Your favourite 'influencers'

[Fimm McCool]

Hate the term myself, but it will do for a general 'people who put stuff on Social Media' term.

Who do you like reading/watching/listening to and why? Specifically wargaming/rpg, less specifically GW/Warhammer.

 

[ManicMan]

if you don't use the term and just mean people who do videos and blog posts and stuff.. very limited. no offense to anyone but I prefer ones which give a range of information and ideas more then the 'influencer' style which are people telling me "You should do this" or "you should buy that". I prefer "I like this BUT" and "have a look at this. It might be good, or might not but here are some things about it"

 

[Michael Stockin]

I struggle to find any hobby podcasts that I enjoy.

The majority of ones that I have tried have been discussion/interview style ones.
I have found that they are too amateurish.
I don’t mean that in a negative way as such, but an interview style media piece can be messy when not done by a media professional.

The podcasts I have listened to have awkward silences, people talking over each other, very fake laughter at each others jokes, in house gags, mispronounced product names, awkward silences and people talking over each other.
Couple that with strong accents and droney voices and I just can’t manage to sit through some of them.
Oh and bad music.
I have turned some off as I felt awkward/embarrassed at listening to them.

The ones I have found more enjoyable are ones where the podcaster is doing a piece to mic.
Just them talking clearly and concisely.

I am not saying I can do better, far from it.
But it is difficult to do an interview without any interview skills, and do a piece to camera without media skills, and I do feel it is a skill, and this must be made harder when you can’t see the other person.

Much of the above also applies to YT videos.

 

[Michael Stockin]

Having said that, The Bard I don't mind and I also quite like a few of Iain M Standings videos, though they are a bit too lengthy so I watch in chunks.

 

[Tom Heaney]

Hate the term myself, but it will do for a general 'people who put stuff on Social Media' term.

Who do you like reading/watching/listening to and why? Specifically wargaming/rpg, less specifically GW/Warhammer.

The only podcast I regularly listen to is Bedroom Battlefields, it doesn’t take things too seriously.

On YouTube there is yourself obviously, Tileas Troubles , Paul Stanley, The Joy of Wargaming and Bandits Keep actual play (original D&D solo campaign)to name but a few.

 

[symphonicpoet]

There's a fair bunch of blogs I read. Tilea's Troubles, Leadplague, Sho3box, Give 'Em Lead, Tales from the Cantwara Sector, Malacasa's Oldhammer Blog, and lots more, though a fair few of us have gone quiet of late. (I'm trying to break that trend with my own blog. I went quiet, but I'm back, dang it!) There's a few podcasts I follow, but they're not really game related, unless you count Tilea's Troubles, which I both read and then listen to when Padre posts the YouTube version.

 

[Michael Stockin]

I missed the reading part, my bad.

Though to be fair the only blogs I read are warhammery.
I think the majority crop up on the newsbot feed and possibly there are a few others that do not.

 

[ManicMan]

Could I point out that I think no-one here who runs something which might be classed under this, is gonna be too upset when they aren't mentioned ^_^ Kinda just wanted to say that cause I do have some personal bias here.

 

[Fimm McCool]

Totally, also I probably know all those anyway so looking for fresh stuff I may have missed.

 

[Michael Stockin]

I will go through my blogger reading list tomorrow.

 

[Tom Heaney]

Not so much influencers as blogs that influenced me enough that I switched from 15mm fantasy to Oldhammer.

Mars Miniatures - http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/
Up until 2020 this blog ran a campaign mainly using Oldhammer rules and miniatures based on the reclamation of Moria but pulled in characters from other fantasy sources.

Unfortunately the other 2 and no longer available
The M Word - https://web.archive.org/web/20191116142838/http://merlinthemad.blogspot.com/
A narrative campaign using the authors own ancients rules with fantasy modifications in his own setting.

Swords Under Distant Suns - https://web.archive.org/web/20240321015921/https://swordsunderdistantsuns.com/
The Greywater Chronicles was a massive dungeon crawl using the old Melee rules and miniatures from the 70s and 80s.

 

[symphonicpoet]

Totally, also I probably know all those anyway so looking for fresh stuff I may have missed.

Are you familiar with Colonel O'Truth? His series on Lord Smudgington Smythely-Smythe's Hydraulically-Motorvated Sextupedal Land-Traversing Vacational Domicile is top notch, but he's not an Oldhammerer, so maybe it'd slip through the cracks around here. Some great stuff on kitbashing and scratch building. The Governor General of Sector Six also has some really great stuff, and might have fallen through the cracks by virtue of being inactive a while, and more American than your typical Brit. I don't think either of those is listed here. RC Sci-Fi is another really good one that I think isn't on here. He does some movie-grade models, and goes into detail about how to make them and build them. Not Oldhammer per se, but fantastic information on making dreams real.

 

[Michael Stockin]

Here are most of the blogs I read.
Some more active than others, some exclusively oldhammer some not.

La Guarida de Nefario - Nefario's Lair

Oldhammer

guaridadenefario.blogspot.com

The Hoodling's Hole

A blog on Warhammer and gaming in general

hoodlinghole.blogspot.com

Port Imperiale

A blog relating to Port Imperiale, my 40k Rogue Trader era setting, Altheim, my 3rd Edition WFB city, and other hobby-related stuffs.

port-imperiale.blogspot.com

Jaeckel Alone

jaeckelalone.blogspot.com

THE WORK OF SHAITAN

theworkofshaitan.blogspot.com

Just Add Water

Wargames Miniature Painting

justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com

a Load of Old Toby

ALoadofOldToby - a Blog about painting miniature historical and fantasy art.

aloadofoldtoby.blogspot.com

Mortlach Miniatures

Mortlach miniatures Warhammer

mortlachminiatures.blogspot.com

BROADSWORDS AND BEASTS

A study in practical nostalgia, travelling back to the early 1980's with a fistful of cash, to buy all the stuff I couldn't afford on a paperboys salary.

broadswordsandbeasts.blogspot.com

Oldhammerspain

oldhammerspain.blogspot.com

REALMS OF CHAOS

nico-realmsofchaos.blogspot.com

Deathworld Adventures

Adventures with Old School Sci-Fi and Fantasy Miniatures.

deathworldadventures.blogspot.com

Erny's place.

ernysplace.blogspot.com

Fimm McCool's

Welcome to the old school miniature wargaming/roleplay hobby blog of Geoff (AKA Fimm McCool) from Oakbound Studio. I hope you enjoy your visit.

fimmmccools.blogspot.com

Realm of Chaos 80s

realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com

Willmark's Darkside Blog

Musing of Willmark ranging from table top war gaming, reviews of modules and other sundry interests relating to role playing games.

thedarksideofwillmark.blogspot.com

The Tartarus Rim

In the dark and distant future the Tartarus Rim can be just this side of hell . . . Or the closest thing to salvation.

www.thetartarusrim.com

Hard Core Oldhammer

hardcoreoldhammer.blogspot.com

Another wargaming blog

Blog about scratch building wargames terrain, painting miniatures for Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40K and playing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th.

another-wargaming-blog.blogspot.com

Harm's Workshop

harmsworkshop.com

living lead - peinture sur figurines, sculpture et dioramas

Peinture, sculpture, dioramas, techniques de modélisme et autres réalisations liées à la figurine fantastique et à la miniature en général

livinglead.blogspot.com

Old School Workshop

oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com

LEADPLAGUE

My journey into the world of wargaming, Oldhammer and the art of being an old fashioned geek in this modern world.

leadplague.blogspot.com

The Epic Gamer

Oldenhammer in Toronto

A website about classic Citadel miniatures and the games that use them.

www.oldenhammer.com

Malacassa's Oldhammer Blog

malacassaoldhammer.blogspot.com

Tales of an Inexperienced Modelmaker

Blog about wargaming and model making, figure painting, terrain building.

inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.com

CHAOTIC ENTITIES: An Oldhammer Blog

A blog of blood and fire! Email me: Blackknightpainter@gmail.com

chaoticentities.blogspot.com

FreshMilk

A rarely updated chronicle of wargaming and miniature painting by @creepinduff

getfreshmilk.blogspot.com

Warm Ale and Mud

warmaleandmud.blogspot.com

 

[dieselmonkey]

I really don't bother with youtube at all for pretty much anything, hobby related or otherwise, I find it's either too amateurish and irritating or just dragged out to be over long for engagement farming purposes and I can't be bothered with it. Most 20 minute tutorials on there could be 3 minutes long and still not lose any relevant content, or even better a web page with text and photos. They also demand too much of you as you need to both watch and listen to them, and if I'm hobbying I'm not going to be watching something as well as it's a distraction.

I don't listen to podcasts either as music is 100% essential to my hobby time, and again, I find they're usually dragged out and would be far better served as a blog or forum post.

I did actually consider doing some youtube videos about oldschool scenery, scratchbuilding and RT/Altheim etc, but realised I'm a good decade too late to get in on the 'Influencer' train and can't be bothered spending all that time and effort to broadcast to about 12 people. I can do that on my blog with a lot less effort!

 

[Michael Stockin]

I find it's either too amateurish and irritating or just dragged out to be over long for engagement farming purposes and I can't be bothered with it. Most 20 minute tutorials on there could be 3 minutes long and still not lose any relevant content, or even better a web page with text and photos. They also demand too much of you as you need to both watch and listen to them, and if I'm hobbying I'm not going to be watching something as well as it's a distraction.

100%

 

[Berkut666]

I like Dwaniac on the old YouTube. He doesn’t have a heap of content but does 6th edition battle reports (among other things) in under 20 minutes. I find him quite funny. 6th is maybe a bit modern for some but it’s enjoyable.

 

[Padre]

TBH, I don't watch much YT sort of podcast content, not in terms of hobby, as I would rather spend the time moving my stuff forwards! I have enjoyed some Tabletop Battlefields stuff recently (Tom already mentioned this podcast above), especially the very recent two parter with Rick Priestley on narrative campaigns. It is possible I myself might be interviewed soon on there. I have also watched a deal of Crown of Command stuff (and was invited onto a couple), which is 4th and 5th ed focused (so I am a bit lost on there!). While I am painting I tend to listen to things like We Have Ways of Making You Talk (WW2), The Rest is History, as well as a while bunch of politics, history, philosophy and atheism stuff.

 

[EGG]

I check in on Orlygg's blog once in a while, and also find most of the Filmdeg interviews quite enlightening.

 

[Brother Meredith]

I follow loads of channels on YouTube (probably too many to bother listing here!)… I have highlighted a number on here in the past. https://forum.oldhammer.org/threads/youtubers.37885/#post-125951
I use Instagram for inspiration, but the main feed pages keeps pushing junk at the moment, so I have been spending less time scrolling on there…
I very rarely use Facebook these days and don’t have a Twitter/X style account.
I will follow links to the blogs that get posted on here, Orlygg's blog certainly helped with my renewed enthusiasm for old miniatures!
I am subscribed to a handful of podcasts, including Crown of Command and Grognard Files (which is more of an RPG focus).