04/04/2024

Progress against plan 1Q24

A reasonable start to the year with 650 items completed.

Compared to my much looser plan than usual I have done the following:
  1. Rework/Rebase as many figures as possible - underway
  2. Enhance/Add some new forces to the collection - underway, but I've not seen anything to tempt me into a new period yet
  3. Maintain or ideally reduce the stash - ongoing
  4. Exploit the 3D Printer - I restarted the printer, but as the temperature was still low the failure rate was higher than normal, so I'll leave it for now and work on files to print
  5. Enjoy Games & Shows - underway with trips to Vapnartak and Hammerhead plus the recent Easter big game
Amplifying the above:

1. Rework/Rebase as many figures as possible.
  • Start on the Napoleonics (this may take a couple of years to do) - I've made a start on the British - British are now well underway
  • WW2 Winter Russians - not started yet, but I've bought the necessary figures
  • Early War German Fallschirmjager - not started yet

2. Enhance/Add some new forces to the collection in no particular order
  • 15mm DBA Italian wars army (for the forthcoming inter-club tournament) - bought a Hungarian army but it didn't have all the necessary options, so I will use some borrowed "Florentines" for the game with some additions
  • 28mm Female Gunfighters - not started yet
  • Add a unit of WW2 Japanese SNLF - completed
  • Extra units for the Crusades - not started yet
  • French Dragoons for Egypt 1800 - not started yet
  • Modify the SYW Austrian Grenz to use for Prussian Frei Korps - not started yet
  • Some extra Aztecs for skirmish games - not started yet, but I have trialed a couple of 3D printed figures
  • Various figures and terrain need for Montgisard 1177 - not started yet
  • WW2 BEF infantry (I plan to 3D print the extra needed figures, etc.) - not started yet

3. Continue to clear out all unwanted items, including painted figures
  • Re-assess each existing period, army, and units to consider if I am really going to use them - not started yet
  • Reduce the stash (figure and plastic bits box) from 4 crates to 3 - not started yet
  • review my 1/300 collection and decide its fate - not started yet

4. 3D Printing - the bulk of my immediate needs have been printed so I will work on
  • gradually replace existing diecast and other poor quality AFVs in my collection - not started yet
  • components for houses and other terrain - not started yet
  • work on how to make/modify files to meet my specific needs - underway, I've enhanced my 1/80 Waco and I'm currently working on a similar bath-tubbed Horsa glider
5. Gaming
  • Continue supporting the Beacon Club and attending as many weekend events as possible - underway only one weekend missed so far due to other commitments
  • Attend at least as many shows as last year - underway with trips to Vapnartak and Hammerhead plus the recent Easter big game

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