Let me start off by saying that I hope everyone had a fantastic festive period, got lots of cool new toys and spent some quality time with family, friends and their hobbies. I also hope 2019 is a great year for everyone.
Me. i got the usual random stuff that the Mrs chooses. Some jokey bits, some ww2/spitfire related bits and of course some hobby stuff. Namely, sylvaneth start collecting box and the aeldari battleforce xmas box. I also got a Drycha from the local GW's secret santa this year. So all good.
But it didn't stop there. I don't know how many of your fine folks took part in the 'Ultimate Warhammer World Experience' promotion. But essentially from November through to the years end, if you spent £150 in a single transaction, you would get a code to enter on the Internet and be entered to win 1 of 75 pairs of tickets for the Experience.
Essentially an exclusive day at Warhammer World in Nottingham with seminars, behind the scenes tours, meet and greets and lunch at Bugmans.
Well you guessed it. Just after dropping my kids home to London, i get a message from the Mrs saying 'OMG! look' with a screen shot showing she won one of the 75 pairs. So on Feb 2nd we shall be enjoying a once in a lifetime (for us most likely) trip behind the scenes of Warhammer World. Now where did i put that spare kidney. Think i will need some money.
Anyone who sees my blathering posts over on ye olde twittersphere, will have seen i have a few plans for this year. Like most one is the good old weight loss and fitness plan. I am still lighter than i was this time last year so Bonus. But i want to trim down by at least another stone. To that end i have been back in the sweat box of a gym for the last couple of weeks and have set myself a target of running 1000km this year. Well 4 days in and 3 5k runs later it's in progress. Will it last. Well there's a plan and a determination. So i hope so. 42 years old. 15 stone in weight. Something has to change and i haven't found a potion of youthfulness yet.
But what about hobby you ask.
Yes...well that old chestnut.
The festive period went something like.... I am painting this, no actually that, well maybe this. With the end result of nothing really getting done other than a random Blood Raven because i could. Pics down below.
I tried motivating myself by participating in a Tale of 6 wargamers. But at the moment 40k just isn't my mental bag.
So I have decided to try and focus on Age of Sigmar. The ever helpful Mrs has suggested trying to just paint 1 or 2 models at a time instead of full units as i tend to get bored very quickly. In her mind i can usually knock out a single model in a day or 2. So if i break units down into 1 or 2 models, i should progress through a unit ever couple of weeks. Sure it's not batch painting instant army speed. But its better than the current 0 models painted for AOS count.
To help along with the motivation i have also signed up for Games Workshop Norwich's '100' challenge. Which is exactly what it says on the tin. Paint 100 models in a year with quarterly 25 model targets. If you achieve each target you get 1 part of a 4 part art work as a reward and also should have a ton of models in time for 'Armies on Parade' which is something i would like to try and take part in.
So that's the long term plan which i also hope to nudge along with doing my own little #hobbystreak thing on twitter. Basically, at least 30 minutes of hobby a day and build as bigger of a streak as i can. It us shamefully stolen from one that surface late 2016 early 2017. But it should help.
So the final part of this conundrum was the army. Realistically it has to be the Stormcast Eternals. I can already field in excess of 2000 points worth of them and probably a lot more with the stuff that isnt in my intended 'list'. Add to that, when i went to Warhammer World last year. I went a little bit 'frothy, foaming, psychotic hobbyist' at how good the Stormcast Eternal armies look in the display cabinets and when you look at them closely. Most are painted to a standard we can all achieve.
I can't truly afford to buy into another army this year as i have the trip in February, a trip to London in June to see Bon Jovi at Wembley Stadium (yeah i know, you probably think typical old guy music choice sucks') which is also partnered with a trip to Chessington World of Adventures for 7 of us to celebrate my daughter finishing her exams. That pretty much guarantees financial ruin lol.
So that's the whole New year, new me, well not really but kinda.
And this pretty much sums up last years completed hobby.
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