Sunday Sermon: Taking a break

That looks like such a very good idea!

Sometimes in our hobby lives we can face burnout. Whether that's from painting way too many Dark Eldar in a short space of time, I'm looking at you Sorrowshard. Or because you've just quite frankly been playing way too many games of whatever current game it is you play. Now I know what I'm about to say is considered in some quarters sacrilege, tantamount to treason, but it is true... here goes... I played far too much Blood Bowl and Necromunda and actually can't stand the idea of ever playing them ever again. There, I've said it now. Don't get me wrong I have a lot of love for both game systems, but there was a time where I was playing at least 10 games of Blood Bowl a week and possibly 5 or 6 games of Necromunda while I was finishing off A-Levels and then in my first year at University. It's still a bloody miracle I got any coursework done in that first year, let alone to the standard I did.

But, this isn't the only hobby burnout I've faced in my time. My first High Elf army with all those original one piece plastic spearmen and archers totally killed my painting mojo. That was possibly my first period of hobby burnout I ever suffered. My second was painting all of my various friends 'free' Goth Orks from the 2nd Edition 40k starter set. I wasn't interested in the game initially, but all my friends wanted space Marines and brought the starter set. So I ended up with a bloody Horde of Free Orks and Getchin (oh God the Gretchin), so they could play something other than slightly differently coloured Space Marines. Painting them all also killed me a little inside. But it seems I didn't sodding learn now did I? Nope, I've done it again and again in my hobby over the years. That is, I've bitten off more than I can realistically chew. My Wood Elf army with brass etched foliage on every base... argghhh!!! God I can still remember all the little cuts they gave me in my finger tips. It looked lovely when completed, but God did I resent that army, so much so I eventually sold it for a tidy profit.
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