Arena Rex Forums http://redrepublicgames.com/forum/ |
|
Wishing's spectacles of the arena http://redrepublicgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33989 |
Page 5 of 39 |
Author: | Wishing [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Wishing's spectacles of the arena |
Here's the shot of the rough shape so far. |
Author: | Wishing [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Wishing's spectacles of the arena |
Some more progress on snake lady. |
Author: | Wishing [ Fri Aug 26, 2016 8:15 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Wishing's spectacles of the arena |
Does anyone think it's disrespectful towards the product and the company to create an alternative miniature to use instead of the official miniature? I can sort of see that it is. With this being a very small game, playing it is to a large extent also about supporting the game and the company. And it's not supportive to come out and say that there's any models they make that you don't like. Supporting the company would be buying as much from them as you can and advertising them to your friends. With the rules being freely available, anyone could play Arena Rex with models from their Space Marine army if they wanted. We don't want that, because if everyone did that, then RRG wouldn't make any money, and they would stop putting out their great game. By the same logic, we don't want people making their own AR models either. We want them to buy the RRG models. So I'm torn. On one hand, I want to support the company. On the other hand, I also want to be able to express myself creatively in the context of this game and not feel compelled to buy something I don't want for the sake of principle. You occasionally get people making their own models or armies for Warmachine (another game I know well). If they look good, these are usually met with high accolades and praise from the community, because these projects are so original. I've done some of my own, and seen others do it too. When others do it, they often justify it by saying that they actually do own the official models for the alternative models they are making, or otherwise explain how many $$$ they spend on the company's product, to show that they're not just a leech whose motivation for making homemade models is that they don't want to pay the money and support the company whose IP it is. I've never personally felt the need to justify myself like that. I've never actually felt morally compelled to support a company financially. I will spend money on a product if I like the product. But I won't spend money on a product just out of principle. I guess it is partially because I started the hobby many years ago, with GW back when GW encouraged fans to build their own models out of things like deodorant dispensers. There was less encouragement to buy in order to play, and more an encouragement to play with the stuff you had already. The modern non-GW approach of selling the model and its rules together as a package, that AR uses too, makes a lot of sense to me, and I like it. But there's still a part of me that occasionally kicks into action that goes "I would rather build my own version of that model than buy the one on offer". Which I then usually do. Just some bloggy thoughts as I keep working on this model. |
Author: | Sheijtan [ Sat Aug 27, 2016 1:24 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Wishing's spectacles of the arena |
Wow, she looks incredible. Really like the whole tone of the figure and the colors . |
Page 5 of 39 | All times are UTC-05:00 |
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited https://www.phpbb.com/ |