Miniatures painted in 2018

I had a successful year of painting, at least by my own goals. With over 170 models painted I took a big bite out of the pile of unpainted miniatures – or would have, had I not acquired over 160 models during the year!

Here’s almost everything I painted:

Terrain dominates the results this year, with the tablescapes dungeons, citadel trees, and Warhammer 40k industrial terrain all receiving attention.

I still managed to paint a dwarf Blood Bowl team and Shadespire warband, both purchased in 2018.

I also managed to paint models which have been laying around for many years, including the elf wizard on the far right above, who has a copyright date of 1984 on his base!

In 2018 I kept myself motivated not by having a numerical target, but a target of as much painting activity as possible. That change of method worked for me as I managed 177 models this year, compared to 100 last year.

Each time I painted I would take a photo of my painting tray, even if the progress was barely visible. This gave me a visual record of progress over the year and models came and went.

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I’ll keep the tray for 2019 but do something a bit different with it this time. I will also keep my activity target too.