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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2371665" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p>Reading glasses. I've just had to start using them for my mini painting. </p><p> </p><p>I love minis. I paint them for my own enjoyment, and most of my fellow players do so also. I've painted a few for other people, and I'd do more if they wanted me to, but they would usually rather paint their own. I always have a mini painted for my PCs, and usually I end up painting several because after I paint one, another one is promptly released that I think suits the PC even better. I have one PC for whom I painted 8 different figures.</p><p> </p><p>The one GM I game with who doesn't do his own mini painting has got into using the prepainted plastics. I don't mind them for monsters and non-recurring NPCs, but I prefer painted metal minis for everything else. The plastic ones just look so generic and lacking in personality.</p><p> </p><p>I love terrain pieces too and often feel frustrated that most of the time we just draw some crude lines on a battle mat instead of using terrain - especially annoying to me since several of the player/GMs in our group own quite a lot of terrain pieces (and we're playing at their homes!). It sets the stage for me, and helps to alleviate communication problems. I find that just describing the action verbally or even drawing a diagram on a wipe board leaves too much room for misunderstanding. Unless the GM and players are always on the same wavelength and the GM is really good at giving atmospheric descriptions, there's nothing more effective for me than a table full of terrain and minis to convey the scene.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 2371665, member: 30035"] Reading glasses. I've just had to start using them for my mini painting. I love minis. I paint them for my own enjoyment, and most of my fellow players do so also. I've painted a few for other people, and I'd do more if they wanted me to, but they would usually rather paint their own. I always have a mini painted for my PCs, and usually I end up painting several because after I paint one, another one is promptly released that I think suits the PC even better. I have one PC for whom I painted 8 different figures. The one GM I game with who doesn't do his own mini painting has got into using the prepainted plastics. I don't mind them for monsters and non-recurring NPCs, but I prefer painted metal minis for everything else. The plastic ones just look so generic and lacking in personality. I love terrain pieces too and often feel frustrated that most of the time we just draw some crude lines on a battle mat instead of using terrain - especially annoying to me since several of the player/GMs in our group own quite a lot of terrain pieces (and we're playing at their homes!). It sets the stage for me, and helps to alleviate communication problems. I find that just describing the action verbally or even drawing a diagram on a wipe board leaves too much room for misunderstanding. Unless the GM and players are always on the same wavelength and the GM is really good at giving atmospheric descriptions, there's nothing more effective for me than a table full of terrain and minis to convey the scene. [/QUOTE]
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