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What are your plans for the coming year?
I'm going to focus for the foreseeable future on buying and painting miniatures for The Last War, but something I'm keen to try alongside that is buying and painting miniatures for RPGs!
After being curious (and suspicious) for many a year about this role-playing business, this past April I finally managed to start playing (and running) text-based RPGs with remotely-located friends thanks to instant messaging. Turns out I find RPGs very satisfying experiences and am keen to keep this going in 2024. Furthermore, I'm interested in trying out what it might be like playing an RPG session with miniatures on the tabletop instead of just the Theatre of the Mind. I'm not incredibly sure this idea is going to work for me, but I'd like to give it a shot nevertheless. The challenge will be doing that without derailing my enthusiasm for my main wargaming project!
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I'm a notorious butterfly... so not setting much in. I want to get my noth American mythical beasts up together, with some generic folk horror bits, and just get more 'stuff' done for my late 1600s, AWI and starting Silver Bayonet: Canada projects. Not overly worried what 'stuff' that is, but improving the ratio of unpainted to painted is the goal lol
Also to actually sell the sales pile (its sat looking at me for months), and try not to buy any new/spinoff projects...
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After a several year break (due to COVID, motivation and school schedules), I'll return to hosting games at a convention this spring. Details still need to be worked out, but 95 pct of figures are ready for Hannibal vs Rome.
Figures from several Kickstarters are arriving. A Saxon/Viking project will ramp up in 2024. I'm still uncertain if I'll round base for skirmish or square base for units, or some sort of mix.
And I have a half finished Etruscan/Italian project that will fight for painting time.
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What are your plans for the coming year?
I plan to paint more miniatures. I plan to paint more than I did this year, but then I always plan that... ::)
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Everything on hold until we get some 10mm Sui or Tang Chinese figures (Tibetans easier to proxy or convert).
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Going to have the biggest clear out ever and paint everyting in the pile of shame. Thats the dream covered lol
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Reignite my painting mojo - sadly lacking in the past few months.
Need to achieve that before I can do any of these.
Significantly expand the number of PAINTED 20mm sci-fi miniatures for my 5 Parsec's solo RPG campaign.
Look for like minded folk in Edinburgh to lure in to being players in a tabletop sci-fi RPG .... might have to involve overcoming my lock-down induced reluctance to leave the house!!
Do more work on my 6mm Mesopotamian Early Bronze Age project.
Get on with some Gauls to give my 2mm Romans some opposition.
Try to avoid the "Oooh! Shiny!! Gotta have those!" ................... who am I kidding o_o o_o ;D ;D lol lol
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2024 is the year I end life under the lead shadow. Anything that doesn’t get finished is likely gonna get sold or binned. I’m starting 2025 with a clean slate.
Painting minis won’t end after 2025, but no more queue. Ever again. I’ll only buy what I’m directly gonna paint.
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My goals are relatively simple.
1) Paint 10 miniatures per month, minimum. As long as my yearly total is 120+, I'm happy (28mm and larger count as one miniature, while 15mm bases of infantry count as one, etc.)
2) Finish and publish Merciless (fantasy sidekick to Scrapheap) by Christams, 2024.
That's it. Oh, and attend at least 3-4 conventions this year even if it means traveling and spending some dosh.
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2024 is the year I end life under the lead shadow. Anything that doesn’t get finished is likely gonna get sold or binned. I’m starting 2025 with a clean slate.
Painting minis won’t end after 2025, but no more queue. Ever again. I’ll only buy what I’m directly gonna paint.
I heartily approve of this noble goal!
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1. The last of my DAK figures and some terrain for North Africa, for 0200 Hours/ DAK Attack / Bolt Action.
2. Finish off the Silver Bayonet miniatures and terrain I have.
3. Paint the outstanding Blood Red Skies aircraft I have.
4. Paint a selection of miniatures from my "for painting, not gaming" box.
5. Try really hard to not buy anything except paint and terrain material until all of the above has been completed.
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Spent last year trimming down the lead/plastic pile, so I'm mainly looking at painting the remainder of the projects - mostly 10mm armies.
1; - finish "2" Han/Three Kingdoms 10mm armies, so I have an army for my friends.
2; - develop Swordpoint list for the "Anarchy Period 1139-1153" in England - based on Capetian French/Norman. Then paint 2 useable 10mm armies for this period.
3; - work on completing a Strength and Honour "Gallic" and "Roman" army and terrain.
4; - work on completing figures and terrain for "Men from Company B" (10mm).
5; - work on complete "Early Hundred Years War French" 10mm army.
6; - finally decide what I'm going to do with the "Gear Krieg" models.
7; - (and likely most important) finish the year with more painted models (based on "1" base is "1" model), and having not purchased "too many" more models than I have gotten rid of.
That's the plan for the year, but let's remember..,......... No plan of action survives contact.....
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Finish off the several projects I have and then, hopefully, start nothing new!
I have enough stuff. I can't play with it all now.
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1. Play more games, I feel that the number of games I played in 2023 was lower than previous years. I stopped going to my local club after lockdown, so i have been playing at home. I have about half a dozen regular gaming buddies I either play individually or in groups, but I feel it is often down to me to organise things and real life got in the way a bit this year.
2. Only buy stuff I "need" and have an immediate/near-future use for. I have been trying to do this for a few months now, just buying small quantities of stuff as I see a use for it. The one exception was buying into the Boglanders kickstarter from Ramshackle Games, but as I saw an immediate use for nearly half the minis in the set, I let that one pass.
3. Paint any items under para 2 above as quickly as possible.
4. Sort out my collection and dispose of excess. I have armies that haven't seen the table top in more than a decade, it's either use them or move them on. Again I did make a start on this in 2023, selling on my 20mm WW2 and 28mm F&I War stuff, plus donating a load of fantasy to a school games club.
5. At least start painting Zombicide Wild West kickstarter I got in 2022! lol
6. Read and start playing the "Space Station Zero" rules I've had since the start of 2023. This should help with paras 1 and 4 above! ;)
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Only buy stuff I "need" and have an immediate/near-future use for.
Bravo!
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This coming year is my 40th anniversary of starting gaming, so I plan a few projects.
The Ziggurut of Doom from the first Warhammer box - with Conquistadores and Aztecs
Finishing my skirmish Book for 16thC Scotland covering the Marian Civil War / Gordon Forbes Feud and a few other fights, - Corrichie, Tillyangus, Craibstone, Corgarff and Glenlivet and a what if between James IV and the Earls of Huntly and Errol.
Patriots Rebellion in Canada and the Battle of the Windmill
28mm Silmarillion game involving Glaurung
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The Ziggurut of Doom from the first Warhammer box - with Conquistadores and Aztecs
Brilliant idea! Presumably the Aztecs will be the defenders?
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This coming year is my 40th anniversary of starting gaming, so I plan a few projects
Patriots Rebellion in Canada and the Battle of the Windmill
This is exciting! Looking forward to seeing this come to fruition!
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I'm focusing on ECW skirmish courtesy of Bloody Miniatures with diversions to keep my interest from wandering. So Blood Red Skies Korean War will make it to the painting table along with the final two units of Celts for To the Strongest.
Pre dreadnoughts are happening. I've wanted to do them for 40 plus years because of a certain P.Hague and its time. The great Naval war of 1898 will happen. I just need to figure out the scale. Which is likely to be both 1/2400 and 1/1200!,
After that I need to finish my ancestry tree and get it printed.
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Brilliant idea! Presumably the Aztecs will be the defenders?
Nah...the Aztecs have those pesky conquistadors and their wrathful German leader cornered...😉
This is exciting! Looking forward to seeing this come to fruition!
I have the windmill printed....😊
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Finishing my skirmish Book for 16thC Scotland covering the Marian Civil War / Gordon Forbes Feud and a few other fights, - Corrichie, Tillyangus, Craibstone, Corgarff and Glenlivet and a what if between James IV and the Earls of Huntly and Errol./
Emir, I look forward to this especially.
As to my plan(s)? The same as the last fifty plus years i.e. paint all the outstanding & play with the same.
Despite BIG strides towards reducing the outstanding, I have yet to achieve the hoped for result. :-[
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My big relatively new project for 2024 is Sci-Fi miniatures using Xenos Rampant rules. I've begun collecting and painting stuff up these last two months of the year, but next year will be when I kick it into warp speed. I've got a friend who has lots of Sci-Fi minis collected and I will likely use some of his stuff when we get in our first few games. My goal is to have a half dozen or so of my own factions ready by the midpoint of the year, though.
Here's a look at the Bronze Legion:
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOg1XOUuiSiqyIiLdoCDn-rQF9SJsA5jYJz7SfpwZHngJw7oktTXVm900DXKGxIjLlssFr5R1GL_fTUEuHWfTGaU8sA9WzbD-YHuIC3znIF-EAicaIE-5GzCtZtOcHQLuTAN8T9nsfYrVMdxExFomJmsMvyXAWqT-XLh4VmQV0qNoh6vd6NjRzthMOPE/w640-h316/BronzeLegion_MarineBatch01.jpg)
And some Terminators for a Machines force:
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What else? I will continue to run games for the post-apocalyptic skirmish campaign I hosting for our Sunday evening gaming group. I have run five games so far, but I hope to pick up the pace and do them more often in 2024.
I'll continue to play Saga with the local guys and in tournaments at a few conventions, but those are my two main goals for next year.
Mike Demana
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Quite a lot of projects I would like to complete
More 20mm ww2, 28mm Napoleonic and 28mm medieval, plus a few ancients.
Cheers
Matt
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Nah...the Aztecs have those pesky conquistadors and their wrathful German leader cornered...😉
Even better! The wrathful German leader should have a pet monkey.
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My main hope for 2024 is to actually retire. However, that is currently scheduled for next December, so it won’t help much with time until 2025.
In the wargames hobby realm, though, the big dream for 2024 is to participate in a campaign. There are several possibilities for that, though the chief ones are an 18th century imagi-nations thing or some sort of fantasy. My son has been working on schemes for the latter, to be played with the extensive collection of 1/72 DBA/HotT armies we already have painted, so I rate that as the most likely to occur.
I need to purge the lead mountain, and avoid starting any new projects other than those already represented in the hoard. Of things already in progress, I particularly want to get enough 54mm fantasy together to stage a game (sorry to hear you decided not to continue yours, Tikitang…), and, at the other end of the scale spectrum, finish enough of the 6mm fantasy expansion I started in 2023 to justify buying another army or two. I also want to cast with my vintage mold collection and get a solid start on a 19th century toy soldier game (either Franco-Prussian or imagi-nations) using ~40mm Schneider semi-flats.
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My plans for 2024 are quite manageable (I hope):
- Paint my 2 forces for Legions Imperialis
- Finalize my plans for a spaceship game, and decide on what rules to use and purchase miniatures for it
- Finalize my plans for a 6mm WW2 North Africa project, either that or I'll archive the project and miniatures
- I definitely want to play more games than this year
- Don't overbuy miniatures that I don't really know what to do with
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Well, I note lots of good intentions above not to acquire any more miniatures, but I’m going to continue embracing being the unfocused butterfly that I am. I’ll continue trying not to actually buy too much new except to support my FLGS. I’ll continue trying to use parts of the lead and grey pile to swap for things that best align with my current collections (which I have been doing pretty successfully through my bazaar of obscurities page - shameless plug https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=143629.msg1833409#msg1833409 and Facebook). Which has kind of become a bit of a hobby in itself, as something fun to do late at night when you’re tired after work, and when I would never paint anyway.
I am going to try though at getting in more games. I’ve been managing to get in a couple a month at my FLGS friend. But they tend to be stretches of a few weeks where it doesn’t work out. The most likely games of focus will be Kings of War, Age of Sigmar, Team Yankee, Dead Zone and Xenos Rampant. But I’m intensely relaxed about playing with unpainted miniatures or indeed other people’s miniatures, and so I suspect there will be another insane range of systems tried out.
I will be breaking that up with board games with the school dads, as that needs much less prep than wargames. I’m talking things like Dominion and Rising Sun. And Scrabble.
I’ll continue trying to do a couple of Stompie51 YouTube videos a month. I know one shouldn’t try and affirm oneself by social media approval, but it would be cool to hit 1000 subscribers (I’m almost at 800 now). It just seems fun to try and share what would otherwise just sit in my garage with a wider audience and see what love, mockery and constructive criticism comes back.
I never really work on one project at a time, but there are around half a dozen core projects that have been ongoing for at least a decade and I hope will keep going for another three (I’m not as old as my miniature interests suggest).
Although I did have fun doing a lot of kit bashing of stuff last year that probably will not be painted this decade, in between all of that, I did actually focus on painting up a pretty sizable force for Xenos Rampant and Mantic Firefight orcs.
This year I might try that same strategy, focusing on the super characterful plethora of metal dwarfs I have collected over 20 years, so as to have a Kings of War army, with which I have already played even though it is not painted. Each figure will be a joy, which cannot be said about much of my plastic miniatures. It won’t take much to finish off my team Yankee Yankee Iraqis, so that might be an exception.
I successfully have not got into any Kickstarters over the last couple of years (except for the small metal manufacturers, who just use it as a pre-order system like burrows and badgers). Mythic Battles Ragnarok took two years, so never again. I may be putting up a few of the unwanted gods et cetera soon.
Have a happy New Year all!
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I have a few things to get to:
Finishing collecting and painting all of GWs 28mm 40k Inquisition... a project that never seems to terminate. I have between 4 and 14 depending on how technical I want to get.
Finishing the entire Foundry Darkest Africa line... I suspect I have about 80 figures left, mostly generic tribals and pygmies.
Finishing my 2005 era Sisters of Battle army... I think I have four tanks and maybe three figures left for that.
Scatter terrain that has been languishing for a couple years.
Continue my Crooked Dice Folk Horror project.
Run at least one convention game.
Hopefully play more... I think I played one tabletop wargame game in 2023 :'(
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Interesting to see what people are planning for the year ahead and look forward to seeing folks end results. For me the plan is simple. Actually do something hobby related. I dabbled in building some Stargrave minis late 21 early 22 then everything went to hell in a handcart! Still got the minis but totally lost the sci-do mojo. So what did I pick for my dive back in….The Wild West (my last real hobby output https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=62890.msg760680#msg760680 ) was fun so I’ve just gone bonkers and bought a ton of Foundry & Artizan minis some bases tufts a few wagons, hell, now I’ve actually spent the money I better get to it!
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> My main hope for 2024 is to actually retire.
Make sure you have some personal goals *that you will actually stick to* when you retire. "A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work" but it helps that you know that you like fishing!
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Anyway, I'm currently playing Gloomhaven: Crimson Scales solo, and am painting up miniatures from the Wildspire Monsters and other sets as I play. I dislike painting miniatures, and gaming gives me a focus on what to paint. I should cut back on the buying, but there're too many shinys on KS (Archon, Loke, same guys who made Crimson Skies) and discounts during the holidays (and gotta reach free shipping).
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- Paint up a couple dozen figurines. Enough to field at least two opposing skirmish warbands. Then rope friends into playing a skirmish or two when they come over.
- Make more terrain. Put the packaging materials that accumulated over the holiday season to a good use :)
- Improve my painting skills... Overall accuracy and the painting of human faces in particular.
All this sounds doable. Baby steps. Anything else above this is a welcome bonus :)
Happy new year, everybody!
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I've only got two plans on the slate:
- Paint up my Early Saxons to oppose the Romano-British I've already finished.
- Paint up the two Blood Bowl teams from the second-hand copy I picked up earlier this year.
- Properly sort out using Xenos Rampant for Superhero battles.
No doubt there will also be a few other unexpected things that sneak in...
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Now that it it is 2024, I spent some time putting together my plans for 2024.....
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/01/random-2024-is-upon-us-what-is-to-be.html
Nothing too exciting. I think the big project is to finish off my Hittites for the Battle of Kadesh and get it all ready set for demo games. Then finish off the accompanying ruleset.
Beyond that I want to stay up to-date with Osprey Wargaming Series and maybe get 1 other new ruleset for the year. Maybe finally get started on Naval wargaming proper too? We will see.
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For me 2024 will be.
1) Keeping on top of my painting, one of the things I acheieved in 2023 was to paint everything I bought, which gave me the chance to hit my backlog.
2) Not to buy anything new (unless I see it at a show or it's on sale). I took stock of my collection over the Christmas period and I've got enough to keep going me going for years.
3) Try and exceed my average of 3 games a month.
4) Try and get some paint on my unpainted scenery.
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It's a very frustrating start to 2024 already!
I've got half a dozen projects, a gnat's away from completion, now temporarily shelved. On and off last year, I was writing and illustrating a Noggin the Nog type Viking storybook for my Grandson. It was going to be done for Crimbo, but real life stuck it's sneck in. So now it's got to be a maximum effort to get him it done for his birfday. Before mi' lad terminates me, with extreme prejudice!
:'(
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To finish something.
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To finish something.
Oh, good one! That would be a first time goal for me too.
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paint something.
Real-life permitting.
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I have a 600 28mm figure lead pile as well as numerous terrain items I want to reduce significantly in 2024 and not be tempted by anything new that appears.
Easily said.... ::)
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paint something
Keeping expectations low: I like it!
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Keeping expectations low: I like it!
Means there is a chance of achieving it - last year was pretty much a bust in relation to hobby time.
This way anything is an achievement and an improvement, and a I can be positive about it! :D
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I think it's mainly a continuation of 2023. My interests are sufficiently broad that there's no real need for any specific project. So:
- SF stuff for skirmish level, and the odd unit or two for larger games (did plenty of the former and very few/none of the latter last year)
- Fantasy stuff for skirmish and a few units for Oathmark. Managed a few of both last year, and have plans for Elves and humans this year
- Contemporary. This covers modern pulp, post apoc, modern horror etc. I painted up some figures last year, but it tends to be the Cinderella to the other two. Hopefully, this year, it shall go to the ball
- I didn't do much in the way of scenery or vehicles last year, something I need to remedy this year
Oh, and try to play games with them. That aspect tends to be where I fail miserably :(
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For me, It's to continue to try to play/run at least one game a week (minis or RPG - my weekly group flits between both). As for minis, I want to finish painting minis for my fictional modern(ish) genres - Northern Gambola in Africa, and Balzakistan (a former Soviet republic). That will include some Balszaki regulars (primed and ready to go), some US infantry, and Russian Interior Ministry troops. I will also likely do up some African civilians, and maybe a Gambolan DShK team. I also want to work on some more scatter terrain, buildings, and vehicles. Outside of that, I'll have to wait and see what I feel like doing...
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I think 2024 will be a case of keep on keeping on with unsystematic painting efforts, plenty of skirmish gaming and maybe even get more terrain table-worthy.
I'd really like to be able not to commit to starting anything new, but it may be more realistic to undertake to not start any more new periods/genres.
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I am planning on painting more pulp figures from the lead mountain. Probably will sell more rpg related books and possibly some painted historical armies. Possibly. Maybe.
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For 2024, I'm planning to start a new sci-fi project, F. Herbert's Dune, but more inspired by the 1992 videogame than the recent Villeneuve's movie. Maybe with a light influence of 40k... :)
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After the sort of disappointing 2023 on the hobby front, I'm all bright eyed and optimistic for 2024 again :)
I am setting my usual goal of 100 miniatures for the year, of course.
Also, I'm hoping to do a lot of terrain stuff this year; enough wintery terrain to fill my new snow table. Next to that I'm itching to get to grips with my moderate/green table and the jungle terrain that's been in a WIP state for quite some time now.
And finally, I'm hoping to downsize my collection considerably this year, simply because I need the space, considering there will (hopefully) be loads of new terrain to store! Also, rationalising Lead Mountain and Lake Plastic will probably make things a lot more manageable. As in; the unpainted hordes will loom less over me like my own sword of Damocles...
So; here's to a fulfilling, healthy and productive year!
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I plan on painting more miniatures than I did last year and while I don't expect to complete my whole Pile unpainted/i] (https://pileofpotential.com/Luigino?project=83630141) dwarfs done this year I fully intend in making a serious dent to it.
And given that we're not even 2 weeks in and I've already completed 20 more models I'd say we're off to a great start.
Also, I now I say this every single year, but I really will try not to buy anything or get anything printed before finishing what I have.
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Also, I now I say this every single year, but I really will try not to buy anything or get anything printed before finishing what I have.
'The road to Hell is paved with good intentions' :D
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I had a good 2023 for gaming, probably my best year in a long time. Mostly helped by finding a good gaming club not too far and actually pushing myself to go. I've painted up a Chaos fleet for Battlefleet Gothic and had a few games, an Averlander warband for Mordheim and had good wins in a Bloodbowl league with my Skaven team. Next thing up is an Eldar army for Epic - mix of metal proxies and prints. Not super keen on prints at 6mm, they are very fragile.
I'm currently considering something new for 2024 - I was made redundant from my job but I'm getting a generous payout next month and I'd like to treat myself, but nothing really takes my fancy. In the old days I'd start a 40K or Warhammer Fantasty army but I just cannot bring myself to pay GW's bonkers prices. I might just hold back or add a few bits to what I already have.
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I’m hoping to do less hobby and be more active, contrary to most other goals here. lol
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1. Recover mojo, last seen July 2023.
2. Complete 1544 project.
3. Complete 1940 Sealion project.
4. Make a new list.
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4. Make a new list.
I really LIKE this one. I use it a LOT lol lol lol
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The Hope? Paint more than 1,000 of my figures (I've done it before a few times so not as crazy as it sounds).
The Dream? Figure out which figures I'm never going to paint and be rid of them by the most expeditious manner possible - with or without exchange of funds. And that is a lot trickier than it sounds - or maybe it sounds just as tricky as it is since I guess we can all relate, or at least a lot of us.
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The Realistic Expectation: finish off my Mexican-American War project. I am 85% there, if not giving myself credit for painting some units that weren't at my chosen northern campaign. Eureka just released some figures for a unit in the orbat where i'd already painted up a stand-in, so I moved back one square! Two more regiments, and then loose ends to tie off like generals and wagons.
The Hope: get my Russo-Japanese fleets done, finally.
The Dream: get at least a brigade a side done of my 40mm AWI stuff, sitting in an intimidatingly large and heavy box upstairs waiting for me.