Projects of Regret

May 26th, 2026. 

Here's a list of models and/or units that I would feel immense "regret" if I never painted them.  Slightly different than my original list of Projects of Shame. (I will note that the Projects of Shame idea served as a really great motivator; almost everything on that list has been completed!)

This is really a recognition that I'll never paint everything in the pile (especially with the slowly deteriorating eyesight and brush control!), but there are some items that 14yr old-me would be really sad to find out that he'd never paint them.  

So, using my Empire Inventory and Dwarf Inventory as a guide, here's my list. I'll periodically update this list as I find or remember other models.  You'll see that all of these are Warhammer-related.  I came into the hobby as a purely Warhammer hobbyist and did not expand into other gaming until my best friend Le Coq Fou brought me to Historicon back in the early 2000s. 

Anyway, here goes:

Ice Queen of Kislev

Knights Panther (unit of 5)

Grand Master of Knights Panther

Knights of the White Wolf (unit of 5)

Halfling Hot Pot

Emperor Karl Franz on Deathclaw

Mounted Amethyst Wizard

Dragon Princes (unit of 5)

Teclis

Tyrion

old High Elf Tiranoc Battle Chariot

Burlok Damninson

Wayne England Dwarf unit (blue/white and black/white)

4th ed Hammerers unit

4th ed Ironbreakers unit

Heroquest Models (4 adventurers and main monsters)

Dwarf Man O War Fleet

Man O War Scenery

Empire Company of Honor (or Honour)

 The original unit that inspired my Projects of Shame was the Empire Company of Honor. This was one of the "famous units" presented in the Uniforms and Heraldry book that GW Published during Warhammer 6th edition.  A Warhammer take on the historical "color plates" reference books for historical wargaming (and general military history).  Sometime back in...2016(?)... I was flipping through the book and when I stopped on that page I immediately knew I needed to recreate that unit. It set me on a long odyssey to find miniatures that were reasonably close to these guys in the picture.  I ended up buying probably 8 packs of Wargames Foundry landeskneckts and other renaissance billman, just to find 16 figs that were close enough (and I bought some packs of bills and halberds).  You can see in this picture where I was trying to decide between a GW banner bearer and a Wargames Foundry banner bearer.  I went with the Foundry fig because he was holding it up in the air, like the picture.

The final completed unit

Not a great picture, but a different angle

Another angle

This picture was too dark...

This picture was...slightly better?

The order of these pictures got messed up when I uploaded them to Blogger, so try to follow along. When I looked at the banner from the artwork, I knew that banner was gonna be a problem. I have gotten much better at freehand-painting banners, but not good enough to tackle that thing.   So...Internet to the rescue! I found this banner for Stirland.  Then I found a Java web app recreation of MS Paint, where I uploaded the picture, and with some liberal use of the Fill tool turned the background from green to red.  Then I printed it out and it was "close enough."

"Triumphant" on this side of the banner

"Altdorf" on the other side of the banner

Most importantly for me, this unit, this project, is "done".  It's inspired by the artwork, and I think it's good enough.  I had to do a couple of head swaps and add a few plumes here and there. I am happy that I finally followed through and completed this unit.