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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%


 
Plastic Pots

Stop by a green house or the lawn and garden section of a local chain store and look at their plastic pots.  Depending on what scale and genre you deal with there are lots of different uses for them.  They come in hundreds of sizes and shapes and are normally pretty cheap.  Some even have a useful texture molded into them.

The seed starting trays make good industrial complexes for smaller scale sci-fi games.  The larger pots work well for towers and what not throughout various periods.  You can also use the smaller seed trays for making tank traps for more modern conflicts.

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