Hi all question am I being greedy how many projects do you have I have the following
CGW
FIW
AWI
ACW
AZW
WWII
perhaps I should consecrate on one or two projects
Take care
Andy
Zombie/dropzone commander mash up
28mm d&d minis
long running epic 40k project
terrain projects
ww2 fighter planes
Never too many projects, means you can switch up to prevent boredom or painters block!
I have the following in various stages from entirely unpainted to fully painted.
3mm Armies for
1943 Germans/ 1943 Russians
6mm armies for
Sumer/ Elam/ Amurru/ Melukkha/ Old Kingdom Egypt/ Later Roman Empire/ Ostrogoths/ Visigoths/ Huns/ Blemye/ Sassanid Persians/ 1812 French/ 1812 Russian/ 1943 German / 1943 Russian/ 40,000AD Imperial Guard/ 40,000AD Space Marines/ 40000AD Chaos Warriors/ 40000AD Eldar/ 40000AD Orcs/ 40000AD Dwarves
10mm armies for
High Elves/ Undead/ Lizardmen/ Chaos/ Albion/ Empire/ 1943 Germans/ 1943 Russians/ Aliens & Marines
15mm Armies for
Later Roman Empire/ Sassanids/ 1812 French/ 1943 Germans/ 1943 Russians/ Science Fiction RPG
20mm Armies for
Science Fiction RPG
28mm Armies for
Fantasy RPG/ 1943 German/ 1943 Russian/ Science Fiction RPG
There are probably others lurking in dark recesses I've forgotten and that doesn't include all the air/ naval/ deep space stuff I have!
To list everything here would mean I have to go rummaging through my boxes and I can't be ar*ed. Let's just go with lots, shall we?
40k CSM/IG
ECW 15mm
ECW 10mm
ECW 6mm
ECW 2mm
Warmachine (Pirates!)
Bolt Action IJA
Wild West 15mm
10mm
AWI British
Later Imperial Roman
Renaissance LOA and Samurai and Poles
Warband Undead, Elves, Minotaurs, and Egyptian Undead
15mm
Not much, sold most of my unpainted stuff over the summer, a few platoons of US WWII paratroopers (anyone want them?)
6mm two armies half painted that I should get shot of, Macedonian/Greek and Viking (cheeper to a good home)
A few random 25mm projects including the Minibits Kickstarter figures and some Goblins, nothing more than about ten figures, no idea when I will do them!
French Aeronef fleet
Studio Bergstrom sci-do spaceships
Order of The Stick figures
Three buildings for a mate!!!
I feel a bit better now I've seen what your all doing. I was kinda feeling overwhelmed with stuff but never seeming to get anywhere.
Take care
Andy
I've given up trying to list what I have on the go. I normally start something then work invariably comes along and throws a spanner in the works.
6mm
ACW (both armies) for Longstreet - must have had these nearly four years.....
Principles of War Colonials - Zulu and British - 5 years plus.......
WW2 Early Germans for an unfinished Sealion Project - 3 years at least
Landing Craft for Operation Overlord - 2 years
Epic Squats for FWC - 5 years
Two other Dark Realm Minis armies for FWC - 5 years
Various buildings
10mm
Vikings for FoG Ancients - 3 years at least
Medievals including Scots and Welsh - probably 4 years
ECW - both armies for FoG Renaissance - 2 years at least
Bavarian Napoleonics for Blucher - less than a year
French Napoleonic Cavalry for Blucher - less than a year
French Napoleonic Generals - a month!
Warband Goblins - just started on these
Warband Dwarves - just started on these
Post Romano British - 2 years possibly more
Various Buildings
15mm
British, Hessian and American's for Muskets and Tomohawks - had these at least 10 years, have offloaded a bundle of them and kept the core figures to rebase for M&T
28mm
Half a dozen or so support options for my WW2 US - 2 years
Dads Army and Home Guard figures - 2 years
Scots and Irish for SAGA - 3 years
And that's just what I can remember off the top of my head. No doubt if I could be arsed going through my cupboard and other hidey holes I would find other stuff....
3mm
Arab-Israeli wars -not started
10mm
1866 - nearly finished
1859 - nearly finished
LoA - not started
WSS- largely finished, but enough figures to add more
Ancients - AIM figures for Punic Wars. Started but never finished and probably never will
15mm
French Revolution - not started
28mm
Napoleonics - Russians, Prussians and Austrians to finish
SYW - had them for years but never finished them
As with Sub - lots!!
I tried to count them. I even took my shoes and socks off, so it's more than 21.
This year I have worked on...
28MM Gauls for Impetus
15mm ECW
28MM Frosgrave
28mm Dungeon saga
28mm more Elves for Kings of War (you can never have too many elves!)
10mm Warband: Barbarians, High Elves, Orcs and Goblins, Dragon men and will get some Wood Elves soon (you can never have too many Elves)
10mm Dark Ages, Normans, Saxons and currently working on Vikings
6mm Greeks and Persians for Impetus and sword and Spear, though will be trying out 'To the Strongest' soon.
28MM Dark Ages for Lion Rampant and am looking forward to getting Dragon Rampant soon.
Many of these projects have been on going for a few years and will continue into next year, adding a few units here and there before butterflying off onto something else. If newline Design would pull their finger out and complete their 10mm Trojan War range I would be working on them too.
You had to ask !!!!! Now I am getting the jitters
I have the following in various stages
1:3000
Russio- Japanese war small fleet for both sides
6mm
German WW1 Awaiting basing 8+ years
British WW1 Awaiting basing 8+ years
Russian WW1 Awaiting basing 8+ years
FWC Epic Imperialist not started
10mm
WW2 Poles Mainly done just approx 50 infantry to go
WW2 Belgian Unpainted Unpainted (2 years)
WW2 Early war Russian Unpainted (2 years)
WW2 Early Falshirmjager Unpainted (6 Months)
WSS British part done (5 Years)
ACW both sides Just arrived in post
Crusader / Norman army unpainted Bring and buy impulse
!5mm
AK47 Dictator ship army to go with other army . Vehicles done infantry part painted (10 Years)
Italian wars Ongoing project since I started proper wargaming in 1978 400 Mikes models (old Essex to go)
DBM hebres - being rebased 4 years
20mm
NW europe ongoing project 20 Years
28mm
30 Dark age warriors to paint
Orcs 50+ to paint ongoing project ( I have approx 600 done)
Gondor 100+ Ongoing project (300 done)
Elves 80+ Unpainted
Plus a few Prussian airships for Dystopian Wars
Remember the three main life rules for a wargamer
1 When you paint your last unpainted figure YOU DIE
2 A Wargamer NEEDS his own weight in unpainted lead,resin and plastic for true happiness
3 There is no such thing as to many in wargaming
Projects that were completed but fell into disuse long ago:
Medieval Hungarians (cost me about £100 for each time I've used them - lovely heraldry though)
WWII aircraft (I was into "Check Your Six!" for about five years, wrote the "Aces Over Hungary" scenario book)
WWII skirmish (just not into skirmish - I want to be a general, not a corporal)
And no doubt other stuff long forgotten about and consigned to a drawer in the War Room ...
These days I concentrate on just two core periods:
19th Century, using "Bloody Big BATTLES!"
WWII, brigade or division+ games, using Kampfgruppe Commander
Of course these are immensely rich and varied periods and you could easily collect dozens of armies for both. On my wish list are 1848 Hungarians, more Austrians for 1848/1859/66, upgrading my 1877 Russo-Turkish armies. But in our group we have enough armies to do pretty much anything we want with a bit of proxying. And I have zero time for painting, so any armies I do add I will be paying others to paint.
Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/
Well, to actually get somewhere, I think you have to focus on one project.
A second becomes a manageable distraction that undermines the first project and beyond that I think it just becomes a mess, to the point that I can just stall and go into total inactivity with nothing getting done as I get pulled into too many directions.
Thanks for all your comments I've been a bit stressed recently and probably feeling a little down if I'm honest.
So it appears I'm not mad its a wargamers normal state to have numerous projects on the go at once.
So I should maybe pick two as my main interests and have all the others as nice distractions.
Take care
Andy
Andy,
For me it has made a huge difference to have a bunch of regular gaming buddies who share my enthusiasm. We motivate each other and it gives purpose to the projects.
If you can team up with just one good reliable gaming buddy and agree to pursue a project together that may help.
Good luck!
Chris
Quote from: Chris Pringle on 26 November 2015, 03:30:07 PM
Andy,
For me it has made a huge difference to have a bunch of regular gaming buddies who share my enthusiasm. We motivate each other and it gives purpose to the projects.
If you can team up with just one good reliable gaming buddy and agree to pursue a project together that may help.
Good luck!
Chris
I totally agree about sharing ones enthusiasm with like minded friends I've got some brilliant mates at my regular wargaming club (Grimsby Wargames Society).
We've teamed up on a number of projects romans v celts awi and now acw and this is in 10mm.
Take care
Andy
Most of my gaming is solo so I am always collecting both sides for any conflict I take interest in, even if it's a new thing at the club I invariably end up collecting both sides so I can play at home (with myself, but that's a whole different post/forum....) :-[
OOH ! I have just remembered
1815 British and French. Original Battle Homours figures by Andy barton approx 180 Infantry 30-40 cavalry and 6 guns per side.
Bought in 1985!!!! STILL UNPAINTED.
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 26 November 2015, 05:29:43 PM
OOH ! I have just remembered
1815 British and French. Original Battle Homours figures by Andy barton approx 180 Infantry 30-40 cavalry and 6 guns per side.
Bought in 1985!!!! STILL UNPAINTED.
To give you something to think about, i was born in 1985.Turned 30 in july. And i painted between 800 and 900 models this year alone. Most of them 10 mm but still...
So you're slacking a bit i think :D
Quote from: Womble67 on 26 November 2015, 03:25:59 PM
Thanks for all your comments I've been a bit stressed recently and probably feeling a little down if I'm honest.
So it appears I'm not mad its a wargamers normal state to have numerous projects on the go at once.
So I should maybe pick two as my main interests and have all the others as nice distractions.
Take care
Andy
Sounds a good plan Andy
I split projects into a number of batches, with a manageable number of figures in each batch. I usually am doing both sides so alternate batches. I also try and ensure that each pair of batches is roughly balanced game-wise. This lets me build the two forces slowly over time but let's me get the news toys on the table every second batch :)
The batches also provide a logical break point to swap projects.
I have also found the painting diaries I have on here very motivating and the positive feedback very rewarding :-[ :)
A certain member from Wales has also been known to prompt me to hurry up from time to time ;)
Quote from: paulr on 26 November 2015, 07:05:55 PM
This lets me build the two forces slowly over time but let's me get the news toys on the table every second batch :)
I did this with my acw troops, it works very well!
Quote from: paulr on 26 November 2015, 07:05:55 PM
A certain member from Wales has also been known to prompt me to hurry up from time to time ;)
He just wants to look at pictures while he's using the dremel. Maybe that's why Techno hits his fingers so much, not focused on the job at hand :D
Quote from: Nosher on 26 November 2015, 04:30:06 PM
Most of my gaming is solo so I am always collecting both sides for any conflict I take interest in, even if it's a new thing at the club I invariably end up collecting both sides so I can play at home (with myself, but that's a whole different post/forum....) :-[
Nothing wrong with playing with yourself on a regular basis Nosher......
Like Nosher, nearly all my wargaming is solo so I also collect both armies. If something takes my fancy I will go absolutely mental and turn out as many chaps as I can before something else comes along to pique my interest. Fortunately, I now have the time to go back to a project after a while and carry on where I left off.
Currently on my table are 2 6mm Command Bases for my WW II Germans, 30 6mm H&R Greek peltasts (Alexandrian Macedonian -my latest 'pique'), 12 10mm Mongol LC and 30 Polish Medieval city levy- both units from Pendraken that have been there since the beginning of the year. I also have any number of 'projects' that are in boxes hidden away because I try to keep my painting area as clear as I can so I don't get disheartened at the amount of lead I have to paint for a project...even in 6mm!
Quote from: petercooman on 26 November 2015, 06:33:06 PM
To give you something to think about, i was born in 1985.Turned 30 in july. And i painted between 800 and 900 models this year alone. Most of them 10 mm but still...
So you're slacking a bit i think :D
That makes me feel old. I had been at work 4 years when you were born.
Not slacking just lots on the go.
I have done
Approx
60 28mm figures
250 10mm figures
50 20mm WW2 infantry
22 20mm vehicles
1 Dystopian wars fleet
6 buildings
Several packe of Timecast hedgerow
10 feet of 20mm fencing
Made 40 feet of Hedges
12 feet of Barbed wire entanglements
I am also out 2 nights a week for hobbies and I average a 50 hour week at work. Plus I am doing up the house. So not to tardy me thinks :)
Quote from: paulr on 26 November 2015, 07:05:55 PM
A certain member from Wales has also been known to prompt me to hurry up from time to time ;)
:-[
Quote from: petercooman on 26 November 2015, 07:28:42 PM
He just wants to look at pictures while he's using the dremel. Maybe that's why Techno hits his fingers so much, not focused on the job at hand :D
Cheek !
Cheers - Phil
So far I've only got these still to start or are on going.
6mm
Cold War American (2years+)
Cold War French (2 years +)
10mm
Elizabethan English (just can't summon the enthusiasm to start these)
WSS (5ish years) Only 5 more inf and 3 cav to go but I get distracted easily!!
15mm
ACW (been doing these for about 5 years)
Mid WWII German (couple of months)
Early WWII Brits (couple of months)
Mid WWII russians were done...then I got some more T34s cheap... :D
Managed to get 1 game in 2 years, that's my fault as I have a lot of other things going on!!
oh well, better get painting!
Toodle Pip!
First its not 'to many' it's 'TOO many'!
I'm amazed at how many different scales people game in at the same time. At most I've gamed in two or three scales at the same time 28mm, 1/300 and 1/3000(ships) I don't really count the space fleets I've had coz I never specified what scale they were.
Nowadays all my figures are 10mm, this is mainly due to space considerations (I know I could do 1/300 but I find them fiddly and lacking in 'character') also I've changed my method of gaming. Nowadays my games have more in common with board games but I use counters with figures on them instead of counters with printing on them.
At the moment I'm working on two (not 'to' or 'too') projects; some barbarians for my 'Battlefields' system and I'm rebasing, reorganising some older figures for a 'Battlefields' spinoff system to cover battles from sci-fi films.
My 'lead mountain' is more of a lead molehill at the moment...if I buckled down and got some work done I'd have the last 40 barbarians and two mammoths finished in a day or two!
>"First its not 'to many' it's 'TOO many'!"
Probably not the first to notice, but obviously the first to feel a comment was needed.
Just starting another new project today. I picked up a couple of rather nice die-cast WWI aircraft models from a local store. They look slightly bigger than 1/144, so I need to do a bit of digging to find their scale just for my own satisfaction.
They look ideal for me to do a one-on-one dogfight on my Kallistra hex terrain.
The distraction for me will be simply to ink up the planes to 'mucky' them and do a suitable base and then some research to produce a fun one page set of rules. All good fun and possibly the worlds cheapest new project / distraction.
You can never have too many, it's a Wargammers reason for never being bored ;D ;D
This year I have completed the following (some have been on the go for a few years)
50 x 28mm WW2 Russian Infantry
100 x 15mm WW2 U.S. Paratroopers
A small Afrika Korps detachment (15 vehicles and approx 50 troops) in 15mm for Rapid Fire
But what I have left (before buying more at Battleground tomorrow):
150 + 10mm French Napoleonic
60 x 28mm Romans
4 x 15mm Vehicles
The civilian clothed Dads Army figures from Warlord in 28mm.
So many TOYS and not enough hours in the day :) :)
I suppose we all just have to SOLDIER on :-[ :-[ :-[
Quote from: Norm on 26 November 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Well, to actually get somewhere, I think you have to focus on one project.
A second becomes a manageable distraction that undermines the first project and beyond that I think it just becomes a mess, to the point that I can just stall and go into total inactivity with nothing getting done as I get pulled into too many directions.
He's right you know, hence my rod of iron painting schedule. This has been designed to complete projects so that there are always battles to be fought down the club, whilst painting is progressing.
I have enough painted that I am never going to be without something to play with.
The people I've played against have usually, like me, collected both sides so if I don't have an army for it, they do!
I'm retired.
Distraction is what I want :)
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 26 November 2015, 11:56:28 PM
That makes me feel old. I had been at work 4 years when you were born.
Not slacking just lots on the go.
I have done
Approx
60 28mm figures
250 10mm figures
50 20mm WW2 infantry
22 20mm vehicles
1 Dystopian wars fleet
6 buildings
Several packe of Timecast hedgerow
10 feet of 20mm fencing
Made 40 feet of Hedges
12 feet of Barbed wire entanglements
I am also out 2 nights a week for hobbies and I average a 50 hour week at work. Plus I am doing up the house. So not to tardy me thinks :)
Well ok, i'll count that as just a little bit slacking ;D ;D ;D
Ok thank you all for your input its been much appreciated. At least nearly everyone on here's in the same boat.
Anyway I've decided to concentrate on my two favourite periods which are ACW and WWII as most of you know turbil miniatures are painting up my ACW armies. Which leaves me to wash highlight and base them. Hopefully this will be completed by the end of January.
So this leaves me my WWII well I've been all over the place with this id already decided to get rid of my British. So I think I'm going to concentrate on early Russian front, stalingrad.
Take care
Andy