Fine Details with Taliesin Jaffe | MINI PRIMETIME 

"Marisha, are we cancelled?" After a heartwarming episode, that was a terrifying finale.

I love the fact that Tallesin could actually answer the married to Laura Bailey question since Percy and Vex

Addressing Tal's tremor and making it all about accessibility makes me SO FREAKING HAPPY. Thank you for this episode, my heart is warm.

The reason Talesin has an essential shake is because he is busy safeguarding all of humanity from the ethereal forces attempting to invade our cosmos. At least 1/4 of his concentration is left over, leaving him with that unsteady hand.

I used to be a serious painter, but I quit as my essential tremor worsened with age. It was just too frustrating. I can't believe I'd never heard of the rubber band trick, because it immediately makes a HUGE difference. My handwriting is actually legible for once! It's been almost 10 years since I last painted anything, and now I'm really excited to give it another chance.

Best subtle gag is that he got Taliesin's name right.

this is the most fazed taliesin has been in 300 years.

Such an awesome moment when Will was showing Tal the techniques to minimize shaky hands when painting. Seeing it work for Tal and seeing his surprise and joy in finding it worked for him was nice.

Not to get Deep here on Mini Primetime but. Thank you from the bottom of my little tremor-filled heart for having Taliesin on and addressing shaky hands! My DM really wants to have a mini-painting night but I've been too afraid to try. I have a tremor (and tourettes and epilepsy lmao) so I figured I just couldn't. But now I promise to give it a try. Thank you thank you thank you 💕

"You play the Arizona Tea guy" omg how have I never put together that Caduceus's aesthetic is literally the green tea can.

Ngl I was unsure as to how they would work with taliesins tremor but it was really sensitive actually, as someone who gets the shakes the rubber band trick is awesome!! He's so chill I love our immortal dark lord!!!

I think he genuinely feared Taliesin taking his soul

Taliesin looks like such a confused old man the entire intro, I love it

Taliesin is the sweetest human on this planet

Not even the eldritch abomination that is Taliesin was ready for the insanity that was Will Friedle.

"Only on graph paper"

4:35 This is where the video stopped being just fun. This is where it became empowering. I don't suffer from tremors nor do I paint minis, but to think that this helps even one person desperatly wanting to paint minis... it's a thing of beauty!

Raise your hand if you laughed that Taliesin would be getting a taste of the cosplayers suffering to capture Mollymauk's design

Don’t bother asking who he’s married to, Taliesin has had thousands of spouses over the thousands of years he’s been alive.

"I'm here with Taliesin Jaffe..." Wait! That's... the correct name... who are you and what did you do to Will?

Oh my god, I actually got teary-eyed when Will showed Tal all those tricks to fight his tremors when painting minis. All these people are so kind to each other. Tal is my favourite CR person and I'm so happy for him. This...god...I just love the whole damn cast of CR.

I'm currently in my last year of med school...I'm so happy Will included the helpful tips and tricks for dealing with essential tremor...rubber-band trick is excellent to increase patient self-esteem and develop muscle coordination! I can easily see this being a method of patient care and treatment therapy for patients with tremor and/or early signs of parkinsons. I'm definitely going to advise my future patients with neurological issues to take up mini-painting!

Talliesin is like the stoic immortal who's been around for millennia. Will is like a 2 year old Demigod.

“Truly one of the greatest members of the mighty nein” “High up there” Was.. was that a joke about him being dead..? Tal how could you.

I loved Taliesin’s reaction to finding the rubber band method. That joy of someone finding a way past a limitation is great to see.

Y'all just opened up detail work to a LOT of people who hadn't felt they could do it before. You did a mitzvah, fellas.

I really appreciate the tips they had on helping people with tremors enjoy art, too!

Taliesin, you're such a good sport for not just devouring Will's soul entirely by the end there. Bravo.

I know we joke about Taliesin but he’s really just such a wonderful human being, after watching his between the sheets too I feel much better about everything. It’s lovely to see him having a fun time

I've loved Will Friedle as a human being for years, but holy shit. Him running through effective techniques for people with hand tremors, and with such respect and having researched MULTIPLE techniques?... What a friggin' guy.

I've been watching all season and had been afraid that they wouldn't be able to get Talesin on the show because of his tremor. I'm so glad that they were able to find solutions to help Talesin and others with shaky hands paint successfully! Talesin seemed so genuinely delighted, it was heartwarming. He's one of my favorites, so I'm especially glad for this.

I really appreciate that they both picked Taliensin for the small detail section and gave the tips for keeping a steady hand! Love how inclusive and awesome these guys are.

It's Dungeons & Dragons, it's possible that Mollymauk's cloak is a minor magic item and changes what's on the back at regular or random intervals.

When it counts, Will's sincerity and helpfulness is inspiring. I'm so glad Taliesin got the opportunity to paint with him, and learn some new tricks to handling his tremor while doing art.

For Critters wanting to get into the mini painting hobby. BLUF: detailing a mini and dealing with hand tremors. For older or injured mini painters, *coughs and looks around nervously* this will be useful. 3:43 start of explanation. 5:00 rubber band stabilization 5:30 dual hand stabilization: note with this, have your wrist touch each other. This plus good posture and resting your elbows on a table helps. 5:45 hug method: make sure to rest your arms across your torso, and that you have a back supporting chair. 6:08 wrist to wrist. This is a very good one, as you can also use your hand holding the plinth to stabilize the brush as a ledge. Note how the hands form a pseudo heart shape. 6:30 6:50 arm rest method 6:51 brush holding. For control, you hold really close to the end. Small levers. 6:55 7:10 mini painting isn't magic :) little tricks are how you do it. 8:00 starting on the back. 8:14 I know it's a joke, but s1+2 would be painters guild geek and sundry. 8:53 - 9:14 nail pallette. Load your thumb or nail with your paint, to act as a pallette, and wipe off excess on thumb to beat dry times. 9:30 begin freestyle detailing. 13:05 comparison. 13:47 summation. As before, there are several starter kits, with paint, primer brushes and a mini to start back or to begin the hobby. Also, there are more companies than ever to get reasonably priced minis to start with. For further readings, I recommend looking up mini painting as you get older on RU-vid, as there are several guides on dealing with hand shakes, eye strain and the like. Welcome to the hobby, and as always your fellow hobbyists can't wait to see your plastic.

Thoroughly enjoy the fact that Taliesin is the one to do the steady hand episode

As someone who suffers from a neurological condition and has hand shake, this episode was everything, it really touched me to see the issue handled so simply and beautifully. Also, it was amazing how dazed Taliesin was in the beginning lol

As someone with tremmors myself, this has changed the way I work and has reduced my anxiety when handling brushes. I can't thank you all enough.

As a young person with a nerve condition it makes me happy to see Tal talking abt his tremor and busting that myth that conditions like this are for old people only!

"I haven't painted for pleasure in quite a while" You can't fool us, Taliesin, we can all see your prosthetic ear

Taliesin quietly contemplating what the fuck is going on with literal actual phone hold music in the back kills me

I dont have essential tremors but I do have shaky hands due to fine motor impairment. I'm an artist despite that and have just dealt with the shakiness. I've never heard of anything like the rubber band method but I will be trying it now. Thank you for making an episode on accessibility. As much as this series has been covered in a blanket of comedy, the respect and acceptance of diversity you guys have presented has been so important.

I feel like I'm gonna cry, addressing the accessability of mini panting for people with unsteady hands was brilliant. It was wonderful to see Tal paint but there are some great tips I can use from this. Thank you guys for this

Given the fact that Jester is disarmingly cute and and also kinda ripped, "Babe the Blue Ox" is actually pretty spot on.

"You play some sort of Arizona tea guy and also the dead one" killed me almost as much as a sword through my abdomen 😂😂

Oh God Caduceus does look like an Arizona tea 😂

I LOVE that this has been the most serious, but simultaneously the most casual episode of Mini Primetime yet.

You've saved my life with the rubber band trick at the beginning, thank you so much! Essential tremors SUCK.

OH MY GOD AS SOMEONE WITH TREMORS THANK YOU SO MUCH.

“Thank you for holding. Please continue to hold” words from the soul

as someone who's been dealing with ETs (Essential Tremors) for well over 20 years, i've been pretty focused on Tal's tremors since starting to watch CR a few years ago. it's just so wonderful and somehow comforting to hear it actually talked about somewhere outside of just me explaining to strangers why my hands are shaking so much.

Its so heart Warming to see Talison learning about theese methods that can help him even though his hands are shaking. Truely Heartwarming

As someone who has a close friend with tremors I love that the section with tips to help with that while painting was the only serious section in like any of these episodes. Love it

I love that you took the time to talk about ways to reduce shaking/tremors. Taliesin seriously looked a light had come on when you were going over that. And judging by the comments here, it's going to help SOOOO many people

You can tell that past all the jokes, Will is a genuinely nice guy

I love that Taliesin took the paints and brushes at the end. This was such a nice and wholesome painting session.

I have to say, I'm so happy Tal got to paint and was pleased with the results, also super glad that he couldn't let Will be the most chaotic, he had to do the most chaotic thing at the end by taking the paints and brushes, looking forward to season 2!

"you can't..." "Mine, mine"

I love how will changes his personality towards the guests depending on the ego of the guest(or friendship in Matts case) LOVE YOU WILL! and all of CR.

6:26 It was this moment that Taliesin decided not to reap Will's soul.

Awesome tips to help combat hand tremors! I was curious if Taliesin was going to participate in the gloriousness that is Mini Primetime due to his tremors, but having the issue addressed with multiple methods is great. Keep up the great work Will... and my wife Laura Bailey says 'Hi'!

Honestly, my first reaction to Friedle was about the same as Taliesen's

"Mollymauk Tealeaf, who met his untimely end in an unfortunate accident--" Taliesin, he was STABBED

This show makes me so happy

Aww, that was very considerate of Will to help Tali negate his tremors a bit. :)

As much as I love the humorous chaos of this show. The calmness of this episode was just perfect. As someone who has tremors much like Tal, I appreciated this immensely!

I'm so happy about that rubber band tip being shown.

LOTS OF FUN! Bring on season 2!

*Heavenly Ahhs* -- "Way up there" xD I'm dead

Even someone who is thousands of years old can learn something knew! The pyramid is not all knowing! But in all seriousness, it was so sweet seeing Taliesin getting excited about learning this new trick.

After the questioning was over and they went into the intro bit for the painting I started wondering how Taliesin would fare with his tremor. Interesting that they actually covered it.

The immortal known as Talesin Jaffe briefly takes human form to learn painting techniques from the older brother from Boy Meets World

Talisen ready for that Laura Bailey question. That was very good.

At 1:34 Taliesin's actual inner Caduceus is showing.

Super happy to see Taliesin on Primetime!!!!

talliesin casts his eldritch gaze on a mortal, and finds himself perplexed

Thanks for this wonderful episode, the heartily reach out to all who suffer of tremor or diminished dexterity felt so sincere that I just couldn't stop smiling throughout the entire interaction. Thanks a lot for this serie Will Friedle and Critical Role for inviting us into a tiny but marvelous show like Mini Primetime.

I love Tal so much

First i thought using Tal for the Details Episode was a bad joke. Then i realized you'd never do that, and actually made something fucking amazing. Props.

I HUGELY appreciate the discussion of painting technique modifications for essential tremor because I have always wished I could paint minis but I also have an essential tremor and issues with pinch grips from lupus related joint inflammation in my hands. I hope to try some of these things (and get into mini painting!) soon!

I feel like I'm watching Ch'thulu attending at an artist job application

I really like how this focused on how to paint even when dealing with a disability. If there's another season I'd love to see more things like that.

As someone with hand tremors this helped a lot!

Ladies and gentlemen, Taliesin Jaffe in his new role.. "Bewildered"!

+CriticalRole, Will, & the staff: you are all awesome. It's moments like these that you do right by others and help keep the community open and inclusive to all. I'm happy how delighted Taliesin is by the rubberband trick. That's genuine happiness right there. You guys made someone's day (and many others in the community by sharing these little techniques) in a single instant. Bravo.

I love Taliesan grabbing the brushes and paints at the end, god what a mood

I have the same kind of tremor that Taliesin does. This has been really informative and it's gonna be a game changer for my mini painting.

Man I wish you guys were still doing this and AWNP. Love the content but makes me want more 😭

Taliesin had the best reaction in the end... take it and run lol

For those who dont know and are into miniature painting, citadel has a quite useful miniature holder. A gentle spring loaded clamp goes around the base and makes it much easier to hold.

oh man, i noticed it ages ago but forgot about his tremor because it's not important but was always kinda curious as to what it was, glad they found a work around for it

I love how Molly is the only MN character Will doesn’t butcher or disrespect.

Annnd, now it's inclusive and wholesome af! 😭 Thank you for these tips!!!

This may be my favorite episode.

1:37 In Tal's mind: "I've lived so many lives, but it doesn't seem any of them had THAT..."

As many other people have said, kudos for taking the time to address techniques for people with tremors or other difficulties with fine motor skills. As someone with a physical disability myself, I always appreciate when consideration is made for those with additional challenges.

I don't comment on videos. Taliesin taking the supplies at the end fucking KILLED ME. I love you guys.

I got a head injury as a kid and after that my hands have always shaken to the point I had to stop doing any kind of art, but the rubber band trick helps so much 😍😍

BRING.THIS.SHOW.BACK!!!

I love Jalesin Taffes. They are cool people. Is this the one that plays Cad in Crit Role? Such an old and unique peoples.