That sounds like something where paper figures would have a definite advantage, as is my plan.
That sounds like something where paper figures would have a definite advantage, as is my plan
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Then there's the people who do a crappy-ass job on their assembly and painting and scoop them up by the handful and toss them into a shoe box who then turn about and do the same to your figures "just trying to help jeezz."
I'd cut off their fingers if I could.
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There is. It's normally used to cut betel nuts open, but it works just fine for this.
My personal favorite in the "just trying to help, jeezz!" category was the guy who was at a lot of my games at big conventions in the 1980s, and who was always really glad to help put the figures away after the games.
I noticed, when I did the post-show inventory, that I was always missing a few figures afterwards. In later years, this same guy posted pictures of all my missing figures on the Internet - as part of his Tekumel collection. (I could identify the figures by the paint schemes, and from the inventory lists.) Funny thing; I didn't sell him any of the figures, and I wasn't giving any away. Hmmm.
Now that I strictly control access to the collections, we don't seem to have an issue with 'loss prevention and control' any more...
Same here, for games where I will not be physically present. Unfortunately, I had issues getting them back, so I don"t do loan-outs any more.
I don't do open games, anymore, and I very closely control access to the collection; seems to have solved a lot of problems...
They really are the way to go, unless you really want to get into miniatures as a hobby - I'm into is as an obsession, really. Paper really is handy, and there are also all sorts of nice paper model buildings out there that will do just fine.That sounds like something where paper figures would have a definite advantage, as is my plan
I think I forgot to answer you about the cards - no, Phil didn't do 'card tricks'; he was a really good player. I did stage magic for quite a while, and that's where I learned the skill of the conjurer.
heh...last night we were playing Savage Worlds in Victorian London and I was looking at my figures and thinking about what I needed to get to make it more functional for the period. The session was probably a one off but I really need to get Foundry's hoodlums and bobbys on penny farthing bicycles some day and run a down hill chase to the Benny Hill show music.
Anyhow, it's a funny thing, I've been running a gaming store for 4 years now and outside of the shenanigans when I tried to sell it last year I don't think I've had a dime of shrinkage. I used to tell one of the other store owners that I if he didn't have anything I thought was worth buying then he certainly didn't have anything worth stealing. Some how I feel those words have come back to haunt me.
At last! The big revision! More monsters! more magic! Two page hit location table!
The Arcane Confabulation
You should also have a look at Eureka's line of Victorian stuff - very good prices, and some real gems.
Understood about your situation, too. My problem is that because of my close association with Prof. Barker I've always been a 'High Value Target", with people thinking that it's open season. Phil used to have the same issues with his miniatures and papers; people would 'borrow' things, and they'd never come back. I got my starting painting figures for him because, he said, "Chirine is the only one who isn't stealing me blind." He'd give me 50 - 100 figures, I'd paint all of them to his specifications, and he'd keep the half that he liked the most; I got the rest as my 'fee'.
It's why I started my archival back-up work all those years ago; it got to the point where Phil would ask me for copies of his own works, as all his copies had been 'borrowed' - and this was still happening three years before he passed away, much to my surprise...
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