This week I need to finish off Terrainfest which is carrying on from last week. So while I made good progress I have 6 of the buildings left to by Tuesday. They are built and primed so maybe possible.

2 Towers

1 Gateway

6 Buildings

Barrels

If you have an idea or get inspired: how far ahead to you plan your projects or do you just start?

Sometimes years ahead. I tend to have long term projects. For example even before the old world was due to come back I have been building up my old bretonnia army. Picking up models if I see them cheap during the year.

While I do plan out at the start of the year what I want to do often I get distracted by more exciting short term projects. The mordhiem project is a good example of watching some people playing it before it snowballed into a new project.

If there is an event coming (tournament, show, convention) and you’ll be participating as player or giving demos how much work do you put in and how far ahead do you plan?

Typically when entering a tournament if it requires a new army typically about 2 months. So the first month will be background planning, buying the models building them. I like to give myself 4-6 weeks to get them painted. It is always a bit of panic at the end to get finished.

Sudden announcements of thinks happening a year in advance: when do you start saving up?

I allocated a budget each month for “treats”. Treats can be getting coffee out, take away food, day trip out, going for drinks, video games and of course models. So I have to make choices about what I spend the money on. I found it helps me to cut down on take aways, knowing you can get an model rather than a cup of coffee. If I dont spend it all in the month it rolls over.