"Is Your Painting Gaming-Driven?" Topic

Is your miniature painting dictated by your upcoming gaming plans? Do you paint in order to game?

For me its the other way around. When I finish an army I design a game around it so I can get it on the table.

Sometimes I schedule a game to motivate myself to paint up certain units.

Or maybe the better question is – how much of your painting is gaming-driven? 100% 50% 10%?

99.9%+
Few of the figures I paint are done on a whim. Some may start that way, but there is always a gaming appearance in mind.
"Fat Gentleman with Tankard" has always been me in my role as overseer of AWI games.
"The Spirit of ‘76" vignette of course leads Minutemen to action.
Mini-me from Minuteman 3D will be playing next Saturday, as will the laser cut beer wagon.

As I plan eventually to game with every mini I paint – 100%.

However, I paint quite a few of my minis months (and in some cases years) before their army is complete and they are gamed with.

Only occasionally is an army painted to be ready for an upcoming tourney or other specific gaming event.

Usually

100%.
I am first and foremost a gamer. I wouldn't paint anything if I didn't need it for a game.

I do paint in order to game but not on a scenario basis. Perhaps in time I'll get to the point of just adding units as needed for particular battles.

I only paint so I can join in or start a period/game, so pretty much 100%

Mostly but I do paint a lot of minis that never see the gaming table

Sometimes. Mostly it's because I have an interest in the period or like the miniatures.

yes.

Yes

Sometimes. But I would say that it is more likely war-driven.

Most of my painting has been diorama driven over the past several years. But much of my Miniatures painting life has been game driven. 75% game, 25% diorama driven overall. In 2019, once I complete my Napoleon's Battles 15 mm corps, I plan to start a new diorama project.

Usually.

Yes

I have collections that I never expect to play with, or at least not more than once. Then I have my toys. So 80 or 90% game-driven painting.

90%+

While I may paint an odd figure here or there for a period that I am not gaming at the moment, I do paint for eventually gaming with the figure. I guess that makes me 100%.

Over 90% is game driven.

Yes, even if I have little intention to game currently.

Ultimately, all of my painting is in support of games that I'm going to run and/or play, even if I don't have concrete, near-term plans for a game.

Everything I paint is intended to be played with so 100%. If they actually make an appearance in a game is another matter.

100% for gaming.

Symbiosis. Sometimes what I paint drives what I game. Sometimes what I want to game drives what I paint.

75%

I AM a painting butterfly-- I'll usually try to finish some fresh bits for any upcoming game.

All of the miniatures I paint will eventually be gamed with.

100%. If I'm painting something, it's only because I intend to game with it. And if I can game with it without painting it, I'll do that, too. (Yeah, yeah, heresy and all that. Get over it.)

Yes. I'll have a game or scenario in mind and will then paint what I need.
Along the way I might paint "extras" for the same army/armies.

Yes. I take no enjoyment painting whatsoever. It's merely a means to an end.

75%…I rotate games/periods just to make sure I start putting a dent into all the unpainted lead…the other 25% is usually the period after the period I'm already working on…I like to get a head start on things…

Yes

I'd agree with etotheipi, everything I paint I plan to game with; sometimes a planned game drives the painting, and sometimes the stuff I am painting drives a game; often both are at work at the same time!

I opt for as many paper models as possible, to avoid painting altogether. That said I do paint to get troops on the table when needed.

I find as much, or more, enjoyment in the painting, along with the associated research and study, as the actual gaming.
It is very relaxing to go to my work shop in the evenings and sit down with some good music and just paint figures.

Theoretically, everything I paint is for gaming but as I am becoming less inclined to care about actual gaming, I will be fine if the ladz never see a table.

I too paint for the table. I find that my painting production increases if I want to get something done for a game.

Yes, I do. I paint for my games. I just wish I had more time for more games! (and local folks who liked wargaming in Mesopotamia…)

I do very little painting, but I look at my project for which I game and want to game and am bored with them. So on a whim I paint something just for the fun of ity.