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How do!

Right, I really really mean it this time. Even got a proper hobby room and everything! 2026 is the year I get back on the Hobby Horse and ride it into the sunset.

2024 was a great success until the sudden and unexpected death of my Dad, which put a real downer on things.

2025 I was dealing with grief, and the purchase of my forever home, so got relatively little hobby done due to sustained life upheavel and not one, but two depressive episodes.

But in 2026? I think I’m looking at plain sailing. Should be moving to a more rewarding and less stressful workstream professionally, which helps balance the mental humours and keeps the head weasels from their scurrying. And I’ve got my hobby/crafting room more or less as I want it. So I’ve about as few barriers to regular hobby sessions as I think can be expected. Heck, I’ve even got a private rear garden, not over looked by an adult care home, where I can big things sprayed nice and quick once the weather brightens up (probably around March/April).

As with 2024? I’m gonna kick off with my Epic Scale treasures. They’re quick to paint, and don’t take much to get a decent finish on. So they’re ideal in my opinion for building up hobby stamina, and getting further motivation as your results show really quick.

From there, I’ll likely alternate between 28mm Heresy and Necromunda. Got plenty of both to get through. So much I may need a third display cabinet.

And when I’ve got all that done? There’s still my complete HeroQuest collection to pile through.

Is gonna be a busy one!

And to kick it off?

1st January 2026

Assembled a brace each of Glaives and Ascalon Superheavies. Fun little kits, and not overly fiddly despite the tiny scale.

Also knocked out half a box of Araknae. Other sprue I’ll make one each of the Accelerator and Punisher Cannons, and two from the Massive Frag Missiles.

Frag Missiles only get two shots a game, but are barrage, 3” blast and two attack dice for each of those. So pretty useful for dissuading enemy infantry within a respectable bubble.

Good luck with your enterprise Doc - sorry to hear about the head weasels but I suppose that's only to be expected given the circumstances.

Will be checking back for regular inspirations / stuff to steal!

Cheers dude

Haven’t yet put my existing LI army back in the cabinet, as I wanted to blast through this lot. It’s also easier to keep them in their carry case for ease of reference when it’s painting time.

That does remind me I need to get a couple more paints. Not at all sure my Vampire Red and Blood Red have enough.

LI is not a game I think I would be very interested in, but I do like seeing what other people do with it, so it'll be fun to watch your tiny army come together. It's also nice to see you able to settle in to some normalcy, given your stated life events in the last couple of years.

I definitely need a break from unpleasantness. And doing hobby stuff is generally good for mental health. Certainly beats rotting in front of the telly night after night.

Sorry to hear about your dad.
And glad to hear you keeping busy. Busy is good.

Saw your new hobby room, and wish you and your family all the best, and much progress in the hobby.

I like to throw Baldermort into the background and get stuck in the sprue glue and paint.
Hope you will find his work as interesting and valuable as I do.
https://www.youtube.com/@Baldermort