Miniature Painting Poll (UPDATED)

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Originally posted by airhead
Was that sarcasim? We yanks have trouble with that you know.lol

Nope. For once it wasn\'t!lol

Mike\'s point about meditation is a good one. When I paint my mind becomes completely focused - it has to be! I forget about everything that has gone on in the day/week and I find that this, coupled with the immense satisfaction of completing a mini is very cleansing and uplifting.

Only problem is that it\'s like a drug. A few hours after finishing one, I need to start all over.........lol

 

[tidoco2222]

I paint for the main just for the pure enjoyment of seeing a piece of metal or plastic transform into something that is as alive as I can make it look.
Also I now have second reason. I recently lost my best friend in a motorcycle accident and after having known him for over 20 years and he was also the inspiration for me to get into fantasy miniature painting.

 

[freakinacage]

@dragonsreach - where do you get them from then? sound good. the perry\'s always were the back bone of the warhammer sculpting if you ask me

 

[LouisCypher]

surely it is!
concerning my experience, it doesn\'t matter the level you can achieve: it\'s enough to be satisfied of your work, it helps relaxing and you can always say you\'re an artist lol (even if people think you\'re just a kid playing with toy soldiers)

Luca

 

[Dragonsreach]

@ Freakinacage: follow the love:--


http://www.perry-miniatures.com/



There aren\'t many picture up on the site ATM, in fact non of the Border Reivers. Edit: OOps I\'ll retract that statement. Yes there are picture of some of the miniatures up there. I just didn\'t look hard enough.
But I\'ll have a couple of Plain Pewter versions up on my site this weekend. But just for you here\'s a preview:-

That took some doing, couldn\'t get the size right. Sorry if anyone got a huge screen full there.

 

[EricJ]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach

To earn a living (Freelancing)
To relax (It is relaxing and a lot better than sitting in front of the idiot maker [TV])
To aid in an additional hobby (Roleplaying)
To have an Artistic outlet (Sorry Tammy)
To maintain the illusion of our childhood not being totaly over. (That\'s for the older ones out here)

Also for me it provides a means towards Meditation.

This would be an interesting poll actually, what people feel is the primary reason they keep painting. I would say in order of priority for me

Artistic outlet
Meditation
Hobby Aid

 

[Errex]

Yep, is it worth it.

Depending on what you expect out of it, actually. As a hobby, is is just sterling to me.

Mind you, Do you realize that posting such a question in this forum is like going to the nearest KFC/Popeye\'s/whatever and ask the customers there if they like chicken?

 

[ipaintminis]

yep i do...but it had to be done!

and the polls are officially closed!

thats right folks...move along nothing to see here


but i am almost done with the project!

 

[supervike]

wait a tick...

actually this is a question I do ask myself from time to time....

When I am in some of my more \'pessimistic\' moods, I really wonder of the validity of (at least in my case) a grown man playing with such silly little toys, and fretting over inane topics of whether an unreal light source would reflect this way or that.

Sometimes, I wonder why I would spend my hard earned money on plastic, and resin, and pewter, with so many now that I could never ever realistically paint them all...

It makes me wonder while laying in bed at night, my wife is reading a corrospondent college course, and I am flipping through countless warhammer books to find the right color scheme for an orc that I want to paint.

But then when I am sitting there, in my little hobby room, whether it is painting or browsing through my booty, it kind of hits me....I don\'t know exactly what \'it\' is, but the closest I can think of it is joy. Pure, childlike joy. Creative thoughts pop into my mind, so many that I have to scribble them down in a little book. All my \'real life\' troubles seem to melt away, and I am in a state of mind no drug could ever replicate (at least not any drug I know of)...

So yeah, to answer your question, It is worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY....(except that time I bought those blankity blank warmaster minis for 50 bucks..)
:flame:lollol

 

[ZeCorto]

Supervike, as much as I agree with what you are saying, I still think you should try more drugs

 

[supervike]

are you offering?

Originally posted by ZeCorto
Supervike, as much as I agree with what you are saying, I still think you should try more drugs

are you selling or just suggesting??lollol

 

[Aryanun]

***Warning: Drive-by posting hazard***

It would be worth it for me right now if I could actually find the time to do some painting. I need the relaxation and stress relief.

*waves* Hi all.

I now return to the person with no time to turn on the computer at home to even check email, much less postings on boards I\'m not permitted at from work.

 

[ZeCorto]

Originally posted by supervike
are you selling or just suggesting??lollol

Sorry Super V. I can\'t answer that on a public forum! But do feel free to pm me with any special request lol...

 

[ipaintminis]

Just wanted to let you all know that i Aced that speech...thanks to you all!


so thanks guys your the coolest!

 

[freakinacage]

ahh. i\'m sure you could have done well with any group of bufoons answering your questions

 

[supervike]

yeah but....

Originally posted by freakinacage
ahh. i\'m sure you could have done well with any group of bufoons answering your questions

WE were that group of bufoons!! oh how my heart swells with pride....sniff

 

[ipaintminis]

i\'ll let you know exactly what i got when i get the paperwork back


but i know i did well, after the class the prof came up to me and told me that i should be a politician, because i speak so well!lol

 

[TJeffers]

Painting is like mountain climbing

I paint because they are there in a sense. I paint for an artistic outlet, and relaxation. I take pride in what I get done...even though I do not have a very good way to show you folks....camera sucks.....working on it though. Why do people do anything? Golf, fish, etc. It is all a diversion from the fact that we are all mortal.....lol

 

[ipaintminis]

Originally posted by TJeffers
I paint because they are there in a sense. I paint for an artistic outlet, and relaxation. I take pride in what I get done...even though I do not have a very good way to show you folks....camera sucks.....working on it though. Why do people do anything? Golf, fish, etc. It is all a diversion from the fact that we are all mortal.....lol

you said the \"f\" word...kevins bound to come around soon lol