Where do you see CMON & the mini industry in 10 years?

airhead

airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Just for fun:

Where do you see CMON and the mini industry as a whole at in 10 years?

My guess:
The PC/PS/Box/Wii will drive the steak into the heart of this industry.

Gone from mainstream to more like military/historic gamers. Odd bits of metal very hard to find. Opponents even rarer. Crappy recasts common on the play field as the industry moves back into the garage.

Gatherings looking like a cross between a Viet Nam vets parade and a Star Wars convention. Old gamers bringing out their odd bits to show off.

Please tell me I\'m just having a bad day.
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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Mmmmmmmmm! Steak! :p

I dunno. For all that computer games are cool, there\'s nothing quite as satisfying as holding something solid in your hand, which you\'ve put time and effort into. Something, too, that you can show others and that they can (hopefully) appreciate. It\'s rather harder to do that with computer games.

Maybe the hobby will diverge more, tho, as some manufacturers buy into PPP to try and capture the shorter attention spans of their target audiences, while other companies will aim to satify the collectors who demand better and better sculpts to practice their art on.

Of course, as I\'m primarily a collector and painter (although I dream of one day finding some opponents!), I might be a little bit biased. lol
 
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AinuLainour

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Golden Demon will be dominated by fanboys who all paint like Bragon (thanks to his international tours). The majority of top painters we know and love now will either have abandoned competition entirely or exclusively attend events like EuroMilitaire, Ravage, and World Expo.

As for gaming, video games have never been nearly as enticing (personally) when put next to painting or gaming, so we can hope other gamers will stay loyal and true.
 
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Undave

Flockwit
I forsee that painting minis will be the only source of entertainment left to the pitiful survivors of the zombiepocalypse!

Computer games will not work as there will be no power and all the minis will have to be made out of wood as all the metal and plastic will have gone into producing shotgun cartridges. The only two colours available will be soylent brown and soylent green and GD will be a huge religious festival where the winners are sacrificed to the great horned monkey god.
 
squig hunter

squig hunter

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Almost all will be PPP, except for a few small industres that cater to the needs of the top painters. The end is nigh!!!!lol

Squig
 
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Ritual

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As I see it CMON is about painting and not about gaming, and while miniature gaming might suffer a decline, I don\'t think that painting miniatures (which has always been a small hobby compared to miniature gaming) will suffer the same fate.
 
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uberdark

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the mini industry will still be here in 10 years. gaming will too. video games are just another way of doing things. it will never be as big as it used to be but painting wise i still see them here in the future.

as for the painter i see many new and exciting things like CAD design mixed with greens and the possibilities are becoming even more amazing as time goes on.

but yes the old time gamer is a dying breed and people are trading in for something thats much faster such as computers.

hoepfully it will still be here in the future.

wh o knows?
 
wiccanpony

wiccanpony

Official Freak Bar Witch
:beer: Having lived through the last 10 years of minis I see only good things happening for the hobby, more small companies putting out extraordinary figures, better paints & brushes. the world is our oyster!!!!

I see computer games become more interactive, kind of like Wii only you will be swinging an axe or sword. Less having moves with a key stroke and perhaps using your voice.
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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Maybe that nifty laser-build resin technology thingie will become cheap enough so that you can have one in the home, just like printers today. Then, instead of buying minis, you\'ll just download the blueprint for what you want, use the laser to produce it at home, and Robert\'s your mother\'s brother!

Or, if you were reasonably competent, you could design your own minis on-screen, without having to battle with the wet-chewing-gum properties of green stuff or a total lack of sculpting skills (two things I know I struggle with!).
 
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mud duck

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Originally posted by uberdark

as for the painter i see many new and exciting things like CAD design mixed with greens and the possibilities are becoming even more amazing as time goes on.

but yes the old time gamer is a dying breed and people are trading in for something thats much faster such as computers.

hoepfully it will still be here in the future.

wh o knows?
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Hopefully with advent of 3d printers and the computer savvy for the kids these days, I can see the advent of games that are just rules with the gamer printing out his/hers own minis, maybe?
As for continuing, some of you all have/having kids right? Something tells me that kids will pick up the habit of their parents. So go forth, and multiple, sayith the Great Geek God! :D
 
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demonherald

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Originally posted by AinuLainour
Golden Demon will be dominated by fanboys who all paint like Bragon (thanks to his international tours). The majority of top painters we know and love now will either have abandoned competition entirely or exclusively attend events like EuroMilitaire, Ravage, and World Expo.

As for gaming, video games have never been nearly as enticing (personally) when put next to painting or gaming, so we can hope other gamers will stay loyal and true.
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it will be interesting to see the impact on GD the book release will have...The comp will never be dominated by one style too much of a good thing and all that but still will be interesting...

As for the future of the hobby....
well I think there may be a significant lean towards painting ratjer than gaming as the effort of setting up and playing will become less enticing than plug and play...companies already switching to pre paints indicate this fast get the game out and play mentality..

like em or love em GW are stil the biggest out there and the majority of their sales aren\'t for painters but gamers and it will probably always be the case but as some of the current crop of the World leaders decide to start creating their own lines as the peak of their skills we as painters can only benefit...(JMD is a good example as well as a few european companies on the up and coming )...

Minis will always be around there will always be geeks (say it loud I\'m a geek and I\'m proud) but 10 years time should (crosses everything he can) see the art form fully realised and appreciated...It\'s an art form andas such will stand the test of time....people will always seek ways to express themselves....

besides in the nanny world we live in it\'s only a matter of time before psychologists find a real link between violent games and violent behaviour as well as the many anti social aspects and health problems with video games that they are always trying to prove and then the computer game industry is doomed.......muwahhh ha ha haaa
 
Dragon Forge Design

Dragon Forge Design

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Pretty much the same place it is today.. more miniaures than you can ever paint..

People asked this same sorts of questions when they switched from lead based miniatures to Pewter as far bask as 1993 and I feel the industry is just as strong if not stronger then it was then.
 
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mattrock

New member
this has nothing to do with this thread but I couldn\'t see starting a new one just to get the question answered.

Does anyone know Derek Shubert\'s CMON name?

Thanks
 
Friar

Friar

Dorks for Orks
Originally posted by Dragon Forge Design
Pretty much the same place it is today.. more miniaures than you can ever paint..
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I\'ll second this only real change I see is things gettin cooler and either the base sculpt improving or far more options as far as customizing mainly some of the new gw plastic kits more bits = more fun
 
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Modderrhu

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Over 10 years ago, the first PlayStation had just as much opportunity to steal mini support. Clearly, it didn\'t.
Over 10 years ago, CCG\'s threatened to kill role-playing and mini gaming. Clearly, they didn\'t.
Over 10 years ago, we had the first Unreal, NFS Hot Pursuit, Counterstrike, and lots of other seriously hot PC games (for their day).

Now, all these devices of Doom have gotten ever better in the last decade, but we\'re still here. I believe that all the threats will steal time away from minis and mini games, but they won\'t steal the interest or fan base.

A far greater threat would be if GW decides to go the pre-painted route. If that happens, we\'re screwed.
 
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