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What’s the last project you have finished?
This creepy little thing. From the moment I saw the preview on the Great Grimoire Patreon, I knew what I wanted to do with it (and knew exactly which family member would both love and be horrified by it). I finished it about two weeks ago and sent it in the post. They loved it (though, at first, their 9-year-old son asked for it to be kept out of sight because it’s “a bit creepy” – now he’s pestering me on Zoom to learn how to make servos move and LEDs light up – mission accomplished!)
What project do you really want to be finished?
My electronic board game has been over a year in “proper development”. Most of that, admittedly on a new app for it, but it’s getting close now. I’ve played a few games of “battle royale” over the ‘net with friends and family over the interwebs, so it’s working really well. It needs stuff like log-in screens and a final “game over” screen to really finish things off – it’s close. So very close….
Why are some people such painting machines?
Man, there is so much to unwind in this question! Work, free time, understanding spouse/family, other hobbies…. I swear some people get more hours in a day than others. I could have a 36-hour day and still not have enough time to fit in everything I want to get done! A 10-day week and I’d still feel like I was neglecting some hobbies over others (I’m learning to play my guitar properly after 25 years – with a plectrum and everything – so my electronics, miniatures, gaming, cycling, canal boating… are all getting less time than I’d like).
But mostly, I reckon it’s about knowing when something is “done” and moving on to the next. I spend far too long on each miniature I paint (at around 4-6 hours per minis). For some people, that’s nowhere near enough to get nice creamy blends (I don’t bother) wet-on-wet blends for gradients, super-high-contrast pop-py blacklining etc. But then, I sometimes feel like I take my painting further than a lot of other people (I can’t leave a sharp edge un-highlighted for example). Some would see my cartoon-y edge-highlighted, paint-your-eyes-and-hands style a “bit much” and settle for a base coat, wash and pick out a few details – which would allow them to power through far more minis in a single session. For me, my minis are “done” when I’m happy with them. For some, they’d still consider them unfinished, others would say I’d gone over-the-top.
Guys like GooberTown Brent on Youtube will paint up an army of, like, 20 minis over a weekend and call them done. Personally, I’d say his finished stage is my “now go in and paint the edge highlights” stage. He’s always going to paint x20 more minis in the same time as me!
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