2017 Hobby Retrospective

My first post in 2017 set out hobby goals for the year (link here). Throughout the 2nd half of 2016 I struggled to dedicated time to hobby so for 2017 I wanted to set some targets! Now, 2017 is almost concluded and 2018 reckons, I wanted to look back and see how I'd fared against my goals.

In term of which models I aimed to complete in 2017; my list consisted of:

• Human Blood Bowl Team,
• Orc Blood Bowl Team,
• Blood Angels Assault Squad.

..and I managed to complete the following:

• Human Blood Bowl Team,
• Orc Blood Bowl Team,
• Sly Marbo,
• Sylvaneth Branchwych,
• Sylvaneth Dryads,
• Sylvaneth Treelord Ancient,
• Sylvaneth Kurnoth Hunters,
• Shadow War: Armageddon scenery set,
• further random pieces of scenery.

I also set myself a target of reading 12 books. I fell short and only managed to read 10... but I listened to 6 audiobooks (thanks to Black Library being on Audible!).

So, in conclusion, I'm happy with my achievements for 2017. I managed to paint up many more models than I had planned. This was mainly down to Nerd Day 2017 and the focus it provided. This event required a board and scenery. which occupied my activities during the middle of the year. After Nerd Day I was infused with the motivation to prepare for gaming in 2018 and managed to bash out the Sylvaneth units mentioned above and Sly Marbo!

Next up I will present the completed Kurnoth Hunters and Orc Blood Bowl team (looks like i forgot to post about the completed unit!). At time of writing this article, I am away visiting family so will cover that unit in a post before closing of 2017 with a 2018 goals article.