Sunday, 2 January 2022

The Butterfly's Tally 2021

Like every year, I like to use this first post in January to look back at the past year, reminding myself of certain projects, see how I did with my New Year's resolutions and make some new ones for the coming year.

Qulathis the Exile
Pict 1113: Qulathis the Exile
Pict 1114: Qulathis the Exile
Qulathis the Exile
Pict 1115: Qulathis the Exile

But first, here is the last miniature I painted in 2021: Qulathis the Exile. Quite a nice model, I was very excited for since the Wood Elves were my first Warhammer Fantasy army. Sadly, in the game she is a bit of a slouch, but that's what community patches are made for!

Hobby Tally 2021

Once again, here are links to the tallies of the past: The Tally 2017, The Tally 2018, The Tally 2019, The Tally 2020

And here is what I wanted to do this year:

  • Paint a 4' x 4 ' gaming board
  • Paint at least four pieces of terrain to go with the board
  • And as always: Paint more models than buying new ones.

As for my numbers, a qick glance at the sidebar will show you that I did go a bit overboard with expanding my collection... While I have some ideas where I could downsize a little bit, I am also quite happy with the miniatures I have and I'm very exited about painting and playing with them.

I am also very happy with the quality of my painting. I really feel like I stepped up my painting across the board compared to earlier years. The only outliers might be some of the Infinity miniatures. I do like how they turned out and they are certainly good enough for the table, but I could do better with them if I spend more time with them.

Garden of Morr / Walls and Fences

Quite a few of my painted miniatures (comparatively) are terrain pieces. It was quite fun to see my collection grow especially with the Garden of Morr. I also got really into taking scenic pictures of the miniatures I painted, which also motivated my a great deal to paint more terrain in order to mix up the backgrounds!

Realm of Battle board tile

The gaming board did not quite get done... I managed to prime the tiles I have and one 2' x 2' section did get painted – one of my most read posts of the year!

Other projects of 2021

ArcWorlde Wild Elves vs. Halflings
ArcWorlde Briar Stag and Unithorn
ArcWorlde Halflings

At the beginning of the year, I painted small bands of Halflings and Wild Elves for ArcWorlde as well as a few unaligned beasts. I love the miniature's style and there are more of them prepped and ready to recieve some paint.

Rui Shi
Libertos, Hulan, Valerya Gromoz, Miranda Ashcroft, Dozer

Thanks to my gaming group becoming more active, I also got back into Infinity. Not only did I paint more miniatures of my Haqqislam collection, I also started to play and paint models for the Dahshat Company.

Radukar and cronies battling Cleona and Octren

It would be remiss of me not to mention Warhammer Quest Cursed City. Even with Qulathis finished (see above) I am still missing the two bruiser heroes, Brutogg the ogre and Dagnai the dwarf. As soon as these two are done, I plan to do an additional post showing the contents of the box. The set got me into the modern aesthetic of GW miniatures and I even branched out into some more undead.

Hobby resolutions for 2022

I really want to make a dent into my unpainted pile and bring up the ratio of my painted miniatures. So, once again, I want to paint more models that I buy. Painting-wise, the following list should get me to paint a divers bunch of miniatures. And 60 miniatures all together would also be a good start for my numbers.

  • 20 Warhammer Fantasy / Age of Sigmar miniatures
  • 10 Infinity miniatures
  • 10 MESBG miniatures
  • 10 miniatures by independent creators (for example ArcWorlde, Relicblade, etc.)
  • 10 pieces of terrain

4 comments:

  1. Very atmospheric scenery and I like the Infinity figures.
    Happy new year.

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  2. Awesome! Prolific as ever! Love the copper patina on the roofs.

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    1. Thank you; it's great to hear from you!
      Happy New Year to you!

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