Its been a while! I took some time off at the end of 2025 and for January while watching the US plumet into a post capitalist hell hole.
There were a few reasons for a break but mostly so I could focus on finishing some projects before the first event hosted by the Jersey Girls. That included making my first board, which will be its own post once I get some nice photos taken. I'll also have a post about the event and how it went!
But before all that, on January 1st I wrote down some goals in my hobby notebook. I tend to follow what ever my interest is at the time once a project is done. But sometimes I'm not sure what to work on or I have future games that I need to create something for. Having this all listed in my note book provides some rails while also providing flexibility.
Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
As I have explained in a previous post. MESBG was one of my first war games and this year I want to keep painting more Middle Earth models. I've already painted a bunch of new models to include in my battles. So far I completed both Dwarf rangers and warriors and even more Moria Goblins. Next up I have to paint the Fellowship and other hero models. Some characters I even have different models in metal and plastic. This will be a good chance to try out some different color schemes that capture the essence of the character.
Lobster Pot 28
Last year my friend Jake introduced me to Lobster Pot 28. After playing through a scenario, I knew I wanted to make my own warband. I plan for one of the next posts to go over the lore specifically but a brief breakdown for my idea was a group of descendants from the Knights Templar who brought relics to North America to combat the witches. But over time the relics began to corrupt and they started worshipping a new type of God. Kitbashing warbands is one of my favorite things to do, it allows for a theme to be explored on a small scale while spending time crafting a few unique characters. I literally just finished this warband last week before the Gathering of the Jersey Girls. While we didn't get the chance to play, I'll be ready!
Chaos Giant Spearhead
I have literally never played Age of Sigmar and have zero idea of any of the rules. I hear spearhead is fun to play though! After being asked to play in a casual weekly game, I had to decide what faction to play. Originally I thought Goblins or Skaven, but after spending most of December batch painting I didn't want to have to paint 30 models. Thats when I remember I started a Giant spearhead a while back but never finished. This gave me the excuse to highly kitbash and sculpt three Giants inspired by the Chaos gods. So far I have 2 doneish and one in progress. My goal is to have these done in a few weeks and play my first game. My second goal is to confuse my opponents with models that look nothing like the miniatures on the box.
Playtest Warband
After rolling on a custom table, I got my small warband list for a friends playtest. I have to make 1 witch, 3 centaurs and 6 skeletons. My idea is to use metal models as the base then kitbash the weapons and armor. I haven't really kitbashed many metal models but I got a great deal off Market Place for a bunch of models that I plan to use. My friend Ant was also selling old metal models where I was able to get some Centaurs and Skeletons. The goal is to get the warband all together by mid March for the first playtest.
Realm of Chaos Warband
I've wanted to make a custom Realm of Chaos warband by rolling each character up then kitbashing. We are finally going to do that this year! I got Nurgle and will be kitbashing a warband of gross little weirdos. After we make our warbands, we'll have a battle using Warhammer Fantasy 6th edition skirmish. I also want to make a small display with a monolith to display my miniatures on. That way when I bring the warband to a meet up, they'll look extra cool.
Those are all my plans so far! But we are only one month in and I'm sure more projects and ideas will pop up.
