Monthly Archives: December 2024

2025 Resolutions

My last post looked at how I did in 2024. Now, what can I do in 2025?

For one thing, I want my goals to be more direct.

Projects that will be done this year
The following projects are with various painters or will be with them.

  1. Lumineth Realm Lords
  2. French Bolt Action
  3. Death Korps of Kreig

Building Goals

  1. Eliminate all the piles of shame. I did most of this last year, but getting rid of it would be huge.


Army Goals
1. Paint AOS Ossiarch Bonereapers (I own every AOS faction; less than half have paint)
2. Paint a 40k army. (Potentially more Tyrnaids, leagues of Votaan, and dark Eldar are also options for 3,500 points)
3. Paint a 15mm Byzantine force. (my next campaign idea is Wars of Justinian following Belisarius)
4. 5 Small groups (Harry Potter, MCP, Kill Team, Warcry, Necromunda, Malifauxe, Bloodbowl)
5. Paint a Fantasy Army (leaning towards high elves, could do Skaven 3,500 points)
6. Paint a Battlefleet Gothic Fleet. (ad mech most likely 5,000 points)
7. Paint a Middle Earth army 1k points

Terrain Goals
1. Inventory Terrain
2. Properly Store Kallistra
3. Paint my Industrial Complex Terrain

Game Goals
1. 26 games throughout the year, battle report worthy. These can be home games or public games
2. Pick up a new game system, One Page Rules seems likely, so does Mortem et Glorium

Skill Goals
1. Paint brighter colors
2. Try new paint techniques, went blending in particular
3. Inventory some forces (an entire game system first would be good)
4. Complete and publish a ruleset or campaign.

2024 Year in Review

Wow, has it really been 2 months since I posted last. I have not been idle. Just lazy on the writing front. Sometimes, I think I get anxious about not doing what I am supposed to have done, and then I fall further behind. I will make several posts showcasing my accomplishments over the last two months. A half a dozen games and a fully painted Tyrranid list.

My resolutions for 2024 were;

  1. Complete Horus Heresey Word Bearers Army
  2.  Complete through scenario 15 of the Stalingrad campaign
  3.  Complete a Warhammer Fantasy Army, either high elves or Beastmen
  4.  Inventory my terrain
  5.  Spend less money and focus more on 3d printing
  6.  Paint 6 Skirmish forces, either Warcry, Necromunda, Carnivale, Malifauxe, Kill Team, etc. 6 of them.
  7.  100 Blog Posts

I completed the Word Bearers Army with 3500+ points. I still have quite a bit of work to do. I need two more Terminator squads, another couple of dreadnaughts, and new tanks.

I did not even get close to scenario 15. In fact, I only got to 5. I gave up on this as, quite frankly, I just got bored with it. As a plus, I painted 2k points of Soviets and 1500 points of Germans.

I completed a fantasy army, which consisted of the dwarves rather than the high elves, but it was completed.

My terrain was inventoried, kinda, no, not really, I did look at what I have.

However, I did spend less money; I did not do more 3d printing. This year should be better for 3d printing. I am getting much better at it, and the new printer is fantastic. I need to do a review.

I painted 4 skirmish forces. One Blood Bowl Team, One Marvel Crisis Protocol Group, 10ish Harry Potter Figures, and One Warcry Warband.

100 Blog Posts, 33%, are not good but not bad. Considering there were 4 months with zero posts. It seems a weekly post would be more effective.

Other Things
Complete the Black Seas ships (thank you, Kevin Bush)
Completed armies for the 100 Years war
Completed Mancrusher Gargants

How to improve;

I was actually more successful than I thought I would be. The thought this weekend of completing the review was it would be abysmal. Instead, I was a little encouraged.

Review My Goals
It seems like I tend to get bored quickly with a project. The Stalingrad project, for example, was exciting for a few weeks, then a chore for a few more weeks, then a burden. Hobbying should never be a burden. If I had looked at the list of hobby goals, I would have grabbed a Kill-Team, Warband, or other item and given myself a break.

Understanding Limits
I just don’t get enough hobbying done in a week to get enough content for two posts. I may do one battle every two weeks and complete one or two units every two weeks. People don’t care much about my thoughts, but I could review more products. This year, 50 posts seem more reasonable.

Also, to understand my limits, I must understand my attention span. I have three rulesets I have been working on for various games and a dozen campaign and army ideas; traversing from one to another will be necessary.

Have Fun

This hobby should not be a chore or a burden. If I am not having fun, do something enjoyable.

Until 2025.