9 years

Hello fellow citizens of earth,

It’s been 9 years today since I started my humble little blog. Man it’s gone so quick but, it seems, life does too. I was a spritely 36 year old back in 2015 haha and now I’m 45 and making peculiar noises when I put my work boots on in the morning.

Like most peoples lives, I’m sure, the last nine years has had its ups and downs and I’d say my favourite thing about the hobby is that there are no downs. It’s all a good healthy highs for me. Great minis, great games, great crafting, great bloggers and a great community. I can safely say that I’ve never had a negative interaction with anyone in the last nine years involved in the beloved hobby. Thats pretty cool. In a world where there seems to be a shit ton of nay sayers, fun spoilers, trolls and keyboard warriors online I can honestly say that I haven’t experienced any of that in my 9 year hobby life.

Without sounding pious, our hobby seems to be one of the lucky ones that doesn’t end up in the firing lines too often. Sure I’m not naive in the fact that there’s always some sort of drama or people getting upset because GW has discontinued some Elf hero etc but, in general, it appears to be a rather positive place. It’s also a welcoming place. Sooooo many tutorials designed to help people get involved and get better. So many content makers out there just helping us be better hobbyists and to me that’s just awesome.

I find it funny when I attempt to describe my hobby to someone who has no clue what its all about. I, or them, end up just saying something like, “yeah like model trains etc”. Haha. For me that makes the hobby even cooler. It’s a unique little niche we’ve all carved out for ourselves and it feels like an exclusive little club but at the same time has big wide open doors and is all about inclusivity.

I love how we all approach the hobby a little differently from each other and give everything our own flare. Some of us might be into Space Marines, others into 6mm battleships, some into dioramas, painting busts, historical wargaming or painting pieces in the hopes of winning a golden daemon and there’s even one of us who has painted up a whole bunch of munchkins (you know who you are). We as hobbyists are a diverse and unique bunch and I wouldn’t change any of it for the world.

Sorry, that turned into a little waffle haha.

Blog-wise I’ve felt less inspired with it in the last twelve months. It could be down to being busy with renovations on the new house and busy with life in general, not sure. I don’t plan on quitting at all but I hope my passion for blogging gets back on track a bit more.

As far as my own hobby and projects go I intend on continuing to be a hobby butterfly and fluttering from one idea to the next. My current plan of attack is thus:

Paint ten US Civil War minis, then paint ten Bolt Action minis, then ten Tyranids, then ten napoleonic zombies and then ten Zulu/brits. In between all that I’ll chip away at Turnip28 terrain and a new sci-fi board.

There’s an old phrase that I’m sure you’ll all be familiar with… “All good things come to an end.” I plan on continuing to flip that philosophy on its head and say… “All good things will just keep going as long as I have air in my lungs”.

I always like to include a photo on every post and this one was taken last weekend. I’d asked my two youngest daughters to help me clip off bits from sprues so I can finally get things into order. It was a fun couple of hours but I still have a whole lot more to do.

Cheers

IRO