Seattle Painting Team!

[Pastor Prime]

I\'ve noticed that there are a few painters on this site from the Northwest. I\'m new to the area and would love to have some fellow artists to paint and share ideas with. All this talk of the Spanish Golden Demon teams has gotten me motivated!

So, if anyone on the boards lives in or around Seattle and wants to get together to paint every once in a while, please let me know. Hope to see you over a cup of coffee (we are in seattle afterall and they don\'t lie about the amount of coffee people drink up here!)

- Quentin

 

[EricJ]

Hey Quentin, good to see you on the forums! I believe there is a Seattle Area paint Group (SAP?), that already exists, although I don\'t know the details since it would be a bit of a commute for me to participate, lol

however I\'m sure once it\'s morning there, someone more knowledgeable about this than I will be able to fill you in, sounds like it\'s at least moderately active! (I think)

 

[Gin1906]

Hi,
Yup there is a Seattle group, SAP (Seattle Area Painters) there is a thread
SAP THREAD HERE
Plus some of the active members are here every day.
They also have a yahoo account that you can join with the same name.
Hope that helps, and welcome to the forums!
Gin

 

[johnboyjjb]

Come one man. It ain\'t that far a drive. If you don\'t stop you should be able to do it in 12 hours or so.

 

[Pastor Prime]

Great, That\'s exactly what I\'m looking for. For you Seattle locals, what shops do you frequent?

- Q

 

[Queen of Credits]

Interested in shops in the Redmond area?

Hi, Kathryn here. I live in the Seattle/Bellevue area. The shops I frequent include the Games Workshop in the Factoria area and there is also one in the Lynnwood area, ...a bit more of a drive. Both, however, are GW-disabled (translation - they sell only GW items, which is fine if you only want GW items, but is otherwise a dumb marketing strategy IMO because it just forces hobbiests to find other stores---which they might decide they ultimately like better---to find the rest of the things they need). Anywho, there are also several hobby shops, not strictly devoted to GW products in the Redmond area (as you know, close to Kirkland/Bellevue). ..... I could look their names up. One is, or was, named Cayote Games, but I believe they changed their name. They are VERY friendly and helpful and have Reaper Models and GW models, vallejo paints. They know me as \"Kathryn\" the customer who buys alot, but not as \"the Queen of Credits\". Then there is another place in Redmond I go frequently due to their huge arrray of things to choose from. They do not know me as the Queen of Credits or would probably remember my name, but if you ask them about the woman who came in with the MONSTROUS Eldar army that one time with no clue on how to play 40K or what units or characters were needed---so she just brought EVERYTHING, LOL, they may remember \"that woman\". I will have to look up the exact name of that shop. I think it is something like \"Genesis Games something or another\". It is a pun of the former name of the store when it went out of business and then was reborn with a new ownership, ....like using the Genesis device from the Star Trek movie \"The Wrath of Khan\" where you take a planet, completely \"re-format\" it, and end up with an Eden. If you aren\'t sure which shop that is, I will look up the name. I just don\'t have it on the tip of my tongue this morning. I also frequent HobbyTown USA in Redmond for essentials like thin balsa wood strips, zappa gap, paint jars, and microscopic strands of sturdy wire. Hope that is helpful.

--Kathryn
Queen of Credits
www.QueenofCredits.com
A place of wonder and amazement !

 

[Valander]

Welcome! I\'m one of the \"founding members\" or whatever of SAP. We\'ve been pretty quiet lately, as most of us got slammed with real life.

We\'ve managed to meet a grand total of one time over coffee, then tried to figure out a place to paint and really didn\'t get back to it.

Anyway, there should be a link in my sig for the Yahoo Groups page for SAP. I personally would love to have meetings at least once a month, but my schedule is pretty tight right now. If there were at least a couple of other people, though, I\'m sure we could manage something. Just join the SAP page and send an email out there.

As for what stores I frequent, the only one I usually hit is Game Wizard over in Ballard. He\'s decent, but hasn\'t been restocking quite as much lately. Gary\'s Games in Greenwoodish area has a lot of RPG stuff, and a very small amount of minis. I\'ve heard Oroboros (formerly Coyote) Games is good, and plan on heading out there this weekend for the HORDES release (I\'m mainly into WARMACHINE and soon HORDES).

Anywho, welcome once again, and hopefully you\'ll breathe some new life into this poor, old, over-worked SAP.

 

[Drake Farstrider]

Hey I am also a member of SAP. I would love to have a sit down with some other painting peeps over coffee. The best day for me is Sunday\'s right now. Once or twice a month would be good for me.

Anyone good with a camera? I got a good one, but my picture taking abilities seem to be lacking.

Jeremy

 

[johnboyjjb]

Originally posted by Drake Farstrider
Hey I am also a member of SAP. I would love to have a sit down with some other painting peeps over coffee. The best day for me is Sunday\'s right now. Once or twice a month would be good for me.

Anyone good with a camera? I got a good one, but my picture taking abilities seem to be lacking.

Jeremy

I also am free on sunday afternoons. Since I am currently pleading for help in the photography section I probably wouldn\'t be much help.

@Pastor Prime
Where are you coming from: North, East, South or West.

Oroboro guys are great. They don\'t smell bad (usually) and generally are quite helpful. The GW in Alderwood mall, besides being a GW, isn\'t too bad. A lot of the staff are generally knowledgable. They are quite outgoing and as yet haven\'t railed me to hard about just being a painter. I was told not to waste my time coming back with painting questions as I had surpassed what they could teach me. (Which is sad as I am a pretty poor painter. )

 

[Pastor Prime]

This is great! seems like there are quite a few of us here . I can meet up on Sundays as well.

I live in West Seattle and have been making the hobby shop rounds. So far I\'ve been playing Confrontation at the Game Wizard but have driven there twice recently and found the place closed, not cool.

I\'m going to go paint at the GW bunker in factoria tomorrow afternoon (weds), if anyone wants to drop by and say hello.

I just went to Genisis in Redmond last night to play Confrontation, great store! The have almost every blister in stock and are having a painting contest this weekend (entries have to be in by friday.)

So, when would people like to get together and where? I\'m free most of the time (when I\'m actually here in Seattle.)

- Quentin

 

[Valander]

Originally posted by Drake Farstrider
Anyone good with a camera? I got a good one, but my picture taking abilities seem to be lacking.

Jeremy

I was pretty good for a while with my crappy old 640x480 pixel Sony. I just got a shiny new Canon A620 and a light cube, but haven\'t had a chance to play with it.

One thing I did learn was that a tripod is essential, as are good lights. I think the light cube I got will really help with the lighting and cutting glare.

Yet one more thing to talk about if/when we ever get a meeting organized!

 

[Valander]

Originally posted by Pastor Prime
This is great! seems like there are quite a few of us here . I can meet up on Sundays as well.
[snip]
So, when would people like to get together and where? I\'m free most of the time (when I\'m actually here in Seattle.)

- Quentin

I\'m good with Sundays, too. The biggest issue is finding a place to hook up. I made a poll over on the SAP page, so if you haven\'t already, join up there and vote for when is a good meeting time. If nothing else, we can find a coffee shop that\'s kind of central to those that want to attend (so far, that\'s Eastlake (me), Burien (Drake), and West Seattle (Quentin)--looks like Downtown or Capital Hill is about as close to central as it gets that might actually have someplace we can meet).

 

[Pastor Prime]

So I joined SAP and voted for this Sunday.. I can do pretty much any day of the week however.

Looking forward to it.

- Q

 

[Queen of Credits]

So where and what time at we meeting ?

So what time is it this Sunday, and where specifically is it, that all you painters are getting together? I would like to meet you folks! As you may know from my CMON scores, I may not be the world\'s greatest mini-painter, but as you may know from my website, I am definitely the world\'s greatest mini-collector. I want to see the local talent now that I have stumbled across this group. I have lots of wonderfully painted miniatures from Russia, Poland, Austria, Great Britian, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Spain, France, and the other 49 states of the good old USA, but how about letting see what the miniature painters here in the Seattle area are capable of? My musuem displays a little local talent, but that is probably only because I\'ve never run into any of you before. ....yes, I know, Jenova was/is here attending the University of Washington, but that doesn\'t count because she hails from Denmark and I have many of her inspired minis in my collection already. I KNOW where to find Jenova. ....where do I find you?

What time on Sunday and where is it that everyone is meeting?

The best place for me would be Genesis in Redmond. Let me know.
I am posting this same post on this listserve and the CMON thread at the same time. Meanwhile, if you have not visited my fabulous \"virtual museum\" of painted miniatures from collection of painted minis yet, please feel invited. It is at www.queenofcredits.com.

Kathryn
Queen of Credits
www.queenofcredits.com
www.royalcurator.com

 

[Drake Farstrider]

Well Capital hill would work for me as would the U-District, or even downtown. I am open to most places south of the U.

 

[Pastor Prime]

I\'m new to the area so I probably shouldn\'t decide. If we ever want to get together and paint then you are all more than welcome at my place. Like I said before, I\'ll go anywhere around town to meet so....

- Q

 

[Valander]

Well, I was thinking this Sunday (4/23) was too short of a notice to get people together, but it actually looks like there would be at least four of us, so why not?

Sunday, 1pm sound doable? As for location, our first (and, sadly, last) meeting was at the Espresso Roma up in the U-District--I suppose we could meet there again. Or we could pick somewhere off Broadway in Capital Hill.

 

[Drake Farstrider]

Sounds like a plan Anthony. I will be there.

 

[Pastor Prime]

1 it is... are any of you going to bring figs along so we can talk shop? Also, where is Espresso Roma located?

- Q

 

[Queen of Credits]

Hmmmmm

Well, I guess I will probably pass on this one then. I am not so good about navigating the U-District, ...avoid it like the plague actually. NO WHERE to park, ever. I remember when Wizards of the Coast had a store over there and tried to take my 30 specially created type I decks over to play and it was more hassle finding parking than it was worth, which is saying a lot because I used to be an insane Magic player and addict card collector. Anyway, I gave up and stayed on the Eastside playing with the kids in the mall (Man, they must have thought I was crazy, this middle aged woman with all my moxes and black lotuses, the power cards for each deck --- I use to buy Magic Cards like I buy minis, now. ) ......You don\'t think I am COMPULSIVE or anything do you? It\'s just that I NEED my 12,000 little credits (painted miniatures).

Anyway, sorry to B**** about the U-district, I hate downtown Seattle in general and the only reason I go down is if I HAVE too, for example court appearances.

Maybe sometime, even if just once in a blue moon, you folks could gather over on the Eastside, Genesis Games in Redmond would in fact be perfect because they are just so huge with a lot of table space for painting or GW gaming. I could stop buy (ooops, sorry about the freudian slip there), I mean, I could stop BY and see the local talent. I am sure there is some and I would love to add it to my website but my rule on my online museum is that I have to actually OWN the piece in order to display it and say that it is part of the \"Queen of Credits Miniature Collection.\"

Soooooooooo. Maybe another time in Redmond is a possibility ? Perhaps