Epic History Newsletter #30 (Patreon)

Dear Patrons,

Welcome to our latest newsletter, with production updates, merch news, and your chance to tell us what you think about AI in history videos! Let's get straight into the updates.

Production updates

American Revolution Part 4

After a short break for summer vacations, the next part of our American Revolution series is well underway. With Britain now threatening all-out war, Patriot forces make a pre-emptive strike against Canada - with not very many men... and just before winter... but hoping to be greeted as liberators from tyrannical British rule. Find out how that goes, plus the conclusion of the Siege of Boston, a British strike in the south, and deliberations over a declaration of independence....

Expect this one on Patreon at the end of October.

Road to WW2: 1935-36

Production for the next episode of our World War Two series is also underway. The future Axis powers are becoming bolder and more extreme in their domestic and foreign policies, with Nazi Germany passing new race laws, Italy launching a war of conquest in Africa, Japan continuing its attack on China, while Spain descends into bloody civil war. This will be an early October release.

Thirty Years War with Europa Universalis 5 (Patreon poll result)

Last month, Patron Citizens voted for the topic of our upcoming collaboration with Europa Universalis 5. 'The Thirty Years War' was an easy winner, so now we're taking on the thing I've deliberately avoided for ten years - making a map of the Holy Roman Empire!

Production is now underway, and this will be another October release.

Verdun in 3D

Another topic voted for by Patrons, this video has - like the battle itself - taken on a life of its own, and expanded into a two-parter. The idea for this series is to use 3D graphics to convey the importance of topography. It's VERY early days, but these sneak peeks will give you a sense of what we're planning. We're aiming for a December release for this one.

Battle of Copenhagen

Another major 3D project is in the works.. the long awaited continuation of our Nelson's Battles in 3D series. This time Nelson is taking on the Danes in the harbour of their own capital. No 3D shots to share yet but we've been hard at work with research, writing and storyboarding...

New Epic History merch store

We're delighted to announce that we have a new merch supplier, a new shop, and brand new merch!

We started looking at new supply partners after becoming aware of some issues with stock availability and deliveries. We hope that the new partner will now give our loyal supporters a superior experience whenever they choose to buy merch.

Even better, we've some great new items in the store, including framed posters, desk mats, mouse pads, and more to come.

And, of course, any existing Patreon discount codes have been carried over to the new store.

Check it out here: https://ehtvmerch.com

Alexander the Great speech - in AI?

Needless to say, AI remains the hot topic in the creator and YouTuber world. As we've already shared publicly, we use a small number of AI tools to augment our work, but are clear that humans remain in control of all research, writing, narration and animation.

This is not the place to rehash all the arguments for and against AI. But I want to quickly gauge the mood of our favourite channel supporters. We're contemplating a reboot of our viral Alexander the Great speech video - with new AI animations... Here's a few early test shots in two contrasting styles. Let us know your gut reaction using the voting options below!

That's all for this newsletter - thanks agains for supporting our work - more updates soon!

Toby