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Age of SIGMAAAR

Hello everyone! It was my 37th birthday at the weekend, and my lovely mum got me some WARHAMMER vouchers!

Now, buying new Warhammer doesn't count if it's technically a gift, riiiight?

I'm going to choose 2 AOS Start Collecting Boxes, and do them in similar video as I did the Khorne Daemons.

I'll choose one, but you can choose the other! Which set should I get?

What should I paint?

Hi team! I have a video that I'm working on which will take another week at least, so I want to do a quick speed paint video to bridge the gap. A "pre full time" MWM weekend classic, if you will: 1 day to paint, 1 day to edit the video.

What would you like to see me paint?

Keep in mind this is a speed paint, so corners will be cut, hence why there aren't any fancy character models on offer.

Choose as many as you lik...

Legs that go on for DAYS (literally)

Check out these ludicrous pins! That's a whole lotta resin, did I manage to build it with enough structural integrity? Time will tell, I suppose.

I hope you're all doing fabulously!

PS, I've got a bit of a backlog of messages to get through after moving into the new office and not having internet for a while, but if you're waiting for a reply, bear with me, you'll hear from me this week!

Lots of love,

Guy

What in the blue blazes are THESE WEIRD THINGS?!

Check out these amazingly gnarly Armorcast Tyranid models from 1995! This is the original Exocrine, and a weird transport called a Malefactor. You don't see these every day, but they weren't in the best condition when I received them. Watch me restore, repair, and paint them up as Christmas and birthday gifts for Ant!

Another "highly requested in comments/messages" video!

I often get asked how best to take good photos and film footage of minis, particularly without using expensive gear. This is an easy to follow breakdown of everything you need to know, from gear, position, and camera settings, all using my old, cheap, beaten up 600D.

I hope you find it useful! :)

Gift ideas for wargamers, based on your recommendations!

Thank you so much for all your amazing suggestions on my last post, I think this video turned out awesome! I was a bit worried it would be a bit boring, but I managed to get Penny involved for the amusing narration, and spent a bit of extra time and effort filming some interesting close-ups and fun bits for each gift idea. I hope you enjoy it! :)

Christmas gifts for the hobbyist who has everything?

Hi team! Just a quickie.

Last year I had a cool idea for a December video, but I thought of it on the 23rd, not much good for anyone. Now though, I might actually have time to make it and put it out with enough time to be useful!

I want to make a video suggesting between 10 and 20 gift ideas you can get for the hobbyist in your life who seems to have everything already!

I'll split the items into budget categories, a...

BWAAAAAAAM. Titan time!

In this episode of our Warlord Titan build, I piece together the rare Beta pattern head, and also go over how to fill gaps and fix unsightly mold slip. Spoilers: there are gaps and unsightly mold slip, haha.

TITAN TIME! Let's choose a theme

Hello you bunch of legends! Let's talk TITAN for a moment, shall we?

A few months back, we ran a poll to decide whether or not to make it Chaos, Imperial, or a mix of both. The "Imperial" option came out on top, so let's run with that!

Now, Titans in 40k are steeped in lore, so I know a lot of you will have strong feelings as to which Titan Legion the Midwinter Minis Titan should be painted/played as. On the other hand, s...

Here we go again! Judging some seriously amazing paint jobs

The r/minipainting subreddit asked me to be one of the judges for their horror/spooky themed Fall 2021 painting contest. While it would have been easy for me to just fill in the form and call it a day, I thought "y'know what? Let's get dressed up like a Black Metal idiot and film the whole thing while getting progressively drunker!"

ENJOY

MWM Black Metal t-shirts and hoodies! (plus a discount for lovely Patreon supporters)

Hello friends! It gives me great pleasure to let you know that we're now taking pre-orders for these unique "Black Metal" style Midwinter Minis logo t-shirts and hoodies.

I asked renowned metal artist Christophe Szpajdel (who also created logos for Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Enthroned, Moonspell, and... Rihanna?!) to reimagine the Midwinter Minis logo, and here it is!

This is obviously a very niche thing, we probably won't ke...

Your wish is my command! NUNS WITH GUUUUNS

I hope you enjoy my latest ludicrous video, painting up some very awesome, very normal, completely non-sexy or vampiric or zombified NUNS.

... with GUNS!

Help me choose a palate cleanser

Happy Monday, you awesome bunch of beasts. My last few videos have been pretty intense, time-consuming projects, so I'd like to do a bit of a fun, easy video to give me a bit of a break this week, and maybe touch on some cool third party stuff. What topic do you think sounds most fun?

GREAT GARGANT COMETH

The past 2 weeks I've been chopping, sticking, cutting, sawing, and get hot glue literally everywhere for your viewing pleasure!

This is a mammoth video, suiting the subject. 40+ mins of ideas, sketching, planning, building, painting, AND rule-writing for the Great Gargant. A classic Ork model, lost to the old Epic scale Warhammer game in the 90s... well, no more! Build and field your own Great Gargant with my fan-written rules...

I can totally paint this in a day... right?

Construction and priming of my scratch built junk Greater Gargant COMPLETE!

New narrative battle report featuring Miniwargaming

Hi everyone! I had the pleasure of hosting Dave from Miniwargaming on his UK tour last week. Although we only had a few hours together, I managed not only to feed him haggis, but we also filmed this ludicrous 500 point battle report! 1,010 points on the table in just 19 models. No objectives, no secondaries, no command points, just pure, unadulterated carnage! ENJOY

GORKAMORKA, featuring Andy Chambers

Hello all you lovely, amazing supporters. I've got a very, very special video for you today. In my 2nd Orktober video, we'll unbox a pristine copy of 1997's Gorkamorka. Not only that, but I also chat to Andy Chambers, the lead designer for the game (and many others in the 90s and early 00s at GW!)

I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it :)

GORKAMORKA!

Hello friends! I'm currently working on a new retro unboxing video for Gorkamorka. There's obviously a LOT to unpack here (literally) but I'd like to satisfy your collective curiosity and nostalgia as much as I can.

Let me know in the comments what you want to see in the video, beside just a simple unboxing. Would you like a summary of the rules? Do you want me to build the models? Build the fort? Maybe paint a couple of things...

Ghazghkull Thraka close-ups

Hi team! A few of you asked to see some close-ups of the "after" shots from my recent Ghazghkull video. I aim to please!

Which bit is your favourite?

Happy ORKTOBER!

In the first Ork-related video of the month, I've given my speedpainted Ghazghkull Thraka model a 20 hour makeover! I hope you enjoy it, it was great fun giving the big boss a fancy paintjob.

Flash sale! 30% off WIGGLYBOIS

Happy Tuesday, Midwinter Minis team!

Just a quick note to let you know that, as we're expecting some new merch in soon, we're having a flash sale of the "STOP STARING AT MY WIGGLYBOIS" t-shirts to make way for new stuff.

30% off! Woo!

There's still L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, and 4XL left in stock, but once these t-shirts are gone, they're gone!

ORKTOBER plans! Tell me what to do

Hey team! I've cleared up my schedule in October to celebrate Orktober GUD N PROPPA!

Here are a few fun video ideas that I'd love to make, too. Tell me what you want to see, and I'll do my best to make it happen.

Several chickens have come home to roost!

Hey team! I've been a bit frazzled and under the weather this week, so just a quick video update for you before we start our official ORKTOBER celebrations on October 1st. I still hope you find it entertaining and informative, though!

Midwinter Minigolf: are you game?

Just gauging interest here... If we were to organise a MWM meet-up, and have a game of minigolf at one of Essex's many fine minigolf courses, and then maybe hit a bar, would you be up for it?

Painting the first Terminator, chatting with Bob Naismith (the guy who designed it!)

This is quite possibly my favourite Midwinter Minis episode so far. I had the absolute pleasure of chatting to Bob Naismith, OG Citadel/Games Workshop visionary sculptor (yes, the guy who sculpted the first Space Marine model) about the Terminators, the Rogue Trader era at Games Workshop, and other fun things. I painted up this "Turtle" Terminator as a Crimson Fist, using mostly vintage paints, and even made a cool step-up base to sa...

This week's model up on eBay!

Hello all you lovely supporters! I've got an amazing video lined up for you this week, in which I paint up this awesome prototype Terminator designed by GW legend Bob Naismith, while interviewing... BOB NAISMITH. Yes, indeed. Isn't that crazy?!

I've put this model up on eBay, with 50% of the proceeds going to the mental health charity CALM. Happy to ship anywhere in the world!

Good luck!

Working on something very special

Hi everyone! Just putting the finishing touches on this rare, historic model! Video should be out on Wednesday.

My honest review of Warhammer+

I've spent the last few days going through everything GW's new subscription service has to offer, and this is my honest opinion of what they did right, what could be better, and what is just... well, not that great.

Also... wait, did they actually use my music?

No, but it's very, very, very similar. Naughty naughty.

25mm or 40mm?

Hi everyone! I'm going to do a special video where I paint up a very rare Terminator model, one of the first 3 ever released, and auction it off with 50% going to charity.

It's known as the "Cobra" Terminator, and was designed in the late 80s by Jes Goodwin and Bob Naismith. I'm going to paint it in Crimson Fists chapter colours, but I was wondering if you think it would be more appropriate to have it on a 25mm or 40mm base? 2021-08-30 11:57:19 +0000 UTC View Post

How to play Warhammer 40k 9th edition with Guy & Penny

This has been a while in the making! I'm very happy to finally be able to put this video live. Easily over 120 hours have gone into this, planning, scripting, filming, checking rules, double checking rules, and editing the whole thing together.

I hope you enjoy it, and find it useful!

Special thanks to John Lee for lending me his Orks codex for filming!