Year 4 in Review (Pic Heavy)

[Rat13]

With the year nearly over I guess its time to post my usual yearly review. What a year it was too, the addition of an actual project list combined with the ongoing yearly total seemed to have made all the difference in my output.

 

Rather than write about it I figure it's more fun to just post some pictures instead. So without further ado let's take a look at what I did this year.

 

My 40K Guard army got quite the influx of reinforcements in the way of Tau defectors, Regimental Advisors, thirty conscripts, a new commander, and even a scratch built Sentinel. 

 

This year also finished out one of my longest running projects in my first "box of shame".

Looking at this I'm certain I grabbed at least one wrong figure for this shot.

 

I also managed to paint quite a zombie horde for a 40K Killteam scenario I designed for Halloween. Unfortunately the scenario wasn't run but there's always next year. Plus between painting and designing the scenario I think I got more than my money's worth of enjoyment out of a twelve dollar bag of zombies.

 

That project also gave me an excuse to finally paint some more skeletons too.

 

Not to be forgotten I also made a squad of PDF for my Guard army though somehow they weren't photographed with the rest.

 

Now it comes down to my final project, my attempt to paint an entire WAAGH! for my wife in just a year. Sadly I was not successful in this attempt but as almost half the year was spent avoiding the project I only have myself to blame. In the end I did manage quite a bit however with some boys, a Boss Nob, four bikers including a Boss Nob, a group of boys disguised as a tank, some Big Shootas, and two sets of Gretchin. 

 

What year end review would be complete without a group shot?

 

Though I didn't post pictures honorable mentions are deserved for my mother's replacement chess piece that I cloned and painted, my college friend's wedding present, and this year's Christmas ornament I built and painted with my daughter.

 

Final Numbers:

9-Tau Defectors

1-Guard Sergeant 

2-Astropaths

2-Master of Ordinance 

2-Officer of the Fleet

30-Conscripts

1-Guard Commander

1-Scratch Built Sentinel 

4-Fantasy D&D Figures

96-Zombies

1-Chesspiece

1-Wedding Present 

8-Skeletons

10-PDF Guardsmen

56-Orks

23-Gretchin

1-Chirstmas Ornament

TOTAL:248

 

Not a bad year overall and I'm certainly pleased with everything I did. Though there is always room for improvement I believe this was my best year so far. I've still got a lot to learn but with each year I can see improvement.

 

*Note though some models may not in fact be the actual models from this year I did my best. It's hard to pull the exact model when dealing with so many, especially if they all look the same.

 

*Also that painting log I started for this year was immeasurably helpful in creating this year end review. Rather than digging through old threads to figure out exactly what I painted and the final numbers all I had to do was consult the log. This cut the time to create the review in half as all I really had to do was take pictures and actually type it up. Going forward I will certainly be maintaining a log from now on.

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome!

You did a lot!

[Jasper_the_2nd]

Impressive!! They look great and that is a serious number of figs!!

 

[Darcstaar]

Wow!

Quite the productive year.

Excellent work.

[Krassling]

That is a lot. I love those orks. And the 2.ed Gretchins of course.

What is the Text on these tank parts, Not Orks?