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Hi I am looking for some advice I am wanting to start a youtube channel to try and pay for the very expensive hobby that is games workshop . I need you to let me know if you would be interested in painting/terrain tutorials and what content you would be interested in excited for your feedback thanks

For any YouTube channel that I'm going to watch more than a 5 minutes video, you've got to be one of two things:

1) Informative. Provide solid, reliable information, tips, tricks or advice. Make it clear, clean and visible - good lighting and audio. This is tough because 90% of the game channels I see people try to start provide nothing. If you're doing rumours/leaks? Already covered by a hundred other pages. Are you doing painting tips? You better be better than the hundreds of excellent sources out there. I think you need be top class or aim at a very specific niche. You want to run a narrative unfolding story in continuing battle reports? Perhaps. Do you want to focus your YouTube channel on one specific race in 40K? That may net you a small click of avid fans/viewers. If you're going to simply show me battle reports - you better make them better/different or both to what's already available.

2) Be entertaining. This is the harder part. People are either charismatic and easy to listen to, or they're not. It takes a hell of a channel to overcome someone who's unkempt, unintelligible, annoying, or has an awful voice. This is the fastest way to get me to close the YouTube window. If your voice is annoying, or you're on a crappy camera, or hurl advertisements etc. in my face - your video won't last 10-15 seconds on the screen. You can try the opposite where you try to become the "angry" 40K YouTube video channel also. That's a tough sell, but some people can get away with it. If you're funny, have good comic timing or have enough "snark" to be entertaining - you could gain an audience that way.

YT etc. is flooded with excellent channels for most 40K content. Gotta bring something new. That's the only advice I can give you. Last thing you want to do is put a ton of time and effort into videos and then get 200 views per video with 30-50 subscribers. One other piece of advice - if you're going to try to compete with the YT crowd, make sure you have legitimate editing software, a decent camera, lighting, audio etc. If it's filmed or recorded on a tinny cell phone? No one's going to sit through that.

Thanks for the quick reply and great honest advice I really appreciate it