy working with companies like that.
Ask me about the quality of their paints? Not a question for me, but you can Ask Goobertown. He’s a painter AND a chemist. Dare I say he’s easily amongst the most qualified people to accurately answer that question. A thing of note I could add is, I’m happy they’re sponsoring this project and are providing a production budget to create this film! I still can’t believe this is real, to be honest.
===================================
Coming up:
1) a 90-second promo teaser behind the scenes docu-style video shot by Cinecore at the bunker and show bts of the project.
2) the film itself. It documents the battle between myself and Goobertown.
Feedback:
This is where the discussion happens. I wanna hear your thoughts. Your ideas. Your questions about the project. Have you heard of OPR or used their miniatures? What do you think of them? Has your hobby experience included using paints from Monument Hobbies? If so, how were they? All this info is not only valuable to me but to others as well.
Thanks for watching, I’m MWG Dave and THIS is wargaming.
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(Massive thanks and shoutout to @deepgitz who converted this mini).
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The Cleveland Commander has returned to MiniWarGaming once again with his Thousand Sons led by Magnus to challenge Josh and a mixed force of the Emperor's best.
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Ben and Skari are playing the new Pariah Nexus missions and using a Matched play mission pack as in inspiration for the terrain. The forces of the adeptus mechanicus face the bully boy orks!
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Massive shoutout to Bev Standing for providing voice talent for this episode. See her work here: bevstanding.com/about
Lore:
The Vanguard Summary: The Rohalinth Vanguard is a scientific and military organization based out of Rohalinth Prime. Predominantly made up of humans, the Vanguard’s mission is that of peace and security but also of discovery and expansion. Outside of humanity, every other faction and species sees the Vanguard and humanity as synonymous, which isn’t always the case. Though it’s true that the Vanguard are tasked with defending human-populated systems, there are plenty of civilian companies and individuals (both reputable and illegitimate) that operate independently from the Vanguard. The Vanguard is commanded by a civilian body, the Vanguard Civil Council (VCC).
Status: The Vanguard is still reeling from the surprise attack by one of their former commanders, Lord Davicus, when he returned from the Veil after disappearing 60 years earlier. He and a small group of ships attacked Rohalinth Prime, unsuccessful in their attempt to assassinate the Vanguard’s civilian leadership, the VCC. Lord Davicus also destroyed the Vanguard’s communication relay station on Vydos, severely crippling the organization’s ability to communicate between systems.
Aspects and Gods
Thousands of years ago, Nevirr, the god of wrath, and Strahk, the goddess of fear, killed the other six gods and waged war on Rohal. Strahk was eventually lured to Asalia and imprisoned there while Nevirr, realizing he was in genuine danger, retreated to plot his next move. As both of the remaining two gods have been absent for all of recorded history, the gods have been relegated to myth and any followers they may have are little more than glorified cults.
Before Nevirr and Strahk betrayed the other gods, there were eight gods in total, each representing a different aspect: Fear, Wrath, Fate, Courage, Luck, Death, Life and Justice. Each aspect was a counterpart to one of the others (Fear/Courage, Fate/Luck, Death/Life and Wrath/Justice). If no cataclysmic event had occurred after the death of the gods, new gods of each of the missing aspects would have risen. Strahk’s imprisonment severed her connection to the galaxy, however, breaking the chain that binds the gods’ power and preventing the rebirth of the other gods by proxy. The gods are necessary for the health of the galaxy, so Strahk’s absence put all life on a slow path to oblivion. In the cruelest of ironies, fear must return to the galaxy or all of existence is in peril.
Once Strahk returns, new gods will rise. Here is the current (and future) status of some of the pantheon:
Fear (Magic) Strahk is a former human, evil, twisted, and possibly the most powerful being in the galaxy. An empath, she feeds on fear, choosing to resemble whatever she thinks her victim will fear most. This is an important distinction between her and Nevirr; while Nevirr’s wrath always ends in death, death is merely a vehicle for Strahk to get what she truly wants: fear. Had Strahk not been imprisoned, she and Nevirr would have warred with one another as their priorities are ultimately incompatible. If everyone is dead, there is no one left to fear Strahk.
Wrath (Incarnate) Nevirr’s mother and father were both killed shortly after he was born, and his life was one of hardship and festering hate. An elf gifted with fantastic powers of the mind, his ascension to godhood heralded not just the death of most gods but bloodshed the likes of which few planets have ever seen. Strahk’s imprisonment paused Nevirr, and he realized that her methods merely put a target on their backs. He did not care if people knew he was the reason they were dying; it was enough that they were dead. He retreated to his homeworld and used his powers to make the elves slaughter one another until a manageable number remained, which he then imprisoned. Ironically, Nevirr’s actions ensured his demise, as the elf who would become his avatar, who lost everything in the wars Nevirr caused, killed him. The new Nevirr, perhaps filled with even more hate than the last, hatched an incredibly ambitious plan against the Immari.
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The Battlechicken tries his hands at Ravaged Star for the first time by loading up on Veil-Touched Deathriders to run down the Gorkog swarm played by Luka in this 400 point Battle Report.
The Battlechicken(Aka Andrew...I GUESS) brings out the Black Orc Mobs again, this time against Steve and a Black Ark themed list of Dark Elves with Beastmasters and plenty of monsters to handle.
THE CARDS ARE IN. Skari and Luka setup a 1,500 point match between the Iron Warriors(POWER OF PERT) and the Adeptus Mechanicus(SOME KINDS OF ROBOTS) using the BRAND NEW Pariah Nexus Matched Play rules.
Skari and Luka send off the Leviathan mission pack with this nonsense 2,000 point match between a very questionable Ork warband led by the Prophet of the WAAAgGHH!!! and the pretty predictable Imperial Knights.
Scott has brought in his amazing looking Idoneth Deepgitz to challenge Josh and the nightmarish conversions of his Clan Moulder collection in today Age of Sigmar Batrep.
Double Land Raider Redeemer Dark Angels face off against a wild drukhari list that I have made with three planes! I hope you enjoy this matched play battle report.
This is a REAL special effect painted on a miniature. I wanted to find the World's Best Object Source Lighting on a painted Warhammer mini. The problem was, there are so many artists out there in a sea of painted plastic! So after much looking, one artist kept coming up to the surface. Who was that? Elminiaturista!
These are my Top 10 Picks for the best Object Source Lighting! =============================================================================== *See more Radiant Art by Elminiaturista* @elminiaturista patreon.com/elminiaturista instagram.com/elminiaturista
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Dudes, as promised, we're diving into Canvas and discovering this new platform together. Join me as I scroll through what MyMiniFactory has to offer and the examples of 3D-printed busts, miniatures, and dioramas members of the Canvas community have posted.
Leave a comment and give YOUR ideas of what you'd like Canvas to be for you. My suggestions are: Add a "like" button, add a comment section to user posts, and perhaps create a juicy reward system to encourage artists to add a description to their posts.
=========================================================================== Here are the featured artists I've discovered in this video:
#3dprinting #3dprinted #3d #miniaturesChaos Cant be Beat???? - Night Lords vs Word Bearers Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Battle Report Ep 13MiniWarGaming2024-05-17 | A big thank you goes to Wayland Games for sponsoring this video. You can check them out at waylandgames.co.uk
Josh and Luka build a pair of 1,500 point Chaos Space Marine lists using two "different" detachments with different legions in mind in today's battle report showcasing the new Chaos Space Marine rules.