Toxic Community Advice

>>49871483
What part of the tabletop interests you, anon? Wargaming, RPG, painting?
So far, you have only expressed a desire to play tabletop and heard bad things about the owner and community. Go see for yourself if it is as bad as you've heard. If it is, then there are always other options. If not, then you have what sounds like a rather cozy store to play in.

>>49871483
I feel my local store owner is a bit like that, at the sametime he's very open and helpful.

It's just the way you approach people, I see him as a means to an end and if you ask the correct questions a source of knowledge and help.

>>49871483
Learning curve is entirely dependent on what you're getting into and who your community is.

I respond to toxic communities in meatspace by gaming online instead.

>>49871514
Well Wargaming and painting mostly. I bought a small 5 box of Gaunts to practice some painting. Not gonna lie, i was totally lost. I knew not to put on too thick a paint job but it just looked wrong. The i heard I had to prime it first..with no idea of what priming means so I went into a hardware store for primer but they I got a small paint brush primer, so I primed the gaunt in white with a brush. Really to you it would be a horror story. I got better but not good, i figured out priming was a facy way od saying spray paint it.

I'd like to rpg too but mostly the wargaming and painting part. In a sale I got Dust Warfare box of zombies and a warmachine battlebox, really not looking to dump a whole lot of money into the hobby cause im staking out the community. Thanks for reading and responding. There are no other options that are within an hours drive away. You're right I should see for myself.

>>49871521
That's true. I wouldn't be nasty just from a few others bad experience. A means to an end is the right way to think about it. I wouldn't need to be friends with the guy.

bumping cause I don't know if /tg/ is a fast board or not.

>>49872393
It used to be. Sometimes still is.

one last bump

Try to find another community elsewhere; it might be a bit more of a commute, but it's potentially worth it. If not, try and make your own community. Find people interested in tabletop, and start events.

>>49871683

Swing by the /wip/ thread for some advice.

Priming means applying a coat of primer. Primer is a base paint that sticks well to the surface it's applied to and makes the paint stick much better. It comes in spray forms, and these are what you want to use for miniatures for the most part because they let you get the primer coat thin enough for those tiny models.

>>49873771
thanks but that seems more than likely if that meta doesn't work out. Any idea how I could start one? Traveling to another area is too much of a commute. This store really has a monopoly.

>>49873931
thanks ill do that.