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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtower" data-source="post: 4605463" data-attributes="member: 43631">Yes, indeed.I was short of funds and time earlier in life, so never got into painting lead or pewter.&nbsp; The low price and easy access to DDM got me started putting representative minis on the table (before that, I used glass beads and semiprecious rocks affixed to foamcore tabs).&nbsp; I love DDM and have over 3,200 plastic minis from the line - I am an obsessive completist and have at least one of every model released from DDM - but still over time I grew dissatisfied by the limited number of PC models in particular.That lead me into discussions with a friend, who introduced me to Reaper minis and I was off to the races.&nbsp; I find that painting puts me in a light alpha state, very calm and timeless.&nbsp; I can paint and paint, and then I find two or three hours have passed and all the tension is gone from my limbs. My finished pieces are not award-winning, but they look good and I am improving my techniques as I go.&nbsp; I've had to learn to let them be &quot;less than perfect&quot; but I think my paintjobs stack up nicely against the prepainted stuff from DDM.So, in short, DDM is entirely responsible for my entry into the more traditional metals/paints mini hobby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormtower, post: 4605463, member: 43631"] Yes, indeed. I was short of funds and time earlier in life, so never got into painting lead or pewter. The low price and easy access to DDM got me started putting representative minis on the table (before that, I used glass beads and semiprecious rocks affixed to foamcore tabs). I love DDM and have over 3,200 plastic minis from the line - I am an obsessive completist and have at least one of every model released from DDM - but still over time I grew dissatisfied by the limited number of PC models in particular. That lead me into discussions with a friend, who introduced me to Reaper minis and I was off to the races. I find that painting puts me in a light alpha state, very calm and timeless. I can paint and paint, and then I find two or three hours have passed and all the tension is gone from my limbs. My finished pieces are not award-winning, but they look good and I am improving my techniques as I go. I've had to learn to let them be "less than perfect" but I think my paintjobs stack up nicely against the prepainted stuff from DDM. So, in short, DDM is entirely responsible for my entry into the more traditional metals/paints mini hobby. [/QUOTE]

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