"What should my next project be?" Topic

Don't you hate it when somebody asks that question?
Am I supposed to guess your likes? The scale of figures you like?

I have passed through more projects, and sold and abandoned them, thsn most people here. I am now happily settled in on just three.
15mm Flames of War. "True 25mm" British colonials. And 25mm AWI.

The only reason I wish I had some of the stuff I abandoned is so I could sell my Aztecs to the next guy who asks us what he wants to do next.
Hey. I still have a ton of LOTR figures… I'm sure you'd love to have that be your next project. Most are painted!

I don't know how we older gamers managed in the decades before the internet with no one to recommend to us the "best" rules", or the "best" figures", for any particular period. Or what name of "Brand X" color paint to use for such and such uniform…

No, I don't hate it. I usually suspect that the person is looking for options that they haven't considered. Maybe discover something that they weren't previously aware of, something like that.

3mm Albanian Succession wars. Never forget 312 BC!

A generation that must have every decision made or validated by the internet, perhaps?

Naw. I want to do what I want to do. The only thing I validate is if brand X is any good. Or what is the proper mix of piccolo players to bag pipers in the Slobovian Military band?

By the way, when I read the title of the post, my reply was going to be, "Your next project should be to build a giant mechanical war-chicken."

Now you're probably wondering why I would suggest such a thing (or not, but I'll tell you anyway). Because, every army can use a giant mechanical war-chicken. A giant mechanical war-chicken will strike fear into any enemy. Imagine yourself as a figure on the table top. The giant mechanical war-chicken is unleashed, towering above you, armed with its giant mechanical pecker…

I ask you, would you not run away?

Upper or Lower Slobbovia?

Raoul I DGIOS

But, since that isn't where John… oops, I mean Winston, was going with this. I won't bother posting that.

And yes, I would run as far as my little base would carry me. Dragging the other guys glued to my stand if so burdened.

But I'm not going to bother posting that either.

I think its a great quedtion. Maybe I never heard of the Great Paraguyan War…

I'm selling Russians. Maybe that should be your next project.

Upper or Lower Slobbovia?

Lower of course! Everyone knows that Upper Slobovian Military bands use trombones!

Or maybe they're just thinking out loud?

lead the crusade to rid the world oh the Barret scale (foot to eye) measuring system.

Sometimes its fun to have a challenge.

Chris – before the internet there was no getting the "best" figures because most of the orders were done by mail, no photos, just pick from a catalogue and hope that they looked sort of like human beings when they arrived in the mail :-)

I'm having a blast lately painting up 28mm Fantasy stuff. Started doing it for Frostgrave but got bored with the rules pretty quickly. Now I can't stop painting the figs and don't have a ruleset I want to play… oh well, you have to go with what is fun.

AWI?…Space:1759+..(reverse Space 1889) Martians of the '89 civilisations decide to colonise North America. All you need are Elves with muskets.

28mm Anglo-Sikh War. Read up on it if you are in doubt. It is probably one of the coolest periods out there and both sides are fun to play.

One thing I really can't stand is people suggesting things "I might like".

Now get off my lawn. Harumph.

Just get more AWI!

Well, back in the day I used to get Wargamer's Digest, and that spawned a number of projects, both from articles and ads. Upon becoming serious again around 1987, MWAN served much the same function. Magazines were like the Internet, just slower…

China, Ming Dynasty, Big Armies, Skirmish/role playing Color, Kung Fu lot's of movies to watch.

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leidang the answer is Dragon Rampart and I want to model Winston staked to the ground for my next project 'Cowboys and Injuns' now no protestations Winston, you know its going to be a fun project (please send full frontal of yourself in cowboy garb so I can mod the figure right:)
See lots of inspiration just oozed from this thread.

Winston, I suggest SciFi ground combat using Dreamforge troopers. It just so happens I have them for sale in the Marketplace. :)

I don't know how we older gamers managed in the decades before the internet with no one to recommend to us the "best" rules", or the "best" figures", for any particular period.

But before the internet, there was 90% less of the choices to fret over, and you might dwell in blissful ignorance of a good half of those!

That's what Wargames Illustrated was for. The ads.

I drooled over many a Foundry ad in the late 90's.