Things I Hate About Youtube Miniature Painting
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2024
- Lemme know what yall think. I doubt I'll do this often but this has been something I've been thinkin' about making for a while. I love the hobby a lot and I wanna talk about the things I think are harmful to it.
I do however wish to keep the positive vibe of the channel so this is kind of a weird catalyst video wheheh
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Cool video and I agree on a lot of points but unfortunately you seem to be using an avatar in your videos and an anthropomorphic animal avatar at that so I have no choice but to dislike and set to not interested.
Also I don't "hate" these creators. They are trying to survive and I get why these practices of clickbait exist. Do NOT harass them.
Another thing about those "fixing" videos: those are also very discouraging for new people. Imagine seeing a paint job that you think looks better than what you could do, having someone call it trash and make a 20 minute video where they talk about how garbage it is. If I had a nickel of every comment I saw on that type of video that went something along the lines of "the original already looked better than what I could do", I would be depressingly rich.
I dont mind the "fixed" if it brings it more lore-inline but what get my goat is when "fixed" means "bought a 3D Print". Same with kitbashes that are just 3D prints.
The Mr Beastification of minipainting YT is a travesty. Same thing happened with Lego YT.
The one instance ive seen of getting the same idea across eithout being malicious is the guy who "rescues" minis on eBay (cant remember his channel name rn). Whenever he gets the minis he'll make sure to look at them from the original owners perspective and talk about what he likes and thinks they were going for, and where they may have fallen short, then keeps that original inspiration in mind when repainting or kitbashing the model.
For me, Vince Venturella is the gold standard of mini painting youtubers. No clickbait thumbnails with red arrows, no overly flashy editing, just a knowledgeable dude showing you how he paints minis.
The worst is the whole "you're painting the WRONG way!" stuff from some channels that is basically just putting you down if you do stuff the standard GW way of basecoat > wash > highlight instead of spending 10 hours wet blending and glazing
While I can't fault the creators who have made their channels their livelihood for doing things that cater to the algorithms, I agree with your points. Well said!
I hope if Goobertown sees this, they know they're safe and loved.
Dang, I love EonsOfBattle and I never noticed how often they do that.
EonsOfBattle has used this meme for their "painting every chapter" series. I like it in because there's a level of sarcasm and jovial, bright eyed optimism to the entire video that really hammers home no ill intent.
I hate clickbait thumbnails so much it's unreal. It's the biggest reason I don't watch Miniac and Ninjon anymore and the "I DID THING HERES WHAT HAPPENED" schtick people like Squidmar do is just as annoying. I get that it's their job and you do it to make money but man, have some fuckin self respect lmao
Honestly, you, Heresy for Heretics, Another Day Minatures and Darcy Bono really keep this hobby alive for me. I recently got into the hobby and after watching so many tutorials from other creators I almost quit
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Miniature painting (and news) channels have an annoying clickbait thumbnail / title problem to the point that I actively avoid them now.
Clickbaits are common, my friend. I'm glad you talked about this topic
I feel the pain, for me I just shoot for the best looking speedy methods where i don't have to spend hours painting details.
Hey man, I really needed to hear the message at the end…I realise I always go a little hard on myself when painting my models, and only when I heard your little message did I realise like, even my LGS community has said stuff like “your models look real cool and pretty”. I just never really registered it and kept comparing myself to the pro painters.
Yeah I've noticed that the color cube has become the new "how I improved slapchop" for these channels.