Warhammer about painting as opposed to painting about Warhammer. Each action undertaken is a move implemented over the playing field that is the painting’s surface to achieve a win condition (a finished painting) against my opponent, the painting itself. Whether that is formal ability or the obstinacy of a chosen material. Inherent to this mode of creation is a questioning around the hyper - / hyper-pathetic/ -masculine personas so readily adopted by individuals within these hobby spaces, my complicit participation within said spaces, what is it to conform to these personas to gain community, and how is it mirrored in participation within the ‘arts’?