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maanantai 5. tammikuuta 2015

Goals for 2015

Time for another cliché post at the start of the year, this time in the form of goals for the coming 12 months. Maybe putting them here in public view will actually force me to try to fulfill them. Some are more achievable than others. I'll try to aim for 6 out of 8 minimum, but knowing my attention span even that can be quite a challenge.



Goal 1 - Paint up a 15mm Early War German force for Flames of War
Well underway and will hopefully be completed in the next few months. I'm still missing couple of blisters, but otherwise everything is more or less finished or at least primed.



Goal 2 - Finish the forces for Waterloo
The main project this year will be painting up 2 British battalions and 13 French battalions in addition to some squadrons of cavalry amounting to 256 foot figures and roughly 40 cavalry. This one will be tough, bt you can't succeed if you don't aim high. Some of it is helped by the fact that 7 of the French battalions are Guard which are rather speedy to paint with just a blue primer and picking out the details before a wash. Just last night I got 48 guys done with their uniform in only about 30 minutes. Only skin, weapons, shoes and straps left before a wash then :)



Goal 3 -Reduce the pile of unpainted lead
The grand daddy of all wargames yearly goals. Everybody vows to reduce their leadpile before noticing that it has grown yet again. Being the clever boy that I am I only pledge to reduce the pile of unpainted lead! Plastic is light and doesn't take so much space :) Plus I'm a sucker for kitbashing and love to build stuff even if I'm probably not going to paint it.


Goal 4 - Sell of old projects
I already started this off by selling my 40k stuff last Autum, but this really needs to continue. If I haven't gamed it in years and no painting progress has been done in the last few years it will probably never progress anyway. The tricky bit will be finding some poor soul to buy them from me.



Goal 5 - Get started on 15mm Prussians for Leipzig.
15mm has become the main scale for Napoleonics at the club and wanting to play the period more I got myself started on Prussians. I'm going for the Prussian 1st Corps at Leipzig and expanding from there at some point. 4 Battalions and one squadron done now so there's quite a bit to do. These will be the main project on the list after I'm done with the 28mm Napoleonic stuff.



Goal 6 - Sculpt something
Previously I've only been doing some conversions with green stuff, but I've really been wanting to learn sculpting a lot more. So maybe this year I'll actually get some complete figures done. And just maybe something might actually be decent enough to show to the public.



Goal 7 - No more new projects
...at least until something else is finished! There's already 3 Napoleonic forces in 2 scales, ancient Greek, WW2 in two scales and multiple nationalities, Saga, Warhammer Fantasy, minor skirmish forces etc. So nothing new coming to the tables before something else leaves either from selling it off or finishing it. I'm leaving a loophole for myself though with the fact that a single box or blister doesn't count if I want to paint something cool just for fun :)


Goal 8 - Build a scale model
I've still got a couple of scale models left from the time that my hobby time mainly consisted of just building them. To justify that pile I need to get something done. And a large scale plane or submarine sitting in the cabinet always looks cool!



So there's quite a lot to achieve, some take quite an effort and some just require some self control (which I have a tendency to lack). Number two probably won't be done in time for the 200 year anniversary, but maybe by the end of the year! At least then I have enough forces to stage a Napoleonic game at my home as well.


10 kommenttia:

  1. Niiiiiiiiiiiice!
    Pic on the 4th goal is my favourite!
    Best for 2015,
    Phil.

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. Thanks Phil! The pic was a pretty good find :) And quite descriptive when talking about shelved projects

      Poista
  2. Hehe... I try to do the same every year (well, trying to reduce the mountain of goodness, not starting new projects until another one is finished...) but usually fail. So I'm looking forward how you'll fare this year.

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. I guess it's one of the hazards in the hobby :) There is always too much shiny stuff and too little time.

      Poista
  3. Wonderful, lot to make me smile, but it was "No more new projects" that really got me - I know that I'll fall foul of this one too.

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. Yeah it's a hard one, especially now with loads of interesting figures are coming out constantly. The internet does seem to make producing niche sets a lot more feasible and it brings some wonderful stuff to our reach.

      Poista
  4. I don't set goals for the New Year as it's the road to self loathing and depression. Set the bar low I say and you'll feel like a winner every time!

    VastaaPoista
  5. I love a good cliche post! Love Calvin and Hobbes too, nice :-) I think you've made a wise call in having a range of goals and aiming to complete some of them. Hopefully this will help avoid burnout and the dreaded "painting slump", as you can move between some quite diverse projects. Good luck!

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. I find that focusing on one or two things gets me bored very quickly and then there is absolutely no progress anywhere. Maybe this keeps be going a bit better.

      Poista