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The Saturday till is no longer the heart of a good game shop. It is the Tuesday paint-and-chat crowd, the beginner league and the slightly wobbly back-room kettle. We spoke to shopkeepers and club regulars about why the UK FLGS has quietly become the hobby's living room again.
Every painter has one: the centrepiece they bought with such certainty and have never dared to prime. It's not laziness keeping it in the box — and it's not talent that will get it out.
By mid-November the daylight has packed up and gone home before most of us leave work, and the grey plastic on the shelf starts to look a lot like the weather outside. Here's how a small, badly-lit corner of a spare room became the most reliable mood-lifter I own — plus the practical bits that actually make a winter painting desk work.
Every cabinet has a shelf of grey. We spoke to painters around the UK about why the untouched figure might be the most creative thing they own — and why the pressure to finish is quietly ruining the hobby for some of us.