Badger's Log - Back in Backlog Part 2

Morning all,

Just checking on the blog this morning and noticed a comment on a post I did back in May about my backlog and lack of hobby drive at the time and thought I'd do a follow up on that. Especially since over the last week, I've actually managed to get some hobbying done.

On the previous post - Back in Backlog - I listed pretty much everything that I had still to get organised hobbywise.

Eldar:

 

 Strip:
- 4 Guardians These aren't getting stripped as I'm sticking with Ulthwe for quick painting.

Assemble:
- 8 Guardians DONE
- 3 x Wave Serpent Weapon sets to magnetise DONE

Spray:
- 3 Wave Serpents
- 1 Falcon
- 6 War Walkers
- 20 Dire Avengers
- 1 Farseer
- 5 Jetbikes
- 1 Autarch on Jetbike

Paint:
- 20 Dire Avengers
- 1 Farseer
- 5 Jetbikes
- 1 Autarch on Jetbike
- 10 Guardians and Weapons Platform

 Dark Eldar

Spray:
- 30 Kabalite Warriors
- 8 Trueborn
- 6 Hekatrix Bloodbrides
- 3 Venoms

I managed to get this lot's bases sanded, but that's about all. I'm toying with the idea of just flogging them on eBay (apart from the Venoms) as I'm not sure whether how bad a state some of them are in, justifies me spending money and time on spray and painting. These are on hold for the time being.

Necrons

Spray:
- 1 Imotekh
- 1 Trazyn
- 1 Cryptek
- 10 Immortals with Tesla Carbines
- 5 Lychguard with Shields
- 1 Ghost Ark
- 1 Catacomb Command Barge

As with the Dark Eldar, nothing more done on these, apart from sanding the bases up. I ran out of spray before I could get to these chaps, but I'm hoping once I get round to them, the infantry are going to be pretty quick to get done.

Brotherhood of the Forge

Spray:
- 1 Archconfessor Kyrinov
- 5 Dominions
- 6 Crusader Henchmen
- 10 Seraphim
- 20 Sisters of Battle
- 5 Command Squad Celestians
- 1 Saint Celestine
- 1 Immolator
These guys are where I've spent most of my time. Everything for this army is now sprayed up and ready to go.

Paint:
- 1 Archconfessor Kyrinov
- 5 Dominions
- 6 Crusader Henchmen
- 10 Seraphim
- 20 Sisters of Battle
- 5 Command Squad Celestians
- 1 Saint Celestine
- 1 Immolator

So everything is on the paint desk and ready. The stuff in italics is almost done now, I think I'm just needing to paint the flesh and reset any black areas and they're ready for a Black Wash and basing. Not bad going over the space of 2 or 3 weeks, considering it's took me nearly a year to start on them.

Bretonnians

  Paint:
- 5 Bretonnian Mounted Yeomen
- 2 Bretonnian Damsels
- 8 Bretonnian Grail Knights
- 1 Grail Reliquae with 20 Battle Pilgrims
- 3 Pegasus Knights
- 10 Knights Errant

These guys just haven't even been thought about, besides maybe "Do I want to chuck them on eBay?". I'm still trying to work out what to do with them, and whether they're worth keeping. Part of me wants to , since they're my first and only Fantasy army and I would like to play. However, I've no time for any wargaming at the moment, let alone a system that rarely gets played by the group.

Although if I remember right, I have painted both the Damsels in that list (no idea when though!) so that's a victory for me!

LOTR Dwarves:

Spray:
- Gimli
- Dain
- Dwarf King
- Balin
- Dwarf Captain
- 7 Khazad Guard
- 24 Dwarf Rangers

Now, in July, I was a very naughty boy. A few of us got into playing Lord of the Rings, which prompted me on an eBaying spree to fulfill a wish I had a few years ago of having a Dwarf army for LOTR (which is what the pic above is from).

I sold most of my original stuff off, including the Dwarf King above, Gimli and some other bits and bobs... so ended up buying replacements off eBay. It also meant these were the first metal models I've bought for ages.

Conclusion
In short, I've chipped some away and clearing off the Brotherhood of the Forge from the paint desk will be a helpful chunk. Next up is the Eldar army to get cleared off since at the moment, that's taking up space in the dining room, spread across the table.

But in that time, I've ruined any progress by getting the LOTR dwarf stuff. So in short, I'm back to square 1!

SB.

Baby Got Back(log)

Morning folks,

As it's nearly that joyous time when we're free from work and you can be dragged around shops, do some DIY and more importantly, get some serious hobby time in, I thought I'd post up about my escalating backlog of hobby items.

Last night I sat down and started assembling some more Bloodcrushers, then remembered that I was half way through undercoating my first Deathwing squad, so I was torn between each. Then while driving to work today and thinking about what I needed to do to finish off my Bloodcrushers, I remembered that I've got 4 boxes of Dwarf models and associated bitz sat in a cardboard box, yet to be opened.

At one point, I was well up to scratch on my hobby backlog. I had just finished my Dark Eldar off, along with some Brotherhood of the Forge tanks and I was on course to get Deathwing things assembled and painted as I bought batches. Then I started to get to the end of a project at work, which meant no hobby time. To keep me motivated at work though, I was still purchasing bits, had my birthday around that time and also bought some things on the cheap from people.

Then, after I came out of the darkness that is overtime, I started to realise that I had a lot to catch up on and also, the impending deadline of a Doubles Tournament in November, that requires me to upgrade some older models to a tournament standard with new models.

So here's what is currently in the Badger-Cave looking for some attention (as far as I can remember!):

To Assemble:
- 3 Bloodcrushers
- 50ish Dwarfs to be made into an assortment of Forgers
- 1 Immolator
- 40 War of the Ring Uruk-Hai (I'd forgotten about these!)

To Spray:
- The above, plus...

- Daemon Prince

To Paint:
- The above, plus..
- 25 Deathwing Terminators
- 1 Deathwing Chaplain
- 1 Deathwing Librarian
- 1 Belial + Magnetised Arms
- 2 Multi Melta Dreadnaughts
- 2 Drop Pods
- 2 Land Speeders
- 20 Marines
- 6 Ravenwing Bikers
- 5 Bretonnian Mounted Yeomen
- 2 Bretonnian Damsels
- 8 Bretonnian Grail Knights
- 1 Grail Reliquae with 20 Battle Pilgrims
- 3 Pegasus Knights
- 10 Knights Errant

Misc:
- Wash Guard Vehicles to match the Infantry.
- Wash Necron Army to match other armies.
- Buy 2 more Daemon Princes to finish off my Khorne Daemon list.

And that's without including the other stuff I would like to buy over the next few months... I don't like having a backlog when it comes to the hobby, it's something I like to get rid of as quick as possible.

My aim for the rest of this month is to get my Daemon stuff assembled and painted, alongside the Deathwing section of my Dark Angels. From then on, the priorites are:
- Assemble my Dwarf stuff
- Finish the rest of the Dark Angels
- Make some headway with the Bretonnians, either to get playing Fantasy a bit more or to flog them on eBay.

Overall, I want to get my Dark Angels, Chaos Daemons and Brotherhood of the Forge completed by the end of the year. Any progress I can make on Fantasy / WOTR stuff is a bonus for when I get to play them.

What about you guys then? How are your backlogs looking (assuming you have one) and have you got any goals over the next weeks, months or years?

SB.