Late with April's totals!

Its been an eventful week here in the good ole US of A.  The death of bin Laden has been a very surreal event.  Serious props go out to the men and women of the US armed services, but especially to the Navy SEAL team who dropped in to the compound in Afghanistan to deliver their well wishes.

Ive seen two quotes over the past few days that I really like:
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - Winston Churchill

"Only God can decide if terrorists are right or wrong.  Its our job to arrange the meeting." - unnamed US Navy SEAL

Now, on to the totals!  A good month for painting - I finished a lot up this month.  If you have been keeping up with my blog, I discovered 20mm miniatures, and im totally hooked.  I spent a couple hundred dollars on new figures, and also several 1/72 modern vehicles (a couple Humvees, a Bradley, and an Abrams tank).

The figures include a few packs of US soldiers from the 2004ish era of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and also several packs of more recent US soldiers, as well as some afghans, Iraqi militants, and some other generic terrorists.  I finished the OIF soldiers, and started on the more recent figures, attempting Multicam camo, which Im working on now.

I also finished up some Predators, a 15mm Humvee, and a few 'zombie hunter' types.  As usual, my ADD kicked in, and I put aside several of the 15mm vehicles I had been working on, as well as the spaceship and US Navy vessels.  Im taking them off of the 'In Progress' list, because its unlikely Ill get back to them this month.

Completed, for April, 2011:

28mm infantry completed: 12
3 "Zombie Hunters" (Recreational Conflict) 
8 Hunter Aliens (Predators) (Copplestone Castings)
1 Hellhound (Heresy Miniatures)

20mm infantry completed: 16 
16 US Army, Operation Iraqi Freedom (Elhiem Miniatures)

15mm Modern Armor completed: 1 
1 HMMWV (Irish Serb) 

In progress, April/May, 2011:
1/285 Armor in progress: 5
5 M4 Sherman tanks (GHQ Miniatures)  

20mm Infantry in progress: 14
14 US Army, ultra modern (Liberation Miniatures)

Im really starting to hit my stride on the 20mm figures.  It took me about a week of work on the 16 OIF figures (maybe 10 hours?) and I have started on the US Army modern figs from Liberation Minis - they are nearly complete after 5 or 6 hours of work so far.

As I mentioned earlier, I dropped a couple hundred bucks this month, all on 20mm figures and models.

Yearly Completed Totals:

25-28mm infantry completed: 38
25-28mm cavalry completed: 3
20mm infantry completed: 16
15mm infantry completed: 33
15mm armor completed: 1
1/1200 naval vessel completed: 1
Turtle Tank completed: 1

Purchases in April, 2011:

Great Models (1/72 models) - ~$100
Syr Hobbs Miniatures and RH Models (Elhiem and Liberation Miniatures) - ~100

Total Purchases, 2011

~$892