I got small kids I want to be nostalgic and live vicariously through. They like to paint, they like to build things and they like "small things" (I'm looking at you, Shopkins). I was thinking they would enjoy building and painting models but holy buttfucks did 40k get pricey in the last 15 years.
Now, I have been thinking about getting a bag of Army Men, spray primer and some cheap model paints. But metal would be more fun. Back in the day you could still get pewter shot to melt on the stove and pour into molds. But I think that's illegal or something now.
Any suggestions for low budget model + painting hobbies a kindergartener could do?
Searching "child modeling" kinda backfired.
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[–] noblefool 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Your first mistake is using "Models" Instead of miniatures / minis, but at any rate. . . If you don't mind fantasy, there's a ton of DND miniatures (Pathfinder included in that as well). Other scifi series have their own mini backings as well, like star wars has at least five different miniatures based games that I can think of off of the top of my head. Quite a few board games come with unpainted (And often unassembled) miniatures as well. An example of this would be Shadows over Brimstone, but board games are REALLY pricey if you're only buying them for the models. I haven't looked in depth, but I'm sure you can find some budget generic minis somewhere.
[–] parrygrin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I second the Pathfinder idea. There really is a limit to how much the money damage can be, and if they get really into it, they...read a shitload, and get decent at doing low level math quickly and accurately. Far preferable to the vagaries of Magic card day trading.
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