Hobby productivity for the first half of the year is possibly the lowest since I began keeping records, but that is not unexpected. Afterall I declared a deliberate painting slow down and an intention to only complete existing projects, with the caveat that I may add the occasional unit to existing armies...but no new armies.
And I have stuck to that plan. I have only worked on three projects:
- The Napoleonic Austrian heavy cavalry - completed
- The Franco-Prussian French and Prussian commanders, and Bavarian infantry - in progress
- Scratch built buildings - in progress (and ongoing)
The figure count is 103 foot figures, 13 mounted figures and 15 buildings.
Where there is a substantial change is in the number of games played with a count of 22 so far this year...equal to the total for all 12 months last year. The count might have been higher because ten of these were solo games that took advantage of my retirement in January. However, when her indoors lost her job in April access to the garage more restricted so the solo gaming has gone in hold for a while.
And the rest of the year? Well there will be a LOT more scratch building. The FPW Bavarian collection will have another nine battalions added, plus some cavalry, artillery and generals. The FPW French will have some more cavalry added when the Perrys get around to making them. There may be some more Ottomans to round out that collection. There are also a few ACW items coming along.
Sounds pretty productive even with your self imposed restrictions!
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But well down on previous years. I think i had about six week where I did nothing at all...drove me mad!
Deletemakes sense there would be a decrease given your new normal state of affairs. Perhaps this year starts a new trend in the numbers.
ReplyDeleteStill though, a nice amount of output. 😁
I think there will be another 200 odd figures this year.
DeleteFifteen buildings is quite an achievement, especially given the amount of painstaking work that goes into it. Twenty-two games is also an achievement.
ReplyDeleteYet I have the but between the teeth with buildings at the moment and hopefully there will be many more soon, and another nine battalions of FPW Bavarians are somewhere between Nottingham and here.
DeleteYou've still got lots done.
ReplyDeleteAh but a far cry from those halcyon days when I managed to complete nearly 700 foot and 200 mounted in the same six-month period...in the days when storage way not an issue!
DeleteMore than I managed to get done and I have been quite reticent on my hobby responsibilities this year.
ReplyDeleteAt least it sounds like you are enjoying retirement sir.
Thanks Dai. Retirement has a lot to recommend it - least of all is that every day is part of the weekend...some days I struggle to remember what day of the week it is!
DeleteA nice snapshot of your year Mark:). As you say, not unexpected on the painting front given your retirement and self imposed no new armies etc. At least you have all of those lovely scratch building projects keeping the old grey cells occupied!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. I am certainly not short of things to keep the brain active. There is another batch of buildings under way now and should be able to be shown soon.
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