Picking a lock with a wet herring.

[Bishop Lord]

Well its happened, its tried to raise its head in the past but its finally happened 'painters block'.  
In the past its sometimes been a bit slow to get going but now I just look a the unpainted lead and think how, why, when.  I've  loads of lovely shiny new 10mm Pendraken goodies to paint but I just cant engage head to paint. A full Late Roman army and I cant even think how I want it to look. I have lost the painting mojo, I cant even compose how I want my command base's modelled which is the thing I do first and foremost as it gives me the feel I want the rest of the army to look. I've lost my painting, gaming and slightly geeky muse. I couldn't  have summed it up better than this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5OfviJJTHo

Just thought id share. Help me!! I need an Apothecary!:'(
Jason.

[sebigboss79]

Nope. What you need is a browse on the interwebs and find THAT one thing that interests you. BUY it and anticipation of delivery WILL get you into painting.

Thats how I do it...

[Steve J]

Don't worry it will come back. I've had precious little time or motivation of late to do any painting, so I'm simply doing other things until it returns. So are gaming related, some are not. And as for my lead mountain, I'd rather not thing about it!

[Fenton]

Dont worry I havnt painted anything in a month..jusr couldnt be bothered at the mo

[Subedai]

Don't worry, it happens to everybody. I'm going though a minor block at the moment, I can see the figures from where I am writing on the next desk, I know what I want to do...just can't muster much enthusiasm to do it. My excuse is that 99.99999% of the time if I were to have a game it would be a solo affair so I haven't got any deadlines to paint to; unfortunately this is both a blessing and a curse. Since the end of February I have painted -I now have an Excel file for painting- the grand total of 14 10mm Polish Medieval cavalry...but not the bases yet.
   The thing is I've been painting and wargaming since 1971 and of course I get can't be ar*ed periods -sometimes lasting for several months at a time, it's just human nature to take time out of somethinig so that when you return you are re-vitalised and raring to go again...until the next one of course. I just do something else until it comes back like do some writing or read a few books and forget about painting the little chaps. Then, just when you weren't expecting it, BANG! you have a St Paul's moment and off you go again.

[toxicpixie]

I've found popping up a painting thread and people asking to see stuff has really helped! Gives me a bit of a boot in the arse and a point instead of "I'll get round to them when I need to use them, whenever"...

[Ric]

I think everyone goes through this phase, I myself had a drought of about 2 months there where I just rearranged my painting area and wrote shopping lists, but now I've found my motivation again I've been frighteningly prolific! It's peaks and troughs!

[FierceKitty]

Or maybe you need to change hobbies?

[Ithoriel]

I have the opposite problem - a raft of ideas on things to paint and nowhere to do it

To be fair, it's because I've just had a new kitchen fitted and everything is heaped all over the place. Can't really complain though, the new kitchen is great. Especially given I've spent 6 years with a kitchen with plaster missing off the walls, cracks in the ceiling and bare plywood on the floor!

[Techno]

Or maybe you need to change hobbies?

A change is as good as a rest (I believe  )
I'm going through a phase where I'm 'bored' listening to the talking books.....So I'm listening to some music CDs for a while.....I'll be back to the books in no time, I'm sure.
Don't worry Jason.....Your enthusiasm will soon come back.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Opera - wonderful to paint to.

[Subedai]

Opera - wonderful to paint to.

And Beethoven.

[fsn]

Don't think I've ever Beethovened to opera.

Actually, I'm not much of an opera buff, much of it post Mozart is unlistenable - all that Italian rubbish.

[Leon]

If you're coming along to Phalanx then a glance at all the shiny goodies on show might be enough to resurrect that mojo?!

[Ithoriel]

It will be no surprise to FK to find out that I tend to paint to the likes of Rihanna, Pitbull, Timbaland or Katy Perry - stuff I could dance to.

Most classical stuff has me closing my eyes to blot out distractions before gently dozing off. Not ideal if painting. So difficult to explain why the tip of one's nose is Field Grey