Small Subjects
by Jim and Barry
Small Subjects is a podcast devoted to discussing big topics in the worlds of scale modeling, diorama-building, and sculpting and painting miniature figures, as well as presenting interviews with some of the top artists in the field, including every era, and ranging from historical to fantasy subjects. Co-hosts Barry Biediger, who is based in Salt Lake City, and Jim DeRogatis, who lives in Chicago, are the editors of the Web site boxdioramas.com. Both have decades of experience as modelers, though they maintain that they are always curious and always learning. They are dedicated members of the Military Miniature Society of Illinois, where they considered the great Sheperd Paine a friend and mentor. Barry is also a member of his local chapter of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society, while DeRogatis has written, co-written, or edited ten books about popular music and two about miniatures and modeling (Sheperd Paine: The Life and Work of a Master Modeler and Military Historian and Shep Paine’s Armor Modelers Guide). You can contact the hosts at [email protected]. Thanks for listening!
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Episodes
Episode 37: Gary Baker, hair and Historex
1h 59m · PublishedIn this episode, your hosts have a fascinating chat with British native, now San Diego-based painter and modeler Gary Baker. In addition to being big fans of his work, and agreeing that he’s one of the finest gents we’ve met in the hobby in recent years, we were eager to hear Gary’s thoughts about sculpting and painting hair—he’s a professional stylist and the creative director at UNITE Hair—and he made us think even more about how much character hair adds to a figure, as well as paying attention to the fine distinctions in hair styles in different eras. We’re used to focusing on uniforms and equipment and the way such change, even within the span of one conflict, but Gary got us going even deeper.
Barry and Jim are excited about the Historex group build that sprung from the enthusiasm of their listeners. They discuss what makes these little white plastic kits, made up of a bag of initially bewildering parts, so fun to work with.
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
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- Historex group build
- Fantasy bust group build
- or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
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Episode 36: Mike Hilleary
1h 37m · PublishedBarry and Jim had a splendid chat with Mike Hilleary, the Connecticut-based modeler they consider one of the best painters in America today.
The boys also used the opportunity of a question left on the show’s voice mail to discuss that recent editorial in the IPMS Journal by the group’s president David Lockhart, which effectively claimed that there would be no modeling shows in the U.S. without the group, and that people who come to and exhibit at its shows without being active members of the club are “freeloaders.”
On a much cheerier note, Jim tells the story of the recent auction in Beloit, WI, of some of the classic box dioramas by Shep Paine and others, as well as some of the “super-dioramas” by Bob Letterman and Lewis Pruneau, from the collection of the late Ralph Koebbeman.
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 36: Mike Hilleary
1h 37m · PublishedBarry and Jim had a splendid chat with Mike Hilleary, the Connecticut-based modeler they consider one of the best painters in America today.
The boys also used the opportunity of a question left on the show’s voice mail to discuss that recent editorial in the IPMS Journal by the group’s president David Lockhart, which effectively claimed that there would be no modeling shows in the U.S. without the group, and that people who come to and exhibit at its shows without being active members of the club are “freeloaders.”
On a much cheerier note, Jim tells the story of the recent auction in Beloit, WI, of some of the classic box dioramas by Shep Paine and others, as well as some of the “super-dioramas” by Bob Letterman and Lewis Pruneau, from the collection of the late Ralph Koebbeman.
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 35: MFCA 2023
1h 30m · PublishedOn May 5 and 6, your hosts once again traveled to the outskirts of Philadelphia for
the 80th Annual Show sponsored by the Miniature Figure Collectors of America, one of the premier exhibitions of miniature arts in the U.S. In this episode, Barry and Jim offer some thoughts on the show recorded after the fact, as well as some live recordings amidst all of the fun on Saturday morning—an audio vérité first for Small Subjects!
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 35: MFCA 2023
1h 30m · PublishedOn May 5 and 6, your hosts once again traveled to the outskirts of Philadelphia for
the 80th Annual Show sponsored by the Miniature Figure Collectors of America, one of the premier exhibitions of miniature arts in the U.S. In this episode, Barry and Jim offer some thoughts on the show recorded after the fact, as well as some live recordings amidst all of the fun on Saturday morning—an audio vérité first for Small Subjects!
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 34: Joe Berton
2h 32m · PublishedJoe has been an active modeler since his teens in the early 1970s, and he is one of the most acclaimed artists and well-loved friend-to-all in the miniatures hobby. A retired art teacher, he’s a man with a million stories (and a rather famous alter ego, at least among baseball fans). We enjoyed every minute of talking with him, and feel like we’ve only scratched the surface, so we may well have to consider a recurring segment. (We do love the idea he floated of “Travels with Shep.”)
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 34: Joe Berton
2h 32m · PublishedJoe has been an active modeler since his teens in the early 1970s, and he is one of the most acclaimed artists and well-loved friend-to-all in the miniatures hobby. A retired art teacher, he’s a man with a million stories (and a rather famous alter ego, at least among baseball fans). We enjoyed every minute of talking with him, and feel like we’ve only scratched the surface, so we may well have to consider a recurring segment. (We do love the idea he floated of “Travels with Shep.”)
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 33: Ingvild Eiring
2h 13m · PublishedYour hosts have been big fans of Ingvild Eiring’s box dioramas since she first made us aware of them by emailing this Web site and asking if we thought it would make sense to add a gallery for her. Heck yes!, we said, and what’s more, we thought we could learn a lot by chatting with this extraordinary artist, since she straddles the worlds of our pursuit, the dollhouse hobby, and fine art. (She has had several gallery exhibitions, and her work is much sought-after by collectors.)
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 33: Ingvild Eiring
2h 13m · PublishedYour hosts have been big fans of Ingvild Eiring’s box dioramas since she first made us aware of them by emailing this Web site and asking if we thought it would make sense to add a gallery for her. Heck yes!, we said, and what’s more, we thought we could learn a lot by chatting with this extraordinary artist, since she straddles the worlds of our pursuit, the dollhouse hobby, and fine art. (She has had several gallery exhibitions, and her work is much sought-after by collectors.)
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 32: Travis Haussener
1h 58m · PublishedOn this episode, we talk with one of Barry’s fellow modelers from Utah, Travis Haussener, who, despite the shared passion for miniatures and modeling, differs from him and co-host Jim in two pretty significant ways: Athleticism (you won’t find either of us getting buried in an avalanche, mainly because you’d never find either of us on skis), and, um, he holds a PhD in organic chemistry. We thought we could glean some insights into a lot of stuff we use on the workbench all the time without having much of a clue about how it works—or what we may be doing to ourselves by inhaling or ingesting it. We were not disappointed, and in fact, we’ve already got a long list of questions for a second round with Travis in the future (and maybe his physician wife, too). Modeling may not be as dangerous as skiing off-trail in the mountains, but then again, stabbing yourself with the X-acto or spilling a bottle of plastic cement is no picnic, either. Enjoy!
BTW, in spite of Jim welcoming Travis to Sound Opinions, you are indeed listening to Small Subjects.
You can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
We want to hear from you! CLICK HERE to leave us a message about anything in any of our episodes, or to pose a question you’d like to hear us address, and we’ll air it in an upcoming episode.
Join our fantasy bust group build on Facebook, or hang out in the Small Subjects Hospitality Suite.
Contact us at [email protected]
Small Subjects has 83 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 136:24:59. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 12th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 5th, 2024 23:10.