Back With A Vengeance!

Well, the last post here was the end of February 2020 and then . . . nothing. Despite the fact that coincided with the start of it, my lack of hobby progress wasn't anything to do with COVID - I actually got a fair bit done during the lockdown. I just stopped with this recording. As I said, I was tired and run down and I stopped with the daily work and posting.

But no more! Now we are back in business, babies!

On my other blog I posted Danforth's 2022 Hobby Manifesto and I shall be doing that in 2022. You can see the details and explanation of it there, but here are the four pledges that make it up;

1. To participate in all 12 of the Warhammer 40,000 MeWe group monthly challenges
2. To buy no new Warhammer models in 2022
3. To try new things
4. To do something hobby every day

Starting at the bottom; whatever I do every day will be recorded here! Like, follow and subscribe for details! Easy enough, right?

Jumping back up to the first; the challenges are as follows;

• January #TheBigJan HQs, leaders, characters – important figures in your army, anything from a squad leader to a general!
• February #Squaduary A squad of some kind – a group of models forming a unit on the table top! This month will also host the #10in24 challenge – take a squad of 10 models from sprue to varnish in a single 24 hour period!
• March #MonsterMarch A monster – either something with that keyword, or just something that you look at and go, “Yeah, that's pretty monstrous . . .”
• April #ArmorInApril Something armored – often a tank or vehicle, but that could be expanded out . . .
• May #MudfootsInMay Troops! Something from the “Troops” selection of your Codex.
• June #ChonkyJune “Oh, Lord [of War] – he's coming!” Big models – Lords of War, massive tanks, Titans, Gargants, particularly fat Gretchen . . .
• July #FlyInJuly Fliers, things with wings, things that hover, things that move without touching the ground.
• August #FastAugtack Fast Attack choices from your Codex.
• September #HeavySeptport Heavy Support choices from your Codex
• October #Dreadtober #Orktober Dreadnoughts (something with legs that would fit on a 60mm base or larger) or something Orky …. or both!
• November #NovElites Elite choices from your Codex
• December #TerrainInDecember Terrain and fortifications – either a specific army list entry, or a piece of scenery

Easy and clear enough!

"No new models" doesn't mean not buying anything new - obviously paints and glues and so forth aren't models. Additionally models bought to complete a project (within reason) are okay. And models bought to try a new thing are fine, too. The goal is to not buy something that isn't immediately used, consumed, finished. By the end of the year I should not be able to point to any unfinished model (except spare bits left over) that I bought in 2022.

Finally, trying new things - and this is going to be a bit more formalized than just "try something new". Each month I will try one new thing. I've got a load of LEDs and wires and shrink tubing, so one month will be "lighting". I want to try a wet palette. I want to make a Gundam model as they look fun and inexpensive. I might get into a Warhammer video game.

I might run out of new things to try, or they might end up being just a new tool (a rubber sculpting tool rather than a metal one). But I will try something new each month if I can.

So, that's it! 2022 here we come!

=][= Danforth Laertes