Okay, I've been having way too much fun with this little tool.
(Heh!)
I've enjoyed some pretty great games recently, but with the minutes ticking down until bedtime there's only time for a short post. Actually, I just finished the Terrible Tuesday article for Bell of Lost Souls, and it will probably publish before this article does.
It's a good one, methinks, called Will the Future of Games Kill the Future of Gaming? The premise is simple enough: will technology make a dinosaur of all social games. Will technology make painting one's own army an inconvenience at best?
It's a subject that's been on my mind quite a bit lately. It probably deserves more space than I gave it, but Bell articles should, in my mind anyway, leave room for the Mob to comment. Anyway, on the vein of painting, it doesn't have to be complicated.
Sometimes simple works just fine!
Sam-I-Am is working on his Ork army, and he's doing an easy scheme over a white basecoat followed by a wash. Simple, but very effective...
...perfect for 120 models or so!
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Re the Bell questions, I'd guess the answers are yes more than no, but that the reality is likely to involve the two approaches to gaming growing into each other more, with electronic forms becoming more tactile and physically interactive and tabletop games getting increasingly networked and flashy, with simple visual and audio effects for example. I'm also guessing tabletop games will be a long time dying, if they ever do die, and they may bounce back again and again.
'Okay, I've been having way too much fun with this little tool.'
...that's what she said?
:D
I agree with Porky. I think the contemplative nature of sitting with brush in hand and painting a model, and the reward of seeing that model engaged in action upon a tabletop, is what sets 'hobby' apart from 'gaming.'
And there's a distinct and important difference between the two.
I have the exact same vice/magnifier on my desk. Though the 'learning curve' with it has been interesting to say the least. When you aren't used to using a magnifier while painting it takes a lot of getting used to.
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