Review of 2015 - part 1

Crumbs, it seems hardly any time since I reviewed my half year progress
Yes, over half the year has passed by already, so I thought I'd better do a quick progress check

Major Projects (at least 100 figures, month or more in effort)

• I’ve committed to produce the terrain for one of the tables for this year’s big game, which covers the Allied landings in Sicily 1943. This will mean quite a lot of terrain construction, but at least I can still use the buildings from the SOTCW Achse & Avalanche game from 2009
Completed, but it was quite a lot of work
• Axis winter forces – German/Italian/Hungarian (from 2014 plan)
Completed to a far greater extent than planned, I'll certainly be adding extra units to my forces, but that will be as needed
• Finish the Jacobites, by adding French and Lowland units (from 2014 plan)
Mostly completed, two infantry units completed, currently working on some cavalry, My existing French Dillon regiment will cover the Irish picquets. But I haven't worked out how to model the Gardes Ecossais.

Minor Projects (in no particular order)

• Saracen cavalry and a few more archers
Not yet started carried forward to 2016
• Crusader cavalry
Not yet started carried forward to 2016
• HYW/WOTR English add some cavalry and a few more infantry
Not yet started carried forward to 2016
• Cossacks – expand the force mixing in some Wallachians (Lucky Toys Vlad Tepes set) to add some variety
ompleted
• Ancient German Warbands
Not yet started carried forward to 2016
• Some Assorted Ancient Light Troops to fill in various gaps in my armies
Not yet started carried forward to 2016
• Russian Partisans
Not yet started carried forward to 2016
• Carried over from 2014 is a British Desert Motor Battalion, plus transport and an Infantry battalion
Completed
• Upgrade my WW1 East African Germans with the new HaT figures
Not yet started carried forward to 2016

Other activities

• Refight Ligny from 1815 (everyone else is doing Waterloo)
Successfully completed a great couple of days gaming
• The stash is still far too big; I want to get it down from six storage boxes to five by the time we move. In line with this, I plan to complete as many plastic kits as possible, there are over 40 there at present so completing these should free up one box at least.
Total failure - the total number of unpainted items in my database has decreased by a pathetic 23 items from 7,463 to 7,420. Although the number of kits has declined I have compensated by storing away some "Works" Russian tanks for a future expansion of my Winter WW2 to cover late WW2. So no change in storage
• Continue the attempt No new armies until after we move – will be quite difficult to achieve if plastic figure manufacturers bring out something tempting.
Still managing, just

I'll cover the breakdown of what's been painted in part 2