Time flies by when you are having fun!
As you may recall, I tried to divide the year up into
categories. However, this year I tried
to focus it a bit more on genres this year.
I then placed goals within the genre to help guide me through the
year. So, let’s get a break down on each
category and goal.
Period 1- Ancient
Greeks
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I have made some progress with the help of T and T Consulting Solutions. I have integrated my blog in with a
website, Facebook page, and message board.
I have also added a few other tricks and gimmicks. Feel free to join and follow them below.
- Support Page: Support
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Message Board: Board
2. Complete
2 of 3 armies: Corinthians, Spartans, and Macedonians.
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I have made some progress. I painted one more Corinthian Unit, but it
looks…. Not great…..
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I assembled all the Pikeman and Hypaspists for
the Macedonians
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My painting associate has started working on the
Spartans
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Overall, some progress but not enough.
3.
Purchase and paint a box of Victrix Greek
Cavalry- No progress
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I have had issues tracking down 54mm models I
like to be Athena or Artemis as the Gods
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I painted my Argonaut Hero and Herculean
Champion for the Warband.
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I also worked up the warband to rival my Sons of
Spartacus warband
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Have not gotten it on the table yet though.
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I have 1 battle report completed and on the blog
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I do have a nice lighting set-up for
video/photos now
7.
Create a Quick Reference Sheet for Men of Bronze
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I wrote it all up and sent it to Osprey for
their site
Period 2- Diadochi
of Alexander
1.
Complete publishing process
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Things may have gone a bit side ways on that
front, more to come….
2.
Purchase, paint, and base two 6mm successor
armies from Baccus Miniatures
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I have made the purchase and they have arrived!
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I also got a new set of paints to try and do
them justice
3.
Complete painting my Victrix Macedonians including
successor Phalangites, Hypaspists, and Heavy Cavalry
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All infantry assembled and ready to paint.
4.
Purchase and paint a Victrix war elephant- No
progress
5.
Take good photos of the models for Osprey- No
Progress
Period 3- Roarin’
20s
1.
Purchase and paint enough 28mm gangsters for 2
gangs
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Purchased the Copplestone Gangsters from Brigade
Games
- Created two gang lists
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Painted 1 gang completely
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Painted 3 gangsters and undercoated last 3 for a
second gang
2.
Pick-up some 1920’s style farm house
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I picked out the one I will eventually buy, but
have not purchased it yet.
3.
Buy and paint Cthulhu-esque Lurkers from the Reaper
Bones line- No progress
Period 4- Blood
Bowl
1.
Finish painting all of my current teams
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Complete!
2.
Pick-up the Dwarf and Skaven alternate board
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Complete, sort of.
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I bought the winter themed board instead
3.
Pick-up and assemble two more teams to bring me
to 12
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No progress
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I am holding out for Lizzies and Chaos Dwarfs
Period 5-
Napoleonic
3.
Complete a draft version of Mageloque- No Progress!
Period 6-
Frostgrave
1, Purchase and paint enough fantasy models for 3-6
wizard warbands- No Progress
2. Purchase the Maze
of Malcor and Ulterior Motives
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Maze ofMalcor is complete
4.
Build, buy, and create enough terrain for a 3x3
Frozen city board- No progress
Period- Random
Stuff
2.
Keep trying to get 1 new blog post up every 2
weeks- So far so good!
4.
Buy all the Dracula’s
America Books, Last Days, and new Osprey Wargaming Series books that come
out
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I have kept up on the Osprey Wargaming Series
5.
Purchase Gangs
of Rome starter set- No Progress
6.
Start building a Victrix Roman Republic and Samnite
army- No progress!
9.
Sell 1 new game pitch- In Progress!
Some bonus points for painting a few things for Aeronautica Imperialis too!
Some bonus points for painting a few things for Aeronautica Imperialis too!
Conclusion
This year I was incredibly ambitious about what I wanted
to accomplish. Honestly, I think my
plans as written are more of a 3-5 year plan than a single year plan. Last year, I was too conservative and this
year I am too ambitious.
However, good progress has been made. I have painted over 110 + miniatures this
year. At one point, I thought I had
painted everything I had in my lead pile, but I found one undercoated Mark IV
tank for All Quiet on the Martian Front.
Then, a whole slew of Victrix, Copplestone casting, and Baccus came in
to replenish my lead pile.
I have also managed to play about 8 games ranging from Men of Bronze, Strange Aeons, RampantStars, Aeronautica Imperialis, to Blucher. I even got to play on International Tabletop
Game Day. Not too shabby. If I keep this up, I might get in a game a
month or even more!
Oddly, I have had the least amount of progress on the
Game Design front. Typically, this is
one of my most productive areas.
However, I barely managed to get a playable version of Only the Strong Survive into the WIP
section. Despite the slow progress, I
may have made more money of game design this year than previous years thanks to
the publication of Men of Bronze, other
work with Osprey, an article in WSS #102, and Wargame Vault sales. I look
forward to building on this progress as I have had a few projects waiting on
the back burner for some time to work on them involving Carthage, the Wild
West, and Vikings.
Overall, a pretty exciting year so far, but there is no
way I am going to get everything done I have on my list for 2019.
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