Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

Here's the second third update of 2026, a summary of my gaming up until the end of August  The projects update can be found here . This was the gaming board at the start of the year (detail here ): And here's how it looked at the first update at the end of April (detail here ): And here's the current position: I'd played ten games up until the end of April.  That's now seventeen.  Although I've dropped off a bit, my target for an average of two a month is still on track.  I had the real arseache with everything after Salute (lots of real world goings on), and by June had had enough.  I'm pleased to say that I'm back to "normal" now and enjoying things. Verrotwood - This is the game I've enjoyed the most.  I've kept up with my campaign and played another two games.  In April I wrote "I'm getting into the last throes", well I'm not sure that's the case as things have turned round and the two cults are neck and neck ...

It's the end of August and time for my second update of the year.  The gaming update for May to August is  here .   At the start of the year this is what the projects board looked like (detail here ): The updated list at the end of April looked like this (detail here ): And here we are at the end of August: The ticks show how many months I've worked on something for that project.  There's been no new projects added since the April update.  At the end of April the balance was: 28mm - 17 figures (5 Verrotwood, 12 Celtos) 20mm - 14 figures (4 French Indo-China War, 10 WW2); 1 gun, 1 aircraft (all French Indo-China War) 15mm - 92 figures (76 late 15th Century, 16 late 16th Century); 1 WW2 afv  6mm - 362 figures (134 1980's Iran-Iraq/Soviet-Afghanistan Wars, 192 Seven Years War, 36 19th C Colonial); 22 afvs/aircraft (all Iran-Iraq/Soviet-Afghanistan Wars) The current balance is: 28mm - 52 figures (4 Verrotwood, 9 Celtos, 39 WW2) 20mm - 14 figures (4 French ...

Here's the first third update of 2026, a summary of my gaming up until the end of April.  The projects update can be found  here . This was the gaming board at the start of the year (detail  here ): And this is the current position as of the end of April: I've played ten games.  I'm very happy with this. I was roughly aiming for an average of two a month so to have played two more over the four months is great. Fantasy  - I played Sword Weirdos using some of my Warmachine and Black Scorpion miniatures.  The AAR is here . Verrotwood  - I played another two games of my Awakening Campaign.  I'm getting into the last throes of this and it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.  The AARs are here and here . Sci-Fi/ Post-Apoc  - I started the year's gaming with a game of Space Weirdos using the only "true" Sci-Fi figures I own of some biker girls and desert raiders.  You can read the AAR here . Ancients & Medieval  - I pl...

Keeping up my tradition April is time for the first update of the year.  The gaming update for the same period is  here .   At the start of the year this is what the projects board looked like (detail  here ): And here's the updated list as of the end of April: As always big ticks are for completed projects, little ticks show how many months I've worked on something for that project.  The only changes since the start of the year are: The 16th C. Revamp has been completed, but I've added some more figures so it's now just 16th Century. I've added a new project - Fall of Granada.  This is a period I've wanted to do forever it seems, well at least 30 years since I travelled round Andalucía.  The starting balance as of January 2026 was : 28mm - 6 figures (all Verrotwood) 20mm - 45 figures, 1 gun, 1 aircraft (all French Indo-China War) 15mm - 7 afvs (all WW2) 6mm - 368 figures (44 Iran-Iraq/1980s, 9 1980s afvs/aircraft; 240 Seven Years War; 84 19t...