2018/2019 Hobby Season Roundup

It seems the hobby season is at an end. (The hobby season by the way, is defined by Dave over at 40k Addict. Thanks Dave for continuing to run and support this event.) 

It's been a productive and interesting year for me. I've learned quite a bit and developed as a painter in ways I wouldn't have anticipated. So, what goals did I set last year?

• Complete up to 3000 points of Adeptus Mechanicus/Imperial Knights. I managed to smash this one, bringing the army up to just over 3800 points. Goal completed. You can see most of the collection here.

  

  This has grown somewhat since the photo was taken.

• Paint another Onager Dunecrawler. Goal completed. You can see it here.

  

  I also experimented with new basing techniques.

• Paint another five Skitarii Vanguard. This is an odd one, I didn't paint five Vanguard but instead I painted five Rangers (as seen here). I'm calling this one done.

  

  Wait a second. Those aren't Vanguard!!

• Complete up to 4000 points of Adeptus Mechanicus/Imperial Knights. Another odd one, I didn't technically manage this. However, if I count the 30k Automata which I painted to match the army (using the fan made points values) then I'm well over the 4000 point mark. I'm calling this one done too.

• Build and paint a Cerastus Knight Atropos. Very much no. I haven't even had it out of the box since I first checked the components.

• Build and paint a pair of Kastelan Robots. I built two and painted one, so about 50% done.

• Build and paint a pair of Kastelan Robots. As above, this one is another crushing failure.
• Finish painting Tyranid Heirophant Bio-Titan. A major victory, I got this big beauty done a few months back.

  

  The big bug.

• Finish building and painting 300 points of Infinity Nomads. Nope. I haven't played or painted Infinity this year. That doesn't mean I've fallen out with it and I fully intend to play lots of it in the future.

Stretch goals:

• Make a spreadsheet to track the completion of my Tyranid collection. Done! Perhaps this was an easy win but I'll take it regardless.
• Make some progress with the completion of said Tyranids. (Preferably paint more troops.) Another major victory, I painted a huge batch of Tyranid troops recently which gave me a fun, playable army.

  

  Quick and nasty. But fun to play with.

• Play some games of Infinity with fully painted forces. Nope. Haven't played Infinity this year.
• Get a better grip on the rules for Infinity. Obviously, also no.
• Paint my Forgeworld Mechanicum Thanatar Siege Automata. Done! I was very pleased to get this finished and I think she looks great.

  

  I love these 30k robots.

• Finish building and painting Mechanicum Vultarax Stratos Automata. Same as above, this was a really enjoyable project and I'm very happy with it.

  

  Such a cool model.

• Paint my Necromunda Goliath gang. No. I haven't worked on my Goliaths, but I feel a Necromunda session coming on in the near future.

And where does that leave us? Well, I think I'm going to scrap a lot of the leftover goals from last season and start afresh. Nothing like wiping the slate clean (sort of). So, without further ado, my 2019/2020 hobby goals are:

• Paint five Skitarii Vanguard.
• Paint five Fulgurite Electropriests.
• Paint my Necromunda Goliath gang.
• Build and paint a Cerastus Knight Atropos.
• Paint a tech-priest Manipulus.
• Paint some more 30k robots.
• Attend College of Artisans at Warhammer World again.
• Complete the Acastus Knight Porphyrion which I began painting this year.
• Paint at least one Black Templar model and one Imperial assassin.

I think that will do to start with. I'm sure I will wander from project to project and have some surprising things come up that I can't currently anticipate. Here's hoping for another year of fun hobbying and gaming!

2018/2019 Hobby Season - To do list

This is new territory for me. I have been vaguely aware of 40k Addict for some time and the annual setting of hobby goals for the season. Well, this time around I've decided to play too.


The concept here is to make a 'to do' list for the coming hobby season (August to August for some reason) and give yourself a big old tick in the form of a delightful stamp when you get something done.

Delightful

I've been tracking the progress of my Adeptus Mechanicus army over the past year or so using an Excel spreadsheet and I've found it enormously motivating. I'm going to continue with this and hopefully add in some miniatures from some other 40k armies and other game systems.


So without further ado, let's see what's going on the list:

1. Complete up to 3000 points of Adeptus Mechanicus/Imperial Knights.
• Paint another Onager Dunecrawler.
• Paint another five Skitarii Vanguard.
2. Complete up to 4000 points of Adeptus Mechanicus/Imperial Knights.
• Build and paint a Cerastus Knight Atropos.
• Build and paint a pair of Kastelan Robots.
• Build and paint a pair of Kastelan Robots.
3. Finish painting Tyranid Heirophant Bio-Titan.
4. Finish building and painting 300 points of Infinity Nomads.

I think that's a reasonable basis to start from. I'm going to consider these my core goals for the year and add some stretch goals below:

1. Make a spreadsheet to track the completion of my Tyranid collection.
2. Make some progress with the completion of said Tyranids. (Preferably paint more troops.)
3. Play some games of Infinity with fully painted forces.
4. Get a better grip on the rules for Infinity.
5. Paint my Forgeworld Mechanicum Thanatar Siege Automata.
6. Finish building and painting Mechanicum Vultarax Stratos Automata.
7. Paint my Necromunda Goliath gang.

These goals are a bit more wooly in places and will hopefully firm up if I make any progress towards them. Infinity is a game system that I've really enjoyed but haven't played very much. I'd like to remedy that and get a good few games in this year. Necromunda falls much in the same boat; I haven't played it much but it's a lot of fun.


The couple of Mechanicum bits I have are beautiful models but they currently have no official rules in 40k which kills the motivation somewhat. I still hope to paint them soon though.


So there you have it. A year's worth of hobby progress goals. I'm bound to get sidetracked along the way somewhere (which can have it's own rewards) but I'd be thrilled if I could get to the end of this little lot by next August. Only time, and this blog, will tell.