Post by muadmouse on Jan 23, 2015 3:11:40 GMT
Ok, the Oulu-Rovaniemi axis isn't as north as it gets, and Oulu is has thawed half a dozen times this winter, but having handled a can of spray paint in the -20 or less degrees Celsius weather in recent days I'm certainly feeling the chill!
25 or so years ago the Elf model from my HeroQuest game broke, and a friend of mine who'd recently introduced me to the wonderful world of model airplanes told me he new of a way to replace it. He showed me the basement where I could find the local gaming and hobby store. From there began a headlong dive into figure painting and gaming. Warhammer 40k led me to try my hand at model buildings, and I loved it!
Then alas, I moved to a flat that in no way supported painting, let alone crafts. Roleplaying expanded to fill in that geeky gap as best it could, and still remains my first and foremost passion, even though my current residence is quite hobby-friendly. In fact, it was through Dungeons & Dragons 3.x/Pathfinder that I started toying around with the idea of getting back to crafting terrain, but since I've found that figures distract players from playing their characters I was averse to the idea of enabling the problem (Disclaimer: I still play D&D3.x regularly, but won't run it).
But I'd always loved painting minis, and if I could paint Citadel miniatures back in the day without playing Warhammer Fantasy or 40k to any meaningful extent, I could certainly paint a few Reaper minis I'd found while browsing for something to represent my character. And then I saw the Elf, so very much like the one from HQ I'd never found a satisfactory replacement for. So I bought it, painted it, and felt all warm and fuzzy having healed a wound over two decades old. The problem was that now that the Elf was all painted and fancy, the rest of the models in the game box looked so drab and neglected standing on that colourful board. So I painted them, too, and enjoyed the hell out of it.
So, now I had nice-looking figures to play with, and play I did. I rediscovered the brilliance and untapped potential of the game (seriously, those Combat Dice are a narrative treasure trove!), but there was one complaint - the same one that compelled me to buy Advanced HQ when I was a kid - sitting in the back of my skull: the fixed board stole so much of the sense of exploration that the premise practically oozed with!
When I saw DM Scott's videos about 2.5D that old complaint screamed gleefully and pointed at the corridors, and after it had rummaged up dusty images of the Space Ork dwellings I'd once built with such enthusiasm I was forced to give up, place a cardboard box on my kitchen table, and as I slowly extended the blade of my box-cutter I a smile crept onto my face...
Now, a week later, I'm putting the finishing touches on my first crafted dungeon. I'm on this forum because I don't want it to be my last.
25 or so years ago the Elf model from my HeroQuest game broke, and a friend of mine who'd recently introduced me to the wonderful world of model airplanes told me he new of a way to replace it. He showed me the basement where I could find the local gaming and hobby store. From there began a headlong dive into figure painting and gaming. Warhammer 40k led me to try my hand at model buildings, and I loved it!
Then alas, I moved to a flat that in no way supported painting, let alone crafts. Roleplaying expanded to fill in that geeky gap as best it could, and still remains my first and foremost passion, even though my current residence is quite hobby-friendly. In fact, it was through Dungeons & Dragons 3.x/Pathfinder that I started toying around with the idea of getting back to crafting terrain, but since I've found that figures distract players from playing their characters I was averse to the idea of enabling the problem (Disclaimer: I still play D&D3.x regularly, but won't run it).
But I'd always loved painting minis, and if I could paint Citadel miniatures back in the day without playing Warhammer Fantasy or 40k to any meaningful extent, I could certainly paint a few Reaper minis I'd found while browsing for something to represent my character. And then I saw the Elf, so very much like the one from HQ I'd never found a satisfactory replacement for. So I bought it, painted it, and felt all warm and fuzzy having healed a wound over two decades old. The problem was that now that the Elf was all painted and fancy, the rest of the models in the game box looked so drab and neglected standing on that colourful board. So I painted them, too, and enjoyed the hell out of it.
So, now I had nice-looking figures to play with, and play I did. I rediscovered the brilliance and untapped potential of the game (seriously, those Combat Dice are a narrative treasure trove!), but there was one complaint - the same one that compelled me to buy Advanced HQ when I was a kid - sitting in the back of my skull: the fixed board stole so much of the sense of exploration that the premise practically oozed with!
When I saw DM Scott's videos about 2.5D that old complaint screamed gleefully and pointed at the corridors, and after it had rummaged up dusty images of the Space Ork dwellings I'd once built with such enthusiasm I was forced to give up, place a cardboard box on my kitchen table, and as I slowly extended the blade of my box-cutter I a smile crept onto my face...
Now, a week later, I'm putting the finishing touches on my first crafted dungeon. I'm on this forum because I don't want it to be my last.