My Plans for 2016, Whats Yours

[fsn]

I am very good at planning. However ... they are subject to unpredictable changes.

I've got a lot of "add ons" to be completed - you know when Pendraken add something to their catalogue that you HAVE TO HAVE. Just a few nights on each ...

French WWII
Italian WWII
My 1960's Desert Battle (hangers will go nicely into the battle at the airport.)

Need to research (plagarise) some rules for 1:600 air combat. Also, since I've been strangely drawn to the Pacific in WWII, I may have to construct a generic aircraft carrier ... or see if there's a kit or two to be had.

I know that I am going to by some US Marines and Japanese this year.

I tend to buy everything before I paint (that's my excuse anyway) and so I think this year will see me continuing to buy lots of Napoleonic Brits, and Bavarians (don't ask ... I just love Cornflower Blue) and then probably have to start buying some French so that the Brits don't look lonely on the field. Problem is I don't yet know if I'm going for a late Peninsula army or a Waterloo one. The Peninsula allows the Portuguese and Spanish, but the Waterloo allows for the Prussians (and ultimately Russians and Austrians.) Decisions, decisions.

Having said that Pendraken are likely to release a new range of something lovely and I'll just have to get diverted into that. Just saying that some Korean War infantry would be bonzer (though the WWII commandos fit very well for the Brits), but Pendraken are likely to bowl me a googlie and add chariot armies or something and then where would I be? At the front of the crowd throwing money at Leon. Then after I left Peppermint Giraffe, I would go on line and order some Pendraken goodies.



Leon! Leon! LEEOOONN! No ... go with the sparkles .. yeah ... brings out the colour of your eyes ... has the medication not worked then? Never mind, just put on some aviators and look cool. Anyway don't distract me. Could you tease us (the teaspoons in the Pendraken cutlery drawer) about your plans for 2016? Turkey? Sounds good. What period? First two weeks of May? No, Leon, when I said about your plans I meant what is Pendraken planning to release in 2016? No I don't thinks Techno's over-long bows are going to bankrupt the company with increase casting costs. Could you just give us a peak at some broad themes for 2016?   

[FierceKitty]

Conquest of Mexico would be fun. But there's little choice involved....

[paulr]

Trying really hard to stick with two projects this year-
1. 6mm War of Spanish Succession
2. 10mm ACW

This is going to be really hard for me but I am going to really try!!

Should we use weeks, days or hours in the sweepstake on when you diverge

[Ace of Spades]

Hmmm... let's think (not much of a planning man I fear...)

In 10 mm that would be:
-  1914 project; all new and seems like it's going to be big...
-  Keep working on the 1918 project,
-  Finish all NWF that's lying around and maybe get some more tribesmen,
-  Maybe get back into the AWI, (for 'Maybe': read 'Probably')
-  Contemplate on some sort of 17th century project to have an excuse for all the scenery I bought,
-  Contemplate on Berlin 1945 as an excuses for all the scenery I bought that would fit that project...

20mm:
-  Depending on how this weekend turns out I might be stuck with hundreds of 1944 US Marines plus scratchbuilding some proxy Destroyer Escorts...
-  Keep working on German 1944/1945 Winter Panzer units,
-  Finish my 1813 Württemberg and Italian Brigades and then some more French cavalry...and...and..and...
-  getting a lot of plastic ACW figures based.

28mm:
-  Get another ACW regiment done plus some bits and pieces,
-  Do some boardgame models; finish Zombicide Black Plague when I get it all and maybe start painting the regular Zombicide models,

Rest:
-  Keep building some 1/700 ships every now and then,
-  Work on the 1/96 CSS Alabama,
-  Work on the 1/144 WW-2 airplanes for WoW
-  rebuild book collection!

I think that'll keep me occupied besides working, reading, familylife, enjoyong life music, re-enacting and taking the bike out every now and then...

Cheers,
Rob

[Womble67]

Plans!    Plans!

What!

You guys make plans!!

Mad, I tell you, mad.

you may be right

"Happy talk, keep talking happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do,
You gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?"

very true

Trying really hard to stick with two projects this year-
1. 6mm War of Spanish Succession
2. 10mm ACW

This is going to be really hard for me but I am going to really try!!

like it, really trying to stick to only two projects. its just so easy to start another

take care

andy

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

10mm
Poles
More Romans
Finish LOA Anglo Dutch
Few Falklands bits...
Henrician English
Much Warbandage

15mm two tanks

After that, no idea...

[Westmarcher]

Plans!    Plans!

What!

You guys make plans!!

Mad, I tell you, mad.

As I think Von Moltke was on to something ("no battle plan survives first contact etc."), have no big plans .... yet!

But I must upgrade my roads, rivers and buildings .... and maybe another Prussian SYW regiment .... plus .......

[Westmarcher]

I tend to buy everything before I paint

Me too. Especially since my notorious "paint before you buy" incident in Woolworth's (1968).

[Leman]

Do tell!

[Orcs]

As a complete wargames slapper I cannot be expected to stick to any  of the below. but here is the plan as of 18:05 on 6th January 2016. It will probably have changed by lunch time tommorow.


10mm

Early german Vehicles
WSS British
Belgians


15mm

Ak47 Army

20mm

WW2 figures and infantry

28mm

Finnish Hobbit warband for Dragon Rampant .

[Ithoriel]

Finnish Hobbit warband for Dragon Rampant .

Finnish Hobbits - that must be a bit of a niche range

Yeah, yeah, I realise it's just a typo

[Bodvoc]

This is my hoped for plan...

10mm: complete more Vikings, Normans and Saxons, possibly even starting on my Picts.
Add more Warband armies to my collection.
Complete more Romans and Britons.

15mm: I have just started a 15mm Carthaginian army for 'To The Strongest', 4 bases completed so far, need at 15 for a decent game. My friends are all collecting opposition.

28mm: Add to my collection of historical and fantasy 28mm for use with Lion/Dragon Rampant and or Frostgrave.

However one friend is already trying to persuade me to do Dragon Rampant in 15mm and as ever, I am weakening.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh yeah, Picts...
And finishing 1870 French 1st Corps!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

And 1864 Prussians and Danes, and 1870 Prussians and...

[Tawa]

Conquest of Mexico would be fun.

Shouldn't take long between all of us. Especially if we go in around lunchtime.......

Finnish Hobbits - that must be a bit of a niche range

Yeah, yeah, I realise it's just a typo

Dammit! I thought that was going to be a sneaky release for Warband!