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garhkal
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 Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:03 pm Post subject: Pre-painted, OR HOME painted?? |
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For those who like using miniatures in their games, do you prefer using Prepainted plastic ones, or do you prefer buying unpainted ones (plastic or peuter) and painting them yourself?
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Ziz
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I'm a modeler, so I HAVE to paint them myself. Anything less is cheating.  |
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jtanzer
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It depends. The more complex the mini, the more attractive pre-painted becomes. On the other hand, simple minis are easier to paint yourself. However, there is a certain satisfaction from assembling and painting them yourself.
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TauntaunScout
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I've painted thousands of miniatures including hundreds for Star Wars. It began when I was 4 years old painting the 25mm-ish scale Jabba's Palace figures for the old plastic model kit. Then when I was in grade school I discovered the leadStar Wars minis which led me to the RPG and then to Battletech, Warhammer, etc.
However, in some cases, being able to carelessly handle the miniatures is very useful/freeing. For these times, I own a few hundred of the prepainted D&D and Star Wars (combined, not each) plastic WOTC miniatures. |
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pakman
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IF I can find a mini of the reasonably close size and reasonable cost - I prefer buying them.
As a long time RPG and Wargamer - I have painted possibly thousands of minis (multiple 40 armies....and years of star wars and dnd rpgs) so I have a full craft room with all my hobby stuff.
At this point most of my new minis - are stuff I buy stl files and then 3d print myself - again, if THOSE prices are reasonable.
That gives the most flexibility - and I usually enjoy the creativity of working with them - although - at times - it can be a chore.
For example - for the current adventure my players are in - I needed some blacksun minis and an elite rodian guard.
I am using 3d printed minis for them both (bought files at a decent price). - the black sun guys were a pain to paint just due to the scheme and models.
I would have happily paid for preprinted versions of those - if I could have found them for less than $10 each in my scale (~32mm).
For the elite rodian guys - I am coming up with my own scheme - and found some cool dune minis that work for my vision - so they are more fun to paint.
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Ziz
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| pakman wrote: | At this point most of my new minis - are stuff I buy stl files and then 3d print myself - again, if THOSE prices are reasonable.
That gives the most flexibility - and I usually enjoy the creativity of working with them - although - at times - it can be a chore.
For example - for the current adventure my players are in - I needed some blacksun minis and an elite rodian guard.
I am using 3d printed minis for them both (bought files at a decent price). - the black sun guys were a pain to paint just due to the scheme and models. |
Do tell. Link? |
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pakman
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| Ziz wrote: | | pakman wrote: | At this point most of my new minis - are stuff I buy stl files and then 3d print myself - again, if THOSE prices are reasonable.
That gives the most flexibility - and I usually enjoy the creativity of working with them - although - at times - it can be a chore.
For example - for the current adventure my players are in - I needed some blacksun minis and an elite rodian guard.
I am using 3d printed minis for them both (bought files at a decent price). - the black sun guys were a pain to paint just due to the scheme and models. |
Do tell. Link? |
I buy most of my character minis from;
https://darkfiredesigns.gumroad.com/
and here are the Black Sun guys I just painted - from Skullforge
https://skullforgestudios.gumroad.com/l/lmths?layout=profile
I buy a TON of terrain and ships from ZZarmory - as most their stuff is support free. However, they do have some minis - here is a very cool group of combat droids from Clone wars and Rebels;
https://zzmarmory.gumroad.com/l/fpfmav?layout=profile
My players appreciate the effort I put in on giving them minis specific for the NPCs in the game - helps "set the scene" they say. The coolest is when a returning character from several adventures ago shows up on the table - they will say "wait - is that the guy who got away when we were on planet....".
I do try to reuse as much as I can - have painted a bunch of storm troopers, mining guild guards, combat droids, etc. (The mining guild and Black Sun are re-occuring in many adventures - so works out).
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