Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

And that's the end of 2022.  Was it a good year?  I found it hard going in many, many ways.  Thank goodness I had my family and the hobby to fall back on during the difficult times.  Here's how I did against the plan I published at the beginning of September. Existing projects Anglo-Sikh Wars Complete movement trays and add flags for each unit -  Completed.  👍👍  All the movement trays are painted and textured and all the infantry standard bearers are now fully employed with a flag to wave.  I suppose I should have done the cavalry guidons but I couldn't find any info so I put that off.   16th Century Western European Wars (15mm) -  No progress.  👎 Make scenery to go with English church model Purchase/make specific terrain Look at buying more figures to extend the collection back to the 1540s and also for the Irish Wars - I didn't buy the figures to do this but in buying the Grumpy's Landsknechts I have now got more flex...

As we start September here's the outline plan for the last third of 2022.  Like all plans only time will tell if it survives first contact! Existing projects Anglo-Sikh Wars Complete movement trays and add flags for each unit 16th Century Western European Wars (15mm) Make scenery to go with English church model Purchase/make specific terrain Look at buying more figures to extend the collection back to the 1540s and also for the Irish Wars Algerian War (20mm) Repaint helicopter models WW2 Italy 43-45 (15mm)  Work on bases for the MDF buildings I repainted in the summer  Repaint water tower building Zona Alfa/Last Days Zombie apocalypse (20mm) Work on MDF buildings Make specific terrain/scenic pieces Fantasy terrain (28mm) Make terrain/scenic pieces that can be used for Celtos, Warmachine/Hordes and Burrows and Badgers Decide what to do with unused 28mm figures Continue blogging Improve on storage Finish the 1/48th Sopwith Camel model New projects Start a new project in 6mm...

Incredibly we're already into the last third of the year so it's time to review how I've done from May through to the end of August.  The updates are in italics but the rest was copied verbatim from 01/05's post.  Existing projects Continue with Sikh Wars project (20mm) Complete the EIC Sepoy regiment currently in progress - Completed. 👍 Chip away at the lead pile adding more units - This has been my main focus and I'm pleased to say that I've eradicated the lead pile for this project completing all the figures I had.  That's 98 figures in 20mm.  👍👍👍 16th Century Western European Wars (15mm) Make scenery to go with English church model - No progress.  👎 Purchase/make specific terrain -  No progress.  👎 Purchase more figures to extend my collection back to the 1540s and also for the Irish Wars - No new figures purchased. ☝ Algerian War (20mm) Finish making terrain  - I painted up all the hills and rocky outcrop scatter. 👍 Paint up last few ...

Here's the latest thinking for the second third of 2022: Existing projects Continue with Sikh Wars project (20mm) Complete the EIC Sepoy regiment currently in progress Chip away at the lead pile adding more units 16th Century Western European Wars (15mm) Make scenery to go with English church model Purchase/make specific terrain Purchase more figures to extend my collection back to the 1540s and also for the Irish Wars Algerian War (20mm) Finish making terrain Paint up last few ALN figures Repaint helicopter models WW2 Italy 43-45 (15mm)  Work on MDF buildings Make specific terrain/scenic pieces Rework all figure bases Zona Alfa/Last Days Zombie apocalypse (20mm) Work on MDF buildings Make specific terrain/scenic pieces Purchase more zombie figures Burrows & Badgers (28mm) Work out warbands for existing collection  Make specific terrain/scenic pieces  Purchase more figures Decide what to do with unused 28mm figures Continue blogging New projects Continuing lookin...

We're a third of the way through the year so it's time to look at how I've done against the initial plan set out in January. Aspirations for existing projects Continue with 20mm Sikh Wars project  Complete EIC infantry regiment (remaining 24 outstanding figures) - completed January👍  Add more units - I bought a load of new figures in March and have since completed another Sikh regiment , some British skirmishers and started an EIC Sepoy regiment👍👍 Focus on the following periods with special attention to terrain: WW2 Eastern Front 44-45 (1/76th) - nothing done👎  WW2 Yugoslavia 43-45 (1/76th) - nothing done👎  WW2 Italy 43-45 (15mm) - nothing done👎  First/French Indo-China War (20mm) - made a base and surround for an Indo-China village  and added some indigenous tribes fighters 👍👍 16th Century Western European Wars (15mm) -  some research but no painting Zona Alfa/Last Days Zombie apocalypse (20mm) - nothing done 👎  Decide what to do with ...

Happy New Year to everyone.  Here we are 2022.  If the last couple of years have shown us anything maybe making plans is daft but you need somewhere to start don't you? Prior to 2021 I always used to split the year into 3 sections of 4 months with Salute at the end of April as the key milestone to work towards.  The time before Salute used to be finishing off existing stuff.  Then I'd have a big splurge at Salute.  And the rest of the year would be wondering why I bought so much as I worked through it. 😆  There's no Salute in 2022 but I'm still going to plan the same.  Plans for first third 2022  Aspirations for existing projects Continue with 20mm Sikh Wars project  Complete EIC infantry regiment (remaining 24 outstanding figures) Add more units Focus on the following periods with special attention to terrain: WW2 Eastern Front 44-45 (1/76th) WW2 Yugoslavia 43-45 (1/76th) WW2 Italy 43-45 (15mm) First/French Indo-China War (20mm) 16th Centur...