Editor in Chief Bill | 27 Apr 2018 7:35 p.m. PST |
Why do you start a new project before finishing the old project? |
Cacique Caribe | 27 Apr 2018 7:50 p.m. PST |
The wargamer's "new butterfly effect". Ooo, new butterfly (figures) …. :) Dan link |
Perris0707 | 27 Apr 2018 8:41 p.m. PST |
Variety is the spice of life? Attention deficit disorder? Men like shiny new things? All of the above? |
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 27 Apr 2018 8:48 p.m. PST |
You realize how stupid the first project was… |
JimSelzer | 27 Apr 2018 8:49 p.m. PST |
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Grelber | 27 Apr 2018 9:45 p.m. PST |
Neophilia. Then, too, it is nice to be able to work on various projects, Vikings this month, New Kingdom Egyptians next month, and Colonial Sudanese the month after. Grelber |
lloydthegamer | 27 Apr 2018 9:55 p.m. PST |
Very few of my projects are ever finished. Old projects never die…….they just linger on. I quite often return to the old project. |
Winston Smith | 27 Apr 2018 10:03 p.m. PST |
The old project is "finished"? When does that ever happen??? "Moving on" also implies that the first project has been abandoned. |
Wolfshanza | 27 Apr 2018 11:09 p.m. PST |
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Doctor X | 28 Apr 2018 12:00 a.m. PST |
In my 50th year of wargaming I've never actually completed any project. There is always something, no matter how small, that I pick up new, forgot to paint, misplaced, etc. |
ZULUPAUL | 28 Apr 2018 2:56 a.m. PST |
Usually I get tired of painting the same things. Which is why I have such an eclectic mix of things on my painting table. |
etotheipi | 28 Apr 2018 3:25 a.m. PST |
What is a project? I consider a conversion/painting project to be a fieldable unit. A fieldable unit may be a whole unit or a supplemental set to an existing fieldable unit. So all the possible options for a force may or may not be done, but if I can get figures on the table in a game, those figures are a completed project. I usually keep the equivalent of 50-100 figures (i.e., a mix of figures and the "equivalent" amount of terrain and/or vehicles) on the painting table at a time. Depending on the force, that may be part of one project, a whole project, or a few projects. That's about the size where I don't have to stop and wait for paint/glue before moving on to another task within the project(s) on the table. |
FusilierDan | 28 Apr 2018 4:38 a.m. PST |
Much like a boardgamer I'm interested in new rules levels of play and eras. Unlike a boardgamer I can't just open the box but must assemble and paint the pieces. The interest moves faster than the assembly. A new line of figures comes along that I like. I already have "enough" figures for that period but these new ones a attractive so they are bought and added to the "collection" Rounding out a project after a friend has moved away and had some key parts of the set up. |
Dragon Gunner | 28 Apr 2018 5:14 a.m. PST |
1. Main reason, I realize the old project will never see game time on the table. (i.e. I have 5 totes full of epic 40k and 2 totes of 15mm scifi and the guys I game with want to play Xwing and Ogre) 2. Interest in different periods. (i.e. I like skirmish games but I also like big battles. I like tanks but I also like knights on horseback etc…) 3. The cool factor everyone is playing the it! 4. Rationalization if I can sell this old project I can use the funds generated to complete this new project. 5. Project was insane to begin with (i.e. I want to recreate the battle of Gettysburg in 28mm one figure equals one man etc…) |
Daithi the Black | 28 Apr 2018 7:03 a.m. PST |
I tend to have multiple projects running in parallel. Sometimes, the guys are planning a game in a couple of months and I put aside the stuff I am working on to start and finish something fir that game. Case in point: I am working on my WW2 Japanese, my WH40K Nurgle, and my fantasy Dark Ages. However, my guys were planning an Ancient Greek game for last month, so I finished up my Persians that were stashed away, and Boxer Rising later today, so I started and finished 42 Colonial British in the last month. But I look forward to going back to my regular "a little bit of this, a little bit of that" painting routine. |
79thPA | 28 Apr 2018 7:39 a.m. PST |
It is part of the addiction. |
Legion 4 | 28 Apr 2018 7:47 a.m. PST |
Like all things … it depends … |
KSmyth | 28 Apr 2018 8:44 a.m. PST |
Like others, I tend to have multiple projects going at one. If I didn't the painting would get tiresome. But as I get older I'm more likely to finish projects than I did whe I was younger. |
wrgmr1 | 28 Apr 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
Our rather large group will sometimes pull me away from a project. Sometimes I decide to do a special one myself such as Vimy Ridge, which took 3 months. However I still go back to the project to get it finished examples being my Greek Hoplite army or Napoleonic Prussians, which are both done. |
Ed Mohrmann | 28 Apr 2018 8:59 a.m. PST |
Just to make some folks ask 'Why?' |
laptot | 28 Apr 2018 10:37 a.m. PST |
I focused on my Crimean project for six years. Finally fought the Battle of Alma last weekend with 1500 figures. Trying to move on to the Franco-Prussian War. Still find myself searching e-bay for 15mm Crimean Minifigs. Old habits die hard. |
Saber6 | 28 Apr 2018 1:11 p.m. PST |
When it seems right. When I have "everything" for the upcoming event. When I finish "enough" for a particular period. "Enough" means that there are still some things left to do, but most of the Line troops are ready. |
Walking Sailor | 28 Apr 2018 2:32 p.m. PST |
It's multi-tasking. You can do one thing fast, or you can do two things halff ast. I run projects on parallel tracks and switch back and forth. |
SouthernPhantom | 28 Apr 2018 5:10 p.m. PST |
Some projects look a lot better on paper than they do on the painting table. 1:600 jets were one of those for me; the size and detail of the models was not enough to hold my interest beyond a dozen or so. Desire to try new settings/read, scales, or levels of command plays into it as well. I'm now on to 15mm sci-fi skirmish, from 1:144 1950s pulp jets (some models scratchbuilt and on display, but not yet used for gaming), 1:600 Cold War jets (models too small and bland, consigned to my closet after I painted a squadron and some SAMs), and 28mm WH40K-universe platoon-level with homebrew rules (one force complete; I may build another this summer). |
JimSelzer | 28 Apr 2018 6:34 p.m. PST |
wargamers have "projects" for the same reason Doctors and Lawyers have "practices" |
Benvartok | 28 Apr 2018 10:22 p.m. PST |
Stopped moving on, wrote a list and focusing down finishing project by project in only the core periods. Worked well, finished one army, then the baggage and now onto to a 40 figure "add on" for another army, number 2 on the list. Have been tempted but remind myself of the list and the 3+ years of painting (conservative estimate). Fact is there ain't enough time to paint or play with the painted toys I have already without adding more figures or rulesets to cloud my small brain. |
coopman | 29 Apr 2018 9:07 a.m. PST |
Because we cannot finish something before getting interested in something else. It doesn't take much: seeing a post here, a blog post somewhere, reading a book or a magazine article, watching a video or movie, etc. |