2014 Painting VowFor the calender year 2014, I vow that I will stay "in the red" across all games and systems.
So what does that actually mean?
I'm borrowing a little bit of accounting parlance for this one - any models that I purchase or trade for (incoming) will be scored as black and anything that I sell, trade away or paint (outgoing) will be scored as red. (However, for me being in the red is good as opposed to say Wall Street who spent far too much time in the red).
Models are weighted based on size and complexity of painting - obviously this will be somewhat subjective, but I'm only cheating myself I choose to bend the rules. As a rough outline:
Infantry Models: 1pt each (so a unit of 30 Swordsman is worth 30pts)
Cavalry Models: 2pts each (10 Knights is worth 20pts)
Mounstrous Infantry: 3pts each (4 Rat Ogres is worth 12pts)
Small tanks/monsters: 5pts each (Space Marine Rhinos, Steam Tank, Empire Griffons)
Large tanks/monsters: 10pts each (Space Marine Land Raiders, Dragons, Hell-Pit Abominations)
Characters count as double points for whatever unit type they fall under (eg infantry character is worth 2pts, cavalry character is worth 4pts, etc.)
Currently I'm only including models in this vow - you could quite easily include books, gaming items, etc but I've chosen to focus on models only as my main goal is to cut down on unpainted stuff.
I'll be shooting for a combines score rather than breaking down by system - so if I buy say a Hell-Pit Abomination for my Skaven I can off-set that by painting 10 Tactical Marines for my Imperial Fists. Any suggestions around the weighting system are welcome
Current Log
IncomingFulgrim +2
5 Phoenix Terminators +5
10 Tactical Marines +10
10 Devastators +10
5 Assault Terminators +5
5 Deathwing Knights +5
3 Centurions +9
1 Land Raider +10
OutgoingTotal: +56
So, uh, not a good start. On the plus side, plenty of 2014 left to bring that number back towards a negative.