What a year!
2011 was awesome...so many games, so many models, and plenty of projects to keep a hobbyist busy. Looking back over the last couple of years, it looks like the pattern that's developing is to knock out about two big army projects a year, and then supplement that with plenty of work in other areas.
This last year, the two big armies that got put together were 1) 1st century AD Celtic army (which can double for many different Gallic, Germanic and British armies)...
...and 2) A rather large Cryx army for Warmachine. This shot is of a unit of Mechanithralls; just one component of a project that ran close to seventy figures.
2011 turned out to be a pretty prolific year. I finished over 300 models and got close to putting the finishing touches on a couple of other big armies, like this Early Imperial Roman force...
...and an ever growing Menoth Warmachine army. Ah yes, Prime Severius and his 35 point juggernaut force. Good list!
My army projects seem to focus in on putting together one or more games for MayDay (our local miniatures convention). In 2011 it was the Battle of Sotium. MayDay is a very good driver for this sort of thing.
Some of the painting projects this year leaned towards the big end of the scale. The new battle engines for Warmachine came out this past year, and I did two of them. The Cryx Wraith Engine...
...and the Menoth Vessel of Judgment.
Another big project that got knocked out this year was getting all sorts of paint into dropper bottles. Wound up with more than 800 of these little buggers.
This past year I started posting a number of tutorials. These turned out to be pretty popular on the blog, so I'll continue this trend in 2012. I really enjoyed doing the horses tutorial.
I played lots of games this year, thanks mainly to our lunch time Warmachine group at work, and the Tuesday night Edmonton Wargame Group. Five game systems took up most of my time in 2011, including Warmachine/Hordes, Command & Colors, Conflict of Heroes, the new SAGA (pictured here)...
...and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition, which we use for our Middle-earth-based RPG system.
Well, that was a busy 2011, and 2012 shouldn't be any different. There are already several new projects underway on the hobby table, which I'll be posting on in the coming weeks. Hope you have a great New Year!
'Til next time.
A great year reading your blog. I found your end-of-year wrap up article entertaining with all the photos. Here's hoping you have an even better 2012.
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Great to hear from you, Allan. I think you'll be interested in my next project, which has a WWI theme.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Kevin. Love the SAGA photo and looking forward to the WW1 stuff. Happy Neww Year.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Kevin. I just built a bunch of Warlord EIRs and am looking forward to painting them this week.
ReplyDeleteRoger, thanks...yes, big SAGA fan here. Have a great 2012.
ReplyDeleteBob, love the Warlord EIR figs. Compare them to some other 25/28mm figs you have around, and you'll see that they are sculpted short...just like the Romans of the time! Love it.