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I was watching How to train your dragon for like... the third time ^^U

Now to finish pinning this Njal...

Radio, because no TV in the garage

Well, I either listen to audiobooks (mostly Prattchet) or some music (Queen, AC/DC and so on), or I watch some of my DVDs. Mostly stuff I´ve seen multiple times though. I get too distracted otherwise.

But well, owning all available Seasons of Simpsons, Futurama, House M.D. and, well, Firefly I have enough stuff to watch for shorter painting sessions as well as longer sessions.

Sit in front of a zillion episodes of Frasier.
Although laughing and painting dont mix that well together.

I paint at my PC with the monitor behind what I'm painting - so I get a periphery of what's going on - and I watch documentaries. Learnt tones while painting. Chaos theory, mathmatics, science, shark preservation. It's awesome.

Necroagogo wrote:Swear.

Agreed.


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I usually have one eye on my model, the other watching my great dane, chihuahua and 9 month old daughter. Thank god for lazy eyes!!!

j/k, I try to multi task and fail miserably because the Dane usually pisses off the chihuahua in turn scaring the child...

MadMaverick you have good taste in TV. I like to drink a Gin & Tonic or a Stein of Lager, then put on the Radio and set in for a 5-6 hour painting session. I promise myself another Stein of lager on completion or a Quaruple Single Malt as a sort of reward.

Top tip don't drink too much your painting gets ropey....funny old thing that...

Rarely anything. I talk to myself, sometimes. Not like, asking myself questions and replying to them; just little exclamations and stuff

Other than that, I listen to music. Without headphones though. That gets me distracted. A little ambiant music is nice (just yesterday, I played through my Clash collection on random. Good painting music )

Talk to other wargamers on teamspeak, listen to music, watch shows, movies, or whatever. I really don't have a set thing that I do so it stays fresh for me. I don't understand how people can set up a table in the corner of their basement and just sit there in quiet and work. It seems boring to me.

Sex and the City. Praise the Lord its being played on E! (even if they removed all the naughty bits!) I missed so much of that show the first time 'round!

If I'm painting and doing other things like picking up the game room I like to listen to Metal. But if I am just painting or modeling then I prefer silence. I'd sooner get lost in my head than bang it when I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing next w/ my Death Guard.

I just throw the xbox on and run through the music

Cant watch TV since it distracts me far too much.

Over a week of metal on my computer so I simply throw it on random and let the music roll.

Books on tape - audiobooks, seriously: the best therapy ever, just chilling out and painting and listening. If I'm not listening to something I feel like I'm not getting enough done. Presently listening to the 'Dune' series. Science fiction, horror, Victorian literature. Local library's got loads of stuff.

I generally watch movies or anime. Netflix is a god-send for supplying a wide range of background noise.

I'm actually a multi tasker so I listen to books while painting. I probably go through 20 a yr and retain damn near all of the information. Try it out sometime, you can even check em out from your public library and it won't cost a dime unless you turn em in late.

Grey.

I recently downloaded every episode of Kids in the Hall. For the past few weeks, whenever I've done conversion work/painting, I've been watching that. I only have 18 of 100 episodes left though, so I gotta find something else to watch while I wait for things to dry.

Listen to dubstep or post-hardcore rock. When I'm sculpting, I sit in front of the computer and do stuff.

Kung Fu movies.

watch Red vs. Blue constantly. great show, but ocassionaly mess up painting from laughing too much.

Depends. If i'm painting a tank, usually some calm CCR.

Boyz, I'm blasting the 3 days grace.

I tend to listen to music, podcasts, or just chew through my netflix or hulu queues while painting. The trick is however that even when I'm watching a movie, I tend to only turn around to look at the really interesting bits of a movie, otherwise I don't even look towards the screen. I've watched some movies, and enjoyed them, without ever looking at the screen. There tends to be enough audio clues to know what is going on 95% of the time in movies that I only end up watching a few minutes of the video.

Sometimes, when he wants to, I also play fetch with the cat. He has learned that if he drops a toy mouse by my feet that I will throw it for him, as often as he brings it back.

Sometimes music...
Sometimes a dvd series...
Sometimes go on skype...
sometimes i listen to batreps on youtube and post on dakka inbetween... like now =D

But my favorite is when my other half is also painting we can chat.

Either talk to others in a communal area or watch/listen to Star Trek/Star Wars

Or I listen to anything by this guy on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ImperatorDominatus

Pr0n. . . Lots of pr0n.