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"And that's when I realized that my painter's block was not only based on the lack of imagination, it was also based on pretentious views of the end result. Somewhere in my mind, I wanted these miniatures to stand out from others. If one doesn't know how to do that, yet sets it as a goal, even unintentionally, that's bound to create a block." "Maybe just putting paint on is enough." You managed to exactly describe my writer's block. Thank you.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, for listening :)

Hey Alex. As you well know, I'm a huge fan of your color schemes and painting skills. Your narration is what really puts it over the top for me though, but you know this too. Sometimes I get commenters block, but feel I need to say something so that you know who's you know what credits you appropriately. Thanks as always. See you next time. 😁🎨👍

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank You ToG!

LOVE the backstory way of coming to a paint scheme as part of bringing the figure to life. They turned out great!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Keith!

hope you're all doing well today

I've just had a lovely evening painting with your channel running in the background, thankyou! Really enjoyed all the stories behind these characters.

@52Miniatures

3 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Story of my Space Hulk. Half of the space marines are missing a coat of paint.

Hey! Im glad u received help Alex. Especially cause u helped me get (back?i was a teenager) into the hobby with a humane, unormalized view of it. Your content is soothing and beautiful, thanks!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sevan, and that is great to hear 💜

I really enjoyed the back stories. I always enjoy how many different ways you paint and add color. Thanks for sharing how I am not the only one who gets strong painters block.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Trent. I think everyone get some kind of a block. If not… we should check they are not robots here to conquer us.

More infinity minis please!! Also an idea, this could become like a little serie: paint a couple new minis for your game, coming up with awesome backgrounds

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Manu. I mean, I do come up with stores for most of my minis. As that is the way I come up with colour schemes mostly. So there should be more stories :)

I absolutely loved the backstories that got chosen. I decided to pick up a few Die Hard and Infinity miniatures for my Stargrave and Space Station Zero crews.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks Luke

One of the most enjoying painting videos . The voiceover of the interesing backstory of the characters is ASMRIIIIFIC! The backstories for characters is something common for artisits to get their creative juice flowing and hold that interest over a figure enough to finish it. This and looking at different artist's styles and their preferred painting schemes works for me. And marvelling at Frank Frazettas masterful works... Just looking at FF's paintings will transport you into new worlds and form stories...Great job sir!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly G, I appreciate it.

Tim Prow from Diehard here, loved the video and great colour schemes! I tend to think about what colours I would use on the figure while sculpting it and yes I tend to give them back stories as well while they are made. When painting i'm very old school, I tend to use a basic set of paints and bend up with these limited paints, I dont have a vast collection of shades. Thx again for the mention!! :) Tim

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear from you Tim and thank you for what you do. Great miniatures. I enjoyed painting them.

Great video and content of course, but I needed to comment on that window shot in the beginning. priceless.

Those final display shots are so satisfying to look at.

Great post Alex! I'm sure many will benefit from your approach to this particular problem!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks C!

glad you gotten back to the 9 minis my friend, and knocked out that block.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank Matt!

Phraxt’l looks like a lizard doom marine. Love it. Your videos are great.

Every day struggle. Thank you for sharing and helping those of us feel, not alone.

I loved this so much. The narration as always is amazing. Hearing the stories and hearing how it helps your painters block. Just everything. And those Minis look spectacular.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ion! I appreciate it.

I laughed hard when you pulled out the mini with the huge rocket launcher just to introduce her as the doctor of the crew.

I came for the painting, but the back stories were the absolute highlight. I really enjoyed that.

Just wanted to how glad i am for finding your channel. one thing you mentioned in this video stood out to me, and that was how you didn't want to see others mini works because you didn't want to be told the right way if doing something, i find that to be the magic of your channel, i watch and learn as you tell the story of your thought process and see your techniques but never feel like your telling me how to paint, you show tools and thought processes but dont say exactly where to apply them but leave the idea to be implemented when we see fit.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ryan. I appreciate your comment humbly. It’s honestly hard sometimes, trying to be “just doing my hobby”, while attempting entertainment and dueling with the algorithm. And so comments like yours go a long way.

This is going to help me A LOT when it comes to painting my miniatures! The idea of escaped prisoners in space really reminds me of the show Farscape. Might have to go back and watch that again. So good.

your original stargrave video was the first time i came across your channel

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear F, thanks.

That is one fantastic looking crew!

Hey there! I wanted to thank you very much, because you are inspiring me to paint my Zona Alfa-warband today. Greetings from Germany!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear CM 👍✌️

Never considered the backstory to get me motivated. Will try it for my next one.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Pleas do! 👌

I am glad you overcome the block and quite happy it led to such a great video!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you David

This is inspiring me to finish my Averland Blitz bowl team that I got %75 finished and then intimidated by the free hand at the end needed to finish them.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear James!

I definitely feel the over whelming-ness seeing other painters sometimes provides. Breaking through that block is tough. Im glad to see you got though it. I decided with my army that i didn't have to stick to one type of base, which felt really freeing. I decided that each unit could have a different type of base to reflect the background of where they came from/were. So it was somewhat cohesive yet varied. It felt weird at first when you have only one that's different but I kept and it felt like it made sense. I always enjoy your paint schemes. They turn out so well. I really like your use of contrary colours in ways i wouldnt have thought on my own. It has the right amount of subtle and pop at the same time. Cheers, mate! Thank You once again for the inspiration.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank A. It’s surprising how many things we never consider doing because we se so many “not doing it”. Now, there’s plenty of proper ways to go about building a space rocket… not so many when it comes to mini painting.

Great final thought. It's important not to paint as other expected, and as "it is supposed to be painted". Thank you Alex.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcin

As always, very high quality content. Plus the minis all look very cool. Awesome. Cheers!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks friend 🙏 Hope you are well

I can get behind painters block, but wow you overcame it in huge style. That crew is gorgeous, and the back stories absolutely make them.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Spice! I appreciate it.

Great stuff friend 👏 👍 Thanks for sharing your journey with us

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark!

Super story and set of figures. Sorry to hear about the canary...

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, it was a fine canary.

This is an awesome video Alex! The miniatures are incredible and the narration of the stories was wonderful to hear and really something I hadn’t thought about before but I definitely want to try! Thank you once again for inspiring me in this hobby.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Templar!

oh i love that robot model!

Dang! Now I'M feeling highly motivated to paint a bunch of miniatures! Excellent paint jobs on your crew, and I enjoyed hearing each character's backstory a lot!

Congratulations overcoming your block. I saw a lot of my own excuses in this video.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for a wonderful video. Sharing what inspired you is sparking the kindling within me

Dear 52M, an outstanding & very inspirational tutorial - Thank you. Best Wishes Johnny

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

This just helped me get over my painters block, thank you greatly :)

@52Miniatures

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear, thank you for telling me

I love to hear the back story its a lot of fun

Thank you for the story inspiration! I have 10 cyberpunk gang minis to paint that I've been procrastinating on. Each one shall get they're own story to help 'em along.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear LR

Absolutely love this video, even more than usual for your videos! Especially thanks for sharing the background stories for each character.

Great Video, like most always.... Thank you.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you LP

always a pleasure to watch your journey. Thanks for sharing

As Normal ....Brilliant production - Narration - video.... thankyou Alex. Though the Stardestroyer flying through the background @ 1:19 - 1:30 just nailed for me... pure genius.....;-)

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you C!

These are fantastic! I also enjoy getting color inspiration from other things (especially birds! My sister was recently in Florida for a work trip. She sent pictures from the Everglades and I now want to paint one of my models with the color scheme of a purple gallinule!) What a great idea to reach out for help with backstories...I feel like you now have the great beginnings for a TV series or something, lol! By the end of your video, I'm hooked and want to see what adventures this mishmash of a crew go on 😁

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Birds are great Lauren. Also insects :) I’m kind of exited to see what the crew might be up to as well.

I really enjoyed this video and I think it's the best one of yours I've watched. The lore created by your patrons, the paint schemes to match the stories and the inspirational materials for a colour palette is wonderful to watch and listen too. Thanks!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Loved everything about this video, great topic.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rob!

Man, all your Stargrave-related videos really make me want to try it out. Hopefully I will in the not-so-far-away future! Great job on those minis btw, I love the result on all of them! And love the stories behind each of them, and how it influenced the paint jobs!

This is a timely video for me. I've been stuck on a project (or three) and been wondering how to proceed. Hearing your thoughts and experiences helps in figuring out how I can move forward. Thanks!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Love those colours and those stories, as well as the wider story of battling and overcoming painter's block. "Good things come to those who wait"...as an advert in a far away galaxy (to those guys anyway) once said.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Was that the ad for recruiting folk for building the Death Star? Thanks Jamie!

@jamiem9490

Жыл бұрын

@@52Miniaturespossibly around the time they had a big push to hire sanitation workers. "Recycle (your enemies corpses into fuel/foodstuffs) - the possibilities are endless!" Seemed too clunky...

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

@@jamiem9490 Advertising is difficult at time. "squeeze more out of your life"

@jamiem9490

Жыл бұрын

@@52Miniatures "all's fair in love (for your secret sister) and war" was felt to not convey the seriousness of the Jedi mission and infringed on Skywalker family privacy injunctions...

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

@@jamiem9490 Jaba's "Chone manya weesh asha beecho" also did not bring in the right croud.

GORGEOUS VIDEO! Great story, superb painting! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

A crew to be proud of! ✨

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks B! Also thanks for the stories :)

Thank you. I find your calm and hopeful tone and your self-awareness very enjoyable to hear. I love you sharing your process and I enjoy seeing the results.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks J 🙏

The SoFlat paints are now pretty much my only go-to paints. Phenomenal coverage, and they just mix so damn well. Awesome vid, Alex!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks V!

Awesome video, so much of your insights regarding the creative process resonated with me. Gotta say your videos remain my favorite outside source of inspiration.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Paul, I appreciate it immensely. Thank You.

damn this has got me psyched up to paint something! ...but it is 1 in the morning...

I have a Tau Fire Warrior squad that's been waiting for paint for 15 years.

If you ever end up playing infinity, that Liberto will serve you well!

@brutalcities

Жыл бұрын

Also medic becky is a great mini, nice one

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan! Gonna get that terrain painted soon.

@brutalcities

Жыл бұрын

@@52Miniatures look forward to it! Will you use oil paints?

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

@@brutalcities I do intend to :)

What a great way to overcome the block we all have at some point. I have this with my Moonstone characters. And the final result is awesome! It’s also very interesting seeing you wet blend as it’s something I’ve been intimated by

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rohan, I have an old video on wetblending specifically as well.

this story stuff is amazing, thank you! the minis are matt but somehow shine:)

That crew turned out great. Not only are the minis a cool Stargrave crew, they'd make an awesome Space Station Zero crew as well. My son loves 40k, but gets hung up on painting them "how they are suppose to look" (aka: the box art). Meanwhile I never use the box art and just paint my minis how I feel they should look based on what they are intended to do and (like yourself) the little story I make for them. My son is starting to paint how he likes, and not how he believes he should, and he seems to be enjoying it more.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to have your son with you painting 👍

I am currently printing my crews ship. give me about 50 more hours and ill be ready to build and paint.

Lovely work, as always😉Your storytelling is such a pleasure, and the painting is fantastic. Your Oktavia Grímsdóttir... I mean Dr. Hoshina - is especially nice.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Very nice. I like how you so easily go and come back to the GW unavoidable minis to bring something new and imaginative. By the way, your vibrant color schemes actually make me think about the 90's crasyness of GW, with their colorful schemes. Unlike now, where all is "grimdark", aka the same and dark scheme tones. Please keep up.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank K! Yeah, colour is a great thing on tabletops. This crew is rather easy to play as well. Like. "where is the yellow one" and so on.

I loved hearing the stories alongside the slices of painting progress! I bought the Garox and Becky minis for the exact same purpose recently. Another wonderful video!

Wonderful to see these all done, love the backstories and execution as always, inspired me to finish my last few Hearthkyn this evening.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Good luck Nick

Ok... I know I'm late but why is there a star destroyer in you backyard and you are so chill??? Ruuuuuuuuuun 😁😂

This video was worth the wait. :) I have been struggling with color selection for my new Battletech models and this inspired me to take a picture so I can solicit suggestions on your Discord server.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

Love the minis and the backstories!

Love the stories and the color schemes you came up with for the minis.

11:47 how satisfying !

Love the video and your paint scheme, hearing the back stories was like listening to Asimov's foundation audiobook ( I've listened to that series a few times), your videos always makes me want to add something outside the hobby as in now getting a book or Googling pictures just to see other colour schemes for miniatures other than the box art, one reason I like to buy on the sprue sets online rather than boxed sets, being cheaper helps as well. Cant wait for your next video.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear I! Thanks

Älskar att repair-boten ser väldigt Star Wars ut men verkar ha jobbat på ett Star Trek-skepp (med plasma manifolds och hyperspanners)! 😃🖖

Great crew! You've inspired me to start painting my own cyberpunk crew that have been in various boxes for a at least 6 months

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Go for it!

As always a very good and inspiring video! Love the humor!

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

i love it. you are such great inspiration

Masterful storytelling, as always. Great video and I love the crew.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Man!

13:49 ... made a quick check, and you are right ☺

Beautiful

Inspirational and great as always. Finding a color story that works (and is interesting) is a regular challenge I face too. And when I get it wrong I lose interest in painting those miniatures. I'm going to try your method of thinking about the story before painting.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great Nicholas!

Henry402 is such a dude. I think we can all relate.

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Hah! Thanks Mikey

loved this vid m8,,,i enjoyed the naming/story process and think i'll encorperate this to some degree into my own..head....cheers

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks CC 👍

Well done Alex :)

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr Boom. I hope you are well.

such an interesting story - very inspiring I think I have a similar problem like you, but with writing great video :)

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with the writing Ludwig

This really helped me understand and overcome a thought process that was crippling me. Thank you.

It is amazing to see how you managed to turn such a long lasting block into an opportunity and to see the beautiful result of the story-inspired paintjobs. My favorite is the Doctor and her orange jacket. I simply love this result!

This is really interesting to watch (admittedly after the fact) given I just watched your first video on Stargrave. A fascinating insight into the elements of painters block, or really any sort of artists' block.

Phenomenal job. Thanks for the inspiration and help

Best video you've made in awhile.

Magic!

Loved this video! I actually have a similar issue with the same game

This video and your first Stargrave video inspired me to get into the game and build a crew. I used my kid and her cousins as a starting point for crew members…perhaps parents will complete the motley ensemble starting with service droid Daddi-O 😂 🤦🏼‍♂️

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear Samuel, thanks.

Love your contetn! Fantastic stuff :)

I want to press the ❤button, so I will. The ladies are just amazing and I’m tempted to transcribe your script as there are dozens of gems in the stories. Thanks so much. This was more than worth the wait. ❤️

@52Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark. The Infinty miniatures where tiny yet so massively detailed. I’m glad I got away with it. Hope you are doing all right.

looks great!