New painting article on MFCA.org

[the french guy]

The painting article is great. even short articles make for great additions to the Tweak, that way a coach can have a hard copy to refer to if he needs!

You're right, but I believe adding short content in the internet "showcase" of the MFCA can be a good idea too : the articles are short enough to be readed fast, the web pics detailed enough too for easy tutorial following.

And more important in my opinion, it adds related information ("good advertisement") to the hobby. As a beginner (since I joined you september 2009), what I liked first in the MF hobby was a)the competitive and technical aspect b)the modelling aspect. And of course, 100% of the first information I found was on the internet.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in USA miniature football 's got a "impossible to play" - child toy reputation, and I believe internet should be the first media to "reverse the steam" (not sure if the expression exists in english... ) these days.


The goal, IMHO, is to give MF the same highlight we see for other electric-technical hobbies like slot racing, or model railroading : hobbies everybody tried first during their childhood, and now they grown up they can live again that spirit but with their adult skills....and wallet


Tweak mag gives the opportunity to make deeper articles for users already hooked by the hobby, where you can detail things, since the reader can read, and read again the info, take the magazine on their desk for reference, etc...

See the typical beginner questions :

how we play ?
how we tweak the simple way ?
how we paint and decal ?

that questions should be treated in priority on internet.


Advanced questions for people already interested :

How we paint or model that or that particulary ?
how do you sculpt that or that ?
how do you make advanced strategies/formations/rules ?
how do you tweak the hardcore way ? (base optimization, hybrids, theorical point of view on the bases/position relationship, etc...)

that questions should be treated in Tweak magazine.


Remember it's my personal feelings and opinions, that words are not burned in the stone. But it 's what I feel and it's the line I expect to follow myself

dimitri

[WEIRDWOLF]

You said it perfectly, Dimitri! The front end of the website is heavily visited! The more articles that continue to be put on there the better for the hobby. I keep signing up more people to write in order to keep the content new and fresh.

The magazine is a nice keepsake and I see it as a way to preserve some history and to deliver some how to's. It also gives our hobby credibility in the eyes of the new passer by, but the website is what is going to drive the hobby back into the main stream.