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A 24 Hour live stream ‘paint-a-thon’, our aim is to raise money to support the work of mental health organisations
Learn more about the Hosts and our friends who’ll be painting miniatures live on the stream
With so many guests, topics and segments be sure to check the schedule so you don’t miss anything
Together with the support of our amazing Sponsors we’ll be giving away loads of awesome products
We’ve got a great line up of guests, and more are joining so keep an eye out. You will probably know some of them, and we can’t wait to talk with others you might not. The more exposure we all have to new and different things, the more collaborative and inclusive our hobby becomes!
Be sure to the check The Schedule so you know when you’re favourite guest will be appearing on the show and so you have your chance to ask them questions by participating in the Live Chat!
We are reaching out to more and more guests and hope to feature as many as we can. We want Painting for Life to become a twice annual event featuring some of the biggest names in the tabletop industry. I’m so thankful for those that are making our first one a special experience! If you want to join, please get in touch. Even if you only have 10 minutes, we’d love to have you and can slot you in. Cheers, Viv
Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught is the only LEGO Certified Professional (LCP) in the Southern Hemisphere. Together with Hamish Blake he hosted LEGO Masters Australia, a hugely popular television series that captured the imagination of both young and old. Aside from his accodales amongst the LEGO community, he is a super nice guy and a tabletop miniature gamer.
Luke Fellows is a UK based hobbyist and owner of Geek Gaming Scenics. Starting out a few years ago as a content creator on YouTube creating amazing tutorials, hints, tips and techniques for making your own scenic supplies and terrain he is now recognised as one of the go-to sources for high quality scenic supplies.
American by birth, Brad is now a local Melbourne boy. He is a regular in our local gaming community and plays countless game systems. This guy shows up everywhere! He is the host of Cast Dice, a long standing tabletop gaming podcast that features some of the industries biggest names
Peter is co-owner of Demented Games, a local Melbourne game development company. Together with his colleague and business partner, Sebastian, they released the wonderful skirmish game Twisted upon the world after it was successfully funded on KickStarter in 2017.
Creative with a flair for the artistic creation. Trent not only produces wonderfully cinematic and inspirational crafting content on his hugely popular YouTube channel, he’s also incredibly community focussed, collaborating with other artistic creatives and sharing many of his projects for free via his website
For many, the Chancellor of Zorpazorp needs no introduction. Lachlan is not only a prolific creator of highly energetic and exciting content on his widely popular and successful YouTube channel, he is the owner of Queensland based Zorpazorp a supplier of tabletop gaming accessories and distributor for Geek Gaming Scenics.
Bear hugs … bear hugs is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Ara and then immediately after that is FUN GAMES! Not only is Ara a giant of a man that cannot resist picking you up in a terrifying bear hug (he’s a self-admitted hugger), Ara is the owner of Mana Press, another local Melbourne outfit that produces a range of fun yet simple and engaging tabletop games
If you know or have seen the MDF terrain kits we produce here at Knights of Dice, then you already know Scott Reid … if not by name, than by quality. Scott is not only a singer in multiple bands, he’s an extremely talented designer who has made the transition to digital development and now runs his own design studio.
Jacob runs Conquest Creations, a local Melbourne source for high quality 3d printed miniatures and gaming accessories. He’s also the host of the Conquest Creations channel on YouTube where he specialises in Middle Earth: Strategy Battle Game. The channel features awesome battle reports along side discussion and tactical analysis with guests he features on the channel.
Karl is the owner of Crooked Dice Game Design Studio and the wonderfully free-form and entertaining 7TV tabletop miniature game. Partnering with Edge Hill University, the 7TV ‘franchise’ has now seen the game explode into all the genres we love, fantasy, spy-fi and much more!
Stephen runs Top Table Gaming, a popular channel amongst the Middle Earth: Strategy Battle Game community. Together with Damian O’Byrne he co-hosts the live stream channel, Battle Streams in Middle Earth
Paul is an one of the ‘old guard’ having run his YouTube channel, Elstonation for more than a decade … back when “it was about the hobby and not the editing”.
He’s also an accomplished and prolific commission painter, and recently won Dana Howl’s hobby golf competition. I’m looking forward to having a chat about “the old days”.
Dan Attrill is the Tournament Organiser for Australia’s largest Warhammer 40,000 tournament. The event is held in Melbourne each year, now in it’s ’20th something’ year.
We’re in the process of confirming more guests! We want this show to be epic, so we’re reaching out to some we doubt we’ll get but it’s still shaping up to be an awesome 24 hours of entertainment
If you want to be on the show, let us know … quickly! We’d love to hear from you.
Again, be sure to check out the Schedule (which is constantly being updated) to find out what is happening during the show and to make sure you don’t miss your favourite guest.
Be sure to keep an eye on our guest list also, as we’re adding as many guests to the show as we can. The more exposure to as many different aspects of the wonderful world of tabletop gaming we have, the better it is for the charities we are raising money for and the better it is for our hobby overall.