March 2011 Totals

I did a lot of painting this month, but it really seems like I havent churned much out.  I got the turtle tank completed before I went to Cold Wars on the 10th, and then worked on the Gladiators that I got from the convention the rest of the time.

Ah, Cold Wars - I spent about $450.  I got a wide range of stuff from Macedonians from Sgt Major Miniatures, to fallschirmjagers from Warlord Games, to zombies and zombie hunters, to 1/600 modern fighter jets, to Predators and Terminators from Copplestone Castings.  I have some serious project, scale, period creep!  I guess there is nothing that is off limits for me to paint.

At the end of the month, I also purchased a 'hellhound' from Heresy Miniatures, and also one of their 'Deathball' characters for 10 pounds...about $16.  So, we will call it $466 dollars spent for the month of March.

Completed, for March, 2011:

28mm infantry completed: 15 
15 Gladiators (Crusader Miniatures) 
1 Turtle Tank Completed (Eureka Miniatures)

In progress, March/April, 2011:
Mini Sci Fi Vessel in progress: 1 
1 NAC Suffolk Class escort (GZG Miniatures)  

1/2400 Modern Ships in progress: 4 
1 Arleigh Burke Class ship (GHQ Miniatures)
3 Los Angeles Class submarines (GHQ Miniatures)

15mm Modern Armor in progress: 7
2 M2 Bradley tanks (IrishSerb)
1 HMMWV (IrishSerb)
1 M2 Bradley tank (QRF Miniatures)
1 M1A1 Abrams tank (QRF Miniatures)
1 HMMVW (QRF Miniatures)
1 BMP2 Fighting Vehicle (QRF Miniatures) 

28mm infantry in progress: 3 
1 Nicolas (Recreational Conflict)
1 Wilhelm (my first dog!) (Recreational Conflict)
1 Business Woman (Recreational Conflict)

I did spend a lot of time prepping, priming, and base coating all of the armor listed as 'in progress' above.  I have made several mods to the vehicles, as well as added a bunch of stowage that didnt come with the models.  I spoke with 'TacoBat' (who has a blog I follow) about his armor weathering techniques, and I will be attempting a lot of that in April.

The three figures from Recreational Conflict are nearly complete (painting is done on them, but not the bases), and there will be pictures going up of them next week.  A couple of these are disappointing - a male emo cop that looks like Trinity from The Matrix and a business woman whose face looks like she is already a half zombie (my wife and I have already labeled her 'Mrs Butterface').  The dog is pretty cool though!

The modern ships are also based and primed, although they are definitely on the back burner for the moment.  The space cruiser from GZG has been primed and ready for about 6 months now.

Id also like to build a small 'arena' for the gladiators I completed this month, and give the game 'Red Sands, Blue Sky' a go solo.  But, we will see how that goes.

I cant decide on what my next figures I paint will be, but it will most likely be the box of fallschirmjager from Warlord Games, the Macedonian Pikemen (which I probably want to paint the most, but have NO idea how to paint them), or 6mm Sherman tanks.

Yearly Completed Totals:
25-28mm infantry completed: 26
25-28mm cavalry completed: 3
15mm infantry completed: 33
1/1200 naval vessel completed: 1
Turtle Tank completed: 1

Purchases in March, 2011:
Cold Wars - ~$450
Heresy Miniatures - $16

Total Purchases, 2011
$692.33