I love to cycle.  I don’t much care for E-Bikes.

E-Bikes have their place.  For certain people and situations they are a wonderful solution, allowing folks who might not be able/willing to ride to do so.

But, they don’t provide the entire cycling experience, which I will summarize in two words:  Pain and Accomplishment.

When a grinning e-biker zooms past me on a hill,  all I can think is “Cheater”.

Army Painter is the E-Bike of miniatures.  For people who don’t paint all that well (Me) and  want to do a half-way-decent-job on well sculpted figures (Me & Old Glory Landsknechts right now), it is The Bomb.

What’s missing is the pain of trying to paint well, and sense of accomplishment when one actually does a pretty good job.

With Army Painter, just block in the colors (not sloppily), and apply.  The results look pretty damn good, and far better than if I was to stumble my way through details and a myriad of washes.  The tricky part is figuring out how thin one wants the wash.

Cheater.

Will I use Army Painter when I finish up my Hinchcliffe Ottoman Turks?  No, out of place for their dated sculpting.  On my 15mm Alternative Army Ottomans……maybe.

So, I’ll ignore my superficial hypocrisy and grin as I zoom through the last of my Italian Wars figures.

I can live with it.