tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084736992014886509.post5934962885748521401..comments2024-02-01T05:49:49.781+00:00Comments on Wee Blokes: Citadel Paint ChartSam Patehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141121566526149379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084736992014886509.post-51324213580123809852012-05-03T10:01:57.289+01:002012-05-03T10:01:57.289+01:00Not a fan then, Dunc? ;-)
For the most part I agr...Not a fan then, Dunc? ;-)<br /><br />For the most part I agree with you RE: White Dwarf, and as such rarely buy it. Some of the forces in there (through their Fantasy and 40k lines) are still very nice to look at, but the special figures\units more and more leave me flat as they continue to "over egg the pudding". This one attracted me with the painting articles and the "Death World" headlines (as I have some Catachan troop models), so has more of interest than usual.<br /><br />As for Hobby costs, once you are started it can be quite cost effective (as you say compared to other pastimes and avoiding trends) and get many, many hours fun for your buck, but the startup costs tend to be slightly hidden as most folk seem to start off thinking they'll just need a handful of paints and a dozen figures to get going but then find they are looking at multiple brushes, paints, tools, figures, etc that they never realised at the start. By that point it's too late we're sucked into the fun (and it is!). Not too bad if you are an adult funding yourself, less fun if you are an adult funding your childs new hobby you have no understanding of, but are happy that drink/drugs/pregnancies are not issues!<br /><br />Still worth it though (wouldn't be having this chat otherwise)Sam Patehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141121566526149379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5084736992014886509.post-3758036046878911442012-05-03T02:30:47.389+01:002012-05-03T02:30:47.389+01:00You bought a copy of White Dwarf? With your own mo...You bought a copy of White Dwarf? With your own money? Then admitted it on your blog? <br /><br />Now go and sit in the corner and think about you've done.<br /><br />The hobby - as opposed to 'The Hobby (tm)' - is actually quite cheap when compared with just about any other pursuit which a chap might pursue.<br /><br />Sort of.<br /><br />Until (insert personal fad of the month manufacturer) releases the next must-have thing, like the ninth regiment French Hussars, correctly kitted out for the sixteenth week of 1817, when they'd just been issued with the highly controversial, and short-lived, 46.733mm cuff - replacing the tried and trusted 46.709mm cuff. <br /><br />Then it gets expensive.<br /><br />I packed in WD years ago, I can't even read friends' copies. I accept it for what it is; a product promotion vehicle. Indeed, it's been that since the late 80s. <br /><br />But, since GW dropped all the niche (read: interesting) things like Epic, BFG, Bloodbowl, etc, and gradually became a parody of itself, WD has increasingly read like those self-congratulatory things the local political parties periodically shove through your letterbox. Or a slightly less funny version of The Watchtower, with added idolatry.Dunchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337773236963539279noreply@blogger.com