Hobby Happiness is...?

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**snurl**

Getting a long awaited package from England full of old Dwarfs.
Finally finishing painting aforementioned Dwarves.

Realising that the Dwarf Marching Band will someday be completely finished.

**Balance**

Ifurita wrote:
Jon Touchdown wrote:
MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Ifurita wrote:Working with my sons (7) to assemble and paint figures.

Just make sure your 7th son has a 7th son...

Lol that would be pure win.

For me it is sitting around chatting and gaming with all my friends, and just having a good time that seems to last forever

Ummm ... they are 7 years old, only have 2 of them.

I was a bit confused as well.

**The Dreadnote**

Had a great time today painting with my best friend, advising him on colour selection and technique, and us both ending up with something awesome at the end of it

**Makenshi**

The feeling of starting a new army and being able to field it fully painted in a game.

**kevlar'o**

Having my wife give the ok to a massive order.

**ChiliPowderKeg**

Building/Painting units that have a relevant impact, like Crisis suits...

Actually a lot more like crisis suits...

No wait, hang on, actually plentifully preferedly a lot more exactly like Crisis Suits...

Crisis Suits are fun

**MeanGreenStompa**

Got a new one, idly sitting up last night late and decided to look on amazon...

Picked up Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned in 'excellent' condition for $30!

**porkuslime**

Spending the weekend morning with the wife checking out garage sales... and scoring 2 boxes of RTB01 Beakies, metal orks, and plastic RT era IG still in shrink from someone...

**Alex Kolodotschko**

A well deserved pint, down the Badger's Arms, with Wheezy Pete.

Ah, great days!

**BrookM**

Having a self-written scenario, despite it being clunky, provide a fun gaming evening.

**Eberious**

Being elbow deep in converting anything I get my hands on thats relevant to my armies. However even though there is great satisfaction in completing said project when finished I feel bored with it and usualy sits un/half painted for some time.

So yeah, its all about the converting for me even if its just sticking on the (more than the usual amount) gubbins.

I would say when my missus plays against me, but cause I smash her so bad 99% of the time I feel bad about it, and thus she rarely plays due to me winning.

**ChocolateGork**

Winning a close game with a good and freindly opponent.

**Mannahnin**

Saturday my first game of the tournament was an unexpected matchup with a gorgeously-converted Vraks Renegades army. I had never played against them before and was somewhat intimidated by stuff like the Manticore missile platform with its 7" template S9 AP2 shots, the Chaos Lord leading Mutant Ogryn, and the Tarantula Lascannon battery. My opponent was a total gentleman, it was a super close game all the way through, and I eked out the win on the secondary objective. Outstanding fun.

**Leigen_Zero**

Right now, actually finding the time and/or motivation to sit down and do the hobby for more than 15 minutes...

**notprop**

/\ first part of this.

Parenting has really taken its toll on my spare time, especially at the moment while my daughter is ill.

I managed to find a spare half an hour last night for the first time in over a week to do some filling on some FOW tanks. Very enjoyable.

**NAVARRO**

I have several moments of happiness ( btw cool topic not-that-meangreenstompa

)

- I enjoy painting and my 4 year old around me playing with the paint pots or cracking down his water colors to paint like papa.
- I'm happy when I get the time to hobby, its very hard these days.
- I'm very happy when a miniature I sculpted is sold and casted to lots of hobby nerds like myself and if they express enjoyment painting them then its a very nice feeling of a job well done.

Lately not so many sculpts from me to fans since I feel a bit disapointed with they way my exposure was explored and abused by anonimous indirect nasty comments, even if I'm happy with the peole that enjoy the efforts the latest nerd rages net debates were assimilated.

**Eilif**

Unfortunately I don't have any family that games with me, but recently I formed a club with a few friends I had met via gaming and hanging with those guys for the last few months in a spirit of truely relaxed, but still well done (all painted figs, good terrain) gaming has been my recent gaming happiness.

**Slipstream**

For me it's when you come up with a colour scheme for an army and it survives the transition onto the actual figures. And it works. Pure class!

**Taoofss**

Interesting how alot of people use this hobby as a means to spend time with their families. For my, the hobby gives me a chance to get away from them.

What I enjoy the most about this hobby is meeting new people. I am the only person in my friends circle who play this game. It is awesome to meet people who I can talk with and discuss ideas about 40k.

**MeanGreenStompa**

It was great to attend the Dakkacon East Coast recently, meeting new folks or rather, meeting folks I'd conversed with over the interwebs but then had the chance to meet face to face.

It was a good atmosphere and was enough for my wife to finally commit to buying those tyranids and building them...

next step... the rules...

**MagickalMemories**

Last Saturday I had my monthly AD&D game. Had a "warm fuzzy" moment there.

Pre-Christmas, I helped one of the girls in the group pick up a box of WHFB Orcs for her boyfriend's kid & pointed her at paint, brushes, etc.

I also tossed a bunch of DDM plastics and MK clix his way.

Saturday, she tells me, "Sean said I have to give you this," and she unwraps an handkercheif to reveal an Orc Boy with shield & spear that he's assembled and painted from the box. It was his favorite from the set, and he wanted me to have it.

For an 11 year old's first attempt at modeling and painting, it's fantastic. If has a place of honor up on my shelf.

I've assembled a 40K Nob from my bits and am in the process of painting it up for him as a return gift.

Eric

**Cable**

Finishing the paint job on the last converted mini that is part of an army I've been working on.

And..........first gulp of a cold frosty German or Belgian beer on hot day!! Wadayamean this is not a hobby?

**FITZZ**

Helping my Son build his first army and teaching him to play,it really is great to see the hobby through "new" eyes.

**Ma55ter_fett**

Painting a lone marine as you watch the third season of futurama for the fourth time that week.

**chaplaingrabthar**

Getting a campaign written, playing the first battle and realizing, that, yes, those tweaks were for the best.

Finding the time to get away from the wife and kids for a day and hit a FLGS and actually game.

Looking at pics of Warcon, DakkaCon or Adepticon and realizing I'm not the only guy who collect these stupid man-dollies. Swearing I'll put some $$$ aside next year to attend, then promptly forgetting and splashing out on another Crisis Suit or Hammerhead

**sonofruss**

porkuslime wrote:Spending the weekend morning with the wife checking out garage sales... and scoring 2 boxes of RTB01 Beakies, metal orks, and plastic RT era IG still in shrink from someone...

Absolutely not fair dude and MGS wants those IG if you are willing to sell. rt beakies

2 boxes

you finding them and not me

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Opening the shrink wrap on a figure box, that marks the start of new army.

Opening figures in general. Its like opening a new book and smelling the pages, I never get tired of it.

With our sons growing up, and the years flicking past, it won't be long before I see my ultimate hobby happiness, with my wife and I either side of the table, teaming with one of our two sons.
A true family battle. Also the idea of a family based 'Tale of four Gamers' greatly appeals to me. It's something I would like to do in a few years once the boys are modelling and painting themselves.

**Mewiththeface**

Making a model I am proud to show off, especially for a friends army.

(then posting pictures and getting no comments :()

**cyrax777**

Painting a model. I love that nice feeling of accomplishment I get especially as I can see my skills improving.

**Karon**

When my girlfriend, who I have been with for a long while now, first found out I wargamed, and showed me her collection that was 10 times larger.