And that's kind of what I am going to waffle on about today. No not nostalgia and how we all miss some of the older models. Not even how long it can take me to finally get round to painting things. They are related though. What I have decided is that my lead piles are growing and not getting any smaller. Therefore I have decided to go on a "Figure Fast". For the whole month of August I vow not to purchase any wargames figures or kits. I will only paint old lead. By old lead I mean things that have been hanging around for 3 months or preferably longer. The hope is that I get a few more things finished and less things started. Tim at the club has suggested I will crumble and not last the month, and truth to tell he may well be right. I do not know if I have the commitment but at least I will try, and after all 1 month is not so very long.
I will allow myself to buy paints, bases and basing materials such as "tufts" but no rules, kits or figures. No Lead no resin no plastic.
How will this effect the blog, truth to admit I don't think it will. I shall continue to work on the TAR7AN board and other things I have started. It will allow me to get some figures done that I have been meaning to but just have kept going off at tangents and getting side tracked. So in the next month you can expect to see some old work re-emerge as I attempt to reduce the unpainted piles of metal.
So for the next month, until 1st September 2013, I will be on a wargames diet. Or as I l;ike to think of it a "Figure Fast".
Thanks for reading more again in two days time. All the best Clint.
Fasting? Braver man than I ;)
ReplyDeleteNot looking to loose my waistline. Just looking to reduce my unpainted by pledging to buy nothing other than paint, basing materials and perhaps bases for a whole month.
DeleteI do appreciate your kind words. But it's not brave for 1 month..... 3+ months would be BRAVE!
No problem with figure dieting as long as there are some figures for snacking on, the crew figures are from F.A.A and nicely done.
DeleteThank you Fran FAA, you say excellent. Trust me I won't starve. I just needed to say it out loud to help reinforce it in my mind.
DeleteYou go for it guuurl! I'm doing the same thing, but for different reasons. I don't think I got over 30 miniatures to paint. Be careful however, when you paint all you have - you die :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Mathyoo. If that is the case about dying when no more painting to do I should live to a very ripe old age!
Delete"Figure Fast", yeah, good luck with that one and why just until 1st Sept ? Have you only got enough of a backlog to keep you going until then ? - I very much doubt it.
ReplyDeleteLove the 75mm btw, it's yet another one of those common WW2 features of the German infantry units that should be common place on just about every battlefield, yet I see them rarely in most folks' armies or games - great addition for your Jerry infantry support.
Thanks Jo. I set a 1 month deadline as I have more chance of doing that than a longer spell. Let me try for a month and see how I feel.
DeleteAs for the IG 18, I agree, most wargamers want the "glamorous" and rare equipment and not the work-a-day stuff that would actually be available.
Very nice job Clint. Good luck with the fasting I've cut back myself and trying to work through what I already have in preparations for EotD to arrive. My Aliens are coming along nicely need to pop into a LGS when I get chance for some Gloss Varnish to finish them off.
ReplyDeleteThough I have been oggling some Micro panzer and GZG 15mm sci fi stuff uh-oh!
I am trying to stay clear of certain online wargames manufactures. I don't need the temptation. I have enough to do as it is without buying more.
DeleteI look forward to seeing the Alien goodness.