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Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut





The pile of shame has been victorious in 2021.

After a strong 2020- where I had just over 250 models completed (various games/lines), I fell very short in 2021.

Model count is at 93 right now. With the 5 Empire spearmen I have almost halfway done, I will likely crack 100...but not by much.
   
Made in au
Dakka Veteran





Sydney, Australia

With the year nearly over, thought I'd put up a little list of all the progress I made over 2021.

Batman- painting things as I pick them up, nothing else to really say
Malifaux- I still have 2.5 crews unpainted, but I also have entire factions finished and I'm just waiting on the finishing pieces for said unpainted crews to get them finished as well.
The Other Side/LotR- both of these were the real shameful parts of the pile of shame because I had entire armies sitting around unpainted, but thanks to a 3 month lockdown they're now all 100% painted and I don't have to touch them again apart from new releases
GW games- Kill Team, Blood Bowl and Necromunda I all had in various stages of not completed this year, and now they're all done. Pretty pleased with myself there
Terrain- Finished almost everything for Batman/Fallout, just one building to do but I also have the original starter set terrain for Warcry that needs paint (although that's really just a weekend's work)
Guild Ball- I picked up 2 full teams this year, and they're now fully painted.
Bushido- painted the ninjas last year, Bakemono this year and I have a few Ito Clan models to paint but I'm staying fairly strong here too I think

As for the bad, my Bolt Action army still isn't even started, plus I've also added to it. One day

DC:90S++G+++MB+IPvsf17#++D++A+++/mWD409R+++T(Ot)DM+

I mainly play 30k, but am still fairly active with 40k. I play Warcry, Arena Rex, Middle-Earth, Blood Bowl, Batman, Star Wars Legion as well

My plog- https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/787134.page
My blog- https://fistfulofminiatures.blogspot.com/
My gaming Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/fistfulofminis/ 
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





Got all of the stuff for a Hamelin/Catelyn Plague crew done for Malifaux. Currently working on Colette and the Performers. After that all I'll have is Misaki and some loose Outcast models that I haven't been able to offload so I'm just going to paint to get off the pile for good.
   
Made in us
Member of the Ethereal Council






So so far so good, this is what I got.
Hoping I can finish a few more before the end of the year. Im buying alot less than I paint so it's going well
I also finished all of cursed city
WHITE SCARS
HQ
Qin Xa
Bolter HQ
Elites
Redemptor
Contemptor missiles
FA
Attack Bikes

TAU
Shadowsun

AOS
Zombie dragon
Myrmidon
Crimson Court

Star Wars
Republic Specialist
Laat
Chewbacca/wookies
Hostages

MCP
Terrain
Dormammu
Blade
Moonknight

Commissions
Morathi
Gabriel
Banner
Dreadknight





5000pts 6000pts 3000pts
 
   
Made in us
Ancient Venerable Dark Angels Dreadnought





Been a decent year so far...

40K
Sisters of Battle
5 Battle Sisters including superior and flamer (new project just started)
T’au
20 Breachers with 2 turrets
6 Crisis suits
7 Pathfinders
1 broadside
22 drones
Coldstar Commander
2 Devilfish
6 stealth suits
Commander Farsight
1 Riptide
1 Ghostkeel
Dark Angels
2 ATVs
2 Landspeeder typhoons
Ravenwing Ancient
Bladeguard Lt
5 Deathwing Terminators
Deathwing Apothecary
Deathwing Venerable Dreadnought
Attack bike
Deathwatch
Ravenguard
Iyanden

11 wraithguard bases
6 Striking Scorpions
Striking Scorpion wraithlord
1 fire dragon
Iron Warriors
Chaos Lord with Siegebreaker mace
Marine with autocannon
Cultist leader
Rebased Obliterators
Death Guard
2 Blight Haulers
Plague Burst Crawler
Daemon Prince
20 Plague Marines
5 Blightlord terminators
Biologus putrifier
Foul Blightspawn
Lord of Virulence
14 poxwalkers
2 spawn
Knights
Knight Valiant/Tyrant

Team Yankee
Soviets
7 T80s
4 BMP-3s
2 SA 8 Geckos
3 TOS-1
4 BRDM-2
3 Storms
Americans
British
German

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2021/11/27 19:46:01


 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





@HBMC: ...wow. That's an absurd pile right there.

   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





Central Valley, California

I have a system that awards points based on base sizes completed. My goal was a modest 175 points total for the year. I'm falling short, but still pleased I got a lot done. This is the breakdown of what is completed so far:

Painting progress Log 2021
Goal: 175
Score as of 11 / 28 /2021: 118


28mm bases [ 1 each] = 53
Points: 56
Star wars Legion / Rebels / Rebel Troopers (7)
Dust 1947 / Mercenaries / Cleaning Squad (5)
Star Wars Legion / Empire / Krennic (1)*
Dust 1947 / Pilot SSU Mech (1)
Star Wars / Legion Death Troopers (6)
MIddle Earth SBG / Goblin Archers (3)
Dust 1947 / PLA Crew (3)
Middle Earth SBG / Goblin Hand Weapons (8)
Star Wars Legion / Bossk (1)*
Warmaster / Undead Wizard (1)* and General (1)*
Warhammer 40K / Poxwalkers (5)
Age of Sigmar / Soulblight Gravelords / Grave Guard (5)
Age of Sigmar / Soulblight GRavelords / Grave Guard (4)

32mm bases [ 2 each] = 5
Points: 14
Conquest: First Blood / 100 Kingdoms / Battle Mage (1)*
Conquest: First Blood / 100 Kingdoms / Man - at- Arms (1)
Age of Sigmar / Soulblight Gravelords / Necromancer (1)*
Flames of War / U.S. / Infantry Bases (2)


40mm bases [3 each] = 8
Points: 24
Warcry / Khorne Daemons / Flesh Hounds (2)
Corpulent Demon / Reign in Hell (1)
AoS / Soulblight Gravelords / Wolves (5)

50mm bases [4 each] = 4
Points: 16
Conquest: First Blood / Nords / Ugr (2)
Star Wars Legion / Empire / Speeder Bikes (2)

60mm bases = 0
Points:

Other tanks / monsters [6 each] = 1
Points: 6
Dust KV-4 PLA Walker

Small terrain pieces / scatter [ 1 each] = 1
Points: 1
40K / 1 Barricade (rusted)

Large Terrain Pieces = 0
Points:

*character = double value.

~ Shrap

Rolling 1's for five decades.
AoS * Konflikt '47 * Conquest Last Argument of Kings * A War Transformed  
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





Colette's crew is done! All I have left is Misaki and some assorted Outcasts and I'm actually caught up on Malifaux for the first time ever!
   
Made in us
Battlefield Tourist




MN (Currently in WY)

Since I finished all of my stuff for 2021, I started to gather new stuff for my 2022 efforts.

Some Tumbling Dice aircraft and Dark Age Irish from Wargame Atlantic.

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Crazed Gorger



New Jersey

 Easy E wrote:
Since I finished all of my stuff for 2021, I started to gather new stuff for my 2022 efforts.

Some Tumbling Dice aircraft and Dark Age Irish from Wargame Atlantic.


Not to derail thread, but whats the scale on those Irish light infantry? Are they comparable to GW Freeguild/Empire infantry or are they closer to stuff from Perry?
   
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Battlefield Tourist




MN (Currently in WY)

No idea yet! They are still in the mail.

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Krazy Grot Kutta Driva





I haven't got as much done as the the rest of you. I worked through a Star Wars legion Starter box. I have completed

Airspeeder
Han Solo
Boss
SW accessory pack
Rebased Imperial Guard army
Old GW stone trolls
Three terrain pieces
1 mob of 15 snakebite boyz for 40k

 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





Some people putting out some serious progress in the last little bit here as we close in on the end of the year, still more time to finish strong!

Three Incursors off the pile today.

   
Made in ca
Enigmatic Chaos Sorcerer





British Columbia

So I've still managed to resist adding to the pile.

We just finished our most recent painting challenge season. Since trying to freeze mini purchases Jan 2020 I've painted 189 figures and purchased 6 (hilariously still unbuilt)

Torn on what to pledge for Dec but happy with the steady forward momentum I've settled into.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
A young business man named Tom Kirby, who was a pupil of mine until he turned greedy, helped the capitalists hunt down and destroy the wargamers. He betrayed and murdered Games Workshop.


 
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka




NE Ohio, USA

 GrosseSax wrote:
 Easy E wrote:
Since I finished all of my stuff for 2021, I started to gather new stuff for my 2022 efforts.

Some Tumbling Dice aircraft and Dark Age Irish from Wargame Atlantic.


Not to derail thread, but whats the scale on those Irish light infantry? Are they comparable to GW Freeguild/Empire infantry or are they closer to stuff from Perry?


Closer to Perry than GW.
   
Made in us
Battlefield Tourist




MN (Currently in WY)

I also picked up a late edition, another Nativity scene from Reaper. Hopefully, I can get it painted up in time for Christmas!

Here is the last one I painted:

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2021/12/08 21:36:29


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Longtime Dakkanaut






 Easy E wrote:
I also picked up a late edition, another Nativity scene from Reaper. Hopefully, I can get it painted up in time for Christmas!

Here is the last one I painted:



I didn't know Reaper made a nativity set... I may need to get a few and paint them and give them out as gifts...
   
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Fixture of Dakka




NE Ohio, USA

My shelf of future projects is down to:
1) a tub of misc. minis I've acquired along the way throughout the years.
Mostly stuff from shows/cons where I see something cool & will never remember the company/what they made once home. So I get the mini. These get finished as the whim strikes.

2) the terrain from the KT2.0 box. I've got a helluva lot of terrain already & the shops don't need it. So it'll be there for awhile.

3) the Krieg from the KT box. They'll wait until I either re-visit KT (not my favorite game) or return to fielding Guard.

4) About 1500 pts worth of AoS Bone Reapers all NIB. I picked these up at a considerable discount from a local player this past spring. He built about 500pts worth during our Escalation League & learned that he really didn't like AoS. So he dumped his stuff for a stupid low price. The deal was too good to pass up. At the very least I can definitely trade it off at a profit.

5) The SM 1/2 of the Indom launch box. Plus enough other Primaris stuff to round it out to 2k pts. Really just waiting for the inspiration to strike painting wise.

6) The Silent King.

7) The new Warcry set that just released - this'll probably be the next thing I work on as we do regularly play WC. It's just Christmas time & there's no time to work on it atm.

8) The new Dungeonbowl set. I'll likely work on this alongside the Warcry come Jan+

9) Cursed City.

10) 2k pts worth of the new Dragons/dragon riders for AoS .
This is my next AoS force aimed at summer 2022.
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





My last 12 Termagaunts got done today.

I suspect I'm going to put my current Pile on hold for a bit in the new year, my LGS is on the edge of a Warmachine resurgence and I sold all that stuff off years ago despite vastly preferring that rule system. The question isn't whether I'll jump into that, it's how hard. I really want to pick Skorne back up but that's a lot of money to spend on a system I've watched dry up three different times. Maybe Farrow, that's a much smaller lift.

   
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Longtime Dakkanaut





And an Apothecary done this morning.

   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





Ran out of primer and pivoted to some old Warmachine stuff I hadn't finished. Hoping this week to be done with every Warjack I own. Kind of treading water before a bunch of Chrstmas stuff comes in along with the new Malifaux releases in general.
   
Made in us
Battlefield Tourist




MN (Currently in WY)

 LunarSol wrote:
Ran out of primer and pivoted to some old Warmachine stuff I hadn't finished. Hoping this week to be done with every Warjack I own. Kind of treading water before a bunch of Chrstmas stuff comes in along with the new Malifaux releases in general.


Me too.

I have finished 6 or 10 models on my second nativity scene. I hope to finish before the end of the year.

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Furious Fire Dragon





Midlands, UK

In just the last few days I've finished all of the Death Guard from Dark Imperium that had been on my shelf for 4 years, and also 10 Eldar Fire Dragons. Biggest batch of models knocked off the to-do list for a while.

I feel like recently my painting is just about out-pacing my buying, so if I can keep that up I'll be reasonably happy, even if the pile doesn't shrink too much.

   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





12 Hormagaunts, and that's it for 2021.

See you all in Fight the Pile of Shame 2022 Edition!

   
Made in fi
Locked in the Tower of Amareo





Failure :/

2021 january 55 79 24
2021 febryart 50 67 17
2021 march 87 114 27
2021 april 225 237 12
2021 may 34 0 -34
2021 june 84 25 -59
2021 july 212 97 -115
2021 august 30 91 61
2021 september 65 5 -60
2021 october 43 47 4
2021 november 158 95 -63
2021 december 132 103 -29

1175 960 -215

Month, bought, painted, difference. So 1175 bought, 960 painted. Sold some unpainted models I bought and painted models by bucketload so model pile overall shrunk though.

Well need to sharpen up. Particularly good deals for tzeentch(which I later had to sell) and buying kruleboy halves from new players and big pile of blood angels for good price caused pile to grow up quite a lot.

2024 painted/bought: 109/109 
   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Eldar
6 x old metal Shining Spears
Old metal Dire Avenger Exarch
Old metal Striking Scorpion Exarch
Old metal Eldar Support Weapon and Team
3 x old metal Large Eldar Support Weapon Platforms and 5 weapons
4 x old metal Wraithguard
4 x old metal Howling Banshees
Old metal Dire Avenger Exarch
Old metal Dire Avenger
Old metal Farseer
Eldar Skyrunner

Metal Necromunda
11 x old metal Beasts
2 x old metal Wyrd Beastmasters
3 x old metal Scum
12 x old metal Orlocks
5 x old metal Goliaths
Old metal Cawdor
Old metal Kal Jerhico and Skabs
Old metal Bounty Hunter
2 x old metal Pit Slaves
Old metal Ratskin Scout
7 x old metal Spyrers
5 x old metal Arbites
12 x old metal Delaques
Old metal Wyrd
3 x old metal Scavies
3 x old metal Escher
2 x old metal Pit Slaves
Old metal Scum
Old metal Wyrd - actually a Gorka Morka figure I think
Old metal Goliath Heavy
12 x old metal Van Saars
12 x old metal Scavies
8 x old metal Scavies
8 x old metal Redemptionists
Old metal Ratskin Scout

Necromunda - 40K Terrain Large
Small Factorium Ruins
2 x Can and Platform
Spool Tower
Three legged platform
2 x 2 foot board
Large Factorium
Ruined Cathedral

Necromunda - 40K Terrain Small
3 x bridges
8 x tunnel/underground pipe access points

Sisters of Battle
10 x old metal Repentia
3 x Cherubs

59 models to paint in 2022 if I can avoid buying any more.

However 110 models and terrain pieces painted was pretty good for 2021.

Happy New Year,

CB

   
Made in gb
Stubborn Dark Angels Veteran Sergeant





Teesside

Gonna call this mostly a success on the chaos army. Blightbringer is finished but unpictured.

Tide of Traitors. 60 painted cultists in four squads. I have about another 10 painted but probably don't need a 5th squad right now.








Two Plagueburst Crawlers





Ten converted Warp Talons. Finished other than adding translucent insect wings to the 8 minis currently wingless... and doing a new base for the (not pictured) one whose base broke off when I dropped it.







* Two Chaos Rhinos. Only primed and assembled so far.

* Two CSM squads. Primed and assembled, tiny bit of paint on each.

My KoW Northern Alliance army remains shamefully incomplete though!

My painting & modelling blog: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/699224.page

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Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





Successful year on the whole. I got the pile to sub 200 for a bit but picked up English Ivan for Malifaux and ended just north of it. Still, down lower than I've ever been to the point where I feel like if I keep disciplined on it this might be the year I clear the backlog for good and just have new stuff to look forward to.
   
 
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