So it's 2020. How by the Emperor did that happen? I remember thinking we'd all be driving flying cars and eating nutrient paste by 2020! I feel robbed!!
I struggled to keep up with this blog last year. There was always something else I needed to do, not enough time to write a post, to upload a picture. I'm not going to pretend that I'll do better this year- I probably won't and I don't want to disappoint myself!
What I did achieve last year was not actually too bad, though well short of what I aimed for...
- I didn't want to spend more than £50 on miniatures. This I achieved, just, excluding birthday and Christmas money. As always I struggled with being a hobby butterfly and kept wanting to start a new project. I lost track of the number of times I popped on eBay to have a look for "good deals" on models I really don't need... By and large though I achieved this one.
- I wanted to finish two full armies, which I said would be 1500 points of Deathwatch and at least 2000 points of my Death Guard. Well, the Deathwatch were completed, and in good time. There was something about them that really fired my creative juices. After the Deathwatch I lost a bit of hobby mojo and struggled through two Necromunda gangs, and then got pulled into finally finishing my Word Bearers- who are still a work in progress till this day- though they are ALMOST done...
As it stands, only one Death Guard has been painted 😏 I can't say I achieved the two full armies, but the Word Bearers are so so close!
- I wanted to play at least 12 games..... I played one solitary game of Necromunda....which I lost convincingly....
- I wanted to continue introducing my eldest daughter- now 5- to the hobby. She did a little painting in the first half of the year, and in the second half of the year she and I have played three introductory games using (very!) stripped down rules (oh can I count those as games played for 3???) She's certainly still interested, and is quite regularly asking when we can play again- I really need to find the time! She has also shown an interest in Age of Sigmar, so I have a couple of copies of the first issue Mortal Realms ordered- she likes the "ghosts" so I guess I'm going Stormcast 😂 I count that as achieved!
So yeah, not a bad showing- 2.5 out of 4.
Going into 2020, I'm hoping for much of the same.
- Don't spend money on models! I have some Christmas money to spend (most likely going on some Primaris reinforcement for my Dark Angels) but outside that I'm going to try and keep my expenditure under £50 again.
- Finish more armies! It would be easy for me to include the Word Bearers on this, but I have literally 2 models to finish it would be a bit disingenuous... So I'm going to say I want to finish(and start) my Death Guard, along with paint my Blackstone Fortress set, my Delaque and at least start on my Primaris.
- Play games! Seriously, I need to play games. It's not even funny...
- Teach my daughter more of the rules, and encourage her to paint her "ghosts" for Age of Sigmar. I'm not going full in with Mortal Realms- I don't want to add MORE projects to the list, but I want to pick up enough issues to let K build herself a small army- I have old Chaos Warriors in the attic I can always use against her.
- One thing I did hobbywise in 2019 was take part in the Hohohobbyvices secret santa. For those that don't know, this is a initiative run largely over Instagram where hobbyists all around the world exchange gifts. I had great fun preparing the parcel for my recipient and the present I received was amazing, so this is definitely something I want to do again next year.
- In my last post I mentioned a general disillusionment with GW. While this has passed to an extent I am still keen to diversify. To that end I invested some birthday money on the Flames of War "Hit the Beach" starter set. It's a great box filled with two almost complete armies, which I will hopefully get started on soon... The Death Guard must come first however!!
Achievable? Definitely! Likely to be achieved? ....well anything is possible I guess....
Happy New Year all, sláinte mhath!
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