Hobby Goals - December '23

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(Red items were completed this month, purple items in previous months)

With Christmas approaching, I had one main aim in December, to finish painting Skabbik's Plaguepack. Last month, I had painted four of these pestilent Plague monks, this month, I needed to finish the last two. 

I repeated my How I Paint - Clan Pestilens guide, for the final two members of the group: Skabbik and Rabidius. With these miniatures painted, I had managed to paint 16 warbands this year, twice the number released this year. In addition, all the warbands from Gnarlwood and Wrydhollow were now complete. I could again tick off 'Paint a Warhammer Underworlds warband'.


Earlier in the year, I had started painting Blackpowder's Buccaneers. I had finished all four minions. Now, I just had Gorlok himself to paint. I started on Blackpowder and after a few sessions of painting, he was complete. The 17th warband complete.


With the Buccaneers finished, I decided I wanted to paint the remaining Harrrowdeep warband, the Kunnin' Krew, to complete the season. I started with Shank and Gikkit, the two grots. I find the Kuleboy aesthetic to have a 3rd edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle feel, equally they also feel similar to the Lord of the Rings orcs. As such, I wanted to paint them in a range of browns and damaged iron.


As Christmas approached I stopped painting for the festive season and bought the new Underworlds warband, Daggok Stab-ladz. Therefore, this year I have bought 59 miniatures this year and painted 122, with 78 of them from the Warhammer Underworlds range. Again, I could tick off  'Paint more miniatures in a month than are bought'.

Last year I managed to paint 52 more miniatures than I bought. This year, I managed 63 more miniatures than I bought. Next year, I intend to keep working through my Underworlds warband and continue to shrink my pile of unpainted plastic. I do, however, have enough of a Warhammer Underworlds warband backlog to see me through most of 2024. As I still have 8 warbands to complete from this and previous seasons. Plus, I am sure more will be released next year.

Next year's hobby goals

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I hope you all return next year. Thank you for reading, if you have any comments drop them below. Bye for now.

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