D6G Pip 152: Painting 3000 American Civil War miniatures

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🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Craig shares his epic journey of painting 3,000 (yes, three thousand!) American Civil War miniatures. He focuses on why this project might be taking so long, some soul-searching on why we paint, and ultimately what the payoff is and how to get there. And even the consequences of what might happen when you're not getting there soon enough...

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0:00.0	This is the D6 generation. Dice are our vice.
0:18.0	Creating not too horrible content since 2008.
0:22.6	Are you crazy?
0:23.6	That's like 400 hours of gamer nonsense.
0:26.6	Oh, I think we're well past that. Hello, D6G Hot take
0:54.5	Hello, hello, hello.
0:59.1	So, hot take.
1:02.2	Hot take.
1:04.3	It's a tough one,
1:05.6	because what I want to talk about is cold.
1:08.4	It is very, very, very cold. My main thought is, why am I painting
1:20.1	1,215mm Confederate soldiers right now because I am not enjoying it at all. And so my,
1:36.8	my hobby time, which is extremely limited already, is proving very, very, very unproductive.
1:45.9	And this has a ripple effect.
1:48.0	And this has been a long time coming, to be honest.
1:51.2	This conversation with me and with you has been a long time coming because it's impacted a lot of other things.
2:02.5	There's been a really interesting ripple effect or domino effect onto a lot of my other gaming,
2:10.1	a lot of the things that sort of like happen around my hobbying.
2:15.9	My hobbying is really essential I have learned over the years to my mental
2:20.8	health. So that's taken a hit. And so what is going on? Is what really I've been trying to
2:30.1	puzzle through? And well, first of all, it's very daunting. So how did I end up with,
2:38.3	actually, when all is said and done, almost 3,015 millimeter miniatures to paint?
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