The End is Nigh!
The End of the Year That Is!
2019 is over, and with it the end of the Teens? I have no idea what historians and marketers
will call this period of time, but I am sure it will have nothing to do with
wargaming. Twenty-Teens maybe? Anyway, it is hard to imagine that we are
going into the year 2020. I remember
when all post-apoc and sci-fi movies took place in the distant year of
2020! I remember when CyberPunk2020 was
a thing! Time passes and there is no going back.
The end of the year means it is time to look back at the goals of 2019 and see how things went. I was very ambitious this year. Unlike previous years, I wanted to break up
my goals differently. This time, I tried
to break them up by period instead of buying, painting, playing, and
designing. A different feel, and we
shall see how successful it was.
Period 1- Ancient
Greeks
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Complete!
Full points!
2.
Complete 2 of 3 Armies: Corinthians, Spartans,
and Macedonians
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Partial Points!
I painted up 1 unit of Corinthians and some Psiloi to round out some
troops. I also finished my Macedonian army for the Battle of Charoneae in the Men of Bronze rulebook.
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Not started. No progress
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Not Started.
No Progress
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Could not find suitable Goddess models for Athena
or Artemis. However, the Greek Odyssey
from Reaper Bones looked promising for other models.
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Complete!
Full Points!
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Partial Points
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I also got better lighting and set-up for
pictures and video, but have not really got a chance to use them yet.
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Complete!
Full points!
Period 2- Diadochi
of Alexander
1.
Complete publishing process
2.
Purchase Paint, and base two 6mm successor
armies from Baccus
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Partial points.
I purchased them…..
3.
Complete painting my Victrix Macedonians
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Fullpoints!
4.
Purchase and paint a War Elephant from Victrix
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Not started.
No Progress.
5.
Take good photos for Osprey Games
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Partial points.
My editors have sourced pictures without me!
Period 3- Roarin’
20’s
1.
Purchase and paint enough gangsters for 2 gangs
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Complete!
Full points!
2.
Pick-up a 1920’s style farm house
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Not started.
No progress
3.
Buy and Paint Cthulhu-esque lurkers
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Not started No Progress
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No Progress
Period 4- Blood
Bowl
1.
Finish painting all of my current teams.
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Complete!
Full points!
2.
Pick-up the Dwarf and Skaven alternate board
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Complete!
Full Points
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Bonus Points!-Also got the winter themed board
3.
Pick-up assemble and paint two more teams
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Not started.
No progress
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I wanted Lizzies and Chaos Dwarfs. Only Lizzies are out to buy.
Period 5-
Napoleonic
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Complete! Full Points
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Complete!
Full Points!
3.
Complete a draft version of Mageloque
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No progress
Period 6-
Frostgrave
1.
Purchase and paint enough fantasy models for 3-6
wizard warbands
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Not started, no progress
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Complete!
Full Points!
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Bonus Points! Also picked up Ghost Archipelago
3.
Build, Buy, and create enough terrain for a 3X3
Frozen city board
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Partial points.
Have a table cover, snow, and lots of trees
Period- Random
Stuff
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Complete!
Full Points
2.
Post 1 new blog post a week!
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Complete! Full points!
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Not started, No Progress
4.
Buy all Dracula’s
America, Last Days, and the Osprey Wargaming Books that come out
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Complete!
Full Points!
5.
Purchase the gangs of Rome starter set
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No Progress, not started
6.
Start building a Victrix Roman and Samnite Army
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No Progress, Not Started
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Sourced photos from a vendor
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Complete!
Full Points!
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Bonus Points! Also played Battle for the Depths
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Not started, no progress!
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Sourced photos from a vendor
9.
Sell 1 new game pitch!
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Complete!
Full Points
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Sold two game pitches to Osprey!
Bonus Points!
1.
Painted 4 Zeppelins from Dystopian Wars for
various games
2.
Painted my Inquisitor Retinue for various games
3. Painted
a MKIV Steam Tank for All Quiet on theMartian Front
6.
Added four new Army Lists and three new historical
scenarios to the blog for Men of Bronze! Thessaly,
Pre-Reform Macedonia, Sicilian Greeks, and Carthaginians.
7.
Managed to Play the following games:
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Blucher
Conclusion
This year was incredibly ambitious! I think I made a list long enough to last me
5 years, but I gave it the old College try! I gave up half way through…. J
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15 Completed with Full Points
- 4 Partial Points
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11 Not Started or with No Progress
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12 Bonus Points Items
Not bad! I completed
more than I did not start, and got an equal amount of bonus objectives
completed. Not too shabby for a year
full of craziness in my personal and professional life. I started last year very strong, and that
helped propel me through for a successful year overall.
This year, I painted over 160+ miniatures this year! I think that could be a record for me. This included all my Blood Bowl teams, a lot
of Greeks, some Gangsters, and some assorted odds and ends. Typically, painting is my weakest
category! I thought I was completely out
of things to paint, but I found an unpainted MK IV Steam Tank in my
cabinet. That saved me as while I was
working on it; new models arrived before I finished it. That was close. I almost died this year!
Frostgrave was
probably my biggest “Bust” for this year.
I made an effort to get my friends and family to buy into giving the
game a try but I ultimately failed. I
was sure the female boxed sets for warriors and wizards would snag some of
them, but it did not. Therefore, I do
not think it will make the list again for next year. In addition, with the two books from Osprey
on the horizon I imagine that it might be a more Ancient historical focused
year of painting and playing.
Regarding the format of this year’s Goals and Objectives,
it was fun to try out something different.
However, I think I am going to go back to the categories. It allows me a bit more freedom to evolve over
the course of the season as my group changes, my personal tastes change, new
stuff comes out, games die, or other things come to my attention.
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