December 2020 – Personal Painting Round-Up

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Just two posts for December’s models (plus this one). I didn’t get a lot of painting time in, but the time I did have was spent on models I enjoyed completing. All six of these Astartes had been in limbo for years and it was satisfying to finally complete them. I wasn’t actively painting at this time last year, but my usual hobby goals (not resolutions) for each year going have been to get the little SM and CSM forces I have going in my head up to a small, but playable state. I guess at this point in time we’d once again call them “Combat Patrols” as we did in the past.

I’ve wanted to do similar for my Bolt Action WWII forces as well, but one of the biggest monkeys on my back for that sort of thing has been the idea of starting work on large numbers of models for games that – let’s face it – I’m unlikely to be playing anytime soon. Like, evenm less so than the various Warhammers. Most of what I’ve painted this year has been either the endless numbers of models I’ve started and then left idle months or (mostly) years ago – or the relatively easy fodder of board game models like zombies and D&D critters – which at least I have been using via isolation board gaming. I mean “paint 30 board game zombies” or “paint PVC D&D boardgame models” would never have been in my painting goals in years past!

I’ll get back to goals momentarily, but I guess I should wrap up my tally for 2020 first:

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I had completed 431 models by the end of November, and these 6 bring me to 437. Not too shabby, even though a fuckton of them are in fact the aforementioned PVC boardgame zombies and D&D critters. While It would be nice to gather all of the models from 2020 together for a group shot, I just don’t have the time or enthusiuasm to figure out where everything is and then set everything up for a shot. it’s hot, and from prior experience, it takes about a day to do.

So looking further into 2021, aside from, you know, surviving the sequel to 2020, my (hobby) goals are to:

  • Finish painting all the models from at least one more D&D boardgame. Drizzt should be doable at least, but anything past that, I’ll call gravy. Also – heroes are non-mandatory since their quality varies widly and I can often sub in better models from GW or Reaper.
  • Finish painting all of my Last Night On Earth Models. At this point, it’s just a bunch of hero models. If I want to “stretch goal” this, I can move onto the stuff from LNoE’s sister game – Invasion from Outer Space.
  • Similarly, it was pretty satisfying to finish all of the models from the core LNoE box, so I may try to do another boardgame or two completely. Less likely to be one of those huge CMoN monstrosities, but I have some more, sanely-scaled board games like Doom and Gears that could be contenders.
  • Keep plugging away at my Marine and Chaos Marine “Combat Patrols” of 2 squads + hero, vehicle and Dreadnought – as well as adding to the forces that are past that point. I’d make a list of factions for this, as I have in the past, but there’s really no point.
  • Finish my Orc and Chaos Dwarf Blood Bowl Teams that have been WIP/Semi-complete since the 1990’s. Then I can either move onto more of the classic models, or delve into some of the “new” teams. (from 2016+) Actually, I also have that custom Tomb Kings team I started that needs to be completed….
  • Sort out a couple of cars finally for Gaslands.
  • Get a couple of survivor gangs done for and have a ganme or three of Last Days.
  • I wanted to work on the Warhammer Fortress over summer, but now that Summer’s finally here, I have no real interest in it. Nonetheless, I’d like to get at least one of my much larger terrain projects done (tile sets, castles, etc)
  • Paint 2-4 Warhammer Underworlds warbands, so I can finally start playing the game.
  • Get as many of my part-painted models completed. Which really ties in strongly with so much of what’s already written above.
  • Do something with/for War Cry.
  • Actually PLAY some Blood Bowl and/or Blitz Bowl. May as well throw small-scale 40k and getting some Kings of War, War Cry, Combat Patrol, Middle-Earth SBG, Kill-Team, Gaslands, etc going here as well. I have lots of small-scale and skirmish games. It’d be nice to play some of them.

Funny, that’s quite some list – but at the same time it barely scratches the surface of the stuff I want/need to get painted…

24 thoughts on “December 2020 – Personal Painting Round-Up”

  1. You got about 6x the models painted that I did. I improved on the year before, but I think I spent more time writing than painting while home. Hope 2021 is much better all round for both of us. Gaslands sounds really good… I grabbed a heap of stuff (I think) from the early edition when they released ‘Refuelled’. Playing would be fun (it’s simpler than Car Wars) and reworking matchbox cars would be a fun project.

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    • Yeah, getting a bunch of little tiny guns is something that’s slowed me down if you can believe it! All the 40k guns in my collection come across like cannons at hot wheel scale, though at leat buying the “miniatures” for Gaslands has been cheap. I don’t think there’s much of a difference besides reformatting/errata/clarification between OG Gaslands and Refuelled. (though I could well be wrong!)

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    • Thanks mate! I’ve been forcing myself to get a few of sorts of models done so far this year, along with one that zoomed through. Just a shame they barely sideswipe the goals I listed there!

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  4. Liking the look of your plans for January there, but what about the rest of 2021? 😉 In all seriousness that looks like a fine set of goals to be working towards, I’ve got every faith that no matter what you’ll power through more miniatures than most of us can dream of.

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    • Haha! I’ve gotten a few figures finished in the last week, but I’ve spent a lot of time doing general admin, house stuff and playing with my new Series X over painting. And then after my “I need to finish more Space Marines” mantrta, I’ve completed…. 0 marines. And a dozen or so completely different models…. :/

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  5. It may not have been your biggest roundup, but the quality was worth it, and a huge yearly total you have achieved.
    Great set of goals with lot’s of variety in there to help feel like your not stagnating, the Season of Scenery challenge will be on again in July to help motivate on your scenery projects.

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  9. I can’t even imagine getting all those minis out for a group shot. I’d love to see it but I’d never expect you to do that kind of work! Those goals all sound great to me and I’m looking forward to seeing what you accomplish in the new year 🙂

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  10. Unbelievably huge output in 2020 for any mere mortal, and a good tally for you too. You may have wanted to do more, but I agree that your quality has never wavered. Plus you gave John the heebie jeebies with those milky eyed dudes so that’s extra credit! I believe that working on hobby stuff must equal having fun and that is the point. Keep on keeping on Az, you do rock on.

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    • Thanks Mark. I’ll have to figure out something that John will hate equally this year to get painted up. I’m doing way under the numbers for one-a-day right now but then I haven’t really done much in the way of scatter terrain which usually bulks it out a lot, but I’m (mostly) enbjoying the stuff I am working on so far this year. Just gotta motivate myself to actually post! :p

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