Club show table or not

[Guest]

Do it Ken and think you will be surprised, I have never looked back since I joined my local IPMS chapter and started showing my stuff, do the info card.

[Guest]

I'm not a great fan of showing models I'm afraid. There seem to be far too many modellers too ready to make an off the cuff remark that will end up dissapointing you and making you wish you hadn't bothered. I'm sure the library will be far more appreciative and you model will enjoy a much wider audience. I'd rather kids were encouraged into the hobby than established modellers encouraged to find fault.

[Guest]

Hi all a few months ago I joined the IPMS Rivenhall club, which is my local club.Well I had decided (since its nearly finished) to donate the warspite dio to my local library but my local club says I should display it on our clubs next show table.

It is one thing to display it in the local library where the only people who are likely to see it are primary school pupils who will probably just think the lit explosions are cool, to displaying it on a table along with other models which are supremely well made, and for modelers who are leagues and bounds ahead of my ability to see, not to mention more knowledgeable, for instance there is a young 16 yr old in the club who, incidentally is a very good modeler, asked me what caliber her main guns were and I had to shrug my shoulders and say I dunno liked the look of the ship so bought the kit, felt really stupid, I mean that's a fairly fundamental question about a kit I've spent weeks building.

So, I am setting up this poll and will do whatever the result of the poll is.

Firstly Im going to apologise as I havent read beyond this post, so what I say may be covered by someone elses post.

Ill tell you what I think

a) If a local club is asking you to put your piece on display then its because it deserves to be on display.

b) Slightly related to point a). Either the club thinks that your piece is awesome or they want to show off different techniques. Either way, if the club decides your piece is worthy of display they will display it.

c) It doesnt matter if you know what calibre gun it has, or if any of the crew were missing from duty that day, Im considering moving back into doing Warhammer fantasy battle figues. I have no idea of the history of orcs, or what size bicep a Giant has, but that wont stop me knocking out some great little figures that will hopefully improve over time.

Picture the scene.

Your model is on display at a local fair. Mr Fred Bloggs is walking around. He is an OK scale modeller but his main problem is that he wants to do something a little different from the main "Buy kit, paint kit, assemble kit, stick kit on bedroom ceiling". He is plain out of ideas. Suddenly he sees your ship. "Wow" he says, what a great idea. "I know, Im going to join that club and seek new inspiration"

Mission accomplished.

[Guest]

Again thanks for all the comments guys and gals, and thanks for taking the time to make them.

[Guest]

Again thanks for all the comments guys and gals, and thanks for taking the time to make them.

Think the time has come Ken.

Which way are you going mate.

Laurie

[Guest]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I don't display (publicly) any of my models either, this forum is about as close as it gets. But when people come over to our place (not very often), they usually 'oooh and aah' like little kids loose in a candy store, as they go from kit to kit.

My problem is that I am my own worst critic, and that applies to everything (it's one of my hangups that I am in counselling for), but I take their praise and I shrug, not sure if they really mean it or not.

I can think of a way around it (your situation). Put it on display but join the crowd and quietly observe their comments or critiques as though you had nothing to do with it. People can be more honest about a piece of work if they don't know that the artist is standing right next to them. Then use that information to guide your improvements process...

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

You have to go for it, the majority of people at shows are not there to pick faults with peoples builds but to see the work we have all created, sure yo may get the odd rivet counter but on the whole you will enjoy the conversations you will have about your builds.

I was a little hesitant at my first few shows but now I love doing them, this year I've done about 12 and not had a bad word said to me, just great conversation.

You have to do it

Adrian

[Guest]

I suppose i will do it as has been said i can give it to the library after.

thanks all

[Guest]

It's a great build build mate, I've really enjoyed watching it come to fruition

My personal opinion, for sure it needs to go to your library, but I really think it'd be good to give it an outing at the club meet

[Guest]

like a few of the other comments above, dont be scared of showing your stuff. the shows are there to showcase all modellers of differing abilities and in my experience you will rarely get someone commenting on a bad model, they just move along, you will however get lots and lots of people commenting on how nice a model is. it took me nearly a year before i would take a model to my club, dont know why now. modellers seem to have an in built ability to be very self critical of their own work. most people are probably wishing they could build as well as you.