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I wasn't planning on trying ff.net figures because I saw that I could get figures already painted for a cheap cost from Miggle. About a week later my mom got an e-mail from Reginald telling us that he put 2 bags of figures and a 1975 Vikings decal sheet into the package (by this time it is) and I was excited about that. I read more on his website and looked at his figures more carefully and I found the detail in his figures a lot better than Miggle's. I then set off to Wal-mart and got some Apple Barrel paints to paint my Vikes. A lot of trouble with sealers til I found krylon matte sealent and it worked great. My 308 board came on a Thursday and I remember getting pretty frustrated with how bouncy my board was. I called Reginald to thank him for my board and I asked him what I could do to improve my board because it is a little loud and bouncy, he told me the experiment with it and that he uses a 4.0 gram scale and he told me to use some putty on the bottom of my figure's base. I found some plummer's putty and used that. My figures did not bounce much now. The only problem was, the board was a little load. I asked a question on this board to find out what I could do, and I found out that I could drill holes in my board to the frame, so I did that, and now I have a good running board.
During my miniature football experience I have gained patience. I also have learned how to tweak bases, paint teams, apply decals
, customize figures, play miniature football, and much more. If I only had the Miggle chatboard instead of this (not putting down the Miggle chatboard, just saying not nearly as much posts are on there as here) I wouldn't be nearly as "experienced" as I am now.
I am now in the process of creating the 1975 Minnnesota Vikings. I hope in the future to build my own metal board using Pit Couture's posts.
I am going to credit Miggle for getting me into this hobby. I am also going to credit Reginald Rutledge, the MFCA forum, the Miggle forum, Buzzball, Norbert Revels for teaching me the basics of how to tweak bases, and everyone else on this forum, for keeping me with this hobby.
I will credit Apple Barrel, and Michael's for my supplies that I bought to paint my teams.
This is how I got into miniature football and everyone on here helped me stick with it.
Taylor