Now may be a great time to adopt a hobby resolution or two for the New Year. Check out our top five everyone needs to see!
Nobody’s hobby game is perfect, as some hobbyists have more hangups over others. But we think the new year should be taken in stride to fix one or two of the hobby rough spots that everyone has gone through at some point.
We’ve polled a few local hobbyists for their New Year’s hobby resolutions and here’s what made it to the top five.
5. Play More Games
Life can be hectic. Because of that, you may not have all the time in the world to stop by your local game store and spend the day relaxing with some friends. However, it’s important to set time aside and do what you think is fun. Maybe this year, you should be more active in picking a day out of your week to get in the store and throw your favorite models on the table.
4. Try New Painting Techniques
You won’t grow unless you practice. This applies to beginner painters and long-time veterans alike. Don’t get lazy or discouraged. Experiment with new painting techniques and see how you like them. Worst case scenario, you just got practice at thinning your paints and mixing colors.
Airbushing may be a good start for you in trying new things! You can even go for the more unorthodox methods and weather your models with hairspray!
3. Paint all of Your Models
Bottom line, nobody likes seeing plastic models on the table. There’s a grace period from when you get the models to finishing them that other gamers tend to understand. (You can’t just paint an army overnight). However, you shouldn’t be that player that’s been in the hobby for years and doesn’t have a single drop of paint on a model. It doesn’t do the minis or yourself justice to keep them grey. Set some time aside and paint one model at a time. Take it in little chunks.
If you are new to the hobby and are nervous to actually put paint on your models, check out these tutorials for beginners. There’s a ton out there so look at the lessons that go with your army!
2. Play the Army you Want to Play
When you got into the game, you might have taken someone’s advice and realized that there’s an army out there that you’d rather be playing. Take that step and move into that faction! Don’t sit on an army you have no desire to play. You can easily trade someone or sell everything on eBay to rack up enough $$$ to start piecing together exactly what you want.
Start Collecting boxes are a great place to start for a building block in your faction.
1. Put all Your Models Together Before you Buy More
Some of you probably have boxes and boxes full of unopened minis. Sadly, it’s more common than you think it is and we’ve all been there at some point. To prevent this, try buying one or two boxes at a time and promising yourself that you won’t buy anything else until they get put together. If boxes start to stack up, it’ll actually mess up your motivation and you won’t want to ever do it. Plus, you’ll be saving money by not dropping serious cash on plastic you won’t use.
If you start to have too many armies piling up, perhaps selling an army off that you don’t play as much, before starting a new one would be the way to go.
With the new year just starting, keep your hobby game strong. Make some improvements this year and see how far you’ve come when you look back next year! Which resolution do you want to pick up for your hobby game? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
About the Author: Wesley Floyd
Wesley Floyd
Job Title: Staff Writer
Joined: 2018
Socials: @RealmbrushPainting
About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, and the self-proclaimed King of Sprues. He knows for a fact that Mephiston red is the best-tasting paint and is the commission painting equivalent of a Wendy’s 4 for $4. If you like what he writes and want to contact him or have your tabletop minatures painted (to a mostly okayish standard), message him on Instagram.
