my 2026 hobby
August
A bit late this time for August’s update, but it’s finally here, was just a matter of time of getting the chance to photo my minis. I’ve also played around with my camera settings this time, maybe the pictures are better?
Anyway August was a bumper month with lots of progress, so lets get into it!
First up, is my Bretonian Men at Arms for Old World, i started painting these towards the end of july. This is a great milestone for me as now all of the “boring” units are painted for the army, so i can now start on the more fun stuff and actually paint some knights!
Next up, continuing my Dropzone Commander project, its some buildings and some UCM. The buildings aren’t anything special, i hate painting MDF, so these 3 were done in an evening with a very quick paint job, mostly by spraying patches of different spray cans, and adding patches of moss. Nothing, special, but quick and still look good on the table.
Then its my remaining UCM forces…or at least it WAS my remaining UCM forces. Since painting these units i’ve had the DZC 3rd edition starter sets arrive. I ordered 2 sets, meaning my UCM have now doubled to almost 5000 points!! I’m looking to get those sets painted up soon so i can use them to run demo’s, so maybe they’ll appear in this blog before the end of the year.
Next up, painted some more Davale RPG characters, just for a bit of a slower pace. Really liking this models and look forward to painting up more of them. I have also got the baddies as well to paint up at some point. Again, something of a common theme in parts of this project log, bases haven't been done. As per usual its because i haven't decided how yet, but also these will be going in with my Maladum collection, so i will be looking to do all the bases at the same time so that i can try and get them all matching.
And finally, perhaps the most common theme in this project log (and will probably be in next years too!), is more Trench Crusade. More forces for my Cruciform Order of St George, which im currently using as proxies for the Papal States in the campaign we have just started. Look out next month for even more Trench Crusade, as I paint up reinforcements for my warband during the campaign, but also paint my warband which I’ll be using in a narrative event day being held in Plymouth at the start of October. I’m currently planning on playing the Knights of St Lazarus…but depends if i get them painted in time or not.
So that wraps up progress for August, a great 66 models painted, very happy with that, and a great step towards completing my goal. As we get close to the end of the year, think its time to decide what goal i will be having for next year, if i have one at all.
And as for my secondary goal, I’ve now painted more of my backlog this year than new stuff! Unfortunately I already know in September things will be Trench Crusade heavy, so the new minis painted number will shoot up, but hopefully i can get some backlog stuff out and do what i can to keep that number ahead.
End of month status: 272/365
Backlog minis painted: 139
New minis painted: 133
