Starting a hobby blog? In this day and age? In this economy? Yes, yes and also, shockingly, yes! Blogs are maybe a bit old-fashioned, outpaced by stuff like Youtube and the ever churning content-sphere that exists over there, but the written word is something I’ve always enjoyed not only as a way to consume information but as a form of expression. I also have a long history with writing over on Drunk in a Graveyard about movies and metal, so maybe it’s also firmly where I find myself comfortable.
I’d be remiss to not mention that a big motivator for finally pulling the pin on this project, something that’s been swirling around in the back of my head for the better part of a year now, is just how much inspiration I’ve felt following Trent at Miscast’s permadeath daily vlog since he launched it. Then my fellow Canadian Black Magic Craft came along with a vlog along the same lines and doubled my drive to finally do something in the hobby space.
My goal here really is to just share my journey with hobby related work, be it Big Important Wargame™ related or one of the hundreds (thousands? millions?) of less heralded/indie games that we are all privileged to exist alongside in our current timeline. I find a lot of inspiration from following the progress of others projects, and maybe in sharing what I’m working on – terrain, painting, kit-bashing or whatever else – a few others can get that out of me. There’s a lesson in there somewhere about modelling the behaviour of those you admire and respect I think.
Another thing I’m hoping to get out of this is that it keeps ME motivated to finish things and, conversely, when I don’t. Progress isn’t a straight path to follow, and sometimes that isn’t so obvious with what we see coming at us from highly established (and talented!) artists that inundate our feeds daily with new shiny things and completed projects. What about the stuff that didn’t work? Or the project you got half-way through, lost motivation and jammed into a drawer somewhere? It’s human nature to want to present the best version of yourself and your work after all. I think talking about and thinking about those half-finished or abandoned projects is just as, if not more, important as all the beautiful finished miniatures and terrain on display across social media.
Long story short, just like life, I’m not sure where this will lead but if it’s anything like the journey Drunk in a Graveyard has been on over its over a 13 year existence it should be interesting.
Scott
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