With the start of fall coming on, I decided I need to survey my madness. To wit, I am looking at each wargaming project I have ongoing, and what the status of said project currently is.
To define, a 'project' is a faction or force for a particular genre in a particular scale. Therefore, 15mm British WW2 and 28mm British WW2 are two different projects, as would be a 15mm DAK force, as would a British Paras vs. a British 8th Army force. Since there are so many and in so many scales, this shall be a short series of posts rather than one mega-post.
For status, I shall use 'planning' (want to buy minis), 'active' (not playable but I am currently working on it), 'inactive' (unplayable but on to-do list), 'dead' (can't play, not doing anything, don't plan on it), 'playable' (enough to play, still adding to it), and maybe rarest of all, 'finished' (can play, no plans to add to it).
I've already done the Small Scale projects, and the 15mm projects, if you missed those.
25/28mm
Note: EotD is "Empire of the Dead," IHMN is "In Her Majesty's Name," VBCW is "A Very British Civil War."
As you can see, there are a lot of dead projects in this scale. Ambition and ooh shiny got the better of my good sense over the years, and I almost never get rid of anything. Most are things where I have only a few figures, just testing the waters really. Which is good, I suppose. It's also by a fair margin the single longest list, which honestly surprised me. I thought the 15mm list would be the biggest.
Also, I am shocked to see that I was considering up to 20 (!) different VSF projects in just 28mm. Twenty! I'm a sick man, really, I need help.
25/28mm
- VSF Eureka Pond Wars: dead
- VSF Lizardmen: inactive
- VSF/Colonial British: playable
- VSF German: playable
- VSF Automaton: finished
- VSF Martian: inactive
- VSF Vardu: inactive
- VSF French: inactive
- VSF Russian: dead
- VSF Japanese: dead
- VSF Turkish: dead
- VSF Parrotmen: inactive
- VSF Characters (HM Victoria I, others): playable
- Skyrunners VSF Racing: dead
- EOTD/IHMN Werewolves: finished
- EOTD/IHMN Gentlemen: finished
- EOTD/IHMN Police Constables: playable
- IHMN Lord Curr's Company: playable
- IHMN Servants of Ra: playable
- IHMN Society of Thule: playable
- Colonial Boers: dead
- Gutshot Cowboys and Lawmen: finished
- Gutshot Banditos: dead
- Terrain Old West: dead
- Terrain Sci Fi: inactive
- Terrain VSF: inactive
- Terrain Fantasy: inactive
- SAGA Normans: dead
- SAGA Vikings: dead
- SAGA Arabs: dead
- Roleplaying Heroes: playable
- Roleplaying monsters: playable
- Doctor Who Daleks: inactive
- Doctor Who Doctor and Companions: active
- Doctor Who Angels: active
- Doctor Who UNIT: planning
- VBCW Free Welsh: playable
- Warmachine Cygnar: playable (marginally)
- Hordes Circle Oroboros: inactive
- Hordes Minions: inactive
- Warhammer Empire: inactive
- Warhammer Lizardmen: inactive
- WH40K Imperial Guard: inactive
- WW2 British Paras: planning
- WW2 Germans: planning
- AT-43 Therians: dead
- AT-43 UNSC: dead
- AT-43 Red Blok: dead
- Star Wars Prepaint: dead
- Warhammer High Elf: dead
- Warhammer Bretonnian: dead
- Highland Badgers: playable (old and need re-paint)
Note: EotD is "Empire of the Dead," IHMN is "In Her Majesty's Name," VBCW is "A Very British Civil War."
As you can see, there are a lot of dead projects in this scale. Ambition and ooh shiny got the better of my good sense over the years, and I almost never get rid of anything. Most are things where I have only a few figures, just testing the waters really. Which is good, I suppose. It's also by a fair margin the single longest list, which honestly surprised me. I thought the 15mm list would be the biggest.
Also, I am shocked to see that I was considering up to 20 (!) different VSF projects in just 28mm. Twenty! I'm a sick man, really, I need help.
3 comments:
Your not at all sick & are amongst others with the same tenets of gathering hordes of things that may never see the end of a brush. Welcome aboard...sort of feels like Hotel California eh!
I enjoyed reading these lists, thanks for sharing! It is not madness - you have similar projects (eg VSF) in 3 scales - that is "normal" wargamer behaviour! I am impressed by how many forces you actually have in playable status, most of mine are "inactive", but at least they are getting organized and prioritized (and in some rare cases, sold off). Terry and I disagree on who has more unpainted miniatures. Counting them to find out, now that would be madness.
Counting the unpainted figures would take a) a lot of time and b) the last shreds of my sanity and dignity.
And, for the record, there are four scales of VSF ("fleet", 6mm, 15mm, 25mm) projects. OH Lord, what have I done?
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