Here are a list of things I like to have going in the background when I paint minis (in no particular order):
1) Dawn of War or Dawn of War II soundtrack
2) Other music (preferably something geeky like Bad Dudes or a movie soundtrack)
3) Detroit Tigers games
4) 40k podcasts
One thing I learned the other day, though, is hockey and miniature painting do NOT go well together.
I tried to paint over the weekend during the Wings/Pens Stanley Cup Finals (I know the NHL dropped the "s" in Finals this year, but I refuse to acknowledge such ridiculousness). It didn't work. Errant brush strokes. Paint that dried on the pallet while I stared transfixed at the TV. A dropped piece or 2. A broken brush when I got pissed off and snapped it in my hands as I clenched my fists. That dead hooker.
All in all, it just isn't worth it.
And since the Wings blew a good opportunity by allowing 3 unanswered goals in the 2nd period of game 4...I'm turning the game off and painting tonight. I've got enough things between my family and work to piss me off, I don't need the Wings pushing me over the edge. I will NOT buy a gun. I will NOT go on a shooting spree. And I sure as hell will NOT have my last words be "Dakka dakka."...at least in that context. If my last words are "dakka dakka" when I die of old age....or in bed with Felicia Day, then so be it. I can live with that.
If I had a nickel for every time I had to dispose of a dead hooker...
ReplyDeleteI've either got my iPod on random, or tv such as the History channel or Discovery or something. I lose track of time, and when the same show that was on at nine cycles back through again...I know it's time to go to bed!
ReplyDeleteI have to have 40K radio on. I can't paint without it. I've tried music, tv, silence. None of them work, especially silence. Listening to 40K radio while I paint helps to immerse myself into the hobby realm.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you Oni... I used to listen to specially selected music, but then I started listening to 40K radio and now I can't paint without it. The total and complete 40K immersion is just all kinds of fun.
ReplyDeleteI meant to add I'll also listen to Dice Like Thunder, and 40K Warcasting and a couple others I can't think of right at the moment, but they're all good for helping you get into the painting mode.
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