2025 doing Ovelist - first third update

As is my tradition April is time for the first update of the year.  The gaming update for April is here.  

At the start of the year this is what the doing Ovelist looked like (detail here):

And here's the updated list as of the end of April:

Big ticks are for completed projects, little ticks show how many months I've completed something for that project.  The only changes are: the 1980's project has now solidified into The Iran-Iraq War project; and I've added a square for The Old West.  This is a project I've been adding to for 20 years or more and I've recently picked up some superb Native Americans to work on.

The starting balance as of January 2025 was :

  • 28mm - 43 figures (21 Norse Age, 8 Verrotwood, 10 WW2, 4 Burrows & Badgers)
  • 20mm - 24 figures (24 WW2) (this was 26 but 2 had missing/broken bits so I binned them)
  • 15mm - 2 afvs (2 WW2)
  • 6mm - 44 figures (11 WW2, 33 1980s, 9 1980s afvs)
The current balance is:
  • 28mm - 30 figures (8 Verrotwood, 10 WW2, 12 Old West)
  • 20mm - 15 figures (15 WW2)
  • 15mm - 2 afvs (2 WW2)
  • 6mm - 311 figures (6 WW2; 305 Iran-Iraq War); 48 afvs; 4 aircraft (all Iran-Iraq War)
I've completed:
  • 28mm - 23 (19 Norse Age, 4 Burrows & Badgers).  The original number of 21 for the Norse Age included two figures that have now been "transferred" to The Old West project.
  • 20mm - 24 WW2 figures.  
  • 6mm - 5 WW2 figures.  
And added:
  • 28mm - 10 figures (All Old West)
  • 20mm - 15 figures(All WW2)
  • 6mm - 272 figures; 37 afvs; 3 aircraft (All Iran-Iraq War) 

In purely numeric terms my output is low.  With the exception of 6mm (which is always an exception),  I've bought less than I've finished which is the way I want to stay.  My stash is manageable and I don't want to go back to stockpiling figures.  That doesn't work for me.  

I've made a start on the 16th Century revamp with rebasing of some figures and adding magnets to the bases.  This will be used as infill work while I'm working on The Iran-Iraq War and The Old West projects, which will be my main focus for the next few months.  

I've also kept to my plan of doing at least one terrain "thing" a month.  I've added some winter trees, 6mm scale dense wooded areas and some Tudor buildings to improve this part of my collection.

I've still got a few ideas in mind for those squares with question marks.  Whether I start anything else really just depends on if the muse strikes and how well I clear other items.  The only important thing is that I'm happy with what I've achieved. 

Comments

  1. Matt Crump5 May 2025 at 09:32

    Very organised , I don’t really keep records and just paint what I fancy 😀

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