{"id":7150,"date":"2021-10-10T20:49:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T01:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/10\/return-to-an-old-hobby\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T20:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T01:51:16","slug":"return-to-an-old-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/10\/return-to-an-old-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to an Old Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a nearly 20-year hiatus, I bought myself some paints and set up a table in the basement for painting miniatures. For those not in the know, these are the little figurines that are often featured in tabletop role-playing games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got my first box of minis in sixth or seventh grade. They were made of lead back then and I painted with oils and turpentine. The hobby has come a long way since then. Minis are made of safe metals, plastic, or resin. A plethora of acrylic (water-based) paints are available now, and YouTube, of course, features endless hours of tutorials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first two minis are somewhat random. A camel that I started in 2001 but never finished. And a disgusting giant rat. (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m rusty, so I wanted a model that would be tolerant of errors.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Painting table, new magnifier lamp, and the giant rat before painting. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Finished rat.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Loaded camel. Still need to do a few touch-ups, finish the base, and remove from the craft stick. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a nearly 20-year hiatus, I bought myself some paints and set up a table in the basement for painting miniatures. For those not in the know, these are the little figurines that are often featured in tabletop role-playing games. I got my first box of minis in sixth or seventh grade. They were made … Continue reading Return to an Old Hobby<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,54],"tags":[121,51,93],"class_list":["post-7150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrew","category-photo","tag-minis","tag-pictures","tag-rpgs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7152,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150\/revisions\/7152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}