SHARK
First Post
Greetings!
I was wondering, how many of you use miniatures in the games? I kinda like the new figure line of plastic creatures pre-painted. That's pretty cool. To be honest, though, I probably have 500 lead miniatures, with only 30% of them painted. I can only guess that I have spent perhaps $3,000-5,000 dollars on boxes and boxes of figures, and they just sit there in my many larger boxes, *sleeping*. Sometimes I bring them out to play, and it's fun, but then it seems after the hassle of getting them all out, spreading them out on the table, trying to keep track of which beastman or which troll is really dead, and not one that just fell over when John bumped the edge of the table to go and get another soda, well, it seems that the players would just prefer that I describe what's going on, and draw a quick map of who's where, and what's what, that actually using the miniatures seems to be more of a hassle than they are worth.
Ah, well, sometimes I dream of having a special room with designed tables, forests, and special shelving where the figures are within easy reach, and it is easier to use the damn things that I have invested so much in over the years. Maybe someday!
How is it for you in actually painting the creatures? I'm pretty good at it, though I tend to be slow. I sometimes fantasize about painting more of them, as I look at them in all of their naked lead glory, but then I think of the hours and hours it would take for me to complete a half dozen of them, and I shake my head and put them back in their boxes to *sleep* some more!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
I was wondering, how many of you use miniatures in the games? I kinda like the new figure line of plastic creatures pre-painted. That's pretty cool. To be honest, though, I probably have 500 lead miniatures, with only 30% of them painted. I can only guess that I have spent perhaps $3,000-5,000 dollars on boxes and boxes of figures, and they just sit there in my many larger boxes, *sleeping*. Sometimes I bring them out to play, and it's fun, but then it seems after the hassle of getting them all out, spreading them out on the table, trying to keep track of which beastman or which troll is really dead, and not one that just fell over when John bumped the edge of the table to go and get another soda, well, it seems that the players would just prefer that I describe what's going on, and draw a quick map of who's where, and what's what, that actually using the miniatures seems to be more of a hassle than they are worth.
Ah, well, sometimes I dream of having a special room with designed tables, forests, and special shelving where the figures are within easy reach, and it is easier to use the damn things that I have invested so much in over the years. Maybe someday!
How is it for you in actually painting the creatures? I'm pretty good at it, though I tend to be slow. I sometimes fantasize about painting more of them, as I look at them in all of their naked lead glory, but then I think of the hours and hours it would take for me to complete a half dozen of them, and I shake my head and put them back in their boxes to *sleep* some more!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK