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I was just wondering what you all like to do while you paint. I personally like to watch battle reports from people like bluetablepainting that record the whole game. I don't even watch, but just the laughter around the table and the continuous sound of dice rolling keep me focused on painting and of course there's the occasional time when shawn says "this is just epic!" and I do look up to see an awesome shot of some nicely painted miniatures clashing over some glorious terrain that inspires me to carry on painting!

Fun stuff

probably just play some music in the background. Honestly theres not much one can do with both hands busy, and your feet planted on the ground trying to prevent as much shaking as possible.

I listen to DVDs of TV shows on my desktop PC. It keeps my mind focused more than music - I previously had issues with my brain constantly telling me all the other, more interesting things I could do while I was painting and listening to music. It was very insistent. Occasionally I look to the screen at an interesting part. The annoying part is that after I'm done painting, I eventually get back to my computer and start playing music while I browse forums. This is unfortunate because there is a serious volume discrepancy between the current DVDs I listen to and the music I listen to, resulting in mild ear pain and annoyed people.

Listen to music. Mostly metal!

Blitza da warboy wrote:Listen to music. Mostly metal!

This pretty much. Occasionally pop on Rocky Horror Show if I'm painting Daemonettes.

Only paint. I usually don't even realize what is going on around me when I paint. "Oh the house is on fire..."

Drink beer and listen to The Ramones.

Depends what I'm painting. Dark Eldar/Chaos? Brutal hard-core porn. I mean really brutal.... weird stuff... butt stuff.

I paint "while [I] paint"...

Put on music and read a book while waiting to dry XD

Watch a war movie (ambience is awesome)

Listen to music

Talk to friends on skype or phone

I generally have the T.V. playing in the background for some background noise, or pop in a movie on my computer and kind of glance at it while painting. I normally don't pay much attention on what's going on in the background but I just need noise.

uh... i just paint. anything else going on causes distraction and errors. to avoid getting tired or painter cramp etc, i generally only paint 2-5 models a day at best. sometimes i only paint a few in a week. if im working a vehicle or larger model sometimes that takes 2 weeks by itself. but the end result is definitly worth it! i also suggest not buying new kits untill the ones you have are painted. otherwise you end up with a ton of un built and unpainted models sitting around. its discouraging.

DarthSpader wrote:uh... i just paint. anything else going on causes distraction and errors. to avoid getting tired or painter cramp etc, i generally only paint 2-5 models a day at best. sometimes i only paint a few in a week. if im working a vehicle or larger model sometimes that takes 2 weeks by itself. but the end result is definitly worth it! i also suggest not buying new kits untill the ones you have are painted. otherwise you end up with a ton of un built and unpainted models sitting around. its discouraging.

Oh yeh, I blame GW for bringing out shiny new stuff all the time.

Plot how im going to take over the world with my army of ninja squrrirles, and listen to so ska.

Listen to music usually - although I often end up mouthing the words so people think I'm talking to my minis.

I listen to 40k radio!! It's awesome!!

I put on old comedy series that I've seen a million times before. It gives me some background noise but is still funny. If it was something I hadn't seen before there would be too much risk of me messing up if I laugh unexpectedly.

i usually listen to music,
but right now while painting CSMs i'm watching B5

Generally just painting. Maybe it's why I don't do production line or paint whole squads at once but maybe one or two at a time. I used to be able to do a full squad, but I've found the quality has improved a bit after I slowed down a little.

I sit at the table behind the sofa, while the wife has the telly on.
A pity it's usually Glee or something. It's just too much effort to take my stuff upstairs to paint.

I like to turn on something from hulu. House is the usual.

Yea I agree with most of you guys, often I put on a T.V. Show, preferable psych, and just listen to it. Because I am just a beginner I am just trying to get asl my AoBR SM painted so that I have an okay looking army I can play with, and I'm just trying to learn how to paint well with them so most of the time I just production line them, but sometimes I just paint with no distractions.

Netflix. Currently I'm almost finished with Battlestar: Galactica, and then will move on to 60 hours of Top Gear! Now I just need to find some time for all that.

Netflix for me too, just anything to occupy the brain. Documentaries, old TV seasons, movies, etc.

* Listen to podcats. 40k radio and Independent Characters are my favorite. Every now and then I listen to Eternal Warriors, but they're not on-topic enough, usually.

*Listen to Music.

*Watch [American] football games.

*Watch [American] baseball games.

*Watch a DVD or movie that I like.

*Ninja Warrior on G4.

tv in the background or just stream pandora on my laptop

Well, funnily enough ages ago a wonderful member of dakka was kind enough to make me up a sound clip made up of 40k and war sounds and noises of battle! his name...Deathreaper! who coincidently posted on this thread! so while I paint I can listen to the glorious sounds of battle being waged across the imperium! very inspirational stuff :-)...thanks deathreaper!

I use Netflix Instant play to watch stuff from my Wii (only reason I use it anymore ), right now I'm going through Dr. Who.

Watch TV and teach my little sister to paint.