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Made in ca
Ancient Venerable Black Templar Dreadnought





Canada

Well, my painted stance has come to bite me in the butt.

People at the FLGS have been "pressuring" me to play Bolt Action after I got to borrow an army and beat one of the regulars (40k experience sure helps).
Biggest mistake is that I bought a starter box during the week at the FLGS and word got out.
So frantic assembly and painting is going on and every time I show my face I get the "How is the army coming?? Soon I hope!".

BTW: I never heard it said with these guys, but every single army is fully painted and I am afraid to show up with anything less than block painted.
Worse-yet, I bought an old Bandai 1/48 M4A1 76mm Sherman model kit to round things out and it has considerably more detail than the Warlord games models.
They wont mind if I field the tank without treads-suspension right?

BUT my motivation to play with these guys is the terrain and figures all look awesome.
Dropping some grey plastic into the middle of all that would make me feel like "That-Guy" but again, we all have our own opinions and standards.

So, any I gave some grief to for the unpainted issue can feel a little payback on this one.
In the end though, I feel it all will be worth it.
Got me to upgrade a couple things for my airbrush and my paints preparation all in the name of "laziness".

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte 
   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka






 Talizvar wrote:

BUT my motivation to play with these guys is the terrain and figures all look awesome.


That's my motivation to play nearly every game Glad you found a good Bolt Action group, man!
   
Made in ca
Longtime Dakkanaut





I only play against friends because I find alot of people in this hobby are....... Not my type of people and are the reason most women do not want to play or go into the store.

I say relax and worry about yourself not others.

Thinking it through kids always throw a self suprior rules in place. I played internet games, arcade and ps4 online games. The same always happens a group of people who need to set themselves apart by throwing out random rules and requirements so they are better. Then make up a statement why what they do is the right thing to do. While everyone else kinda laughs it off and has a good time.


It is a need to prove your worth of time I guess, since most games like hots people need like 9 ranking systems to prove their clicking skills are better then others. So it only makes sence that a game dominated by people who are usually not the ....most popular need to make up another self ranking system.

But I am all about the fun and making people feel good while I do my thing :-)

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I need to go to work every day.
Millions of people on welfare depend on me. 
   
Made in cl
Lesser Daemon of Chaos





 Alex Kolodotschko wrote:
Eilif wrote:That's an absolutely inspiring gaming room. However, the lovely greebled walls do make your gaming table surface look a bit bland...

Cheers. They're not greebles, they're precision balanced instruments essential for space travel. Greebles indeed. Pfff.
Yeah, you're not the first to say that. The surface isn't that bad it's just a 12x6 so any detail gets lost at that distance, especially with the pics being out of focus. It's actually sanded and painted in a couple of mottled tones that don't seem to show well on camera. Yeah it's flatish but versatility is important to me. I was setting up for the Apocalypse and they were the only 3 matching surfaces that I had. Maybe doing a bit of building at the weekend and i'll give them a bit more love.

xraytango wrote:I
I think that's Miniwargaming's set.

I think you're wrong. It's my set in my games room in Bristol, Britain, England, UK, GB so I think they'd have a long way to go to have a game or I've paid a lot on postage.
Speaking of which if anyone has nicely painted models and wants a game in there at anypoint feel free to drop me a PM!



Well this was a fruitful day of scrolling dakka. I'm also from Bristol, currently in Chile but I'll be back in a couple of months and I'm looking to get back into the hobby. Any chance you play 30k as I'm planning on starting a legion and would love to play on that table. One of the things that pushed me out of the hobby a few years back was A) I hated playing on garbage tables with 2 pieces of terrain. And B) playing teenagers in GW with grey painted hordes that they didn't have rules for was really off putting. I think the last time I played was a 600pt tournie and I was the only adult that showed up /only one with painted, fully assembled minis. I still remember the judgemental looks from the other player's moms
   
Made in au
Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne





Melbourne .au

 Snoopdeville3 wrote:
If you guys are playing out of a house I would not have a paint requirement. If you are in a remote place and theres no gaming going on else where its kind of ridiculous. House rules I guess, but some people want to get into the game but don't have the time/money/skills to paint. Denying them to play with you guys because there army isn't painted is kind of a bummer.

Before anyone brings tournaments up, i realize they do have requirements. Tourneys are also a next level play style and need to have these rules especially since their armies are sometimes judged.

I say get off your high horse and let them play.


Well, it's not a "real" club in a hall - it's an informal one at his house, so house rules rule. He's got no obligation to let anyone play (in his home).

I'm all for fully painted, or at the very least quality WIP. I would take issue on the "no proxies, no alternate models" thing though. Here's a Dark Angels dread I finished last year after converting dual assault cannons back when they were legal (2e) and then not finishing it when they got outlawed (3rd+). I added in a magnetic optios for a DA icon and a missile launcher so it can be used with legal rules as a Contemptor Mortis. Someone (the OP?) used "normal dread ≠ contemptor" as an example of something verboten, so I thought it a worthwhile model to throw in here by example of a "proxy", or non-standard model.



That's just the tip of the iceberg as far as cool looking non-standard models go.

   
Made in se
Executing Exarch






You can do what you like, but as someone with a job, wife, kid, friends and other obligations, on top of being a slow painter, having a fully painted army is basically impossible unless I dedicate all my free time to painting. Just because my army is only half painted doesn't mean I'm not passionate about the hobby or TFG. If more groups were like yours, I wouldn't be able to enjoy this hobby at all. So I'm happy you're in the minority.

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Made in ca
Ancient Venerable Black Templar Dreadnought





Canada

 Mymearan wrote:
You can do what you like, but as someone with a job, wife, kid, friends and other obligations, on top of being a slow painter, having a fully painted army is basically impossible unless I dedicate all my free time to painting. Just because my army is only half painted doesn't mean I'm not passionate about the hobby or TFG. If more groups were like yours, I wouldn't be able to enjoy this hobby at all. So I'm happy you're in the minority.
I am in a similar boat.
I have 2 kids a wife and a demanding live-in mother-in law ( ) but I can and do find the time to paint... needing less sleep helps.
I think what you are trying to say is spending what little spare time you have you feel is better spent playing than the dreaded painting.
It is not interesting enough to feel worthwhile I would guess.

I think that is why X-wing is so good: painted and ready right out of the box.
I miss assembly and painting oddly with that game so the occasional custom paint job happens (thank goodness for different characters and their unique ship look).

What I think I have been circling around is that since GW stopped hosting tournaments 40k is pretty much the only game I have seen so-far where unpainted miniatures are acceptable or even a common occurrence (short of board games). From the viewpoint of those who hate painting or not wanting to spend on painters, I can see why some "angry" pushback can happen: you have few games to play otherwise. I still think you are missing out but that is just me.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte 
   
Made in se
Executing Exarch






 Talizvar wrote:
 Mymearan wrote:
You can do what you like, but as someone with a job, wife, kid, friends and other obligations, on top of being a slow painter, having a fully painted army is basically impossible unless I dedicate all my free time to painting. Just because my army is only half painted doesn't mean I'm not passionate about the hobby or TFG. If more groups were like yours, I wouldn't be able to enjoy this hobby at all. So I'm happy you're in the minority.
I am in a similar boat.
I have 2 kids a wife and a demanding live-in mother-in law ( ) but I can and do find the time to paint... needing less sleep helps.
I think what you are trying to say is spending what little spare time you have you feel is better spent playing than the dreaded painting.
It is not interesting enough to feel worthwhile I would guess.

I think that is why X-wing is so good: painted and ready right out of the box.
I miss assembly and painting oddly with that game so the occasional custom paint job happens (thank goodness for different characters and their unique ship look).

What I think I have been circling around is that since GW stopped hosting tournaments 40k is pretty much the only game I have seen so-far where unpainted miniatures are acceptable or even a common occurrence (short of board games). From the viewpoint of those who hate painting or not wanting to spend on painters, I can see why some "angry" pushback can happen: you have few games to play otherwise. I still think you are missing out but that is just me.


Actually it's the other way around, I enjoy building, painting and reading more than I do playing... I game even less than I paint Have played one or maybe two games of 40k in the last 6 months. Although I do play board games and other, simpler and faster games more.

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Made in ca
Ancient Venerable Black Templar Dreadnought





Canada

 Mymearan wrote:
Actually it's the other way around, I enjoy building, painting and reading more than I do playing... I game even less than I paint Have played one or maybe two games of 40k in the last 6 months. Although I do play board games and other, simpler and faster games more.
Just when I thought I had you figured out....
So why is the painting an issue if you like it?
I figure my model is not done until I apply the clear-coat (even then I may be applying a wash...).
Get a base colour on, then mask some key areas and give it a hit of a different colour and then do the fussy bits at your leisure.
Spray can be your friend for the time consuming volume of painting and then hairy brush for the details which is up to you on where to draw the line (quite literally).
I especially like assembly, painting shows how well I assembled when I got rid of all those gosh-darn mold lines and join gaps.
I find with the busy household the zen of painting is helpful.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte 
   
 
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