Hello there! My name is Nick and I paint minis - mostly Warhammer Age of Sigmar, a handful of Warhammer 40k, and more recently some of my own creations and sculptures. Stick around, I got some cool stuff coming.
Miniature painting has been a part of my life consistently for a few years now, and on and off before that. Painting minis is just a blast and I want to share how fun it is with anyone who can stand to watch my videos
So I ended up wth some gouache weathering paint after failing to find oil paint at all three of my favorite hobby stores. Do I need to applty clear coat on an acrylic base color before weathering with water-based gouache?
Stumbled across this video and I know you! Used to work at LH. If you're still in the area and ever felt like gaming, hit me up sir. Haven't seen you in forever!
I think some of the reasons you didnt continue painting the models echoes the sentiment many players have. Where the rules changes so drastically it can sap youre enjoyment very quickly
this video speaks to my soul haha. Im building a 2k votann army as im watching this, but i have a feeling its going to join all my other grey armies. At least with this project ive actually constructed most of the units haha
1 week of income per year is not excessive hobby spending, IMO. Sure you'd get more value from your money by only spending what you need, but if you ultimately get through all this stuff and enjoy it, this is not crazy amounts spent. For this to be true though, you have to get through it.
My Advice: Sell everything! That's what I did. Also don't start saying "I'll get too it soon" bro of u have more than 50 models and u keep buying more, you won't, that's how you get to 100s of models sitting in boxes being forgotten. I only play Warhammer 40k and 30k (killteam too) and I sold off everything and started completely from scratch. Take the money you make back to start a new army, just one. and set out to have the simple rule of "don't buy the next kit until the last is finished" another good rule is the 1 week rule. If you see something you wanna buy wait a week, and if your still keen, write it down on a list. then once your ready to buy a new kit, grab it off that list. After you've started fresh its just about not impulse buying and going crazy. The easiest things about piles of shame, is there is always somebody else out their wanting that kit you will NEVER use. also if you know a friend who wants a model or smth, you can always give them away as presents. I had a bunch of half painted alpha legion stuff I was never gonna use, so i just gave it to a friend who loved alpha legion that couldn't afford models.
Man, I do not have confidence we'll ever see the second half of Darkest Dungeon. I tried painting up some of Wave 1 to try and gain some joy from it, but still so mad about being essentially robbed.
Regarding the Corvus Cabal (and other Warcry Chaos Warbands from GWs announcement), these kits have not actually left the range, that was a miscommunication by GW. You can still buy them if you go to the Warcry Section of the Warhammer Webstore. The announcement simply said these kits are leaving the Age of Sigmar range. That means you will not be able to play them in AOS and they will not be packaged for AOS. They are still part of the Warcry range though.
I feel that. Ive recently forced myself to not buy any more minis until i can get a good chunk of my backlog done. Its been tough, but ive managed so far.
It's shocking how similar our GW collection is. Except you have a lot more cool models from different brands, and I have 3 full under-bed storage bins of the entire unopened Imperium Magazine collection. Your collection is far cooler.
Why do we buy models we clearly do not need? The truth is that we only need food water and roof over our heads. We do not need to buy any models at all, So if your going to buy one you may as well buy them all. I feel no shame at all at my pile because I have forced all the shame and the blame in to the very first one that I bought.
I started the hobby last year, sold off most of what I bought because I get paint paralysis just due to the fact that I have a ton of stuff sitting around waiting to be built. I'm lucky enough that I don't need to try to get whatever discounts I can on models so I can just go to my friendly local game store and only buy the minis I want/need at that time. It costs more in the long run but I'd rather actually build and paint my stuff you know?
That's an easy answer. We buy because the hobby has the most exposure than it's ever had and we constantly see guys in videos showing off the latest models. I bought into Imperium for a bit, but quit because it was a lot of stuff I didn't need, but kept going for a bit, because the price was right. I'm looking to sell a lot of my stuff and keep just the GW board games I enjoy. Maybe I'll even play them. And we shouldn't limited ourselves to calculating what we spend on just minis. Paints, brushes, tools, etc. aren't bought as often, but they do incur a cost.
To get my shame down i have a simple rule. 4 to 1. I have to sell/paint 4 kits before i can buy one. In one year i have reduced my shame down by 50%. The final goal is to have zero shame and then its a 1 to 1 ration. Build and paint one before i buy one.
Just out of curiosity, how long did it take to analyse your motions and come up with solutions to painting faster? Did it actually save you time in the end?
Brooooo, you're my twin! I have loads upon loads of unpainted/unassembled stuff. I stumbled upon your video and I am so glad I did. And I thought I was bad...lol 😅
I recently just started building gundam, and i try to color my gundam, the shop i went to have so many warhammer related items 😅 Now im here just curious 😂
Same reason we buy books we don't read, games we don't play or any number of other pleasures adults shelve. We're driven to consume by capitalist society, sold on a lie that we'll have the free time and energy to enjoy things when we're not working to afford them. Now, we can afford them, sure, but who has the time or energy? I think its telling that the hobby is thriving largely because of people who can afford not only the hobby, but monetize the hobby via youtube or the like. That's just my two cents on the idea.
