Ok, so I held off posting up the #workbenchWednesday stuff yesterday to avoid spamming all the groups I post in two days in a row, and it made more sense to just roll both posts into one.
The workbench is looking quite sparse today, as I'd just finished off the 15 Black Knights earlier in the week, and was only working on the Krell model as my Undead hero for the #talesofinstahammer secret challenge. Work area looked thus -
It'll be all wight...
Multicoloured Horrors of Tzeentch
I worked away in a haphazard manner on Krell, varnishing certain areas when dry and moving onto others. Basically to try and have him ready for the end of the month. The style and colour scheme for my Draugr Undead is very forgiving in terms of effort and time commitment. Or. in other words, it is really quick to do a kinda sloppy job that still looks passable on the table. Or something like that... Anyway, I managed to get my Vanguard challenge plus Hero done in time. The Black Knights were a bit of a slog, really wasn't feeling much love for them, but they are done now, and tie in with the rest of the force.
Charge of the Wight Brigade.
The not quite Pink Horrors were just me testing out various transparent paints before committing to the colours for my spectral undead stuff coming up, and they just happened to be the closest models to hand already primed white. I reckon I am going for the Turquoise (back left) as, combined with white robes should give off a Corpse Bride vibe.
I've been getting stuff assembled too, built up my first Clockatrice (Thanks Allan) for my Grymkin, as well as a 15mm Stug and Tiger from Plastic Soldier Company for What a Tanker!
Vikings and Tanks and Nightmares, oh my!
I'm getting pretty close to having most of the stuff I already own for my #hobbyresolutions2019 projects built up, and I'm throwing in the occasional odd model too, just to keep things fresh, and, like the 15mm tanks, I only need to paint one or two models to have enough for a game. The Hordes of the Things elements are started, so, the biggest job now is getting the Warband models cleaned up and on painting sticks.
I've also been gaming more, Warhammer Underworlds and Warmahordes, and have knocked out a few games versus Sarah's Skaven, and played into Cole's Gaspy2 Bane list on Tuesday.
The Bane of Heavy Warbeasts...
By my reckoning I've finished 63 miniatures this month, played 17 games (and completed my new opponent challenge) as well as building up a load more. Current #hobbystreak day 59.
I missed doing an extra blog post this month, although I have done some work for it, so I'm not beating myself up too much. I also lost some time between 2 of the kids birthdays and travelling to Belgium, so, I'll catch up with that at some point. Plan for next month is to finish off Sam's Blighthaven Warband, do my Tales of Instahammer stuff, and crack on with the Hordes of the Things elements to get them off the desk. I also want to get more games in before the Welsh Masters in May, and get more stuff assembled and primed. Not sure that I'll also get the Warband army finished, but, well, it is just a rough guideline, 10 months left to get it all done.
Overall Challenge Completion is below.
Cheers,
John
Amount
Task
Completed
78
Fully Paint Grymkin (HORDES)
16
21%
152
Paint Tales of Instahammer 2000pt Death Army (AoS)
138
91%
31
Paint 15mm Tree Folk army (Dragon Rampant)
31
100%
8
Paint 10mm Taurian Army (Warband)
0%
8
Paint 8 new elements for 15mm Picts (Hordes of the Things)
0%
6
Paint 6+ pts Jomsviking force (SAGA)
0%
4
Paint 4 Shadespire Warbands
0%
40
Paint 1200pt Norse Army (Of Gods & Mortals)
1
3%
100
Play 100 Games
22
22%
8
Play 8 new opponents
8
100%
8
Play 8 Boardgames
2
25%
1
Run April Fuel Daze 3!
0%
64
Maintain blog with weekly and monthly posts
11
17%
4
Go to 4 shows or conventions
1
25%
467
Transfer flip top paints to dropper bottles
0%
12
Write 1 extra blog post per month (BatRep, tutorial, review etc)
Workbench currently has the following on it, which is to say, Sam's Warband for A Song of Blades and Heroes and my Copplestone Picts for Hordes of the Things. There is also a stand that I painted last year to get some repairs as I'd dropped it getting it out the cabinet for the big end of year photoshoot...
More 15mm!
I've had a productive week really. Washed and cleaned up the worms for the Hordes of the Things elements and sanded and textured movement trays for my Dragon Rampant army. Speaking of which, I started painting that on Friday and finished it up yesterday, clearing off one of my #hobbyresolution2019 projects completely.
Can't see the wood for the trees...
I had a lot of fun doing these guys, super quick paint job and just covering them in loads of effects. If I was to do more, I'd probably trim down or remove the sculpted foliage in order to stop them getting super bulky. Figures are all from Ral Partha Europe from the Demonworld line. The entire force is made up of 1 x (4234) Giant Tree Shepherd , 2 x (4323) Tree Shepherds, and 4 packs of (4607) Shrublings. All in it was less than £60, and I probably didn't need some of the Shrublings, as I fudged the army list to fit them in.
Now, I know that the Shrublings shouldn't have Fearful, but it keeps the points down, and as I'll only really be playing folk from the club, I'm sure nobody is really going to care. I'll adjust them as necessary after some test games.
So cute.
In other news, went down to Vapnartak in York on Sunday with the club. Picked up What a Tanker! L'art de la Guerre, and the Rebels & Patriots rulebooks, along with some order dice from Warlord, and some Bones figures and more 15mm Celts/Gauls from Forged in Battle. Also, my HATE kickstarter arrived, but, upon opening, I realised it wasn't mine, and was actually for someone with a similar name... Hopefully that gets sorted.
Plan for the next few days is get the worms and bases primed, and get through the HotT Elements and Sam's warband. I also have to get started on my #talesofinstahammer stuff for the month. Think I'm doing some Black Knights, as I have the models and it saves me buying Dire Wolves. The secret challenge is to paint up one or more Hero models, but I already did 3 last month...
Rainer made some sweet collages for everyone's entries for the January Secret Challange, which I'll share here too.
That's it for the week then, hopefully I'll have more painted minis to show off next week.
First up, the workbench shots, that's why you are here right? Well, sleeping pattern is shot as usual so it has changed considerably over the course of the day. Got in from work and it looked like this -
Couple of hours sleep and a quick basing and base coating session, and it now looks like -
Zombies 91-120...
Which means the side looked/looks like this -
So, after starting the Wraiths yesterday, I basically got everything done bar the basing, curse varnish drying times, but, still, they've taken me to just over 100 minis painted this year, so... on track to hit 200 for the month. Pretty sure that covers Impact! for the #talesofinstahammer theme. The paint job is super quick and lazy, and ties them in with the rest of my Undead/Draugr stuff. Quite like the sculpts, although the heads are a bit on the small side, but if memory serves, they were one of the first Mantic resin/plastic hybrid kits, and nobody knew how much the sculpts would shrink in the manufacturing process.
You'll notice that there is a load of paint sitting there too, basically I rearranged the workstation a bit to get all the Army Painter ones within easy reach, rather than languishing in a case, so I had to jiggle the Foundry and P3 ones around. I used the bottom step to hold all the GW texture and drybrush paints, as I won't be transferring them to dropper bottles. Managed to clear out a few of the duplicates from the AP ones, seeing as they rename some colours for different sets.
In other news, the orders arrived from Northstar and The Outpost and I managed to find the Goblin army, so now have the Trolls to complete my OG&M list, they are a lot smaller than I imagine them, so they might get changed out for alternatives in future, although, not the new Games Workshop ones, not for any reason other than they don't fit the aesthetic, although I do love the new sculpts.
Still waiting on my worms turning up for my Hordes of the Things elements, but it's fine because I'm pushing the 28mm stuff this month. I'm hoping to get to them next month, along with more pre-release stuff for 4A Miniatures, if Andy posts it, and a Blighthaven Warband commission for Sam of 15mm Skirmish Supplies.
Speaking of which, got my first game of Advanced Song of Blades & Heroes with Sam and Sarah, my hastily cobbled together Copplestone Northlanders vs. his Dwarves and Sarah's borrowed Undead.
We played a very basic game to get an understanding of the rules, which was basically a big fight in the middle of the table with some loot counters spaced out equidistant from each force. My Barbarian Warmage was a poor commander choice, or maybe she was just protesting at being included in a force with some gaming standard paintjobs, but, she did almost nothing the entire game. Ultimately the Dwarves were wiped out in full, well, one routed from the table to tell his friends about the massacre, and the Undead managed to grab some loot and drag it off the board.
Copplestone 15mm Fantasy
Obviously the upshot of this is that now I want to paint a load more 15mm fantasy. But I have to be strong. For the remainder of this month at least. Then I can get on with the HotT and Dragon Rampant stuff.
Should get a fair bit of work done on the Zombies tomorrow, and hopefully have them finished by the end of the weekend. At least the 40 after them are mainly just the half body sculpts.
Back again with another update. Been a busy week by all accounts. Current #hobbystreakday9.
On the workbench, just started another batch of 30 zombies, with another 30, a Necromancer, some Wraiths, more Grave Markers and my Copplestone 15mm Picts off to the side ready to go with bases drybrushed and rims repainted. It's been a while, years in fact, since I did some real intensive batch painting, so, part of me is considering trying to beat my personal best of about 200 28mm scale minis in a month, especially as I can churn out zombies pretty quickly. This batch is just started, you can see a few have the skin blocked in as I was using up the last of the paint on the pallet.
I've also put together ANOTHER 40 Zombies using the rising from the ground parts on the sprues, but then I ran out before getting a full 60. I'm planning on doing a large block of skeletons, but ran out of lipped bases so they are on order.
Moar Zombie, Zombie, Zombie...
So much rimming...
I'm looking forwards to getting to the Picts, despite still not having put last years on the table yet. Maybe because I know how quickly I'll be able to get through them. Small victories ya know.
In other news, a couple of rulebooks turned up today, I picked up the Macedonian and Punic Wars supplement, as I have the base rules already, and I'm toying with the (new project) a multibased 15mm Celt/Gaul army that I could also use for Hail Caesar or whatever, and I figured I'd grab the Legions of Battle one because it probably has a similar basing scheme, so I should be able to run the same force for both. Here's hoping. My Northstar order is also out for delivery, so hopefully I'll have the last figures for my OG&M force soon.
On the subject of projects, my first painting one took a hit today, as a surprise Grymkin CID (Community Integrated Development) just landed, adding a few new options to the army, that hopefully should be released this year.
Some light reading.
And to finish off, here's a quick shot of the minis I've rattled through already. 60 Zombies including a Leader, Musician and Standard Bearer, a Necromancer, and 4 Grave Markers/Objectives. Hopefully I'll have another full unit of Zombies added soon enough. Now, you'll have to excuse me whilst I go froth over the Grymkin CID update.
Happy New Year folks, lang my yer lum reek and all that.
Continuing on from yesterday's write up of 2018, I'm going to lay out my #hobbyresolution2019 plans for the year, and do the write up why, and maybe continue the reward system. I've changed it slightly from last year to be 8 painting and 4 each of gaming and hobby, for no other reason than it sits better on the 4x4 grid. Here goes nothing...
PAINTING (8 resolutions)
1. Fully Paint Grymkin (HORDES)
So, last year I managed to paint over 200 points of Grymkin, along with 4 of the 6 Warlocks, and played them in a few events, most notable Welsh Masters and the World Team Championship. Being a limited release Faction, and my stylized colour scheme, means it is both cheaper and quicker to get them all fully painted. I used the last of my Pressgang Points to pick up a second unit of Murder Crows and 2 Madcaps, along with some other stuff, so I have at least one of every available option for them. The plan is to paint up the maximum Field Allowance for everything (jury's out on a second Death Knell though) with at least 3 of every available Warbeast, with a couple of exceptions. I doubt I'll need 3 Clockatrice when they release in February, so, I'll do 2, and a 4th Cage Rager to run the Pat Dunford (or Mat Hickling, depends on who you believe) Dreamer list, and probably 4 sets of Crabbits, to max out the King of Nothing's warbeast points, or have spares for free cards. I still have a fair bit of stuff to pick up, and more resin bases to order, but if I can even finish the models I own, I'll be happy with that. So, starting Painting Resolution 1 with a target of 79 miniatures.
Reward - this is kind of a reward in itself, I still have stuff to buy for it, and bases, but I'll end up with a fully painted (Limited Release) Faction.
2. 2000 point Death army for #talesofinstahammer (Age of Sigmar)
This was a late addition to the list, but, I was already planning on doing a lot of the models for various Fantasy Dark Age gaming. The 72 Zombies I had planned to use as Levy for my SAGA Draugr soon became 120... I'm not going for a killer list, more, just random stuff that will be useable in multiple settings cobbled together to hit a points limit. I had a lot of stuff already for this, so it's not a huge drain on funds, and might be subject to change depending on what the secret challenges for the Tale are. There is a brief outline of tasks for the first 6 months of the year, followed by a 6 month open period where the plan is to finish the army, as far as I can make out, but, we'll see how it goes. Current list adds 152 models to the tally, with some extra stuff like grave markers to be added.
Reward - Probably has to be a Forgeworld Mournghul. Loved that model for ages.
3. 24pt Tree Folk army in 15mm (Dragon Rampant)
I really need to get back into my 15mm fantasy stuff, so I figured I'd do a Tree Folk/Forest Spirit/Nature based force for DR, mainly so I can throw dice with James and Sam, and it gives me the opportunity to go mad with clump foliage. It's all going to be Demonworld models for this, which I already own, so all I really need is a couple of movement trays. I did have to fudge the rules a little to get everything to fit, but I doubt either of them would care too much as it is thematic rather than gamey. Another 31 models added to the tally (even if they are, mostly, small.)
Reward - No Idea.
4. 6pt Jomsviking force (SAGA)
I've owned a large amount of Wargames Foundry Vikings for going on 20 years now, and maybe 3 have been partially painted... I figured it was time to rectify that, and it would give me a good start on models for Blood Eagle too. I picked the Jomsviking for the sole reason that they can be built as an elite force, so I could get away with the lowest model count army possible. I picked the most heavily armed and armoured sculpts I had, and sorted out enough shields with embossed emblems for them (I'll use the split shields for warrior units, and plain ones for any Levy models I get to. Yes, I know I can't take Levy, but I can if I run them as standard Vikings) 6 Hearthguard units and Warlord adds another 25 models to the list.
Reward - No Idea.
5. Taurian Army pack (Warband)
I picked these up a couple of years ago (Minotaur army, obviously) and figured I'd get them done too, as the Hordes of the Things painting went well last year. This will add another 73 models to the list spread over 8 multibases, so, I'm not really sure how I count them. It's a bit more than the 3-5 on a HotT base. Sadly, I know the correct answer to this.
Okay, 8 Elements it is...
Reward - I'll possibly pick up another of the army packs (Undead) or maybe some random additions for the list.
6. 15mm Worm Cult Picts (Hordes of the Things)
Despite not having seen the field of battle, I really like the miniatures I painted up last year for this, so I plan to add another 8 elements to the army, aiming to do a few new ones, and bulk out some of the options I already have painted. I've ordered more Worms for them from Heresy Miniatures, and they are resin now, which should be lighter on the bases and easier to pin. Again, 8 elements added to the total.
Reward - No Idea.
7. Paint 4 Shadespire Warbands
So, I was planning on doing the two warbands from the original box, plus the Farstriders and picking up the Sepulchral Guard, but, seeing as I got the Nightvault box at Christmas, I'll do the Briar Queen set instead. I'm still planning on painting Garrek's Reavers, although it might have been a better idea to do all 3 Stormcast Eternal warbands at the same time. Another 18 models to add.
Reward - I already think I'll be getting all the warbands one way or another, so, to avoid miniatures, I'll probably pick up the terrain set and/or some snazzy tokens for Shadespire.
8. 1200pt Norse Army (Of Gods & Mortals)
I've played OG&M a few times in 15mm with James, but I'm doing this in 28mm to get more of those Foundry Vikings done, and I wanted an excuse to pick up the gorgeous Odin sculpt from Nothstar. I also wanted to paint up some Berserkers (that the Jomsvikings don't have access to, to allow me to run them as standard Vikings) and give me more stuff for Blood Eagle. Got almost everything I have planned for the list, with the exception of a single Valkyrie (should have a female Foundry model somewhere) and some Trolls (also, these are somewhere, but I can't find them right now...) Another 40 models on the list.
Reward - No idea. Maybe a large scale figure suitable for another God.
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.
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?
Reward - No idea.
10. Play 8 New Opponents
Again, stole this one from last year. Probably because I managed it. It was something that I claimed early in the year, but even then, I tripled the original figure. It probably gets harder if I'm only playing one system, travel dependant, but as I add more painted forces to the stable, it should always be a possibility.
Reward - No idea.
11. Play 8 board games.
Again, stolen from last year, but upped the number. HATE should be arriving, and I'm keen to play that, hell knows if I'll ever see Rivals or Torn Armor, but I still have enough of a collection that I can do this.
Reward - board game expansion... modest kickstarter... I dunno.
12. Run APRIL FUEL DAZE 3!
Well, it's not personal gaming so to speak, but to continue the event I started as a Press Ganger, and give other people the opportunity to play, I'm planning the 3rd APRIL FUEL DAZE event. As always, I want it to get bigger and better, and really have an impact on the Scottish Warmachine Scene.
Reward - well... I already won a free ticket to Welsh Masters so...
A bit of a mix between things there, different types of games (no cards, they don't count) just to mix things up a bit.
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.
Reward - No idea.
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.
Reward - random impulse purchases?
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.
Reward - more paint. In dropper bottles.
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.
Reward - no idea.
Again, a bit of a mix of stuff, one thing I really wanted to do, and had pencilled in for a bit, was get more 3d terrain done. There is a really good article over on Void Spaces about making a Barrow, which would be ideal for SAGA/Blood Eagle/All the Dark Aage Fantasy stuff I am, and have been painting up. It would be a bit of a throwback for me too, to get my hands mucky making terrain, as it's mostly been 2d stuff here, or hard plastic kits. I have some Hirsts moulds somewhere that would be suitable, and, there are probably a few things I would change, but it would be interesting to see the same idea done differently.
Well, that's it for now, I should probably get some sleep before getting started on this years hobbying. If anyone has any ideas for resolution rewards, I'm all ears.
Well, here we are, another year (almost) done, so I'd better take a look back and see how things went, huh?
2018 has been a year of ups and downs really (so, pretty much like any other year) and it's seen me going from all-in to almost nothing. There have been long periods of silence, which I've tried to make up for by still working away in the background.
Easiest way is to look at those #hobbyresolution2018 vows and see what I managed.
1 - Transfer my flip-top paint collection to dropper bottles. (83/550)
Resolution
- A continuation from last year, I managed to do all the GW Base paints
and Washes, and figured out a set-up that allowed me to do about 9
paints at a time. The washes were easy, the base paints took slightly
longer due to consistency. I'm hoping the layer paints are a bit
quicker. It's a lot of paint to get through, but it does include the
remainder of the newest GW line, almost the entire Foundry line (missing
one of the discontinued WWII sets) and the original P3 line. I guess
taking the time to do a few sets of 9 every time I have a spare day will
help to chip away at it. Even if I can't get through it all I'd like
to at least clear the GW ones, and ideally the P3 too.
Well, I didn't get to tick this one off... I made a fair amount of headway into the GW paints, but still have a few sets of 9 to do to finish the line. I smell an ongoing resolution.
Reward
- some new paints. I figure that if I do either of the GW or P3 lines
I'll grab another set of Scale75 paints to fill out the collection. If I
do both, I'll get two. If by some Herculean effort I clear the
Foundry ones, well, I reckon that's worth two sets in itself.
Well, beyond picking up the newly released (at the time) Army Painter paints, and replacements for used ones, I didn't buy any new paints, so I guess that's ok.
HobbyResolution2018 - 0/16
2 - Organise and run a two day Warmahordes event, (1/1)
Resolution
- Run April Fuel Daze again. For my first big solo two day event,
things went surprisingly smoothly, and it was definitely well received.
The fact that it was the largest two day event in Scotland for
WarmaHordes last year was also a nice bonus. I'd like to make it part
of the WMH event calendar if at all possible, and would be aiming to up
the places from 24 to 48.
Managed this one, in April funnily enough :p the event went really well, a huge thanks to everyone that came along to play, the event sponsors, and Falkirk District Wargames Club for the use of hall and tables, and chipping in to the prize support.
Reward -
Attend a two day event as a player. It's good to let someone else call
the shots once in a while, and I enjoy travelling to events and meeting
up with folk I don't get to see that often.
Well, between Welsh Masters and the World Team Championship, I got the reward for this one.
HobbyResolution2018 - 1/16
3 - Make £500 selling old models. (20/500)
Resolution
- Like most gamers, I have an insurmountable amount of tat lying about
collecting dust, and like most gamers, I've always told myself that I'll
get around to it some day. The thing is, as I'm mostly about the
aesthetics, most of the minis I've bought are because they look cool and
I really do want to paint them. Listing stuff for sale and dealing
with the inevitable bargain hunting can you dig out one model from a
collection of thousands for a pound just isn't worth the time or effort
(people, gah) One of my main barriers to productivity ( after video
games) is just the sheer amount of stuff sitting about to get around
to. Clearing some of that will hopefully clear my mind a little.
FAIL. I can't even remember what it was I sold now... I guess the problem with buying models you want to paint is you don't want to get rid of them, just in case you do paint them some day...
Reward - I guess the reward is doing this, I get £500 cash and free up some space. Less clutter equals less distraction.
HobbyResolution2018 - 1/16
4 - Maintain the Blog with weekly and monthly updates. (30/52 and 9/12)
Resolution
- Do a #workbenchwednesday post each week and a monthly update. I
always have the best intentions when it comes to blogging, but always
seem to peter out after a few posts. This year I want to try and break
that by providing regular updates. It's kinda hard to stay accountable
to a general readership of 0, so, hopefully by posting more regularly,
this blog will pick up some followers and I'll actually need to work at
entertaining them.
Well, didn't complete this one, but, it's been a better result than previous years. Started well, as per usual, the only thing is, a Wednesday update can be iffy as I'm always just coming off a nightshift. Still, workbenchThursday sounds naff, so, we'll stick with the Wednesday update. Even if it is Wednesday in a different time zone. I managed an (averaged) bi-weekly update at least, and hit 3/4 of the monthly ones. Giving myself half a point for that.
Reward - No idea. She says get a new laptop.
No new laptop for me...
HobbyResolution2018 - 1.5/16
5 - Go to 2 Gaming Shows or Conventions. (2/2)
Resolution
- Get out the house and go to a couple of shows, ideally including one
of the Scottish ones this year. I missed them due to being out of the
country for various WarmaHordes events last year, so would be good to
get back to them and see the familiar faces. Outside of Scotland, I try
to get to York with the club as it's a good day out, and there is a bit
more variety in traders.
Well, I made it to Vapnartak in York and Carronade in Falkirk, so, can tick this one off the list.
Reward - Again, no idea.
HobbyResolution2018 - 2.5/16
6 - Play 6 New Opponents. (6/6)
Resolution
- Play a game against (or including) someone I've never played
before. A repeat of last year, but it worked well, and, well, I guess
it helps me feel a bit less anti-social than I can be due to nightshift.
Well, I aced this one. I played way more new opponents than 6. Actually, I played 6 people I've never played before at both Welsh Masters and the WTC, so, win. Add to that a few guys from the club, and one of the Norse that came over for April Fuel Daze. Looks like I might not be completely anti-social.
Reward - No idea.
HobbyResolution2018 - 3.5/16
7 - Play 100 Games (100/100)
Resolution
- Play a total of 100 games across miniature and board games. It's a
big part of the reason why we paint these things so I'm told, so I guess
it makes sense.
Managed this between WARMACHINE (well... HORDES), a fair amount of Shadespire, and a good weekend at Adam's.
Reward - No idea. Not sure these rewards are gonna be any sort of incentive...
HobbyResolution2018 - 4.5/16
8 - Play 6 different Board Games.
(6/6)
Resolution -
Again, a repeat of last year. Still, have to put those kickstarted
dollars to good use. With any luck Rivals will eventually turn up this
year (not holding my breath for Torn Armor) and Rising Sun is due to be
delivered. I've still got to get around to trying out all the Undead
for Runewars V2. I can see Blood Rage and Chaos in the Old World being
pulled out again.
Well, neither Rivals or Torn Armor showed... but I did play (over) 6 board games, though, Rising Sun wasn't one of them... Blood Rage, Battle Lore V2, Zombicide, Shadespire, Fury of Dracula, Pokemon Monopoly, King of Tokyo, Silk Road,
Reward - Pick up an expansion for one of my boardgames.
Does backing HATE count?
HobbyResolution2018 - 5.5/16
9 - Play 3 New Games or New Editions of Rules (3/3)
Resolution
- The past couple of years it has pretty much been 99.9% WarmaHordes
when it comes to playing miniature games. I haven't played 40k since
maybe... 2004? And I have umpteen sets of rules that have been updated
without ever being played. Plus there are new games coming out all the
time, so this challenge should be relatively easy. Seeing as I put the
Deathguard together and got them painted, I figure the new 40k should
be one of the games I play, and Saga has a 2nd edition coming out too,
so that will probably make the list. Malifaux, once I get the starter
done would make up the 3rd.
Well, I got the Death Guard on the table, dabbled in historicals with Sharpe Practice, and indulged my inner Mad Max with Gaslands, along with playing SAGA V2, and probably other stuff. Win.
Reward - Buy a new rulebook (and try to have models painted and playable before it is obsolete)
Yeah, I think I used all the unclaimed rewards on this one. The Library Abides.
HobbyResolution2018 - 6.5/16
10 - Paint 4pts of Normans for SAGA. (4/4pts, 21/28 models)
Resolution
- Paint at least another 2pts of Normans to give me a 6pt force, and
aim for 4 to give me some options. I currently have 8 Mounted
Hearthguard (2pts) and 8 Warriors with Crossbows (1pt) part done from
last year, and put together 12 Levy (1pt) the other day, along with a
mounted Warlord and a... well, I don't know, objective marker of some
sort using one of the casualty figures from the sprue. Can't find the
dead horse in my bits though... I'd probably throw in another unit of
Warriors to this lot, as that would, over 3 units, give me the 24 models
to run 2 units in Lion or Dragon Rampant, and having had a brief look,
should be, with these new additions, enough to play a game.
Well, I painted up 2 units of Mounted Hearthguard, a Priest, a unit of bow armed Levy, plus a casualty marker and a mounted Warlord. That's a pass. Still need to add those crossbows though...
Reward - Pick up the SAGA 2nd Edition rules.
Done. And the source books.
HobbyResolution2018 - 7.5/16
11 - Maintain Butcher's Guild being fully painted. (0/3 Models)
Resolution
- Get the last 3 (current) models built and painted. It's 3 models.
One of them is a single piece. And it means my Guild is fully painted
and I can maybe look at starting one of the other ones in the backlog.
I got the bases done... Think after 2 years it's time to rehouse them off the workstation.
Reward - Pick up the Guildball Terrain pack from SFG. It'll make a change from flat mdf that I use for Warmahordes.
Good job I didn't pick up any new Guildball stuff, right?
HobbyResolution2018 - 7.5/16
12 - Paint remaining Deathguard for Warhammer 40,000 (0/49 Models)
Resolution
- This one is more for her benefit as she's keen to play, to the point
that when she picked up the latest edition, she swapped out the Primaris
Marines for more Deathguard and immediately gave them to me so that I'd
have an army. I managed to get one box worth finished last year, and
have the 2nd to work through, alongside a few extras like Deathshroud
Terminators, some of the Easy to build kits and the Limited Set, plus a
donated monopose Hellbrute and the Nurgle Daemon Prince from when it
first made the transition to Finecast.
Nope, they are still in the box, gathering spider webs.
Reward
- Probably pick up a Plagueburst Crawler as a nice centrepiece model (I
would have said Mortarion, but I'll save him for when I have a much
larger force)
Well, I've been handed all the Deathguard stuff from the Conquest magazine, so, that's actually added to the pile of shame. But I didn't buy it, so...
HobbyResolution2018 - 7.5/16
13 - Paint Waiqar half of Runewars Miniatures Game Starter (0/26 Models)
Resolution
- Picked this up last year to split with her because I loved the models
(part due to Battlelore V2) and got started on it, but that hit a
wall. Steve at CGG is trying to get it up and running again, so I
figure might as well get it tableworthy.
Did a little bit on them, but not enough to actually finish anything. Haven't seen the game being played, so, not sure if it is worth bothering with. Duffy was talking about getting into it, so, maybe?
Reward - I'll probably pick up the Waiqar Infantry Command Unit Expansion, or, if I can find one cheap, a 2nd Core box.
Good job I didn't pick up any new Runewars stuff eh?
HobbyResolution2018 - 7.5/16
14 - Paint a 15mm Hordes of the Things Army (13/14 Elements)
Resolution
- It's one of those games that has been on my radar, probably because
of the amount of older grumpier gamers that wax lyrical about it,
although the cover kills it for me because it looks so 70's... but it
gets rolled out at the club every now and then, so, I figure it might be
something to get me playing people outside my usual group, and knock
some of the huge 15mm backlog down.
Well, I managed this one fairly easily, despite still not having played. A bit of confusion on my part meant I'd miscalculated the units/points, so I didn't do the 14 elements I had planned, but I did 13 worth 28AP, so still enough to have choice for a game.
Reward - No idea.
HobbyResolution2018 - 8.5/16
15 - Paint a 75pt Warmahordes List (73/73 Models)
Resolution
- I already have plenty of Circle and Minions table ready (I mean, I
still have huge backlogs of both, but...) Recently I made up a 2 list
competitive (for me) pairing for all 13 Factions, and spent the last of
my PG points picking up the models I needed to complete the Legion and
Grymkin pairs, along with one of the Trollblood ones. I am close to
having everything for the Retribution, Minions and Circle lists. I also
came into possession of the new Trencher army box for Cygnar... I
guess it would be nice to paint up a real Warmachine faction after
playing Hordes exclusively (demo games aside) for a few years, but I
think Cryx or Khador is more my style. So, contenders are Cygnar,
Grymkin, or the Blindwater side of Minions.
Well, I aced this early in the year, picking Grymkin, and then painting up 3 lists for Welsh Masters to go with the solitary Skin & Moans heavy warbeast I'd painted as a tester. Turns out I painted 226 points of Grymkin, plus 4 Warlocks.
Reward
- This is a weird one, because the reward is gonna be part of the
project. Depending on what I choose, I'm either going to need to pick
up a few more models to finish a planned list, or a bunch or resin
bases, so, once I've chosen, I'll work on what I have and then pick up
the models/bases as required to finish the list.
I spent the last PG points I had on filling out a few of the things I was missing with the idea of continuing towards fully painted max FA with this. Not sure about a second Deathknell, but, time will tell...
HobbyResolution2018 - 9.5/16
16 - Paint the Hog Wild Malifaux box (6/6 Models)
Resolution
- It always comes back to pigs doesn't it? I picked these up mainly
for the boars for the Marcus box I had, however, I reckon they'll be
more fun to do. Not to mention quicker.
Managed this one easily enough. Another win.
Reward - No idea. A new Malifaux model?
Don't think I picked any Malifaux models up this year. Probably bought a new rulebook though.
HobbyResolution2018 - 10.5/16
Well, the results are in, a mighty 10.5/16 Resolutions completed. It's not amazing, but, it is a small step up from last year's 9.5/16. That being said, I managed a few things that weren't listed, so I'm happy all in all. Some highlights include -
- hitting a #hobbystreak of about 140 before real life kicked in.
- Painting a grand total of 378 miniatures this year (actually over 400 if I count the individual figures for the Hordes of the Things bases, but... it's already a big number, so I'm not that desperate) The fact I didn't lift a paintbrush for at least one entire month says a lot.
So some of the commissions and industry stuff has been posted out but...
- Painting up a completely unplanned Draugr army for Fantasy SAGA/Blood Eagle/Fantasy Dark Ages gaming. Somewhere in the region of 70 models from a variety of manufacturers. It's a fairly dark and basic colour scheme, but it works as intended.
- the article I wrote about Scatter Terrain getting well over 1000 views. Was kinda taken aback by that.
- Clearing all the outstanding commissions (and getting and finishing more) from my workstation. Feels kinda weird, but I do have some stuff pencilled in for next year.
- Taking part in the Warmachine & Hordes World Team Championship and representing Scotland (maybe not the best representation, but I beat Tom Guan, so...)
- meeting a bunch of cool new people.
Luke Borrie, Aussie Troll
I only vaguely remember seeing CFB at WTC...
All in all, I'm happy with my results over the year, and a full of optimism for the upcoming one, just got to get a nightshift out the way, and I'll be back tomorrow with the new and improved #hobbyResolution2019 version. All the best, John
