Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Back to the mines

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On AI – I don’t use it and don’t really see the point in its current form.  I undertand it can be fun and that’s fine, each to their own.  I had colleagues who used it to write content for work – in education this was lesson planning and tests or summarising documents.  It just felt like cheating to me.  The reason I was worth money as an educator was because I knew stuff and could communicate that to others in a form that helped them to understand and then integrate that new knowledge.  AI certainly couldn’t do that.

But I make it not for the end result, but to enjoy the process.

The same goes for painting miniatures – yes, a nicely painted mini at the end of it is a “nice thing”. But I paint because of the process of painting, not so I can be the owner of loads of armies of painted miniatures.

@blinky465 Does that mean that your load of painted armies are a happy unintended consequence of your painting?  I’m certainly aware of the positive effect of painting as part of my hobby. The creative outlet and mindefulness of the process itself are hard to find elsewhere and are a major benefit.  That said, for me the whole point of that part of the hobby is to end up with painted armies.  Their ultimate purpose is to be used on the gaming table but by far the largest role in terms of time and enjoyment is them just sitting in my display cabinet being looked at 🙂

Principes are built:

That’s the build on the Latin legion finished.  I painted the Veles when I was working on this project before.  I’ve got a few more kneeling Triarii to source, I’ll probably go with Mirliton as they are a decent match sculpting wise for the Agema Etruscans I’m using.  I hope the postage isn’t too prohibitive.