Miniature Wargaming on YouTube: A Brief Primer 

Best advice for me in there was: “Your earlier videos will be a bit grotty, but hey, probably no-one will watch them anyway”. Love it! Thanks for all your great videos, they’re always entertaining.

yup, 100% agree. There is so much involved in sharing our "battle reports." Great behind-the-scenes video. Keep at it and take care. 👍👍

Wow. You should do more of those close ups. They look awesome!

This was excellent. I might not do a war gaming channel, but as a silversmith of nearly 50 years experience i have thought about doing tutorials and this video was most instructive. As an aside, I hope you eye issue has improved.

Played around with filming battle reports and it’s definitely a learning process. Some valuable information here. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video showing behind the scenes. I've made a few RU-vid videos for fun and these "how-to" are perfect to show how it can be done on a limited budget. Good lighting cannot be stressed enough. Thanks again.

Great video! Nice to see how the sausage is made.

3:21 this is why smaller scales are nice - you can have your stuff in smaller boxes

Thank you so much for such a thorough and in depth video. I really appreciate you taking the time to go through not just your set up but your tips for making content as well. You are definitely my fave youtube channel at the moment, i have been going through lots of the older stuff whilst i have been off sick. I have a similar set up tablewise with the plan to eventually get back into some wargaming videos on my Arjades Rangers channel. But lately I just haven't had the energy to get off my butt and film. (I also have a 2 year old and 4 year old keeping me run ragged haha) I often find myself struggling with the tripods and getting them to do what I want. Haha it was some refreshing fun seeing someone else hit the go button on their phone with the clip, it happens all the time when i film on my one. Haha. Thank you for being such an inspiration and positive role model in the community. It makes me want to game more and even sparks the fire to get filming again

Awesome video! You definitely bring excitement and encouragement to the hobby!

Thanks for the look behind the scenes! It's hard to believe you have such a small space... Keeping the camera on the battlefield makes it look so big on screen. I would like to hear about your editing process.

good stuff man, my favorite small channel

Good stuff - I'm a sucker for production shop talk, lots of fun to see your process. The 180 degree rule ("fence" rule) has saved me so many times; that's awesome, never occurred to me to use it in a battle report context.

One of the masters…I’m Joy of Wargaming and this is my Masterclass!

Very Informative, always nice to see how you do it and the equipment you use. Keep up the good work.

What an excellent video. Well explained, good examples, very helpful.

Great vid, I am always curious about peoples hobby desks and whats on their shelves : )

Great stuff. Thanks for the behind the scenes view.

You're my hero

My biggest takeways…film from the same direction every time. It keeps the order of battle more in line for the viewer. Because I can go around my table, doesn’t mean i should. Also, i should remember the small battles can be great. That may help my burnout a bit. I recently did a couple of small 2x2 battles and they were fun because they were quicker to set up play and take down. And while they were simple terrained, I could have done ‘em up a tad more.

I really enjoyed this video, and it inspired me to try a totally different and more 'sound stage' type of set up for my most recent video. Thanks for sharing this!

It's bigger on the inside! That'd a huge space ❤

Interesting inside views of your channel and your work. I like that kind of thing... you can only learn from it. Thx. 👍 No questions, but I'm impressed once again.

Thanks for this video, love your content ! And who knows, I might start a wargaming channel at some point 😁

That was really good and encouraging. Thanks for showing us.

Looking sharp there bud.

those lamps with the diffuser filters look useful, I have a hard time getting the lighting right in my game videos

Great video, I've done a few reports myself. Good stuff. :)

thank you very much for showing us the magic ^^,

Great video and inspiring. I've tried before and realised I have a great voice for mime. I knew about "not crossing the fence in TV dialogue, it never occurred to me re filming wargames. Although like you I struggle to access the far side of the board. Your USP is the variety of indie games you play. I don't always like the rulesets but do tend to watch your videos through to the end. And as an indie channel I used to support sadi before he went back to paid employment, Subscribes, likes and comments, drive the RU-vid algorithm and I've never noticed you push it. I think I saw one of your early videos, probably a covid era, on one hour wargames possibly, and thought this guy deserves looking at. I think I watched about 6 or 7 videos over 3-4 days and then subscribed. Keep with it, I geniunely enjoy your honesty with your fumblethroughs

I love it. It’s been on my mind to start a channel. Maybe. Well see

This was very interesting and nice to see someone without a pro studio doing it. I just want to put up some battle reports for people to enjoy to 'give back" to all the people that have put theirs up that I have enjoyed watching. A couple of questions: Where do you position your big tripod for the wide shots? Do you put it in the middle and sit to the side of it, or do you sit in the middle and sort of put it over your shoulder? Also, what video editing software do you use?

Thank you sir!!!

What program do you use to edit?

This is great information. Thanks for doing it. Very insightful. What software do you use to edit?

Totes McGotes! :)

You said you bought those lights on Amazon? What are they called so I know where to search.