choosing figures

[mcsneed17]

help ! should i stick with fantasy& sci-fi figures or do ww2 us infantry figures?

 

[Clarence1]

Depends on what you like!!!!

Hard to say.

Maybe you would like to try something different. Myself, I like new challenge sometime. Help me discover new technics and new passion.

Never tried fantasy or sci-fi. maybe next time. Right now, I'm working on medieval figure. I used to paint 1/35 figure to build dioramas but I didn't enjoyed it anymore. So I decided to change.

Try something different and if you don't like it return to what you know best.

Regards

Clarence

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Id say that variation is the key.

Many Figureteers have their special interest but often paint other eras just for the fun of it.

Just pic a figure you like and paint it.

Cheers

 

[mcsneed17]

so what you are telling anything i choose is good even if the figure or figures have been done by every grand master under the sun so should i give up because every grand master says you can not what i have done because it is good as is what is why!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Sorry, Marc! I simply dont understand what youre saying?

Cheers

 

[Wlas]

Frankly, Marc, grandmasters have nothing to say when it comes to what someone chooses to paint. Where did you get such a strange idea????

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Marc

If you realy want to do something different from fantasy, there are two directions you can go...

A. A figure that could be totally different to the colourfull and imaginative metal painted fantasy like a US, Britsh, Italian, Spanish, Russian and even some of the German figures based in the modern wars since the turn of the 20th century...... (there could be some good choices in this area)

OR

B. A figure that has a vast array of colours and unusual metals to paint, such as a Samurai, South American Indians, Greeks, Romans, Hopolites even some Napoleonics....

So the choice is totally up to you, but one suggestion is to take a look at some of the reports from some of the shows, if you see a figure you like, you only have to ask anyone on here, as to who made it, if it is a commercial piece and you will no doubt get your answer and probably how much it is to buy and where to get it from.....

So the figuring world is your oyster....... so to speak

Dave

 

[garyjd]

Originally posted by mcsneed17@Nov 5 2006, 11:51 AM
so what you are telling anything i choose is good even if the figure or figures have been done by every grand master under the sun so should i give up because every grand master says you can not what i have done because it is good as is what is why!

I really do not see where the responses suggest that you not paint certain figures because you could not possibly paint them better than the "masters" (these titles crack me up)? Paint what you want for YOUR own enjoyment.~Gary

 

[Blind Pew]

Paint for you and only you. You are the only person you need to satisfy. Full stop.

Other than that, Dave's advice is spot on, there really is no shortage of stuff out there. Just not enough time.....

Paint whatever interests you. If you have little or no interest in the subject it shows through.

And always go for quality. Otherwise you just end up with a well-painted, but rubbish figure.

 

[Charles Denomolos]

Marc-
What do YOU WANT to paint. After YOU please YOURSELF, nothing else matters. Asking some "GRAND MASTER", or even, dare I say it, some "forum member" what you should do, doesn't seem to take into account what YOU want. Rock on, enjoy yorself, by doing what you want to do.

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Follow your heart and your impulses. This is supposed to be fun.

 

[Stonerdog]

MARC,

As stated by those much wiser than me, this hobby is about enjoyment. But if you want to build and paint award winning miniatures a clean and crisp style and good craftsmanship is needed , no matter what you paint.

John Stonaker