From DaveD - Challenge Wrap-Up - the what I did post .

 Another year , another Challenge laid down. My 15th . Blimey where do those years go eh . 

This has been a decent year of production . I am normally fairly focussed on a winter paint plan - this sort of went out the window. But being a long term painter I know to go with the muse. That muse this year was the creation of my Bolshevik army . I really enjoyed it. I had painted everything in stock by early January and had to tap the supplier for more , then some more , and yet more . 

I did revisit my 15mm cold wars with the finale of my French force . Along with a back to the Sudan for some commission work - the muscle memory of these is still strong.  There  is still yet more to do. The best bit is I will be playing with the new stuff in a large 4 day campaign  with them later in the year. I also managed a couple of Ardennes 44 bits too. Just North of 2000 points worth as well. Time for a bit of storage wars again.

I forgot to set these bits up , so here they are:-

The prepped pile of potential is very healthy and there will be some of this cracked off from next week ., some may even make  an appearance next year . 

 

I have really enjoyed my painting this winter . It’s helped to keep the real world chaos at bay. My painting desks have been cleaned and tidied . Paints have been replaced and the brushes cleaned . I’m ready to go again after this weekend off.

I have also been doing minion duties after a few year off  which has been great too . The  Sunday Crew have been productive and I must thank them for contributing consistently - everyone managed to avoid the cut , and on at least one day they did 3000 points. We have had a good few paint and chats and it’s good to see painting mojo enabled.  Hopefully Miles gets the stats done - always fun to read them  .  

For those of you that have enjoyed the Bolsheviks I can recommend the Beevor Russian Civil war book , and the Anna Reid A Nasty Little War . It’s a period that learning about has been educational . 

I will see you lot next year … the prep is already started 

Huzzah!