Question of addiction?

[Armornv]

Hiya folks, this one just popped into my head so I thought I'd see what everyone else thinks.

While I can't speak for car/aircraft modelers, I know some armor modelers(myself included), have a habit of having several kits on the go at once. For me, it's a way to keep from getting burned out on any one specific kit.
Do sculptors/figure painters do the same?

The reason I ask is that I'm still very much into my first figure sculpt, yet this weekend I fleshed out another mannequin for my second figure, but I didn't do it because I was burned out on the first. I did it because there are sooo many ideas I have in my head that I really want to make.
So again, do sculptors/figure painters do the same and for what reason?

Just my overly curious nature to wonder about things like that!

Thanks,
Clint

 

[ausf]

Yep, it's a constant battle for me.

Whether in armor modeling or figures, I have to consciously try to retain focus. It's always a matter of oooh wait, something shi

 

[gordy]

Yep, same thing here!

 

[Jamie Stokes]

+1 - too many ideas, 1 set of hands.......and I still work full time....

However, I have limited myself to completing 1 figure at a time. as I am now embarking on online study, so what was "brain space for figure modeling" has had to be converted to "brain space for studies"

 

[Guy]

I gave up the battle years ago and now unashamedly have up to a dozen figures in progress at one time. I found that years ago when I had a day I could paint for hours and just having 1 figure in the works then I had to stop for drying times for oils and enamels. Next thing you know with several more hours I could paint I broke out another and started him....and then another....and another..........

 

[Armornv]

Whew! glad to hear that it applies to figures as well as models! Also very glad to reaffirm that it's not just me!
I couldn't tell you how many 1/2, 2/3 finished warhammer minis and such I have laying around, not to mention the 10 or 11 models I have started....

Thanks Guys!

 

[JasonB]

I am a kitbasher, not sculptor, but when I am into it (As I am now) I will easily have 15 figures in my work area. One thing it does for me is if I mix up some putty to fill seams or sculpt something, I can use any leftover from one project on another. Plus I can't focus on just one fig for any long period of time, my interest wanders too much. Same with painting, I will get out 5 or 6 in progress figs and have them ready, so that as I finish something on one figure, I can set him aside and work on another. It might be something as simple as being in the mood to do leather work, or for using oils, or just having a good night painting faces, so I go with it like an assembly line. I do armor and aircraft too, and I always have multiple of those going as well.

 

[Jim Patrick]

Hi, my name is Jim and I'm a figure modeler......

HELLO JIM!!!!!!!!

Welcome to group thearpy Clint. But unlike most 12 step recovery groups? We are a 12 steps BACKWARD group. LOL! I say enjoy the ride. Have fun with it while you can.

Jim Patrick

 

[megroot]

Same here.
I'm always painting two figures at the time. I think that it is the oilpaint that made me do it.

Marc

 

[housecarl]

At least 8-10 figures on the go at once. I need to get out of the habit of starting something new all the time, and perhaps set a limit to 5 at the most.
Carl.

 

[Tecumsea]

+ 4 new Musketeers to have a go at

 

[housecarl]

+ 4 new Musketeers to have a go at

Not forgetting the 2 Elite 70mm and the 1/35th Gurkha, I'll just have to paint quicker.
Carl.

 

[garyjd]

I have three scratchbuilt figures that NEED to be finished. For me burnout takes place ( if it's going to happen) when something is about 70-80% done. That's where it took place with these three anyhow. I then refuse to start anything new because

A. What's to say it won't happen if I start another project.
B. Related to A. I'm just possibly setting myself up for a trend that in the end produces nothing.

So until all is done I have idea upon idea fiilling my head. ~Gary

 

[Armornv]

Well, I guess the "start many, finish few" disease isn't genre specific after all.I had myself worried for a minute. I had originally thought that maybe since figures CAN be finished a little quicker than a 1/35 tank, with a full Lion Roar PE set, fruil tracks etc etc, that sculptors/painters wouldn't have that issue. But I am perfectly happy having tons of stuff that I've started and not finished. After all, getting a project started is part of the fun!!!


Clint

 

[gordy]

After all, getting a project started is part of the fun!!!
Clint

So true! Now if there were only a market for half-started stuff or starting projects, I guess it is like the saying, the pursuit is 90% of the fun

 

[abbo]

3 Busts.1 75mm mounted native american.2 75mm figures and 1 Andrea Stagecoach with 7 figures and 4 horses.Thats about it,
Martin

 

[theBaron]

I have about a dozen scale model kits in progress, aircraft, ships, and the Monogram Tom Daniel's Red Baron hot rod; and about 100 different figures in progress, toy soldiers, really, Staddens, Rose, Imrie/Risley. The stash of figures is about twice as large, the stash of model kits is probably around 70--relatively small, judging by what I see online.

Regarding getting started on a kit and stopping--I made this suggestion in a discussion over at Agape Modeling. We were all talking about our favorite part of building, and it seems that everyone works up to the points that they enjoy, and then stops. I recommended that we all get together and bring our works-in-progress, then set up a big assembly line, and each person works on the stage that he likes best. I thought we could knock out the entire backlog in a day

Prost!
Brad

 

[gordy]

I recommended that we all get together and bring our works-in-progress, then set up a big assembly line, and each person works on the stage that he likes best. I thought we could knock out the entire backlog in a day

Clever!

 

[pmfs]

Hi!

I prefer to have just one project each time in my workbench, keep me more concentrated to do my best in what I'm working on.

 

[Ferris]

Totally recognize the symptons. Am infected as well. Now about 10 projects in various stages on the bench, not counting the unfinished ones from my armour building days.

I believe in discipline and focus on maybe two or three figures max, but after a day of discipline and focus at work I like to lose control and wander when at the bench.

Then again, the satisfaction of actually finishing something is of a different order than that of starting something, so I am still trying to stay away from dispersing my time too much.

Isn't it all (once again) about balance...?

Now that you mentioned discipline and not having it when modelling, how about the ratio of <figures_finished> to <figures_purchased>? I'm affraid this is a much more serious virus.... (I don't want to know my score here really).


Adrian