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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy
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This is really cool stuff, man. I was talking to one of my colleagues about it yesterday. He’s bringing in some of his books to show me this morning. It seems like it’d be hard to learn. Have you seen some folks with some terribly painted figures? And who hosts the games?
I hear you on the airbrushing. I have one, but haven’t used it yet. I definitely need it for layering my figures, though.
I’m about to start a podcast, when time allows. My wife told me because I know the history behind the cars in my collection, I should do something with all of that “useless information” (her words), so I decided to do a podcast with them. Should be cool.
I like the customization you’ve got going on. Very cool. I build my dioramas from the ground up so they’re all custom.
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Yeah the game takes a lot of learning to play. Usually people start off with the very basics, moving models, rolling dice and keeping a simple score for killing model units or being close to an area objective. Once that feels comfortable, more rules can be added on and larger armies can be used.
Games can be hosted in game stores that sell the models and hobby supplies like paint, tools, glue, etc. This can be just a friendly afternoon game between friends, or an organized event like a competitive tournament. But some of the large events would be held in hotels and organized by the community. This is a photo from one of my former local clubs in NJ, with two of my friends playing a game.
https://imgur.com/a/nljSF1D
As far as the art part of the hobby goes, I have seen it all. One of my friends does commission painting for armies, and his work is great, and others have difficulty coloring in the lines, as it were. Thankfully the distances we are from the models on the table are very forgiving for small mistakes. I generally don't care how someone's models are painted, my gripes are more for making sure the units and weapons are accurately shown and modeled so someone doesn't try to pull the wool over my eyes. Some people's joy is also more in rolling dice versus painting. I know until recently, that's where I was at.
This is a podcast episode with said painting friend. 3/4 of the guys on the episode used to be local to me when I lived in NJ, and they run the gamut from artist to coloring in the lines is hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sn76R-oV9s