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 27: Tools (and Other Stuff) We Can't Live Without
1h 53m · Published In this episode, Barry and Jim wax rhapsodic about tools and other stuff they can’t live without on their workbenches—and they have A LOT of fun doing it!
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Episode 26: Pat McGrath
1h 14m · Publishedhttp://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjects/2022/8/19/episode-26-actor-playwright-and-modeler-pat-mcgrathhttp://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjects/2022/8/19/episode-26-actor-playwright-and-modeler-pat-mcgrathBased in Dublin, armor modeler and orc sculptor Pat McGrath is a talented miniaturist, as well as a fine artist, an actor and a playwright; he performed a brilliant one-man show about our hobby, Small Plastic Wars (which we urge you to listen to here), that stands, as far as your hosts Barry and Jim know, as the only theatrical masterpiece exclusively about this odd pursuit of ours. We also talk about two of the themes in the play: modeling as therapy and (again) the idea of exhibiting vs. competition, and then we chat a bit about other appearances of our hobby in film and television.
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.
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Episode 26: Pat McGrath
1h 14m · Publishedhttp://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjects/2022/8/19/episode-26-actor-playwright-and-modeler-pat-mcgrathhttp://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjects/2022/8/19/episode-26-actor-playwright-and-modeler-pat-mcgrathBased in Dublin, armor modeler and orc sculptor Pat McGrath is a talented miniaturist, as well as a fine artist, an actor and a playwright; he performed a brilliant one-man show about our hobby, Small Plastic Wars (which we urge you to listen to here), that stands, as far as your hosts Barry and Jim know, as the only theatrical masterpiece exclusively about this odd pursuit of ours. We also talk about two of the themes in the play: modeling as therapy and (again) the idea of exhibiting vs. competition, and then we chat a bit about other appearances of our hobby in film and television.
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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 25: John Bonanni/IPMS Nationals
1h 20m · PublishedJim and Barry chat with John Bonanni about the 2022 International Plastic Modelers' Society USA national convention (the "Nats",) which they attended in Omaha, Nebraska in July. John is the second vice president of IPMS/USA and happens to share some of our views on how IPMS contests might be improved.
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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 25: John Bonanni/IPMS Nationals
1h 20m · PublishedJim and Barry chat with John Bonanni about the 2022 International Plastic Modelers' Society USA national convention (the "Nats",) which they attended in Omaha, Nebraska in July. John is the second vice president of IPMS/USA and happens to share some of our views on how IPMS contests might be improved.
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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 24: Pat Stansell
1h 43m · PublishedIn addition to being a fine armor modeler, Pat is a helluva funny guy, who wrote to your hosts saying he’d be eager to chat with us, after we mentioned our enduring fondness for the late, lamented magazine he edited, Military Miniatures in Review. Eager to get the story behind the sad demise of that fine mag, as well as to hear what Pat is currently up to in Delray Beach, Florida (his new publishing company can be found here), we had quite a few laughs, and thoroughly enjoyed our chat. We hope you will, too!
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 (up to 60 seconds) 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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 24: Pat Stansell
1h 43m · PublishedIn addition to being a fine armor modeler, Pat is a helluva funny guy, who wrote to your hosts saying he’d be eager to chat with us, after we mentioned our enduring fondness for the late, lamented magazine he edited, Military Miniatures in Review. Eager to get the story behind the sad demise of that fine mag, as well as to hear what Pat is currently up to in Delray Beach, Florida (his new publishing company can be found here), we had quite a few laughs, and thoroughly enjoyed our chat. We hope you will, too!
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 (up to 60 seconds) 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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 23: Calvin Tan
1h 33m · Published Calvin Tan has been recognized as one of the most talented sculptors and figure painters in the world, especially among those working with WWII subjects. A graduate of RMIT University who is now the Department Chair at DigiPen Institute of Technology, he’s one of the most eloquent artists we’ve interviewed on this podcast in terms of drawing connections between what we do in miniature (his favored scales: 1/35 and 1/16) and what some of the grand masters did in the realm of fine art; as he pointed out, there is plenty to learn from them, even if the connections aren’t always obvious. Calvin has an excellent blog where you can follow his works in progress here, and, as always, after our chat, your hosts pick several of his pieces to discuss in depth.
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 (up to 60 seconds) 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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 23: Calvin Tan
1h 33m · Published Calvin Tan has been recognized as one of the most talented sculptors and figure painters in the world, especially among those working with WWII subjects. A graduate of RMIT University who is now the Department Chair at DigiPen Institute of Technology, he’s one of the most eloquent artists we’ve interviewed on this podcast in terms of drawing connections between what we do in miniature (his favored scales: 1/35 and 1/16) and what some of the grand masters did in the realm of fine art; as he pointed out, there is plenty to learn from them, even if the connections aren’t always obvious. Calvin has an excellent blog where you can follow his works in progress here, and, as always, after our chat, your hosts pick several of his pieces to discuss in depth.
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 (up to 60 seconds) 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.
Contact us at [email protected]
Episode 22: Box Dioramas
1h 50m · PublishedYou can find photos and links to information discussed in each episode at our podcast blog on boxdioramas.com
And, in the wake of MFCA 2022 and a continued period of busy modeling by people stuck inside avoiding COVID, we've added a ton of new updates to boxdioramas.com, all of which are charted on the News page, though it's also a lot of fun to just click around."
Check out some other great modeling podcasts on modelpodcasts.com
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.