Nice looking dice boxes, Melinda@heart!
I have been heavy into D&D and miniature painting, on an on-and-off basis thru my life. As a pre-adolescent, D&D was an obsession and distraction that alleviated what I was going thru.
Miniature collecting and painting came much later, as an adult getting back into it, esp. after I quit cigarettes.
Similar to crossdressing, I would indulge D&D for a while, and then try to purge the stuff, and get "serious about life" for a few years.
Now, after coming out to people in a transwoman direction and being "serious" for a couple years, I find that I'm hiding out in the D&D world again. I think its helping me cope.
I have even been presenting female, running and playing in games publicly. Not costume-y or like drag, just trying to be a gamer gal. Not in Maine, though!
If I ever figure out how to post pictures right, i'll put some up of my painted figures..