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I am quite proud of the fact that my
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Channel's growing and that I've had such
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a positive response from The Amazing
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community of 3D printers out there but I
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know if I want to grow and become a huge
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YouTube Star I need to do something
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Sensational and this is why last week I
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decided to take my ACT to London just to
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see if I've got what it takes to make it
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in the big city and I wasn't there an
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hour before I landed my first
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gig oh sorry everyone I went full
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YouTuber there and as many of you know
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I'm more the straight talking truthsayer
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so I'll go back to normal instead of
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some offbeat dramatic Hawk let me
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quickly tell you what this video is
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about and why you shouldn't miss it hi
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Ross fmer videos you know all that let's
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crack on the story here is simple while
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I was in Poland filming for the world's
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Beyond promotion I got chatting to the
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guys who run my minifactory and the more
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I learned about the company the more I
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started to realize people would want to
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see this and that assumed audience
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desire was proven to me when I released
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my Titan Forge studio video and that one
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performed in incredibly well which is
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why today I've brought you another
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exclusive behind the scenes this time at
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my minifactory and only games in London
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now most of you out there already know
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my mini Factory if you have a 3D printer
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and you like minis it's pretty much the
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default place you go but there are
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features of the platform that I'm sure
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many of you like me don't even realize
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are there and we'll get to that but in
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order to make a video that I think my
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audience would actually want to see I
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had to think back to many of the
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comments I get and a portion of my
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audience I I've carelessly ignored sorry
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are those people who love the technology
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of resin Printing and the models created
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from it but don't want to deal with the
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hassle of 3D printing you know from
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learning how to do it or just don't want
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one or can't put one in their home even
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for me I hear people referring to 3D
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printing as a hobby but my hobby is
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actually everything that happens after
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the model is printed well that's where
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only games comes in one of the things
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that many people don't know is that my
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minifactory have a partner site called
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only games and their purpose to provide
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consistent high quality and usable
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Miniatures for the people who want these
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digital models but don't want a 3D
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printer hell seriously if I didn't do
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what I do on YouTube I'd see the appeal
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of just getting these models and crack
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on painting them painting is still my
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first love in this Hobby and considering
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3D prints are more varied more detailed
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and typically need less cleanup and
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assembly than plastic Miniatures then
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yeah we can all appreciate the desire
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for the sculpts coming out from these
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various creators and look I know this is
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sounding like a sales pitch already but
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let me be clear I wasn't paid to make
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this video it's not sponsored I get a
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commission on referrals to only games
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but that's it so honestly go check out
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only games or don't I genuinely don't
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care the fun bit is seeing how all this
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happens and if you do go then you know
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please click my link first so if you're
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aware of my minifactory model creators
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can sign up there create a store get a
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dedicated account manager and sell their
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models but once that's done just one
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click will get the ball roll rolling to
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Port a digital library or just a
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selection of it to only games or you can
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start directly on only games if you're a
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Creator looking to just sell physicals
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rather than digital STL files and for
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anyone thinking oh yeah but at what
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markup for only games well once the
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Creator uploads the models to only games
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they then receive a set manufacturing
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price for those models and they're
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allowed to choose the models prices
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themselves at whatever markup they
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desire and this is one of the things
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that kind of explains the culture behind
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both only games and minifactory they're
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all in the same office and for all
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intents and purposes they're the same
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company but their business model is such
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that they intend to be little more than
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the platform that enables creators to
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share and earn from their work and I
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don't just mean digital creators of
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models who can obviously sell their STL
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files and as shown the physical models
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too but did you know you can actually
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upload pictures of your printed models
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on the pages for them and these become
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part of the gallery on my mini facto
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canvas section to me me now knowing some
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of the ideas my minifactory have to
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develop this module it could potentially
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replace what the community lost when
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Instagram became Tik Tok too you know
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somewhere that you can use to inspire
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your future paintings but unlike Tik Tok
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when you upload to this platform and
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connect your PayPal account you can also
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receive tips from other users thanking
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you for your work now back to ear games
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when someone orders a model from here I
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got to see the process from the back end
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everything here is made to order and
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that's what I want want to show what
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goes into that process every single
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model is printed in only game's own
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proprietary resin and it's supported by
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them in house too and I'll come back to
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the model quality in AO but I asked them
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to print a model of myself that I had
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commissioned by Titan Forge and yes this
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is full on narcissism on my part and the
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model's name is Lord narcissus in honor
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of that but I wanted something that I
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could have as a giveaway at events and
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the first chance to get one of these
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from me is at UK games Expo 202 for so
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if you're going find me say hi and just
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ask for one I will be creating a page
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for it on my minifactory so people can
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upload painted versions if they so wish
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to paint them but the STL isn't going to
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be available to download just yet I kind
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of want to keep this as a special thing
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for now but let's say this was an
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ordered model once that order comes in
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it's then queed up to be printed in one
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of the largest printing rooms I ever
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seen now I am a bit limited as to what I
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can show you in the video because well
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for good reasons games don't want others
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to see and then copy their process but
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once i' done my safety gear I was able
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to have a look around and this room
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houses hundreds of printers along with
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ventilation equipment above all the
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machines and wash stations they even
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have custom trolleys for loading
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completed Bill plates on and moving them
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from between printers and wash areas and
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because I was there a couple of days I
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witnessed at the end of the day a full
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clean down is performed to minimize what
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is well let's be fair it's a very messy
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process but a lot of the real work and
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effort goes in when packing your models
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because each of them has the supports
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removed before being shipped and that
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minimizes the time you spend at home
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cleaning up a print all you need to do
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is unbox it and paint it and I've got to
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say they are so committed to Quality
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that if you have any issues with your
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print just send them pictures and
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they'll replace it and I'm sure you'll
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agree I know that one of the biggest
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concerns people have with 3D printed
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models is inconsistent results well
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you'll get that from the likes of eBay
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and Etsy but this place does the same
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thing with the same resin time and time
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again and I must admit I am super
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impressed with both the level of detail
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and flexibility this custom resin
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produces it is excellent for tabletop
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Miniatures and for larger models too but
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speaking of unboxing as I just was only
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games also have their own packaging too
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and I I just find this cool they can
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actually print out giant cards and
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follow up in a machine which Cuts these
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up and adds double-sided tape strips in
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order to make their own custom boxes and
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this is for only games orders custom
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branded orders for larger brands of
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model Sellers and their own crates which
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they sell each month in collaboration
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with two Thin coats so that you can get
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both physical models paints and a
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painting guide in one package each month
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but honestly the thing that made me know
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I can trust them as a brand is that I
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found we of screwdrivers lying around
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and they have a whole corner of bamboo
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printers which reminds me I do need need
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to ask them for their printing profile
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on these because well for fdm these
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prints put the ooh in smooth see smooth
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do you get it that was probably my worst
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joke ever but if you found it funny
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laugh and comment if you didn't ignore I
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said anything but across both Brands
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it's a ton of stuff that they do and
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they are constantly growing and
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improving so next time you check out my
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mini Factory instead of just looking at
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the store take a couple of minutes to
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see some of the other tabs tribes for
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example is where you can subscribe to
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your favorite creators and you must be
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aware of this model it's like what many
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creators do on patreon where you pay a
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set amount each month for the latest
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Creations from that studio but on my
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mini Factory 92% of your subscription
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goes to the Creator and even for most of
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the patreon subs the models are normally
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delivered by my minifactory anyway that
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honestly makes me wonder why people even
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use patreon as a middleman is it that
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people just don't know about tribes
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honestly if you sub to a patreon when
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there's the option of a tribe on my
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minifactory why like seriously let me
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know in the comments I'm genuinely
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curious but anyway the other tab you
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should definitely keep an eye on is
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Frontiers and I was part of one of these
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recently with worlds Beyond as many of
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you probably know I've shouted about it
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and shoved it in your face more than
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enough but Frontiers is essentially a
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promotional tool for creators running
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campaigns think of this like the
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crowdfunding model but for viewers of
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the site like us it's basically the best
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way to get a ton of of models at the
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lowest prices but unlike say a
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Kickstarter as soon as you make your
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pledge here the files are delivered to
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your library immediately for download
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there's no waiting a month to years to
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get your models and for several recent
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campaigns the creators have actually
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earned more and got more people
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subscribing through my minifactory than
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equivalent platforms but speaking of
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things going in your library this is
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actually my favorite feature of the
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platform unlike others where you need to
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download your models and store them
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locally on your machine in some custom
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hierarchy so that you can find them
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later here you just leave them online in
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your library and download them whenever
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you need them everything is already
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stored in a sensible manner by Creator
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and look I know my minifactory isn't
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perfect but they have advised me that
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they're working on things like sight
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speed and they do listen to community
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feedback they are planning to make a lot
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of improvements to their various site
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modules which well I can't talk about
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for probably obvious reasons but let me
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just tell you I'm excited for all of it
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but the real reason I feel comfortable
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and want to promote these guys is
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because well after speaking with them
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for so long I've realized their approach
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to business is much like my own you see
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I don't work for any of the brands that
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I make videos about I work for you the
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viewer and I truly believe that if you
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trust me then my platform will naturally
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grow and everything I heard from all of
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the staff members during my time at my
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minifactory echoed these same values my
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minifactory want to create a community
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for makers and creators to not only
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share their work but to earn from it too
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model creation and painting whatever
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your flavor has always been a niche and
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inclusive space and this platform gives
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Independence the power to Take Back
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Control of our creativity and I've said
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this is the future so many times in
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recent videos that I'm starting to sound
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like a parrot but when I'm constantly
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hearing people's negative thoughts about
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companies no longer promoting the
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creators Behind These models in an
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industry where we the consumers of that
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art want to support and Champion the
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creators it means so much to me when I
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hear my mini Factory state that they're
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not the brand they're just the platform
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that exists to promote the brands it's
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never been about them it's all about the
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community behind them it's about us I
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want to say thanks for watching and a
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huge thanks to our members for
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supporting us they get early access to
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videos like this and their name on
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screen now if you want to hear more
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about me giving my thoughts and opinions
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on the Miniatures and model industry
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then well I'm now officially part of the
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painting phase an amazing Chat Show and
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hobby Channel featuring some of the best
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guests in the hobby industry so come
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along and drop us a subscribe for your
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support links are down in the
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description also in the description are
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links to only games so if you're going
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to buy something do me a favor click
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that I'll I'll make a little percentage
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no cost to you don't forget to come and
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find me at UK games Expo 2024 I'll be on
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a panel with mini War gaming from 12:00
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till 1:00 on the Sunday and then
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straight after that I'll be at the my
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mini Factory Booth so if you want a free
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model come along and ask for one the
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other days yes I'm also there I'm just
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wondering about I can't wait to meet
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everyone who wants a free mini of me and
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until next time mini me you complete me
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oh that's so cringey anyway see you guys
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F hammer out
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