2025 "doing" Ovelist check point 3 - end of year update

Well that was 2025. Where did the year go?  The gaming update for this period is here.

The image below is how the Ovelist looked at the start of the year, the detail is here. 

Here's what it looked like at the end of April with the detail here. 

Here's how things at the end of August (detail here):

And here's how the doing Ovelist looks as 2025 ends.

The balance at the end of August was:

  • 28mm - 9 figures - all Verrotwood
  • 15mm - 6 afvs - all WW2
  • 6mm - 302 figures; 5 afvs; 5 aircraft - all Iran-Iraq War
It's now:
  • 28mm - 6 figures - all Verrotwood
  • 15mm - 7 afvs - all WW2
  • 6mm - 368 figures; 44 figures 5 afvs; 5 aircraft Iran-Iraq War/1980s. 240 figures Seven Years War.  84 figures 19th Century Colonial. 
I've completed the following this year:
  • 28mm - 37 figures
  • 20mm - 39 figures
  • 15mm - 1 afv
  • 6mm - 266 figures, 43 afvs.
I bought a fair few 6mm figures in November, but overall I don't have anything that's been hanging around for too long.  I've not started any new projects as I've been adding to and improving my existing collections. 

With the exception of June, I've kept to the plan of doing at least one terrain "thing" a month and that's worked out well.  Working on terrain breaks up the figure painting. 

I’m fairly happy with what I’ve achieved in 2025.  The only thing I never really got anywhere with was the 16th Century revamp, but I'll try to get on with that in the new year.  

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