NH2012 - Painting Discussion

[ashmie]

Winner buys there other mans lunch.

Sounds like a worthy duel Admiral. You're on. Next NH good for a speed painting comp. Can we get a few more entrants to make it bigger? Or it could be just me and the Admiral in a Clint Eastwood style showdown.

[me_in_japan]

[sarcasm] I could enter [\sarcasm]

[Primarch]

[sarcasm] I could enter [\sarcasm]

It's only a 2 day event mate.

[Tenorikuma]

Two days? I could probably get an arm painted.

Not army, arm.

[Admiral-Badruck]

Winner buys there other mans lunch.

Sounds like a worthy duel Admiral. You're on. Next NH good for a speed painting comp. Can we get a few more entrants to make it bigger? Or it could be just me and the Admiral in a Clint Eastwood style showdown.

Ok we each will take a picture of some modles on the sprue or gray plastic one week before the event we then will paint our whole armies. By whatever means nessesary we will then show up and let the gamers cast their votes. For the best paint job. Any one is welcome to join in on this.

[me_in_japan]

A speed painting contest should be more of a bring-along-a-new-mini and see who can get the most done in 1hour on the day kinda thing. Preferably a finished model, I might add. It's not fair if you do it at home, as you have an airbrush and Ash doesnt, for example. Also, a lot would come down to how much spare time you have in a day, too. If you have 5 hrs a day to paint and Ash only has 1, it's hardly a fair contest, is it?

[kojibear]

@Koji, I'm assuming from your concern you didn't get any luck in the comp this time. Don't despair I've seen your models and they are very good and as I said beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Thanks for the compliment Ash I am getting lots of advice from everyone and especially MiJ, but I didn't actually enter anything in the contest this year. Just wanted to give my thoughts on how to appease and put at ease all who may wish to enter in next year.

[ashmie]

Absoloutley. Speed painting contest should be painting on the day with a row of 10 to 20 minis. Timed. Fastest wins. That's more fun for spectators to. Rather like a pie eating contest.

No worries Koji, I read you loud and clear.

[Spevna]

A speed painting contest should be more of a bring-along-a-new-mini and see who can get the most done in 1hour on the day kinda thing. Preferably a finished model, I might add. It's not fair if you do it at home, as you have an airbrush and Ash doesnt, for example. Also, a lot would come down to how much spare time you have in a day, too. If you have 5 hrs a day to paint and Ash only has 1, it's hardly a fair contest, is it?

^ this.

[job]

Absoloutley. Speed painting contest should be painting on the day with a row of 10 to 20 minis. Timed. Fastest wins. That's more fun for spectators to. Rather like a pie eating contest.

No worries Koji, I read you loud and clear.

No no. The fun in pie eating contests is just the same as NASCAR. It is to see the crashes and disasters. There's always the bucket on hand for the contestants.

So in that spirit I suggest war gamers need more intensity and action to be amused. I suggest fire, alcohol and water. I suggest every ten minute interval is followed by D6 shots of what is on hand (bourbon whiskey vodka acrylic paints). Then it is followed by ingesting the remaining water you used for your brush. I'm unsure how you loop in fire but I thInk it has to be present to satisfy the sophisticated modern mind.

Now I'll sit and watch that.