Editor in Chief Bill | 10 Jan 2018 8:57 p.m. PST |
If you are away from home on a vacation, do you bring minis along to paint? |
The Nigerian Lead Minister | 10 Jan 2018 9:36 p.m. PST |
I have a few times, but it's perhaps every few years and it isn't a common occurrence. Too much to take along unless I'm doing a set with a limited color pallet. But it's fun when I do. |
BrianW | 10 Jan 2018 9:55 p.m. PST |
No. Like the Minister said, too much stuff to take along. |
Old Contemptibles | 10 Jan 2018 10:32 p.m. PST |
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Grelber | 10 Jan 2018 10:44 p.m. PST |
Agree, too much stuff to move. I have taken knives and files along to prep figures. I live in Colorado (2 km above sea level) and have considered taking primer on a trip to lower, warmer Kansas when we have a long stream of days when it doesn't get above freezing. That isn't a problem this month. Grelber |
Dn Jackson | 11 Jan 2018 2:26 a.m. PST |
Only if I want my wife to beat me to death. I have done it on trips to schools where I'm away from home for more than a couple of days. |
Razor78 | 11 Jan 2018 3:04 a.m. PST |
I take some when I travel for work, but not on vacation as that would not go well with the wife. |
DisasterWargamer | 11 Jan 2018 3:12 a.m. PST |
On occasion More likely when on business trip |
ZULUPAUL | 11 Jan 2018 4:14 a.m. PST |
I've taken plastic multipose figures to assemble but never anything to paint. |
surdu2005 | 11 Jan 2018 4:40 a.m. PST |
On a long business trip, I have taken figures to paint in the hotel room. More frequently I bring figures to file and prep. Never on vacation. |
Vigilant | 11 Jan 2018 4:59 a.m. PST |
Couple of times on business trips. Took some aircraft to decal when I went to Fall In in 2007 but forgot the decals! Ended up running a game with them instead. |
PzGeneral | 11 Jan 2018 5:13 a.m. PST |
Nope. But I have taken a "Stay-cation" to paint….. And did a lot of painting during the 3 months this summer I was unemployed… |
etotheipi | 11 Jan 2018 6:22 a.m. PST |
Short business trip where I can bring a focused bit, yes. Vacation driving, yes. Vacation flying, no. Too much stuff. |
wrgmr1 | 11 Jan 2018 7:28 a.m. PST |
Yes, on vacation now. Painting Front Rank Burgundians. |
Steve Roper | 11 Jan 2018 8:11 a.m. PST |
Mostly I trip flash and prep on the road. Sometimes prime. |
21eRegt | 11 Jan 2018 8:22 a.m. PST |
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14th NJ Vol | 11 Jan 2018 8:48 a.m. PST |
Nope my wife schedules so many activities on vacation there is no time or energy left to paint. |
advocate | 11 Jan 2018 10:27 a.m. PST |
I have done in the past, if it's going to be a beach holiday. I've always limited it to a particular set of uniformed figures, so a limited paint set. |
jefritrout | 11 Jan 2018 10:31 a.m. PST |
I have discovered that I never have time to paint even though I have brought figures along. Prepping figures and priming I can get done, so that's it for now. |
General Kirchner | 11 Jan 2018 10:59 a.m. PST |
I have on a couple of occasions done this. Wife's family reunion camping, i got in a couple of hours over two days in the afternoon, when the it was hot and most of the adults were napping and the wife and her sisters were playing cards. I had to go help with some additional adult leadership at scout camp a few times, and would paint while the boys were in their merit badge classes in the mornings after breakfast. i have learned to pack a small case with certain paints, certain figs, and a few tools, and limit my scope to this. As long as i set the expectation, and don't impact the "important" events, it works. |
79thPA | 11 Jan 2018 1:59 p.m. PST |
Sometimes. It really depends on where I am going and what I plan on doing. The biggest problem I have is getting good lighting. Last time I took minis on a trip I decided just to paint the major colors because the lighting was not sufficient for any decent work other than that. |
Syrinx0 | 11 Jan 2018 5:35 p.m. PST |
Only figures for prep or assembly if driving and staying in a hotel. An occasional vacation back when we had planned naps for the kids. After that age passed our vacations never had any downtime planned. |
saltflats1929 | 11 Jan 2018 8:02 p.m. PST |
I did it once about 10 years ago. I have never used the figures, so I guess it wasn't time well spent? |
Kevin C | 12 Jan 2018 4:18 p.m. PST |
What is this vacation of which you speak? |
saltflats1929 | 12 Jan 2018 11:29 p.m. PST |
Vacation= why you work 51 weeks a year to travel to someplace full of people that live there year round. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 13 Jan 2018 9:56 a.m. PST |
I have never done it. I have, however, gotten a lot of painting and model-making done on those occasions when my wife has a month more time off than I do. |