Reply To: Hate for the paint

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I’d agree with Wurzzel, unless you have some sort of deadline I would take some downtime if you’re feeling burned out.

If you’d prefer not to then you could try breaking things up a bit.  Don’t think about painting the whole army, just pick a unit and focus on that.  Inject characters/special models in between units to spice things up.

I’ve also found swapping to a different project or section of the same project that uses other colors can help.  Hammering out 80 guys in ultramarine blue will burn out the part of your brain that even wants to look at blue anymore 🙂

Batch painting is nice for efficiency but can really change your mindset to looking at the project like a job.  I know you say painting isn’t your main point of fun but the more you can get yourself to look at it as an interesting topic in itself the less it becomes a mountain you have to climb over to get to the good stuff.

Oh and I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the idea of starting a project here for the effort (if you haven’t already).  Getting some feedback from the community and the act of posting pics of your progression can help keep you motivated.  If you’d prefer a less public viewing swap shots with whomever you’re going to be playing.

If nothing else know that you’re not alone in this.  All of us have motivation drop out from under us from time to time.