End Of The Week - Disaster

Firstly I would like to blame everyone else. This is not remotely fair on the rest of the world. It's all on me. It's not that I haven't tried. I do hate the word try. This is the first time this year that I have failed to finish my ten mini goal.

I've spent a bit more time with my daughter than usual and another two days doing stuff with family. Then I have had car issues. And phone issues. It's also the week that I decided to work on my hex terrain, after watching the materials gather dust for six months. To finish everything off there was oblivion. Throw in some massive migraines and I am where I am.

The bench had twenty minis to work on this week. For the most part they all have a base coat. It's a few more hours work and I should be there. To be honest I could depend on the power of contrast paint and call about half of them done. That would be cheating though.

Despite falling to make my target, I am quite sanguine about it. I am close to finishing them. I dare say that I will finish these and whatever next week brings.

Family And The Start Of The Week

Yes this is Tuesday, so not really the start of anything. But, well , you know, Easter etc. I have no excuse. But I am doing all this stuff for me.

A good chunk of my day was spent with family. Then there was the bit with Oblivion. Then there was the bit at the bench. It was the family stuff that I enjoyed the most. I am beginning to question where I am in a good way.

Painting wise I haven't got that much done. I did do some priming done. As I haven't got the riders done yet, and the riders need to have a duplicated colour scheme on their foot counterparts yet, decided to take what I could, the horses and the foot figures without mounts, and combined them with stuff already on the bench. 

It's only Tuesday and I am already thinking about the end of the week and weather I will get there.  This week is another broad range of minis. I am trying to prioritise the stuff I have purchased this year. So stuff from Salute and York are front and centre. There is a Stargrave mini in there that is several years old and a couple of super hero minis I got at the same time. Ish. Maybe. So probably seven or so years ago. About eight from York and the same again from London. 

Remember

I know today the news has been dominated by a death. Much more important than the one I am thinking about today. Although a confirmed atheists it's not good news. Despite the Pope's last meeting being with JD Vance and me hoping he works that magic when he gets home, the day goes on.

I am pretty sure she would be critiquing my work.

Today, for me at least, is all about my mum. If waster Sunday is about someone coming back from the dead, Easter Monday is about death. Today more so than usual. I've lost count of the years now. Her death was technically on the 13th but in the year she passed, the 13th was Easter Monday and this is the day I chose to remember. So as I watch my daughter play with the slime she got with her Easter kittycorn (no......just really don't ask) I am thinking about my mum.

There isn't much to say really. I miss her every day. My dad too. I wish they were here with me. But they are not. So I get on with it. Life is for the living. Time is the only commodity worth having. And little metal and plastic men.

End Of The Week - Happy Zombie Jesus Day (20)

Happy Easter. Hope it was a good one. It's been a busy day for me but tomorrow is looking like the day I will remember. For good and ill. A story for another day perhaps. I've spent a lot of time with my daughter this week and I have had some happy days.

So I hit the target for the week. And then some. There were a few "in progress" minis in there. Other than the Stargrave stuff, everything else has been in the queue for less than a year. The end result is I did a bit better than I had planned. Keeping on the path to my first year of painting a thousand minis.

I sorted out the details on the bases from last week. Then I have managed to prep the stuff from Salute. If I can get round to priming them, some of them will be in the queue for next week. I think the plan is to finish these over the next two weeks. Despite the Easter holidays being over, this is still looking like a busy week. Twenty minis is about right. I suppose I could push it a bit.

One of my many plans was to have mounted and dismounted characters. So this is part of the process. There are two lots of five or six of these and I will throw in some more foot dark age/fantasy minis to bring the total up to twenty. 

The plan after that is Atomfall. In part I am delaying this in the hopes that Wargames Atlantic will begin shipping The Damned. I can sense the stress that will fall upon me when I have to put all that plastic together. There are a few more purchases to make anyway so it is a ways off. If I get the minis done, I will buy the vehicles I want and work on some terrain.

On top of all of this I have been putting off the next phase of the hex terrain. The MDF bases are done, they just need to be glued to the foam. The foam has now been hanging around long enough to gather a substantial amount of dust. I can see me tinkering with that too.

Good Days

Another day with my daughter and I am feeling a little bit of bliss. Once she has hit the inevitable wall, and she is safely asleep, I do some tidying up and then on to some painting. I am exhausted but this settles my mind. It's now gone midnight and I should be in bed.

Not quite got a first coat on everything yet but I imagine I am fairly close. If I can get that done by close of play Friday I will be in a good place. Most are still a bit blobby but I am getting there.

Somewhere along the way a few more minis have been added. If I have extra paint on the pallete I might as well use it. I have no expectations of getting them finished this week, but you never know. 

Time to check on my daughter, make sure she is safe, give her a kiss on her head and tell her I love her.

Start Of The Week - Mixing It Up

After the purchases at the weekend I wanted to paint the new minis. They are ssssoooooo shiny. As I have been too busy to prime them today, and stand no chance of priming them during daylight hours this week, I am back to the queue. 

This means it is a mixture of minis. Some of which I got at Salute the last time I went, which was 2019. Five of the fifteen are stuff I purchased at York earlier this year.A few dark age minis, some fantasy, four post-apocalyptic types, three modern ish spy-fi minis and a couple for Stargrave. 

Aside from the dark age and fantasy stuff, I have no real plan for the others, so are just for funsies. In fairness, whilst there is a plan, the fantasy stuff is way off. I should really have a plan. I used to say failing to plan is planning to fail. Now I say failing to plan saves me about thirty minutes a day.

End Of The Week - Its Been A Hard One (16) (+32)

My plan for the week was for fifteen minis. Which, under the circumstances, was a big ask. I managed sixteen. I am saying that they are done. The bases need some work but they need a few shields and a couple of weapons.

I got some stuff from Salute. A long story. A long day yesterday. More of that another time. One of the things I have always wanted to do is have some mounted characters and dismounted counterparts. I have a few, now I have a few more. Then there are a few militant clerics and some minis that will also end up as dark age clerics.

As for next week I haven't made up my mind yet. It's going to be another busy week. I think I am going to find the time for painting although I am not sure it will happen. In the end I will probably pick out another fifteen but I will be happy if I get to ten. I might even find the time to tinker a bit more with this week's work.