How many is to many

[Norm]

 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.

[Womble67]

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

[Chris Pringle]

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

[Womble67]

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

[Nosher]

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....) 

[Orcs]

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. 

[petercooman]

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 

[paulr]

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

[petercooman]

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!

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 

[Tawa]

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......

[Subedai]

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!

[Orcs]

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  

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  

[Techno]

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 

Cheek !

Cheers - Phil

[freddy326]

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...

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!

[Steeleye]

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!