Afternoon #warhammercommunity The 2025/26 Hobby Season (the Season of Chrome) draws to a close, and how did I do? So lets start with my first task:
Develop a more healthy hobby/life balance - go to bed at a decent hour[ish]
I keep saying I need to work on this! And it's the same story this season. 10/12 months have been over 7.5 hours sleep. With one month just below and one month 8 hours 11. But I've had months of 1:00 to 1:50am bed times and even strayed into 2:00am territory. I genuinely thought I'd set a limit on those, setting 1:30 as the absolute latest as a rarity. But I can't seem to bring it down. So, I will re-commit to this promise - I will try to make 8 hours the goal.
Continue to play games, they bring me so much joy and fun...
We continue to play so many games in Otty's shed. It's the absolute highlight of the week and I was so chuffed that Tyler got to join us for a game.
And Woll was back as well. These selfie pics bring me so much joy and happiness.
And then we only went and won Shed of the Year 2026. It's testament to the great space Otty [and friends] built that was acknowledged by the judges.
But, onto the hobby, and first of the season was some Crisis Protocol/Legion terrain 13 models [41 hobby points]. A great start and these look great in our Star wars Legion games.
Another 6 'Bento boxes' were added shortly after. I counted them as just 2 hobby points [43 hobby points]
I followed that with finishing off my Adeptus Titanicus force, with 2 Cerastus Knight Atrapos.
And 4 Adeptus Titanicus Questoris Knights. Trying to match my existing 40k Knights, plus a completely new Questoris scheme.
I then added and Adeptus Titanicus Warlord Titan 1
And Adeptus Titanicus Warlord Titan 2, alongside additional weapon options. 10pts for the Titan and its normal compliment of weapons. Then I did 8 additional weapons, which I treated as 1 point each making 18 points, which brings me up to 83 points for the season so far.
For Christmas I got a wealth of 3D printed terrain for MESBG with these Middle Earth Osgiliath Ruins - Tower and corner ruin
Middle Earth Osgiliath Ruins - Viaduct and ruin
They do look pretty awesome on Otty's boards.
I then added another set Adeptus Titanicus cream battlefield assets to match Liam's army and standout on different battlefields.
It also included a set of 'steampunk' fire arcs, which I love 😍
This Death Guard Space Marine 'Hero' had been knocking around for ages. So close to complete it just needed a little push to get it over the edge.
And Tha missing Goblin Town goblin turned up under the hobby table, so he was completed too. Quick projects to cleanse the palette before bigger challenging tasks.
Now, these 6 extra Warlord Titan Weapons [well 4 and 2 Warglaive Melta Lances] may not look like a big job, but alternate weapons always feel like a chore.
Even if they look awesome when they get used.
With the success of the Space Marine hero, I decided to finish off the Death Guard Myphitic Blight Hauler. Candidate for model of the Season? I mean it's just gorgeously disgusting. So much so I got a second one, which will no doubt sit for a few years waiting to be painted!
Star Wars Legion Geonosians These were a 'trap'! Liam ambushed me with them and I went through a variety of ideas for colour schemes until I settled on the super-bright synthwave approach. These might be the other nominee for models of the year [69 models so far].
I was then tasked with painting some additional Red Planet BASE!🔴 boards. These were to swap out some of my own Realm of Battle boards. I got the colours scheme way wrong and had to give it a bit of a do-over but it worked out in the end.
3d Printed Capillary Towers were a slog, no lie. [79 models]
I did eventually manage to paint my shed. It's looking spanking and although it's another model, a large one for 20 points and technically terrain for a 5 point bonus I've exported the hobby score now! But we all know. 🤩
And what of the Cerastus Knights...? Well I just fell short they are 'done, not varnished' which in my book is not done. It's a tough one as I'm not happy I didn't quite finish them for this season. And I'm not going to be happy that they will start next season off when 95% of them were done beforehand. But what can you do? Well, in future I will close the book on my review a week before, when the new season is announced. It won't feel like I have to push myself and I'll be happier there is a proper cut off point. And I know full well there was opportunity to get them done well in advance that I could say I squandered. But let's focus on what I achieved rather than undermine it with what I didn't and beat myself up over it.
So there we go 79 models painted, compared to 230 last season! And 289 hobby points, versus 461. That's just over a third of the models for almost two thirds of the points - not bad going. But, I never expected to deliver as much as my most productive season ever. So, the headline should be that I've exceeded my goals, yet again and I am satisfied. However, and bearing in mind the TO DO LIST is never meant to be used to punish my efforts when I fail to deliver on them. But, I am disappointed Sammael has not progressed, or some of the older Proteus Land Raider and Crayola Razor back. But given their unknown status in 40k maybe I shouldn't be upset... OK, it's now known and they have gone to legends. But I've already been here when I finished the Talon Master and the Attack Bikes and they were Legends within the year 😣 Maybe spending time on models that will never be used is a poor use of my time. Not a waste as there is always satisfaction in painting long unpainted models. But maybe directing my efforts to those that mean something more might be a better plan?
The Big Build is my 'self-help' initiative to build miniatures. Building isn't always my favourite thing but without a construction phase I can't have a painting phase. So I recognise the special effort this challenge is to me, so I can progress through to the painting stage.
The Warlord Titan was fixed, magnetised and based.
Alongside finishing building and basing 4 Adeptus Titanicus Questoris Knights.
And two Cerastus Atrapos Knights.
And a lone Goblin Town Goblin that had been hiding under my painting desk.
Geonosians, I didn't really build them, but I did base them.
And then rebuilt them when they were dropped on the floor and broke apart like confetti!
