Well, that's not going to fly in 2013. I'm through with making plans and then procrastinating on them. 2013 is officially "The Year of Getting Things Done". What "Things" am I going to "Get Done"? I'm glad I asked:
Warmaster!
I've got three Warmaster Armies sitting around in boxes at the moment - Empire, Orcs and Goblins, and Khemri. Do I plan on finishing all three? No - if I do, I'll just go crazy and work on bits at a time and never get anything accomplished. I started on the Night Goblins for the O&G army, but I'm not 100% satisfied with the way they're coming out. Therefore, I'll concentrate on the Khemri army. Skeletons are relatively quick and easy to paint, and I should be able to get the army done in a relatively short time. I'd really like to something like Vincent's beautiful Khemri, but I know that I will never have the time or patience to do all of the work required to do the shield customizations.
Epic!
Where to begin? I've got Epic armies - lots and lots of Epic armies. A couple of Space Marine armies, Orks, Necrons, Sisters of Battle, Chaos, and numerous Imperial Guard armies. So many armies, so little time... But, like the Warmaster armies, I don't plan on doing all of the Epic armies in one fell swoop. The plan is as follows:
Finish the Orks - I really only need a few more units to finish off the army, so they need to be my primary objective. A Gargant, some Stompas, and another mob of boyz and that army will be done (minus various options, but I won't worry about those for now.)
Finish one of the Imperial Guard armies - Again, I can't do all three or I'll just wind up dealing with analysis paralysis and staring at a pile of metal and plastic. Again, I have a leg up on this - I have some units already done. I had previously painted most of a Guard army, but I didn't prime them properly, and the paint started to come off during in-game handling. Also, as a bonus, the infantry can fill in for any of the other Guard armies!
Finally, I want to get one of the Space Marine armies up and running. I plan on ultimately doing a Blood Angels army and an Imperial Fists army, but the Blood Angels are my first project - I've got something special planned for the Imperial Fists. The Blood Angels will do double duty - they will act as both a standard Space Marine force and a specialized Blood Angel army.
To add to the Epic workload, I have loads of building ruins that I want to make modular terrain tiles with. This one I have to work on though - I need to figure out a good mix of sizes in order to maintain the cohesiveness of an Imperial city, while still allowing plenty of room to play. I also got my hands on some of the Ye Olde Forgeworld Imperial road sections, so they might come in handy for this project...
More Stuff!
As in the past, I have plans for other things - Man O' War fleets, Gorkamorka mobs, Bloodbowl teams, Space Hulk minis, etc. But I'm going to put them on the back burner for now. Obviously, if things go well and I find myself Getting Things Done, I'll consider a side project, but for now, I'm going to concentrate on the projects outlined above.
Still More Stuff!
In addition to actually getting some armies done, I am making a commitment to regularly update the Direct Fire blog. I am going to use this site to keep me on track and posting regular updates - I'm going to shoot for progress reports once a week and see how that goes. Here's hoping my resolve won't fail!
Next up - using army lists to guide me in my force creation.
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