2024 in Review

 2024 saw me painting more for myself than in previous years. I worked in a couple of smaller commissions, but most of my energy went to rounding out my 18mm ancients collections.
I have included the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge points in brackets with my total below.

2024 Totals

28mm Foot: 952 (4760)
28mm Mounted: 148 (1480)
28mm Horses: 32 (160)
28mm Elephants: 10 (300)
28mm Guns: 4 (80)
28mm Vehicles:12 (240)
1/72 Foot: 411 (1644)
15mm Mounted: 12 (48)
15mm Limbers: 6 (48) 
15mm Horses: 12 (48)

That gives me a total of 8,808 points on the year, against a seventeen year average of 6,042, so this year was 46% above normal. In terms of sheer production, this was my best year since 2008, the year my first child was born.
2024: 8,808

2023: 7,275
2022: 7,128
2021: 4,965
2020: 7,953
2019: 6,285
2018: 5,072
2017: 7,187
2016: 5,086
2015: 4,506
2014: 4,327
2013: 5,456
2012: 5,787
2011: 4,081
2010: 7,167
2009: 4,348
2008: 8,816

As always, I would love to play more games. Commands and Colors dominated 2024 and looks to dominate 2025 as well.

28mm Greek Javelinmen

These Greek skirmishers were the last troops I needed to complete my Macedonian army for Commands and Colors.

This was a successful year for my ancients projects! Persians, Greeks, Macedonians, and Gauls are all fully complete. Next year, time permitting, I will tackle the Carthaginians, Republican Romans, Caesarean Romans, and imperial Romans. 

 

15mm Napoleonic French Limbers

These Blue Moon limbers have been done for a while. This weekend I finished basing them. 

A Little Diversion Complete

 And here is my little diversion, all based and sealed and ready for game play.

A Little Diversion

 While I wait for the basecoat on my commission to cure, I banged out a unit of Roman Legionaries today.

The figures are 28mm Old Glory. Yesterday I affixed the shields with five minute epoxy and got them all primed. Today I painted them all in a couple of hours.

Tomorrow it's back to War of 1812 in 20mm!

20mm War of 1812 First Phase Complete!

The first phase of Bill's Frying Pan & Blanket Amalgamated commission is based, sealed, and ready to pack for shipping! These 240 figures took about six weeks.

UK 8th Foot

UK 41st Foot

UK 49th Foot

UK Newfoundland Regiment

US 4th Infantry

US 9th Infantry

US 11th Infantry

US 23rd Infantry

US 25th Infantry

US 27th Infantry

Once Bill has given the OK to these, I have the next batch to start! Those 302 figures should keep me occupied through the end of January, at least.