For me, sci-fi themed stuff is just not inspiring at all. I like a lot of bright, bold colour in my painting and I don’t feel as though that would work hugely well if I tried sci-fi. It took my partner, Darren’s, love of all things spaceshippy to give it a go and create a Stargrave warband. I never take things too seriously, so my leader was a big brain in a jar, and I had K9s and stuff in there too. A couple that looked a bit like Bender. It was fun but still not really my thing.

I have a proper camera and actually count photography as a hobby, but I cannot take a decent photo of a mini no matter how hard I try. In real life they look great, on photos they look like a chimp painted them with Tippex. The struggle is real.

Nah, if people are being jerks I just don’t play with them again. Bad rules get replaced with house rules.

Fantasy is the genre I do most. SF is runner up. Not fond of post apocalyptic…

But my krytonite is zombies and vampires… TV and movies do them so much… Zombies are just gore and vampires are over glamourised… they don’t twinkle… they are bloodthirsty murderers!

Don’t take photos of my minis as my work not good enough for close scrutiny. Still own a 35 mm SLR camera that I seldom get chance to use… but I do prefer it to digital as it forces you to compose a picture and work out the exposure… digital… especially phones… are the shotgun equivalent of photography… take enough shots and you’re bound to get a hit… but no skill required.

I’ve never flipped the table… but I’ve come close when a player was being a total dick… anyway… it’s usually my table with my minis on it, so I’d have to clean up and risk destroying my own stuff.

@sundancer more luck than skill probably… or with a bit of editting.

Wow. It’s Thursday before I even realised I’ve not visited the site yet this week – been busy with work and music and learning about AI-based object detection. But I bought some more paints this week, so that counts as hobby, right?

Today’s pledge – I guess I’ve less than 48 hours to rebase some of my minis (I tried @warzan ‘s approach of making the bases the cool bit on the mini, but they always disappoint – I finally stopped hating my own painting style, only to completely ruin a “nicely” painted mini with some terrible basing. So now I do as my new painting hero MiniatureHobbyist https://www.youtube.com/@MiniatureHobbyist does – and use clear bases!)

Out of the comfort zone – most of us have a certain type of game or area in time we like to game in. Which on is yours and what would it take to dip your toes in something completely different?

I like sci-fi and cyberpunk settings. I’ve played a few zombie games and enjoyed them. I quite like Gaslands which was quite a departure from my “usual” gaming. But I just can’t get onboard with fantasy. So I try new things – but there are some things I just won’t go near!

Out of focus – how much love and attention to you apply to taking pictures of your finished minis and terrain?

I’ve taken photos and have been pleased with the results. I’ve also seen some minis I thought I’d painted well look like horror shows in photos! Photos really don’t do minis justice – if you’re not sure, try resizing your 12MP image to 500 x 500. Looks a lot better now, doesn’t it? 😉

Out of bounds – have you had anything gaming related that made you (almost) flip the table? Insane rules or rule changes, units or even opponents?

Nah. I once lost it when I caught my sister cheating at Cluedo. I’m one of those “what’s the point?” players? Winning is the least important part of playing a game for me. But that wasn’t the game’s fault!

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