Hobby Pledges 2025

[grantinvanman 6249xp 2]

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This is what my Necrons commission paid for. I earned it! But yeah, it’s, uh, a lotta money in plastic. Ironically, I cannot find Howling Banshees, the last unit to add to the pile before I dig in.

[zoidpinhead 12712xp 2]

@lawnor – lovely to see some progress.  Glad it is going well.

@grantinvanman – that’s an impressive pile.  I’ve got a wardrobe full of potential but it isn’t all basically for one army.  Good effort.

Update at this end is that I’m done with the boring real life stuff that was getting in the way of hobby so I’ve made some progress. Falians for the Sláine project:

So my running total for the year is 9/365.  Slow start but things will pick up quickly when I get on to painting in my Spring Clean Challenge project – Bornu-Kanembu

[grantinvanman 6249xp 2]

@zoidpinhead – thanks! Don’t tell anyone, that’s just the largest stack… I have a closet full, as well 🤣👍

I had a 2nd edition Eldar army, so when the new 10th ed came out, I started on release weekend and have just added as supply becomes available. With GW these days, if I don’t grab it when it comes up, re-supply takes months to North America

Lovely work on your projects! Always a treat!

[SirHumphreyRtd 3341xp 2]

Finished the infantry and a cav unit for my Romano British forces and managed to get the last of the Numidian Cavalry done for the Carthaginians.

Romano British Infantry

Numidian Cavalry

[pagan8th 13366xp 2]

One of my pledges for 2025 was to get my homebrew RPG rules into something that makes sense to other people and play a short campaign to see if the rules work.

Well… it makes sense to me… and tonight I’m running it for the first time.

It’s a very abridged rules as skills are just listed rather than described in detail, but every knows what skills do. Some skills are simple checks and others extended. I have a character sheet and character creation sorted. It’s a simple combat system (I want it simple).  I know how fire, poison and other forms of ‘energy’ damage work. It’s a bare bones.

Hopefully it won’t all be negative feedback.

[lawnor]

A quick update on a few points:

1: Paint all the ATO C4 models: DONE

 

2: Finish C4 of ATO: STARTED

 

3: Paint ATO Godforms: STARTED

 

4: Start new campaign game with friends (RE2 and Frosthaven lined up) – DONE

We tried RE2 but it’s not for us. Frosthaven is our new 5 year commitment.  We started it at the weekend and are 3-4 missions in and have our next 2 sessions pencilled in.

 

5: Paint at least as many models as I gain – DONE, for now

I have painted 92 models so far this year, and only 89 have arrived.  So far.  Kingdom Death will be shipping more in July/August, and possibly December.  12 Sins of Herakles and Enormity are both still saying they’ll release at the end of the year but I don’t believe that.  There is always Black Friday, too.  I expect KDM to get some of my money then.

 

 

 

 

• This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by lawnor.

[pagan8th 13366xp 2]

So a week ago I tested one of 2025 pledges… my homebrew RPG. It worked, sort of, but there were so many failures on skill checks that I figured it was too hard.

So last night I converted it to Ubiquity system… and players failed just as much.

Turns out my RPG is not broken, it’s just the players dice rolling. They should never go to Las Vegas.

[Basicbrush 906xp 2]

Managed to keep my rather simple pledge on track so far: reduce my backlog by 20-25% and do weekly paint logs on YT

[lawnor 25976xp 2]

Two more goals complete: Paint all the ATO Godforms, and complete ATO cycle 4

More pics and info.

Final blow of Cycle 4:

[zoidpinhead 12712xp 1]

Half way through the year.  Where did the time go?  I do have some progress to report.  I finished my Spring Clean Challenge for a change.  That, coupled with some enthusiasm around Midgard, has seen me get a decent amount of stuff painted.  As usual I’ve changed my mind about what projects I’m focusing on but that is part of the fun.  Total painted 213/365

How is everyone else getting on?

[144artist 25583xp 1]

Afraid all my goals and pledges are on hold until I finish moving house.  I am hobbying vicariously through you folks right now.

[sundancer 43724xp 1]

Thank Goth I didn’t pledge. My plans are all over the place and I’m not even moving house or anything like that.

[lawnor]

Lets have a look:

Gaming pledges

Start new campaign game with friends (RE2 and Frosthaven lined up) – DONE – tried both, playing Frosthaven
Any 3 of the following solo plays:
A) Finish C4 of ATO – DONE
B) Finish C5 of ATO – Starting this weekend
C) Play a Campaign of KDM, Earthborne Rangers, Stargrave, or Rangers of Shadow Deep etc – Played Stuffed Fables
D) Play a Campaign of KDM, Earthborne Rangers, Stargrave, or Rangers of Shadow Deep etc

—Optional extras

Win Black Knight Campaign – Want to play Gamblers Chest first
Any other small campaigns that arrive

Hobby Pledges

Paint at least as many models as I gain – Currently only 20 models behind after a large KS and 2 big unexpected purchase (Classic Hero Quest, and Pinups of Death 1-5)
If a faction/game starts the year 100% painted it should end the year 100% painted – On Target
Always get it painted before it gets to the table – On Target
Paint any unlocked Frosthaven minis once we start playing (9/(9+?) done) – Keeping Up to Date
Paint ATO gaming Minis ahead of playing with them – Done
Treat KDM pinups and 30mm painters pieces as modular minis.  Once I know what weapons I want them to hold, modify them, then paint them – Already kitbashed my first few at the weekend

—Optional extras

A bust type model for Spring Cleaning Challenge? (Probably not going to happen) – Fail.  My KS delivery got delayed and took over this time slot
Have no unpainted non-modular gaming pieces left by the end of the year, ignoring anything that arrives in December 2025 – On Target – Currently only 6 left, and they’re primed and ready for paint.  KDM is sending more by the end of August though.

• This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by lawnor.
• This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by lawnor.

[SirHumphreyRtd 3341xp 2]

Well finished the cavalry for my Romano British forces Romano British Cavalry and started the Saxons. But I have started a project that I wasn’t planning to do with the Wars of the Roses War of the Roses

[grantinvanman 6249xp 1]

I finally managed to get the two boxes of howling banshees that I wanted. Eldar stack complete!

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