All that's left is to varnish it and remove the tape and my Death Guard display board will ve ready for Vegas!

As for the board itself, it's pretty monotone, but that's the idea. My Fever Dream Death Guard are highlighted, with your senses washing out everything else to hyperfocus on them.

Also, made it very easy to paint! Insulation foam, grout, old ruins, cork, rocks, and skulls!

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I built the frame myself, and it's sort of a prototype/proof-of-concept. The idea is the bottom acts as storage and the top can me swapped out for different armies. It's heavy, but nothing I can carry across a hall.

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And I love it! It's striking, hits all the goals, and has received basically universal praise from my opponents and friends. I'm so happy with the result and it turned the year around, hobby-wise. That's 4,545 points of Death Guard and allies, giving me nearly 5k points in a year.

Another major factor was that I've been playing so many games this edition. This is time I used to use for hobbying. When given the option between a big painting session and gaming, I chose the game.

For the first 6 months, I didn't really accomplish a lot. Later, I'll talk about the next 6 months.

A big part of this early hobby malaise was working at a chip plant doing 12-hour shifts. I hated that place and that work, and it was terribly demotivating for what little free time I had after coming home. I grew depressed. Getting out of there was phenomenal for my mental health.

But through the first half of the year, I wasn't coming anywhere close. I fell off my 300 day goal in February, and other than ensuring that I had a battle-ready army for a GT in March, I didn't complete any hobby project of note.