TheKingofAverage

Almost there!

Wow. What can I say? Thank you guys! Seriously, I wish I could properly express my gratitude for each and every single one of you.

I was just speaking with my wife earlier today about how another YouTuber reviewed a product and also had an affiliate link to that product and how wrong I felt that was. If you can get money by saying something is good, and you know you wouldn't get it if you said it was bad, then how much of a review is it really? No one is going to say "this is crap, but...

Tainted Grail Painting: Knight Errant!

Hey guys! I finished my Tainted Grail painting video a bit early and wanted to share it with you guys :) 

Now that's it's painted, I like this model far better - I think he looks really cool!

Who else got Tainted Grail? What are you looking forward to painting?

Broodmother sneak peek + special announcement!

Hey guys! It's been longer than I had hoped in getting this painting video out, but painting two 125mm Broodmothers and 16 giant rats took a very long time! I think in the end it was worth it but man was this a long time. I still have to edit all the footage which will be quite the task!

The image above isn't actually completely finish, I still need to add some blood ;) I hope you like the basing though! I think it'll fit nicely in with the game board and adds just a little more nuance...

This is torture. You're welcome.

Hey guys! I hope you had an absolutely awesome week and are looking forward to the weekend :D It's gotten unusually cold here lately which has me staying inside and painting :)

The image above is after about 5 hours of painting. You'll notice I'm doing all of the giant rats as well. This is because I want to paint Oathsworn by Encounter as 1 video - I think it'll make the encounters cool and be more helpful for viewers. It also allows me to take some fun diorama pics of them together :...

AT:O vs. Oathsworn

Here's another early look at what will eventually be another video. After many, many requests I see there's a huge need to talk about both of these games as quite a few people can only back one but cannot tell which would best fit their gaming group.

So here's all the info you (hopefully) need to know to ensure you back with higher confidence. Please note that I've played both several times, but neither fully through so all I can go off of is early game stuff so it could drastically cha...

Early Access to Tainted Grail OCD Unboxing!

Hey guys! I've been swamped making 3 videos for this week (and need to get started on the 3 for next week right away) but I actually finished a bit early and so I wanted to share it with you first.

I'd love to hear your thoughts - think this honesty will blow up in my face again? I'm assuming not since it's a bit more positive. Fingers crossed anyway :D

Just to continue to tease (as those on my Discord have been for some time now) - I just had to take pictures with a broom for t...

The REALITY behind YouTube board game coverage.

An Introduction

I love what I do here on YouTube. My goal from the start was to be real. Yes even when all I did was paint miniatures my channel was founded on the concept of being honest. I wasn't going to be one of those YouTubers that cut out their mistakes. Instead I'd make it a point to show those mistakes every time, and talk over how it happened and how I got around it. And sometimes I wasn't able to.

That's actually an apt sentence for my channel as a w...

Oathsworn Vote

As I'm sure you've all seen, I have some Oathsworn minis. I need to paint some. Why not send the painted one out to one of you as well? :D

So, vote away! What would you like to see me paint and then send to one of you? :)

Below are your options, in order.

Broodmother

Exile

2019-09-25 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

What's my purpose?

Hey guys! Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend so far.

So as the title says, what is my purpose? That is, what is my channel all about? What goals do I have, what rules do I follow? It's a question I don't really have an answer to right away. Sure, I have a mix of ideas a concepts but nothing really ironed out or solidified. With this update I hope to change that.

I think really it's important to first go through the history of the channel. I started out of course only pa...

Early Access Oathsworn video!

Hey guys! I'm estatic to show you all my Oathsworn unboxing video before it goes public on my channel. Thank you all so very much for being here - I look forward to celebrating that 1 million view milestone with you all separately from the pubic celebration soon.

To that end, as I mention in the video - I might have some extra miniatures.  Think I should send some out once they're painted? :D

I'd like to end this quick post with an outlook for the coming weeks both for the c...

Celebration

THANK YOU! Seriously this is a really big milestone and a testament to the awesome community that I hope my channel continues to resonate with. I absolutely love being a part of it. Really though, this is all thanks to you guys - without you I WOULD NOT be here doing this right now.

As I said before in my video, while I'll be doing an Oathsworne event on Youtube I want to do something special and a little more personal for some of you here on Patreon as well. With that in mind I have se...

Insanity

When is enough....enough? Is there such a thing as too much? My shelves are screaming yes but what do they know?

Seriously though, this is a lot of game! This is everything from Mythic Battles excluding the dice, an extra map and the two new minis that I couldn't justify at $25 a pop after I already got all of this :P

If I end up liking the game you bet I'll be getting the stuff I'm currently missing out on. Of course I'll still be getting Ragnarok most likely and then there is ...

Scheduling

Things are crazy right now!

Hey guys! Hope you all are doing fantastic. Those of us in the U.S. have Labor Day on Monday so it's a long weekend for many which is great :)

That being said, it's all "work" on the channel right now. There is so much going on right now with new games and Kickstarters that my two videos a week scheduling is in overdrive.

I'll work this week to release another painting video here on Patreon as my schedule for YT is still filled with other neces...

Most interested in...

Hey guys!

So as we prep for another week of videos from yours truly I wanted to take a quick moment to update you on where I'm at, and also ask your opinion on something :)

As those on my Discord already know, I'll be out camping by a lake in the mountains from Tuesday to Friday. This means that while I'll have my videos out in the normal time frame, I won't be in the comments like I normally am after posting each time. Additionally I won't be around to share them to Facebook gro...

Early Access + Sneak Peek! :D

Hey guys!

I'm looking forward to the day I can put all this real life stuff behind me (and tell you guys all about it) but for now I remain quite busy, however I did finally paint some again! I've made a ton of progress on your most Eternal War vote winner, Lilith who you can see below:

Just wait until you see what I do with the fins! I think this is going to be one of the crazier minis ...

Early Access Unboxing!

Hey guys! If you haven't yet be sure to vote on my previous post on how to celebrate 1 MILLION VIEWS with you guys!

As for today, I have this video up a day early so figured you guys can go ahead and see it before anyone else! If you have any questions about the game just let me know, and I'd *love* to hear if you want more painting videos on this or a review :)

1 Million celebration ideas

The title can be read wrong. I do not have 1 million ideas for celebration. Instead, I have a few ideas for celebrating 1 million views :P

In all honesty, it's pretty weird to think that a million times people have saw something I'm showing off, or explaining, or doing and then wanted to watch it. It's also pretty awesome! :D

So I want to do something fun with it. I have some general categories here and was hoping to find out more about what you think I could do FOR YOU (read, j...

Early Access OCD unboxing video of a current KS!

How about an early video again? I am so thankful for all of you and hope to keep showing these videos early when I can. My goal this week is to get through a review of the game and some Batman painting videos all available early for you guys :D

If you have any questions about the game though feel free to ask here in the comments or on Discord.

Also, in case anyone is wondering, I've played 2 games so far and have enjoyed it. I'm currently backing the new KS as well.

Dragon Update!

Hey guys! First things first: I know I haven't updated done one of these updates for you guys in a while. I've had some stuff happen outside the channel that I'll need to update you on eventually.

But that's not today. Today is all about the Legendary Dragon from Joan of Arc! The video of him should be available sometime next week but before that I figured I'd document my process here beforehand.

Step 1: Attach the wings.

2019-06-26 22:23:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Aiming upward

Hey guys! I've been on a bit of a roll lately and have gotten a lot of feedback on how helpful my videos have been which is really great and heart warming :) I love the fact that so many people find my videos helpful, and if it makes them more informed consumers then all the better.

Next update will focus on the JoA dragon! And after that, Gen Con! :D

So Much Stuff! (Early Access)

Hey guys! So as you can see, I've received and unboxed wave 1 of the all-in Joan of Arc by Mythic Games and it's a HUGE amount of game! 47.5 lbs to be precise :D Even with the tiny, tiny scale of the minis I'm VERY impressed with the quality of all of the components. Out of hundreds of minis only a single bent one and all the bases are perfectly flat!

Anyway, it'll be posted publicly on Friday but I thought some of you might like to see it before then. As always please...

I didn't forget about you ;)

I'm sure you guys probably saw my recent public poll on my actual YouTube channel around celebrating 8,000 subscribers by sending out a miniature to my viewers, but I actually left an option off the table because I already reserved it for you guys :)

I'll be getting this mini, Batman from Japan here soon and that one is reserved for Patreon.

Barons and above - I have a larger mini already planned for you guys so don't you worry about that! :D

What have you been doing? Update!

I know I know, you guys are all asking "What has KOA even been doing? It's not like he's released 12 videos this month or anything good like that." :D Seriously though guys I've been crazy busy! It's funny how these shorter videos (yes, any video less than 20 minutes for me is short! :D) take up just as much or even more time than others. A lot more research goes into them as they are typically informational, and then I actually write up a script, work on the flow of information, and even do ...

WIP mini update!

Hey guys! This is just a quick update on my progress on the minis but first I want to say that I hope all my U.S. based patrons have a wonderful holiday weekend!

As for the minis, it's amazing to see them start to "come together" at about the half way point :) My goal here is to have them all done by today (Saturday) so I can film my Monday video and have Sunday to be my first day "off" to relax in some time. Then, throughout the week I can start to actually make some videos out of the...

What's on the desk? #5

Hey guys!

Alright let's get down to business. I've been SUPER BUSY with the channel lately, both with stuff you've seen and stuff you haven't but today I'm doing a tell-all.

As you know I've been on a roll with the channel content, steadily publishing 2 videos every single week (with 3 videos out last week). And these aren't small videos with little effort put into it either. In the last 5 days I published 1 hour and 10 minutes of miniature board game videos that I hope you all ...

Early Access for my favorite mini painting video :D

Well guys, it's not every day that I'm ahead of my YT release schedule - (posting twice a week is rough!), however I am currently ahead and so I thought you guys should benefit :) I hope you guys enjoy it!

Surprisingly, I actually released 3 full length videos last week! Thank you all for making the work I put into this worthwhile and providing a means for me to actually film this stuff. You guys rock!

Vote for next Limbo video!

Time to vote! I now have all of the 75mm resin  miniatures from Limbo: Eternal War and I'd love to know which one you'd like to see me paint first! Vote ends 1 month from today, on June 14th.

Charlotte

YaKun

Henril

2019-05-14 19:10:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Vote on Batman painting style

Hey guys! As you have probably seen, I've published my first Batman miniature painting video after receiving the game and I really wanted to branch out and try something new, in this case a more "comic" style of painting.

At first I was going to black line but felt it might be too "cartoony" and so opted for a rough, brushed like to my highlights and chose not to blend them to make them pop more.

What are your thoughts on this style? Should I continue to do it like this, or shou...

HUGE Announcement!

Okay, so I kept getting asked if I was attending Gen Con this year by a few people in the industry and so I decided to check it out not expecting much. Needless to say, this happened:

Now since I don't live in Indianapolis, the entrance price is not the main cost by far. The plane, hotel, car and food are the real culprits (and that's not including anything I might actually WANT there).

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WIP of Nüwa + Plans for the future

Hey guys! I wanted to share some WIP pics I have for these larger-task miniature paintings :) I spent a TON of time on the skin, adding blues and whatnot to hopefully make it seem more "real". Armor and hair are not done yet but the face is done except for her lips.


UPDATE: I added in some blue and then highlights her hair. I really like it like this and will pop out more once her tail is painted...