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You need to base them. They will look a lot nicer and more complete. Its simple to base as well.

I am trying to paint an army 100% on my own at the moment.

Spoiler:


Photo is terrible but thats where I am at. The Jetbikes have crazy Harlequin faces on them too.

I dont care if someone paints their army, I do however suggest they paint them but do or say no more.

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Vero Beach, Florida

 Swastakowey wrote:
You need to base them. They will look a lot nicer and more complete. Its simple to base as well.

I am trying to paint an army 100% on my own at the moment.

Spoiler:


Photo is terrible but thats where I am at. The Jetbikes have crazy Harlequin faces on them too.

I dont care if someone paints their army, I do however suggest they paint them but do or say no more.

Those vehicles look nice, especially the bigger ones (sorry, I'm forgetting their name). The designs I think really make them look great.


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Oh, were you talking to me about basing?

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I don't like using unpainted models, and my army is always as WYSIWYG as practicable*. I also prefer to play against[i] painted models, and using equally well painted terrain.

I won't [i]refuse
to play against an unpainted army, or one full of proxies, but given the choice, I'll avoid doing so. If I had a choice of opponents, having a painted army comes a close second to "are you a jerk?"

I played Dropzone Commander recently using unfinished models, and it felt ... wrong.

* For me, the army list exists to let me use models I own, rather than to choose exactly what I want to field. My Tactical squads have a missile launcher and flamer, or plasma gun and plasma cannon, and both have Rhinos with Extra Armour. That's how I field them, regardless of whether it's "optimal" or not against a given enemy.
   
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I will not use any model unless it's painted. Gets really annoying for hordes but worth it.

   
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Strike Cruiser Vladislav Volkov

I don't care if your army is just bases with unit types written on them in marker (yes, I've actually played against this guy). My army is heavily converted and sometimes takes a week for me to pose a single model (I work very long days). I sometimes put down unpainted models because I am so insanely judgemental about my own army, but no-one else's.

I do not care what state your army is in, I do not care what the board looks like. I've played on boards that were covered in a sheet of paper and area terrain was drawn onto it. It was still fun to me because we were rolling dice and having a good time. Anyone who is going to judge another player by the appearance of their army rather than their character and how enjoyable it is to play with them is just not a person I am interested in playing this game with. Life is too short to spend it associating with people with that kind of attitude.

Similarly, I take great pride in the fluff of my army and I write out little stories about each individual model and why they take the kit they choose and what all their little gubbins represent. I am very fond of how they fit into the universe as a whole. However, I don't care if you're playing My Little Pony Astartes or Hello Kitty Sororiitas, as long as you're a blast to play this game with. Be a good sport and you can play Eldar/Guardsman hybrids and Genestealer Orks and Chaos Tau for all I care.

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 j31c3n wrote:
I don't care if your army is just bases with unit types written on them in marker (yes, I've actually played against this guy). My army is heavily converted and sometimes takes a week for me to pose a single model (I work very long days). I sometimes put down unpainted models because I am so insanely judgemental about my own army, but no-one else's.

I do not care what state your army is in, I do not care what the board looks like. I've played on boards that were covered in a sheet of paper and area terrain was drawn onto it. It was still fun to me because we were rolling dice and having a good time. Anyone who is going to judge another player by the appearance of their army rather than their character and how enjoyable it is to play with them is just not a person I am interested in playing this game with. Life is too short to spend it associating with people with that kind of attitude.

Similarly, I take great pride in the fluff of my army and I write out little stories about each individual model and why they take the kit they choose and what all their little gubbins represent. I am very fond of how they fit into the universe as a whole. However, I don't care if you're playing My Little Pony Astartes or Hello Kitty Sororiitas, as long as you're a blast to play this game with. Be a good sport and you can play Eldar/Guardsman hybrids and Genestealer Orks and Chaos Tau for all I care.


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Hyperspace

My LGS is full of great painters, and like all good work it moves slowly. It's great playing against a grey army once, and in subsequent games watching it slowly turn into a beautiful fully painted force.

As long as progress is being made, (and even if it isn't), I'll always play you. (Unless you're a douche, and even then I'll play you once)

I have a friend who spent a few months working out how to make two colors of primer interact to make it look naturally shaded, and now his models look good, even with only two colors of primer on them.

The wait is always worth it.



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In my club id say it's about 70/30 painted to semi/unpainted. I personally always field painted and feel dirty putting ninjas on the table.

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Even in test games against myself in my own home, I'll only use painted minis.

That said, while most of my collection is painted to some standard, a good deal of it is in line for stripping and redoing. My Blood Angels are the only army where I could field a full list to the quality I happy with, but they'll often be supplemented with the better painted units from my IG, DA, Raven Guard, GK, Ultras and Wolves.

And I will admit that my exception to this rule is vehicles. My rhinos were 2nd hand and need stripping, my Knight is going to take a long time and Drop Pods are just scary...

 
   
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I pretty much refuse to play unpainted minis unless I just got them put together. At a minimum though I like to at least have them base painted if I have more than a day or two before putting them on the field. I have almost 8000 points of Night Lords and another 3k points in Iron Warriors. Every NL is at least primered and dry brushed dark blue and most have the brass edging at least started, all squad leaders are a little farther than this to set them apart. Iron Warriors are the same way although their paint scheme is more complicated and thus not as far along, but at least base painted and first and second washes complete and black where the hazard stripes will be. Vehicles are in the same boat. It takes so very little time to do base coats/washes that there is no excuse really not to have models done that far.

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Vero Beach, Florida

 j31c3n wrote:
I don't care if your army is just bases with unit types written on them in marker (yes, I've actually played against this guy). My army is heavily converted and sometimes takes a week for me to pose a single model (I work very long days). I sometimes put down unpainted models because I am so insanely judgemental about my own army, but no-one else's.

I do not care what state your army is in, I do not care what the board looks like. I've played on boards that were covered in a sheet of paper and area terrain was drawn onto it. It was still fun to me because we were rolling dice and having a good time. Anyone who is going to judge another player by the appearance of their army rather than their character and how enjoyable it is to play with them is just not a person I am interested in playing this game with. Life is too short to spend it associating with people with that kind of attitude.

Similarly, I take great pride in the fluff of my army and I write out little stories about each individual model and why they take the kit they choose and what all their little gubbins represent. I am very fond of how they fit into the universe as a whole. However, I don't care if you're playing My Little Pony Astartes or Hello Kitty Sororiitas, as long as you're a blast to play this game with. Be a good sport and you can play Eldar/Guardsman hybrids and Genestealer Orks and Chaos Tau for all I care.

Just bases? Whoa, how does one figure out line of sight?

Anyway, I do agree that an open mind sbould be used when playing 40k. I for one am practically in love with this universe so I often don't find it hard to play odd armies, I'm merely just overjoyed to see two fully painted armies facing off against eachother, it's a sight.

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Metalica

 Lord Tarkin wrote:
Just bases? Whoa, how does one figure out line of sight?

"This guys should be around this tall, he can probably be seen."
It's not rocket surgery if you're not an absolute strict rules lawyer.

 
   
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 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
At my LGS (4TK Gaming) during tournaments now, the rules are that all of your models should be based and painted.

If there are some models used on the day that don't meet the standard, you get preferred enemy against them.

Games are just nicer to play when everything's painted.

Wow, that's creative actually. Should encourage players to paint their armies for sure


Yeah, let's punish players in game for not satisfying everyone's aesthetic standards out of game. Do you even ask why their stuff isn't fully painted? Sounds more like a really good way to discourage people from joining the hobby.


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Throwing a fit over an opponent having a partially painted army is like whining that someone is using the default texture in a video game instead of paying for one of the unique skins. It doesn't really matter for the game and you end up sounding like a neckbeard.

I get that people who have no intention of playing anything but the Gray Legion are not as fun to play against but when you're judging a guy for choosing to raise his family instead of painting every weeknight you need to reconsider your viewpoint.

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Vero Beach, Florida

 Purifier wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
Just bases? Whoa, how does one figure out line of sight?

"This guys should be around this tall, he can probably be seen."
It's not rocket surgery if you're not an absolute strict rules lawyer.

Maybe you're a bit disappointed but I'm a very competitive person and yes, things like that bother me. I want things to be proven to me, so I'll never play an army of bases. So, guess you can call me a rules lawyer.


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lustigjh wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
At my LGS (4TK Gaming) during tournaments now, the rules are that all of your models should be based and painted.

If there are some models used on the day that don't meet the standard, you get preferred enemy against them.

Games are just nicer to play when everything's painted.

Wow, that's creative actually. Should encourage players to paint their armies for sure


Yeah, let's punish players in game for not satisfying everyone's aesthetic standards out of game. Do you even ask why their stuff isn't fully painted? Sounds more like a really good way to discourage people from joining the hobby.


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Throwing a fit over an opponent having a partially painted army is like whining that someone is using the default texture in a video game instead of paying for one of the unique skins. It doesn't really matter for the game and you end up sounding like a neckbeard.

I get that people who have no intention of playing anything but the Gray Legion are not as fun to play against but when you're judging a guy for choosing to raise his family instead of painting every weeknight you need to reconsider your viewpoint.

Well, read my OP, I stated why some people can't paint their whole armies but I guess it doesn't matter to me since I don't play tournaments. Tournaments in general are a little too hardcore for me and honestly, I go to my LGS for regular competitive games. Every gaming store has their own set of rules that some people don't like. For instance, the owner of my store Jason doesn't let anybody use models that weren't bought from his store. He let's some people get away with a few out of store purchases but then there are some people who have entire armies that are completely foreign and those people have to pay to play any games in the store.

As far as tournaments go, not sure if he has any rules towards unpainted armies, never heard of it but there are tons of other rules thaf I don't care to remember.

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The Faye

lustigjh wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
At my LGS (4TK Gaming) during tournaments now, the rules are that all of your models should be based and painted.

If there are some models used on the day that don't meet the standard, you get preferred enemy against them.

Games are just nicer to play when everything's painted.

Wow, that's creative actually. Should encourage players to paint their armies for sure


Yeah, let's punish players in game for not satisfying everyone's aesthetic standards out of game. Do you even ask why their stuff isn't fully painted? Sounds more like a really good way to discourage people from joining the hobby.


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Throwing a fit over an opponent having a partially painted army is like whining that someone is using the default texture in a video game instead of paying for one of the unique skins. It doesn't really matter for the game and you end up sounding like a neckbeard.

I get that people who have no intention of playing anything but the Gray Legion are not as fun to play against but when you're judging a guy for choosing to raise his family instead of painting every weeknight you need to reconsider your viewpoint.


It's not a barrier to playing at the shop, just to joining in the tournaments. It's not discouraged people playing the tournaments as they're always fully booked.

15 years ago you couldn't play at a GW shop without a fully painted army so it's not so far fetched.

Personally I don't mind playing against unpainted armies, I prefer painted but its not imperative. An unpainted army is a rarity at 4TK though, at least on the veteran nights I go.

We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.

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Thousand Sons: 2000 PTS - In Progress
Tyranids: 2000 PTS
Adeptus Mechanicus: 2000 PTS
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Vero Beach, Florida

 obsidianaura wrote:
lustigjh wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
At my LGS (4TK Gaming) during tournaments now, the rules are that all of your models should be based and painted.

If there are some models used on the day that don't meet the standard, you get preferred enemy against them.

Games are just nicer to play when everything's painted.

Wow, that's creative actually. Should encourage players to paint their armies for sure


Yeah, let's punish players in game for not satisfying everyone's aesthetic standards out of game. Do you even ask why their stuff isn't fully painted? Sounds more like a really good way to discourage people from joining the hobby.


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Throwing a fit over an opponent having a partially painted army is like whining that someone is using the default texture in a video game instead of paying for one of the unique skins. It doesn't really matter for the game and you end up sounding like a neckbeard.

I get that people who have no intention of playing anything but the Gray Legion are not as fun to play against but when you're judging a guy for choosing to raise his family instead of painting every weeknight you need to reconsider your viewpoint.


It's not a barrier to playing at the shop, just to joining in the tournaments. It's not discouraged people playing the tournaments as they're always fully booked.

15 years ago you couldn't play at a GW shop without a fully painted army so it's not so far fetched.

Personally I don't mind playing against unpainted armies, I prefer painted but its not imperative. An unpainted army is a rarity at 4TK though, at least on the veteran nights I go.

Complete opposite at my store. I've never ever seen a fully painted army assemble for battle before. I always battle armies of grey. I understand why some people can't paint all their models, I do, but eventually I would love to play a painted army for once.

"Glory to the Iron father!"


 
   
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Having work, school and military duties I really do not have a lot of time to paint and quite honestly I have 0 patience to even attempt to. I am currently in the process of having my (now completed collection!...for now ) of Farsight Enclaves Tau being painted by a good friend of mind who is attempting to start up a miniature painting business. I have slowly grown into the mentality of only wanting to play with painted armies but I will never refuse someone a game because theirs isn't and understand that guess what life happens. Anyone that thinks "its not painted I wont play against them" or "they should really paint their army and stop being lazy" without knowing the facts of that persons personal life can shove it.

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The Faye

 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
lustigjh wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
At my LGS (4TK Gaming) during tournaments now, the rules are that all of your models should be based and painted.

If there are some models used on the day that don't meet the standard, you get preferred enemy against them.

Games are just nicer to play when everything's painted.

Wow, that's creative actually. Should encourage players to paint their armies for sure


Yeah, let's punish players in game for not satisfying everyone's aesthetic standards out of game. Do you even ask why their stuff isn't fully painted? Sounds more like a really good way to discourage people from joining the hobby.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Throwing a fit over an opponent having a partially painted army is like whining that someone is using the default texture in a video game instead of paying for one of the unique skins. It doesn't really matter for the game and you end up sounding like a neckbeard.

I get that people who have no intention of playing anything but the Gray Legion are not as fun to play against but when you're judging a guy for choosing to raise his family instead of painting every weeknight you need to reconsider your viewpoint.


It's not a barrier to playing at the shop, just to joining in the tournaments. It's not discouraged people playing the tournaments as they're always fully booked.

15 years ago you couldn't play at a GW shop without a fully painted army so it's not so far fetched.

Personally I don't mind playing against unpainted armies, I prefer painted but its not imperative. An unpainted army is a rarity at 4TK though, at least on the veteran nights I go.

Complete opposite at my store. I've never ever seen a fully painted army assemble for battle before. I always battle armies of grey. I understand why some people can't paint all their models, I do, but eventually I would love to play a painted army for once.


Emigrate here to England we'll look after you

We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.

Chaos Knights: 2000 PTS
Thousand Sons: 2000 PTS - In Progress
Tyranids: 2000 PTS
Adeptus Mechanicus: 2000 PTS
Adeptus Custodes: 2000 PTS - In Progress 
   
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Vero Beach, Florida

 obsidianaura wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
lustigjh wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 obsidianaura wrote:
At my LGS (4TK Gaming) during tournaments now, the rules are that all of your models should be based and painted.

If there are some models used on the day that don't meet the standard, you get preferred enemy against them.

Games are just nicer to play when everything's painted.

Wow, that's creative actually. Should encourage players to paint their armies for sure


Yeah, let's punish players in game for not satisfying everyone's aesthetic standards out of game. Do you even ask why their stuff isn't fully painted? Sounds more like a really good way to discourage people from joining the hobby.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Throwing a fit over an opponent having a partially painted army is like whining that someone is using the default texture in a video game instead of paying for one of the unique skins. It doesn't really matter for the game and you end up sounding like a neckbeard.

I get that people who have no intention of playing anything but the Gray Legion are not as fun to play against but when you're judging a guy for choosing to raise his family instead of painting every weeknight you need to reconsider your viewpoint.


It's not a barrier to playing at the shop, just to joining in the tournaments. It's not discouraged people playing the tournaments as they're always fully booked.

15 years ago you couldn't play at a GW shop without a fully painted army so it's not so far fetched.

Personally I don't mind playing against unpainted armies, I prefer painted but its not imperative. An unpainted army is a rarity at 4TK though, at least on the veteran nights I go.

Complete opposite at my store. I've never ever seen a fully painted army assemble for battle before. I always battle armies of grey. I understand why some people can't paint all their models, I do, but eventually I would love to play a painted army for once.


Emigrate here to England we'll look after you

Haha, I sure would love the cold weather!

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Metalica

 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 Purifier wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
Just bases? Whoa, how does one figure out line of sight?

"This guys should be around this tall, he can probably be seen."
It's not rocket surgery if you're not an absolute strict rules lawyer.

Maybe you're a bit disappointed but I'm a very competitive person and yes, things like that bother me. I want things to be proven to me, so I'll never play an army of bases. So, guess you can call me a rules lawyer.


Disappointed? Nah, man. You do you. But I'm with j31c3n here. I would be fine with estimations. My gaming group has sort of evolved from stone cold RAW to everyone going "is this guy hit by the blast?" "eh, could be. 4+, it's hit." And in our group it has really helped us all enjoy the game much more.

 
   
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Vero Beach, Florida

 gmaleron wrote:
Having work, school and military duties I really do not have a lot of time to paint and quite honestly I have 0 patience to even attempt to. I am currently in the process of having my (now completed collection!...for now ) of Farsight Enclaves Tau being painted by a good friend of mind who is attempting to start up a miniature painting business. I have slowly grown into the mentality of only wanting to play with painted armies but I will never refuse someone a game because theirs isn't and understand that guess what life happens. Anyone that thinks "its not painted I wont play against them" or "they should really paint their army and stop being lazy" without knowing the facts of that persons personal life can shove it.

LIke many others, I love playing painted armies but shoot, a 40k game is a 40k game and that's about all that factors into it at the end. The opposing army will be slaughtered anyway, so how they choose to look upon their death is completely up to them! Lol


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 Purifier wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
 Purifier wrote:
 Lord Tarkin wrote:
Just bases? Whoa, how does one figure out line of sight?

"This guys should be around this tall, he can probably be seen."
It's not rocket surgery if you're not an absolute strict rules lawyer.

Maybe you're a bit disappointed but I'm a very competitive person and yes, things like that bother me. I want things to be proven to me, so I'll never play an army of bases. So, guess you can call me a rules lawyer.


Disappointed? Nah, man. You do you. But I'm with j31c3n here. I would be fine with estimations. My gaming group has sort of evolved from stone cold RAW to everyone going "is this guy hit by the blast?" "eh, could be. 4+, it's hit." And in our group it has really helped us all enjoy the game much more.

Well if it doesn't bother you then more power to ya. I mean, I'm not the type to whine and complain trying to save a model getting hit by a blast. My LGS does pretty much the same thing, both players roll off and whoever wins gets their way in an uncertain situation.

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I suppose it's down to what you want from the game.

Some people it's the game itself, the gameplay and winning/losing.

For others its seeing a big battle unfold and cinematic scenes to enjoy.

I'm guessing people who don't paint their armies don't pull out a camera and take photos of the battle?

For me I'm an all-rounder I enjoy the game and looking at the pretty painted models. I like looking back at the photos and how cool it looked.

These are some of the cool shots from the tournament a couple weeks back.

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We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.

Chaos Knights: 2000 PTS
Thousand Sons: 2000 PTS - In Progress
Tyranids: 2000 PTS
Adeptus Mechanicus: 2000 PTS
Adeptus Custodes: 2000 PTS - In Progress 
   
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Vero Beach, Florida

 obsidianaura wrote:
I suppose it's down to what you want from the game.

Some people it's the game itself, the gameplay and winning/losing.

For others its seeing a big battle unfold and cinematic scenes to enjoy.

I'm guessing people who don't paint their armies don't pull out a camera and take photos of the battle?

For me I'm an all-rounder I enjoy the game and looking at the pretty painted models. I like looking back at the photos and how cool it looked.

These are some of the cool shots from the tournament a couple weeks back.

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Ha, yes, those are nice scenes. That right there is awesome. I mean, it's not just that they're painted too but they're painted nicely, I'm sure the Dark Gods approve.

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St Louis

well here comes another aspect.

I love to play the game, the fun comes from the narrative we create for each game we play. i paint, slowly, but i am not about to NEVER play just becasue we dont all have painted armies.

we dont play less than 3k games (becasue if find them lacking in excitement, tactics, and fun) but we always reqcruit new players, so it would be a jerk move to demand everythign be painted.

Therefore, we constantly encourage painting because that adds to the aesthetic of the game. So far its working, as people who never played have gigantic armies and are starting to learn painting as well.

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Haha, oh wow. I mean it's a very thematic table, but god damn, that desert table is sparse.
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 tenebre wrote:
well here comes another aspect.

I love to play the game, the fun comes from the narrative we create for each game we play. i paint, slowly, but i am not about to NEVER play just becasue we dont all have painted armies.

we dont play less than 3k games (becasue if find them lacking in excitement, tactics, and fun) but we always reqcruit new players, so it would be a jerk move to demand everythign be painted.

Therefore, we constantly encourage painting because that adds to the aesthetic of the game. So far its working, as people who never played have gigantic armies and are starting to learn painting as well.


Encourage?! Noooo!

Purge the unpainted with the cleansing fire of chaos black UNDERCOAT!
Strike them down with the righteous BASE PAINT!
Spoiler:
of their choice

Proclaim their sins in explicit DETAIL from the highest keep
Baptise them in the redeeming INK of retribution.
HIGHLIGHT the heinous errors of their ways.
Finally when their body submits itself to the Emperor for judgment, cover their remains with the grit of BASING SAND.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






New Orleans, LA

I try to paint all my gak before I use it.

I would never show up to a tournament with unpainted gak, even if it was allowed. Tournaments is where you bring your A Game.

Also, the first time I played at my new FLGS (moved a few years ago), I only brought my painted gak. First impressions and all that.

I have played against unpainted hordes many times. I've even used unpainted gak. As long as the other guy isn't a d-bag (painted or unpainted), then we'll have fun.

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Lesser Daemon of Chaos





Some people have kids/multiple jobs/other hobbies. I'm not going to judge them based on their painted or unpainted armies. Hell, I've got a handful of units I would LOVE to finish, but just can't find the time.

Do I prefer painted? Oh yeah, for sure. It adds to the depth and cool factor of a game. But it's not going to ruin my night if someone rolls up with naked plastic.
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






New Orleans, LA

I judge people where it counts when it comes to gaming.

1. What shoes do they wear?
2. Do they have a large, metal belt buckle?
3. Do they winter in Galveston, TX or Miami, Florida?

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Screaming Shining Spear





Northern California

While I prefer painted armies, I don't judge people on whether or not their army is painted. People have real life to deal with, and everyone knows how much that gets in the way.

For me, I always try to get everything painted to tabletop standard (the only standard I'm capable of) before fielding them, or buying more models. Has definitely saved me a lot of time and money.

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