What do YOU do when you paint?

[cleen X]

Just thought I\'d check how people work when they do miniatures. I listen to REALLY loud music, Lord of The Rings soundtrack and stuff like that, sort of gets me in the right mood

So what do YOU do when you paint? Or sculpt for that matter?

 

[freakinacage]

i tend to have tv stuff on my comp on in the background. or a movie - its a great way to listen to commentaries

 

[Avelorn]

Audio books works great.

 

[ipaintminis]

when we have time to paint, we religiously watch the Sci-Fi channels \"Dune\" and \"Children of Dune\" mini-series. We attach a set of speakers to my laptop and watch them on repeat.

Before the Dune series it was Phantom of the Opera.

 

[jahminis]

i\'m also big on the DVD commentaries while i paint...

cheers
jah

 

[matty1001]

Used to be DVD\'s but now it\'s music.

Steel Pulse\'s Handsworth Revolution is getting a good few plays at the moment.

Peace and love...

 

[DIablofollower]

Depending on the mood I\'m in or on what I\'m painting. Either listen to music, watch TV or a DVD on my computer.

 

[crazyboyae1]

I mostly paint at GW almost none at home! so whatevers around me there is what I do when i paint

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Some sort of back ground noise like the TV or Radio , I really don\'t pay attention to it much, I just can\'t stand to work in silence.

 

[ScottRadom]

Music. Used to be audio commentaries but I find my most productive work space is out in the Garage away from a TV.

 

[cleen X]

I see a lot of people use thoose audio/dvd commentaries, what are thoose anyway? Like a normal DVD movie but with the directors commentaries on?

 

[GreenOne]

Yeah I NEED something in the background else I go crazy.
I\'d say Red vs Blue is what\'s on most often, some comedy works nice too, or a movie with good dialogs; I don\'t get distracted too much since I can\'t see the TV from where I Paint.
Music too sometimes but not so much.

 

[Amazon warrior]

A crappy film usually, or music. Has to be a crap film, otherwise I\'ll just sit and watch it while paint drys on my brush!

 

[BarstoolProphet]

Whatever is on the tv or DVD player at the time is usually my background noise.
If I didn\'t turn anything on, I work in silence, and maybe hum or sing to myself.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Nothing. When I paint I sit at my messy painting area and paint.

Maybe that\'s why I only do it like every 3 months or so

 

[ScottRadom]

Originally posted by cleen X
I see a lot of people use thoose audio/dvd commentaries, what are thoose anyway? Like a normal DVD movie but with the directors commentaries on?

Yeah exactly. The director, cast, whatever talk about the movie they made. Some are great, some not. But it\'s kind of a neat thing to listen to, and the kind of thing you wouldn\'t probably listen to without doing something else.

I really liked the commentaries for the LtR movies, Tropic Thunder, all the kevin Smith movies. The ones that sucked the most were the Star Wars ones.

Commentaries are a great way for me to have fun experienceing a movie I have already seen but not distracting enough to keep me from painting.

 

[Baz]

I usually fire up my Band of Brothers boxed set.

 

[cleen X]

Man I love Band of Brothers Watched all the episodes many times over. Actually watched all of them a couple of weeks back. The last episode made me cry

I\'ll try the LoTR directors cut out Sounds kind of nice actually

 

[mattsterbenz]

I usually have www.pandora.com running, that way I can hear all different kinds of music. My iTunes playlist got boring after listening to it for the thousandth time lol

-Matt

 

[Aliengod3]

When I paint I usually will paint for about 5 minutes and then spend 1 hour critiquing my 5 minutes of painting. I continue this process until the mini is done.