| ACW Gamer | 14 Feb 2012 9:03 a.m. PST |
Is it cheating to paint up and base a unit and then add a flag that you didn't create??? |
| Lowtardog | 14 Feb 2012 9:06 a.m. PST |
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 John the OFM  | 14 Feb 2012 9:16 a.m. PST |
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| Yesthatphil | 14 Feb 2012 9:19 a.m. PST |
… only cheating yourself … |
| John the OFM | 14 Feb 2012 9:24 a.m. PST |
I hand painted the flags for the first dozen or so AWI regiments that I painted.
That included such back breakers as two Hessian regiments, the 23rd Foot, the Buffs, the 1st Pennsylvania…
I never had the ambition to tackle the 2nd New Hampshire. Using commercially printed flags is no more cheating than is paying someone else to paint your figures. |
IGWARG1  | 14 Feb 2012 9:26 a.m. PST |
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| Martin Rapier | 14 Feb 2012 9:29 a.m. PST |
What a bizarre question. Is it cheating to paint figures which you haven't sculpted and cast yourself? |
 20thmaine | 14 Feb 2012 9:39 a.m. PST |
No. But it does show a distinct lack of moral fibre. You should scour the land for toothpaste that is still sold in foil tubes. Then brush your teeth regularly until the tube is used up. Then cut the tube open ( an adult can help you with this). Wash thoroughly. Wash the tube as well. Snip out a piece of foil double the width of the flag you need. Fold it in half around the flag pole and attach. Paint in suitable gaudy and unhistorical colours. Enjoy the fruits of your labout and bask in the admiration of your friends. |
| streetline | 14 Feb 2012 9:53 a.m. PST |
You stick with the toothpaste, I'll stick with the cava bottle tops…. |
| Florida Tory | 14 Feb 2012 10:08 a.m. PST |
I'll be happy to help with the cava consumption! 
Rick |
| whill4 | 14 Feb 2012 10:23 a.m. PST |
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| GR C17 | 14 Feb 2012 10:40 a.m. PST |
It is only cheating if you claim the work as your own. |
| jpattern2 | 14 Feb 2012 10:49 a.m. PST |
Wash thoroughly.
Wash the tube as well. Nice one, 20thmaine. :) |
| jay138 | 14 Feb 2012 10:54 a.m. PST |
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| Jovian1 | 14 Feb 2012 11:11 a.m. PST |
So long as you did not procreate with said banner, then no, it isn't cheating. |
| Frederick | 14 Feb 2012 11:17 a.m. PST |
Well – since most of the flags I am currently doing are elaborate SYW banners – No! Plus, I like to think of it as helping employment in these tough times |
| Dropzonetoe | 14 Feb 2012 11:42 a.m. PST |
I'd only say that it was cheating if you printed out a banner with the design of a ruler on it to measure movement rates with :) |
| MajorB | 14 Feb 2012 11:43 a.m. PST |
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 The Virtual Armchair General  | 14 Feb 2012 12:04 p.m. PST |
Well, like SOME commercial sources, you can always just photoshop someone else's work, then call it your own (errors and all). THEN you are cheating…. TVAG |
| WarWizard | 14 Feb 2012 1:05 p.m. PST |
I don't create any of the minis I paint. |
| ACW Gamer | 14 Feb 2012 2:53 p.m. PST |
Great answers as usual! I love the TMP boards…. This was great: "So long as you did not procreate with said banner, then no, it isn't cheating." Which was timely because I was planning on taking out the King's Colors for Valentine's Day!!!! DZT….hmm…ruler flags…. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 15 Feb 2012 12:32 a.m. PST |
Some days it's not worth trying to gnaw through the straps. |
| Wargamer Blue | 15 Feb 2012 3:17 a.m. PST |
No way, I did not go to art school. I can't paint flags. |
| goragrad | 15 Feb 2012 7:22 p.m. PST |
Actually even procreating with a particular banner wouldn't necessarily be 'cheating.' Only if you or the banner are already in a relationship with another is it 'cheating.' Otherwise you are merely 'playing the field.' |
| Pan Marek | 01 Mar 2012 2:57 p.m. PST |
Wouldn't one get paper cuts? |
