An attempt to clear a hobby backlog IV (2016).

[Tawa]

Key:
Unopened.
New Addition.
Assembled.
In Progress.
Complete.
Boxed Away.

Warhammer 40,000
Chimera.
Leman Russ Demolisher.
Leman Russ Demolisher.
Cadian Battleforce.
Cadin Heavy Weapon Squad.
Cadian Squad.
Cadian Platoon.
2ed Long Fang Squad.
2ed Blood Claw Squad.
2ed Grey Hunter Squad.
Land Speeder. Sold.
Land Speeder. Sold.
Tactical Squad.
Tactical Squad.
Terminator Squad.
Assault Squad.
Land Raider. Sold.
Land Raider Crusader.
Mk1 Whirlwind.
Mk1 Whirlwind.
Mk1 Predator.
Razorback.
Rhino. Sold.
Tech-Marine.
Bike Squadron.
Bike Squadron.

CSM Bike Squadron.
CSM Terminator Squad.
Chosen Squad.
CSM Squad.
Berzerker Squad.
Cultist Squad.+ 11
Cultist Squad (21).
Mk3 Predator.
Typhus.
Daemon Prince.
Plague Marines.
Plague Marines.
Possessed CSM Squad.
CSM Squad.
CSM Rhino.
Heldrake.
MaulerFiend.
DV Helbrute.

Necron Lord.
Warrior Squad.
Warrior Squad.

Ork Boyz (10)

Necromunda.
Escher Gang.
Delaque Gang.
Orlock Gang.


Privateer Press.
Mariner Warjack.*
Buccaneer Warjack.*
Buccaneer Warjack.*
Sea Dog Rifleman.*
Sea Dog Rifleman.*

Peter Pig.
15mm ECW Scots Covenanter Regiment of Foote (11 /19)
15mm ECW Scots Covenanter Regiment of Foote (19).
15mm ECW Scots Covenanter Regiment of Lancers (6).
15mm ECW Scots Covenanter General.
15mm Wild West Outlaw Gang. (1/9).*
15mm Wild West Store.*
15mm Pirate Officers (.
15mm Pirates with pistols (.
15mm Pirates with swords (.
15mm Pirate ships (2).


Pendraken.
Regiment of Horse (0/14).*
Regiment of Horse (0/14).*
Regiment of Foote (0/30).*
Regiment of Foote (0/30).*
Foote Command (0/3).*
Warband High Elf Command (0/5).*
Warband High Elf Warriors (0/25).*
Warband High Elf Warriors (0/25).*
Warband High Elf Archers (0/25).*
Warband High Elf Knights (0/12).*

Dystopian Wars.
Empire of the Blazing Sun.
Honshu Cruisers (3).
Wani Forward Deployment Base (1).

Federated States of America.
Liberty-class Heavy Battleship (1).
Boston-class Submarine (1).
Boston-class Submarine - Submerged (1).
Turtle-class Assault Submarines (6).
Georgetown-class Cruisers (3).
Augusta-class Frigates (4).
Revere-class Corvettes (5).
Support Air Wings (5).

Warlord Games.
Bolt Action.
Imperial Japanese Army Suicide AT Team (1).*
Imperial Japanese Army Suicide AT Team (1).*
Imperial Japanese Army Medium Machinegun Team (3).*
Imperial Japanese Army Grenadier Squad (12)*[
Imperial Japanese Army Sniper Team (2).
Imperial Japanese Army Flamethrower Team (2).*
Wehrmacht Blitzkrieg Infantry (30).
Wehrmacht Blitzkrieg HQ (3).
Wehrmacht Blitzkrieg Medic (1).

Books.
Churchill's Navy*
The Battle of Britain
Hornet Flight
Tank Warfare
Berlin
Stalingrad
Death on a Distant Frontier
Victory in the Falklands
Monty's Iron Sides
The Battle for Singapore
Christmas Truce
Cockleshell Heroes
The Dam Busters
Das Reich
The Greatest Raid of All
1918
Trench Warfare
The Western Front
They Have Their Exits
The Wooden Horse
Moonless Night
Fighter Boys
First Light
Under The Wire
Armageddon
The Hitler Book
Auschwitz
The Nazis
Churchill
Surviving the Sword
Forgotten Voices of the Great War
Forgotten Voices of the Second World War
Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust
The Thin Red Line
Monte Cassino
Bomber Crew
Spitfire: Flying Legend
A Life in Secrets
National Service
Voices of Valour
The World at War
Journal
The Hardest Day
The Battle of Britain
Bomber Boys 1940-45
Five of the Few
Five of the Many
Victory Fighters
Nuremburg: Evil on Trial
The Last Days of the Reich.
Weapons of WWII
Land Girls and their Impact
In The Bunker With Hitler
Invasion 1940
Bomber Boys 1942-45
Victory Fighters
Commandant of Auschwitz
Warhammer: Chaos Child
Warhammer: Storm Warriors
D-Day
The Victors
Citizen Soldiers
The Three Musketeers
Horus Heresy: The Mark of Calth.*
Horus Heresy: Vulkan Lives!*
Horus Heresy: The Unremembered Empire.*
Horus Heresy: Scars.*
SMB: Death of Integrity*
SMB: Malodrax*
Pariah.
Dark Disciple
Dark Creed
Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War 1874-1945
Barefoot Soldier
Front-page WW2.
The Third Reich at War
Life in a Spitfire Squadron
The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill*
Lost Voices of the Royal Navy
With The Old Breed*
Helmet For My Pillow*
The Pacific*
Squaddie.
Beyond Band Of Brothers.
The English Civil War.
Hellfire
Pathfinders.
A Clash of Kings.
A Storm of Swords: Steel & Snow.
A Storm of Swords: Blood & Gold.
A Feast for Crows.
A Dance with Dragons: Dreams & Dust.
A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast.
General Sir Richard Dannatt; Leading From The Front.
The Kings Spy
My friend the mercenary
Snuff
Mrs Browns Family Handbook
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Phantom of Menace.
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Clone Army Attacketh.
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge.
William Shakespeare's Star Wars,: Verily, A New Hope.
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Empire Striketh Back.
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Jedi Doth Return.
The New Enemy.
War Torn 1.
War Torn 2.
Killers of the King.
Black Hearts.
Dunkirk: Fight to the last man.
Churchill's Secret Warriors.
The Quintinshill Conspiracy.
The English Civil Wars 1640-1660.
Voices from the Napoleonic Wars.
Helmand: Diaries of frontline soldiers.
Brothers Fury.*
Commando to Captain-General: The Life of Brigadier Peter Young*
Tales by Japanese Soldiers.*
Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Code.
Luftwaffe Fighter Ace.
Blood Red Snow.
Maverick One.
The Tank War: 5th RTR.
Das Boot.
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Hobby objectives: 2016.
1. WarMachine Mercenaries: 15pts.
2. Bolt Action Imperial Japanese Army: 1000pts.
3. Warband High Elves: 500pts.
4. Warband Humans: 500pts.

[Techno]

You could have painted an army in the time it took you to plonk that list out !   

Cheers - Phil 

[jimduncanuk]

My wargaming buddy died in November 2013.

With the agreement of his family I took all his hobby stuff away to sell for charity.

It took 14 carloads, boot, backseat, front passenger seat, floor to ceiling to get it all home.

The painted stuff was sold fairly easily, two 2000 point Warmaster armies, very large Warhammer EPIC army, dozens of Warhammer units, two large 10mm WW2 armies, fifty cowboys, over 100 books, dozens of role playing figures, fantasy and sci-fi, lots of terrain.

Then there was the unfinished and unstarted stuff, I finished it all, took about 2 years.

That pretty well cleared his backlog although I have a few bits and pieces left.

I raised about £10,000 for charity most of which went to Combat Stress but some went to a few other charities.

I am now trying to clear my own backlog. However I am older than my mate was, been collecting longer and I'm still buying stuff and I already have more than he had. If I stopped buying now (unlikely) it would probably take me 3 years to finish what I've got.

I don't think I'll ever clear my backlog.

[Roy]

Not that I've re-invented the wheel but, I've found a brilliant, time-saving solution (thanks Skywalker!)

Star Wars X-Wing. Pre-painted miniatures. Buy it. Unpackage it. Play it. And loads of people around me play it, so I'm hoping to really get back into the swing of regularly playing games.

Went into my local board game and collectable card game hobby store today, they sell X-Wing, and I've been told to pop back and join in with games with them when I've the time.

Of course, none of the above will help me to clear my wargaming backlog 

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Tawa

Can I interest you in some 'as-new' Peter Pig old west buildings? Church/2x stores/lean-to building?

I bought them with the intention to do DMH in 15mm, but I've ended up doing it in 28mm instead. 

Sorry, for possibly helping to increase your hobby backlog 

[d_Guy]

Tawa,
You are to be commended for your zeal and organizational abilities. Whenever I attempt something like this my eyes glaze over and I wake up two hours later face down in a puddle of drool.

[petercooman]

Not that I've re-invented the wheel but, I've found a brilliant, time-saving solution (thanks Skywalker!)

Star Wars X-Wing. Pre-painted miniatures. Buy it. Unpackage it. Play it. And loads of people around me play it, so I'm hoping to really get back into the swing of regularly playing games.

Went into my local board game and collectable card game hobby store today, they sell X-Wing, and I've been told to pop back and join in with games with them when I've the time.

Of course, none of the above will help me to clear my wargaming backlog 

I do the same thing!

I always tell myself to not buy anything new to work on untill i have finished something. If i haven't painted anything in a few months, and i have some cash to spare, i just buy some x wing stuff or axis and allies: war at sea wich is also pre painted. That way i don't add to the to do pile, and still get new toys to play with 

[Tawa]

Tawa,
You are to be commended for your zeal and organizational abilities. Whenever I attempt something like this my eyes glaze over and I wake up two hours later face down in a puddle of drool.

I woke up. Face down in a lake of dribble. I only just made it to the match....... 

Not that I've re-invented the wheel but, I've found a brilliant, time-saving solution (thanks Skywalker!)

Star Wars X-Wing. Pre-painted miniatures. Buy it. Unpackage it. Play it. And loads of people around me play it, so I'm hoping to really get back into the swing of regularly playing games.

Went into my local board game and collectable card game hobby store today, they sell X-Wing, and I've been told to pop back and join in with games with them when I've the time.

Of course, none of the above will help me to clear my wargaming backlog 

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Tawa

Can I interest you in some 'as-new' Peter Pig old west buildings? Church/2x stores/lean-to building?

I bought them with the intention to do DMH in 15mm, but I've ended up doing it in 28mm instead. 

Sorry, for possibly helping to increase your hobby backlog 

I play X-Wing a hell of a lot  'kin love it! 
I might well be interested in said building as I only have the one Store atm...... 

[Westmarcher]

I raised about £10,000 for charity most of which went to Combat Stress but some went to a few other charities.

Meant to say before, Jim. What you do is magnificent. 

[jimduncanuk]

Meant to say before, Jim. What you do is magnificent. 

Thanks

Will probably wind it up this year as it doesn't half get in the way of a normal life.

[Tawa]

So with the completion of 1,000pts of IJA for Bolt Action, I've now moved on to a Blitzkrieg German HQ for the same. I have also just undercoated my High Elf Knights as I'll be getting onto my Warband stuff now. 

[Leman]

You could have painted an army in the time it took you to plonk that list out !   

Cheers - Phil 

That was exactly my first thought

[Tawa]

Alas, I have noticed I can't edit the original post. 

[Obsidian23]

Hi all,

I can relate to this topic.  I have like most of us the lead mountain and it has been growing steadily over the past 4 years, more so than usual.  Everything from Flames, Bolt Action, SAGA etc etc etc.  Just before Christmas some of my local Flames gamers decided they wanted to get into something different, like Black powder.  I love the napoleonic period so I said yes lets do Naps!
So it was decided.  I had a month off coming in December after a busy year. So on the 26th of December I pulled out my draw of British and Portuguese Naps and started work..  I found a few battles, put together some Brigades and Division structures.  I picked up the paint brush on the evening of the 27th of December and my last brush stroke was on 30 Jan.  Here is the result of a months painting. 



Now I know we have deviated from our 10mm focus on this forum, and I have shared my first step into 10mm with the AWI.  BUt I just wanted to share this.   

I would really like to produce a couple of massive armies in 10mm.  An Austro-Hungarian Army from the SYW and union Army for ACW.  (not to mention finishing off my British/Hessian AWI)

So this is my year of the paint brush.  Armies sitting on the bench started and need to be finished:

Bolt Action:
Italian
French 2nd Div
Afrika Korps

FoW
Australian 9th Div
Afrika Korps
20th Estonian SS

SAGA
Viking
Anglo Saxon

for your viewing pleasure 

[Subedai]

Like all of them.

Without actually checking, I suppose my list of army sized painting things to do would be something along the lines of:

6mm
Egyptians
Hittites
Generic Eastern Medieval
Finish off Macedonians
Finish off Achemenid Persians
Byzantines
2nd Samurai Army to face 1st Samurai Army (already painted)
Ancient Tibetans
Medieval Welsh

10mm
Finish off Polish Renaissance (just started)
Generic Ancient Barbarians (Gauls, Brits etc)
Finish off 3rd tumen of Mongols
Finish off Medieval Polish
Finish off EIR's

15mm
Vikings
Saxons
Napoleonic Prussian Artillery
SciFi skirmish/RPG
Repaint all Mongols (about 150 cavalry)
Byzantines
ACW Union
WWII Germans
Polish Renaissance

[fsn]

Is that a cat in the background? How long did the figures stay so well set out?