Painting for a Demo Day?

[Stargorger]

Hello good forumgoers!

At the end of this month I am running a Dark Age demo day at our LGS. Part of my assigned prep work is i need to paint the demo armies lol. So, I want to hear everyone's opinion:

When you go to a demo, what quality do you expect from the demo models? I guess my real question is, will it be great and peachy to have really good Tabletop + quality, or do I need to spend every waking hour matching the studio competition-qualitu work?

 

[Splurch]

If I was being taught a game I wouldn't mind if the mini's weren't even painted as long as there was a clear way to tell who was on which side. Even so, having a painted army would be more immersive and leave most people with a better impression of the game. I would say your best bet is to paint the armies so that their color scheme matches whatever faction (or whatever organization the game uses) they belong to. Just make sure that you don't spend so much time on the minis that you are worried about someone accidentally damaging them while you are teaching and that if a player does damage one they don't feel like they've ruined hours and hours of your work. You could make a very presentable showing with a basic paintjob/wash/highlight that people will feel comfortable handling and that helps them get into the games setting. Having some nice terrain can help the tabletop come more to life as well.

A lot also depends on the crowd you are running for, some people might be inspired by a competition quality mini while others may be put off by it.

 

[MAXXxxx]

I guess my real question is, will it be great and peachy to have really good Tabletop + quality, or do I need to spend every waking hour matching the studio competition-qualitu work?

I'd stay with TTQ+ . Simply because of handling and everything the paintjob will wear an tear. And it's less painful to fix a TTQ+ for further play/next demo than to do the same with a display level work.

Also most companies do the same. They have the figure painted to display level in a vitrin and a lower quality, but still pretty nice force for demo plays.

 

[Dragonsreach]

TTQ+ will make people a touch more attentive, in the same way humour in lessons encourages people to remember.

 

[Stargorger]

Thanks guys

I'll do so then. I'm also going to go with Maxxxxxxxxxxx's suggestion in my previous thread and try using metallic paints for these. Of course, I'll do proper TMM shading and such, but should help with the look.

@ MaXXX

You said "painted to display level in a vitrin and a lower quality". What does vitrin mean?

 

[MAXXxxx]

language barrier

something like this: http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/80269122/

 

[Stargorger]

Ooh gotcha.

Ok but, you said "paint to a display level (in a vitrin)... AND lower quality." Aren't those two, like, contradictory? To me, display level is the highest possible quality. Am I missing something?

 

[kablaq]

Maxx was most likely saying that the companies will typically have two different model(s): A selection of model(s) painted to display level, in a display cabinet to look at and show off, while the model(s) that are for playing with and learning are painted to a lower TTQ level, as they will be handled significantly.