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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: dodge on 16 July 2008, 09:30:24 AM
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Has anyone else had this.
Massive splurge on figures vehicles recently.
Made some old ones, undercoated loads, all ready to go.
I look at it and think oh gosh, I'm almost too afraid to get the brushes out.
Bit like the jips in golf I suppose or Eric Bristow not wanting to let go of his darts.
I think I'll start slow with one or two.............
Seems a bit trivial with the world economy and stuff I'll shut up now.
Dodge
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One figure at a time and don't look at the pile you take it off, thats how I do it - and don't buy any more.
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and don't buy any more.
The worst five words a gamer can hear. lol
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and don't buy any more.
The worst five words a gamer can hear. lol
I've told myself so many times no more until these are painted and then......
I see something I like and ooops its in my collection.
Recently
One Armoured train , 2 gun carriages , 2 carriages
2 Austin pulitovs
1 RR a/c
1 vickers medium tank
assorted figures to finish warlord army off but then theres gonna be more because I want to have two different warlord armies...............
I stopped telling myself not to buy any more years ago.
But you are right the worst 5 words are either don't buy any more (actually thats 4) or you're not buying any more ( from she who must, or thinks she must, be obeyed) :'(
Dodge
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It happens to me all the time. I buy some minis, see more nice ones, order them, start painting, building. Then it's payday and you think of all the minis you need to finish projects, units, squads etc. So onto the net you go and order them up and your pile of lead grows.
'Seems a bit trivial with the world economy and stuff I'll shut up now '
As you work hard every day for someone else (unless you are your own boss) you deserve the biggest pile of lead you can get, so don't worry.
Cheers
Fritzy
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Besides, buying minis contributes to the world economy... so buy more!!! lol
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I am so many periods behind, those I'm painting, those I'm undercoating, those still in pristine packs, those already on my next show purchase list, those I'm planning and those I'm looking at and wondering about.
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Oh yeah.
I'm sure I mentioned this on another thread, but I have the habit of buying a whole raft of stuff for a project then looking at it all piled up and realising how long it'll take and thinking "bugger that, I'll do this instead", and consequently never finishing anything. And I'm rubbish at block-painting units anyway.
The other thing that gets me again and again, is Hasslefree figures. As lovely as they look on the website, you never really understand till you have them in your hand just how fine the details are. And then I have to decide whether I'll feel worse by making a bog of painting them, or by putting them in the "one day" box.
On no account should this stop you buying miniatures. Only a fool and a communist would think it should. Or your wife. ;)
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On no account should this stop you buying miniatures. Only a fool and a communist would think it should. Or your wife.
Can I quote you? lol
Or your wife.
Maybe not. :-X
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Fritzy : I run a company with 5 others so I am sort of my own boss but I still deserve a big pile of lead for my efforts.
Jollybob : my wife is a commy and its like the great escape at the moment but with stuff going in rather than escaping.
Jororas is right I could say ............. but maybe not i like walking and breathing and talking and having my fingers to hold the brush with................ lol
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but maybe not i like walking and breathing and talking and having my fingers to hold the brush with................
You still have fingers? o_o
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Dodge, being a boss means you should have an even bigger pile of lead lol lol lol
Cheers
Fritzy
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A pile of lead is not a problem, a pile of painted lead, now that's the rub.
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but maybe not i like walking and breathing and talking and having my fingers to hold the brush with................
You still have fingers? o_o
Thumb and index finger only on each hand enough to hold a miniature and a brush lol
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Dodge, being a boss means you should have an even bigger pile of lead lol lol lol
Cheers
Fritzy
Much more and she would find out then I'd be in real trouble..............................................
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Forgive me for stating what I believe to be the obvious, but I think the mistake you are making is leaving unpainted lead where you can see it.
Personally, I store my lead out of sight. I prepare small "batches" of figures. No more than ten. These I also put out of sight until I am ready to prime.
When I am actually painting I rarely have more than half a dozen figures that I can actually see. And they are primed, inviting me to paint them. "Go on. There aren't many of us. It won't take you long..." :)
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Forgive me for stating what I believe to be the obvious, but I think the mistake you are making is leaving unpainted lead where you can see it.
Personally, I store my lead out of sight. I prepare small "batches" of figures. No more than ten. These I also put out of sight until I am ready to prime.
When I am actually painting I rarely have more than half a dozen figures that I can actually see. And they are primed, inviting me to paint them. "Go on. There aren't many of us. It won't take you long..." :)
You know what that's what I used to do but its crept on the table.
Nice spot of tidying I think.
It's all Driscoles fault he egged me on to paint more a month ago and now I've gone and frightened myself.........
Dodge
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Forgive me for stating what I believe to be the obvious, but I think the mistake you are making is leaving unpainted lead where you can see it.
You're quite right, of course. I had a big clear down of the paint table before I started doing my Lost World stuff, and it has really helped me concentrate. Better than I have in years, in fact.
The fact that we got Sky+ and I am now given a near constant stream of soaps, Jeremy Kyle, "Worlds Fattest Fatties" and DIY makeover shows to avoid has also helped considerably.
"What's that darling, I'm spending too much time in the loft? Well, unless we can watch something with at least one exploding robot in, you'd better get used to talking to yourself.
Testicles? No, no... you can keep them..."
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My unpainted pile sits unseen in the shed, it used to be in the loft, but that was too much hassle.;
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"What's that darling, I'm spending too much time in the loft? Well, unless we can watch something with at least one exploding robot in, you'd better get used to talking to yourself.
I'm a little more upmarket, I commandeered the garage and put a DVD player in there.
Don't forget that there are a lot of good history programmes on Sky too, even though most of them are down to Hitler, at least half of them are on Nazi Germany or WWII.
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I agree, the Hitler and Sharks channels are great. But the point is, I never ever get to watch anything like that. Because there are what, twenty or so channels that show that stuff, and four hundred-odd that show "When things get knocked over, spill, or fall out of cupboards...3".
I guess I shouldn't really complain. At least I'm getting a ton of stuff painted now. lol
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I can't remember the last time I watched terrestrial TV, not sure why I pay the BBC, my wife's the only one that watches all the soaps and the so-called "reality" programmes. Still I get peace and quiet in my hut and get to watch MY programmes.
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I get that too. Lots of soaps, make overs , 10 years younger. Drives me nuts.........
When I deign to go into the annex I get a right telling off.
When I say watch something we both want to watch I get another. So once a week I sit and endure. Then this week she said do you want to do some painting?
That really was a surprise, don't think I'll ever understand but I took the opportunity.
Took my testicles years ago and some of my fingers......
Then again there is naff all on the telly anyway..... o_o
Dodge
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Aah lot's of unpainted mins defenitly don't encourage.
I finally found what works for me. I only have about 15 models in progress standing on the painting desk at any time. Though when working on a project the undercoated minis which are next in row are punt in the display cabinet to remind me regularly that they really are the next ones that need to be painted.
Nothing wrong with buying metal to supoort the world economy. Every time I hear about the failing dollar I think about ordering from the states to support the poeple over there ::)
As for having problems with a big pile of Lead.... no, not me... I just hide everything way back in a closet and only take out what I need. My girlfirend will never know how much is in there. actually I'm not sure how much it is... my best guess is around a cubic meter of metal :D
It will be a big suprise when we move in together o_o
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It doesn't matter how many minis you have, painted or otherwise. Just remember the Creed...
He who dies with the most toys, wins! :D
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It doesn't matter how many minis you have, painted or otherwise. Just remember the Creed...
He who dies with the most toys, wins! :D
A good mantra but what if you can't die till you have painted the last one at this rate we will all live forever
Dodge
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Sounds good to me.
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Oh yeah, Exactly the same, but mine doesnt even make it to the undercoat stage.. :'(
I'm my own boss, so have a huge mountain, but being my own boss means I haven't got the time to climb it >:(
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Been reading this thread and have to add:
I'm actually beginning to buy miniatures storage/transport boxes to store my undercoated minis to get them out of sight (and away from the table - can't pull off preparing a gaming table with all those black critters standing around).
I've been cleaning/basing a mini a day for quite some time now, spray undercoating a batch every 14/21 days, and as I've been suffering from painter's block the last month or so, the back-log of undercoated minis grow at a tremendous rate... (the real problem is, though, that my pile of un-prepared minis is growing even faster at the moment....)
At the moment I've turned my eyes towards some modelling projects (MicroTactix Twilight Streeets Heroic Scale, WorldWorks Mayhem, and a Deathball arena) to get my mind off the minis waiting on the painting table....
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Wenesday night managed to get over it and do a couple of hours on the train and armoured car.
Last night managed to look at 8 executioners and standard bearers for my chinese army first colours on 4 and flesh on the other 4.
Not bad 4 a couple of hours . tidied away all the non painted stuff. Funny how that works.
Jips finished bug well and truly back wife ferociously annoyed lol all in all a good evening.
Dodge