Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Commission - Praetorian Ogryn Squad (Part 11)

Got to love working in a school, or at least a school which is closed when it snows! This is my first post from my new home, the internet is finally up and running, which means that everything is pretty much sorted here and my free time is mine once again - which means I'm back working on my hobby - and commission work.

Long promissed here is an update on the Praetorian Ogryns to start with.

The first of the second batch now just needs his boots and hands adding, the sprues still need to be unpacked for his hands and probably won't require any modification however.



The Squad 'Corporal' has a bit further to go, I'm working on finishing off the Epualettes at the moment, which will be followed by work on his tunic and belt, that will bring him to the 'almost' finished stage.



The final model in the current batch has the most work to go, the tunic is almost as far as I can take it until the head is added (also still to be unpacked), the Epualettes are well under way however.



More importantly for the moment the master 'Gatling' Ripper Gun is finished and now on it's way to get cast up, some of the final guns will have stocks, some will have them removed, the weapon is also slightly wider then I'd originally planned which will probably mean I'll have to do some further work on the otherwise finished first batch to fit the weapons appropriately.




Here's the master test fitted to the Bonehead, the stock makes it impossible to fit in place snuggly at the moment, but it does give a good idea of scale for the weapons.

Monday, 4 January 2010

Hobby Fund (1st January) and 2009 Summary

Well yeah... nothing to report in December, not entirely unexpected as it's been a bit of a month(!).

  • Starting Balance 1st December = £117.41

  • Sales in December = £0.00

  • Sales Fee's in December = £0.00

  • Purchases in December = £0.00

  • Misc Income/Outgoings = £0.00

  • Reaver Fund Repayment = £0.00

  • Balance 1st January = £117.41


  • Reaver Fund Outstanding = £325.00





The Hobby Fund, originally inspired by Lone Pilgrim's New Model Fund has been quite successful overal, it's certainly helped me keep track of my hobby spending, and made me clear out some of the bits and pieces which I simply did'nt need and were just taking up space - though as I total it up now I'm still quite astounded by how much I made over the year through selling such stuff.

The blip in the years spending was the Reaver Titan I purchased at a bargin price - but still one which blew the budget. I really need to start work on clearing that particular blip now and would like to see it completely cleared by this summer. However that said if I had not occasionally taken funds out of the Hobby Fund for other purposes, something which totalled up to over £260 over the course of the year I'd actually be comfortably in the black.

I'm really looking forward to continueing this into 2010 and would certainly recommend it to anyone and everyone in the hobby, if nothing else it's interesting to see and at best can really help you keep control of what you spend.

2009 Summary

  • Starting Balance 1st January 2009 = £37.85

  • Sales in 2009 = £1047.02

  • Sales Fee's in 2009 = -£79.90

  • Purchases in 2009 = -£623.18

  • Misc Income/Outgoings = -£264.38

  • Balance 1st January 2010 = £117.41


  • Reaver Fund Outstanding = £325.00