Keeping Score - December end of the year

Well thats it the year is over. Not a bad effort I was hoping to reduce the lead mountain at least by a little bit but instead I got most of next years figure already. So hopefully I will not be getting to much more next year. 


Finished

• 1x Leonardo Tank
• 3x AB-41 Armoured Cars
• 2x italian mc
• 8x british war of 1812 
• 1x PzIV 
• 2x M11-39

Purchased

• 13x vehicles World War 2
• 25x 15mm World War 2
• 106 15mm war of 1812

Scores so far

• Models purchased 52
• Models completed 57

Score -5

• 15mm purchased 531
• 15mm completed 262

Score 269

Keeping score - November

Well November is over and progress is still being made

Finished

• 1xStug
• 2x Su-100 
• 1x King Tiger
• 8x 15mm war of 1812 Americans
• 16x 15mm war of 1812 British 
• 4x 15mm war of 1812 American cavalry

Purchased

• 5x Plastic Panthers/Jagdpanthers

Scores so far

• Models purchased 39
• Models completed 49

Score -10

• 15mm purchased 400
• 15mm completed 252

Score 148

Keeping Score October

Beware of friends cleaning out their lead mountains. A friend has given me a pile of old 15mm Renaissance figures to add to my pile. There are so many that I have not even counted them all and the figure provided is short by nice margin but is how many I am planning to paint at the moment. Not cheating just being selective :-)


Finished

• 1x Su-100
• 1x Hummel
• 40x War of 1812 Americans 
• 15x War of 1812 Canadians 
• 8x War of 1812 Americans 
• 12x Mongol Cavalry

Purchased/Procured

• 3x 15mm Leonardo tanks
• 2x Leonardo da Vinci
• 123x 15mm Renaissance

Scores so far

• Models purchased 34
• Models completed 45

Score -11

• 15mm purchased 400
• 15mm completed 224

Score 176

keepin score september

Well a few extra figures added  to the pile. Perhaps a momentary lapse of reason. Almost delayed this post for a few more days as I am close to finishing several units which would have made this figures look a bit better but they can wait for the October update.

Added

85 blue moon war of 1812 figures
48 misc ab and eureka figures to expand my war of 1812 units

Models completed

1x Il-2m
1x Hs-129
12x Gendarmes
1x Pz IV
1x su-100

• Models purchased 31
• Models completed 43

Score -12

• 15mm purchased 275
• 15mm completed 159

Score 116

Keeeping score - August

Here is a  question I bough 5 battlefront su-100 planning to paint 4. Should I count it as 4 or 5. Maybe as a tie breaker. Not trying to cheat or anything :-)

Also picked up some cheap Italians expected to get only 40 odd, got over a hundred. A big accidental hit to the completed list and looks like I may have to get some Italians to finish them off properly.


Finished
2x T-34s
1x PzIv
2x 122mm howitzers
1 Pak 43

8x15mm Soviet artillery crew
3x 15mm German artillery crew

Purchased
5x Su-100
103 x 15mm italians

• Models purchased31
• Models completed 39

Score -8

• 15mm purchased 142
• 15mm completed 147

Score -5

Keeping Score July

A quiet month with all the 15mm being finished today just so I could something done.

Finished
2x trucks
20x Polish Haiduk
13x Gebirgsjaeger

Purchased
1x King Tiger
1x Hs 129

• Models purchased 26
• Models completed 33

• 15mm purchased 39
• 15mm completed 136

• Scores are -7 plus -97 for the 15mm

keeping score - little wars special

Well Little Wars has just occurred here in and in preparation I got a few more figures done just in case I went mad and bought some more lead. As it was I was disciplined well not really there was not much to tempt me this year. It was not a bad effort considering I had a slump in at the start of the month.

1x t-34
1x 234/1
2x Stalinets
1 x251/9
2 x Soviet artillery pieces

• Models purchased 22
• Models completed 28
• 15mm purchased 39
• 15mm completed 57
• Scores are -6 plus -18 for the 15mm

Keeping score - treading water

Well a visit to milsims resulted in 2x SdKfz 234/2 pumas added to the painting pile. Fortunately a T-34 and a SdKfz 251/7 have been finished  so all is even. Oh and two 250/9 given a touch up.

• Models purchased 19
• Models completed 13
• 15mm completed 51
• Scores are +6 plus -51 for the 15mm

Keeping score - one step foward, twelve back

Well a large package arrived with some new toys for my 15mm Soviets. The headline should have been the Russians are coming but I am claiming a stug III finished as well. Hmm, Russian hordes versus one solitary German a metaphor for the great patriotic war perhaps.

• Models purchased 17
• Models completed 11
• 15mm completed 51
• Scores are +6 plus -51 for the 15mm

Keeping score

Three bren carriers and 4 elephant crew

Models purchased 5
Models completed 10
15mm completed 51

Scores are -5 plus -51 for the 15mm 

Keeping Score - giving in to temptation

Well the decision to walk into a store that I had not visited for a while resulted in the purchase of two models. Though they are now finished so the balance remains.

Models purchased 5
Models completed 7
15mm completed 47

Scores are -2 plus -47 for the 15mm

Keeping Score

Well two more models have arrived a sdkfz 251/7 and a sdkfz 251/9 both in 15mm.


Models purchased 3
Models completed 5
15mm completed 47

Scores are -2 plus -47 for the 15mm

keeping score

Well some units done.

Another t-34 and an elephant done. Also a battalion of Falschirmjaeger, though technically started last year but finally finished now


Models purchased 1
Models completed 5
15mm completed 47

Scores are -4

Keeping score

Well it is time to announce the completion of two models. A Stug III and an elephant for the ancient Arabs. One problem with this is that it may highlight how slowly I paint.

Models purchased 1
Models completed 3

Scores are -2

First Model

Well it had to happen. I have finished my first model a battlefront T-34. Only seven more to paint and three more to get. This does lead to the though that I should track the growth of my plans.

No that may be a bit to depressing. There is just not enough time to paint everything that i want to paint. Now while I believe that one cannot die until one has finished all of their lead mountain. I think that there should also be a light at the end of the tunnel so as to encourage more painting. You don't want to many nor to few.

Models purchased 1
Models completed 1

Scores are even

First purchase

One thing that is happening out in the wider world is that people are keeping track of the number of figures purchased and or painted. I suppose the idea is maintain some control over the lead mountain by showing that you are painting more than you are buying.

I suspect that like many others there is a gap between the theory and practice. It also has the significant disadvantage that people opposed to wasting money may discover this list. Leading questions in the house about waste and extravagance.

Though I do like the idea of a having a challenge. So here we go with the first purchase. A flames of war 88L71 antitank guns.

Models purchased 1
Models completed 0