In my first full year of retirement, I spend a lot of time on the hobby. Club and convention games, solo play, lots of painting.
I hit some of my 2025 plans, missed on some others. I knew the Quar sci fi project would be the main effort especially with the new 3D resin printer. I did not expect my foray into Victorian Science Fiction. VSF dominated the second half of the year. I am using ChatGPT to flesh out the background and campaign fluff for the project. It really adds an interesting element for solo play.
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| Snow brawl at the club |
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| O Group |
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| Afghan tribesmen for VSF |
PAINTING
How did I do: Plans for 2025
1) Next wave of Quar
--- My forces are "mature"...but never done! Several games during the year with these fantastic figures. I have about a months worth of figures printed/built to be painted. More come out every week so I will build up a batch and then attack them all at once.
2) Focus on some terrain upgrades: trees, rivers, roads
---Not done...bought more MDF buildings. I need to make 2026 a terrain year.
3) Host a club game in Feb
---Done...hosted two games this year.
4) Work on 6mm sci fi home brew rules with 3D printed figures
---Continue rules tinkering. May make this the lead 2026 project.
5) Spending <$2000, sell $500
---Spending failure...but sold much more. Retirement is expensive.
6) Attend all 3 HMGS conventions
Cold Wars
Historicon
Fall In
---Done...this dramatically increased my number of games player for the year.
7) Complete on hand 28mm fantasy figures
a. Plastics
b. Metals
---Done. A few random leftovers for kitbashing. Still not 100% sure where I go with this project.
8) Add to 28mm sci fi by getting select sprues instead of full boxes
---Not this year...maybe in 2026 as a slow addition project.
Plans for 2026
1) VSF: Plan phase 2 which will focus on more 3D printed additions and some terrain.
2) Attend the 3 HMGS conventions again.
3) Keep spending <$3000. Consider selling the 15mm fantasy collection and massive 15mm fantasy unpainted stash.
4) Restart the 6mm sci fi operational level project. Focus on 3D prints. Keep working on the rules.
5) Host a club AVBCW game and a home AVBCW game.
6) Backup small project: add single sprues of 28mm sci fi figures and use my Wargames Atlantic MMF subscription to print 3D figures for kitbashing.
7) Terrain. It's time to make some improvements now that I have transitioned to almost 90% 28mm vs 15mm collections. 2026 should be the year of terrain. Reduce the painted figure count for the year, but make terrain. Consider selling the hexon terrain and moving to terrain cloths.
8) Next batch of Burrows and Badgers figures to keep up to date with the whole collection.
9) Continue Quar.
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