Winter is coming (the pun is partially intended), and as
such it is a great time to start a new project. Each year I seem to get
involved in a new hobby project to carry me through the dark depths of winter.
I find that having something creative to spend the cold evening where I can’t
be outside gives me something to look forward to. It should be noted that I do
not generally make a conscious decision to go out and start something new
because it’s getting cold. It just so
happens that about this time of year I find a project to get interested in and
work on it most of the winter. In the past, I’ve worked on White Scars, Tau,
and DeadZone as my winter project.
Like most years, I wasn’t even thinking about a new project.
And then a shadow of an idea started to grow in my mind causing me to look at
models and think about paint schemes. Eventually I realized I was on to
something and purchased enough to get me started.
It all started during the End Times. I have not played
Warhammer Fantasy more than a handful of times since 6th edition. As whispers
of the End Times started to surface though I couldn’t ignore them. Named
Special Characters with models dead? Nagash returned? An apocalyptic breath of
air was blown into the Warhammer Fantasy universe and it made me want to
participate. Now that I had the urge to begin working on a Fantasy army I had
to decide on which force I would begin working, there are a lot of cool models
and a lot of cool rules so it was quite a decision.
In the end I came up with a simple solution, I’ve always
liked the Lizardmen but never owned or painted any of their models. I ordered a
couple of Skink Regiment, Saurus Regiment, and Carnosaur and got started
working. I’m still working on setting out exactly what my goal is (i.e. am I
shooting for 2,500 points or 2,000 points or what?) but I expect to have the
first 1,000 points completed soon so you may see them coming soon to a table
near you. A couple of small point value games will probably indicate on which
units I will be spending the winter months.
What projects are all of you currently working on? Please
feel free to share them below.
