 Editor in Chief Bill   | 11 Jul 2018 4:43 p.m. PST |
How frequently do you include in your armies a figure that represents yourself? * never
* rarely
* sometimes
* often
* all the time |
| Dynaman8789 | 11 Jul 2018 4:53 p.m. PST |
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| jeffreyw3 | 11 Jul 2018 4:59 p.m. PST |
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 20thmaine  | 11 Jul 2018 5:19 p.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 11 Jul 2018 5:22 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 11 Jul 2018 5:23 p.m. PST |
Check out the OFM's avatar.
It's a Front Rank "portly Gentlemen with tankard".
He likes to oversee the action. Yup. That's us. There will be a company at Historicon that will do a 3D scan of your head and print him out as an "action figure".
Check it out:
TMP link |
 etotheipi  | 11 Jul 2018 5:34 p.m. PST |
Real me? Never. My real life combat experiences do not play well on the miniatures table. Me in an appropriate role? Sometimes. I have SWMBO and me as leaders of an imagination (Slobovia). I have all four members of my family as various superheroes. I have SWMBO and me as postapoc/gangers. I have civilian "inaction figures" of SWMBO and me (me drinking a cup of coffee). I don't necessarily use them in all the games I play in those genres. |
| Frederick | 11 Jul 2018 5:39 p.m. PST |
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| FusilierDan | 11 Jul 2018 6:06 p.m. PST |
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| Daithi the Black | 11 Jul 2018 6:12 p.m. PST |
I always try to make a special miniature for myself… usually a period-appropriate model with a bunny head, bunny feet, and a little bunny tail… |
| DisasterWargamer | 11 Jul 2018 6:20 p.m. PST |
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| Joes Shop | 11 Jul 2018 6:47 p.m. PST |
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| Ed Mohrmann | 11 Jul 2018 6:48 p.m. PST |
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| 21eRegt | 11 Jul 2018 6:52 p.m. PST |
Never unless you count Dungeons and Dragons and related "battles". |
| advocate | 11 Jul 2018 7:05 p.m. PST |
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| Cyrus the Great | 11 Jul 2018 7:24 p.m. PST |
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| platypus01au | 11 Jul 2018 7:57 p.m. PST |
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| mghFond | 11 Jul 2018 8:50 p.m. PST |
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| Grelber | 11 Jul 2018 9:30 p.m. PST |
Sometimes, for skirmish level games. I find I try to avoid getting him killed, not always the soundest approach tactically, or the safest. Grelber |
| ZULUPAUL | 12 Jul 2018 2:39 a.m. PST |
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| Please delete me | 12 Jul 2018 4:11 a.m. PST |
Never, but all of my armies have a dog like the one i grew up with! |
| etotheipi | 12 Jul 2018 5:45 a.m. PST |
all of my armies have a dog like the one i grew up with! That is so cool. |
| Stryderg | 12 Jul 2018 6:03 a.m. PST |
Often. My games tend to be solo affairs, so having a mini-me on the table shifts to focus to 'my' story instead of just dice rolling.
From the responses above, I may be doing it wrong.  |
 ColCampbell | 12 Jul 2018 6:22 a.m. PST |
I have certain "alter egos" that I use as my commander's name in many battles, but none actually painted to represent myself. Jim |
| Hlaven | 12 Jul 2018 6:25 a.m. PST |
My Golden Retriever in ACW games. |
 Legion 4  | 12 Jul 2018 6:55 a.m. PST |
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| twicethecaffeine | 12 Jul 2018 8:11 a.m. PST |
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| UshCha | 12 Jul 2018 8:32 a.m. PST |
I am by definition the highest command element on my side. My opponent similarly. Do I need a particular figure? No I've died too many times. Making yourself the commander helps to to keep it it plausible. Like occasionally looking outside to see what a building looks like even 100m away. Stops the idiots going I want to shoot at that man in that window 100m away, he would be easy to see. |
| haywire | 12 Jul 2018 11:04 a.m. PST |
When I first got into miniature gaming a friend painted a Legion of Steel miniature for each one of us in the gaming group with our names and some identifying art on the knee pad. |
| Okiegamer | 12 Jul 2018 11:49 a.m. PST |
Never. It's hard enough to endure the shame of defeat without also getting myself "killed" in the bargain! |
