Stream of (semi)consciousness

[morsla]

One unit down, three to go. I've been painting pretty solidly since 11am, stopping whenever my arms go numb or my legs fall asleep. It's been years since I painted quite this much at once, but the general work environment (deadlines to the horizon) is remarkably familiar... it's not just that I've been here before. I think part of me never left.

Sometimes, I wonder what I'd do if I had unlimited time to work in. I think that I know the answer, though - I'd take on an unlimited number of tasks, starting them only in that final frantic dash for the finish line. The world is a cold and lonely place when it's not full of ten million things to do, so I've buried myself in a comforting amount of work.

Target for tomorrow is to finish one unit (a retinue of nine Chosen terminators) by lunchtime; shoot some photos, edit them and email them to Ian, and finish another unit (nine Flamers) by dinner. That will leave me a single unit (another nine bloody Flamers) to finish on Thursday, plus fixing any missed details on the sixty-odd models painted so far. Weather permitting, I'll varnish the lot at some stage on Friday. After that, if anyone so much as hints that I paint another Flamer, you may see stories about tragic accidents involving eye sockets and steel files in the evening news...

It's taken months to build up steam, so I hope this run continues after the tournament. I should have enough work to take me through until mid July, or early August if another couple of jobs evenuate. If I can keep this up, I'll slam into the GenCon speed painting contest in August and keep accelerating from there. You're not driving fast enough unless there are bits of engine breaking off as you go :)

Comments

[umbra-mentis.livejournal.com]

*ducks flying debris*

I feel so pathetic compared to you - it has to be at least 5 months since I picked up a (non-virtual) paintbrush :)

[morsla.livejournal.com]

That reminds me - I must give you back your Wacom tablet so you can play with it before the Painter X trial runs out. If I forget to take it to Scott's game on Thursday, remind me and I'll run back home to grab it.

[umbra-mentis.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about the trial running out - I have all the time in the world to play with Corel X now ;)

[morsla.livejournal.com]

So you're using your powers of student-priced software for good, and not evil?

I'll still try to get the Wacom back to you this week, so you can start playing with it... it takes a while to undo all those years of using a mouse.

[umbra-mentis.livejournal.com]

*cough*
Actually I used the evil powers of my ex to get it for me...;)

I never used the tablet as much as I should have done but it'll certainly make brushwork much less unwieldy once I get back into the swing of it.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Ahh - that's what you were doing wrong. You don't have to swing it... just wave the stylus over the surface ;P

[umbra-mentis.livejournal.com]

;P

Out of curiosity have you heard from Rafik yet?

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Not yet - haven't really had time to think about the rings since we went to see him, though. If I don't hear back by next week, I'll give him a call.