Kriegsmaschine Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Yeah the only paint one thing at a time routine was what I'd planned to do with my first army returning to 40k but unfortunately I lacked the restraint to not assemble all the lovely toys. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I made a blog thread a few years ago; then I stated what I was going to do along with a realistic timeline, then I did my best to keep my word. Several years later I have a big force, and I am in the habit of painting every second evening or so. It's easy when it becomes a habit. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Deadlines. Aside from that, the right cocktail of anger, frustration, and boredom. I tend to have all three in abundance, but it takes a very specific balance. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Sacking on a BL audio dramas work for me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Sacking on a BL audio dramas work for me. Sacking? Not familiar with that expression...? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Sacking on a BL audio dramas work for me. Sacking? Not familiar with that expression...? *autocorrected* insert wacking Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Still an unfamiliar euphemism (and rather...curious, in American English). I've done a lot of traveling abroad, but it's still funny how much I learn in this community. :lol: Buuuut off topic, and such. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Reinhard Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 ETL. Putting unpainted things in front of me on my desk. Telling others what I'm working on (interested people, who then every now and then asks how the latest project is going) Granted, the Lion's share of my enjoyment comes from the painting in my case, but even then, like everyone else I have periods of lacking motivation Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrack Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 In the past I would put the headphones on and listen to some music, something with a low beat per minute so as to not get me to rocking. It was the only time I could listen to an entire album which was a bonus. But it definitely put me in the mood for some painting. Now, with real life stuff preventing me from using headphones, (I have to listen for the baby), I snatch 30 minutes here and there where I can. For example, tonight I drybrushed brass scorpion on my Terminator Lord, not a major accomplisment, but he is that much closer to being done. I'm not exactly knocking out 500 points a week, but at the same time it gives me more time to plan what exactly I want to do, and therefore I am seeing better results. I'm also not as likely to burn out with such short periods of painting. Like others have said, the ETL provides some motivation with participating as part of a team that you don't want to let down. Games too are much more cinematic with painted minis as well. Let's face it, this isn't exactly a cheap hobby either, and I don't know about you, but my unpainted minis are like having a bunch of steaks in the freezer. They're not doing any good just sitting there, might as well defrost and cook them, or paint those miniatures and use them to get your money's worth out of them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Scrymgeour Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 yeah, whacking. It means sticking. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4090570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeBob Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I also started realizing that if you just paint 15 minutes a day, it really, truly adds up. I mean, anyone can find 15 minutes per day. Seriously, it adds up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorthaur Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hey all, I'm always struggling to sit myself down to paint. When I paint, I'm not too bad, but its sitting myself down and doing it that is a struggle and a half. What do you guys do to get yourself to sit down and paint/model? I'm fine making lists to kingdom come, writing fluff, looking at other people's awesome stuff, but when it comes to my own I have a hard time! Cheers! I still haven't figured it out myself, usually when I get a kit in hand I rush to assemble it, prime it etc. But once I actually get rolling, one of two things happen. I either finish the squad entirely...or get halfway done and just become exhausted and leave it half done for weeks. Sometimes it definitely gets hard to motivate myself, and it doesn't help that my attention span is very poor. I often have multiple projects running at once, for example right now im doing Admech, Tyranids, Chaos Daemons and soon enough...Age of Sigmar. So in some ways I might be a masochist. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I look at my completed models, and imagine how my current models will look when done :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
our_baz Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Couple of hours quiet time a few evenings a week is one driving force for me. Seeing what everyone is doing on various faction forums helps me get the paint brush out to so I can share with the community. Also I find variety / incentive helps too, i motivate myself by jumping between the four armies I'm painting, so get this IG squad done, I can paint some Firedrakes, finish them knock out a squad of bugs finish that 1st company blood Angels successor I'm working on. More I get painted the I can buy! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volt Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Bah, the problem is motivating yourself to paint when you're a Melancholic. Truly I would be an Emperor's Child, as I hate everything and only see imperfection in everything I create. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excessus Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Tournaments and the ETL (and other events like it) makes me paint. I have a hard time focusing on painting otherwise as I love modelling way more than I do painting! There is always some new project going on in my head... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Uveron Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 30 mins a day, get just enough done that I notice the progress, but as it doesn't eat hours it keeps it rewarding. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoic Raptor Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I talked about this on my blog a couple months back. I wish it were easier to take my own advice, because some days I just don't feel it. But I agree with what others have said - even if you only find or make a little time to do some painting each day, your models are that much closer to being finished. It does add up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4091923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viridia Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Motivation? Never heard of it. But in all seriousness, I think I wind up looking at whatever's closest on my desk, think on whether it takes my fancy, like do I want to do some nice retro-looking Viridians, or some gritty-looking dark-coloured space marines and so on, and if I have an hour or two to spare in the early daytime, I'll crack on with it. (Slightly off-topic, this is in dire need of towing back to Amicus Aedes. It's not a PCA-appropriate topic, given that it's not about any techniques, you most righteous modly servants of the Emperor.) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4092010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SB Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I actually discovered a strange type of motivation. It's similar to loving your faction. As someone building an Adeptus Mechanicus army...painting makes me feel like a Techpriest. If I was playing a pure Space Marine army, where I'm supposed to be a Space Marine commander, painting or modeling doesn't make much sense. I'm here to conquer in the name of the Emperor, not colour! But when you're basically a Techpriest, the process of cutting models from sprues, filing them down, systematically making sure everyone's power armour and weapons look good, just making stuff, are all blessed acts in the name of the Omnissiah. That mentality helped me a lot. I mention this in case just this idea can help you, too. --- A man walks down the street. He sees a bricklayer, laying bricks, looking sweaty, tired, frustrated. "What are you doing?" the man asks. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm getting paid minimum wage, doing menial work, laying bricks!" The man walks further down the street and sees a 2nd bricklayer, but he's happier, proud even. "What are you doing?" the man asks. "I'm building this magnificent wall. It's strong and will protect people from the elements!" The man walks further down the street and sees a 3rd bricklayer, and it looks like he's got a fever. He's got a fever, and the only cure is laying more bricks! He's laying bricks like the dance of joy. "What are you do..." the man begins to ask, but before he could finish, the 3rd bricklayer replies: "I'M BUILDING A STARSHIP MADE OF BRICKS AND MY DREAMS!" --- Here's some minis I've been working on, particularly in the middle. It's a Datasmith and his Kastelan Robot. My interpretation is that, since Kastelans are recently dug up long-lost tech, they found this one in a theme park. It's like, a little bit Five Nights at Freddy's. Feels good, preparing to field a mecha teddy bears of hugging death. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4092061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The threat of not fulfilling my ETL vow and thus letting my brothers down usually does it for me. Same here! I take those oaths seriously, darn it! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4092067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Just look back at what you have painted so far and think how awesome it would be to have more painted. *looks at fully painted Ultramarine Battle Company* *fist punch* Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4092444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulJam Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 i walked into GW today looking for something else to paint for ETL, didn't find anything that i liked the look of. got a book instead. so didn't even get to the 'motivation to paint' stage. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4093129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedes Nex Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hey all, I'm always struggling to sit myself down to paint. When I paint, I'm not too bad, but its sitting myself down and doing it that is a struggle and a half. What do you guys do to get yourself to sit down and paint/model? I'm fine making lists to kingdom come, writing fluff, looking at other people's awesome stuff, but when it comes to my own I have a hard time! Cheers! I do what you do, and start searching/asking people online the same thing. No joke. It hasn't really been working for me so far. Hopefully you'll fare better than I. I only seem to ever manage to paint when the desire to paint manages to overcome my intense aversion to buckling down and picking up a brush, which is rarely. And I do really want to paint. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4093211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOneMarshal Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I was wondering but for those of you who have plogs, do they motivate you at all? I've been thinking about starting one recently. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309438-painting-motivation-how-do-you-guys-get-it/page/2/#findComment-4093222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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