Painting miniatures is not only a hobby, it is also a method to be able to learn many other skills that you can use in other areas of your life, such as at work. Don’t you believe it? Read on and let’s discover together the 6 reasons why painting miniatures is a gym of life.
Painting miniatures requires order and method
What you will learn over time by painting miniatures, is that if you are not orderly and do not impose a working method on yourself, you will not last long. Having order on your desk, understanding the steps and applying them literally, organizing the tools, colors and brushes so that everything is in the right place at the right time is a fundamental part of this hobby. Painting in chaos will not bring you positive results, and it also applies to Nurgle’s lovers!
Take care of the tools
Painting miniatures is a hobby that needs tools always at their maximum efficiency. Carrying on this hobby, you will have to take care of your brushes or your airbrush, keeping them always clean and ready for use. This aspect can make the difference in the long term, avoiding you having to spend more. You will know different products for maintenance and you will find small tips on the web on how to prevent them from getting damaged over time.
Self learning
To learn how to paint miniatures you definitely need a lot of practice. There are no video tutorials or online guides better than the experience you will experience firsthand, that’s for sure. But before going to practice you will need to study, read, watch videos and learn which brands are best for colors or brushes, understand the techniques and steps necessary to achieve the effect you want to achieve. To do this, you will need to get informed and select the online resources you think are best, to update yourself and stay informed. Subscribe to the best channels on YouTube, follow the Facebook and Instagram pages of the artists you like most, select the ones that most help you understand new practices.
Socialization
Whether online or offline, this hobby will take you to meet many people and new adventure companions. You will get to know many players by attending playrooms and real clubs, as well as many facebook groups such as that of Zombicide Italia for example. In this way you will be able to compare yourself, have suggestions, share your experiences and meet new people and, who knows, even friends.
Cultivate patience
When painting miniatures, you need to be patient. The results will not come immediately and you will need some time to complete your projects. Do you think I have been collecting the Death Guard for two years now and I still miss more than half the army … You will therefore learn to appreciate the moment, to enjoy the work done on a single detail. It also takes patience because you often have to wait for the color to dry and you will also learn to optimize the times, perhaps carrying on two miniatures at the same time: while one dries, you paint the other.
Passion for painting miniatures
Personally, in life you can’t just work to pay bills. To truly feel fulfilled, you have to carry on something that is beautiful and rewarding for you. Whether it’s music, art, a hobby, travel, choose something that you are really passionate about and plan how to make it part of your life and your person. Cultivate something that makes you feel fulfilled, that allows you to express your potential and that unleashes your creativity.
Conclusions
Do you understand now why painting miniatures can be a gym for life? Learning to be orderly and methodical, understanding how to develop self-learning systems, socializing, becoming patient and putting all this passion into it, are transversal qualities in life. You can learn them with this hobby but then use them in your job or in social relationships. Taking care of an instrument, it can be a brush or a set of professional kitchen knives, a PC or a toolbox changes little.
Knowing how to select and catalog resources, offline and online, to inquire and stay updated on a hobby or on architecture, plumbing or cooking, changes little. I hope that this trip has also been a way for you to improve yourself and learn new things. If you know other aspects of this hobby that you have exploited in other situations in your life, let me know in a comment below and talk about it!
