Goblin-King wrote:chaoticprime, you seem extremely into gaming. May I ask what you actually do for a living? I'm just curious
I am an independent video game designer/developer. I also produced a line of miniatures, but I sold the rights for most of them to another company. I am planning on breaking into fantasy board games, soon, too. Here is my poorly-updated blog--the old stuff is class: http://secretartsgames.blogspot.com/
knightkrawler wrote:For me, the minis I own are game pieces. As long as they're not painted they are color coded to give them a unified look. That means I spray them with Army Painter primers I can live with shinig through when they are painted. You know, orcs are dark green, skaven fur brown, goblins light green, yetis light blue, undead skeleton bone...
Heroes and NPCs are grey. Men-At-Arms get a colored rim, as my four hero classes are also color coded, so that we always know which henchman belongs to which hero. Sjeng did something similar.
I like the unified look among minis of a kind that perfectly combines with the simple rule appeal of the game, which is why I want 4th edition Warhammer orcs with bows to fill my ranks and not the new ones. (But only as long as there's no better option). I won't put a new Warhammer orc in HQ and tell my players it's an Orc with the stats HQ orcs have. That's just ridiculous when you know how Orcs have changed to something bigger than HQ ogres over the Warhammer years...
I don't care for the price of Army Painter. Mix Mod Podge or white glue with some acrylic paint, and then paint straight onto the bare metal of a miniature. It will (1) feel exactly like a (heavy) plastic miniature; (2) cost you practically nothing. I just dolled up a bunch of old Dark Eye miniatures in this way. I'll get some photos up of them.
knightkrawler wrote:But I digress... The thing is: Everything I own is there to play with. Period.
I give away a lot of my stuff. I hate clutter and am naturally munificent (that'd be my virtue, by the way).

























