my 2026 hobby

Not a great month, only 23, short of my target, but still happy with what i’ve done. Another month focused on trench crusade…to the point where its actually all i’ve worked on in April

First off, some reinforcements to my red brigade, pretty pleased with the two halberd and shield guys as it actually involved a bit of basic stl modification and some of my own modelling to get what i wanted.

Next up is another anointed for my Heretic Legion

And then finally, i gave a friend a demo game of Trench Crusade last month, and he wanted to try the Trench Pilgrims, so i printed off a band to use for the game, and naturally afterwards i had to paint them!

My favourite model of the Trench Pilgrims that i painted though was the Shrine Anchorite. Had been looking forward to painting one for ages as, in my opinion, it’s one of if not THE most iconic unit of the game ,and im very pleased with how it turned out.

So there we have it, my progress for April, and I’m realising i need to set myself a rule…

The main purpose of creating this project was to try and make a decent dent in my backlog, however over half of the models I’ve painted so far this year are new ones that I’ve 3d printed for Trench Crusade, so my rule is this. By the end of the year, at least half of the models I have painted should be from my backlog.

Now I’m not going to make this required rule. You lot reading this know that forcing yourself to paint something that you’re not really feeling doesn’t end too well, with either not being happy with your result, or even burnout, but it is something i am going to try and do.

See you next month!

End of month status: 116/365 – Behind Target (just….)
Backlog minis painted: 45
New minis painted: 71