CashWiley Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 4 hours ago, TaleSpinner said: Miniature Monday, Nov. 14: How long does it take you to paint a miniature? Iirc, I was painting a humanish mini in 6-10 hours. On 11/13/2022 at 9:27 AM, Chaoswolf said: Late weekend question: If you've never had to move, is your hobby area/stuff arranged the way you want it? I've been in the same house for a while now, the hobby arrived after I had moved in. I have a dedicated studio, but it's tiny and has to also serve as my traditional art studio and storage for the art/hobby stuff, books, and some music stuff (which is kinda scattered all over the house, with no dedicated music studio space). The main challenge is keeping it organized with so many counter-/cross-purposes. I have several workstations (desk, easel, drafting table), with the easel having several substations (still life/live reference, video reference, photo reference, print reference). Moving between projects often means resetting the entire room, which can be kind of a drag. Especially time like now where it's been more of a storage room the past couple years and needs some excavating... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 9 hours ago, TaleSpinner said: Miniature Monday, Nov. 14: How long does it take you to paint a miniature? Technically, I can take forever. This IS an endurance competition, isn't it? 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchen_wolf Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 8 hours ago, malefactus said: Lately it takes a little longer with Marty my kitten helping me do everything. SWMBO and I refer to being buried in cats as being "aloofed". They want to be where you are, especially youngsters. This worked for me: Spoiler Having a bed on the painting desk gave structure to The Little Wildcat's interference. It didn't *stop* her from getting in the way, but it gave her a "mostly harmless" path of least resistance that kept her in check. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratsmitglied Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 1:27 AM, Chaoswolf said: Late weekend question: When you move, how long afterwards does it take you to get your hobby area/stuff unpacked and arranged the way you want it? -or- If you've never had to move, is your hobby area/stuff arranged the way you want it? How long is a piece of string? I think the last time my hobby area was arranged the way I wanted it was June 2003... 12 hours ago, TaleSpinner said: Miniature Monday, Nov. 14: How long does it take you to paint a miniature? Do you mean how many hours actual painting, or how long between starting the process and finishing if it's the first, maybe 3-4 hours, the latter, change that to years...and that still won't be accurate 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Khan Artist Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 14 hours ago, TaleSpinner said: Miniature Monday, Nov. 14: How long does it take you to paint a miniature? Usually an afternoon or an evening, so 4-6 hours. Deciding the colour scheme is the hardest part! I can only do about 12 minis in a unit at once, or I get sick of batch painting. I tried painting to an expert level. I followed a tutorial for blending a Space Marine's legs. It took all afternoon to do one leg. It looks amazing, but not my thing. I still want to finish them and ship them to @Pezler the Polychromatic who can give them a good home, even if they are Blood Angels. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhat Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 14 hours ago, TaleSpinner said: Miniature Monday, Nov. 14: How long does it take you to paint a miniature? It's a range. My quickest so far (in recent years) are the Jawa Scavenger and Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight from FFG. They were both pretty quick: 45 minutes to an hour and a half. I think that the longest human-sized figure was about fourteen hours...and it felt longer. I ran into multiple issues with the mermaids (Bones V) and several Imperial Assault minis that sent me off on tangents and process reimaginings. I think most figures take me between four and eight hours. Luckily I paint for myself and am not worried about the timelines. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejala Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I'm really not sure. I barely ever paint something in one go, a few alcohol ink pieces non withstanding. So a few-several hours over many days? I'm usually working on multiple different things at once, like all my rcl monthlies and some quarterlies. And there are dragons I put paint on 15+ years ago and paused not to get back to yet. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 22 hours ago, TaleSpinner said: Miniature Monday, Nov. 14: How long does it take you to paint a miniature? Usually about anywhere from a month to five years, depending on my motivation or lack thereof. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted November 15, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2022 Tuesday, Nov 15: What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard? (Doesn't need to be about minis.) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuckerman Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, TaleSpinner said: Tuesday, Nov 15: What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard? (Doesn't need to be about minis.) "Run!" (When charged by Mounted Police on May 4th, 1970) 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, TaleSpinner said: Tuesday, Nov 15: What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard? (Doesn't need to be about minis.) Want to be good at something...Practice, Practice, Practice Edited November 15, 2022 by chaosscorpion 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 56 minutes ago, TaleSpinner said: Tuesday, Nov 15: What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard? (Doesn't need to be about minis.) When working with large machinery with many moving parts, "Don't stick a finger anywhere you wouldn't your (male parts)." 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 46 minutes ago, TaleSpinner said: Tuesday, Nov 15: What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard? “…never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity…” 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted November 15, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2022 When making any decision in life, you only ever have three choices: 1. You can choose to accept the situation as it is and live with it. 2. You can work to change that which you do not like. 3. You can leave. If you cannot do 3, then you must do 1 or 2, there are no other options. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Are you sure there is not a fourth choice? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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