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September 2022 Goals

I feel like I say this every month but how the heck is it September already? Where did the year go. Anyway. I have a few goals for September, not many this time as I’ve got a fairly busy month ahead of me. So, September goals are as follows: And I think I’m leaving itContinue reading “September 2022 Goals”

August 2022 Goals

August is here! How did that happen? Now that July is over and the whirlwind of personal stuff has settled I can get back to painting. I haven’t picked up a brush in almost 2 months at this point. Despite the long break, I was able to pick one up yesterday and get some thingsContinue reading “August 2022 Goals”

What and Why: Hobby Burnout

Hobby burnout. It’s definitely a thing. But what is it exactly and why does it happen? For the purposes of this post I’m going to focus on miniature painting. Merriam-Webster defines burnout as: “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration”. Essentially, it boils down toContinue reading “What and Why: Hobby Burnout”

Exemplar Wet Palette: A Review

Greetings, Readers! I am here to bring you another review of another awesome Game Envy product I received recently: The Exemplar Premier Wet Palette System. I realize as I write this that I’ve never covered wet palettes in depth. I will cover what I can in this post and write up another post dedicated toContinue reading “Exemplar Wet Palette: A Review”

Personal Update: Spring 2022

I have not had time to sit down and write a blog in quite some time. I am working on some review articles very slowly. I have been dealing with the loss of our two cats in 3 months of each other. So it’s been pretty rough around here. I have also been working onContinue reading “Personal Update: Spring 2022”

March ’22 Goals

I’m going to try to get better about doing a wrap-up and a goals post for the rest of the year. March is fairly busy around here but I do have some projects to be done. First up is the Sea Dragon from Reaper’s Bones V Kickstarter. It was in the Dark Depths expansion. SoContinue reading “March ’22 Goals”

February RCL Wrap Up ’22

March is upon us and by that I mean today is the 1st. I’m not sure where last month went. I only got two (2) minis painted up for RCL for the month but I’ve been working on quarterlies in the meantime. I completed the Duo and Trio categories. For the Duo I painted upContinue reading “February RCL Wrap Up ’22”

January 2022 Wrap-up

So this is a wrap up of last month and a progress report for what’s been going on this week. In my last post I had gotten some things done. I got almost all my monthly things for January minus the theme mini because I just ran out of time. I’ll post all the picturesContinue reading “January 2022 Wrap-up”

Mid-January Update

Well, kind of. I know this is a few days late. So far I’ve gotten 3 minis finished and have several in progress. Should have time to sit down today and do more. The Valentine Mousling was a ton of fun to paint. Quick and easy. Also, this one is metal! I normally paint aContinue reading “Mid-January Update”

New Year, New Goals (2022)

2021 was a year of goals for me but looking back not a lot got done, unfortunately. While I was fairly productive, basically, none of the larger projects got finished which was the big thing I wanted to do. Here’s a reminder of my 2021 goals. Things I did do: Started Grimtalon Participated in 9Continue reading “New Year, New Goals (2022)”