Curing My Hobby Burnout With SLAPCHOP! 

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It's so brave of Peachy to address paintile disfunction in such an open and empathetic manner.

Peachy's brush control always makes me feel like a baby flailing around

The Ad in this episode is expertly done 😂 that’s a great way to segue in and out by using the subject of the video itself. Well done!

Ventrillian Nobles with quite possibly the most fabulous squarespace advert of all time. Love those chaps

Confession: I paint my rims all sorts of colours Stormcast Eternals - Black Lumineth Realm Lords - Steel Legion Drab Orruk Clans - Dark Angels Green Soulblight Gravelords - Khorne Red Nighthaunt - Black Flesh Eater Courts - Khorne Red

Best Squarespace add I have ever seen!! Epic boys!! Thank you

Big ups to our Patrick. The direction and video quality is so good that I have to watch these on the big tv. Probably the only hobby channel I do this.

How Peachy got his MOJO back! They look great sir, and thank you for the video. Fine advice for getting back into it.

These videos are always relatable, beautifully filmed and well edited.

I love that there are Blood Bowl bits in here. By far, my favorite game.

I love finding new or different minis. When I get bored I move to d&d minis. It’s a nice reset to paint something completely different!

Loving the slight beard Peach. The influence from the other boys must be having an effect.

Funny that when I saw that shot of them all on the table half painted I thought "nope, don't feel like finishing those".

Thanks Peachy and team for making this video. It probably won’t be the most watched but it’s very meaningful for those of us who have watched it. We all hit a bit of a painting wall and it’s heartening to be reminded that that is as true for professional painters as amateurs. It’s great to push ourselves but it’s also totally ok to take it easy and get some models done that might not be your best, might not be as good as the rest / others of the army, might not have gone through the same processes or used the exact same paints. They are still awesome and they might well help you get back in the groove . Thanks guys. Keep up the wonderful videos.

whoever chose the music for this, NAILED IT. That was thoroughly wonderful

I can relate so much to this. I had a period of time trying to make everything perfect without getting many models painted. I started slap chopping more and then hitting the edge highlights later which has sped up the whole process and i'm pleased enough with the results. I'd love to see some more videos like this and how to get that smoother dry brush instead of the chalky look

Great video guys - should be on every hobbyists new year re-watch list, as there are likely projects that stalled during the previous year (or 5). Keep the great content coming.

Wonderful work. Always happy to see more Ventrillian nobles. It'd be nice to see the whole army together.

Peachy, Bizet’s Carmen, and Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1… the aural-visual kitbash you never knew you needed so much.

FFS I thought it was a Warhammer Fantasy Reik lander then I pegged the plasma pistol!

Awesome vid! Thanks Peachy!

This video is gold. I always countered the painting burnout with a change of hobby for a bit, but this video makes me think that a simple change of technique can easily give me that easy reward to guide me into finishing a project. Very well done Peachy!

I was really not feeling my Blooded Kill team about 2 weeks ago, and for the first time ever thinking about stripping them and starting over and i just wasn’t happy with how them, and it made me not want to sit down and paint anything at all. I decided to slap a layer of contrast paint over what I had just because I wanted to see if just putting some paint on them would re-ignite the desire to paint anything, and once the contrast dried, it was exactly what they needed to suddenly look like something I was excited to highlight and finish, and now I’m really proud of them, and working on the last model!

This is good stuff. A good reminder to stop and change the process when you just aren't feeling it.

This video is ace & love the message here. Rolling back my standards has been a big breakthrough for me, I was always trying to paint everything to completion. I was getting disheartened at the time it was taking me to do things. For some reason I shifted my view to ‘good enough’ painting, so for 2023 I’ve shifted to ‘battle ready plus’ painting standard for everything to get it on the table. I thought I’d hate this, but I’ve really enjoyed completing things and getting units done. Love this message and would encourage anyone to try it out and shift perspectives!

These dudes look so cool! Love the nice additive process.

Brilliant!

Lovely use of the Imperial nobility blood bowl team!

Love it and completely agree that the struggle of the basecoat is my problem too. I recently found a series called ‘eavy Contrast on RU-vid in which the basecoat is done entirely with contrast and then layering and highlighting proceeds as normal. Highly recommend.

I really like the advice to paint things a bit differently if it means getting them done. I’d been hating the thought of painting my Deepkin because halfway through I realised I couldn’t be bothered with how long my original scheme took, but I didn’t want to risk trying an easier method in case it looked inconsistent

The sponsor portion voice over was hilarious

Really relatable and helpful vid! I mostly do projects in big chunks but it can be hard to power through. Also matching to the old stuff is always a concern but you had some really great advice!

Well done.Thanks for the inspiration. Why not creating yt shorts like the advertisement? Love it. Imagine a noble regiment have to do some duty on necromunda. Its a lovely place.The people there are so glowing and nice.

They are looking great.

so glad you finished your boys been wondering about em recently because they look absolutely smashing

Great job and great topic. Very enjoyable and relatable.

Ha, ha, I suppose for Peachy a year on the shelf is a long time, but I've got projects on hiatus for 3, 5 and more years. I've since come to terms with it as so long as I'm doing something I can't complain about projects half done. That happens mainly because I have plenty of projects on the go at once - the main tactic I have to prevent hobby burnout. As soon as I lose my mojo on a project I jump to another one, I look at it like a surfer constantly trying to catch the next wave and always keeping moving. I almost always base first, so I never start from a blank 'canvas' and if I get basecoats and washes on and then pause and go onto something else that's cool. I know when I come back most of the tedious work is done and the more creative highlights and blending is ready for me, so that I can move them forward. Bottom line - every project has its time, even if that is years from when I first started it. As rewarding as it is to finish a model, there is nothing like the feeling of finally finishing a model that's been 8 to 10 years on the painting table!

Excellent video and advice.

Dry ground dry brush. Great tip.

In this british army of the redcoat day the officers used a completely different dye pigment to the troops as cochineal was too expensive for general use, madder was used for the troops.

Great uses of kitbashing here and there. Worthy of such a nice batch-paint job. I think they look really good. Nice motivational approach.

A mojoless peachy isn’t a world I would want to live in

Not me staring at my unfinished Beasts of Chaos that would be a huge chunk of my pile of opportunity completed

The war of black rim vs brown rim. And I'm over here with my gold rims

This has the best advertisement I've ever seen

Great video Peachy (and team). As someone that is surrounded by better painters at work, I often struggle with getting in the painting zone at some point in every project. Great to have some extra tools in the arsenal to help push through.

This is really good i enjoy videos like this

The way you did the page on that book was great. Definitely keeping that in my back pocket.

I'll definitely do this next time I have something to paint!

Felt that premise all too well. The army looks amazing!

Awesome stuff Peachy!

Glad you're re-invigorated Cap'n Peachy. Nice work.

good advice i needed :) cool minis too

Not a single sleeve rolled up. Looks amzing.

The difference in colour of uniforms never bothers me. Weathering, different materials used when manufacturing like you say 👍 that ak brass looks a nice paint I think I'll have to get some Good job

I am finding doing this helps me also. It also gets me excited to play my favorite army again also.

What a fantastic video peachy, definitely need to take some these tips to get out of my slump

The best promo for squarespace ever. I watched it twice. 😂

Thank you Peachy for giving me the motivation and means to get back onto my victrix romans Ave persicum!

That purple is such a beautiful paint

Suffering GW hobby burnout? Paint 1 Perry Miniature every day until symptoms reduce, or until you have a full set of Agincourt Mounted Knights completed. Whichever comes first.

I fully support the Brown Rim Base movement! My favorite army has brown rim bases (Death Guard) and when I'm painting my filthy Ultramarines, they get the plain black rims, because they are just basic, lol. :)

I love your work and you always do such a great job of explaining what you are doing. You are like the Jacques Pepin of mini painting! Practical techniques with high end results that are attainable by anyone with a little bit of time and practice.

Great video, recognising painting block or lack of mojo.

In my day we just called it lazy painting!

I can't tell you much relieving it is to know that even somebody like you struggles from time to time. In my head, I've got the greatest ideas for units and figures and projects, and my shelves (and bank account) tell me I've got everything I need to go -- and then I sit in front of it and it's all a bit meh and it's tough to get going. Weird that. But here's hope!

Great results!

Cool as always.

Awesome paintjob!!!!

As the old Jaded Gamercast podcast once said, "Done is the best color." Great job breaking through the block, Peachy, and thanks for sharing it with us!

Amazing !!

Peachy: "You reckon he's quite rugged and deep voiced?" Pat: "I think so." Me: "Oh no..." >Ad starts< Me: >takes of glasses; pinches bridge of nose; sighs

I watched this last night while I was finally making headway through getting a unit of Repentia painted for my Sisters of Battle. Great kit and awesome looking models, but the moment I finished assembling and priming them and had to actually start painting them, I just lose all interest. There's so many awkward nooks and crannies and tiny little details to have to pick out, it feels like they're going to monopolize all of my hobby time for ages. I don't like to switch projects once I start them, so my hobby productivity plummeted for about a week or two as a result. Like you say in the video however, once you sit down and put colour on them for long enough that you can start to see what they're going to look like, the motivation just comes flooding back and suddenly I couldn't be more excited to be working on this unit and to see it through to the end. This happens every single time I go to paint a unit for Adepta Sororitas, without fail - but I still get surprised every time it happens. 🤷‍♂ But anyway, Team Black Base Rims forever so thumbs down and unsubscribe. 😂

My Astra Militarum combat patrol is getting Steel Legion Drab base rims. It looks so much better than black with my mud/grass basing. Cheers Peachy!

This is a great topic for a video. Essentially don't let perfect get in the way of good. They look great Peachy 👍

Another great show, thank you, gents nobles look brilliant peachy. I can't help but hear Lord flasheart wanting a pint of bombardier

I'm going spend the rest on my day having my every move narrated by the voices from your square space ad

My imperial guard got shelved now I slapchop my orks and I've never been happier

Excellent video and I love the added value of having felt like I just watched a Japanese movie dubbed into English!

Nicely done, Mr. Peach! I'm glad you were able to finally get these gents painted! I've got to get some Rough Riders because I'm hoping to do a small platoon of Ventrillian Rough Riders for Noblevember this year... Here's hoping it's more successful than last year!

Nice one! This is the exact stage my Drukhari are at, a mix of styles/undercoats and I need to get past the ‘wall’. I think I’ll start tidying up my Wyches like this and see how they look compared to my ‘proper’ Kabalites.

Peachy, can use the most destroyed brush, and still paint a line clean. Noice. I like this lesson in breaking the painter's block. Myself, I often launch habitually into the slog, edge highlighting being the most required and yet most unrewarding things I end up spending time on (truly, no one cares about edge highlighting, ever. And yet, if you don't do it, people will be all critical about not having done it :P ) Sometimes you just gotta crack on and find that vibe. I dig it!

Ok, now I want to turn my Vet Guardsman in to Ventrillian Nobels! They look so cool. I went for Miasman Redcowls.

Great tips! Ive run into the same issue trying to paint models in the "traditional" style now that i primarily paint using a Slapchop style which is way more fun for me. Any chance you have any pics or footage of how you converted the Ogyn? He looks mega! 😊

Brown Rim is the way to go.

HERETIC!!! All bases should be Goblin Green!!! Seriously, good video. Thanks for giving tips on making tying newer paint jobs into older painted sets. Keep up the good work.

Oh boy, same BB team that is just taunting me, half-painted, from the shelf...😂

I personally feel that hobby can be like going to the gym or work, sometimes we don't want to do it but if we push through the motivation comes back (this is especially like gym). We need to he more disaplined

Great video. Been in exactly the same position with having models at different stages of painting and having a mental block. I find that if I can batch paint 5 at a time, and do each stage consistently, I can churn out whole units with no problem. My advice is to avoid doing bits and pieces of odd models (and don't leave anything half finished to start something else), but rather tackle a squad/character at a time as bite-size mini projects.

I do black or brown rims depending on the army

Nice

Great video...ever thought about re painting an older army in a new scheme because your skills have improved? Might make for an interesting video.

Slapchop is why my minis get painted at all.

WoW the AK brass highlights are awesome I'll buy It to try in some lizardman shields!

once you are into discussing rimming, is there really any ground to judge other choices? I converted to black, but each to thier own - well black grey to be 100% accurate

I had a no mojo period this last two weeks. Sometimes a speedpaint or two is what you need to jump start it!

Looking really good, although could be improved with some black rimmed bases... ;P

Great video with a great message. Just a quick note to say a couple of the paints were annotated in the wrong order in the basing, think pale sand was first, and might want to consider different colour fonts for the pale colours, white text on white grey background was a bit tough to read, but keep up the great work 👍

looks fantastic! Honestly another reason I would want to start a guard army is to have one of those unique regiments to customize and paint. Also not sure if yo relaized but you forgot the power supply on the swords