PAINTING (8 resolutions)
1. Fully Paint Grymkin (HORDES) |
Well, I didn't get them all finished, but I did manage 113/175 points, so, not terrible. I have another batch primed and ready to go though. Lack of gaming played a big part in this, as I initially stalled after hurting my wrist in May, and kinda stopped playing shortly after that. Half a point? 0.5/16
2. 2000 point Death army for #talesofinstahammer (Age of Sigmar) |
Made a really strong start with this, then dropped towards the end once most of the hard work was done. Still painted over 1500points of a 2000 point list so it wouldn't take too much work to finish this off at some point in future. Another half point. 1/16
3. 24pt Tree Folk army in 15mm (Dragon Rampant) |
Managed to get this one done. Never played a game with them though, which seems to be a recrring theme with a lot of my projects... 2/16
4. 6pt Jomsviking force (SAGA) |
Another finished project. Probably my favourite of the year, after having owned them for so long. 3/16
5. Taurian Army pack (Warband) |
Okay, 8 Elements it is...
This was done at the eleventh hour, when I was spurred back to activity by James over at The Mad Tin Hatter for his charity project in memory of his son Joshua. It was a humbling and sober moment watching his youTube video about Project Joshua, and I am glad to have been able to contribute in some way. Hopefully the army draws attention to his cause and helps out in some way. 4/16 and a karma refill.
6. 15mm Worm Cult Picts (Hordes of the Things) |
Nope. Have the models primed and part done, but, not finished. I was going to try and blitz them out this month, but other stuff took priority. 4/16.
7. Paint 4 Shadespire Warbands |
Well... I painted one warband, and managed to get a bunch more built and primed. Going to count this as half a point, because I have some finished figures to show for it. 4.5/16
8. 1200pt Norse Army (Of Gods & Mortals) |
Well, this is a weird one. I didn't really make much progress with the planned list (damned Trolls) but I did get some stuff done, and a fair amount of other minis that I can use for it (including the Jomsvikings) so, another half point. 5/16
Total painting target - 361 miniatures/elements/multibases (443 actual miniatures). I'd like to hit 365 miniatures painted over the year, so. getting all this done covers it (in individual models at least.) I'd also like to equal or beat my 2018 total, but really, I'm going to aim for 400 painted miniatures/elements for the year.
Okay, so just over half way with 5/8 points for painting. My target was 400 miniatures/elements for the year, and a quick glance at the spreadsheet says - 531. So, that's just a touch above my target and for those voices at the back, yeas, I did only count the 10mm Taurians as 1 per base. Well happy with myself on this one, way over my expectations and surprising considering the amount of time I was away from my brushes. Special thanks probably goes to dark wash zombies, and towards the end of the year, experiments with Contrast paint.
GAMING ( 4 resolutions)
9. Play 100 games. |
Same as last year, keep hammering out games. Doesn't matter what scale
or genre, just keep putting painted figures on the table and pushing
them around and having fun. That's pretty much the whole reason for
doing this, right?
I didn't break 40 games, so big fail. Probably time to leave the house at some point. 5/16
10. Play 8 New Opponents |
Managed this one, meaning I'm not a complete hermit. 6/16
11. Play 8 board games. |
Got halfway there. TornArmour and World of Rivals didn't show up this year either, although God Tear did. 6.5/16
12. Run APRIL FUEL DAZE 3! |
Well APRIL FUEL DAZE 3! went off, so that's another point. 7.5/16
Ok, so, 2.5/4 for Gaming is more than I expected, but still an area I need to work at.
HOBBY (4 resolutions)
13. Consistent Blogging |
The plan is to continue with the same ideal as before, a weekly
#workbenchWednesday post, and a monthly review post, showing where I am
with my resolutions.
Big fail. Long periods of being... me, I guess. Quick check says this will be the 30th post this year, so, close enough to half way. 8/16
14. Shows and Conventions |
Aiming for at least 4 different shows or conventions. Vapnartak and
Carronade are pencilled in, I'm sure I can squeeze in a couple more.
Managed this one, which goes to show (get it?) that I can leave the house when the possibility of buying new toys i on the cards. 9/16
15. Continue transferring paints to dropper bottles. |
Herculean effort, glutton for punishment, call it what you will, I'm
going to keep on keeping on with this one. A quick count shows 27 Games
Workshop, 74 Privateer Press and 366 Wargames Foundry paints (467
total) to be transferred. And that isn't counting the newest P3
colours... I managed most of the GW ones last year, so, hopefully I can
at least finish them.
Nope. No. Nein. Non. Not a single one done. 9/16
16. Even more blogging |
I'd like to do at least one extra blog post per calendar month, on top
of the weekly and monthly updates. It could be on anything, a painting
tutorial, recap of a show or event, battle report, discussion about an
army list, I dunno. I guess the plan is to just keep on putting stuff
out there and hopefully build traffic on the blog.
2 articles done. Nul points. 9/16
Well, seems that it is the blogging that is holding me back here. It's weird, it is so much easier to just whack pictures up on facebook/instagram/reddit and be done with it, without the need to feel like yo have to write an essay, and the engagement is a lot more immediate. I guess I am just a bit frustrated about how slowly blogging seems to attract people, but then, I don't really engage either so...
So, I managed to get over the halfway points on my #hobbyresolutions2019 which is ok I guess, a few half points here and there making it up. As usual, I've totally ignored certain plans, and done extra work on others, as well as taking up completely new projects. I guess I just have to keep plugging away at it, because, between my heart and wrist, manual labour until I retire isn't an enticing prospect.
Various Contrast painted Demonworld minis. |
Well, that pretty much sums up 2019, adequate but could apply himself more (It's like an old school report) so, I'll leave you with a little teaser of next year's plans before my #hobbyresolution2020 post tomorrow. Surprising nobody, some of the projects might carry over, and there will be new stuff too, as my interests shift.
Lang may yer lum reek. I'm off to try and finish the rest of that unit and tidy up my assembly station and desk for the New Year.
All the best,
John
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