{"id":476,"date":"2014-12-02T13:59:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T21:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2014-12-02T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T22:02:21","slug":"backlog-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/02\/backlog-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Backlog complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing\u00a0<a title=\"Random: Andre Durand, Time Chaser\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/30\/random-andre-durand-time-chaser\/\">Andre Durand<\/a>\u00a0brings my backlog down to zero for the first time since I started tracking it. \u00a0This seems like as good a time as any to talk about what the backlog means to me, and how it I use it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/burndown1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-vNdIMMZq\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-482 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/burndown1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/burndown1.png 600w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/burndown1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kanbantool.com\/\">Kanban Tool<\/a>\u00a0to track my hobby progress after hearing about using kanban boards on <a href=\"http:\/\/theindependentcharacters.com\/blog\/?p=3392\">the Independent Characters<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ve set up categories for different projects (Space Marines, Dark Eldar, Eldar, Reaper, General Hobby, etc), and using swimlanes to roughly divide up the categories into systems (40k, 40k models from when I played way back in 2nd\/3rd, Malifaux, other).<\/p>\n<p>I set up the columns to track the state of each model\/unit\/project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Acquired:<\/strong>\u00a0I own the model.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selected:<\/strong> The model is currently selected to be completed. \u00a0More on this later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assembled:<\/strong>\u00a0The model is assembled, including any gap filling or the like. \u00a0If I intend to paint the model in subassemblies\u00a0(which is almost always), then the subassemblies are completed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basecoated:<\/strong>\u00a0The model is primed and any airbrush basecoat is complete.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Active Paint: <\/strong>Just what it sounds like. \u00a0Even if there are a number of models or units ready for paint, there&#8217;s usually only one or two that I&#8217;m working on at a time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Painted:<\/strong>\u00a0Painting is complete, but there&#8217;s still work to do. \u00a0This might include\u00a0varnish, basing, decals, or final assembly.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Done:<\/strong>\u00a0Finished and ready to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll often batch up a couple of things for priming and airbrushing, then pick them off for active paint one at a time. \u00a0Sometimes the weather doesn&#8217;t cooperate for spray-based varnish, so models sit at Painted for a while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/backlog1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-vNdIMMZq\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-483 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/backlog1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/backlog1.png 600w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/backlog1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I try not to buy too far ahead of what I can paint, or buy things I&#8217;m not intending to immediately paint. \u00a0Ideally this would mean that few things sit in Acquired without being Selected. \u00a0Most of the volume is individual models from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter, but there are also leftovers from bundles and some limited editions pieces. \u00a0Most unpainted stuff that I have from my first foray into 40k (2nd\/3rd edition days) isn&#8217;t in here, unless I intend to paint it up.<\/p>\n<p>Between overbuying at a store closing at the end of 2013 and buying the Space Marines Strikeforce to build up for the Inquisition War, I had too much backed up. \u00a0I declared no buying more models until I cleared it. \u00a0Naturally, I cheated some \u2014 I bought some Malifaux for the <a title=\"Malifaux: Dark Debts\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/29\/malifaux-dark-debts\/\">summer painting contest<\/a> and in their <a title=\"Malifaux: Miss Ery (Teddy)\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/malifaux-miss-ery-teddy\/\">Gencon deal<\/a>. \u00a0I pulled <a title=\"Inquisition War: Callidus Assassin\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/03\/inquisition-war-callidus-assassin\/\">some models<\/a> out of my deeper\u00a0stash.<\/p>\n<p>The backlog won&#8217;t stay clear for long. \u00a0I&#8217;ve already picked out a few more Reaper Bones to paint, and bought a box to expand my Malifaux collection. \u00a0There&#8217;s always the next thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing\u00a0Andre Durand\u00a0brings my backlog down to zero for the first time since I started tracking it. \u00a0This seems like as good a time as any to talk about what the backlog means to me, and how it I use it. I started using\u00a0Kanban Tool\u00a0to track my hobby progress after hearing about using kanban boards on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/02\/backlog-complete\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backlog complete<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tools"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Backlog complete - Painted Guys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/02\/backlog-complete\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Backlog complete - Painted Guys\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finishing\u00a0Andre Durand\u00a0brings my backlog down to zero for the first time since I started tracking it. \u00a0This seems like as good a time as any to talk about what the backlog means to me, and how it I use it. 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