About a year ago, the wife took interest in playing 40k. She chose Dark Angels because she likes their cute little dresses. I can't blame her. They are pretty and their history with my wolves would make a great reason for us to play against each other. She took a creative approach to the paint scheme and I believe she has done an exceptional job for her first army. The problem is that over the course of the year she has painted like five models. My question is this: How long until I suggest that I finish painting for her. I just wouldn't feel right running Dark Angels, I'm sure my dice would betray me as I have betrayed them. I would just like to see her move on to play a few games. While we both play marines our approaches are very different. She selected alot of fast attack, small units sizes, and devastator squads while I play alot of elite choices, full size troop units, transports, and tanks. I'm sure I will post updates about her army.
One way you could try to speed up the process for her without seeming to do the painting and rushing her, and I realise this isn't the most fun part of painting, would be to clean up, assemble and undercoat her models. That way, when she sits down to paint, it'll be doing the painting that gets the models ready for gaming, the colour scheme etc that is distinctly hers, and make the most of her time.
ReplyDeleteWhat part of painting is it that she enjoys most? My wife really enjoys cleaning up the models, and only sort of likes painting.
ReplyDeleteI do tend to put them together for her. I haven't been doing her undercoat for her. I think I will start in on the undercoat. Another note: I'm struggling to get a community of folks to play with and my wife is hot so I figured a hot chick at the geek . . . er . . . um, gaming store couldn't hurt anything : )
ReplyDeleteAside from maybe helping get the models to the stage where she can do to them what she enjoys (the painting aspect)... I would just be happy that she is involved in the hobby really.
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