When I started the Sludge project (three years gone) the plan was to give them what I understood to be the trencher vibe. This involved using British WW1 style helmets and gear. I got hold of some helmets but they were too big for what I wanted. Very nice though and exactly the look I was after. I was also after backpacks. What I was looking at was going to cost about £100 just for the backpacks. So I changed the plan to not doing that. The whole production run was significantly cheaper than £100.
Oddly, I now find myself with the urge to do an Atomfall game which would require a some British bits from WW1/2. I nearly put some Sludge minis in the plan for this week. When I do get round to some new units, I should have some spare WW1/2 heads. So I see even more units for Sludge somewhere down the line.
Having done enough to call a project finished (for now at least) makes me feel good. This leaves me open to new projects, which also feels good. Quar, Atomfallish and Stargrave (mk IV I think) are all coming up. This Quar's War is on hold due to release schedules. I have a few things I can do for Atomfall (which isn't technically on hold but I was waiting on The Damned to be delivered and the fact that I need some British Uniform paint) and Stargrave (also on hold pending a release at the end of May) but I have to finish the stuff in the queue painted first.
I guess the real reason for wanting to do Atomfall is the decade long desire to buy and paint a wicker man mini. This is coupled with the excuse to buy a Blue Police Box. I just want one so I can put into pictures, not all of it, but just to hint that it is there.
I haven't been able to finish Atomfall. I get to much motion blur and even vertigo from watching a screen for too long. Games especially. What I have seen has been really good. I think its the vibe It the reminds me of childhood visits to The Lakes as a child in the 1970s. So I think its the next project.
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