Post by Balgin on Nov 14, 2019 17:38:33 GMT
I'm going to voice an unpopular opinion here (or at least unpopular with me but I came up with it so here we go).
We could try a house rule that units that are not fully painted all have the Devastated status. It's a simple elegant solution to the problem. It's also a very bad solution as a unit could be seriously hampered for months on end while still paying full points to field it. While it would be nice for a unit to become more powerful when it's fully painted this doesn't seem like the best solution to the problem.
A more refined version of this idea would be if the painted portion of the unit is below minimum model count (not preferred model count as that's even more figures). That could still become a long term problem. I've toyed with keeping units of the table until they're near minimum model count so they the movement trays are not insultingly destitute. I kept the crossbowmen mostly a surprise (and there's at least one more surprise on the way) so that you chaps can be pleasantly surprised when I reveal a unit with a significant amount of paint on it.
A better solution would be to encourage and reward painting rather than to penalise it's absence. I'm not sure what manner of rewards would be suitable that would not affect the balance of gameplay too greatly 'though.
We could try a house rule that units that are not fully painted all have the Devastated status. It's a simple elegant solution to the problem. It's also a very bad solution as a unit could be seriously hampered for months on end while still paying full points to field it. While it would be nice for a unit to become more powerful when it's fully painted this doesn't seem like the best solution to the problem.
A more refined version of this idea would be if the painted portion of the unit is below minimum model count (not preferred model count as that's even more figures). That could still become a long term problem. I've toyed with keeping units of the table until they're near minimum model count so they the movement trays are not insultingly destitute. I kept the crossbowmen mostly a surprise (and there's at least one more surprise on the way) so that you chaps can be pleasantly surprised when I reveal a unit with a significant amount of paint on it.
A better solution would be to encourage and reward painting rather than to penalise it's absence. I'm not sure what manner of rewards would be suitable that would not affect the balance of gameplay too greatly 'though.
