"Does your hobbying have a season?" Topic

As the cold weather rolls in I'm reminded I usually take much of winter off from hobby work. Basement too cold, dunno what it is but I'd rather do other things than paint or model. Spring and summer are when I'm most productive.

For polling purposes:

a. My output is constant throughout the year
b. I tend to take winter off or slow it down
c. I tend to take summer off or slow it down
d. I tend to take fall off or slow it down
e. I tend to take spring off or slow it down
f. I tend to take time off or slow it down for half a year or more
g. I take time off unrelated to seasonal changes

Yes, cinnamon!

It's especially important for the annual gingerbread house kaiju free for all match. We're thinking of adding snickerdoodle houses, so cinnamon becomes a more important season.

While a little off, the above indicates my answer – Other.

My output is relatively constant WRT time of year. It varies based on other commitments, mostly work travel lasting more than a week (under a week, I can bring some stuff to work on with me).

I do have seasons within the year, related to the weather season. Spraypainting season is about to come to a close, as it is getting too cold outside for paint to dry properly. That means production of large terrain pieces will decline and stop.

I'm entering custom figure season, since the holidays and most of my family birthdays run DEC-FEB (I was nearly the only one rational enough to be born in summer), so I will put together lots and lots of custom pieces for presents.

I go to a late spring convention nearly every year, so scads of units season is a few months away. It starts when I start to sweat wanting to bring a new game to the con.

Like the real seasons, these change year to year. They are all interrupted by small spates of "This holiday crap just went on sale in the craft store" weeks.

I have the opposite home orientation/season to Flashman14 -- my painting garret is on the top floor of my house and is pretty hot in summer. When the weather cools down in Fall I try and get a lot of spray priming done. Fall, Winter and Spring my garret is comfortable.

I find myself painting more in the winter and spring for reasons unknown to me.

A … there is a war going on ! No rest for the wicked !

I rarely paint or game in the summer, too many outdoor activities going on. As the weather turns cold I focus back on indoor things.

My business used to slow down a lot during winter, so I got way more done in December and January. Now I work for ‘the man' and my output is fairly steady throughout the year unless family maters get in the way,

A. year round with a goal of at least 100 figures a month.

In the USA, on average, north of the Mason/Dixon line the painting is done in the winter and south of the line painting is done in the summer.

The exact same season as the Jackalope

College Football is the season that slows down my painting and playing!

Take breaks lasting about one month to six weeks then a "project" catches my eye or I read something to stir the project juices. Then several months to produce and "attempt control" the expanding project goals….till I am worn out, then back to the hibernation period. Repeat cycle again. Same process for the last thirty plus years it seems. Should note I generally produce more during American football season…. I watch/listen to the games as production rolling out.

new climate for me this year, and i didnt get some spray priming done, because i am used to doing it in winter time in the AZ

fortunately or unfortunately, i do have plenty to work on this winter huddled in my cave avoiding the cold.

No, year-round is the only way to be sure!

Year round for me too.

G
I must say that the Christmas season curtails my painting as my painting area becomes the place where the living room plants stay. Otherwise I paint in short spurts with variable periods of non-productivity.

Well, the painting takes place all year round, of course, but my wargaming season is always high summer--enough grass for the horses and trees full of green leaves. Otherwise, it wouldn't match my basing. (Exceptions are made for desert, urban SF and Barsoom, but they have to promise to stay on their own boards.)

Brrr for me,too,far too cold to paint!

Hunting seasons in Texas run from the first of September through February 15th. I'm not as likely to be working on projects for this hobby during these months.

A

Actually I think it does, winter is for painting

A, unless real life intervenes.

Spray painting -- and I prime with spray paint -- is best when there isn't much wind, so this time of year through January is pretty good. It's not cold enough here to affect spray paint performance.

Brush painting happens whenever I have time, and preferably when my wife is travelling on business and I can make a mess of the apartment.

H. What is this productivity that you speak of?

I do different things at different times of the year I guess – This is tank season as it is too dark to paint and too cold to game in the loft…

C. seems to be least productive. Too much going on at work and the weather is better for other activities. The other seasons have their slowdowns as well.

I spray prime in the summer and work around that. If I run out of primed stuff, as I will this winter, I start to do more modelling based things such as terrain and figure conversions.

I'm doing outside stuff in the summer so I don't do so much actual painting then.

C., because our summers are so short up here and we do as much as possible with outside activities. Once the cooler weather starts up it becomes easier to get back to the painting table.
Unless other major life's things come up….

Mike

A. I'm fortunate to live in the Pacific Northwest where the climate isn't extreme. Occasional bouts of very cold weather, and I have central air to offset the occasional times of summer heat. Now that I'm retired, painting up my stash is very important to me and I can't let seasons get in the way.

As Green Tiger and Timmo uk, I must change with the seasons. Spraying must be done out of doors. Too humid in the summer, too cold in the winter. So priming, base coat, and sealing are done in the spring and autumn. Try to get a good stock to last through the non-spraying seasons.

one of these days link

I've put together a semi enclosed area in my garage where I can prime figures in a controlled atmosphere. A little lingering smell but no clouds of spray paint landing everywhere.