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I like to paint different things. Too many of one type gets to be a chore. I keep a small que of primered figures ready to go so I can select one or two and have at it. But once I start one it gets worked through to completion.

 Davylove21 wrote:
Hey Dakka,

When the Chaos book was released I was in the middle of my worst hobby burn-out yet. I just didn't want anything to do with it anymore. Now I find myself spending weekends spraying guardsmen and planning a Vampire Counts army as well as a World Eaters army. Oh, and a growing Angels Encarmine force. Part of the reason is certainly the fact that I was on the dole but now have regular income and no real bills to pay (still live with parents) but I can't help but imagine that it's somehow insane.

Of course it likely isn't, because people tend to all be remarkably similar when it comes down to this sort of thing but still I thought I'd ask and see if it takes my mind off of work tomorrow. Do you hobby cyclically?

Yes.

I had to even go so far as to clean off the whole desk, and start over with my workload.

1. Warmahordes.
2. Infinity.
3. UFX Line figures.
4. Cowboys.
5 Terraign.
6. DUST figures, ( BUT.... I'm getting less and less inclined to them, based on the add ons of the other stuff going on that I have.)
7. Some D and D figures
8. Superfigs
9 Pulp City
10. SOTR guys
11. Gangbangers
12. Zombies/ survivors
13. WW2 figures
14 Scenery for Infinity
15 Scenery for modern city stuff.
16-20 board games, revamps for some other games, and some KS stuff.

Then I cam to the point of removing everyting from the desk, moving said desk, and resetting the workload to 1. Warmahords 2. Infinity 3. third project.

When I mean 3d project, means I have to refocus my efforts to FINISH the third project, which is everything else.

It's hard, but it focuses efforts and removes the distraction of "OOH SHINEY" that comes with the evolution of the market for figures.

bear in mind, I still have my Helldorado, Freebooters Fate, Cutlass, random stuff from KS still rolling in by the week.


yes, I know I have a lot of stuff.

One project, then finish. If I don't get to them, they get shelved to the point of selling them. ( GW stuff and some odd ball P and P books I have running up and cloging my area)

It gets crazy quickly doesn't it?! I personally love messing around with GW kits and personalising my army, but it soon leads to half-full boxes of guardsmen and hordes of unpainted minis.

I don't know how commission painters ever get their hobby on!

I'm always juggling projects. Right now I have a Space Marine army, a Tau army, an Inquisition allied detachment, 100+ unpainted WHFB Empire guys, some Dreamforge Games Eisenkern Stormtroopers on the way, and I'm thinking of starting Infinity!