Squirrel!

Over my hobby hiatus during the last couple of weeks, in the evening hours, when I'm too pooped to do anything hobbying, I've been watching "The Rise of Empires: Ottoman" on Netflix and rather enjoying it .  

The first two seasons span the rise of Mehmed II, the conquest of Constantinople, and the defeat of Vlad the Impaler.  This is a period that I know relatively little about, and I haven't attempted to research the historical accuracy of the show, but have to admit that I've become quite taken with the period and particularly the Ottoman uniforms as depicted.

Strangely for me, I've found myself considering how enjoyable it might be to paint up figures with such uniforms, leading to some basic searches for availability of 28mm figs.  

As I suggested above, it has been quite some time since I've felt any fire for painting figs of this type.  Not sure if this is due to general stress at the moment, and my brief time away from the hobby, or if this is part of a greater sense of simply not having made anything of note for the last twenty or so years.

As I consider the project, I envision a table covered with elaborate landscapes.  Not sure how I would game the siege of Constantinople, but certainly the table would be amazing; while, building the world of Vlad would result in a totally different, but potentially fantastic table.

But inevitably, I know that somewhere around the third battle, I would start to grow bored with the limitations of warfare during the period, and I'd probably start to look for avenues to turn it into some sort of adventure game, where my Janisaries would never have need to be on the table again.  Stll, building it would be tremendous fun, but I really can't  afford the time for another project.

And additionally, I have that promise to myself about maintaining focus, sticking with 10 periods/projects that are already in process, and I realize that I am having a typical gamer "Squirrel" moment.  I close my browser window, open to the 28mm Ottoman figs, and lament another project that will never happen.

The images in my mind fade, reason begins to return.

Its not fair really, having such short life spans, when there is just so much to build and play.

Maybe if I just bought a few figs?  Just to paint?

SQUIRREL!

Things Really Slowing Down

The last few weeks have been busy outside of gaming, and the busy has finally blead over into my weekends, so hobby progress has really slowed down.  I did finish up some Russian tanks and trucks over the weekend, but they were a three day project that took three weeks.  Sorry, no pics as they are just solid green with a little dust, and I put them away as they were completed, not thinking to take pics.

Terrain in the form of field fortifications will be the next step for Barbarossa, but I still have to arrange getting the sheets of foam first.  I'm also waiting for a GHQ sale before buying the last few packs of miniatures for the campaign.

In other news, I found a copy of Fall of France to use as a strategic framework for my France 1940 camapign.  I still don't know if it will be a bathtub campaign, or will focus on a couple of thrusts at one to one representation.  

Probably won't be much hobby activity for the remainder of the month, as the next two weekends are already occupied with non-hobby stuff.

See you in May.