[GS review] - September 2016

September; back to the chalk-face, oodles to do, the first hints of Autumn darkening the evenings... and the restart of my S&W group along with the renewed attraction of "indoor" hobbies. I even painted.

The overview:

The pictures:
I painted three skeletal ogres to complete one of my Geekstarter goals, a 24pt Dragon Rampant warband of undead creatures:

and five dungeoneering chaps as the first of two retinues for my fantasy re-skin of Space Hulk which I've called Catacombs:

I may do a little more to their bases to match up with the board sections I made:

Purchasing? Nothing apart from the sprues to kitbash the retainers, half of which I've already painted! I think I was very abstemious. I can see myself taking advantage of the current Lulu sale, however, so October's bill may be higher!

2/4 goals completed.

CORE goals

• finish painting a 24 point Undead warband
• finish painting a 24 point Chaos Evil warband
• finish painting a 24 point Dwarf warband
• finish painting a 24 point Bretonnian Chivalric human warband

STRETCH goals

• paint a 24 point Orc and goblin warband
• finish my giant (finally!)
• paint a zombie dragon (that'll be my Deadcember 2016 project, I hope)

1/3 goals +1 stretch completed.

CORE goals

• model and texture three 100cm by 50cm gaming boards
• build some trees in scale (ish) with the figures (i.e 6-11 inches tall)
• convert four chaos centaurs

STRETCH goals

• model and texture a fourth gaming board
• model and texture a fifth gaming board
• gamify the toy castle I bought last year

1/3 goals completed as originally stated, but I have played some other games as well and am now keeping a total tally in addition to considering my goals.

Dragon Rampant - 4
X-Wing - 2
Swords & Wizardry sessions - 17
Knights' Quest - 1
Blood Bowl - 5 (3 of them on FUMBBL)
Space Hulk - 4
Catacombs - 3

CORE goals

• play two games of Dragon Rampant with different forces
• finish writing Knights' Quest
• write an Oldhammer scenario involving Father Christmas (yes, seriously)

STRETCH goals

• Play moar gamez!

Core goals are on target. I'm not sure I can claim they are completed unless I manage it for the whole year, but I'm going to colour them green anyway!

CORE goals

• blog an average of one post every five days (i.e. six posts per month)
• give a monthly update of how each of these goals are going
• give a monthly update of how much I've painted, built, gamed, acquired, and spent
• co-ordinate Deadcember 2016, along with a prize for the best contribution

STRETCH goals

• take a group picture of what I paint each month using my lightbox
• sort out proper galleries of my figures for this blog