What a Week
So I lost a paint pot.
That doesn’t sound as compelling as it could, let me re-write that. Right when I started this project I bought a paint pot. I bought a few, but this one in particular is Soulstone Blue - a Technical paint from the Citadel line - which is specifically good for giving the general shine of a gem. Honestly, Technical paints are super cool. For example, Blood for the Blood God is a technical paint that makes whatever you paint it over look like it’s got fresh blood on it. It’s great for splatter effects and I really enjoy putting it on blades.
That’s… that’s not why we’re here
So I bought Soulstone Blue with a few other paints, got it home, put it and the others down on my desk, then sorted some of the other paints I bought into my paint rack. And i didn’t need it yet for what I was working on, so I didn’t think about it again until Monday when I got to the step where I needed it, and that is where the weirdest thing happened. Just gone. I have no memory of exactly where I put it, but I‘m like 93% sure it was on my desk to my left.
So you might be saying something along the lines of “why is this a work blog update” and funny you should ask, this is another explanation of why I didn’t work on anything this week. Okay, not exactly nothing. I worked on un-burying myself from the nest.
Let me explain: I have started to notice that I have a tendency to nest when I fall into depressive states. I know there are a lot of different ways to define nesting, but in my particular case it’s this thing that I do when I’m not well where I tend to just not put things away. Partially because it’s just easier to not pick up the thing and put it where it goes, sometimes because I think I may need it, sometimes… who knows where my brain is. The point is that the area around my chair, keyboard, and like a 8” x 15”-ish area in front of my keyboard for whatever Warhammer project I’m working on was just… cluttered. Not seriously immobilizing cluttered - I’m not a hoarder - but it’s just annoying. Monday I decided that I was sick of it.
So I started cleaning.
I’ve been told about a million times that an organized environment leads to an organized mind, and while that may be true in some sense, I’m curious as to whether or not it goes both ways. Honestly I think it does, but again that’s not the point of this. I took a break this week to try and make my area a bit more accessible and to hopefully find that ONE SPECIFIC PAINT POT THAT I KNOW I BOUGHT.
And by the gods, I cannot find it. I’m so confused.
But I can see more of my desk then I have since basically the month I built it and that’s progress. Is my second desk clear yet? No, but it’s a process. It takes time, and I do need to get back to painting Magnus, especially since I’m getting paid for that. Unfortunately at this point, I’m going to need to bite the bullet and go grab another pot of Soulstone Blue, but since I have to get one other paint and some basing material, it won’t be a wasted trip.
Of course, I’ll find the one I already bought as soon as I get home with the replacement.
An Addendum:
You may also have asked why I didn’t just skip that bit of painting and go to the next part. I mean, it can’t be possible that a gem coloration is that important to this paintjob that you can’t continue. And, yeah… You’re right, but I’m weirdly a stickler for step by step instruction, and I put these out in an order and if I change that order what happens?
Ultimately nothing, and I’m probably going to skip it for now since I’d have to leave to get the new paint and I have other things I need to get done. I can adappt to change.
