Great article on painting motivation

[Jack Shrapnel]

I needed to read this.... 

but hopefully it's helpful for others on here as well: 


www.goonhammer.com/the-myth-of-motivation-adam-loopy-fasoldt/

[question]

Thanks for posting this Shannon. I think most of us need to read this. Whether you have been painting like a maniac to stave off the psychological effects of Covid (and maybe getting tired of it) or ,like me, been on a building spree and looking at a mountain of undercoated projects, we all probably need a little perspective adjustment. And please do click on the included link for "In Praise of Mediocrity" as well. It is thoughtful while being a practical take on the pursuit of (all) hobbies.

[StepwisePilot]

This should prove helpful. Thanks.

[Frosty the Pirate]

I was a little defeated last weekend when my colour-scheme I planned didn't work out the way I wanted on my test model and I had to go back to the drawing board.

Between a little help from the community, a couple youtube videos and reading this article I'm back to having a scheme I like and am actually making forward progress again.

Thanks very much.

[voodoo]

I try to fit a little painting into my day every day. Even if it's just the 25 minute mc-session during lunch. I don't get a whole ton finished; but it's a break I can look forward to, and plan what I'd like to accomplish.

Making a mobile painting kit was really the single greatest thing I've ever done to help my motivation. It breaks a project down into a few small pieces, with only a few colors as it all has to fit into the box. Brushes, wash cup (with lid), headset LED magnifier and a small "bolt tray" to hold pieces and I'm all set. It can be brought anywhere in the house easily; so you can paint in almost any spot in the house, and models can be easily swapped once finished.

[voodoo]

Nov 26, 2020 8:35:19 GMT -5 Frosty the Pirate said:

I was a little defeated last weekend when my colour-scheme I planned didn't work out the way I wanted on my test model and I had to go back to the drawing board.

Between a little help from the community, a couple youtube videos and reading this article I'm back to having a scheme I like and am actually making forward progress again.

Thanks very much.

When I was exploring schemes for the Thousand Sons, I went through about 12 test models before I settled on one I like. It was frustrating at the time, but then when you find "the one" damn if it isn't one hell of a great feeling.

[question]

Hitting the slow season at work next week. Will be taking a portable paint kit to work with me so I can paint at lunch and on breaks (if I can get away with it). Projects won't go fast but should make progress.

[dave]

I need an article on basing motivation. I have three units and a character painted up and just waiting to be based. What do I do? Start building new models instead and get those ready to paint. Oh how I hate basing haha

[Jack Shrapnel]

lol... I struggled with that for a long time... I rebased my daemon army three times because I was never happy with the result (until I came up with my current method). What my current method is I'm happy with and I use on the vast majority of all my models (daemons, smurfs and nids are the exception, but I'm considering rebasing all my nids believe it or not to my new system as I like it much better)

My suggestion is to find something that has a good look that you think is cool, and is easily replicated. Try on a couple empty bases first to test. When you have something you like, and you've already painted the models, you can always pop the model off to paint the base separately if you're worried about mucking up your paintjob (depending of course on how you base - kinda hard to do it that way if you're sanding the base). otherwise, throw on a cool battle report (tabletop titans are my favourite) and just watch a battle and base... you'll have them done before the batrep is over