Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Today Is A Grind - Embracing The Bugs

I never used to get bugs. In one of my former careers I used to get them all the time. This was down to the clientele. Over time I became pretty much immune to all forms of cold and flu and I didn't get one for years. Now I just catch them from kids. Insert eyeroll here. Even with every cold and flu remedy I can take in my system I still feel like hammered poop.
Between sleeping and complaining I have managed to do some painting. Maybe not as much as I would have liked. My head has been a bit fuzzy and there was the sleeping, the complaining and of course the eyerolling. That said, there is plenty of stuff that is getting pretty close to having a base coat of paint and I still have time to do a bit more work.

One tip I feel I can give is to keep it varied. Traditionally I have done a lot of batch painting. Ten pretty similar figures. If not identical in uniform at least pretty similar in period. When I do this for figures in irregular clothing I complain that they all look the same mainly because i tend to use a limited colour palette. I tend to find that changing colours seems to add time to the overall process.

What I have started doing recently is painting figures from a variety of eras. My output doesn't seem to have gone down. My interest is staying high throughout the week as I have different things to do. The range of figures I end up is more varied and I end up happier.

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  1. I know that feeling, I was almost never sick before my oldest started going to the daycare. Incredible that you get anything done at all while being under the weather.

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    1. Have spent the last few days lying down and staring at the TV (and doing a bit of painting when I feel up to it). Still feeling better now so back to work.

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