Hi!
Well here we are in the last few days of 2024 and it's high time for me to look back at the year, what progress I made, what games I played, figures painted and plans for next year.
Looking back at 2024, I must admit that its been a major disappointment hobby wise, with very little of any of the above. With a combination of repeatedly catching the lurgy, lots of real life shenanigans and some really bad cases of loss of hobby mojo, I have pretty much written off the year from a hobby standpoint having done less over the last year than I can remember in over a decade of running my blog.
I'd had big plans for Leviathan and Land Ironclads at the start of the year but our car having massive repair costs pretty much put the Kibosh to that and from there, I found my hobby retreat utterly uninspiring and what should have been a way to destress, doing the opposite and stressing me out to the point that I've not picked up brushes or miniatures in literally months.
I've managed to get a few odds and ends done this year but I think that I'm going to reexamine my hobby in 2025 and try to do some actually manageable and small projects to start the year and go from there.
With that in mind, I've got out my copies of Brutal Quest and Planet 28 as they are my favourite rulesets and have been scribbling some ideas for what I want to do.
Hopefully 2025 will see me playing some games and painting some stuff so fingers crossed!
Until then, All the best and thankyou to everyone who has read my ramblings and commented over the year and hope you all have a fantastic new year!
Richard
On the other hand, that is a really cool picture! Well, I hope next year turns out to be more productive. Maybe one answer is to put the big plans on hold and work on one model at a time? I find that a lot of my bigger projects just gather dust. Anyhow, good luck with the models in 2025 and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the comments!
DeleteI do think small projects are the way to go, at least to get me going again. I think I'll just have a rummage through the leadpile and see what I have to paint and pick something random.
All the best and happy new year to you too!
Well, I wouldn't call this a disappointment, I see no "failure" or whatever. The only rule here is that you do this for enjoyment, so don't feel pressed by numbers. I keep on enjoying every post and love your art and your approach to every project. All the best for 2025, happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the kind words!
DeleteI'm hoping to start 2025 with some small projects and then see how I get on.
I do get stressed by not posting anything here but that gets counter productive as then I get to the point where I get into a feedback loop of must post something but have nothing done but don't have the time to do anything but I need to post something! Mental nonsense as enjoying my hobby is supposed to be the important thing!
Hopefully 2025 will be a bit more fun and happy new year to you too!