I've always loved the idea of wargaming.
The problem is, the models are expensive, take a lot of time to paint, and then take up a lot of room after painting and between simulated skirmishes. In fact, I've tried several times to get into the hobby, painting one or more sets of miniatures, but rarely getting too far. Now, my eyes aren't great anymore, but I do have a lot of magnifying devices to compensate. Still, there's the expense and the room they all take. Well, that part, at least, has a solution, as demonstrated in this Make Warhammer TINY!, as I first saw it on Boing Boing. The idea is pretty basic; using an inexpensive 3d printer, print wargaming miniatures at half the size of normal. That theoretically cuts paint and storage requirements in half, at least.
Sadly, for me, I don't have my own 3d printer, so I'm probably not going to do this, but I absolutely like the idea of the tiny wargames and really, quite literal miniatures. It's brilliant. Though, I do question my ability to paint anything that small, even with the aid of my geriatric-level magnification devices. Truly. On the other hand, if you're stuck at home and you DO have your own resin 3D printer, you can download a lot of the files for free from links at the first video I linked and give a new hobby a try while you wait for your COVID-19 vaccination to be scheduled. (Or, like me, you can just marvel at the idea of the whole thing while watching a sixteen-minute video.)
Come back next week and see what else I've got to share with you!
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