Greetings, everyone.
I passed a significant milestone this month when I painted my 300th miniature. Now, I have over 700, so my collection is still only about 40% painted, however, my goal is to get the percentage much higher by year's end. We're only a few days into the year, so now is a good time to get started on our hobby goals.
A couple of years ago, we had a Backlog Reduction Oath, in which we all pledged to paint more miniatures than we purchased, but we did not place any sort of time limit on the project, and so it eventually fizzled. I would like to revive that project, and make a game out of it in the process. Here is what I propose:
Anyone who would like to participate may take the Backlog Reduction Oath, pledging to paint more miniatures in a given month than are purchased. At the end of each month, you will report the number of minis painted, and the number of minis purchased. If you have painted more miniatures than you have purchased you will earn a 1 point for the month. If the number of minis that you have painted is twice the number you purchased, then you will gain 2 points, and so on, to a maximum of 5 points for the month. If anyone breaks the oath, then they will be penalized in the same manner. At the end of the year, we will tally up everyone's points and there will be some sort of prize, to be determined at a later date.
When counting up the number of models painted/bought, we will use the following system to make it fair, as some larger models take much more effort to paint. The following types of models count as follows:
1 model -- Standard Infantry
2 models -- Cavalry
3 models -- Small Monsters (Cave Trolls, Goblin King, Shade, etc.)
6 models -- Medium Monsters (Mordor Trolls, Gulavhar, Ents, Great Eagles, Khandish Chariots, etc.)
12 models -- Large Monsters (Fell Beasts, Beast of Gorgoroth, Dragons, Drakes, Mumakil, etc.)
My basis for this is the time that it takes to paint a model of that size, and using a 12-man warband as the basis of the calculations.
Also, I guess we'll need a deadline for reporting, so you have until the 5th of each month to report on the previous month. That means January's report is due by February 5th, or you get zero points for the month!
Sound like fun? Who's in?
Monthly Report Form
Code:
[h3]Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report[/h3]
[u]Miniatures Bought:[/u]
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[u]Miniatures Painted:[/u]
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2014 Backlog Reduction Oath StandingsElf of the North (5) — Jan. 31/5 (5)
Thorin (5) — Jan. 25/5 (5)
the big goblin (5) — Jan. 21/0 (5)
mordor orc (5) — Jan. 16/0 (5)
WhoelsebutHaldir (5) — Jan. 16/2 (5)
Fishlegs (5) — Jan. 14/0 (5)
Druzhag (5) — Jan. 13/0 (5)
Hexaleus (4) — Jan. 16/4 (4)
mertaal (3) — Jan. 108/62 + "Most Audacious Fellow" (3)
Zirak-Zigil (3) — Jan. 29/9 (3)
rumtap (3) — Jan. 6/2 (3)
Reto (2) — Jan. 59/23 (2)
Erunion (2) — Jan. 33/15 (2)
SidTheSloth (2) — Jan. 2/0 (2)
Galadrin (1) — Jan. 24/15 (1)
Corbulox (1) — Jan. 12/12 (1)
mordoryaza (-1) — Jan. 55/70 (-1)
Lord Hurin (-1) — Jan. 48/86 (-1)
Harfoot (-1) — Jan. 30/56 (-1)
JamesR (-1)— Jan. 17/25 (-1)
Honba (-1) — Jan. 4/6 (-1)
Green_Dragon (-1) — Jan. 0/1 (-1)
Ryle (-7) — Jan. 0/31 + "More Like A Grocer Than A Burglar” (-7)
.:Gunslinger:. (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
aelfwine (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
isilduhrr (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
uruk sapper (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
MeatBoy1994 (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
John (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
Lord Elrond (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
crixalis (0) — No Jan. Report (0)
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