aaaaaa Posted February 28, 2018 Author Posted February 28, 2018 Day 53 Another eventful day at work today, it is really testing my patience. Today watched videos on miniature painting. Really fascinating on the tools and techniques used to achieve amazing results. 19 hours ago, Sashiku said: Seems like you are doing pretty well. I hope your job doesn't end up making things hard for you though. I wish the best for you and your family. Thanks :) 23 hours ago, JoeFish said: Don't really think programming games is the best thing to do to avoid thinking about games but yanoooo...whatever works... It's fine for me as I'm enjoying the coding and designing. Besides what I have now is no way close to being a game that is playable. So far I've never been tempted to play video games. I'm immediately reminded how unfulfilling it was and why I started this detox in the first place.
aaaaaa Posted March 1, 2018 Author Posted March 1, 2018 Day 54 Back to some coding and reading more on painting miniatures. Itching to get started with simple models to practice with.
aaaaaa Posted March 2, 2018 Author Posted March 2, 2018 Day 55 A regular day working from home. After work got some coding done :)
aaaaaa Posted March 4, 2018 Author Posted March 4, 2018 Day 56 - 57 On Saturday finally bought my painting equipment and the models I want to test paint on. Walked over 50 floors of stairs! On Sunday returned back to the shop for their painting session, but ended up making the models instead. Turns out I'm crap in gluing small plastics pieces together...
aaaaaa Posted March 5, 2018 Author Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Day 58 Feeling exhausted after work, touch a bit of coding and now heading to bed! Hopefully tomorrow I will be more energetic :) Edited March 5, 2018 by burn-x
aaaaaa Posted March 7, 2018 Author Posted March 7, 2018 Day 59 & 60 Some coding, but a lot less than what I did before when I started this detox journey. Feel like I need to better pace myself. Also the books I ordered back in January finally arrived! I sometimes hate Malaysian postal services, but at least I got'em now :)
aaaaaa Posted March 8, 2018 Author Posted March 8, 2018 Day 61 Went out to buy groceries, but ended up following the Mrs in buying her specs! She has been reluctant in getting them, but I'm glad she swallowed her pride and got them.
aaaaaa Posted March 9, 2018 Author Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) Day 62 Back to some coding and some reading. Tomorrow will do some house chores as on Sunday will be going to the hobby shop to start painting my miniatures. Edited March 9, 2018 by burn-x
aaaaaa Posted March 10, 2018 Author Posted March 10, 2018 Day 63 Cleaned the home! Tomorrow should be painting models :)
aaaaaa Posted March 12, 2018 Author Posted March 12, 2018 Day 65 Long day at work, exhausted. Today just going through what I need to code next and just chilling abit. Sleeping early too :)
aaaaaa Posted March 14, 2018 Author Posted March 14, 2018 Day 66 & 67 Both days, work and after work, coding with some reading.
aaaaaa Posted March 15, 2018 Author Posted March 15, 2018 Day 68 After work and shopping, did some reading. Those curious, this is the book: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
aaaaaa Posted March 16, 2018 Author Posted March 16, 2018 Day 69 Reading and practicing what I learn with some coding. Tomorrow will clean the home and start some painting again. 1
aaaaaa Posted March 17, 2018 Author Posted March 17, 2018 Day 70 Cleaned the home. After that did very little coding, started some painting. Needed to touch up on some of the base paint. Tomorrow will hopefully start the layering
aaaaaa Posted March 18, 2018 Author Posted March 18, 2018 Day 71 Added more colors to the models and weapons. Started layering one of the models, the lines could be cleaner, but this is really just my test subject:
aaaaaa Posted March 19, 2018 Author Posted March 19, 2018 Day 72 After work for more painting done, but really experimenting with layering and shading. Turns out my paint for shade makes things orange, so I can't shade last...
aaaaaa Posted March 20, 2018 Author Posted March 20, 2018 Day 73 Got back from work early today, tired of handling the endless support issues. Did more painting again and started doing checkboard pattern on the white should pads of the models. Is very difficult to get them perfect, maybe I need a finer brush...
aaaaaa Posted March 22, 2018 Author Posted March 22, 2018 Day 74 & 75 Yesterday did some painting and feel like I'm getting better! Is nice to see progress right in front of your eyes and made with your own hands :) Today didn't do much, got home late from shopping and just rest at home.
aaaaaa Posted March 23, 2018 Author Posted March 23, 2018 Day 76 Had to make a support call with a customer. The invite was sent to me 10 minutes before the meeting without warning. I love my job... After work did some coding, mostly refactoring to keep the code clean.
Bugg Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 You have a really good mindset when it comes to committing to coding! I know sometimes you write that you haven't done enough or as much as previously, but to spend a day at work then come home and code on top of it, I find that really impressive! 1
aaaaaa Posted March 26, 2018 Author Posted March 26, 2018 Day 77 & 78 On Sunday did model painting at the store. Though the people are friendly, I find myself feeling like an outsider. The people just talk about Game Workshop stuff, which is normal I guess as it is a store belonging to Game Workshop. Just feels odd that I can't join in the conversation as I just started the hobby and everyone knows each other. I might not go once I get the hang of the painting on my own. Monday back to work and again had to entertain a support call to the same customer on Friday. This issue isn't going away anytime soon. Today didn't do much, just looking for painting tools and continue my reading of Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship On 3/24/2018 at 0:59 AM, Bugg said: You have a really good mindset when it comes to committing to coding! I know sometimes you write that you haven't done enough or as much as previously, but to spend a day at work then come home and code on top of it, I find that really impressive! Thanks for the encouragement :) 1
aaaaaa Posted March 27, 2018 Author Posted March 27, 2018 Day 79 Work is stressing me out more and more! Back home I try to relax by surfing around and do some coding again.
aaaaaa Posted March 28, 2018 Author Posted March 28, 2018 Day 80 After work, started something I wanted to try for awhile: stripping off the paints of the models I've been working on. This way I can keep practicing painting on the same models over and over. Using an ultrasonic cleaner really helps speed up the process, though it's a bit messy to clean it. Also ruined one of my models when I washed it with a paint cleaner. It caused the model to slightly melt. Lesson learned!
aaaaaa Posted March 29, 2018 Author Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) Day 81 More cleaning up my coding and did a final round of stripping the paint of my models. Then decided to experiment around with a few of them by cutting off bits of the model armor to try to get the effect of scratch or damage. Then later I realized I could just look how to get the same effect by painting! Ah well, always best to learn from your mistakes. Edited March 29, 2018 by burn-x
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