Getting back into the game! (Week 1)

Oh man! It's been sometime since I've had a chance to even build, let alone paint, blog, or anything. Sometimes life has to take priority, and there's really not much you can do but to do your best to keep your head up and ride it out until things settle down. Figured now that things have slowed down (dust has not quite settled yet), and it's a new year, so it would be a good chance to get back into the groove of things.



To help me stay motivated, and constantly working on my backlog, I'm trying to do these cliched alliteration things. Here's what I have in mind so far: "WIP of the Week" and "Model of the Month."

WIP of the Week will just be a post/recap of what I've gotten done in the week. This should hopefully keep me accountable for consistent working on a kit. First order of business for me is to get back to the basics. Gotta finish up the Hi-Mock I was working on before life got in the way. Thinking of just a straight build, clean-up, and a custom color paint scheme to get back into using an airbrush. In the meanwhile, I've been doing a lot of research for inspiration on different kits, and I still get that feeling of excitement when I see a well done kit.

Model of the Month, ideally, should go along with WIP of the Week. The idea behind it would be to either pick a kit, or get a suggestion of one from my backlog and work on it with a hard deadline of finishing by the end of the month (and maybe cheat a little and say the first week of the next month). Right now, though, I think the other model I want to focus on finishing is the MG Char's Zaku II 2.0. I've put a lot of time into the inner frame last year, and I loved every minute of it. It's a shame that I started to doubt what my endgoal was for the kit and ended up moving to work on a different project. The plan is to focus on just one kit at a time and not start dozens of projects, but maybe I'll just rotate between two different kits so I don't get burned out on one.

Anyways, that's the new game plan for this year, and I guess this counts as week 1 of the new year. Off to a bad start, because I don't have any of my kits or tools on hand with me! How about we just say I was working on my desk setup and say that was the WIP of the week?

UPDATE: Got more of my desk set up! Just need to get an air compressor and I'm ready to paint again!