March 2012 Totals and Mass Effect 3

March was a pretty slim month for painting.  I got involved in Mass Effect 3 (which I just finished - more on that in a sec), and my last save was about 25 hours (all in the month of March).  Normally, that time would be closer to 10-12 hours for a video game, so that really took a chunk.  I finished off a zombie, a few Old West characters, and several 6mm tanks.

If you have been a follower of the Mass Effect series, you must get Mass Effect 3 and run it through.  It is a great 'space opera' with a great story, great gameplay, and really nice looking cutscenes.  Throw in Commander Sheppard getting a little bouncy bouncy from some fluzie reporter and Yvonne Strahovski's cyber character, who can go wrong???

I know who - this guy angry elf

Maybe you have read about the controversy of the ending?  I wont spoil it on my blog, and there is a decent article here about it.  Honestly, the last 10 minutes suck some pretty big donkey.  It does kinda stink that someone has put 75ish hours into the game series only to have a the ending be pretty much worthless.  No closure, no happy ending - hell, there really isnt an unhappy ending!  Like I said, I wont ruin it just in case you are going to play/not finished yet, but Id be interested to know what you think.  And again, the 24 hours and 50 minutes you will play getting to the end are more than worth it - just turn your machine off before you have to make the final decisions!!!

Completed, for March, 2012:

28mm infantry completed: 5
1 Zombies (Victory Force Miniatures)
4 Old West (Black Scorpion Miniatures)

1/285 armor completed:  10
5 T72 (GHQ)
5 BMP2 (GHQ)

In progress, March/April, 2012:
1/285 armor in progress: 10
5 M1A1 Abrams (GHQ)
5 M2 Bradley (GHQ)

15mm Infantry in progress:18
18 ACW (Old Glory and Blue Moon Manufacturing)

Ive been dinking around with the ACW figures the last two weeks.  Im nearly finished with them - I need to get my ass in gear and finish them off.  They have been sitting on my table too long.  The main reason I wanted to paint up the Old Glory and Blue Moon was to get a decent sense of their figures as compared to Peter Pig.  I know lots and lots of people LOVE OG and the Blue Moon stuff, and totally hate the Piggy, but without being totally completed yet, I have to say that the Pig is definitely my 15mm figure of choice.

Im also working on (well, primed and have half a base coat down) some 1/285 US stuff for Desert Storm.  I really love the tiny tanks!

2012 Completed Totals:

25-28mm infantry completed: 23
15mm infantry completed: 15
15mm cavalry completed: 10
20mm infantry completed: 8
1/285 Infantry completed:  8
1/285 Armor completed:  10

Purchases in March, 2012:

Another $0 month!  April will be a different story - I have already pre-ordered quite a bit!!!

Total Purchases, 2012

$77