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It's true, I do.

I bought some Games Workshop figures last week.

Wait wait, before you run off in horror, let me explain. When I was younger, I used to love painting Warhammer figures as a hobby. I've never had any interest in playing the games, and still don't. The closest I ever got to playing Warhammer was getting HeroQuest (anyone else remember that?) one christmas. But I have always loved creative stuff, so I found painting the models interesting.

As I grew up I gradually lost interest, I probably last painted one when I was 15. The other day I was in a shop, and they had a small Games Workshop section with some of the newer Lord Of The Rings figures, and it resparked my interest. For a while now I've been looking for creative things I can do off of the computer because I kind of get bored in Photoshop after I've done a days work. So I decided to pick up a box of figures and a few pots of paint to go with my old stuff, and try it again. The set I got consisted of all the Fellowship, so 9 figures in total.

Here's the first one I've completed, Gandalf (the grey, obviously):



I'm really pleased with how it turned out (bear in mind in real life it's only 1" tall). It's better than any of my old ones, so I must have grown a better eye for detail in the 8 years since I last did it. As I work through them, I'll post pictures if anyone has the slightest interest.

I feel so nerdy, but hey, I have fun doing it - better than watching TV. But as CTerry said to me eariler, I'm lucky I found Bec when I did, because I don't think I'd have much hope now