What parts of the hobby do you enjoy least?

[Techno]

I think that's rather a good idea, Andy. 

Cheers - Phil

[Westmarcher]

A man who hates painting who also hates unpainted figures in a game - that way masochism lies. So glad I enjoy the modelling and painting aspects of the hobby, sometimes more than an actual game. The bit I really dislike that doesn't involve other people is taking down and packing away. Sometimes I will fight a battle two or three times rather than go through the hassle of packing away.

Packing away is a recurring complaint and how true it is(!) - sometimes I find the setting up, if it's a historical re-fight, a real pain also - seems to take ages getting everything into the 'correct' position.

p.s. I'm already on record as disliking the painting side - I usually like it at first but soon the enthusiasm wanes as my impatience to get units on the table grows or I encounter features or equipment on the sculpt that I've no idea what I'm supposed to be painting - but, I too, dislike unpainted figures on the table (at least take a leaf out of Jim's book - see 'Encourage Les Autres' post).

signed - Mr Whiplash.

[Steve J]

The unwashed at shows such as Salute, especially if the have huge backpacks and no spatial awareness

Oh so true! One year at Colours it poured down with rain just before the doors opened. It then warmed up quite considerably on the top floor and the smell was something I'd rather not experience again .

[steve_holmes_11]

I've found the human body odour problems have decreased remarkably over the last 10 years.
* Maybe all those Lynx adverts have reached the Warhammer generation.
* Maybe we've all upped our game when it comes to hygiene.
* Or perhaps my own sense of smell  is fading with age.

You know what they say:
  If you've never come across that guy - then you're probably that guy.
Or
  He who smelt it dealt it.

[grahambeyrout]

What parts of the hobby do I enjoy least?

People who play the letter of the rules rather than the spirit of them, for a start, but what I really dread the most is thinking about how much money I spend on playing toy soldiers.

[paulr]

It's relatively cheap compared to a lot of hobbies

Keeps us off the streets, mostly

And once purchased they can be used again and again, I'm still using figures I bought in the 70s

[Leman]

I also still  use some of the Minifigs 15mm WOR and Renaissance figures I bought in the 70s and the bulk of my ACW collection is 15mm Old Glory from the 80s.

[fsn]

It's relatively cheap compared to a lot of hobbies :-

Welll ... it can be.

And once purchased they can be used again and again, I'm still using figures I bought in the 70s

I have an Airfix Churchill tank from the late 60s or early 70s. The gun now has a dogleg, at some point I thought flocking it would be a good idea and at least one roadwheel has gone ... but I can't bear to get rid of it.

Sad thing is, Airfix Churchills I put together some 20 years later aren't modelled with any greater skill.   

[steve_holmes_11]

Welll ... it can be.
I have an Airfix Churchill tank from the late 60s or early 70s. The gun now has a dogleg, at some point I thought flocking it would be a good idea and at least one roadwheel has gone ... but I can't bear to get rid of it.

Sad thing is, Airfix Churchills I put together some 20 years later aren't modelled with any greater skill.   

One of the great things about Churchills was that they could lose a couple of wheels and keep on trundling.

[grahambeyrout]

True, the hobby can be cheap or expensive, depending on taste. Paper soldiers with free rules on a kitchen table with books as hills if you wish. In a Warning Order magazine I recently read a comment about people in the past regularly "dropping" 100 dollars a time on their weekly visit to their local wargame shop. For me that is other extreme . This however is a digression, Since people are commenting on figures 50 years old  or more, I thought I might mention my Minifig 15mm French Cuirassiers - the old strip ones. For some reason they were smaller than the rest of the range. Small men on small horses, and did not quite cut the dash expected of the terrors of European battlefields. I have however discovered that they just about (admittedly only just about) mix happily with my Pendraken 10mm Naps. Suddenly we have big men and big horses as it should be. Thus it is that my 2 year old 10mm Napoleonic collection contains some 40 year old figures. (They are better painted too - I had younger eyes and a steadier hand then)

[Techno]

- I had younger eyes and a steadier hand then)

Didn't we all. 

Cheers - Phil 

[Leman]

Unfortunately I have always had shaky hands and have worn glasses since I was 10, so my painting has actually improved, but I still can't paint a straight line. Parti-coloured clothing is an absolute nightmare, but I still give it a go.

[Techno]

The only way I can keep my hands properly steady is by resting them on the desk.....I presume every one does that anyway !

You should see the way they wobble when I'm trying to solder tiny bits of metal together, when I can't find a way of even resting my elbows on the work top in the pole barn's 'workshop'.
(I'm not allowed to solder indoors since an 'incident' with a gas soldering iron. )

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

 

[steve_holmes_11]

The only way I can keep my hands properly steady is by resting them on the desk.....I presume every one does that anyway !

You should see the way they wobble when I'm trying to solder tiny bits of metal together, when I can't find a way of even resting my elbows on the work top in the pole barn's 'workshop'.
(I'm not allowed to solder indoors since an 'incident' with a gas soldering iron. )

Cheers - Phil

I've seen a few recommendations for close work hand technique.
They usually involve grounding the heel or back of hands on the worktop, or something stable and suitable elevated.
There one hand is holding the subject, both hands are placed firmly together to eliminate relative wobble.