Monday, 12 January 2015

A Taste of Things to Come

I've talked about 2014 already elsewhere, but it was a bit of a damp squib when it came to painting figures. I've had a think about what sort of things I want to aim for in 2015, and decided to concentrate on completing small chunks rather than whole collections. This should serve two purposes - firstly, it will give me a sense of progress as I (hopefully) tick items off the list and secondly, it will (hopefully) prevent me getting too bogged down in painting the same things all year. I say hopefully because, as anyone who's been reading the blog for a while will know, I'm not the greatest at sticking to any sort of plan...

So, here's the list of aims for 2015:

  • Bloodbowl Wood Elves - I have most of the figures converted already. I need to build a couple more Linemen and then the team is complete and ready to be painted. 15/16 figures
  • Vikings - As already stated, there's the promise of a campaign in the not-too-distant future so this will be amongst the first projects of 2015. Using SAGA rules, this could be anywhere between 20-50 figures...
  • Relics - We've only played one game so far, but with only 9 figures in the starting warband, this should be an easy project to complete. 
  • Pirates - I have all the figures I need, a mix of actual pirate figures and conversions, so all they need is paint. 20 figures
  • Mordheim - I have Sisters of Sigmar, Beastmen and Dwarf Treasure Hunter warbands, plus a few additional figures for my existing Witch Hunter warband 30-ish figures
  • LotR - I'm halfway to completing both my Dwarves and Moria Goblin forces, so getting those done is the aim. I have 47 Dwarves, and about the same number of Moria figures to paint. A sizeable target, but it would be a big achievement. c.100 figures
  • Skaven - The End Times has renewed my interest in Warhammer, and the Skaven are about to get their own instalment (which I've pre-ordered). Painting up at least a couple of new toys would be a good addition. A Hell Pit Abomination, one of the new Verminlords (also pre-ordered) and a big unit of Plague Monks are the targets. 42 figures
  • Wood Elves - Continuing with the End Times theme, there are several toys that should have been added to my Wood Elves last year that I didn't manage. I'm aiming to complete the last 10 Eternal Guard plus a Highborn, my second Treeman, the Wildwood Rangers I meant to paint last year, a unit of stag-riding Wild Riders and my Dragon. 50-ish figures
It sounds like a lot, and it is - roughly around 300 figures - but I'm hoping that by breaking it into manageable chunks and varying projects, I can keep my focus and motivation up. If I can come back in 12 months and cross at least half these items off the list I'll be happy. 
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4 comments:

  1. Ubique Matt12 January 2015 at 10:29

    Ambitious numbers Nick but sensible approach aiming for relatively small batches. Good luck.

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    1. Beithir15 January 2015 at 13:31

      Yep, certainly ambitious, but I'm hoping that small batches will "trick" my mind in to thinking that I'm not painting as many figures!

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  2. G13 January 2015 at 19:47

    300 figures??? Is that all??? You lightweight! Some of us do more than that in nine months, but then we have no life...
    Gary

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    1. Beithir15 January 2015 at 13:00

      Of course you have no life, all you do is work and paint (and presumably eat and sleep in there somewhere as well!)

      And considering that I only managed to paint 32 figures in the whole of 2014, 300 in 2015 would represent nearly a 1000% productivity increase!

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