Pension meddling government and health permitting, I've got ten years to go before I retire... and plan to then spend far more of my time actually Wargaming, as opposed to now when all I seem to do is paint a few models, move on to another period, paint a few models etc :-[ Ideally I'd therefore like to have enough armies for ten of my favourite periods in ten years time, and I like the sheer scale possible when using 10mm. As you can see there's a 'ten' theme running here.
Rather than just dabble with this on my usual blog, I thought a bit of a motivator might be to do another, just looking at 10mm wargaming, and predominantly using my favourite 10mm manufacturer ;) Thus "Ten Years and Counting Down" has been born. Just the first post for now, Royalist King's Lifeguard Pikemen for "Pike & Shotte" but its a start... plus I'm just tyring to link in with my favourite blogs etc.
Very grateful if you could have a look :)
Blaxkleric
http://tenyearsandcountingdown.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fantorical.blogspot.co.uk/
Yea, I was on a ten year plan. I wanted to have all my painting done before I turned 40. After that I wanted to focus 100% on gamming and take up another hobby like reenacting. Now, I’m five years in and I think I will be painting for at least another 15 years. I’m looking forward to following your progress.
Bryan
Love the ECW too Blaxkleric they look great, look forward to seeing the project grow
all the best
Sean
Looking good (with 1 year to my 40th)...
I dare say I'll still paint the odd unit here and there post retirement, but the main aim will be to have enough 'painted lead' so I can actually 'have a game' whenever I fancy (and have opposing forces too so I don't even have to worry about my opponent not having an army :) ).
Like so many I started trying to 'do' the ECW with 28mm... even bought a load of second-hand pre-painted to get me going, but they're in a large box in the loft and doubtless will never see the light of day again :-[
I have a few unpainted Pendraken armies ready for the paintbrush so I'm hoping... once Reading is over, it'll be quite a cheap end to the year ;)
Thanks for looking and all your kind words,
Blaxkleric
Looks great !
Excellent ECW.
Cheers - Phil
My 15mm ECWs fought at the first Salute, in nineteen hundred and frozen to death. Great painting, there, Blax. 8)
I applaud your resolve.
I've got about 13 year to go (though retirement age keeps getting later) and I too have been looking forward to that time to really get my teeth into a lot more wargaming.
I willfollow yourblog with interest.
Great idea, being in a similar position I shall follow developments with graet interest, whiel tryign to emulate them ;)
Well first week down, and some progress on the 10mm ECW Musketeers :)
As you'll see though things are already starting to slow thanks to 28mm distractions... :-\
Plus I keep visiting the store's 1809 Napoleonics with a view to some Reading purchases... ;)
Week Two update, and my English Civil War are getting there slowly but surely :)
Unfortunately, I'm being distracted by some 30mm "Dust Tactics" models I've finally got the decals I ordered for... :-[
And the fact I'm repeatedly re-watching the DVDs "Waterloo" and "The Waterloo Collection: Ligny and Quatre Bras" isn't helping either :-\
Got that 1809 Austrian and French Napoleonic order ready for Warfare yet Leon? ;D
Quote from: Blaxkleric on 03 November 2012, 06:24:47 PM
Got that 1809 Austrian and French Napoleonic order ready for Warfare yet Leon? ;D
Not even started on it yet! It'll be ready for the show though!
8)
Small update on the 10mm blog today, as its just a couple of WIP of my Pendarken Lifeguard Cuirassiers. :-\
I'm trying to base up my first wing of King's Lifeguard Musketeers for some decent photos. :-w
Plus I've gone Axis Zombie mad on my 28mm blog. :-&
Need to get as much painted as possible this week before Reading and the arrival of my Pendraken French and Austrians. =)
I've finally finished basing my first wing of King’s Lifeguard Musketeers. :)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OcZ3Axuxdp8/UKjr11xW6yI/AAAAAAAAAXs/XUgj4AuhGxg/s320/ECWMusketeers3.bmp)
Very nice, Blax. I like the mix of figure types. 8)
Bit of Fantasy this week, in order to distract me from pressing on with my ECW Horse... :)
These boys have only taken two years to get going... :-[
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rF372jPS7Hw/ULktxaWfvnI/AAAAAAAAAX8/BMtfCy6G88s/s1600/FantasyDwarf.bmp)
8)
Excellent - always liked stunties 8)
Stunties, Mr Harwood! How PC is that! :D
Quote from: Hertsblue on 01 December 2012, 10:59:14 AM
Stunties, Mr Harwood! How PC is that! :D
Not very? ;)
Did you see An Idiot Abroad 3 last night - Karl Pilkington & Warwick Kinrade with Romanies - who kept rubbing his head for luck? :D
A Happy New Year to you all... still painting up my English Civil War Royalists, but found the time to put together a couple of German WW2 Winter Officer Stands as a momentary diversion :)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N_RZZV9UIR4/UO2177BkQ5I/AAAAAAAAAc8/T3M0B8sGU9o/s320/WWTwo1.bmp)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Od-B8MWIhbo/UO22AymAfkI/AAAAAAAAAdE/9VBODhl8FY0/s320/WWTwo2.bmp)
Bit more info on the blog ;)
Looks great!!
Really liking the ten year plan. I have about 38 years to go to retirement :'(
And that's if the government doesn't up the age from 65 in that time, very unlikely.
BUUUUT if i start early and get an army done each year, i'll have a crapload of stuff :D :D :D
Nice distraction! Wish mine were as well thought out!
The only problem with long-term planning is that, twenty years on, your current figures will be far, far better than the original ones - to the extent that you hesitate to put the first ones on the table. Sad but true. :'(
Slowly cracking on with the ECW Cuirassieurs...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CA2AYgK4tTo/UPwht0mHI3I/AAAAAAAAAdU/jHqFkgM7AUo/s1600/ECW1.bmp)
Cool! 8)
Excellent!
Definitely 8)
Cheers - Phil.
Very nice. 8)
Excellent - I love Cuirassiers 8)
Thanks for the support, but I'm currently being somewhat distracted by the 28mm Caped Crusader... :-[
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpfNJh3tmk0/UQ5tENimOaI/AAAAAAAAAeM/a_XoW2ZT5Cc/s1600/Batman7TVP2.bmp)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfvEJpjctqc/UQ0Qcc1nokI/AAAAAAAAAds/ZYvGg7AGtcA/s1600/Batman1.bmp)
Interesting distraction!
oh love that :D
Quote from: mad lemmey on 03 February 2013, 05:05:46 PM
Interesting distraction!
It's my eldest son's fault. Wasn't interested in boring historicals... nowhere near enough zombies for him apparently :o
But as soon as I picked up a few superheroes off e-bay then it was 'Dad, paint them up please... we can play together, oh buy this one and oh, I've read about this one... ???
Been playing games of it down the club ever since too... rather popular, though there's still the odd club member who sternly tells me it's not proper wargaming ;D
Looking forward to seeing some of these entering the fray: http://www.minibits.net/Crossover-Miniatures-c25/Heroes-and-Villains-sc70/ (http://www.minibits.net/Crossover-Miniatures-c25/Heroes-and-Villains-sc70/) :D ;)
Quote from: Leon on 04 February 2013, 12:46:02 PM
Looking forward to seeing some of these entering the fray: http://www.minibits.net/Crossover-Miniatures-c25/Heroes-and-Villains-sc70/ (http://www.minibits.net/Crossover-Miniatures-c25/Heroes-and-Villains-sc70/) :D ;)
They've just arrived through the post; ordered them a couple of weeks ago :)
Quote from: Blaxkleric on 04 February 2013, 02:31:36 PM
They've just arrived through the post; ordered them a couple of weeks ago :)
They've only just arrived? They were posted out on the 17th, so that's a long delay in the system? :o
Quote from: Leon on 04 February 2013, 02:40:37 PM
They've only just arrived? They were posted out on the 17th, so that's a long delay in the system? :o
Sorry. Meant by that that they arrived during the week... maybe earlier now you've got me thinking about it. Definitely no complaint about postage times :) But it'll be a while before they're painted... still got plenty more ECW to finish first and hopefully you'll be offering more ECW cavalry sometime soon ;)
Quote from: Blaxkleric on 04 February 2013, 06:25:15 PM
Sorry. Meant by that that they arrived during the week... maybe earlier now you've got me thinking about it. Definitely no complaint about postage times.
No bother, I was just worried that they'd got held up somewhere. 8)