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Anyone use the 20 minute rule?
Posted by figure freak on Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:16 PM
Ok i was wondering if any of you guys used the 20 minute rule, the rule is when painting a figure, you set a timer for 20 or thirty minutes, when time is up you drop everything and find something else to work on for an hour or two and then come back. Ive found this very effective when making figures look good because it forces youi to take more time, so i was wondering if any of you guys have tried it, if you havent you should youll be amazed at how much better you do
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Posted by model maniac 96 on Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:28 PM
Ok, thank you very much, I have never tried that before!
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Posted by figure freak on Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:32 PM
It works! for me anyway
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Posted by model maniac 96 on Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:56 PM
Well I bet it will work for me too and I am exited to try it!
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Posted by camo junkie on Monday, July 6, 2009 7:20 AM
its rare when i actually implement it. i step back and take a break when i feel it necessary and that works for me. i only paint one figure at a time from start to finish anyway. that way it allows me to focus all of my attention on it. i used to paint multiple figures as once (flesh, weapons etc.) figuring i could "finish" them more quickly. what i found was i was "rushing" through them more quickly trying to get them done! never really liked my results. its a good rule to follow if it works for you and im certainly not trying to discourage it! just my opinion f.f. Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by arkhunter2002 on Monday, July 6, 2009 10:34 AM
I usually will paint a few figures at a time, but then again I do 1/72.  I still agree with the 20/30 minute rule though.  It's like when you are studying, you're only supposed to stick on each subject for that long.  Although I usually get lost in the painting of them that I don't keep track of time.
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Posted by PaintsWithBrush on Monday, July 6, 2009 11:47 AM
 camo junkie wrote:
its rare when i actually implement it. i step back and take a break when i feel it necessary and that works for me. i only paint one figure at a time from start to finish anyway. that way it allows me to focus all of my attention on it. i used to paint multiple figures as once (flesh, weapons etc.) figuring i could "finish" them more quickly. what i found was i was "rushing" through them more quickly trying to get them done! never really liked my results. its a good rule to follow if it works for you and im certainly not trying to discourage it! just my opinion f.f. Big Smile [:D]
When you talk of doing the multiples, are you doing what I think you mean? Say, for instance, on a kit like the 1/35 Tamiya 37mm gun kit w/4 figures, were you painting all the flesh, then coming back and doing all the uniforms, then all the boots, then all the belts, etc.?
That is the way I do them when there are multiple figures included in the kit.
Do you use the "one at a time" for all scales?
Regards, PWB.

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Posted by camo junkie on Monday, July 6, 2009 1:35 PM

 yeah, that's what i mean by multiples pwb. now its one at a time for all scales! there's no outside distractions, no worries about needing different colors because one guy has this kind of vest another has this type of kit or whatever. to me its easier and it allows me to be much more thorough in my painting. as i said i can invest all my time into it and i usually get much better results because all my attention is focused on just one figure! its like the guy who has 12 projects going at once (ahem....no names mc...lol). if you have that many, its hard to keep things straight, under control and the way you want them. then you get overwhelmed, bored and you start to "rush" through it because u want it "done". i mean please dont misunderstand me...if it works for you or anyone else dont stop...it used to work for me until i gave it up and got better results! doesnt mean you will/wont...just my way i guess. Confused [%-)] make sense i hope?

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, July 6, 2009 1:55 PM

I check my figures in a small mirror I keep on the bench after a bit... The eye gets "used to" seeing it, and the mirror takes that away and allows me to see things I've missed because the brain "filled-in" missing areas...  Especially effective when I'm doing faces..

As for timing, I don't...  I work until I reach a "stopping point" on a figure, which is usually the point where I have to clean the brush...

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Posted by Stern0 on Thursday, July 9, 2009 8:21 PM

Thats a really clever trick Col. Gonna stick a mirror in my kit ASAP, Thanks.

I do my figs multiple until I get to a point where there are lots of differences and then just finish one...No timer for me...work until I don't want to..I don't need a timer to tell me when to say The hell with it!Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by figure freak on Thursday, July 9, 2009 8:46 PM
I have to use the timer, i got to the point when i was doing anything modeling, i got fatigued from working on it all day non stop and i guess started seeing stuff (dont ask me why or how because i have no answer) and would just sand and sand or grind and grind until it was ruined, i have about 200 dollars worth of kits i spent months saving for ruined, im going to put a mirror by my bench too, thanks guys
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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:00 PM
Wish I could take credit for it, but the mirror trick is from Shep Paine's How to Build Dioramas, in the figure modification/painting section...

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Posted by camo junkie on Friday, July 10, 2009 4:07 PM
ssshhhh hans... Taped Shut [XX] Wink [;)]
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Posted by modelchasm on Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:33 AM
 Stern0 wrote:

..I don't need a timer to tell me when to say The hell with it!Laugh [(-D]

You and me both buddy! HAHAHA!!!

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Posted by TacoBuff on Monday, July 13, 2009 1:17 PM

I don't have a timer, but it seems like every time I get about a half hour into painting a figure, my mom needs me to do some chore, so I guess i do have some way to measure time. 

I too use the "assembly line" style of painting figures, but only on flesh areas, cause they all get the same base color.  Uniforms i do individually because each one is different.

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:03 PM

I dont use a timer, but what I do is when I go to build either A put something on Tv, or B Start a game on my computer thats either turnbased or slow, like civilizations, or something like the sims that I can pause.

I'll build for a while and when I get any bit tired or frustrated ill turn back, play for a while, then build again.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 17, 2009 2:04 PM
Only use it for food I drop on the floor...
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Posted by model maniac 96 on Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:22 AM
LOL!
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