Have Hobby Will Travel (2023)

It’s May 2023, and in a short 2 weeks, I am off on a staycation holiday to Scotland (via a brief 5-day trip to Download Festival in Castle Donington!).

Over the last year or two, since holidays started becoming a thing again after covid, I’ve discovered that there is room on holiday for some hobby.  Even better, when I’m on holiday, any painting is 100% bonus, so that’s perfect for grinding through things that at home I might easily find excuses to avoid.

It’s a classic win-win.  You can’t take your entire hobby with you, so you have to prioritise. You can only take so many paints, so repetitive tasks on a bunch of models is ideal.  And you don’t want any pressure to get anything particular done on holiday.  So anything you do is a bonus, and you come home having made progress, which feels really good.

I have currently brought my Legacy of the Halo Scar (Black Templar / AdMech 40k Army) project back to the front burner.  It was a new year new army for 2022 but hey ho… I have some large units to work through, so I wanted to make sure I am prepped to use any chances I get on holiday to make progress with them.  Any rainy days (it is Scotland after all) or lazy evenings will be perfect to put some paint down.

In this project, I wanted to share the 2023 version of the travel kit, partly for my own posterity, partly in case it helps anyone else to do the same, and also to invite any tips from others who have done the same.  If you are thinking “you bloody noob – you’re missing much better ideas” then please drop me a comment!!