excellent elvis.. you covered a lot, thanks for that... Some of the stuff you mentioned was considered, some not, so I'll just take each point as it comes up...
- I reckon 20mins is a good target to aim for, looking at it now a few days on I think there's one or even two too many fly-bys with music. Added for dramatic effect but could be reduced. Also there won't be a minute intro like this one normally. Adding stuff you mention later though will be at the sacrifice of something else tho.
- Yes, you and AW, have spotted the fact I was playing against myself with my two most painted armies, and even they needed 32 models more to make them upto 1850
...This was a test, with what I had. The table didn't need a lot of work, that is my normal gaming table I use at home (standard 6x4 flocked with movable terrain), but painted armies I am short on; fortunately not of friends who aren't. Off the top of my head I can think of a
BA, Tau,
SM or two, Ork, Spacewolf, Eldar or two and another
CD and
CSM armies to call upon. I'm going to get necrons again as they could be painted up in a week!! lol
- Intro for the video, well that can only improve.. Fancy doing one Elvis? I'm camera shy
What your saying is that each video should be treat as a separate entity, able to tell anyone looking what it is and where it came from.. I would say you are right mate. I have made a note to expand the intro with the relevant info.
- what's my thing: I would say that I am aiming to bring videos that encompass the whole aspect of the hobby. Battle reports usually consist of guys rolling dice at each other with no narrative; the armies don't usually look very good; some not even painted; and the tables/terrain are poor. Now I think most of Luke's games do that, so I took that format as my 'model' because it represented everything the hobby is to me. Luke only produces a small number of reports though and I think we can produce some also giving the people who like this kind of report more of them. I have approached Luke and offered/asked if he would be interested in some co op and see if we can get him into our community also... waiting to hear more... So basically the aim is to produce high end, all encompassing videos... but relevance is also key as you mentioned, and this point I took on board immediately.
- the videos need to be on the latest thing if they are to attract/appeal to more people. I have in the painting queue, two imperial strong points, firestorm redoute, vengeance weapons and mytr's defence line... These will take a little while to paint, but they are coming. I also have a few super heavies and could do an Escalation battle soon if I can find someone willing to take on a titan in a normal game. So putting a schedule together for reports to aim for is maybe a good thing.. hard to know what's coing up next... mmm I wonder what Richie's nids look like... might ask for a game and take a look at them.
I think that covers all you points Elvis.. thanks again, priceless
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:02 pm
I've deleted the first one.
)