Yes. The days right after the show are the best time to brainstorm ideas on how to make the show better than before. So, Jimmy, Scott and I will be throwing around ideas this week about what worked and what did not, as well as suggestions from those who attended. Now with two shows behind us, we have a better sense of where the show needs to go.
For myself, my favorite part of the show was walking the aisles, pondering what I could do next on my layout. I poked in and out of some of the clinics when I could, and took a moment to watch Dave Revelia paint figures. I sat there only for about three minutes, but to me, that was the best three minutes of the show. With every model I build I always feel the next one needs to be better and I'm still learning.
Observing Dave work defines a benchmark for me, beyond just saying to myself I need to get better at it. It requires some discipline I still do not fully posses - firstly, more patience. My problem is I often spend time designing the next thing, while building a current model, so if it takes to long I start to rush things; resulting in sloppy modeling that's no different in techinque than the last one. Second, I need to remind myself what my mother always told me, if you have the right tools you can do anything - I need to purchase an optivisor, some more good brushes and paints. Then I just need to set aside some time and have at it. So those three minutes were worth all the effort it took in preparing for the show. Those three minutes will define all of the next efforts of my modeling and beyond. Hopefully it will show. We'll see.
In the meantime, some rest is in order. The last three months have been non stop production, show prep, etc...right now I'm in a bit of a zombie like state; dead tired, but still walking around trying to do something...
So thanks to all of you who attended the show and stopped by our table. Special thanks to Norm Wolf, Angela Reed and Danny Head for helping us breakdown our display. Hope to see you all next year.
