tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post5447530202691637203..comments2024-03-27T10:51:27.467+00:00Comments on Paint-it-Pink: Figures Are Gonks Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-31713303145198313742023-10-19T19:36:37.187+01:002023-10-19T19:36:37.187+01:00There is indeed.There is indeed. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-62857667237817167982023-10-19T18:23:41.212+01:002023-10-19T18:23:41.212+01:00I have yet to attend a convention and take picture...I have yet to attend a convention and take pictures of a nice hex map full of cardboard counters, so there's that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-51116901374607796992012-09-10T17:31:35.318+01:002012-09-10T17:31:35.318+01:00Paddy Griffith was clearly wrong, and you are clea...Paddy Griffith was clearly wrong, and you are clearly right. Toy soldiers are a great deal of the point of playing wargames for most (miniatures) wargamers. Maybe Paddy was talking about wargames as a means of simulating warfare - now there you really do have a dead end, as far as recreational miniature wargaming is concerned. <br /><br />Perhaps we should call it a day and re-name the hobby 'playing with toy soldiers'. That's certainly what I am about.<br /><br />Best wishes, Keith.Keith Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903769462646267048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-2136523066080312782012-09-08T03:24:04.087+01:002012-09-08T03:24:04.087+01:00I'm all for the 'nicely painted counters&#...I'm all for the 'nicely painted counters' approach. I don't invest massive amounts of effort in my 'counters' but I like them to look good and it's part of the experience of the game. I play lots of Hordes of the Things. In that and Orc horde is mechanically identical to, say, a peasant horde or a skeleton horde. So in game terms it doesn't matter how you depict them. The fun of the game comes from how you do it, though - because the mechanics are generic the interest comes in the way you depict them. There are role-playing games that are similar; one superhero game has characters that are, for practical purposes, mechanically identical. It's the descriptions of the characters, and how that description is applied to the narrative, that makes the difference. For miniature wargamers the figures are part of the description and narrative.<br />Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-36068935015188736812012-09-07T15:28:30.473+01:002012-09-07T15:28:30.473+01:00Just out of interest is that Clive from Contact!? ...Just out of interest is that Clive from Contact!? What I'm saying is do I know you in the flesh, so to speak? :-) Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-15208356176078807082012-09-07T14:28:46.363+01:002012-09-07T14:28:46.363+01:00Wargame that is. I still managed to squeeze in the...Wargame that is. I still managed to squeeze in the odd RPG session here and there.Lead Legionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700198528204457272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-59235723796017404592012-09-07T14:28:13.000+01:002012-09-07T14:28:13.000+01:00I agree. I found that as I got older (before the w...I agree. I found that as I got older (before the whole painting for a living lark) I ended up spending more and more time painting and less and less time gaming. Because, you know, work, bills and the like. Painting and collecting miniatures for the games I play helped keep me sane and in touch with my hobby. Especially during the four year period where I worked in law enforcement and didn't manage to play a single game!Lead Legionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700198528204457272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-87783873873039938702012-09-07T12:10:32.380+01:002012-09-07T12:10:32.380+01:00Have to say I'm torn on this one. I'm pret...Have to say I'm torn on this one. I'm pretty bad at painting, and I tend to play varied games with varied sets of units - maybe this week I'm doing WWII naval with Victory at Sea, next week I'm playing BattleTech, the week after that Vietnam-era air combat. So I've tended to use card counters and even bits of paper. But when someone else has minis, they're an awful lot of fun...<br /><br />What I'm looking forward to is 3D printing getting cheap and quick enough that I can run up some rough minis for a day's play, then dispose of them afterwards. Something like a higher-resolution version of the <a href="http://www.candyfab.org/" rel="nofollow">candyfab</a> would be ideal.RogerBWhttp://tekeli.li/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262220849718806044.post-29057128548697114722012-09-07T10:13:53.780+01:002012-09-07T10:13:53.780+01:00Clive describes figures as nicely painted counters...Clive describes figures as nicely painted counters. I am not so sure. <br /><br />The counter have come a long way since the 70s. Nicely coloured with images of wht they counter is supposed to represent. I find it hard to treat a counter the same way I do a figure. <br /><br />I have usually put some effort into painting a figure which gives me a sense of identifictions with them is some small way. It looks more like a man, so I identify with it more. I think this is truer the larger the figure gets. If there is a face on it that you cn see then you think of it more as a person. Counters are made of card. Difficult to bond with a piece of thick paper.<br /><br />As you say "Long live toy soldiers."<br /><br /><br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293162456263037331noreply@blogger.com