Mostly Painted, Most of the Time

A few months ago I said I was going to only play painted models. The reasoning was that if I only played painted models. I'd have incentive to get everything painted up. Solid reasoning, and I was pretty sure it was a bulletproof plan.

Unfortunately, life isn't making that work out too well. Between my charity army I'm painting, commission work, and the general duties of being a stay-at-home dad, my personal painting time is becoming more and more precious. As a result, I really don't want to spend a few hours painting up a model only to have it be a stinker on the table and fall in to obscurity with a few other models I can't get to work on the table.

So here's the new, more forgiving goal. I'm letting myself play unpainted models to test them out, and they will get painted if I find them to be worthwhile. I don't have any real criteria for a good performance; I figure if it's something I'll happily field after playing it three times, that's good enough for me! That way I can actually try out things like Tharn Wolf Riders, Boomhowler & Co., or even my small Skorne and Cygnar armies before I risk wasting my painting time on them. This also lets me give myself permission to play the Conquest my wife made me buy, which I otherwise wouldn't have been able to play for several months.

I'm feeling better about this challenge. It will push me less as a painter, but it allows me more freedom as a gamer. I wish I could be "that guy" who only plays painted figures, but... priorities.


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