Every now and again I feel a bit down on myself, and there’s no one reason to point at necessarily. It’s one of those situations where the dark thoughts, while few, seem to stand against the many very good things that are going on around me. If this is the problem, I just need to allow myself to feel good about my accomplishments this year, and allow the weight of evidence to take over.
So – if you’ll oblige me – I’m going to get a jump start on my year end post where I’m always shocked at what I’ve accomplished throughout the year. For this post I’ll focus on the first 6 months of the year…
January
Heck, the year started off with a bang with a pretty stellar group chat of old friends taking form. All have a knowledge of the 40k universe, and has generally (and I hope I speak for everyone there) been a positive outlet for us. The late 20’s and early 30’s has been a diaspora of sorts, with old friends moving out of the city, and frankly the city becoming less manageable to get around in, so this has been good. A very good thing.
In terms of painting progress, I had a lot on the go. I was assembling a pair of Helverins, trying to get a mob of Orkz in a condition that I could sell them, and then this squad of intercessors reached the breaking point. They needed to get done for a Christmas gift for a pal of mine. So they got finished.
Oh, I also shovelled a shit-ton of snow, as one does in Canada.
February
It seems like February was kind of a quick month and I guess that makes sense given it’s the shortest month of the year. I got 5 Stealers wrapped up (as I nibbled at the massive batch that I started in June 2018)
Oh, I also shovelled a shit-ton more snow, as one does in Canada. Remind me to consider purchasing a snow blower.
March
This was a month of starting or continuing projects, not necessarily finishing them. Big lad started receiving some attention as the urge to paint increased.
April
Finally some finishing! First, Winston’s Hawkshroud offspring got done:
Then some dudes that had been in painting limbo for wayyyyy too long…
And then I snapped. Something that had been sitting on my shelf of shame for way too long needed to die. I’m really, REALLY proud of how he turned out, and further proof that I need not stress about how stuff is going to turn out, I should just get it done. IT FELT GOOD. (And I feel good writing about it!)
May
Emboldened by Cawl now being complete, I pressed on into a group of Rangers that had similarly been neglected for far too long. Within the space of a few weeks, done.
Also, I feel like being a dad started to sink in around this time. It’s kind of weird, but you grow to really like it after a time. Maybe I was fighting it a bit before? I don’t know. But it started to get ‘fun’ at a certain point and I’m not quite sure when that was. Maybe this was it:
Don’t get me wrong, its not without its trials but… yeah. It’s nice. 🙂
June
Another project done, that really intimidated me from the outset. Like Cawl, I’m really happy with how they turned out.
Within a couple days I turned out 5 more Gants, because I was on a bit of a roll, apparently:
To be Continued
I think 6 months of backlog in blogging is good enough for now. In summary:
- 29 Infantry done
- 2 Tank Sized Walkers
- 1 Tank Sized Character
Not bad! I’m on pace to shatter last years numbers! Stay tuned!
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