I love to cycle.\u00a0 I don’t much care for E-Bikes.<\/p>\n
E-Bikes have their place.\u00a0 For certain people and situations they are a wonderful solution, allowing folks who might not be able\/willing to ride to do so.<\/p>\n
But, they don’t provide the entire cycling experience, which I will summarize in two words:\u00a0 Pain and Accomplishment.<\/p>\n
When a grinning e-biker zooms past me on a hill,\u00a0 all I can think is “Cheater”.<\/p>\n
Army Painter is the E-Bike of miniatures.\u00a0 For people who don’t paint all that well (Me) and\u00a0 want to do a half-way-decent-job on well sculpted figures (Me & Old Glory Landsknechts right now), it is The Bomb.<\/p>\n
What’s missing is the pain of trying to paint well, and sense of accomplishment when one actually does a pretty good job.<\/p>\n
With Army Painter, just block in the colors (not sloppily), and apply.\u00a0 The results look pretty damn good, and far better than if I was to stumble my way through details and a myriad of washes.\u00a0 The tricky part is figuring out how thin one wants the wash.<\/p>\n
Cheater.<\/p>\n
Will I use Army Painter when I finish up my Hinchcliffe Ottoman Turks?\u00a0 No, out of place for their dated sculpting.\u00a0 On my 15mm Alternative Army Ottomans……maybe.<\/p>\n
So, I’ll ignore my superficial hypocrisy and grin as I zoom through the last of my Italian Wars figures.<\/p>\n
I can live with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love to cycle.\u00a0 I don’t much care for E-Bikes. E-Bikes have their place.\u00a0 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:\u00a0 Pain and Accomplishment. When … Continue reading Me & Army Painter – It’s Complicated<\/span>