Review of 2024 - part 1 - progress against plan

So I have ended the year with 3,084 items completed, however about two thirds of those were reworking/rebasing so maybe not that great an output.

Compared to my much looser plan than usual I have done the following:

1. Rework/Rebase as many figures as possible - good progress for this year, but still plenty to do
2. Enhance/Add some new forces to the collection - I ended, as I began, with no clear idea of what to start next, but tempted by several skirmish level games in 28mm.
3. Maintain or ideally reduce the stash - had several purges on ebay, but missed out on a final purge for this year because of family issues, But the size of stash rose from 3,760 to 4,132 as I have printed a lot of Napoleonics for painting shortly
4. Exploit the 3D Printer - Very happy with my final run of the year using solvent based 8K resin for figures, I'll certainly do more next year. The Creality FDM printer I bought for terrain wouldn't work and neither would its replacement and I subsequently received an Elegoo Neptune for Christmas which works so terrain will be in the plan for next year
5. Enjoy Games & Shows - I think I completed an almost full schedule of visits to plenty of shows.

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 made a start on the British last year - I've completed the British, Portuguese, Brunswick and Spanish plus my figures for skirmish games. French are substantially completed
• WW2 Winter Russians - Completed
• Early War German Fallschirmjager - Completed

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 sucessfully used some borrowed "Florentines" for the games - This project is now shelved and the Hungarians sold off
• 28mm Female Gunfighters - not started yet
• Add a unit of WW2 Japanese SNLF - Completed
• Extra units for the Crusades - Completed
• French Dragoons for Egypt 1800 - Completed
• Modify the SYW Austrian Grenz to use for Prussian Frei Korps - I bought some specific figures and have just completed them along with some Jagers
• Some extra Aztecs for skirmish games - not started yet, but I have trialled a couple of 3D printed figures
• Various figures and terrain need for Montgisard 1177 - completed and sucessfully ran the game at both Vapnartak and Phalanx, but I now need to think of a new scenario to offer
• WW2 BEF infantry (I plan to 3D print the extra needed figures, etc.) - I decided that the print files available were not good enough so the project has been shelved.

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 - Sold off my Boxers and Wind & Lion colonials among several others
• Reduce the stash (figure and plastic bits box) from 4 crates to 3 - Although I successfully reduced to 3 crates but there is still more to do particularly as the number of items in the stash rose from 3,760 to 4,132 as I have printed a lot of Napoleonics for painting shortly
• review my 1/300 collection and decide its fate - Cleared out all my old WW1 and WW2

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 - some progress - but more to do
• components for houses and other terrain - not started yet - I was hoping to use the FDM printer for this - so this will be in my plans for 2025
• work on how to make/modify files to meet my specific needs - Quite happy with my skills to modify files, I've enhanced my 1/80 Waco and I've created a similar bath-tubbed Horsa glider that has printed OK and now been painted, plus verious figure conversions

5. Gaming

• Continue supporting the Beacon Club and attending as many weekend events as possible - Completed - only two weekends missed due to other commitments
• Attend at least as many shows as last year - The list of shows completed are Vapnartak, Hammerhead, the Easter big game, Phalanx, Attack, Other Partisan, Reveille and Recon.