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Small SubjectsAuthor: 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 Paines Armor Modelers Guide). You can contact the hosts at smallsubjectspodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Hobbies, Leisure, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 65: Talking with Chris Meddings about the Upturner Prize and "Ask Barry"
Episode 65
Wednesday, 14 January, 2026
Barry and Jim chat once again with U.K. modeler Chris Meddings about a new international online “juried exhibition” he’s launched called the Upturner Prize, which, as he puts it atop the web site, is intended for “celebrating modellers who push the limits of miniatures, models, and what they can say, with an annual prize for artistic creation in miniature.”Your hosts round out this episode with a new segment Jim has now formally named: “Ask Barry.”
