Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Spring Clean Challenge

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Am I clearing my pile of shame?

The answer is very, very slowly. I have started to sort out my pile into different brands. I’ve probably got around 100 Dark Sword Miniatures still in blisters, and a similar amount of Reaper Miniatures (including duplicates that I’ve bought not realising I’ve bought them before and they are still in the painting queue!). Also a load of Maow Miniatures and 30 or so Freebooter Miniatures and lots of Games Workshop Citadel miniatures and Forge World kits, not to mention more or less all of Tim Prow’s Diehard Miniatures (Oldhammer) from all the Kickstarters.

<b>Am I doing a Spring Clean Project?</b>

I’ve got two long term active projects going on with Bretonnians and Ordo Xenos, but I enjoyed doing Commander Glofski’s Tank Squad for Warhammer 40K as last year’s Spring Challenge, so I’m doing another Astra Militarum project to theme the FW Imperial Navy kits I’ve had on the shelf waiting for that opportunity:

672nd Fighter Wing, Red Dragon Squadron Imperial Navy – “The Red Baroness” (SPRING CLEAN CHALLENGE 2021 by Zebraoutrider)

<b>Will I stay on track or get distracted? </b>

Yes and yes… kids, dogs, work (paid), football coaching special needs kids, more kickstarters (Diehard, Dunkeldorf, etc.) will all cause distraction, but the project is manageable… I’m putting on old classic films like Conan the Barbarian, Aliens, Predator, The Thing, Beastmaster and Basil Rathbone’s B&W Sherlock Holmes films in the background to keep me amused while the glue and/or paint dries. Most importantly, this CoG/BOW/OTT community constantly keeps me inspired and that is what keeps me on track, willing to learn and improve.

<b>BELOW: </b>Two crates contains part of my pile of shame. I think probably it will take me 20 years or more to paint them all!