What does "Painted to Tabletop Standard" Mean?

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**Squidmanlolz**

To me, a tabletop standard paintjob is one that I'm personally proud of, at the same time realizing that it's not going to win an award. The purpose of its paintjob is to look good on the table. A tabletop standard is any well painted model that is not "showcase" quality, IMO.

**Squidmanlolz**

Peregrine wrote:
IMO "three color minimum" isn't tabletop standard, it's an attempt to rules lawyer the painting requirements for a particular tournament. Who cares how many colors are on the model, what matters is what level of detail is used. A more reasonable definition for "tabletop standard" is that the model is completely painted, but not necessarily with any advanced techniques or multiple passes of detailing. It's a simple but complete paint job intended for mass-production efficiency instead of making a small number of display pieces. So that means three things:

1) All parts of the model, including details, are the appropriate color. How many colors this takes is irrelevant as long as it is done correctly.

2) All paint is applied cleanly without sloppy color placement/visible brush strokes/thick paint covering up details/etc.

3) Some level of shading is included, even if it's just a simple wash + drybrush.

If you're not meeting those three requirements then you're just using "tabletop standard" as an excuse for poor quality.

I totally agree with this. I know that I'm a paint snob, but well painted armies improve the game greatly.

**Squidmanlolz**

queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Aged Cherrywood with a gloss varnish?

That wood better have linseed oil on it!