Has PF become boring?

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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.
 
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.
 
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...
 
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...

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.
 
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
 
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.
 
As relative new comer to the band of merry men ( not sure if we have any ladies ) I have been really impressed with the response I have been given when asking a question and in fact have actually met a couple of members who have been more than helpful. Perhaps we could liven things up a bit by having our own in house competitions, different classes, different levels with various scales judged by other members of course. The works can be sent in via photo or even a short video link of the figure , just an idea not sure if its been done before .........


Hi there

We do have FOTM of course which all are welcome to enter .

A comp with various scales will need a lot of thought and control sonething to ponder on

Looking at doing something for the sculptors as well ...waiting for replies from companys

Nap
 
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.



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.
 
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
 
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
 
I had mentioned before that there is a risk of a dead hand having a negative effect on the forum.
By this I don't mean the moderators but those members who are so anally focused on the nuts and bolts of the hobby that they criticise those who take pleasure from adopting a broader perspective on what PF brings to its members.
Another trend is the growing tendency for deletion by the original author. OK sometimes things get said that we regret but posters should have the guts to stand by their statements or face up and apologise where felt necessary.
Another bugbear is where posters take the huff and delete perfectly OK posts just because somebody disagrees with either the content or approach.
And here's another :D when someone goes back to a post and adds or deletes content to alter the flow of the thread to show themselves in a more favourable light, particularly after deleting earlier posts and subsequently removing context

 
Constructive criticism is not a way to personally attack someone. It is so easy for individuals to crossover and become harassment; for some of the posters on this forum it has become a daily occurrence of blatant harassment of others for their views on new releases.
 
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