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How much space do you have dedicated to miniatures?

  • I have an entire room dedicated to miniatures and games. 45.90%
  • I share space in another room for my miniatures (permanent area in an office or bedroom). 39.34%
  • I have to put all my miniatures away when I am not using them (painting on a dining room table for example). 14.75%

How much time per week do you spend playing with or painting miniatures?

  • Less than 1 hour a week 6.56%
  • Between 1 and 2 hours a week. 13.11%
  • Between 2 and 4 hours a week. 29.51%
  • Between 4 and 8 hours a week. 34.43%
  • More than 8 hours a week. 16.39%

How much do you spend in the average month on miniatures?

  • Less than $10 per month. 8.20%
  • Between $10 and $20 per month. 14.75%
  • Between $20 and $30 per month. 16.39%
  • Between $30 and $40 per month. 11 18.03%
  • Between $40 and $50 per month. 11.48%
  • More than $50 per month. 26.23%
  • Other (-oth-) 4.92%

Do you ever travel to paint your mini's? Game Store Paint Nights for example.

  • Yes 37.70%
  • No 62.30%

Continuing with a common trend, over 75% of female respondents travel to Paint and Take type events, while less than 50% of males do.

What paints do you currently use?

  • Reaper Pro Paints. 32.79%
  • Reaper Master Paints. 40.98%
  • Vallejo Paints. 59.02%
  • Citadel Paints. 39.34%
  • Foundry Paints. 4.92%
  • P3 Paints. 9.84%
  • Other 49.18%

Notable mentions within the others group on this question Poly Scale, Partha Paints, Coat D'arms and Testors. Normal craft style paints were also fairly popular with almost 10% of respondents using them in addition to paints marketed specifically to miniatures or models.

What scale miniatures are you most interested in?

  • Large Scale (54mm for example) 8.20%
  • 25-32mm (to include all the heroic versions therein). 86.89%
  • 15-18mm 44.26%
  • 10mm 13.11%
  • 6mm 14.75%
  • Other 9.84%

In addition to the above scales, 1/2400 was a very popular scale for the write in votes.

What genre of miniatures are you most interested in?

  • Fantasy 62.30%
  • Science Fiction 47.54%
  • Historical 70.49%
  • Modern/Near Future 22.95%

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Better "Paper" Models

Paper models can be very useful, but even with thick card stock - they don't tend to be very durable.  If I have a paper model that I want to modify or use a lot, I make it out of sheet styrene (plasticard).

Print the model out like normal and than you can either glue the pattern on the card or use carbon paper to transfer it to the card.  Cut out the parts  and glue it up.  Ignore the fold lines - it is normally easier to just glue the edges together than to try and get a good fold with the plastic.  Also, the tabs are not needed either.

You can use various epoxy putties to add additional details and also use normal plastic model parts or scraps of styrene.  Prime and paint like any other plastic model.  The end result is very durable and will last a lot longer than paper models getting the same amount of use.

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