InfestedKerrigan Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 What drives your painting time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Opportunity and the winds of fate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgosaurusrex Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Tournaments. The only time I get any real painting done is the 2 weeks prior to a tournament. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 An event will motivate me to get more painting done. I would like to be disciplined enough to set aside a couple 1-3 hour painting times a week, but don't. Random spurts of motivation will usually get me painting nightly for a few weeks, and then the dust collecting begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I have to motivate myself a lot of times. I love seeing a project come together, but it's hard to sit down in paint on days when I work both jobs (8am - 10pm). That being said, events certainly don't hurt in forcing the motivation, although I don't go to many of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Events are definitely my big drive. I get some stuff slowly done here and there just whenever, but there's nothing like a deadline to get some stuff at least tabletop ready. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Tournaments. The only time I get any real painting done is the 2 weeks prior to a tournament. An event will motivate me to get more painting done. I would like to be disciplined enough to set aside a couple 1-3 hour painting times a week, but don't. Random spurts of motivation will usually get me painting nightly for a few weeks, and then the dust collecting begins. Events are definitely my big drive. I get some stuff slowly done here and there just whenever, but there's nothing like a deadline to get some stuff at least tabletop ready. Yep, events. This is me as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indytims Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 For me its just finding the time to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Being assigned to night shift, so on my days off I have to hold schedule. Thus, I have to find ways to stay up until 0700 hours. Painting gets done then. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I only ever paint to get my models up to 3 color minimum so I can go to events. If I didn't HAVE to paint for events, I never would. I hate painting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I only ever paint to get my models up to 3 color minimum so I can go to events. If I didn't HAVE to paint for events, I never would. I hate painting. Green Flesh, Brown Clothes, Metal everything else? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Being assigned to night shift, so on my days off I have to hold schedule. Thus, I have to find ways to stay up until 0700 hours. Painting gets done then. I work graves, the last time I painted was at work, in June/July. I've had availability to paint at home and at work, but I haven't. A lack of discipline and motivation, it would seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I only ever paint to get my models up to 3 color minimum so I can go to events. If I didn't HAVE to paint for events, I never would. I hate painting. This is me. Though I have some how gone up to 4 colors and a wash. Not sure when I went all fancy on my models, but 3 color base seems like a good start and finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Events and money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Tournaments in part, but recently it's mostly an ongoing, year-long painting contest on the Something Awful forums. Great prizes, inspiring people, Nd challenges that make me paint things that I wouldn't normally paint. Events are the best thing to motivate, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Time and inspiration. Plenty of instances where I have one but not the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Inspiration gets me building... Events get me painting. Although at times having the right brush and paint gets me going... Now that my recent move and promotion are settling down I'm looking at my kingdom death stuff to paint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Tournaments in part, but recently it's mostly an ongoing, year-long painting contest on the Something Awful forums. Great prizes, inspiring people, Nd challenges that make me paint things that I wouldn't normally paint. Events are the best thing to motivate, though. Well, Events doesn't necessarily mean Tournaments. Now that I got my Daemonkin through the Elvensword, my next big project is Bjorn and some friends for DreadTober. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 What I do is look at what I want painted and put it on my desk where it will annoy me. That way ill come by and see it laying on the desk, and be forced to paint it so I can move it off the desk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Motivation. And my motivation is derived from equal parts exercise and food. The problem is that neither exercise nor food is readily available while painting.... So I'll go through periods of intense exercise, periods of heavy eating, and then periods where all I do is paint/convert things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Motivation. And my motivation is derived from equal parts exercise and food. The problem is that neither exercise nor food is readily available while painting.... So I'll go through periods of intense exercise, periods of heavy eating, and then periods where all I do is paint/convert things. I think you're confusing motivation with something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I think you're confusing motivation with something else... Not for me. My body tends to work in strange and mysterious ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Not for me. My body tends to work in strange and mysterious ways. I still think you're confusing motivation of the mental kind (the kind this thread is talking about) with the ability to physically perform an action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I still think you're confusing motivation of the mental kind (the kind this thread is talking about) with the ability to physically perform an action. I didn't post my reasons for painting to start a debate with you. I am right about my answer as it pertains to me, your option doesn't matter here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I didn't post my reasons for painting to start a debate with you. I am right about my answer as it pertains to me, your option doesn't matter here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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