Painted Minis in Catalogues, Yay or Nay?

[KingM]

I often go looking round websites for some random figure to paint just because it is a nice mini.

But when I look at these minis I much prefer to see them unpainted. I\'m not sure what it is, maybe its that I want to look at it and think about what I would do with it, rather than what someone else has done with it.

The other day I was looking at the Ilyad minis on Gamer\'s Quest. I\'ve wanted to do one of these for a while since everyone says their quality is excellent. However, all of the models on the Ilyad catalogue pages are painted. It kind of saps the imagination out of me I guess

So ladies and gents, obviously we all love to see fantastically painted minis for display purposes, we wouldn\'t be here if we didn\'t. But when you are looking at miniatures to buy, do you prefer to see them painted, or unpainted?

Cheers

Matt

 

[JakeSh]

I prefer painted. I find it is often difficult to gain a good, solid interpretation of a mini if it is bare lead. Tough to see all the little \"fiddly bits.\"

Plus I like well painted figures.

 

[Modderrhu]

Have to agree with Jake. For every mini I start, I look for pics of painted versions so that I can see what is not so obvious on the naked or primed mini. Painted examples reduce the wtf-is-that syndrome. However, before doing so, I have an idea of how I\'m going to paint it.

 

[Ritual]

I prefer painted too, for pretty much the same reasons.

 

[dauber22]

You need a \"C\" cateegory. Actually when shopping for minis, I like to see them both ways. Seeing them painted is nice for all teh reasons previously stated. Its also nice, though, to see them unpainted, just the way they\'ll arrive at my door. WHat\'s wrong with having your cake and eating it, too.

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by dauber22
WHat\'s wrong with having your cake and eating it, too.

You just can\'t! That\'s what\'s wrong... It\'s immoral! lol

 

[DrEvilmonki]

I often find it difficult to see the figure in 3D (so to speak) when it is unpainted. So yup I\'m another painted.

 

[supervike]

Painted for me!! Even an average paint job can make a dull grey metal mini come alive.

 

[SebastianRushworth]

I prefer to see them painted. Looking through a catalogue filled with unpainted minis is just boring to me.

 

[vincegamer]

painted with a decent paint job.
I\'d rather see unpainted than crap painted.

 

[cdukino]

for me painted as well... for the same reasons as mentioned above. Agree that having a bare metal AND painted verion is even better.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by dauber22
You need a \"C\" cateegory. Actually when shopping for minis, I like to see them both ways. Seeing them painted is nice for all teh reasons previously stated. Its also nice, though, to see them unpainted, just the way they\'ll arrive at my door. WHat\'s wrong with having your cake and eating it, too.

That\'d be me sitting on the fence next to Dauber on this one.

 

[wiccanpony]

climbing on the fence with Mike and Dauber.......OW! darn splinters

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by wiccanpony
climbing on the fence with Mike and Dauber.......OW! darn splinters

I\'ve got the tweezers with me, you\'ll be Ok!

 

[wiccanpony]

lollollol

 

[Tony Manero]

obviously painted!!! :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

 

[Drake Farstrider]

I think I am also on the fence with this one. Can it hold all of us? ??? lollol

 

[Orb]

In an ideal way, both, but no-one is likely to do that...............in print at least.

yet another option (and if you\'re vigilant, keeping an eye on some message boards you get to see this) would be seeing the sculpt/green/master; simply the icing on the cake. Something about seeing the artisans work prior to become a casting that makes me appreciate a mini even more.

in the real world - painted please

 

[petey]

unpainted unpainted unpainted!!!!!! argh cant say it anymore :flame:

 

[El stefano]

I prefer to see them in painted glory, its hard to see what it will look like if all you can see is pieses of metal sticking out at random parts. But you can paint lizard men and make giants on the GW website:

Lizardmen Painter

Interactive Giant Generator