Jesse's Hobby Blog

2025 is here and it is time to set my hobby goals for the year! Last year I split my goals into painting, playing, and buying. This year I am combining the painting and buying goals together into a single goal of reducing my unpainted models.  Goal #1: Reduce Unpainted Miniatures (The Pile of Shame) Last year, I was able to reduce my pile of shame by 58 miniatures. This was the total result of (Models Painted + Models Sold - Models Bought). This year my goal is to reduce my pile of shame by 60 miniatures. While this is close to what I did last year, this year will be a bit more difficult, because I don't have many miniatures that I am looking to sell. So the reduction in unpainted models is going to have to come almost entirely from painting.  If I purchase no new models, then the goal should be easy! 60 painted models is just over half of what I was able to paint last year. Unfortunately, I already have ideas of purchases I want to make, so this seems unlikely. If I purchase ...

So the year is over, and it is time to check in on the goals I had! Goal #1: Paint Miniatures Starting with my goal of painting, let's first take a look at the miniatures I painted in the final 3 months of 2024! I started with painting more of the Stranger Things models. Dustin, Mike, Lucas: Hopper, Joyce: I also painted some terrain for Don't Look Back, but this does not count towards my painting goals: I then painted a Savage to use in my Ghost Archipelago crew: I then painted some Sisters of Battle that I had sitting in my pile of shame for a while: I painted some awesome retro sci-fi Galacteers for Stargrave: I then painted up some fantasy creatures. These sculpts are super old and I have had these minis for years. I didn't spend a lot of time on them, but I still think they look ok. They will be good for almost any miniature agnostic fantasy game: Next I painted up four alien bugs that I hadn't finished yet from earlier in the year. These are for the Startgrave Qua...