I happened to have a few primed and basecoated hormagaunts handy, and some bleached bone paint. On a lark, I asked my mother if she'd like to try "painting this little figure here" during one of her rare free moments. She's a psychiatrist by trade, so she doesn't work much with her hands, but she did go to medical school, she worked for years as an internist, and she originally trained as a medical illustrator. She also used to draw as a hobby.
Anyway, I was suprised when she actually agreed to paint it, though slightly less so at the job she did. Basically, she sat down on the back porch while the rest us read magazines or played with the dog. Five minutes later, all the carapace and the claws are perfectly coated in bleached bone paint. My sister, curious, asks if she can have a go at a one of the models, too. Before I know it, an entire squad of gaunts has been taken care of for me, and by the people who usually mock my hobby, no less. My sister, like me, is a student, and while we both have some fine arts background, (mostly sculpting, for me, and sketching for her) I was surprised by how quickly she figured out the basics of painting.
That was kind of a tangent. My real question is, does anybody on the board have a career that either benefits their painting, or is benefitted by the dexterity they've built by painting? For example, a friend of our family is an opthamologist, and one of his hobbies is building and flying model helicopters. He also enjoys metalworking. Also, I've heard that a hand-surgeon and collegue of my mothers is a fan of wargaming (I think it's napoleonics, though).
Also, have any of you guys roped any non-gamers into painting?

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