Everything I finished this year, in one post.

The big projects

Two full armies, one diorama, and a knight. The knight took two months on its own. The diorama took three weekends. The armies were a slow grind across the rest of the year.

The small projects

About thirty character models. Some are commission work, some are for RPG nights, some are just because I wanted to paint them. The ones I'm proudest of are the four in the foreground.

The tutorials

I forced myself to learn OSL — object-source lighting — this year. The first three attempts were embarrassing. The fourth was passable. The eighth was good. There's no shortcut; you just have to paint a lot of glowing swords until your hand learns it.

The shelf of shame

Still about the same size as last year. The trick is to ignore it. Paint what excites you and the rest will get painted when its turn comes around, or it won't, and either is fine.

See you in 2027.