2010 Gaming Goals (Final?)

Ok, I’ve given the resolutions from my last post a lot of thought (that’s a lie I haven’t thought about it much, but I want to finalise them). I’ve decided there more goals than resolutions, that’s the first tweak. I’ve also added a couple of more goals for next year. I won’t really comment on these if the goal hasn’t changed from my last post. These are in no particular order.

1. Expand my dwarf army to a complete, stand alone, army of 2000 points.
2. Finish painting the Lord of the Rings miniatures I already have before getting any new ones.
3. Build a playable Harad army (LotR), including a War Mumak. This is after goal #2.
4. Play
   It’s nice having completed miniatures, but the whole point is to play.
5. Complete at least one non-Games Workshop miniature.
   I’m starting to enjoy painting for the end result and I’ve started to discover some great figures out there.
6. Build at least one complete set of scenery.
7. Create a display miniature
   Not for playing but on a scene base.
8. Really work to learn to paint better.
   My painting skill is still very basic. I depend too much (IMHO) on colour guides in the source books, White Dwarf or on line. I need to understand what I want and how to achieve it more.

All in all I think I’m trying to be realistic while still trying to have a productive year. Fingers crossed.

2010 Gaming Resolutions

Just stumbled across this blog post where John reviews his 2009 gaming resolutions and he judges how successful he was (in his case a wide mix of epic successes and failures). It got me to thinking of what I want to get out of my gaming in 2010. What projects do I want to start, finish or avoid? So here is my first stab a a set of gaming resolutions for 2010. This is the first time I’ve tried something like this, so I may just crash & burn. I’m unashamedly inspired by John’s resolutions from last year. These are in no particular order (and may change be tweaked over the next 2 weeks).

1. Expand my dwarf army to a complete, stand alone army.
   When I originally played Warhammer (about 5-6 years ago) I collected a Dwarf/Kislev army. I loved some of the Kislev miniatures, so built my army based on that. This time around (got pulled back in <grin> in May this year) I’ve been collecting/painting Lord of the Rings. I don’t have a full Dwarf army and the Kislev figures aren’t ‘current’ so wasn’t in a position to enter a local tourney.
2. Finish painting the LotR figures I already have.
   I have a pile of Harad warriors, Rowan warriors, hobbits & Gandalf the White base coated ready for painting. I hate constantly seeing black or white figures.
3. Build a playable Harad army, including a War Mumak.
   My son got a set of Harad raiders to initially learn to paint, ruined most of them and then lost interest (he’s only 9, so this still time to corrupt educate him). I love the look of the Harad and just got to have a Mumak.
4. Play
   It’s fun painting, but got to start playing again and show off my completed figures.
5. Complete at least one non-GW miniature
   I’ve started watching the videos put out by Beasts of War  on YouTube. One of their regular features is On the Table where they look at some of the new miniatures being released. Seeing some of the non Games Workshop stuff out there I really want to get my hands (my brushes)  on some of them.
6. Build at least one full set of scenery
   I love to play or watch a game with a full set of scenery (i.e. not just random hills, trees or buildings, but a set of scenery that goes together to set a scene or mood). I have lots of ideas, just actually haven’t built even one piece yet.

At a glance, this looks like a good initial stab. I’ll look at it more next week I think. Don’t want to go overboard, but don’t want it to be too easy either.