To be fair to myself, I did spend a fair bit of time on getting number 14 done - preparing the New Year campaign. I actually did better than that. I ran the campaign too. I'll give myself a medal.
I started chipping away at getting the French SYW flags done. However, that's been on the back-burner for a few weeks now. And I also made good progress on the 6 and 10mm village people, sheep and pack animals. But they're not complete, so that's 4 tasks in an unfinished state. The Puritan side of my mind is nagging me to get it done. But my cavalier side is looking at more interesting things to do. I would rather play with my toys - I enjoyed doing the big campaign deciding battle The Battle of Plauen
In idle moments today and yesterday I've been pondering another Italian campaign (WPS or WAS era) and getting out the craft knife to carve a black-powder era artillery urban fortification ('Vauban fortress' in plainer English). I actually dug up some maps for the Italian campaign on the Royal Collection Trust last night.
Anyway, here's the updated list. Re-ordered so it doesn't look like I've done things out of the correct order.
Tentative Order | Job |
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9 | Flag SYW figures (French priority) |
10 | Paint villagers (6 and 10mm) |
11 | Paint sheep |
12 | Paint pack animals |
13 | Try Alala! |
14 | Try Siege Works rules |
15 | Paint wagons and gun teams |
16 | Decide what to do with SYW odds and sods |
17 | Paint petard crews etc |
18 | Make fortress |
19 | Ottoman painting guide |
20 | Order Irregular Ottoman army |
21 | Paint Ottomans |
22 | Run ECW siege campaign |
23 | Make AWI boats |
24 | Maybe rebase some Romans |
25 | Build & paint sailing ships |
By the way, item 20 is stalled due to them being (temporarily) unavailable on the Irregular website, though I note that the individual components are available.
Very good! Forecast, set expectations, and revise regularly. Interested in seeing an Italian campaign. I expect to see a battle or two from WAS/WPS on my table in ‘26.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Just like work.
DeleteI forgot the other campaign option: the Austrian Netherlands in the WAS. I also downloaded a map for that. Maybe I could do both in parallel? 😀
Chris
I have been looking at Rocoux.
DeleteThat’s a biggie!
DeleteChris
You seem to have done quite a bit Chris.
ReplyDeleteI recently painted some 10mm sheep and just using white contrast paint it didn't take long 😁 so that could be an easy win.
The sheep are an easy win! I just need to sort out the bases
DeleteChris
Lots done and lots to do, l look forward to following your progress…
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
There’s always more to do.
DeleteChris
You've made pretty decent progress Chris, so I wouldn't worry too much. I try to get a balanced mix of painting and gaming in, with the latter trying to drive the former. Most of the time I fail completely after an initial surge of enthusiasm!
ReplyDeleteYou’re right Steve. The great thing is, if it doesn’t get done there won’t be a problem. On the other hand, my puritan side is saying’what snd waste good money!’.
DeleteChris
Some progress made and more to come. Looking forward to your future updates.
ReplyDeleteCheers Richard. I just need some concentrated time in the Kriegskabin to really crack on with things.
DeleteChris
Well done mate, you’re cracking along at a good pace overall. More ambitious projects on the horizon it seems!
ReplyDeleteYeah. Ambitious plans but then the reality of life kicks in 😆. But I’m still going to go for it.
DeleteChris
Good progress on the goals , personally I don’t like too many lists as it stresses me out.
ReplyDeleteAs it’s all voluntary, and achievement of the goals depends solely upon my own efforts, it doesn’t stress me. I’m more perturbed by the absence of a list if I’m conscious there’s a lot of things to do. But it’s horses for courses and I can see differences of feeling are all valid.
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