I\'m a painter not a fighter

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exilesjjb

New member
Well I guess I have to admit it now as it has been 17 year since I gamed on a weekly basis and 5 years since I played anyone not related to melol
I am no longer a gamer who paints but a painter who once in a while games.
It is a brave new world for me here on-line and I hope to get out to some comps aswell so look out for my figures (when I finish any that are good enoughlol)
I want to thank you in advance for all the free advice (I guess it may cost me the odd pint at a show) and look forward to interacting with you CMON minions for years to come
Cheers James
 
Donga

Donga

Active member
We all just like yacking about painting.

I think thats why I\'m here...

(why am I here?)
 
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Ritual

New member
You\'re in good company here! :beer: Just look at the gaming sections of this forum... pretty dead.
 
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ScottRadom

Shogun of Saskatchewan
It\'s been near a year for me joining up with the online painting forums and such. I used to be a game motivated painter, but I haven\'t rolled dice in anger for a long time with any sort fo consistency.

I still love mini gaming, it\'s just that putting all the stuff I\'ve learned into practice makes the thought of painting 100 mini\'s for Warhammer not feasible to accomplish on a year or 6. I am looking into playing some of the skirmish level games with 5-10 figs a side, like Malifaux from Wyrd coming out soon.

But I here\'s ya. I get a lot of fullfillment out of the pure painting side of things now, and I never would\'ve imagined a year ago painting something that wasn\'t intended to be dice related at all.
 
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exilesjjb

New member
@Scottradom I know what you mean I have just had a bonus from work and spent it on 54mm figures from Scibor did not even enter my mind to buy a new army
Is this the 2nd evolution of James (some would say I missed the first evolution)lol
 
kathrynloch

kathrynloch

New member
Yeah, I haven\'t gamed in ages. My hubby started out with WFB, high elf army and we both played Battletech but the friends we played with all moved away. :(

For awhile I was playing LOTR but I was having to drive to Houston on the weekends to do it - that 2 hour drive got old really quickly.

So now I just collect and paint the minis I like no matter who makes them rather than try to develop armies. But I do miss playing.
 
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exilesjjb

New member
@Naukhel you are to clever for the rest of us then I guesslol
@generulpoleaxe Naps the only period not played but did alot of Seven Years war which lead up to the Nap, bought a box of Vitrix brits myself not put any paint on them yet would love to see what results you get
 
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generulpoleaxe

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Originally posted by exilesjjb
@Naukhel you are to clever for the rest of us then I guesslol
@generulpoleaxe Naps the only period not played but did alot of Seven Years war which lead up to the Nap, bought a box of Vitrix brits myself not put any paint on them yet would love to see what results you get
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my infantry and cavalry will be quite basic as i get very little time to paint my own stuff.
 
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evil tendencies

Cake or Death?
I\'m definitely an artist, both in practice and in temperament. But I find that the art is more interesting when given constraints, and so I make it a point to game with my stuff.

It gives my art a focus, and the unique challenges of painting gaming pieces allows creativity to come to the fore. My favorite example of painting with constraints is the Sistine Chapel - \"Mike, you\'re a fine painter and so I want some of your stuff. But it has to be about God, and you gotta put it in the ceiling.\" Corporate art at its best.

Not that I find a problem with pure art pieces - I just find that my gaming pieces tend to be better.
 
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