November 2018

Good progress on another batch of AVBCW figures. I also have the figure on the table ready to play my first game. I want to try playing 3 rule sets:
-Combat Patrol
-Chain of Command
-Force on Force

Re-based these Pulp figures to match the VBCW collection

Members of the River Otter Valley Local Defense Brigade

Plastcraft building...very nice and easy to put together

Interior layout

Game set on the table

Hastily painted BUF legion vehicle...redid it to XI Legion "Dux Arthur" after I took the picture

PAINTING
45 x 28mm VBCW figures: 45 points
1 x building
1x vehicle
Total: 47points

GAMES
o...1st game of VBCW on the table

BUDGET
$120 on paint/supplies, vehicles and the plastcraft building

October 2018

Great progress on the Very British Civil War front. Finished a group of about 60, and started another. I also finished priming/prepping the remaining figures on hand that will take me out to June. I also prepared all the Litko bases for the whole batch. Mindless work, but will save me some time down the road.

I played my zombie Pulp Alley game...very nice. Flowed well and went very quickly.

The Queen Victoria Veterans' Association, serving as the honor guard for the standard of the River Otter Valley Local Defense Brigade

Some of the crew of HMS Hussar, a Halcyon class minesweeper, that was damaged off the coast of Otterford. 

Elements of the Postal Protection Patrol.

A squad from the Firefighters Field Force.

Police Field Force members.

Police Auxiliary Forces working South of Taunton.

PAINTING
62 x 28mm AVBCW figures: 62 points
TOTAL: 62 points

GAMES
1 x Pulp Alley (Zombie)

SPENDING
$20 on Pulp Alley cards and scenario

Ten years on

November is upon me and it has now been ten years since I started painting while deployed to Iraq. Lots of fun, some frustration, and an ever-expanding miniatures collection.

Things certainly unfolded differently than when I first started this all as a diversion. Many projects in genres I never thought I would have any interest...lots more money spent than I would like to admit, and many wonderful games played.

I like setting some goals/plans each year so lets think about the next ten years...

1) Finish the AVBCW project in 2019
2) Fill in the final parts of the 6mm sci-fi project
3) Decide if I want to add any wooden warriors to that small project
4) Continue the 15mm fantasy project...tons of lead on hand. This is my open ended opus project
5) Start the Slaughterloo project with the massive amount of Alternative Armies figures I bought this year on a very expensive whim.
6) Game more
7) Attend more conventions...this will be a major goal once I retire.
8) Keep spending in check
9) Don't start any new projects
10) Add to the terrain collection

I will check in on these long term plans on my annual hobby round up post.

The first figures I painted...Whoville Musketeers for the imagi-nations project

My latest figures...regulars for the AVBCW project