Rummaging the Collection: The Perils of a Wargaming Butterfly

 Hi!

Alongside my sorting out of my painted stuff, I've been looking through my unpainted gubbins and looking through my newly organised wargame rulebook collection and I'm both finding myself inspired to crack on with the many projects that have been started and dropped but also sorely tempted to pick up some new stuff.

Growler Pack

I've always been rubbish at sticking to any set plan, instead flitting from one project to another at the drop of a hat and often find myself thinking of fresh projects that I'd love to try out, be it using existing stuff that I've got, or more often than not an OOH SHINEY moment when I see something cool online and then disappear down the rabbit hole of a new idea which means that previous ideas or ongoing projects stall.

Elves from Deadloque

Case in point, I'd been working steadily on my Tiny Troop Leviathan stuff but have now been distracted by my 28mm gubbins and have played two games of Rogue Trader in the last day. Sometimes this works out as it tends to stop me from suffering hobby burn out and over the years I've actually finished a couple of projects, namely my Deadloque boxed set and Havok project but in other cases it means I find myself overloaded and stall out.

Epic Eldar

With this in mind, I'm trying to refrain from picking up anything new at the moment, especially as the hobby budget is severely restricted at the moment but its oh so tempting to just try something new!

Black Tribe Robots

I've still got an absolute ton of Epic gubbins as well as having a decent amount of fantasy and sci-fi in both 15mm and 28mm that are still awaiting paint. On top of that I can sculpt my own figures in SD and 15mm scale as well as the tiny 2mm that is easy to sculpt for but still find myself tempted to look for new things too which is proving to be a bit of a bind.

War of Ashes

I have limited space, time and indeed budget but theres always the temptation to try a new project and today I find myself in just such a moment as with all the stuff I own, I still seem to be finding myself feeling that what I have just isn't quite what I want to work on.

Its a strange thing to try and explain but I'm fairly sure that quite a few wargamers have had similar experiences over the years and I'm not sure the best way of working around it as while I'm happily playing games with the figures I've unearthed and slowly adding to the painted pile, I want to try a few other games but don't have the miniatures and am aware of the fact that if I do buy miniatures for them, I'll probably paint a couple and then be distracted all over again.

Battletech SD Scale

Coupled with the fact that I am rapidly running out of space for more stuff as our spare room/library/mancave is already pretty jammed I'm not sure what to do as I don't want to get rid of any of my collection as I do use pretty much all of it from time to time but it doesn't solve the issue at hand! 

One way of resolving the issue is to use cardboard counters or standees as I did with my Battletech collection or make some proxies like I did with my War of Ashes and Rangers of Shadowdeep projects but finding the time to make all this stuff is an issue. On the one hand, I have a great deal of pleasure in sculpting and painting my own stuff, even if its a bit chonky and cartoony but on the other, its a far quicker thing to just buy what I need and then work on it from time to time until it eventually gets completed.

Land Ironclads

I suppose that this post has been more for me working out what I want to do and how I'm going to go about it rather than anything else and I think I need to refrain from buying any new stuff and instead concentrate on painting my way through the stuff I've got left and if I want to try something new, first draw up some standees and then if it goes well and I enjoy the game, try sculpting some of my own bits and bobs.

Boar Company

While it may require a more slow and steady approach but I do feel that its probably for the best as I'm more likely to actually complete a project if I've made it myself and there's the extra pleasure of making my own odds and ends!

While there are some stuff that I don't think I'd be able to make myself, there's a fair amount that I can so I'll sit down and scribble up the assorted projects that I'm tempted by and keep working on my existing stuff.

Gosh! If you've managed to stick with me throughout all this navel-gazing, you have my thanks as I do have a tendency to waffle on a bit while not really going anywhere but I do find getting my muddled thoughts written out onto my blog helps me organise myself and galvanise me somewhat.

I'll post up an update tomorrow with my ideas and ongoing projects and objectives but until then, All the best!