Behind the Scenes #21 (Patreon)

What up mini family!?

This week was a little bit busy. First off, I did another 'Eavy Metal Marines episode, as I'm sure you're all aware of by this point.

It was a Black Legion Chaos Spacemarine. I felt this was a pretty hot topic legion at the moment because Chaos Spacemarines are probably going to get an update soon, and I'm hazarding a guess that they will be mostly Black Legion marines given the few releases GW has put out. Also, this is mildly trending because it's a Black Stone Fortress miniature. Hopefully it'll do well! A pretty good question would be "Scott, you just said you couldn't pull this off in a week, did you lie to me, you douche?" Not entirely. I was about 1.5 weeks ahead of my schedule when I started this, so I had a week and a half to work on it. Additionally, I've been home sick from work 3 days this week and worked on the marine/edit for a few hours each of those days so I had some bonus time! Honestly, if I had not been sick, I would not have finished this video for today's early release, haha. 

Additionally, this month I was a guest on a podcast called "Forge the Narrative". I have a lot of fun doing podcasts and this was only my 2nd one. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NOFkDmswjE&t=478

This week I also met with someone who works at Patreon to get some feedback on my page and we had a very informative hour long conversation. If I could distill all the information that she gave me, it was essentially: "be more transparent with your viewers on what you're trying to do". I don't think she meant specifically in regards to miniature painting, but in regards to my career goals with youtube as a whole. I made that one video at the end of 2018 where I read funny comments, answered questions, etc. In that video I talked about my "9 month sprint" and that my intentions were to become a full time youtuber. I went to bed that Friday and to me, that video was a throw-away video. But I woke up and had gained like 10 patrons, and sold a ton of shirts and it was kind of a wake up call. I'm not being a hero by trying to keep from my patrons what I'm trying to do. Don't get me wrong, there's a certain way to talk about your business plan w/o sounding like you're begging for supporters. So, I'm going to start to be more transparent about I'm wanting to do, essentially the ideas that are eating me alive that I can't yet do. I look forward to the future!

PAINT MORE MINIS!

Scott