Matakishi's Tea House
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December 2008
A little bit late compiling this (April 30th 2009) because I hadn't taken photos and what-not. Still, never mind, better late than never. I added the Mysterious Face of Boo to my Alien World scenery and nineteen assorted beasts and animals to my Tarzan Project bringing the total for December up to 20.
I took advantage of several end-of-year sales to splurge on figures for the future which pumped my bought figures total to a respectable level. I am of course hoping all these purchases will get painted next year but I know from experience that probably won't happen. I live in hope.
Not a great year compared to previous ones but not too bad considering there were extended times of no activity on the hobby front for one reason or another.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 337
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 466
November 2008
My Congo project was completed this month with the 6 Britannia Jeeps, 20 crew and 6 command figures getting painted along with a Ferret armoured car from Sloppy Jalopy . I've now moved back to my Tarzan project and completed 6 Great Apes from Pulp Figures, a Foundry gorilla and 3 o.o.p. Ral Partha 'taers' to complete my Beast Men of Opar unit. Only the dark skinned taers are new, the other six are old figures I painted years ago. I managed to squeeze in painting my African building that I made a long time ago as well bringing the total for November to 44.
Pre-Christmas sales with several manufacturers means that I splurged on loads of figures in preparation for next year's projects this month as well.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 317
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 392
October 2008
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Back into the swing of things after a prolonged absence from the painting table October saw the start of my Congo project with 16 Britannia mercenaries and 4 Chiltern Americans painted. As well as these the 10 Waziri for my Tarzan project were done and I added 8 Chiltern SAS and a TAG Humvee to my Modern collection.
All this brings the total for October to 39.
I've been obtaining stuff for future projects also so my buying total has risen quite a bit too.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 273
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 325
May 2008
May was very slow as far as painting went. I painted these 10 ninja right at the beginning and have another 22 to do so that I can field a whole company of them for my Weird War 2 project. The idea was to have something quick to paint for the month as I knew that I wasn't going to get much time. Well, I got even less time than I thought I would. Never mind, I didn't buy much either, so the totals are still looking good. The figures are Dixon with a Fenryll leader.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 234
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 173
April 2008
I completed my Mogadishu project this month by finishing the last of the Britannia Miniatures figures, a Delta Force unit and the crashed Black Hawk and crew. The rest of the month was taken up with painting some urban scenery to go with them. Everything in the bottom picture is from Black Cat Bases. The two post boxes and the Miniature Metal Matakishi were done as extras. Grand total for April: 66.
Despite this April being Salute month I only bought 50 figures, all for existing projects, so the yearly totals are looking good so far.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 224
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 165
March 2008
32 Britannia Miniatures modern Americans and three Humvees made up the bulk of March's total. These, my industrial incinerator and three wrecked cars from Old Crow make up a total of 39 figures for the month.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 158
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 115
February 2008
66 Britannia Miniatures Somalis and 3 Technicals which make up the complete Militia force and the civilian marker stands for my Mogadishu project were the painting focus for this month. Then, towards the end of February, I made a factory for a change of pace which gives me a grand total of 70 figures this month.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 119
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 67
January 2008
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A pretty good start to the year, 49 miniatures altogether. There's still a couple of days left in January so I might get 50 done but I'm starting on my Mogadishu figures now so it's unlikely. The picture's a bit rough and ready but there'll be better photos of the miniatures in their respective sections of the site later; I just pushed everything together for the big 'family shot'.
The main contingent is 36 Games Workshop Ghouls which I'm going to use in my Shadowman project and as part of my Red Army in Weird War II (hence the colour).
Also for Shadowman I've added two more bases of Screamers and a Monolith of Pain, all from Pardulon and finished one of the Deadside bosses, Killjoy, that I started at the end of December. Killjoy is from Wyrd Miniatures.
At the front of the group is the Red Skull flanked by two of his genetically engineered bodyguards, all destined to see Weird War II action. The Red Skull is a Black Tree Design figure with a GW skeleton head added and his guards are limited edition and oop Cell Entertainment 1999 figures. The guards will also be used in my Shadowman games.
Next to the Red Skull are the Thompson Twins and Professor Calculus who will be helping their friend Tintin against the Nazi menace as he leads the French Resistance on daring raids. The Thompsom Twins are modified Amazon Miniatures Winston Churchill figures and Professor Calculus is a Westwind London Detective with an added brolly.
Finally, at the back, stands an Iron Giant promotional toy that will be aiding the Allies on the Western Front.
Running total for painted figures in 2008: 49
Running total of figures purchased in 2008: 59
