Has PF become boring?
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grasshopper
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There is already something very much along these longs with the figure of the month program run by Nap..
you hint at one reality..it’s a pastime with pockets of enthusiasts, and then a diaspora scattered all over the planet..howmto bring it all together? In places people can meet at shows, attend seminars, enjoy ready access to mat, subject pieces...for many others it’s totally different..even very different time zones..dictating a need for discretion and bit of tolerance over the gaps but thats also a strength..the fertilization from new ideas, new genres..
I do think PF has FB beat ..FB being all about gathering likes and little homogenous groups.
Since this thread began I have seen more people posting proper independent reviews..one or two guys who have fallen off the screen coming back with new progress reports..
It’s important to gently shake the bed blanket every once in a while, tuck it another way..and be empathetic to the other guys..
you hint at one reality..it’s a pastime with pockets of enthusiasts, and then a diaspora scattered all over the planet..howmto bring it all together? In places people can meet at shows, attend seminars, enjoy ready access to mat, subject pieces...for many others it’s totally different..even very different time zones..dictating a need for discretion and bit of tolerance over the gaps but thats also a strength..the fertilization from new ideas, new genres..
I do think PF has FB beat ..FB being all about gathering likes and little homogenous groups.
Since this thread began I have seen more people posting proper independent reviews..one or two guys who have fallen off the screen coming back with new progress reports..
It’s important to gently shake the bed blanket every once in a while, tuck it another way..and be empathetic to the other guys..
Tony Dawe
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For me, pF has been invaluable in two important areas.
Firstly, pF operates like a virtual online figure model club, allowing me to share my passion with other passionate Modellers and to develop friendships with people all over the world. This social aspect has been so rewarding as this hobby tends to be solitary and even within other clubs, I've found myself being excluded simply because I'm a figure modeller.
Secondly, I've learnt so much from fellow Modellers on pF about painting techniques, colour theory and picked up so many invaluable tips to help me improve my own modelling and gain greater satisfaction from my hobby. I credit pF with making me the modeller I am today, and after almost 45 years of modelling, I'm still improving and developing my painting style.
I've been a pF member for 11 years and I check in every day (even on holidays) and I don't think it's boring at all. There is certainly more competition now from Facebook groups but they can't match the community atmosphere on this forum.
Firstly, pF operates like a virtual online figure model club, allowing me to share my passion with other passionate Modellers and to develop friendships with people all over the world. This social aspect has been so rewarding as this hobby tends to be solitary and even within other clubs, I've found myself being excluded simply because I'm a figure modeller.
Secondly, I've learnt so much from fellow Modellers on pF about painting techniques, colour theory and picked up so many invaluable tips to help me improve my own modelling and gain greater satisfaction from my hobby. I credit pF with making me the modeller I am today, and after almost 45 years of modelling, I'm still improving and developing my painting style.
I've been a pF member for 11 years and I check in every day (even on holidays) and I don't think it's boring at all. There is certainly more competition now from Facebook groups but they can't match the community atmosphere on this forum.
I was one of the “masters” from way back. I view the site most days. I contribute when and where I can. I have not been an active painter for over 10 years. As they say. Life changes and you have new priorities. I am more than willing to contribute in any way that I can.
I have been following the ‘face painting in oils” thread and feel the urge to present my techniques on that. I was always an oil painter, did a few figures in acrylics before they were the rage. I just didn’t like the techniques that acrylics require.Much prefer painting wet on wet with oils.
I have been following the ‘face painting in oils” thread and feel the urge to present my techniques on that. I was always an oil painter, did a few figures in acrylics before they were the rage. I just didn’t like the techniques that acrylics require.Much prefer painting wet on wet with oils.
grasshopper
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Every once in a while a thread really catches on...but generally it’s pretty dull fare. Fine for those part of the inside group but otw not so much
I do find the inevitable useless high fives a pain...considered comment that might be additive or a simple like would make things easier to follow..not everything is best ever...
I do find the inevitable useless high fives a pain...considered comment that might be additive or a simple like would make things easier to follow..not everything is best ever...
Graham
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The fact that ‘not everything is best ever’ does not alter the fact that what you see is possibly the best the poster can do at their stage of development. To tell someone that what they have posted is mediocre when they have put their heart and soul into something could be catastrophic to the future of that painter developing. Everyone knows where they are in the the pecking order and I doubt anyone thinks they have cracked it and become a master because they get a few ‘high fives’. It is called encouragement and encouragement is not boring, it is essential to our hobby.
grasshopper
A Fixture
There is a difference between encouragement, critique and the nonsense that does appear..
grasshopper
A Fixture
Absolutely.....
theBaron
A Fixture
I thought we got bored with this thread?
Prost!
Brad
Prost!
Brad
Wayneb
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It's obvious that popularity weighs heavy on the replies and compliments that are dished out here. All you have to do is look through the completed forum; or any forum for that matter. Now, there's nothing wrong with that, but if you're going to encourage the well known members and pieces you may or may not like because of taste, I think it's only fair that the lesser known should be encouraged also...…………...
Wayne
Wayne
blaster
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Here's my take. I am a regular visitor but I don't contribute that much with inputs. I have also visited other sites.
The reason why I keep looking in is the amount of chatter. This site has probably the most "chatter" of all the similar modeling sites that I have seen. There's always something going on.
The reason why I keep looking in is the amount of chatter. This site has probably the most "chatter" of all the similar modeling sites that I have seen. There's always something going on.
Mike S.
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ALL forums become boring when you hang out on them long enough. It's the nature of the beast.
smudger1960
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such a shame phil youre not painting anymore,people like myself in the hobby followed your work closely in the late 80s and early 90s with your great oil painted pieces,i am very grateful to the top painters like yourself at the time for everything I learned and how to paint better pieces.
DEL
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It's been mentioned before that pF is overly positive in its critique of posted work.
I don't quite see it in these terms. Most painters are perfectly well aware of where their skill level's at.
Consequently they see positive comments as peers recognising their progress and in offering advice and support.
What contributes nothing is those who focus on the negative and criticise rather than critique. As often as not we see little or none of ther work yet many see themselves as 'educating' others. These are the self same individuals who 'spit the dummy' whe disagreed with.
If anyone finds pF too boring then bog off somewhere else, although these self same individuals may have already been round the circuit
I don't quite see it in these terms. Most painters are perfectly well aware of where their skill level's at.
Consequently they see positive comments as peers recognising their progress and in offering advice and support.
What contributes nothing is those who focus on the negative and criticise rather than critique. As often as not we see little or none of ther work yet many see themselves as 'educating' others. These are the self same individuals who 'spit the dummy' whe disagreed with.
If anyone finds pF too boring then bog off somewhere else, although these self same individuals may have already been round the circuit
Negative criticism is fine as long as it constructive and helpful e.g. those hands don't look right, how about....., that shading looks a bit overdone, how about easing it a bit.........etc, etc.? Some of the work on show is underwhelming, but that doesn't matter as long as it brings pleasure to the modeller and as long as we help him/her along the learning curve.
Mike
Mike
