Why You Don't Have to GET GOOD 

Bukowski was great, if troubled....

@@johnashley-smith4987 he had a fantastic way with words, even if some of his attitudes weren't great. I do like his views on Tabletop Gaming though!

Notable wargamer, Charles Bukowski.

It's amazing how much a basic primer coat and a few details can do. For Space Marines in particular, you can achieve a "good enough" paint scheme with three colors and a base paint. Prime with armor color, paint shoulder pads and eyes with color 2, paint gun with color 3, add base paint. BAM, you're army is in the upper 5% of armies. Why? Because 99% of them are grey plastic. Even just a primer and a wash thrown over it looks SO much better than grey plastic!

"We were heavy, man" -Chuck Dukowski

He totally didnt say that - ronald reagan

"What is teh internets?" - Vinton Cerf

@@onkelgroen "The Internet is a series of tubes, not a big truck" - Carl Sagan

Shits whack my dude -Pontius Pilate

"Never have so few owed so little to so many" - Winston Churchill on the internet.

Doesn’t he know that painting like Sam Lenz and placing number one at Vegas Open is all there is?

Git gud!

So if I hear right, we should git gud at not gitting gud.

had a friend say that our generation (gen-x or so) have lost hobbies because we do not have the disposable time to enjoy them

@@Slenkamure And even if we have a hobby, we always try to find ways how to monetize it simply because WE HAVE TO if we want to survive. Because while you are out there hobbying, other people are trying to find other sources of income, so you have to turn your hobby into an additional source of income too, even if it sucks the fun out of it.

I mean...all it really takes is the self-awareness and confidence to acknowledge that it makes absolutely no difference what anyone else, or "our culture," says about what you need to do. Who cares what other people are trying to do? Who cares if they're looking for other sources of income? If you have to turn to your hobby as a means to survive, I'd suggest that you've made a series of questionable choices in your life. If you feel like you have to monetize your hobby simply because other people are doing so, or because you have to "keep up" with what other people are doing, you have deeper issues that need to be resolved.

@Slenkamure I always smile when I see people from America call out "their generation" and assume everybody on the planet with the same age has the same problems. Like America makes the laws for the world, or something? I mean, I am not saying that you are wrong for Americans of your generation, but please, try and have an open mind that maybe somewhere on the planet, in some other country with a slightly differing culture and economical structure, things might be different? For instance, in my country (The Netherlands), students are not left with a loan of over $200k after graduating and mandatory healthcare insurance is affordable (even without a job) to a point where a trip to the E.R. for losing a finger does not bankrupt you. Minimum wages are such that they are enough to sustain you with only having to work one job and be able to pay rent, utilities and insurances and drive a car and buy groceries. You will not be living in luxury, for sure, but you are also not below the poverty line. Also, a job in my country is either 36 or 40 hours a week where you have a set amount of vacation days that equals 4 times the amount of hours you work per week. So if you work 36 hours that would be 144hours (18 days) and for 40 it would be 160hours (20 days) and added to that are the national holidays for christmas, easter etc, totalling about 12 days (depending on the year) Add to that 52 weekends and you have about a 136 days per year to do whatever you want.. You will at max be working 8 hours a day (officially) and usually from 9 to 5, I think that leaves you with a lot of spare time to pursue a hobby just for the heck of it. Monetization of your hobby is still possible, but in my country it is not "needed" to keep your head above water. I'm just sayin' Not every country is screwing this generation over like you are suggesting

It's called late stage capitalism when the majority of politicians aren't really representing the people at all or effectively. So many people are struggling to afford their basic needs because so many jobs pay like shit right now so a lot of people are working almost all the time. It's tragic.

We are here for you if you ever need to talk man! I suffer from depression and yea painting is very therapeutic!

I feel you painting is the one time I can tune out all the stresses of the world and concentrate on doing something.

Your taking a shit quote is awesome man. If it’s ok with you I’m stealing that 😆

That’s why I re-started. That, and they weren’t hard push aggressive like when playing

Don't underestimate the satisfaction if a good dump lol. I find painting relaxing mostly, and like you I listen to podcasts and stuff while I'm doing it and it's a fun way to wile away the time.

I think the best advice I ever got related to painting came from this channel. It was something akin to "look at the mini from 6 feet or table distance away, how does that look? If you think it looks good, then it's good"

Same here, brother!

Graveyard shift here. >.

Does his stats improve?

@@TheCimbrianBull Pretty sure its the opposite.

Congrats on finishing your first half-century!

Seriously, feels like talking to a really good, walking self-help book + mini painting.

and your shower

Hope you have many more hobby years ahead

The key part here is, 'acceptable' to whom? ; )

True, true. You don't know what you have until it's gone.

Well, if the greatest Primarch said it, who are we to argue?

That's kind of the point: my paint jobs haven't REALLY improved a ton, because I just enjoy painting and I'm not trying really hard to improve. I've improved a bit, and I think I'm a good deal faster now, too. Thanks for watching!

Does your stats improve as well?