Hobby Pledges 2026

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Today is the end of Q1 of 2026.  Where did all that time go?!?  I’m checking in with this month’s total which is 71 or equivalent completed.  That takes the annual total to 275/365.   Only 90 to go and I should be through those by early May if I can keep this rate up.

Recent completions included plenty of things for Warriors of Athena.  Typically though I’ve distracted myself with Argonauts and still don’t have enough painted stuff to play the first scenario 😀  My Harryhausen giant cyclops also won the March PaintComp. Do join in with the fun there.  There is a new theme word each month which we do not take at all seriously.  It is a great excuse to get something all covered in paint.  Finally for this month I’ve also started my Spring Clean Challenge which will be a Dogs of War army featuring many Regiments of Renown.  It’s a huge task, over 150 miniatures to complete between now and the summer solstice.

How is everyone else getting on?

Remember to have fun out there and if there is a secret it is to keep picking up those brushes 🙂

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Today is the end of Q1 of 2026. Where did all that time go?!?

Don’t ask me. I’m still trying to figure out where the last 50 years went!

How is everyone else getting on?

Since I haven’t pledged (I didn’t didn’t I?) I’m golden! haha!

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In the first 3 months of the year I have made a reasonable start with my aims and actually managed to finish one and get the Vikings completed.

Dark Age Madness

Only knocked up a few command stands and an artillery piece for the War of the Roses.

Next up are the Normans

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I’ve changed my pledge a few times and in March I made Marvel Crisis Protocol my focus.

Over the last few weeks I’ve built tiles… bought, assembled and primed the X-Men starter… bought, assembled and started painting the NYC Block terrain pack.

Today I couldn’t focus on the hobby, so I didn’t. Perhaps it’s because I’m at the tedious part of terrain painting (windows are not fun) and the daunting prospect of painting the miniatures, but I’m pleased with my progress so far.

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The end of April has arrived and we are a third of the way through the year.  I’m plugging away with my Spring Clean Challenge Dogs of War and am about half way through.  Good progress there has helped me to pass my minimum annual output requirement of 365 minis already.  I’m at 383/365.  That is the soonest in the year I’ve managed to reach that pledge so I’m very pleased.  Here’s the most recent miniature completed, The Green Knight:

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End of May update is another 81 to the total which sits at 465/365 for this year.  As well as a miniature for the monthly PaintComp I also got some statues done for Warriors of Athena and the two large units done for the SCC.  I also finished a secret extra miniature for that project.  She’s big and green.  Not posted the full update yet but here is a sneak preview:

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you’re a painting monster machine XD

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We’re at the half way point of 2026.  Time to look at those pledges.  How’s everyone getting on?  I hope we are all having fun.  That is the point of hobby after all.

So far I’m at 511/365 for the year and managed to get my SCC Dogs of War finished, including an army book and a Midgard battle report if anyone wants to see either of those.

My most recent painting has been a game in a box, 8mm miniatures and terrain with tape measure and dice all in one tin from Space Denizens.  Cute 🙂

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Well… I did things. Some ‘nids, some RUBs. Some Fallout minis, some SW:Legion minis. An owlbear. A few paint comps. Dreamscape Collision, Bumblebee and the Giant Space Hamster. Roughly 100 minis. Not to bad.

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So far this year the following are done

15mm Sci-fi army

All the vehicles for my small Desert Rats are done, just a few guys to paint. Managed to get a bunch of the Germans and US infantry painted.

Completed one of the Chariots for the Celt army in 28mm. I’ve also made a start on the 15mm pirates, which includes the two sloops. Painted all the vehicles from the Dunkirk FoW set and made a start on the infantry. Finished the elephants for the Carthage army in Warlord Epic scale.

I’ve also virtually finished all the vehicles for Gaslands. I’ve just a few more to do, and then it’s on to scenery/terrain. Talking of terrain I managed get a ton of scatter pieces painted along with some buildings in variety of scales that inclues 15, 20 and 28mm.

I also painted a few fantasy mimis, including a 15mm dragon. I also painted one unit and a hero character for the Cathay Army.

So overall it’s been a fairly productive 6 months, which included going on holiday for 3 weeks.

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