2022 HUD

  

2022 Head's Up Display

1. Host Grill Drink Game Con 22
2. Paint some Runewars Miniatures
3. Paint some Cygnar Miniatures
4. Paint some Jaws of the Lions Minitures

Previous Years 2021HUD, 2018 HUD, 2017 HUD, 2016 HUD, 2015 HUD, 2014 HUD,  2013 HUD and  2012 HUD. 2019 and 2020 were a big old nope.

2021 HUD

 

2021 Head's Up Display

1. Host Grill Drink Game Con 21 - ✓
2. Move in to our new barndominium - ✓
3. Paint some Runewars Miniatures - Nope
4. Paint some Cygnar Miniatures - Nope
5. Paint some Jaws of the Lions Minitures - ✓

Previous Years 2018 HUD, 2017 HUD, 2016 HUD, 2015 HUD, 2014 HUD,  2013 HUD and  2012 HUD. 2019 and 2020 were a big old nope.

2018 HUD

2018 Head's Up Display

1. Host Grill Drink Game Con 18
2. Take the grandkids to Yellowstone
3. Board game list - Games I tried for the first time this year
4. Paint some Cygnar Miniatures
5. Paint some Runewars Miniatures 
6. Gift away some Miniatures - Gave away 31 miniatures

Last year's 2017 HUD, 2016 HUD, 2015 HUD, 2014 HUD,  2013 HUD and  2012 HUD.
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2017 HUD

2017 Head's Up Display

1. Take over the family business selling mobile home parts. Though it is not game related, it will take up most of my time. - Complete
2. Learn to use 3D Printer my brother got me for Christmas - Complete
3. Try out Bullet Journaling - Complete
4. Learn to shoot a handgun - Complete
5. Host Grill Drink Game Con 17 - Complete
6. Take the grandkids to Disneyland! - Complete
7. Board game list - Tried this year
1. Pandemic: Legacy Season 1 - Awesome!
2. Runewars Miniatures Game - Loved it!
3. T.I.M.E. Stories - Makes my brain hurt figuring out the clues but amazing.
4. Bridge, the old card game - Easy to learn, stinking hard to get good at the player interaction and bidding.
5. Mansions of Madness - Loved the miniatures and the app that "runs" the game. I also liked the game mechanics. I found it to be heavily slanted to the players losing. I am not sure there is a legitimate way for the players to win. Would play again and would paint the miniatures but not really interested in buying it.
8. Added - Paint Runewars - Oh my gosh I love this game!!
9. Paint some Cygnar Miniatures

Last year's 2016 HUD, 2015 HUD, 2014 HUD,  2013 HUD and  2012 HUD.
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Post 250!

I started this blog in April of 2009 as a way to catalog the techniques and paints I was using on my miniatures.  You can read the first post here.  I was already playing Warmachine (Cygnar) and I had recently gotten into Hordes (Circle).  I chose Circle because they were primarily browns and greens.  I already had blue Cygnar, blue Warhammer Fantasy Lizardmen, and blue Warhammer 40k Space Marines.  I wanted to branch out and you can see my first attempts at other colors in the Tharn Ravagers.  I still have a love for blue and have started picking up Trollkin for Hordes.  Let's face it, blue makes me happy!

Over the years, I began doing a Heads Up Display for my new years resolutions.  You can find them in the side bar or the 2016 one here.  I recently went back and realized that a number of those miniatures have been sitting on each years list for multiple years.  Granted I wasn't painting much but it was a tough thing to see Eiryss the Mage Hunter, the Firefly 'Jack, and the Cyclone 'jack from back in 2012.  My biggest goal this year is to see those three done and off the list.

My other big go get is to actually play more.  I started playing at the local game store with MK3 released and I have played my goal of 10 games.  I am planning on playing tonight as a matter of fact, so I can get the requisite games in for the Crossroads League.

In the last few years, I have also had the great fortune to develop an RPG group and some of their adventures have ended up here.  I have also discovered the great joy of board games again.  These two interests culminated in a Grill Drink Game Con that we had at my house in April.  We had about 15-20 people show up.  We grilled.  We drank.  We gamed.  It was awesome!

Recently, I purchased my first air brush and started learning those techniques of painting.  I have wanted to try this for years and I am truly enjoying it.  I also built my first terrain pieces.  These were also a surprise enjoyment!

For the rest of the year, I hope to complete the three miniatures I listed above.  I also plan to continue playing.  I have started a new job that gives me a lot more free time and I hope to put it to "painting" use!  Thanks for a great 250 posts!

The unpainted masses cry out for paint!!

2016 HUD

2016 Head's Up Display

1. Finish Cygnar Mini's
• Cyclone Heavy Warjack
• Ol' Rowdy Heavy Character Warjack
• Firefly Light Warjack
• Squire
• Two Stormsmith Storm Towers
• Two Journeyman Warcasters (Field Allowance 1)
• Haley 1
• Haley 2
• Cain 2
• Kara Sloan1
• Commander Nemo 1
• Stryker 2
• Three models of Black 13th
• Luitenant Allison Jakes
• 6 Rangers (Max unit is 6, Field Allowance 2)
• 6 Stormblades + 2 Command (Max unit is 6, Field Allowance 2)
• Eiryss Mage Hunter
• Rhupert Carvolo (Piper)
2. Assemble and Paint Trollbloods Bomber/Blitzer
3. Play 10 Warma/Hordes games - 10 of 10 played - now I will just track them in the widget on the right side of the blog
4. Play in a Warma/Hordes Tournament
5. Buy an Airbrush and learn to use it
6. Host a Game Con

Stats at the end of the year:
Miniatures Bought: 21
WM/H Points Value Bought: 113
Miniatures Painted: 1

WM/H Points Value Painted: 18

Terrain Completed: 4

Miniature Games Played: 11
RPG Sessions: 24

Last year's 2015 HUD, 2014 HUD,  2013 HUD and  2012 HUD.
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HUD 2015

2015 Head's Up Display

1. Play a Dresden Files story arc. 
2. Lose Weight - get under 200 and stay there.
3. Paint Cygnar Mini's
• Cyclone Heavy Warjack
• Eiryss Mage Hunter
• Cygnar Firefly Light Warjack
• Cygnar Squire 
• Three casters - eCaine, pHaley, and Kara Sloan
4. Paint Trollbloods Bomber/Blitzer
5. Play 10 Warma/Hordes games
6.  240-ish Bones Minis!!!

Last year's 2014 HUD,  2013 HUD and  2012 HUD.

HUD 2014

2014 Head's Up Display

1. Cyclone Heavy Warjack
2. Eiryss Mage Hunter
3. Cygnar Firefly Light Warjack
4. Cygnar Squire
5. Three casters - eCaine, pHaley, and Kara Sloan
6. Paint Trollbloods Bomber/Blitzer
7. Finish Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords story arc
8. Play 10 Warma/Hordes games
9.  240-ish Bones Minis!!!

Last year's 2013 HUD and  2012 HUD.

HUD 2013

2013 Head's Up Display

1. Lose 20 lbs. - Progress
2. Display Hill for Trenchers
3. Clear Coat DnD Tiefling and Flame Sword Fighter, Long Gunners, and Trenchers
4. Cyclone Heavy Warjack
5. Finish Hills and Spires
6. Eiryss Mage Hunter
7. Cygnar Firefly Light Warjack
8. Cygnar Squire
9.  240-ish Bones Minis!!!

Last year's 2012 HUD.

HUD - Because the Cool Kids Have One

HUD: Projects 2012

1. Spring Garden
2. DnD Tiefling
3. DnD Fighter with Flame Sword
4. Three Cygnar Bodgers
5. Ten Cygnar Long Gunners
6. Fifteen Cygnar Trenchers
7. Eiryss Mage Hunter
8. Cygnar Firefly Light Warjack
9. Cygnar Cyclone Heavy Warjack
10. Cygnar Squire 

Mik told me all the cool kids have a HUD.  Check the Status Bars to the right for my progress.