Female Custodes and the Mental Health Benefits of Painting Miniatures!
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
- Miniature Painting is Healthy! It can be a valuable tool for emotional maintenance. Creative, calming, and restorative. It's a great way to disconnect from the horrors of the internet for a little while and build that attention span back up. Join me for this meditation as I paint some lady custodes models for Warhammer 40k :-)
Lots of studios are making good head sculpts, in this video I used 8 different 3D printed heads from a Kickstarter by Keta-Minies. Prints were at 120% scale to match the superhuman statue of the custodes models.
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This is the old kickstarter from Keta-Minies where I got the heads in this video www.kickstarter.com/projects/keta-minies/alternatives-females-heads-stl-for-tabletop They also have another head bundle live now at the time of posting! www.kickstarter.com/projects/keta-minies/alternatives-females-heads-vol2-stl-for-tabletop-and-wargames?ref=profile_created
Love how just the head switch did a great job at getting the job done
Cheers Brent, I had the campaign saved but this pushed me to go back it now.
You're a good dude. Thanks for being the Bob Ross we need.
Anyone else want to see a Bob Ross 40k conversion? Painting some little trees in power armour…
@@joemacleod-iredale2888 That would work great in a larger model, like a Titan or a huge tank or flyer.
I came here to post this, and I have seen disco heads with afros for different races... like orks... I'm tempted...
Now I want him to use cadmium yellow on a mini
Other than the fish torture videos😢
Waking up and seeing the minis you painted overnight in the daylight is such a treat. Love that you mentioned that.
"Predictable and miserable and buffoonish" is the perfect summing up of the gamer rage too.
Yeah! It’s funny how exciting it can be to go pick up a mini you spent hours on the night before and somehow it’s like a new experience seeing it again 8 hours later
You know, this video convinced me that white with gold trim looks really good for the Custodes.
right??? I like that one too! :-)
absolutely
It is a classic for a reason.
excellent paint jobs
It worked for Liberace!
My wife and I both appreciate your positivity. In her words, you're 'a good egg'.
hehehe, tell her she's a good egg too
'Here is one indignity of the modern world, right here. Sixty dollars for five models, and Games Workshop is about to raise prices again. Corporate greed is a blight. It weighs us down every day.'
This quote goes HARD.
Thank you for always being so wholesome, positive and sensible.
corporate greed IS a blight, so keep on preaching the word of art as a form of meditation !
Using nail clippers to make the curved cuts for your basing material??? Genius!
right??? this was my first time trying that, and it works pretty dang good!! :-) not sure how the radius of curvature matches up to different base sizes though....
Secretly the best tip in this video
"Who's to say that Dora the Explorer doesn't have a face tattoo?" Absolute madlad
“Dora the Abhorrer”
"Dora the Artist formerly Known as Explorer"
Brent, I mean this sincerely, and without exaggeration: you are the most wholesome person on the Internet.Thank you for being you.
thanks for hanging out in goobertown! :-)
It's not an exaggeration, it is therapeutic.
Absolutely! :-) Perhaps not all doctors would prescribe it as an actual capital T Therapy, but it's legitimately a very healthy pastime.
@@GoobertownHobbies My neurologist actually put a note in my charts, instructing me to paint miniatures. I explained the hobby to her and she was thrilled by the improvements it had caused.
@@ShawnMM outstanding!! Keep goin keep goin! :-)
In my therapy assessment I talked about painting minis and d&d and both were on my notes as important targets to maintain
@@rohanalmond I probably wouldn't have gotten back into the hobby as an adult if it wasn't a recommendation by my psychiatrist
The last days, I was really annoyed and depressed by RUclips, because every video title told me that I suck and wanted to explain why. Watching this video gave me some boost of positive energy. Thank you for that.
I think you're pretty cool and you can do anything that you set your mind to! :-)
That stuff's the worst. Hell, some of those videos may offer good advice and maybe the creators even have good intentions. But that way of advertising is so exploitative and predatory, they get by on upsetting people's sense of adequacy, and to have it jarred like that all the time is definitely not good for the brain. If people want to re-evaluate themselves, let them do it on their own time.
Great video, great thoughts, and some great results! Always great to see you spread the message of tolerance, painting, and taking care of our mental health!
Mr. Goobertown, thank you for your calming presence. Your videos are the opposite of rage bait, they are a calm feast
come on in and join the calmfeast! :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies I definitely will ( ' v ')b
“Rage bait” is when Brent goes fishing with Blood Angels models.
I didn't watch enough of your content, Brent, but every time I do I remember how glad I am that people like you do exist in the world.
"It's predictable, and miserable, and buffoonish"
Hear hear. Well said!
You, your kind and calming attitude and your general love and enthusiam of miniature painting is what got me into this hobby last summer. Now after a couple of months of assembling minis I'm finally starting to paint the first minis and I always keep coming back to your videos. Not only miniature painting has mental health benefits, watching your videos does too! Thank you so much. I absolutely love my new hobby :)
That's awesome!!! I'm so excited that you're off to a good start, keep goin keep goin!!!
@@GoobertownHobbies Thank you!
Hell's yes, I just have to remind myself that these are for me and don't care if they're not perfect.
I appreciate this video. I recently went through a rough patch. My partner saw I was in a rut and encouraged me to host a D&D game for a campaign I'm running (the encouragement was telling me that they already reached out to the players and scheduled the game date lol). I started making maps and painting minis. Hosting the game was great this past weekend. I'm glad I have family and friends that support my hobby.
That makes me happy to hear! I wish you many happy campaign sessions in the future :-)
Friendie! Your voice is 100% soothing! Thank you for bringing comfort to a segment of the world that definitely needs it.
Thank you Brent. You are always a positive light in an all too often dark and cynical world. And your videos always make my wife and I smile. So, once again, thank you. Keep well. 🖖
hope you're having a great day! :-)
Thank you for always approaching everything with calm kindness. You're one of my favorite RUclipsrs.
I’m just about to watch the video but the title of the video caught my attention straight away and just want to say I started painting to get out of my own head, I don’t play any of the war games or D&D, I just love to paint minis for the peace
I think you'll resonate with this video then! :-) It's a wonderful hobby that we've found.
That Purple Custodes looked so good.
ty! it was fun exploring outside the usual "gold-all-over" color schemes for these models :-)
I do paint mine with gold all over and purple accents. They work amazingly well!
Purple and good is such an underrated color combo imo. Gold, yellow, and orange all can look really good with a solid dark purple.
Brent, you beautiful human, what would be of us without you
The oil wash going down is basically therapy
you would say that
If you have an empty tamiya extra tin use it for storing and applying your oil wash, the little brush built into the lid is perfect for panel lining
Agreed! Painting minis and crafting my very own fantasy world is critical to my mental health. As dorky as some people think it is, I proudly love it!
I just said to my wife, "He reminds me of Bob." For context, Bob was a guy I knew in school. Genuine, honest, down to earth bloke, always smiling and always friendly. I can't remember him saying a bad word to anyone, or anyone having anything bad to say about him. A true gentleman who never failed to lift my spirits.
So yes Brent, you remind me of Bob.
gotta be like bob :-)
Here I thought you first meant Bob Ross, and I thought "I can totally see that!"
@@Izzboticus Ahhh, in a way I did, for Bob Ross and Bob Davis could be beard brothers in chillness.
This one reminds me of some of the more mental health orientated videos you put out during the pandemic, which I enjoyed a lot. Thanks for all you do!
Brent, as always, your content is uplifting and welcoming. You are a fantastic first stop for ANYONE interested in our hobby. Thank you.
aww, thanks for hangin out! :-)
"Dora the Explorer with a face tattoo" sounds like now-obvious AI image generator prompt....
oh no, what have we set in motion!!! we're living in a nightmare!!! :-)
Lol!
I have nerve damage and problems with the tendons in my hands. The painting of miniatures has been excellent physical therapy for my hands. It has greatly reduced the severity and frequency of the pain. I also listen to audiobooks as I paint and that combination is very relaxing.
That's awesome to hear!!! From your first sentence I was worried that you weren't able to paint minis, but this is excellent news, thank you for sharing :-) Keep on paintin!
Same here Shawn. It's been great to get back in the hobby and feel my hand actually improve from it.
Not only a video about the beauty of painting miniatures, but also with a lot of wisdom. 👍
That said, I appreciate your calm positive outlook and your helpful positive and relaxing videos. I've faced some significant challenges these last few years, s tragedy with our boy and my health and can vouch that getting back into nini painting - what I'm able - is certainly a therapeutic pursuit and helps immensely
"If you burst a blood vessel, and have to see St. Peter for THIS... well... he's gonna laugh at you"
Incredible.
Nail clippers to smooth out the base edge... you just blew my mind
I tried this for the first time this week... and yeah, it's pretty cool! now we have to go shopping for nail clippers with different radius of curvature for our different base sizes!! :-)
Oh boy Goobertown video? Here we go! Its a good day
Really good video, fantastic view of how humans need some sort of outlet creativity. Makes it better than just mindlessly consuming whatever gets shoved in your face.
@@MatchaMakesThings Well said. Having a creative outlet is so important for human beings. For me, it's spread from my miniatures painting hobby through making and painting DIY terrain to a foam cutter, 3D printing, a CNC materials cutting machine, a laser cutter, and a CNC machine for wood, plastic, etc.
I'm now experimenting with making concrete statuary molds for yard ornaments. The process never really ends.
I'm now looking at building a full workshop to house all of my making tools and hobbies under one roof, just to get them all out of my living space.
My 115 condo neighbors have become some of my best customers and promoters. Who would have thought that could have grown out of painting a few miniatures years ago?
I have spent a long time in the hobby. Reading books, collecting minis, teaching people to play, etc etc. My favorite part is painting models and showing them off in games. I am quite proud of my work, as I have won quite a few awards.
I can’t even begin to tell you how much time I have spent painting. It’s not just painting, it’s also researching different paints, techniques, learning how to use a brush, thin your paints, how to use an airbrush, trouble shooting an airbrush, how to base minis, how to use varnishes, how to use enamels, hell, even priming a mini takes some time and effort to learn, the list goes on and on. That being said, to me, this hobby, is something I take seriously, but also love doing. So much so that I also want everyone to enjoy the hobby for what it is; the lore, the minis, and most importantly, the appreciation for a well painted mini. To see some creations at my LGS for what ever head cannon they have is so inspiring, but also makes me incredibly happy to have a community that shares a common interest.
Now, onto the more relevant topic: lore change. At what point is lore change a big deal? Clearly a subjective point. However, is this a genuine lore change, was it the intention of the writers and the keepers of Warhammer 40K to enrich the setting by adding female custodians? Will this perpetuate the grim dark setting and further immerse the environment? Will it add more people who share a common interest? I am not sure. Time will tell. However I can say one thing, the way this change was introduced is a bit peculiar. It seems forced and is a bit of a disservice to what has been established. I can think of a billion ways GW could have handled this to avoid the backlash, but they fell short of customer expectations.
I see plenty of RUclipsrs and twitters accounts partaking in this culture war. I think it’s silly to embrace either side. This is Warhammer. It is grim and dark. I hope it would stay this way, as this is the setting which captivated me at a young age, and helped me find a hobby that stuck with me for 25+ years. Those that advocate for female space marines or characters which need a sexual identity don’t really want warhammer, they want something else, and I wish them the best of luck finding it. Sexuality should not define you, it is a moot topic in Warhammer 40K. What defines a character is the choices they make and the impression they leave on the audience. Not who they fictionally sleep with. This could also translate to real life. I hope you can read this message not as an attack, but as a perspective from someone who has spent countless hours with family and friends, in a one of a kind setting.
I picked up miniature painting again for the first time in 15 years after my mother passed. Having a whole summer off as I was a teacher right after. Such an experience was scary but getting into this hobby and finding channels like this really allowed me to get into a better headspace and take care of myself. I also ended up with some very fun models and friends because of it. Thanks for making videos like these and bringing attention to these important things in this hobby.
I'm glad you're finding things that make you happy! I hope you have a wonderful weekend :-)
Same to you! Thanks for the always mindful content. @@GoobertownHobbies
Completely agree with everything you've said, but I'm actually here to say "Wow those bases you made are sooooo cool!"
those turned out alright, eh? This was my first time using that technique, and I might try it again! :-)
Thanks for the down-to-earth and healthy advice. It’s always good to have a reminder to be healthy in whatever way we can.
Whenever I am in a rut or annoyed with painting a mini, I watch your channel. The sheer volume of chill vibes helps me unwind and let the paint flow.
let the paint flow! :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies no paint only pain.
Preach brother, there’s nothing like relaxing with a brush in one hand and a model in the other👍
I am thankful that this version of you is alive and well on youtube. This hobby needs grounded, calm, smart, unapologetically positive Goobertown Brent.
Hey Brent, thank you for your calm and kind videos. Lately, I've been a bit frustrated that my mini's aren't coming out quite as I want, frustrated that my skill level isn't higher. But this was a great reminder to just enjoy the process, relax, be present, and just have fun. Which are all things that I adored about mini painting when I first got into it. It's easy to accidentally compare myself to others and feel like I need to create masterpieces, but just painting in and of itself is a great reward too. c: ❤
Thanks for the thoughtful words, Brent. Been down lately, and you encouraged me to pick up my brush for the first time in a few weeks, and it brought me up.
Things are looking up! Have fun painting :-)
That is some great work on the edge highlighting. And of course, I'm loving your commentary on the larger philosophical and cultural themes!
As an occupational therapist, miniature/model painting IS in fact something I've helped mental health patients who've shown an interest get into.
Most MH hospitals have some form of art and crafts room, and occupational therapy is heavily involved in research into the benefits of hands-on creativity in helping people to find relaxation, meaning and the concept of "flow," so when I brought some Bolt Action models and paints onto the mixed gender ward I was on and just started assembling and painting, it was amazing to see how many people either came over to watch or actually get involved. It was really pleasing to see, and we got a lot of good feedback from the patients, so now model-making is a regular session they run there.
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing. This doesn't surprise me, but it does make me smile. Thanks for sharing our hobby with folks :-)
Brent, thanks for taking your best shot at cooling the rage. I hope everyone listens. Well done, sir.
great video! Love the models and the topic.
I love this painting painting AND I appreciate your perspective. Thank you for speaking up for kindness and compassion!
Easily one of the best channels on the RUclipss. From polymer chains to slides to the scientific process to therapy. This channel has everything including solid painting.
Your videos are great. I love your attitude. You are curious, creative and adaptable, all great traits. Keep on doing what you do!
Thanks for the thoughtful video, great paint jobs, and solid advice.
Indeed, beware of those that peddle divisiveness, easy answers to hard problems, and half truths. And when that price tag upsets you, take some comfort that there's lots of great stuff outside the GW ecosystem that is less expensive. Paint bravely! 🎨🖌️
I love how you called out the nerds that rage over all the silly things that don't matter. And all with that soothing voice of yours. It's hard for me to imagine anyone getting mad at you. Keep being yourself. I love it.
Awesome video, as usual ! The mental health talk resonated a lot with me, painting actually helps me a lot with relaxing and concentrating on something else ! Also, great and mature take on gatekeeping ! Your painting is awesome and those kitbashes absolutely rock
I'm glad that painting helps you too! This is a great hobby :-)
Painting miniatures is always a source of happiness for me
Dude that green one is especially nice! Nice video I enjoyed this during my lunch break
Bob Ross of warhammer indeed
My only gripe is they did the bare minimum
A retcon AND no new minis.
Just a gaslighting, “oh they always existed”
One way or the other. And I don’t mind a retcon, but like you said, give us new models!
These companies do these things to quite literally fill a checklist. They don't care about representation, they're looking for Investments.
Lol I just came to a startling conclusion. This video did more for my mental health than 3 months with a therapist. You are awesome man. Seriously.
Not really a fan of custodes (or marines for that matter) in general, but watching you paint these models kind of makes me want to try to do the same :)
They look so coooooool. I just love them and have nothing to add but an aura of agreement and friendly Appreciation
My dad has always emphasised the importance of watching the news and "keeping up to date with what's going on in the world". A lifetime of doing that will turn even the biggest optimist into a bitter old person. Nerd rage feels like something similar. It's unhealthy and will shorten your life. The message here is so, so important - if just one person listens and benefits from the advice in the video, it's had a huge impact. It needed to be said and you said it beautifully ❤️ Thanks 🙏
My friend you have a big solid point there, i do share your opinión but i have a problem with all of this. When a company like GW that is so greedy go moral with this and uses minorities or woman to say they are morally right and then they charge you 60 bucks for five plastic figures...., this....., painting IS relaxing i guess
always nice to have a calming voice of reason in the hobby :)
Thank you for your positivity! Listening to the video while painting was really relaxing
After dealing with this RUclips drama myself, this video is a blessing for my nerves. I always love the way you make RUclips content, Brent. Amazing videos as always. I also love the two Custodians in white and purple armor-super cool!
hey TY cory! great vid last week.
Still have yet to see a single video of yours Brent that was just "OK", they all inspire me somehow. That said, this one really hit home. I've been in the miniature painting hobby on and off for over 40 years, and only been back into it about a year. A major reason I returned was to improve my mental health, and it has done wonders. Only about a month into this newest leg of my hobby journey did I find your channel, and I don't think there's any videos left you have posted, that I have not watched. And there's many I've watched multiple times. This is going to be one of them.
Also, you owe me $60 for the Custodes I'll be buying this weekend at my local hobby store, because I REALLY need to paint some now! ❤ As always, Thanks Brent!
hahahaha, nooooo I'm not responsible for your purchases! Thanks for the kind words, I hope you have a great weekend! :-)
GOOBERTOWN HOBBIES POSTED, TIME FOR MY REGULAR DOSE OF JOY & CALM. You're one of the channels that got me into model painting, and therefore dabbling in wargaming. It's always exciting to see a new video, and to watch old ones
Excellent script.
I spent most of my adult life in an exclusively male only environment. I was fortunate to have had numerous paradigm shifting experiences, and when I think back on my early adult life, I realize we were a bunch of immature idiots.
Thanks for the encouragement! I always love your gentle voice and demeanor 😊
Listening to this while painting a room. 😊 Never a truer word spoken. Painting minis has been an important part of my mental health plan having grappled with PTSD for 20 years now. Works for me.
When you live in a state where it's winter for half the year it is necessary to have a calming hobby. Great video and message in it Brent
oh yeah, I don't leave the house anywhere near enough, especially in the winter ;-) the minis help!
@@GoobertownHobbies besides having to go out plowing I try to stay at home all winter as well. Summer I mow and race in the mud so the minis get stuffed in the closet until snow flies again
This is the most genuinely helpful life advice I have heard in a long time. Particularly the part about the original Star Wars trilogy being about Luke learning emotional maturity - I hadn’t thought of it that way before and it is so true
You are totally right, I like to listen to your videos! You are always calm and you have a smooth and confortable voice to listen to, a good storyteller voice ;)
Listen to your videos is already calming me down, thank you for that!
And yes, painting miniatures is kind of mediative, and it already starts with thinking about how to build a model and what it should represent. That's a real good part of the hobby!
have you tried paint bravely: the podcast to listen to? Its Brent and Casey from ebay miniature rescue talking everything miniatures
I am so glad you mad this video, Brent. It really helped my brain, as this unending train of negativity has really worn me down, so much so that I have removed almost all social media from my life. It is this endless torrent of rage over NOTHING, and it is pushed at every opportunity because it makes people money. The ability to just enjoy things is gone, everything must be dissected to find the part that you can rage at, and if you can't find it then just make something up for the clicks. It is so exhausting, and it seems impossible to avoid because the "algorithm" is constantly forcing it at us. No matter how many of these ragetubers I tell youtube not to suggest, they find a way to suggest more of the same content from someone else.
It's exhausting to see this in our hobby space, when I try to enjoy Star Wars, Star Trek, or anything. The world is already massively divided and the hate-sellers are filling their pockets in anyway that they can. It just makes me feel better to know that there are good people like you working against that tide of anger that is all over the internet. It really makes me want to start my own *crappy* youtube channel just to put out positivity, even if I have zero subs. It's more exhausting trying to avoid the anger than I think it would be to push back against it.
But you are right, I have been working to disconnect from this as real life stuff has been incredibly heavy and stressful lately, maybe I just need to paint a miniature or two.
the ragebait channels really are depressing. It's tragic because it isn't a healthy way to live, either for viewers OR for the creators. Of all the things we could possibly do with this gift of life, adopting "I hate kathleen kennedy" as a personality is so, so sad. Painting minis will always be fun tho! :-)
Therapist here. Brent, I love that you are pointing out the positive mental health impact of miniature painting. It could not be more accurate. Thank you! (I also audibly giggled during the "need rage" bit).
Oh nice! Everything I said was just personal observations, I'm glad that they mesh with your professional understanding of these things! :-)
@GoobertownHobbies they 100% do, both personally and professionally. The meditation piece especially resonated with me. Painting is such a sensory experience, I'm really glad that this video touched on that.
Your videos are always interesting, full of positive messages and there's always something to learn. I really enjoy your approach to the hobby!
Honestly some of the best schemes I have seen for Custodes, actually makes me like them. Plus bundled with some great life advice!
Thanks! IMO the worst / least cool model in my little collection here is the gold-and-red helmet on. I needed to get the models on the desk to explore them and figure out if they could actually look cool!
As someone who has and continues to struggle a lot with mental health, thank you for being a good person and making such enjoyable videos. You are awesome.
keep goin, my turtle friend, keep goin!!! :-)
"Indignity" is a really good way to put the results of corporate greed. Whew, these prices are insane
right???
Not a fan of the hyperbole. Everything is expensive. Have you bought groceries lately? 60 seems like a lot, but compared to what? 60 is what my LGS charges for the Modern Horizons 3 prerelease and trust me I will get more value out of Custodes. 60 bucks will not get me a decent night out with my wife between the cost of the restaurant, sitter, and movie.
No doubt my voice will get lost in the torrent of well-deserved praise, but I felt the need to reach out and offer my genuine and heartfelt thanks for adding something meaningful to this space.
Cheers, man. 😊
I see you and I appreciate you! :-)
Great job on this whole video. Really really happy with the take that you took on mental health and around the toxicity that can happen even unintentionally in our hobbies. Really well done.
It's always a good day when brent drops a goobertown vid, my mental health gets better every time
Thanks Brent, relaxing and informative as usual!
you're so chill & calm, very pleasant to look at. Thank you
I love you Brent. You're so refreshingly chill and supportive. I definitely fall into the trap of watching too much political doom videos because I'm terrified of the GOP and desperate for hope. But I've been trying to stop watching those types of videos because I'm aware they are hurting my mental health. Your videos and this one especially are just so damn relaxing. I wish you streamed painting because throwing on a 4 hour video of you painting while I paint something myself sounds like therapy to me.
we all gotta go get some more fresh air! I hope you have a great weekend! :-)
Do you watch/listen to paint bravely the podcast? It's Brent and Casey from eBay miniature rescue doing just that ;)
The characterization of mini painting as “therapeutic” rather than as “therapy” is perfect. At least until you spill your nuln oil. Kudos from a mental health counselor!
I just absolutely *love* this channel. Thank you for this video.
hey thanks for hanging out, hope you're having a good day! :-)
Videos like this are why I love your channel so much.
Brent: Miniature painting is a relaxing hobby.
Me, trying to glue together two pieces from an older metal kit that don't quite fit: &@#$ing piece of $%^& can't stay $#%@ together - adhere, damn you, adhere!
But seriously, thank you for being such a voice for positivity in the hobby space, and for calling out the nerd rage baiters out there. We appreciate you!
I believe in you! wash the glue off your hands and try again :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies Good news: after doing a bit of filing, clipping, and filling in the gaps with green stuff, the two pieces now connected more or less cleanly.
The snap of taking a finished mini off of the temporary base.. so satisfying.
You!!!! You MONSTER!!!! YOU PAINTED A FEMALE CUSTODIAN!!!!! I love your style. :) I'm glad you did.
I’ve been painting for 14 years now. People ask how I have the patience for it. I tell them that it’s my Zen. I’m not thinking about work or any stressors, I’m essentially just letting my mind go blank while my hands work. To me, painting miniatures has become my meditation that allows me to have patience elsewhere. You’re absolutely right, it’s invaluable.
exactly! It's wonderful :-)
Love the rational and calm demeanour and critique of today's savage internet nerd warrior culture...
#KeepCalmAndPaintOn
#keepcalmandpainton :-)
I have tough day today and I really needed to hear the life advice right now.
But the real 500 IQ move is cutting granny grid with a nail clipp to get it nice and round.
Your voice is meditative tbh ❤️
I appreciate you!! :-)
Great message mate. Always loved your content but gained some extra respect for you for this.
This was delightful to watch and a lovely change of pace from the previous weeks' average content on the subject. Thanks for not only highlighting how good this hobby can be for folks, but also making the hobby feel like an inclusive and welcoming place again.
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