New Year, New Start

Last year wasn’t a great year for hobbies. Work kept me busy enough through most of the year that when I got home I was often too tired for any hobby activities. Overall, four minis were finished for the whole year – the last of the three miniatures as part of an experiment with colour schemes1, and three more Hell Dorado figures slowly completed over a few nights.2

I’ve also got a terrain project that’s close to completion, but hasn’t made it yet – it has been mostly painted but play-testing has found that the slopes of the hills on it are still a bit too steep despite my best efforts. I have a plan to fix that, but it does mean I’ve got a bit to redo. There’s also a small cairn detail that remains unpainted, but that can wait until the piece is fixed and the rocks also repainted.

A large painted terrain piece, consisting of four ruined columns spaced around a large hill
A large terrain piece sits on a table, clearly showing the slope of a hill that rises up towards the centre of four large monoliths.
This slope proved a little too steep for most minis.

I also managed to conclude a long running Numenera Campaign and the beginning of a new Invisible Sun campaign. That campaign is still very early, but so far is looking good3.

But this year is already off to a better start. I had a few friends over for a hobby day on New Years Day, and it lead to much fun, camaraderie and a productive afternoon of hobby activities. Two more Hell Dorado troops have been finished, as well as one StarGrave crewman (with three more started and in the pipeline).

A figurine of a man in ornate plate armour stands, brandishing a sword.
A figurine of a man in plate armour, shown from the back to show off the shadows and highlighting of his flowing red cape.
A figurine of a man with a musket and a sword, wearing a wide brimmed metal helmet.
A figurine of a man wity a sword and a musket, viewed from the back.
A figurine of a man wearing a red trenchcoat with yellow accents and bracers.
A figurine of a man wearing a yellow t-shirt with a red trenchcloak and pants. He brandishes a pistol and has a medallion of some sort upon his chest
Several figurines, most in various stages of being painted with a red and yellow paint scheme sit on a teal painting mat. One completed figurine painted in the same scheme is also present to act as a reference.
Basecoats down, still working on the rest.

Overall, a pretty good start to 2026. Here’s hoping I can keep the momentum up as the year continues.

  1. A Screenshot, Some Colours and a Scheme ↩︎
  2. See Resuming after a break. You can also see how the two Hell Dorado figures I finished on New Years Day looked at the end of 2025. ↩︎
  3. One of my players maintains an in-character journal, you can read their first post here ↩︎

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