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Usually I have to focus completely on what I'm doing, usually achieved by noise cancelling headphones and some random rock track to mute out all remaining sound, that way its just me and whatever model I'm butchering and then painting. However should I get painted block at any point in the process I'll browse various galleries for other peoples models until it brings some kind of inspiration back to me.

I yell at my 3yr old .."Put down daddys models" ...."No..stop climbing on me..im painting" "No you cant color your hotwheels with daddys paint" "no..stop jumping off the back of my desk chair " yes..yes mommy does want to play army guns with you..go play with her" only then..do i have about 15 min.of quiet time. OR i wait until the kids are in bed and i listen to tv or music quietly

I either listen to some metal/screamo or have a TV series on like BSG or Beast Wars (childhood fave) or a film I've seen a hundred times.
Tbh though, having a show on does distract me, and as my room is so small, my TV is pretty much ON MY LAP X_X'

So yeah, music is probably best for me.

Arrathon wrote:I yell at my 3yr old .."Put down daddys models" ...."No..stop climbing on me..im painting" "No you cant color your hotwheels with daddys paint" "no..stop jumping off the back of my desk chair " yes..yes mommy does want to play army guns with you..go play with her" only then..do i have about 15 min.of quiet time. OR i wait until the kids are in bed and i listen to tv or music quietly

it gets easier when they're older trust me. the next fun evolution is them wanting to learn, which is equally frustrating, but in a good way

@Rimmy Already there..well sorta. they get super excited about Space marines. i let them watch bits of the game (the most non bloody lol) The pretend they are space amriens fighting orks all day long. I bought them the biggest nerf guns that look like bolters. Now to talk my wife into letting me have the Space wolf army she wanted...and hasn't even taken out of their boxes yet, So frustrating to know there is a entire 2k Thunderwolf army downstairs..and i cant touch it

Arrathon wrote:@Rimmy Already there..well sorta. they get super excited about Space marines. i let them watch bits of the game (the most non bloody lol) The pretend they are space amriens fighting orks all day long. I bought them the biggest nerf guns that look like bolters. Now to talk my wife into letting me have the Space wolf army she wanted...and hasn't even taken out of their boxes yet, So frustrating to know there is a entire 2k Thunderwolf army downstairs..and i cant touch it

Better than buying Lizardmen that you're in the middle of converting into orks... and then have her never play them and refuse to let you use them or at least finish them

I listen to the Drunk Tank Podcast.... or failing that Classical music.. or maybe Industrial... Electro.... Aggrotech.... Metal... or Dubstep... not sure... usually just hit play and see what starts up....

I watch TV or DVDs. Hulu is usually pretty good too. Anything with a plot that you can follow without really looking at the screen. In particular:
Fringe
Lost
X Files
House
Grimm

Also, mild amounts of alcohol is useful, but don't get sloshed!

Netflix.
Mostly Discovery channel. Documentary type stuff is best since I need not look up very often.

felixander wrote:

Arrathon wrote:@Rimmy Already there..well sorta. they get super excited about Space marines. i let them watch bits of the game (the most non bloody lol) The pretend they are space amriens fighting orks all day long. I bought them the biggest nerf guns that look like bolters. Now to talk my wife into letting me have the Space wolf army she wanted...and hasn't even taken out of their boxes yet, So frustrating to know there is a entire 2k Thunderwolf army downstairs..and i cant touch it

Better than buying Lizardmen that you're in the middle of converting into orks... and then have her never play them and refuse to let you use them or at least finish them

My wife left her entire tyranid army in the car, everything warped. going to take some serious effort and money to repair them. (no sense in throwing them out) if they're not fixeable, they just became terrain.

oh did I mention the brand new Forgeworld Winged Scythed Hive Tyrant my wife bought 6 years ago (gen 2 nids) that's still in its box and original packaging? yea....

so really I listen to the whining and moaning knowing I have models to build and play with and no ones gonna do it.... thats what I listen to.

That guy with the glasses
Netflix, or hulu. I have gone through like 6 different shows, all of SG-1, Right now i,m going through x-files
Music.
Abridged TV shows.
Stuff like that.

Rimmy wrote:

felixander wrote:

Arrathon wrote:@Rimmy Already there..well sorta. they get super excited about Space marines. i let them watch bits of the game (the most non bloody lol) The pretend they are space amriens fighting orks all day long. I bought them the biggest nerf guns that look like bolters. Now to talk my wife into letting me have the Space wolf army she wanted...and hasn't even taken out of their boxes yet, So frustrating to know there is a entire 2k Thunderwolf army downstairs..and i cant touch it

Better than buying Lizardmen that you're in the middle of converting into orks... and then have her never play them and refuse to let you use them or at least finish them

My wife left her entire tyranid army in the car, everything warped. going to take some serious effort and money to repair them. (no sense in throwing them out) if they're not fixeable, they just became terrain.

oh did I mention the brand new Forgeworld Winged Scythed Hive Tyrant my wife bought 6 years ago (gen 2 nids) that's still in its box and original packaging? yea....

so really I listen to the whining and moaning knowing I have models to build and play with and no ones gonna do it.... thats what I listen to.

Melted tyranids? Depending on how melted maybe they'll look more Tyranidy But that really sucks man, so much money melted... I bet you could make a cool diorama with someone hitting it with a melta or flamethrower and showing the Nid bein' burned up. Maybe?

I listen to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane on repeat. Or, Ill watch a movie that gives me a sort of inspiration for the army, or closely related. Which once turned a CSM termie into a steampunk wonder while I watched Hugo and played with the greenstuff, lol.

I make the grave mistake of listening to the audio books.... So I can get some warhammer while i get some warhammer....

i personally prefer to play both sides of a 10k pnt apocalypse battle while also mowing the lawn, washing dishes and playing speedchess matches

I listen to radio plays or music, usually. Recently I've been listening to the Dr Whooves podcasts.
I actually tend to closely associate the podcasts I listen to with the painting I was doing at the time, so my Boyz Mob Nob's Power Klaw reminds me of the first episode of Dr Whooves.
:S

poda_t wrote:I make the grave mistake of listening to the audio books.... So I can get some warhammer while i get some warhammer....

Nice. I'm going to have to give this one a try.

I'm usually either in the kitchen while my 15month son runs amok, or I'm sitting in the living or craft room with my wife while she watches TV or Crafts.

Finding ways to make hobby time into "Quality Time" helps the relationship with the wife immensely.

Dead Fething Silence, I keep an air rifle handy to quieten any birds who happen to DARE interrupt me with their tweeting

I usually have a movie on, but one that I have seen so that I do not get caught up in it and not paint... Though with a 1 year old and work it gets harder each day to accomplish much....

I usually listen to music, drink a cold beer and ignore my cat. Something about me painting and modeling pisses him off to no end. He has been the cause of many repainting of models when he has jumped on my lap without my consent.

I have actually painted well playing other table top games before. Some of my better models were painted over a session of D&D. But mostly Its just Tv. Without something else to watch waiting for glue to dry sucks.


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NimbleJack3 wrote:I listen to radio plays or music, usually. Recently I've been listening to the Dr Whooves podcasts.
I actually tend to closely associate the podcasts I listen to with the painting I was doing at the time, so my Boyz Mob Nob's Power Klaw reminds me of the first episode of Dr Whooves.
:S

I have done this before as well when reading and listening to music. On a few occasions when rereading a book I hear the music I was listening.

I've been watching the NHL playoffs.

My painting isn't half as terrible as the goaltending in the Philadelphia/Pittsburgh series.

I'm watching DVD's. Currently I'm in my blast from the past phase and am watching Friends :-).

Personally ill be singing along to my favouite artists ;D normally meatloaf quite effectivly although im thinking its more of a "shower singing" sensation rather than actually being any good

Clumpski wrote:Personally ill be singing along to my favouite artists ;D normally meatloaf quite effectivly although im thinking its more of a "shower singing" sensation rather than actually being any good

There are electronics that will make you sing on key (pitch correction), also known as AutoTune, but not the crappy kind like you hear from TPain etc. Buy one of the units and plug a mic in through it and you can sing to yourself in tune! Even if you aren't really. The ULTIMATE shower effect