From Martijn N: Wrapping up

Well, that went fast! As a matter of fact even faster than I thought, for I had written a final (I thought) contribution for March 21st, only to find that I was too late! A very senior moment I fear. However, even without my final Squirrel I truly had a blast. I smashed my target which, even though admittedly still fairly modest at 500 points nevertheless was considerably up from that of my my first Challenge last year. I think I managed an average of more or less a squirrel per post, which just goes to show that focus is not one of my few strenghts. Neither is photography, of figures or otherwise. So here goes, with the obligatory hat:

I did figures, in 10mm, 15mm, 28mm and 40mm, I did a hill, I did houses, two wells and a keep (which I forgot for the photo, duh)  and a market stall, I did animals as in horses, wargs, and camels, I did Elves, Men, goblins, a Dwarf, Romans, Arabs, Russians and Württembergers; I quadrupled the number of female figures I ever painted; and I did ships. I embraced the Squirrel. Yippie!

Once again, I painted less than I had hoped, but more than I expected. I find that the (self-inflicted, I know) pressure to try to get a post in every week tends to severely limit my ability to comment on others' contributions, which I have done much less than I intended to and very much less than everybody deserved, so my apologies. Next year, I will do my best to better my life. I am also sorry that I only got to join the chat once; my speech is somewhat impaired, and I find it very difficult to concentrate on painting while talking, or the other way around, especially in  a foreign language; but I very much enjoyed the company when I was there. I shall definitely look forward to joining more often in future!

I can only say that I have thoroughly enjoyed the fantastic, diverse, extremely talented, awesome, quirky, weird and otherwise interesting contributions of the amazingly creative, welcoming, kind and friendly bunch that you Challengers are. Thanks ever so much for having me join you, it truly has been a privilege!

Thanks, Curt, for allowing me in once again and organizing a wonderful Challenge. The Challenge Quadrant was an absolutely  brilliant idea and I had great fun with it. Thanks also to all our long-suffering minions, and  especially my "own" Friday minion,  our unfortunate Dave. I do hope you have a smoother ride next year!

Well, that's it from me. So long one and all, and thanks for all the fun. I hope to see you all again next winter!