Fits of Enthusiasm

[the_gneech]

I get fits of enthusiasm; I expect most artistic-types are like this, at least to some extent. Right now, my fits of enthusiasm seem to be centered around painting and modeling miniatures. If I had time and money to spend on it, I'd start building a Wood Elf army for Warhammer, or possibly pick up some of the LotR boxed sets.

Playing the game would be fun too. ;) But it's the craft involved that's got my attention at the moment. Instead of model railroading, I'm all eager to get into model fantasy gaming.

But, for better or worse, I don't have the time and money to spend on it. I'm picking up a few bargains off of eBay, but as it is I have a bunch of trees and rocks that are still painted black because I couldn't continue working on them while I was at AC.

I blame Celedras. Because I was so into playing the character, I wanted a miniature that was just right -- which I have, but the search for it (and getting back into the mindset to hone my skills and paint him halfway decently) led me to the Reaper minis site, the Games Workshop site, tons of individual painter galleries, and so on -- and they're full of cool stuff!

Maybe I can squeeze in a couple of hours on it this weekend, when I'm not either doing laundry or bent over the drawing board.

-The Gneech

Comments

[tcreynolds]

Those LotR miniatures are quite appealing! I was able to get a little rulebook or catalog for very cheap and enjoyed looking at the little figurines and was amazed to see all the rules and strategies for the game.

They even have a figurine for Bill the Pony, which I thought was really adorable. And Samwise with his frying pan!

I'm more paper and dice...never played with miniatures.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I love minis ... never again will the GM and I have completely different ideas about where my character is standing when the troll/dragon/balrog/stormtroopers/evil smurfs attack!

The only problem, is finding a place for the little buggers to live when you're not gaming. ;)

I've never really done pure "miniatures combat" games, just used them as props for tabletop RPG. I can see how it would be fun with the right people, tho.

-TG

[fferret.livejournal.com]

I am firmly convinvced that laundry is the enemy of creativity. That's why I was much more creative living in NYC...we sent the laundry out! Now I own a home...and a washer and dryer. Feh. Pfui, even!