Early Progress on Hobby Goals

I set some goals to reach this week even though it's not 2017. Better to get an early jump on hobby goals than to sit around and think about them.

This week I got a large terrain piece from the FLGS to paint and I wanted to start building all of the kits I have laying around for my Blood Angel army.

First up, this:

The shop owner saw something similar to this in a White Dwarf and bought all of the kits needed to assemble it. He hands it off to me to base it and paint it. The goal this week was to apply sand and other debris to the base and undercoat it black. As you can see, goal reached.

The other goal this week, since I had to wait for glue to dry, was to assemble all of my Death Company kits. I had four kits total and I wanted to assemble 10 of them with bolt pistols and power swords. The other five I assemble with special weapons and chainswords or bolt pistols.

Mission accomplished again. As you can see, I've got 15 ready to go, Raphen's Death Company from the boxed set and another 8 or so from my original army I built about 15 years ago. Needless to say, I'm good to go on Death Company models.

If you're wondering about the last box, it was an old kit and still had 25mm round bases in it. I'm going to save it for another project, possibly turn them into Vanguard Veterans.

The last week of 2016 was a success! More hobby goals again next week!

Seasons Greetings!

First post just to test things out.

I'm using a blog to hold myself accountable for some wargames projects I want to complete in the year 2017.

First up, I want to complete my 28mm Blood Angels army for Warhammer 40k by Games Workshop.

Second, I want to complete two armies in 6mm for some solo wargaming using a modified version of 3rd Edition Warhammer 40k by Games Workshop.

Third, paint terrain for the FLGS because he pays in store credit which will offset the completion of my Blood Angels army.

Fourth and Fifth, and these are stretch goals here, start a "bad guy" army for Warhammer 40k and develop my own rules system for sci-fi wargames.

So, with all that written out, I've got about a week to really analyze my collection, make some goals, put the goals into list form and get cracking on a productive 2017.