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**grey_death**

For a few weeks now, I've been posting updates for The Painting Corps on Facebook, along with some other redirection links to other great painting tutorials around the blogosphere. I've seen a few other groups, namely TGN and Beasts of War on there as well.

I think it's a great way to keep people up to date and to add a bit more depth to the sense of community.

What are your thoughts on the new 'trend'? Useful? Useless? Don't even use social network sites to begin with?

**Empchild**

Honestly I love them being as I always thought in the past going to different gaming stores gave great insite and ideas into my painting, and army modeling. Now this is just another extension in a far greater capacity. Now I am looking essentially at "STORES" around the world and I love it. Seeing great ideas from say Corbin to sersi to IDK anyone really.

**Dysartes**

If you're on Facebook, grey_death, have a look at the Sheffield Irregulars

There are ups and downs with using FB as a medium, I've found. It makes organising things a lot easier, thanks to it being a centralised communications platform. On the flipside, as anyone can talk there is the potential for a high noise ratio.

Also, the recent change to the Group layout is annoying, though Fan pages seem to work well for the Painting Corps.

**Slappywag**

I was just going to suggest Sheffield Irregulars too. I enjoy visiting their group. They have contests, meet-ups and also have a magazine in PDF. Which while in it's early stages is still finding it's way (it's a little cluttered) will turn out to be really amazing. It is a good read though.

Slappy