2012 Year-End Report
We're back with a record breaking result! In addition to painting, I have
also played more miniature games this year than probably ever before. This is
mostly due to joining (and actually going to) a
local gaming club.
Previously, I've been pretty much the only person really into miniatures
gaming and I had to drag everyone else into it more or less kicking and
screaming. It's a really nice change to play with people who will paint
their own figures and having regular scheduled games motivates me
to do more stuff.
Number of Painted Models
I used to work mostly in 28mm, but this year I did a very sizable 15mm force,
mostly for my Vietnamese but also a few additions to my WWII Americans. As
usual, everything still counts as one. Stuff is divided into the same broad
categories as before. A couple of artillery items got arbitrarily classed as
infantry (I thought about lumping them with vehicles which might make sense
for a howitzer, but a mortar?).
Counted this way, these are the final figures for 2012:
| Infantry | 873 |
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| Cavalry | 9 |
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| Monsters | 2 |
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| Vehicles | 38 |
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| Terrain Items | 189 |
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| TOTAL | 1111 |
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Something in every category, even though monsters are very few and the
cavalry are actually all just pack horses. In case you were wondering, over 500
of the infantry are actually 15mm. Yes, I do feel a little dirty... though
this isn't completely unprecedented, I've done microscale projects before.
Quite a few of the terrain items are from the steam tunnel tile set I did
but the rest of is not just some shrubbery either.
The big ship is counted in the vehicles even though it's really more
terrain.
I also finally finished my "other color" terrain boards so now I have the
typical green boards, reddish "Martian desert" boards and bleak grey
"moonscape" boards. A sandy color would probably have been more useful,
but I don't have any hills to go with it.
I also did maybe 20 buildings of various types and some furniture
and smaller items. But no giant batches of shrubbery.
Work Output
The less I have to use Excel, the happier man I am. Therefore I decided
against doing the graph I've done previously. A quick peek in the database
reveals that I painted on 178 days and actually finished something on
52 days.
Work is pretty evenly spread, discounting July when I was abroad for
most of the month. Activity is slightly sparser during summer
months, but this is also expected. Even though it's not directly
visible, there are relatively few unfinished projects on my
work bench.
Projects
Speaking of projects, I implemented a slightly more formal way to do
painting projects. While the projects page
details these in more detail, here's a short recap of activity in 2012:
- Project V: 15mm forces for a Vietnam game. This was finished
and has seen quite a few games. The forces have grown since a couple
of times.
- Project T: My ancients project. Mostly still trying to
select rules, though I've been slowly building up my Greek armies too.
- Project R: I finished all my 28mm Russians (before I
bought a couple more). Still haven't played with them, though.
- Project S: SAGA starter force and accessories.
I almost finished this. I'm actually just
waiting for my range ruler to arrive to call this done.
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