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« on: January 01, 2012, 12:48:43 pm » |
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1) Build and paint my current dwarf miniatures
2) buy some mounted dwarfs!
3) paint my brushfire minis
4) start my Orc army
5) plan and start my human KoW army
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mattjgilbert
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2012, 02:59:18 pm » |
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2012 for me will involve trying to clear the painting backlog and not buying too much more until there is light at the end of the tunnel. What I do plan to buy looks almost all Mantic though  |
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orcsbain
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2012, 03:12:13 pm » |
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Hmm, finish um no, just paint a ton more of my undead. Paint up enough of my imperial guard so I have enough choice to use them as corp troops. Try not to buy too many minatures  Empty my "to be stripped" box now I have discovered detol and blu-tac strips paint. ttfn |
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JP1138
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2012, 04:41:30 pm » |
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1 = Finish off Undead to 1500pts (10 Skeletons & 15 Zombies & 2 Necromancers)
2 = Finish Elves to 1500pts (Stormwind Cavalry & 2 Bolt Throwers)
3 = 1500 pt Orc army from scratch
4 = 600pt Abyssal Dwarf force.
5 = Paint up Starter Can Armies for Relics
That should keep me busy.
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2012, 05:14:03 pm » |
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Buy fewer miniatures than I paint.
Paint up enough of my dwarf army to be able to use it.
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2012, 06:12:58 pm » |
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Oh yes i forgot about my abyssals, need to paint them too, (undead allies and all that).
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2012, 06:48:27 pm » |
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Well, like usual I'm going to try and buy less than I paint. I've managed this a few years now, but since I hadn't been doing it for quite some time when I started the hobby I always seem to have more minis. Finish the undead/brettonian army that I started. Build some(any) sci-fi terrain. Some stuff Max and I are working on for the podcast  |
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« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2012, 09:12:03 pm » |
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purchase only one figure for every two I paint, Paint two armies by feb.
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Darsc Zacal
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« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2012, 09:47:25 pm » |
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Paint more. Buy less. Last year was pretty ugly, where my purchases outnumbered the minis I painted by more than 6:1. The year before that was even worse.  2012 will be the year that it all changes. |
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Robert
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2012, 11:05:37 pm » |
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Long term goal - paint loads!
Short term - Paint up my copies of Dwarf King's Hold and Fate of the Forgestar before Easter....
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Robert
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2012, 11:18:28 pm » |
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Can anyone spot the common theme here?  People buy more than they paint???  |
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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2012, 11:41:59 pm » |
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I will try to paint more than I buy, with the aim of finishing an army by the end of this month. I want to have at least one 1500 point KoW army, a useable Warpath army, a 2500 point Warhammer army and a 1500 point Dark Eldar army all fully painted. I also need to start gaming more frequently again. We need to check back to this in a year and see if we manage to stick with this |
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Bert
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2012, 11:54:31 pm » |
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Not a bad idea, and not too hard to remember on a smaller forum.
I actually have painted more this year than I bought. However I haven't managed a 2:1 ratio, which is really what I need at this point. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's unpainted minis outnumber the painted. However at the start of this year I think my unbuilt models outnumbered my painted ones.
It took me about 5 years or so to do my skaven army when the new book caused me to loose interest in finishing the last few units(pathetic, but it happens) as it meant i would have to change around a bunch of unit sizes etc.
Once this Brett/undead army is done I think it'll be warpath stuff or quite some time.
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scarletsquig
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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2012, 11:26:50 am » |
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I've sold off a lot of my painting backlog, and at the moment just have my dwarf army basecoated (along with an extra 300+ spare dwarfs that are still bare plastic).
I'm starting to think, for KoW, I might just finish up the dwarfs this year, maybe sell off the excess or keep it for extra add-ons. Then maybe an orc army, although I'm kinda torn between them and Perry humans (mantic releasing humans this year would be a very good thing).
Warpath is easy, Corporation and Forgefathers with the upgrade kits that make them look awesome. I think having those 2 armies on the table will be great for demo games which is something I'd also like to try out next year.
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