The Final Countdown 2020
2020 is done and dusted, and as we all know a very strange year..........we are still here, and looking forward and currently planning for a prosperous 2021.
A big thank you to our customers that did manage to attend and play a wargame this year. A big thank you for your continued support here on my blog, on Facebook, Instagram and the various Forums I haunt.
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Totals
Summing up my Wargame painting and terrain progress this year on my goals I achieved about 75% with a few minimal diversions. I may of completed more looking back, but motivation was up and down depending upon the external stresses of this strange year. On the positive side a lot of my stash completed with very few purchases of new lead or plastic.2020 Goals Achieved
War Room redecoration95% complete, curtains still being made....lets just say this is not me......
Construction of the wargames table
16 ft Completed
28mm miniatures painting goal 2020Gaulish 260 figs
59 painted roman auxilia
16th Auxiliary Cavalry
9 Sassanid cavalry
50 early medieval cavalry
168 early medieval infantry
31 Medieval cavalry completed
528 Medieval Infantry completed
18 Napoleonic cavalry
12 Napoleonic infantry
1 Santa!
24 ACW union 28mm infantry (commission)
8 union 28mm cavalry (commission)
24 Napoleonic 28mm artillery guns (Commission)
16 Vikings 28mm (commission)
40 WW2 british 28mm (commission)
18 Pulp figures (commission)
48 7YW infantry (commission)
24 7YW cavalry (commission)
Completed 28mm Infantry 1174
Completed 28mm Cavalry 186
Completed Artillery 24
WW2 1944 20mm
160 infantry
32 tanks completed
6 x Armored cars built
9 trucks completed
6 AA guns and crews
4 AT guns mixed 6pdr & 17pdr completed
5 gliders built
2 built-in buses
16 trucks and jeeps built
8 x AT guns kit built
8 x Armored cars built
Bunkers 4 completed
16 landing craft built
8 aircraft built
20mm Infantry 160
20mm vehicles 56
Miniatures rebased and touched up
54 ACW rebased and touched up
8 cavalry rebased and touched up
34 Gauls rebased, touched up and hand painted shields
Other Science Fiction
1 Jedi Starfighter
Total Terrain System For Now (TTSFN) Goals achieved
Castle board (1500x1200), includes Gaulois fort, dark ages Motte and bailey, and 100 YW castle under construction ATM 40% complete
Standard boards x 6
Plowed fields
Maize/corn crop fields
Harvested crop fields
20mm buildings x 8
Dark Age Buildings x 6
Medieval buildings x 10
20mm ww2 buildings x 6
Bocage mark V 12m
Stone walls (master completed)
22 trees
Board game played
3 games
Wargames played
Ancient games x 3
Medieval games x5
Renaissance games
French Revolution games
Napoleonic games
Ww1 games x2
WW2 games x6
Modern games x1
Naval games x1
Fantasy
Science fiction x2
So quite happy with my results, although I am way behind on posting due to running out of my basing paint color....I did complete a further 18 bases of mostly medieval Infantry in the Christmas to New year including a lot of cavalry. I will post these over the coming week or so.
I think I will do a parade of the Medievals and the Gauls as they really were a big task. I think I have around 30 Gallic warriors remaining to do to complete the 300 figure starting goal so no spares in the drawers of doom. The medievals will continue this year, but WW2 will become the main focus as it makes up 75% of our main Wargames Holiday Business.
Completing bits from my project drawers and the focus on terrain has helped me a lot this year, as now I have space to plan 2021 which is well underway. I will continue to post every week as it helps me keep track of what has been completed.
Let us all hope this pandemic can be over so we can socialize and share all of our new painted goodies, and watch our recently painted units flee off the table once again.
cheers
Matt
