etotheipi | 03 Jul 2012 6:16 p.m. PST |
I am on vacation at the in-laws painting up some premium (to cheapskate me) minis and loving it. I am finding that I am putting more effort in to the ones I paid more for. That may just be an effect of the fact that I am willing to pay more money for the type of mini I am likely to dote over while painting, or maybe I'm just trying to get my money's worth. Either way
do you find the price of a mini affects how much effort you put into painting it? Yes – I try to honor the sculptor's effort. Yes – I try to memorialize the loss of my money. Yes – That "I only pay premium for minis I will work hard on" thing from above. No – It depends more on what they are for. No – I only buy expensive minis. No – Can't affort expensive minis. N/A – I don't paint minis. N/A – I steal my minis, so this doesn't apply. N/A – I, (insert legal name) a resident of (insert legal residence) recast all my minis. What – F'tagn! |
Pictors Studio | 03 Jul 2012 6:20 p.m. PST |
I pretty much put the same effort into all the minis I do for myself. I don't spend as much time on easier to paint ones than harder to paint ones, for example a fully armoured knight will get less effort than a highlander for 1745 but the quality of the end result won't be different. |
14Bore | 03 Jul 2012 6:29 p.m. PST |
I only find that the better the quality the easier to paint. But the same effort goes into all just to get same result might be easier. Does this make sence? |
Ron W DuBray | 03 Jul 2012 6:35 p.m. PST |
Cost of mini only effects if I will buy said mini, not how well I will paint it. There are a lot of minis I would like, but I will never pay the prices that a lot of companies think they should get payed for their minis. |
The Gray Ghost | 03 Jul 2012 6:37 p.m. PST |
It's more to do with sculpting than price, better sculpted get more attention. and I won't buy an expensive figure just to paint. |
John the OFM | 03 Jul 2012 7:02 p.m. PST |
There is absolutely no difference in quality between cheap minis and expensive ones. If you think thereis, you are just kidding yourself. And just having a load of stuff hanging from it does not make it a quality miniature either. Just busy. |
79thPA | 03 Jul 2012 7:48 p.m. PST |
Unless it is some kind of special figure that I think I need to do a better job on, all my figures get the same amount (or lack of) work. |
Rrobbyrobot | 03 Jul 2012 8:13 p.m. PST |
I have found I put some of my best work into units that turn out to be some of the poorest troops in fighting qualities. It's not that I mean to. It just seems to turn out that way. It has helped motivate me to do more research. |
Yesthatphil | 04 Jul 2012 5:59 a.m. PST |
Just a simple 'no' from me. |
rampantlion | 04 Jul 2012 6:06 a.m. PST |
I think that the sculpting style combined with a person's individual painting style has more effect than the "quality" of the mini or the cost of the mini (which is how most people rate quality I guess?). I have a friend who used to paint 15mm napoleonics 20 years ago when they had every little raised detail and he got more out of them than I do a lot of more detailed minis today because it suited his sytyle and he was just a good painter as well. This rambling may have not answered the question at all. I think that I put more effort into units that I like than the quality of the mini, but I try these days to buy only minis that I really like. Allen |
Don1962 | 04 Jul 2012 6:12 a.m. PST |
My painting is very much driven by the quality of the sculpting and scale size. I have really nice 28mm miniatures that take a lot more time to paint than my less artfully sculpted 15mm's. |
Yesthatphil | 04 Jul 2012 7:25 a.m. PST |
'Scale size' seems to me irrelevant in this
I have really nice 15mm miniatures that take a lot less time to paint than less artfully sculpted 28mm. Because the 15mm figures, though of significantly better quality (IMO), are physically smaller. |
Jemima Fawr | 04 Jul 2012 7:43 a.m. PST |
Minis used to be the poor-man's car, but cheaper cars are now available. I don't see what it has to do with painting though. |
Khusrau | 04 Jul 2012 7:53 a.m. PST |
Personally, I only buy what I believe to be the best quality minis. Money is plentiful, time is short. If I am going to spend forever painting up wargames minis, I want them to be the best I can get, they will have more longevity if nothing else. |
Grelber | 04 Jul 2012 9:02 a.m. PST |
To a certain degree, I find this to be true. Of course, I buy figures in one price range for the rank and file, while the more expensive are specifically purchased for some specific role. The only case where I specifically considered cost was while painting Copplestone's Giant Carnivorous Bird. There were suggestions that I paint it like an emu, but they are so dull, especially after I'd spent all that money! Just couldn't stand that. Considered Jayhawk colors, and other vivid color schemes. I was finally motivated to finish it after seeing emus in the wild. So, it ended up kind of emu like, with colored eye patches and a subdued pattern of different colored feathers that it could (theoretically) display for courtship rituals and territorial disputes. Grelber |
Timmo uk | 04 Jul 2012 12:32 p.m. PST |
I only buy stuff I like and they all get the same level of care. |
BW1959 | 04 Jul 2012 1:42 p.m. PST |
What Timmo said, I buy what I like and paint them all to tthe best of my ability. |
Midpoint | 04 Jul 2012 9:41 p.m. PST |
I think for many of us, the cost of the figure is a minor consideration when compared to the value of the time spent painting it. |
pessa00 | 04 Jul 2012 9:55 p.m. PST |
I had some Wargames Factory Dark Ages stuff I had to work like a dog on to get the results I demand of my work. I got there in the end, but compared to, say, painting something from Front Rank, very big difference. I guess that would qualify as putting more effort into cheap miniatures
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richarDISNEY | 06 Jul 2012 8:29 a.m. PST |
Nope. I paint them all to the same top notch level. From the Avatar's of War ($20) to Black Orc ($1), they all get my 'over the top' painting.
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