2015 Hobby Project #1 - Normans for SAGA

So to follow up with one of my goals for 2015, I will be jumping into SAGA, a game by Gripping Beast and Studio Tomahawk, that I have been hearing more and more about. Some close friends of mine have some models and terrain and what better reason to try something out right?

Check out Gripping Beast at http://www.grippingbeast.com/

This game sparked my interest in that it is a skirmish game with the possibility of a very low model count from what I was accustomed too. The time period the game is based, England during the time of the Viking invasions, would also be a new and exciting adventure for me. Maybe I will do a review of the system once I have played a few games.

The faction I will begin to play with is the Normans. Everyone I know has or is doing Vikings, and I really liked the idea of being able to field an entire force that is mounted. Speed is a huge factor in most war games and is something that I always gravitate towards when figuring out what to play.

Have you played SAGA before? What did you think of the game? I would love to hear feedback on the game and see some great models painted up to keep me inspired!

On Friday I hope to have some models assembled and ready for painting.

My Hobby Goals for 2015 & My First Post!

It seems that each year passes faster than the next, and we never truly accomplish all that we set out to do.

This year I hope to broaden my horizons a little bit and venture into some projects a little outside my wheel house. Normally I stick to the fantasy and sci-fi genres when it comes to miniatures and miniature games. This primarily has come from my 6 year stint with Games-Workshop and now my current employment with Mantic Games. But in 2015 I want to do more historical minis as well as play some of the fantastic games I keep hearing about like Bolt Action and SAGA.

My 2015 Hobby/Gaming Goals:

- Paint a SAGA faction (Normans)
- Paint an army for Bolt Action (not sure on which one)
- Finish painting my Chaos Warrior Blight Kings unit (first three are shown below)
- Enter at least one piece into the Crystal Brush at Adepticon 
- Try to paint at least one model for myself for every commission model that I paint (it always seems that I paint too much for other people and forget that I like to play with toys too lol)
- Play in at least one tournament/league or event for something (Cold Wars may solve this with SAGA)
- Learn to paint NMM (I am not pressed on the technique, but it does interest me and would like to know how)
- Upgrade my airbrush setup and become more proficient with using it
- Learn to take better photos of my minis
- Post on this Blog at least 2-3 times a week

For now I think that is about all for now, lets work through this list first lol.

Now for some painted mens!

Here are a couple of Historical figures I had completed at the end of 2014:

Philip of Macedonia

Macedonian Royal Guard (Silver Shield)

My first project of 2015 will be to complete a SAGA army to hopefully be able to play in some of the events at Cold Wars in March. We will see that will be a tight window, but I would really like to get a nice painted army to play with. I will be doing Normans most likely so we will see what shapes up.

And here are some other random things I had done in 2014:

Chaos Warrior Blight Kings 

Khador Behemoth

Some Malifaux Figs

That's it for now, hope you enjoyed the pics and here is to a hobby filled 2015!!