Do You Consider Miniatures Painting And/Or Collecting Part Of Your RPG Hobby?

[Mark]

Do You Consider Miniatures Painting And/Or Collecting Part Of Your RPG Hobby?



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[paradox42]

Yes, though I don't do any of that myself. The fact that it shows up at Gen Con every year- and that I've known many people in the hobby who did do it- is more than enough for me to consider it part of the hobby.

 

[Wombat]

I collect some minis. I enjoy painting them, though I am only mediocre at it, especially compared to some of the truly amazing painters I have met.

Having said this, the minis are, for the most part, a holdover from my wargaming days.

Minis are utterly unnecessary for rpgs.

 

[diaglo]

i HATE random minis. but i do consider minis part of the RPG hobby.

 

[Glyfair]

Yes, in the same way that collecting dice are part of the RPG hobby. It's not mandatory, but it's fun and expected.

 

[tylerthehobo]

Using prepainted minis is fine, too, but I do really enjoy spending a lot of time painting minis - especially if they're minis I can plan to use in an upcoming adventure.

I read in one of the Ptolus journals that Monte Cook apparently paints minis as armed for his games - e.g. if he's going to have 5 gnolls armed with flails in the game, he finds gnoll minis, arms them with flails and paints them as such. Talk about dedication...

 

[Kanegrundar]

I collect minis (both metal and pre-painted) and I paint as well. Don't have enough time to, but I still pick up interesting sculpts.

 

[Odhanan]

Yes. Absolutely.

 

[Turjan]

No, absolutely not. I hate painting, no matter what, and I don't participate in gambling like CCGs or WotC minis. As I'm not that hot on minis in the first place, this saves me lots of money.

 

[Aaron L]

No. Hate minis.