'Fancier' way of saying "I paint Warhammer"

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**RivenSkull**

MrMoustaffa wrote:
Strombones wrote:
MrMoustaffa wrote:

build and paint models, and then use them in games that are essentially risk on crack

I've used this description several times. Seems to convey the message well. But as I get older I care less and less what people think, and now openly say yeah my friends and I play with toy models in the garage on weekends. Kinda proud of it actually.

Though I have had a few people try and give me grief about it. An ex girlfriend a while back thought it was weird and tried to bring it up in a social setting as a cheap laugh. She wasn't laughing when I left her.

I say own it. But I understand at your age it can be tough.

I mainly use the "risk on crack" explanation because it's easily relatable. A lot of people I know have played risk at my age (20's) and consider it a pretty crazy game. So when I say it's basically that cranked to 11, they understand pretty quickly with "ohhhh OK that makes sense".

For my gamer friends, I just say it's a turn based strategy game like XCOM or Advanced Wars, but you're the computer and do all the math yourself.

Either one works well, gets the gist across, and if they ever want to know more I can always give them a proper demo

Yeah. I've used the "Risk where you can actually use the canon as a canon" line a few times. Most people then turn around and say that they've always wanted to do that instead of just rolling dice.

I tend not to say anything about that part unless they ask further.

As to the painting aspect - "I paint statues"