December Update, (WIP's, Animals, and Failing My Goals)....

December already??...Holy crikey!

So November is now history, and December is upon us and winding down and I am not happy, (but more on that later)....
First the updates....

#1: WIPS:

I've gotten very little painted this month, (3 figures), as opposed to the last two months. This is simply due to the fact that I have had to travel to multiple states for work and take weekends with dental appointments, or coming back from work, so my paint time has been severely limited. So in essence, I got three figures done...

#1: Professor Elliot Rogers Witherspoon:

"Professor Witherspoon is an impatient man. When he's on land, he wants to be on the ship steaming towards his destination. When he is on the ship, he wants his meals...When he has his meals, he wants his tea...When he is on deck, he wants to be at the port...and so on... 
His personal motto is "To be on-time is to be late....To be early is to be on-time..."
This often causes frustration with his supporters and fellow explorers and scientists as he is commonly seen checking the time using his grandfathers watch, and tapping his foot impatiently."

#2: Seaman Billy Bartlett:

"Billy Bartlett has sailed the waters for a few years now. He has a steady hand, and a cool manner on deck in a situation, but a hot head with an even hotter temper when he thinks "Someone has wronged him". He's wanted in four foreign ports for disemboweling people who disagreed with him with the help of that razor sharp knife he carries with him all the time...."

#3: Dr. Stanley Cavendish - Semi-Famous Explorer of Somewhat World Renown....

"In this world of ours there are those people that are "there" (wherever that may be), at just the right time and moment, or just in the nick of time...

Unfortunately Dr. Stanley Cavendish is neither of those....

A determined and dedicated explorer of parts unknown, Stanley has a horrible habit of being fashionably late, (or unfashionably late), for just about everything. He is dedicated in his undertakings, but time management seems to evade him elusively, as does fame and fortune. Perhaps it's due to this issue with time that has kept him from becoming a world class famous explorer. Due to his two hour afternoon nap (which was extended to six hours), he lost out on being credited with the discovery of the Bologonia River in Central Africa, and with it the Bologonian Tribesmen, (which in it's way was a mixed blessing as they are ferocious cannibals and quite quickly devoured the party that actually discovered them).

He is quite a shot with his trusty revolver though, and often finds himself at odds with Professor Witherspoon."

#2: Animals, Animals, Animals! 

So there I was...Christmas shopping.....
I was at a local department store when I saw them for sale.

See, that's one of the things about us mini gamers. We go to a store and suddenly while we are shopping for others, we are confronted with opportunity for gaming goodies...and the next thing you know half of our cart is filled with "stuff" for our table...
And that's how it happened...
I bought a jumbo lion, (he will soon become a statue), an alligator...(to eat native baggage handles, and careless explorers with), a large poorly made eagle, (which will be turned into gold and placed on a 15mm Government building in Bongolesia), and 2 Elephants....

 

 

Quite the menagerie wouldn't you say? Marlin Perkins would be proud...


#3  Toy soldier porn!!!!

Yes, while out, I stopped by my LGS, and in the spirit of Christmas, I picked up three back issues of WI, (313, 314, and 323), and unlike guys who buy Penthouse and Playboy for the articles, I do get them for the articles..but for the pictures also!
So..I have three new issues of "Toy Soldier Porn" to look at....
*drool*

Now THAT is good reading material......oooooohhhhh shiny.....

#4: Failing a goal....

We all do it but I hate it....
Earlier in the year I had made it a goal to get a batch of approximately 100-115 28mm figures painted by the EOY ("End Of The Year).
I was doing well until the last half of November, (my moms death, Thanksgiving and two out of state work trips, ate up my painting time like a box of Crunch 'N Munch...)
So I will continue to try to get them done, but all in all...this goal was not reach. I would say that right now it's at about the 50% mark, and with that, I am still kind of proud because I did get a lot painted over the last few months and I think I got more painted during that time than in the rest of the year.  I've slacked off tremendously on my purchases, however I need to get some Mexican Federales, from Brigade Games real soon, and some new figs from Bob Murch at Pulp Figures.

This is the last batch in my "to be painted by the end of the year. Just too many to get done....but I will keep going...and see what I can do....Onward!!!!

This is what is in my "immediate queue". If I could get these 20 done..I'd be much closer... Here's hoping...

So essentially that is it dear reader....December 2014 is wrapping up....I am still way behind on my 15mm stuff, and my 28mm stuff... Boss Callaghan's Office needs to be finished as well as so many other projects...

But that's what keeps us going right?

Here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year....