Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy - Launching today (27th of March)

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**BrookM**

Link to new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRNH2cb6VwsZbzILptDVIA

Link: https://twitter.com/WHTV_Dunc/status/1209584156683976711

And the quote(s):

Hey folks, so I've seen some rumourmongering that I'm leaving Games Workshop. In the interest of honesty I will say now that yes, this is true, I am leaving at the end of the year, though I had hoped that it wouldn't have got out until Boxing Day at least...

...but don't panic! For now my plan is to have a nice Christmas holiday and after that, well, we shall see. Anything I get up to will certainly be put up here so that you know straight away.

I'll do my best to drop in to Twitter as often as I can over the next few days to answer any questions but obviously being Christmas everyone has their priorities right now, so enjoy yourself and play a game of Warhammer and charge something in it for me! :-)

Also I'd like to say, I'm truely overwhelmed and humbled by the support the community has given over the years. Making the hobby accessible has been my driving passion in all my time at GW, and I'm so happy that I have helped so many people get into painting their miniatures.

Sad news, as I quite enjoyed his tutorials and personally learned a lot from them, but I wish good luck with his future ventures.

**Apple Peel**

BrookM wrote:
Link: https://twitter.com/WHTV_Dunc/status/1209584156683976711

And the quote(s):

Hey folks, so I've seen some rumourmongering that I'm leaving Games Workshop. In the interest of honesty I will say now that yes, this is true, I am leaving at the end of the year, though I had hoped that it wouldn't have got out until Boxing Day at least...

...but don't panic! For now my plan is to have a nice Christmas holiday and after that, well, we shall see. Anything I get up to will certainly be put up here so that you know straight away.

I'll do my best to drop in to Twitter as often as I can over the next few days to answer any questions but obviously being Christmas everyone has their priorities right now, so enjoy yourself and play a game of Warhammer and charge something in it for me! :-)

Also I'd like to say, I'm truely overwhelmed and humbled by the support the community has given over the years. Making the hobby accessible has been my driving passion in all my time at GW, and I'm so happy that I have helped so many people get into painting their miniatures.
Sad news, as I quite enjoyed his tutorials and personally learned a lot from them, but I wish good luck with his future ventures.

Think he’ll get into a similar line of work?

**Overread**

Of all their staff doing painting videos I liked him the most - he was a natural in front of the camera and you could really tell that he was one of the staff who is still really in the full swing of loving his models.

Sad news for us, but hopefully its him getting to move onto bigger and better things in life! Wish him all the luck!

**BrianDavion**

yeah this is sad, Despite only appering in videos duncan was proably one of the most important people in my development of my hobby skills.

**winnertakesall**

Christmas status: Ruined

**aracersss**

there goes the last piece of soul from games workshop

**Elbows**

How can anyone see this as a bad thing?

GW is a pretty stifling/corporate place to work. It's not uncommon for quality employees to leave and join other venues or start their own businesses. I'm always quite happy to see someone part ways with GW and strike out on their own in a much more open fashion. If he does leave the hobby, he's done very well by us and he should be applauded for being the "face of GW' for several years.

While GW is the big fish in the pond, they're not a particularly stunning place to work from everything I've heard. There's a reason so many big names from the 90's are no longer working there, but are still in the industry. I'm excited to see what Duncan gets into next.

**Grot 6**

I'm sure he'll bounce over to Mantic or Warlord. Don't worry about Duncan, he's a great personality and well worth his weight in gold.
These companies should be pit fighting for his caliber of character.

The real question- The painting videos... Who's getting the slot next?

**BrianDavion**

well they've already got other people who do the painting videos, not just duncan.

I kinda hope duncan keeps up doing the painting videos, even if just as part of a personal vlog. might be neat to see him tackling non GW products and using a range of paints beyind just GW paints

**silent25**

I doubt any of the other miniature companies would offer much better pay than GW. Given his natural on screen charisma, I suspect he may try his own online painting videos. With an existing dedicated following, setting up a Patreon with regular painting videos, he can get a good number of followers. I've seen what some of them pull in, and while not a fortune, it's probably better than what GW is paying. That may actually be his plan.

**Snrub**

Bit of a bummer, as his videos were always good value. Always enjoyed him better then Peachy or Emma when in front of the camera. Emma never really seemed comfortable and Peachy just doesn't have the same on screen "zazz" that Duncan has.
If only they could get Darren Latham to do their tutorials.

Still, all the best to him, and hopefully he doesn't stray far from the hobby.

**Platuan4th**

aracersss wrote:
there goes the last piece of soul from games workshop

What about James Workshop?

**H.B.M.C.**

Well that sucks. :(

**JWBS**

Darren Latham's channel is putting out quality content very regularly. Whilst I appreciated a lot of Duncan's vids, nothing really inspired me half as much as Latham's stuff. This may just be because I'm just getting back into painting, but really probably not. He's also very consistent, despite his channel not being official GW (as far as I'm aware).

**DeadEyeDuk**

Well that's sad news to end the year. I have loved Duncan's work in the New GW and credit him as an important part of the more accessible company that exists now.

People always move on in work, but when you are an "internet personality" it always seems more personal to us the viewers.

The old longer format Duncan tutorials were best, and they are still there should we need them.

Still a punch to the gut though!

**Thargrim**

I still think the putrid blightking 2 part tutorial was the best one WHTV came out with. The quality of the tutorials has been slipping pretty much all year. They used to do in depth guides, plus guides for every necromunda and blood bowl team. They just started half arsing it I guess. This is the least surprising news i've heard in a while though. Cause they've been phasing him out for a while.

**BrianDavion**

silent25 wrote:
I doubt any of the other miniature companies would offer much better pay than GW. Given his natural on screen charisma, I suspect he may try his own online painting videos. With an existing dedicated following, setting up a Patreon with regular painting videos, he can get a good number of followers. I've seen what some of them pull in, and while not a fortune, it's probably better than what GW is paying. That may actually be his plan.

agreed. if he wants to paint miniatures (on or off camera) I doubt anyone else will offer better employment prospects then GW. Keep in mind that while rules designers are going to feel constrained by GW's corperate dictates, and mini designers might as well, the only real constrant on someone doing what Duncan was doing would be being told you had to use only GW's paint line and product line, and (especially if you're not paying for it) that's not that big a deal.

**Ghaz**

BrookM wrote:Link: https://twitter.com/WHTV_Dunc/status/1209584156683976711

And the quote(s):

Hey folks, so I've seen some rumourmongering that I'm leaving Games Workshop. In the interest of honesty I will say now that yes, this is true, I am leaving at the end of the year, though I had hoped that it wouldn't have got out until Boxing Day at least...

...but don't panic! For now my plan is to have a nice Christmas holiday and after that, well, we shall see. Anything I get up to will certainly be put up here so that you know straight away.

I'll do my best to drop in to Twitter as often as I can over the next few days to answer any questions but obviously being Christmas everyone has their priorities right now, so enjoy yourself and play a game of Warhammer and charge something in it for me! :-)

Also I'd like to say, I'm truely overwhelmed and humbled by the support the community has given over the years. Making the hobby accessible has been my driving passion in all my time at GW, and I'm so happy that I have helped so many people get into painting their miniatures.
Sad news, as I quite enjoyed his tutorials and personally learned a lot from them, but I wish good luck with his future ventures.

winnertakesall wrote:Christmas status: Ruined

Spoiler:

**Nurglitch**

The new Contrast paints drove him mad!

**Ghaz**

Nurglitch wrote:
The new Contrast paints drove him mad!

More likely it was the 'Battle Ready' tutorials...

**beast_gts**

Grot 6 wrote:
The real question- The painting videos... Who's getting the slot next?

Duncan Rhodes wrote:Ooh by the way! Some might think that this is the end of GW hobby videos, but it is not! @ChrisPeach001 and @nick_bayton are still going to be making them so have no fear :-)

**RuneGrey**

To be fair, GW has always balanced out the fact that they don't pay well with... well, enthusiasm. A lot of people are willing to take working for their favorite hobby company in lieu of a superior wage, and the discount can help a lot if GW models make up the majority of your leisure time.

But on the same note, they really just... don't pay that well. Some of their postings for their corporate office have had hilariously lowball salaries listed, and while its livable... its entirely possible to leverage your talents for a better wage to live on elsewhere. I'm pretty sure Duncan probably received a superior offer elsewhere, and his on camera presence and ability to present excellent tutorials certainly had a lot to do with it.

**lord marcus**

beast_gts wrote:
Grot 6 wrote:
The real question- The painting videos... Who's getting the slot next?

Duncan Rhodes wrote:Ooh by the way! Some might think that this is the end of GW hobby videos, but it is not! @ChrisPeach001 and @nick_bayton are still going to be making them so have no fear :-)

Meh. I like peachy, but he doesn't have the presence or candor that Duncan does. He's rather wooden on camera

**IanVanCheese**

I think it's likely he's going to do his own YouTube channel. He's famous enough to build a decent following.

Good luck to him, whatever he's doing. Dude's a legend.

**flamingkillamajig**

Oh no! I don't even like painting but he was like bob ross or Billy Mays. Without him who's going to guide all the new painters. It's like a beloved voice actor not reprising a cherished role.

Maybe I'm making this into a big deal but he seemed like a good guy. That's something gw probably doesn't often have at it's higher up staff.

**Chopstick**

Hope he get a better pay job, the painting vid had been boring for the past years.

**Elbows**

RuneGrey wrote:
To be fair, GW has always balanced out the fact that they don't pay well with... well, enthusiasm. A lot of people are willing to take working for their favorite hobby company in lieu of a superior wage, and the discount can help a lot if GW models make up the majority of your leisure time.

But on the same note, they really just... don't pay that well. Some of their postings for their corporate office have had hilariously lowball salaries listed, and while its livable... its entirely possible to leverage your talents for a better wage to live on elsewhere. I'm pretty sure Duncan probably received a superior offer elsewhere, and his on camera presence and ability to present excellent tutorials certainly had a lot to do with it.

Pretty much this. I'm not sure why people are responding with "no one pays as well as GW". GW is borderline notorious for being slim on the paychecks - the employees often considering discounts, free product, and being in the "hobby" as part of their salary (and thus willing to accept lesser pay).

Something tells me Duncan could seriously go Patreon and make double his current salary if he had his own content. GW makes tons of money, but they don't pay tons of money -not sure where people are getting that info.

**Azreal13**

Well, Kevin took home 7 figures last year I believe...

**Templarted**

I remember hearing on a one of the podcast episodes(yes I know it’s a bit sad) that he took a pay cut for the job he had at GW before he started doing the painting tutorial videos for them. I wouldn’t be surprised if they never increased the money since then.

**Shadowbrand**

I saw the news on one of the many -many- 40k related FB groups i'm on.

The man basically helped me get the confidence to paint a Eldar army, albeit Ulthwe arguably the easy Craftworld to paint.

Best of luck wherever you go.