Happy Thanksgiving y’all! I always take time today to be thankful for friends, family, and for being so blessed to be part of this great hobby community!
I’m also thankful for all our great readers being here to share it with me as well! Once again, the big question is, what projects were you working on last year around this time, and what are you working on now?
This year has been a bit slow on the hobby front for me as I have focused more on helping manufacturers and retailers in these even more challenging times.
I did start playing a lot more Marvel Crisis Protocol and got into Star Wars Legion. Here’s the start of my Rebels army.
After I wash them with black shade from Army Painter, I hope to block in Speedpaint colors similar to what the troops that landed on Endor in Return of the Jedi wore.
I’m also experimenting with base coating metals with metallic paints or just using a grey-black mix or shade of Speedpaint to save even more time!
In 2021 I painted this Deadpool Miniature for Marvel Crisis Protocol with the new Army Painter Speedpaint.
When the rest of the speedpaint hit, I was hoping to paint up the rest of my MCP minis pretty fast using this dope pre-shade recipe I came up with!
Back in 2020, I finished up loyal Iron Warriors Impulsor around Thanksgiving.
Backcamper shell by Models & Minis
In 2019 I put the finishing touches on the Octo-Baneblade and fully magnetized the Warbringer Titan (weapon power feeds too).
Here’s what I finished painting in 2018, a Telemon Dreadnought!
In 2017 I had just finished up a Carnasaur on stream for the launch of Total War Warhammer II.
In 2016 I had just finished up this fun Ogor Frostlord:
Happy Thanksgiving y’all enjoy the day!
What are were you working on at last year’s break, and now?
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits In 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
Bio: Virginia restless, miniature painter & cat dad. He blames LEGOs for all this, as there was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all. Spikey Bits started with Rob trying to stay motivated to hobby on his backlog of projects and share his knowledge with others during the early blogging era.
Scale model hobbyist in the 80s, miniature wargamer, and trading card player ever since. He’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy since 5th Edition, but Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and minatures made of both pewter and resin.
