022 - Plans for Betrayal at Calth

I am mega excited about the new boxed game from Games Workshop. But what to do? I have now purchased two boxes. Boo bank balance.
In the box you get:
A Praetor in Cataphractii Armour
A Chaplain
30 Tactical Marines
5 Cataphractii Terminators
A Contemptor Dreadnought.

All in all a pretty good haul. Points wise I would be going to go with just over a thousand points in the box as there are quite alot of options for just the basic marine models with the choice of Veteran Tactical squads, Tactical Squads and Support Squads.
So with my two boxes I am planning to add quite alot to my Space Wolves. After my pillaging I will have about twenty marines, a Contemptor and one set of characters. I suppose I could stick these guys on Ebay or I could start a small force of traitor marines. Hmm.
I'm not sure which legion I could go for. I definitely wanted ones of the bad guys. Either the Word Bearers, Sons of Horus or Emperors' Children. All the Legions are so cool I can't make my mind up yet!
These extra  guys may well sit in the cupboard for a little while until I get tired of painting grey on the wolves but will be a good start on a new project in the future.

021 - New Year Resolutions

So this year I'm making some hobby resolutions and I am definitely going to keep to them (for at least a month). I'm going to keep them relatively easy so I have a good chance of sticking to them.

Resolution 1: Document what I have achieved.
I am really bad at remembering what I have done from one month to the next so I am going to keep an ongoing list of what I have done to help spur me on when I hit a painting dry spell. It might just be a handwritten list in my hobby desk and if I feel inclined possibly a photo of each unit or model.

Resolution 2: Stick to a budget!
I have alot of unpainted miniatures (two Betrayal At Calth boxes might qualify that statement on it's own) so need to get them painted. I get my head turned by shiny new releases and Ebay bargains so with that in mind I am going to keep to a budget of £100 for the year for models. Not a small amount but not really enough to buy a new army. I figure I can top this fund up by selling old models on Ebay rather than spending the quite considerable amount I spend per month at the moment.

Resolution 3: Join a hobby progress challenge.
A quick search on Google shows there are plenty of hobby progress challenges that I can join. It might seem counter intuitive to the budget resolution but I have whole armies in boxes that need to be painted. I figure if I can't find one I like then I will just do my own and document it via the blog. Hopefully this will get an army painted up within the year!

So that's my resolutions. Will I stick to them? Well you will just have to check in to find out!