So with the New Year here, I probably ought to lay out some goals, or at least some hopes.

Rocketry:

I'd like to finish all of my model kits and get them into flyable condition.  I'm actually not to far from accomplishing this believe it or not.  Over half of my fleet is finished, and the rest are mostly assembled, just awaiting finishing.  (Filling, sanding, priming, painting, decals)  Once we get some warm, clear weekends in which I can work outside, I can probably finish them up.

As far as launching goes, I really want to get that egg lofter to successfully lift and return an egg!  I'll have to wait for a good "launch window" though - a nice day with very little breeze.  I feel like I have the payload-free flights pretty well under control now, but I've had no success launching heavy payloads like eggs yet.

Miniatures:

Christy had me pull out all of my 28mm figures and put them on the dining room table.  It was quite an amazing display!  There are so many projects there that I don't even know where to begin.  I think my best plan is to finish up units that are almost finished.  In order of probable priority:

1. Berber Spearmen - 16 figures who just need a few sashes and spears painted and shields mounted.  I've been working on these guys very infrequently since I moved to Katy, and it will be good to polish them off.
2. Spugs - 14 figures in need of a highlighing pass and some eye detail, along with some basing work.  They're very nearly done, and the basing work will be the hardest part.
3. Traveller Ships - I picked up a Scout/Courier and a Free Trader on Ebay.  These are at most an evening's work once I get them primed, and it will be a fun break from painting people (or aliens for that matter).
4. Spartans - 24 men, primed and based but nothing else.  The new 300 movie has me jazzed about them, and though there's no practical use right now, enthusiasm is 9/10 of motivation.
5. Hydrissians - 12 figures, primed and based with a little work done already.  They make more sense, and by God, I've certainly been sitting on that project for long enough.
6. "Scifi Trooper Gals" - Sort of a cross between Appleseed and Bubblegum Crisis, this squad of 6 armored ladies would take an evening to finish off, so I probably ought to just freakin' finish them.
7. Space Marines - I have a dozen or so Marines that would make fun opponents in 5150.  I can't decide between the classic "Ultramarine Blue" look, Black or a Storm-trooperesque White look.  I'm actually leaning towards White with unit colored shoulder pads, but we'll see.
8. Tyranids - Some warriors, Gene Stealers and Termagants, mostly bought on a lark and destined for use as xeno threats in 5150.  These are harder to paint that I thought they would be.
9. Future Wars - 5 squads of 5 figures, from Men in Black to Typing Pool Girls with Guns and more.  I should be able to pop a squad out in one or two nights, and they're perfect for little Chain Reaction games.  The only difficulty here is trying to pick clothing colors that look good (or tacky, as appropriate) since I have so little fashion sense.  Maybe Christy can help me out here.
10. The Fellowship of the Ring - 'nuff said, really.  I've been putting these guys off until I can develope better painting skills.

That's the end of the "quick and easy" projects.  After that, it's finishing my Andalusians, Vikings and Pirates, each of which is many dozens of figures worth of work.  In the farther future, I have the rest of my Hoplite army and some Republican Romans to look forward to.

The inescapeable conclusion is that I have enough figures to keep me busy painting for at least a year.  Many of my figures are well over a year old, and it's deplorable how little progress I've made this year painting stuff.  Hopefully by the time I finish my list above, I will have developed the habit of painting in the evenings again.

So, resolved: 2007 will be the year that I paint more than I buy.  Preferably MUCH more.

Though I do have to buy some more figures with my Christmas money to shore up some of my forces. :-)