01/01/2024

Review of 2023 - part 1 - progress against plan

Managed to complete 2,907 items and generally had a very successful year

Compared against specific targets I set
  1. Rationalise my Terrain, upgrading or replacing any unsuitable items - During the warm weather I made a good effort on this, but I still have more work to do.
  2. Retouch/Rebase as many figures as possible. - A large amount completed see below for detailed progress.
  3. Attempt to complete all the figures in the stash that have a clear fit with my current plans - Over 80% completed
  4. Clear out all unwanted items - several batches have been sold on ebay and at shows
Amplifying the above:

1. Rationalise my Terrain, upgrading or replacing any unsuitable items
  • Wooden Fencing needs either upgraded or replaced - all done, including some 3D printed gates
  • Hills, I have too many of the wrong sizes - I have chopped them down to sensible sizes & shapes
  • Rivers need expanded - not done, although I did manage to find the left over painted acylic sheets from my existing rivers - task for 2024
  • Wadi/Depression edges need created - completed
2. Rework/Rebase as many figures as possible.
  • Zulu Wars - delayed from last year - Completed
  • Dark Ages - Completed
  • Russian Civil War - Completed
  • possibly Napoleonic British - A small start has been made
3. Attempt to complete all the figures in the stash that have a clear fit with my current plans
  • Finish the WSS - completed
  • Scottish schiltron - completed
  • More "Cossack" infantry & cavalry - completed
  • Baggage camels for the Crusades, Sudan, etc. - completed
  • Replace my old Napoleonic French Dragoons - completed
  • Napoleonic Spanish infantry for skirmish games - completed
  • 28mm ECW cavalry - completed, including some 3D printed dragoons both mounted and on foot.

4. Clear out all unwanted items, including painted figures
  • Assess each existing period, army, and units to consider if I am really going to use them - Made a good effort, but still more to do
  • Reduce the figure stash from 4 crates to 3 - completed, down to three crates, partly achieved by giving away half my plastic bits box (crate) and using some of that space, so I now have slack in all my crates. My stash is now down to 3,768 items from 5,820

5. 3D Printing - the bulk of my immediate needs have been printed so I am looking at
  • ways to produce matching 20mm figures & smaller equipment to complete my Napoleonic and other armies - have found a number of useful items becoming available for sale. Some of these I have purchased and am printing
  • components for houses and other terrain - I have have produced some bunker doors and wooden gates.
  • work on how to make/modify files to meet my specific needs - quite proficient at 3D builder and I am using it for head swaps, etc. I also modified an Austrian Limber into a close match of a Prussian one.
6. Gaming
  • Play at least one WW2 Sicily game as is is the 80th anniversary this year - failed
  • I would like to try Dresden 1813 as it is the 210th anniversary - failed
  • Attend as many shows as possible - A reasonable performance, and it was great to get out again and see what other people are playing and to meet up with old friends. I attended Vapnartak (York), Hammerhead (Newark), Phalanx (St Helens), Attack (Devizes), Other Partisan (Newark) and Recon (Pudsey).

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