Hi. I know. Again? I took a little hiatus from the hobby. Actually, I took on a part time retail gig to help support the household with the bills and such. That gig kinda ended on its own as the store closed up shop. Close to 800 stores nationwide where I am from. It puts a lot of things in life in perspective. It gave me some clarity on what I have been doing, what I want to do, and where do I go from here. I have been thinking about my remaining parent. I lost my spouse’s parents a while back, but I think I hit harder with my own blood and my surviving family dynamics (drama).
So what have I been doing with this hobby blog of mine? I last left you all with a nearly completed homebrew set of Mordheim starter terrain. I look at it every other day or so and tell myself to just finish it can place it on a shelf as completed. Note to self, hand some shelves in this hobby space. Get that out of the queue and work on painting up some 32mm minis I purchased a while back as my starter warband. I was thinking a Reiklander warband – tbd.
What do I want to do? Well, hobbywise, I want to start building more of my own terrain inspired by the different genres out in the netherspace. Or something generic enough that can be used in any scenario or universe. I even thought about recreating Counter Strike Maps in 28/32mm scale. I have a couple of ideas for a “simple” WW2-ish skirmish casual tabletop game as well. I have plenty of WW2 1/35 scale models (in addition to gunpla, LEGOs, misc trinkets) that I need to get out of the box, built and completed. I want to improve my workflow to the point I can make content for socials again (mainly YouTube). I know, I know. Most advise I have heard in the past is to just start and get over it. The first couple of times will suck (again), but the goal is improve on every iteration. Or at least make each moment a learning one…
Where do I go from here. I guess the short answer is to just start and get over it. In addition to my pile of shame is actually a pile of clutter on my hobby space floor. I hate to look at every time I go in here, but it needs to go. Which means, I need to clean up in here. Little by little. I want to monetize this small hobby in some way. I have been helping my spouse get their hobby business off the ground in the meantime (thru Etsy and local in-person pop-up markets). I feel the need to get a separate thing of my own going. I don’t want to go back to the corporate grind. I just want my family and I to be free of financial hardships for the rest of my short life and for my offspring and their generations to come. I was never really into the 9-to-5 scene anyways. Maybe reboot ALBOG altogether? Just start and get over it. It will be painful, like hearing the same question from different customers 100+ times a day over that past couple of months.
Just start (again). Breathe.
Happy crafting.
A Little Bit of Glue 