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Offline vodkafan

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Mojo Paralysis
« on: March 06, 2020, 11:26:37 AM »
I was bowling along quite well then suddenly outside events have conspired to give me a major Mojo Paralysis.
Even when I have a good chunk of time I can't summon the will to move forward with anything.
 :(
I am sure Hammerhead will shake things up and get me going again.
I am going to build a wargames army, a big beautiful wargames army, and Mexico is going to pay for it.

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figures bought: 500+
figures painted: 57
9 vehicles painted
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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2020, 12:53:51 PM »
Go with the flow, the return of Mojo is inevitable!

 ;)
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Offline Digits

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2020, 01:15:04 PM »
As you know, I had the same issue of late.  What you need is........








......an RPG!  lol

Offline Flinty

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2020, 04:33:46 PM »
Go with the flow, the return of Mojo is inevitable!

 ;)

He's right, it it ani't working, don't force it (good advice in general I find), take a break / do something else, and one day you'll feel the urge!

Offline Bravo Six

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2020, 04:41:09 PM »
Quote
......an RPG!

As in a role playing game? Or a rocket propelled grenade?

I've gone through something similar as of late and Harry is right..... the mojo DOES return. If only in spurts.

Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2020, 05:13:47 PM »
Yeah, I get the same problem periodically and I definitely find that it helps to have some sort of definite objective to work toward, be it a game or a show or a forum painting challenge.
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Offline has.been

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2020, 05:32:19 PM »
The RPG referred to in this case is a Rocket Propelled Grenade.
See Flatpack's Spectre game for the full details.

Vodkafan.  Remember it is a hobby & not a task. As others have said,
'Don't force it'.   As I know you are already doing a bit of sorting through
outstanding boxes, keep on doing that. The MoJo will return, when it is ready.

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2020, 05:08:08 AM »
The only time I came close to losing Mojo was in the seventies when we all fell for the fone directory rule sets to make us into 'proper' wargamers. I'd finish work Friday and set up for battle Saturday afternoon. By Sunday afternoon with conclusions drawn, I'd have a bigger stress headache than I ever got at work! Things had to change, so they did.
So, take a couple of nicely chilled beers and sit among yer toy sowjers just enjoying their company, have a cogitate on the deeds of glory you've enjoyed together...
and all will be well.

:)

Offline armchairgeneral

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2020, 06:10:49 PM »
So, take a couple of nicely chilled beers and sit among yer toy sowjers just enjoying their company, have a cogitate on the deeds of glory you've enjoyed together...
and all will be well.

:)

This and the above is good advice as my mojo has been lacking of late despite now having a dedicated wargaming cave.

Offline vodkafan

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2020, 06:30:28 PM »
Thanks chaps all good advice

Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2020, 10:25:56 AM »
I definitely agree with Jemima.  I've been in a slump for well over a year but an upcoming convention game spurred me to reduce the lead pile a little by painting some figures to contribute to the pool.  I'm hoping that this will motivate me beyond Hotlead, which is in two weeks, and I can reduce the lead pile further as the year progresses.
'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.'

Offline Antonio J Carrasco

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2020, 09:01:03 PM »
I feel you man. It happens. It will pass.

Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2020, 09:11:12 PM »
I have taken a long break, only to get embroiled in railway modelling.
Still, a change is as good as a rest - although this particular change was even more expensive that wargame modelling :o ! If you can come up with a different direction of modelling which you can start describing as: "And now for something completely different..." it could be an entertaining diversion.

Offline Shahbahraz

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2020, 11:28:16 PM »
I've had similar problems.

So I grabbed some figures from a Kickstarter I had bought into, that were quite different from all the other stuff I had sitting half-done, (different period, scale, size of army... 15mm Vikings).

I selected a few of the figures i thought were nicest, put the Vikings series on Prime in the background, and did about 16 figures in a day, then the next day I selected another batch of about 10, (all different types), did them, and so on. 
Wargaming since the dark ages...

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Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: Mojo Paralysis
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2020, 03:56:37 PM »
I definitely agree with Jemima.  I've been in a slump for well over a year but an upcoming convention game spurred me to reduce the lead pile a little by painting some figures to contribute to the pool.  I'm hoping that this will motivate me beyond Hotlead, which is in two weeks, and I can reduce the lead pile further as the year progresses.
Yeah, I used the Waterloo Bicentennial as a spur to reduce my pile of over 2,000 unpainted AB Napoleonics.  By the time the game arrived I'd painted over 500 figures... And had a pile of 2,500 unpainted AB Napoleonics...  :D
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