Pledge Update for January 2009
Time for my first pledge update of the year. For me the pledge is based on reducing the size of the unpainted pile, i.e. figures painted/sold vs. figures acquired, with assorted conversion factors between the different scales thrown in. After all, it's easier to paint up 30 15mm figures than it is to do the same number in 28mm. I've blown it 4 out of the last 5 years, though two years were pretty close. New for this year is the goal of finishing one project per month to try and actually complete a few of the things I've started. Ahem, now the Pledge Status for January 2009.
Painted: 128 15mm infantry and 43 15mm cavalry (mostly Romans)
Acquired: 74 28mm figures (Shadowforge, Dark Age, and Hydra Robot Legion)
Sold off: 32 15mm cavalry and about 110 15mm infantry (ACW stuff)
After applying the equation to reduce everything to 28mm figures, the painting/selling puts me ahead by 48 figures for the year. The lead pile grows smaller!
The other half of the pledge is also fulfilled for the month. I declared that I would finish off my Field of Glory Republican Roman army in 15mm with its double infantry component. This was successfully completed and I have played a game with this army. Further, I looked at my 15mm ACW project and declared it complete after finishing off a handful of mounted officers and then I sold off the extra toys, so actually I have two projects done for the year. Success!
(But K! I hear someone say, that's 14-1500 ACW figures painted up in 2007-2008, you put on 4-5 games with them last year, and yet you are claiming the project for 2009? What gives? Yes, I take credit for 2009 for ending this project. I looked at all the stuff I had left, determined what needed to be finished, did that, and sold the rest to fellow TMPers. With no more unpainted ACW figures left in the house, the project is complete as of now. The goal is to complete projects, ideally armies that have been hanging around for a while, but it could be just a group of 15 figures I thought were cool. This matches that criteria, and it feels good!)
For February, I state that the intended project is that I will finish off my 15mm British Napoleonic army. I'm down to four units left with about 100 figures, so that should put the kibosh on a largish project. Charge!
