Slowhammer….
A term a friend of my mine coined in reference to slow Warhammer players… either deliberately slow turns to stall in a tourney, a classic “chess” style player that ponders every move, or the dreaded indecisive player who wants to take back a move 3 back, and re-measures 6 times…. But what about slow painters?
Being new to the hobby and trying to pick up higher level skills quickly to make my conversions shine brighter I am finding I am getting slower the more time I paint, not faster.
This whole train of thought (a bit stream of consciousness due to a 16+ hour work day) is brought on but a comment a player made at a team tourney I played in over the weekend. When asked how much time I spent on a figure I quoted 60+ hours, painting and converting, he looked shocked. Then when he inquired about my more recent projects he insinuated exaggeration.. He told me how he painted 3 figures in one night and I lauded him, but after spending 3 and ½ hours painting just the gold trim on 3 of my Terminator conversions (pictures coming) I am more confident that my numbers are spot on… I do most of my brush work with a 00 – 1 as I learn control, take the time to thin my paints, mix them well, and all of this adds up to long paint sessions that result in little progress but figures I am “satisfied” with. I do it between the other demands on my time (work 50 – 60+ hours a week, fiancé, dog, house etc) which means I don’t have a lot of long sessions, just an hour here, 2 hours there, etc…
I guess the real point of this thread is to ask, is anyone else out there a slow painter or is it just my personal drive for an ever increasing level of perfection that’s dragging projects down? Comments please….
Someday I hope to be at Golden Daemon caliber, both in quality and speed, but until then I will keep slowpainting…
