Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Oh Deer

Still not much going on as I struggle to get any enthusiasm to get anything done. I've spent some time mulling over why I can seem to focus on anything and I think it boils down to simple fatigue. I've been on the same project for a while, Barons War and with a display game ready for Border Reiver and I think I really need a change. With nothing new on the horizon I ordered some chariots for the Trojan war, I may try and get back into this and give them a go using Midgard. I may also dig out the 15mm Punic Wars stuff I still need to get painted.

In the meantime I did manage to get a couple of things done, some wildlife for the Border Reiver game to be hidden in the woods. These are some deer and wild boar from Warbases.





These were quick and easy to do and will help bring the table to life. There are also a pair of foxes that I need to get finished. The only other figures I managed to paint were some extra Welsh warriors. 2 from Footsore, the other 3 are plastic Gripping beast dark age welsh with various head and shield swap. They look like they will mix in.




So nearly 2 months in and my output is well down, normally I'd have around 2-300 figures done by now. I'm currently at about 25%. I'm hoping things pick up soon.

14 comments:

  1. Great looking animals and Welsh warriors!

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  2. Lovely collection of animals and very useful. I am looking forward to getting the Victrix animal set.

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  3. Keep at it, Neil! You are still making progress.

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  4. Fingers crossed you rekindle your mojo soon, Scotty. In the meantime, the animals and GB figures look great.

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  5. Nicely done Neil…I wouldn’t worry about the totals, paint what you enjoy when you want. I find when I get bored I just swop to another project 🤔

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  6. Nice work Neil, I like the deer!

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  7. Nice work. At 50% rate in 2 months, that works out at between 50 and 75 figures... in two months! I would like to achieve that in 6 to 9 months. That's good progress. Project fatigue is common. As they say, a change is as good as a rest.

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    1. Cheers Matt, I've always had a high output, this is the longest spell where I'm struggling to paint

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