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Imperial Artisans ... The Painters, Crafters & Writers Guilds => The Brush and Palette => Topic started by: GamesPoet on December 26, 2018, 02:40:13 PM
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I'll be finishing up December 2018 first, although for those who want to get a jump start on January and beyond ...
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From the 2018 thread:
Here's how it works ...
Each month, anyone who is interested in the challenge, puts up what their painting or scenery goal is for the month or both, whatever a person wants to aim to complete by the end of the month. The goals get tallied and as a person finishes a goal or more, they report back in here to let us know. The goals that are completed are bolded, and we keep moving on from one month to the next, ideally with new goals each month.
Pictures are not a necessity, although welcome, and instead just self-accountability through sharing the journey with others. Sometimes folks sit out a month or two if life gets too crazy, but we keep coming back and creating and making the effort to complete things that help make the hobby so enjoyable. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't, attempting to not over commit, and we hang together in accomplishing much that we might not otherwise get done over the current year.
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I'm participating in the second Old World Army Challenge starting in January. I will be painting a small Sea Elf contingent. The challenge is 200 points based on 3rd or 4th ed. lists (I'm doing 3rd) per month for 6 months. There is one ”free” month, so 5 months of painting means we each end up with an approx. 1000 pt. army at the end.
For January I have prepped 10 archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
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I'll try and do those Sartosan Pirates I mentioned earlier - the ones who got put to one side for the light horsemen. They're glued, converted and undercoated, so I'm quite a ways in!
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I have a bit of an eclectic mix of stuff to work on. So my goal is going to be two space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Maybe if I find time I'll try basecoating my new Blackstone Fortress stuff. Depends strongly on the weather.
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Let's try and keep some momentum going
Goal 1 - 16 Orcs w Great Weapons
Goal 2 - something Undead for the Carpe Noctem painting contest
Goal 3 - 10 Orc Archers
Goal 4 - 5 Trolls
I put the Undead second because the deadline is very early in February
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Hmm January goal, at least it's not to paint horses..
Most likely it will be to finish either 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords plus some additional dwarfs/halflings to put into the spearmen unit and other units. Also one goal is to find a mm41 ogre (the one with the 2 handed sword in the ground) for a reasonable price. Might also start on my ostlanders for mordheim.
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The local GW store is holding a Legions of Legend event over the next few months (basically painting a few units etc. every fortnight and none of their dates fall at the end of the month. Due to a few problems I couldn’t enter last year’s event and I might have to resort to using some of that events un-entered units. One way or another targets for January should be:-
12 Jan a Unit
26 Jan a Leader
2 Feb a Space Marine Hero
I still owe my friend a few space marines which he understands will get done eventually but probably not this month.
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Goal Number One met for me... though you'll see here how adding command to my units has made them all funny sizes and I may have to hunt down, buy and paint more miniatures to correct this...
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/0001_zps59okw7i0.jpg)
I've made a start on the Trolls for Goal 4 while I wait for a nice day to undercoat the Undead for Goal 2 - I think I can work on them all at once, whereas the Orcs take up more room on my table.
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Sartosans postponed, I've got the interior of a cathedral to do ... WIP
(https://i.imgur.com/Pj6mcFQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/agyBWNS.jpg)
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So, that shitload of miniatures I'm supposed to paint for a tourney that's a month and a half away :icon_redface:
Crossbowmen and huntsmen are done, save for basing, which I don't have the hobby supplies for at the moment. That, and some heraldry on the banner, but I count that as an optional extra, and something I'll likely do in one go for a whole lot of units at once anyway.
(https://imgur.com/yHHWsFd.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/qw88Fnm.jpg)
As I said in the last thread, I expected to just do a quick rehabilitation job on the huntsmen, but I got carried away and took it a bit further. Crappy photo doesn't quite do them justice.
Then, gryphknights. Since I haven't painted any before, I decided to do one ready prototype before painting any further:
(https://imgur.com/c1HJp0Z.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/CHtZPyF.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/UOooCXs.jpg)
That leaves me at 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers and 2 rocket batteries to go. I think I will do the remaining gryphknights first, now that I got the hang of painting them, for the sake of maximum assembly line. Halberdiers can be left last, as I can better get away with playing them unfinished, they should still count as painted, even if not up to my usual tabletop standard. Let's hope it won't come to that.
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Start of January 2019 Tally ...
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral
Gankom ...2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 16 Orcs w Great Weapons, something Undead for painting contest, 10 Orc Archers, 5 Trolls.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers and 2 rocket batteries.
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Oh man Padre, the interior of that cathedral is going to look spectacular!
I'm almost finished my marines and stormcast. Just have to make some time to sit down and actually full out finish them.
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I love this thread! Already we have Konrad painting an army at one sitting, and then Padre posts, "BRB, building a cathedral". :eusa_clap:
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I just filed the ends of 22 bits of steel rod to prepare them for having 6th edition halberd heads attached to them. Tedious work, I had to amuse myself by watching the super extended director's cut of The Unknown Soldier (almost 5 hours long) while doing it. Going to do some serial production on 5 gryphknights next, start off by drybrushing steel.
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I use power tools (small ones, obviously) for that sort of job. Takes minutes :wink:
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I just filed the ends of 22 bits of steel rod to prepare them for having 6th edition halberd heads attached to them. Tedious work, I had to amuse myself by watching the super extended director's cut of The Unknown Soldier (almost 5 hours long) while doing it. Going to do some serial production on 5 gryphknights next, start off by drybrushing steel.
Is that referring to guy sajer in the unknown soldier? What film and when was that done if it is? One of my favourite books.
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Ok, I hope this will encourage me to paint more and keeps the unpainted mini's in check...
My goal for this January:
- Finish my Old Orlock Gang (8 miniatures)
- Finish an dryad
- Finish an 2 halfling archers
It isn't much, but it will be a good start of the year if those are all done.
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Updating ...
Start of January 2019 Tally
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 16 Orcs w Great Weapons, something Undead for painting contest, 10 Orc Archers, 5 Trolls.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers
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I just filed the ends of 22 bits of steel rod to prepare them for having 6th edition halberd heads attached to them. Tedious work, I had to amuse myself by watching the super extended director's cut of The Unknown Soldier (almost 5 hours long) while doing it. Going to do some serial production on 5 gryphknights next, start off by drybrushing steel.
Is that referring to guy sajer in the unknown soldier? What film and when was that done if it is? One of my favourite books.
Come to think of it, there exists probably a number of similarly named works. This one is unrelated to Sajer but about much the same, life on the WW2 Eastern Front, written by a Finnish veteran. The film is a very recent (2017) big-budget production (by Finnish standards anyway), a semi-remake of an old movie classic that gets shown on national TV every year on independence day. The film manages to portray war (both in and out of combat) in a gritty realistic way and how it affects those fighting it, but at times it felt like a series of impressions without proper story coherence. It doesn't deliver on character development as much as it could have, even though it adds scenes about the characters' home life that weren't even in the original book. With a few notable exceptions though. That's why, all in all, I'd rate the film as good but not great.
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Long time lurker, new member as of today.
My Jan goals are 12 Dryands and 8 Hearth Guard (for Saga). Plus finishing at least one CFM mdf building.
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Welcome, it's nice to see new people joining in! :::cheers:::
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Welcome BorderGuy! :::cheers:::
Updating ...
Start of January 2019 Tally
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 16 Orcs w Great Weapons, something Undead for painting contest, 10 Orc Archers, 5 Trolls.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers
Borderguy ... 12 Dryands, 8 Hearth Guard, finish 1 CFM mdf building.
(Completed items bolded.)
I might be going with an mdf building as well, but we'll see.
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Did I mention that I'm in the middle of an apartment move? That just happened, some sudden and unexpected developments.
The five griffon knights have been drybrushed steel, and the leonine parts of the mounts' bodies have been painted, washed, highlighted and drybrushed. I'd say I'm about halfway done with them.
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Well I've been a bit motivated to attack some projects these last couple of days.
I went through a box of older Empire figures and sorted them into some plastic trays for creating some units.
I also bought some craft store paints for painting my first MDF building that I'm going to put together. I've been collecting some of these kits over time, and it is about time to start making some of them.
Going to break out my Late Achaemenid Persians to work on an Impetus army for use in an upcoming mini-tourney in May.
And of course there are the 6 mounted crossbowmen ... lol. :icon_mrgreen:
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Popped the parts for a small MDF building out of their frame and then primed them black in the hallway. Working on personal and professional responsibilities, although hope to do some painting before the evening is through.
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Painted some Undead minis (and a halfling)... just the Orc Archers left for this month, now!
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/Frostgrave/0003_zpsxlnopw4e.jpg)
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Shadespyre ... no go on the orcs with great weapons and trolls :icon_question:, unless I missed them getting completed, took them off your list.
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So ... it's a new year, and lot's of painting to do! I've got so many projects that need work, might as well start with something. On tap for January, 1 small MDF building, and review how to go with Late Achaemenid Persians. The mounted crossbowmen are off my list, for the moment.
Updating ...
January 2019 Tally
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 4 Undead, 1 halfling, 10 Orc Archers.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers
Borderguy ... 12 Dryands, 8 Hearth Guard, finish 1 CFM mdf building.
GP .. 1 small MDF building, review how to go with Late Achaemenid Persians.
(Completed items bolded.)
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Got an initial coat of paint on all four sides of building, and timber framing completed for two sides and the roof framing. Progress! :icon_cool:
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Since I'm currently on parental leave until March, I'm joining :engel:
Painting goal for January and next month is to finish the forge world mammoth and its marauder crew. It really is huge.
The seated lord and banners have to wait until I can undercoat them, probably in spring.
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Adding Heinrich ...
January 2019 Tally
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 4 Undead, 1 halfling, 10 Orc Archers.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers
Borderguy ... 12 Dryands, 8 Hearth Guard, finish 1 CFM mdf building.
GP .. 1 small MDF building, review how to go with Late Achaemenid Persians.
Heinrich ... forge world mammoth and marauder crew.
(Completed items bolded.)
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Shadespyre, wow, that ghost, it's quite a feat to manage to make her look that translucent, with just different shades of blue.
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Those undead are great, Shadey. The ghost is indeed really well painted, but I love the skellie on the end kind of leering over his shield!
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Finished the timber framing for the last two sides of the small mdf building.
It'll be time to construct soon, and put the finishing touches on the painting too.
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Shadespyre ... no go on the orcs with great weapons and trolls :icon_question:, unless I missed them getting completed, took them off your list.
Already completed those, did I not post them?
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/0001_zps59okw7i0.jpg)
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/DSC01813_zpsmktlfbhj.jpg)
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/DSC01811_zpsz102mla4.jpg)
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Ok ... not sure how I missed it ... so updating here accordingly ...
January 2019 Tally
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 16 Orcs w Great Weapons, 4 Undead, 1 Halfling, 5 Trolls, 10 Orc Archers.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers
Borderguy ... 12 Dryands, 8 Hearth Guard, finish 1 CFM mdf building.
GP .. 1 small MDF building, review how to go with Late Achaemenid Persians.
Heinrich ... forge world mammoth and marauder crew.
(Completed items bolded.)
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Aaaaand 10 more Orc Archers completed!
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/0001_zpspmwzlhdo.jpg)
I dunno what comes next...!
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I have some of those archers. They bring back so many memories of gaming of old.
Meanwhile, my cathedral 'film-set' interior is coming on alright, slowed only by the need to produce some new figures for a council of war story to precede the next mahoosive campaign battle.
I was given descriptions by the Portomaggioran player, which I will quote here.
'Alessio' (Lord Alessio Falconi, the player's own character and ruler of his realm) 'is large with blonde hair. Politician and charming but his main aim is the increase in power of his city.'
I gave two options - modifying an existing figure or using a newly made one.
(https://i.imgur.com/b1yZcO9.jpg)
The player chose the painted figure. Good choice (he's my W-E avatar!)
'Hakim' (Wizard Lord, creator of the Coloussus) 'is an Arab with black tash and goatee, I use the paymasters model. Light wizard uses a lot of words but says little not to fond of priests in general.'
'Ned' (Condottiere Ned Black) 'is another large man with black hair and carries a blue and white Eagle. Wears gold armour. Empire born tends to be direct but a skilled general.'
'Hans' (Artillerist, Hans Weidmuller) 'is normal size with brown hair and wears the colours of portimaggo (yellow and red) quiet and a little deaf in his left ear.'
'Marcus' (Tilean Noble, Marcus Portelli) 'is an older man balding with a sharp temper and bad rep outside of his cavalry units who adore him.'
So I came up with these ...
(https://i.imgur.com/63fP9ZO.jpg)
I didn't like Marcus, however (who I had scraped some hair off to make him balding) and asked the player if he could be completely bald so that I could use this figure (my favourite of all these).
(https://i.imgur.com/opAyKRg.jpg)
The player loved it.
I also needed a dismounted, chatting version of young Lord Silvano of Pavona.
(https://i.imgur.com/h1Gk3Sb.jpg)
And a similar one of the halfling Lord of Poliena. I scoured the web for an hour seeing if I could find one. I couldn't. So I scoured my bits boxes and, perhaps bizarrely, decided to quickly convert a bloodbowl figure ...
(https://i.imgur.com/mIXho3Y.jpg)
Here are the Portomaggiorans completed:
(https://i.imgur.com/pROAjLY.jpg)
And here are the others:
(https://i.imgur.com/5wifSEF.jpg)
'General' Marsilio has been left with hardly any command by his employer, all foot soldiers, which is why he has dismounted and chosen to use the massive axe in battle as a suitably hefty infantry weapon. The 'captain' is actually just a unit champion, but he had obviously been a soldier for sometime, probably in Empire employ, and was happy to put the money into looking the part. The halfling featured in an earlier story mounted on a pony and armoured like a Bretonnian knight. Here you can see he has decided if he is to serve in a besieging force (an army of 6000 pts with no horse soldiers - the horse have been sent away for strategic reasons) then he might as well go the whole hog and equip himself like a foot soldier.
Perhaps confusingly, the Portomaggioran player and the Pavonan player both have Empire armies in blue and white. I tried therefore to make a slightly different shade of blue for Lord Silvano. Also, Verezzo's colours are blue and yellow, which when combined with the yellow and red of the actual city of Portomaggiore (the blue and white is Lord Alessio Falconi's family livery), leads to even more potential confusion. Ah well.
I'll post the cathedral interiors soon, although I might put the link to the story with the pics in when it is done.
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Great work, especially the Halfling lord :::cheers:::
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I washed the sides of the small mdf building this weekend. And started a side project, soap and watered some 40 Pulp gaming minis for priming next. I've been determining what to do next with my Late Persian army for Impetus too, although still deciding.
Looks like Padre has been creating more minis! :icon_wink:
Updating January 2019 Tally
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and 5 seekers (scouts).
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 16 Orcs w Great Weapons, 4 Undead, 1 Halfling, 5 Trolls, 10 Orc Archers.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers
Borderguy ... 12 Dryands, 8 Hearth Guard, finish 1 CFM mdf building.
GP .. 1 small MDF building, review how to go with Late Achaemenid Persians.
Heinrich ... forge world mammoth and marauder crew.
(Completed items bolded.)
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I’ve completed my targets for this month, although I did cheat a little. I couldn’t enter the store’s Legion of Legend last year but had started some units which I had since finished. I’ve entered the Daughters of Om as my leader and first unit as a start for this year’s competition. I’ve also completed my Space Marine Hero who is waiting to be taken to the store at the weekend. As an addition my friend has received three of his Space Marines.
During the month I have been working on my Legion entries but didn’t want to have to rush them, hence the cop-out entries. I have three units part painted but only need to enter two of them in February. I still have 12 Space Marines in various stages of build and paint work.
Target for February:-
2 units to be completed and entered on 9th and 23rd Feb.
Any Marine completed will be a bonus.
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Getting close. Still not happy. Need to play about with angles, lighting, decorations, etc
(https://i.imgur.com/BAIZLEg.jpg)
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My goal changed for the month, I needed to swap the 5 scouts to an oldschool bolter & crew part way through the month. Got them all done. They are up on my entry at the OWAC site: https://oldworldarmychallenge.blogspot.com/2019/01/zerotwentythrees-january-sea-elves-200.html
February's goal will, once again, coincide with my monthly OWAC entry: 5 scouts (for real this time) and a chariot.
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I will post pictures tomorrow evening.
Also, I hope I have found a achievable goal for February.
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Painted up my Orion for my wood elves
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7805/46213753884_c323b1b417_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dpKyY5)
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February's goal will, once again, coincide with my monthly OWAC entry: 5 scouts (for real this time) and a chariot.
Add 5 bog zombies to that... Going to do those so I can try to get a game or two of Rangers of Shadow Deep in.
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'Bog zombies'? Are they the Black Tree Design miniatures?
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Nope, Mantic plastics painted like bog corpses. Here's the first set I did last year along with an explanation and pic of an real life bog corpse:
https://www.zerotwentythree.com/2018/03/bog-corpses.html
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I finished two space marines, and got halfway done a bunch of other stuff.
So I completed two marines at least!
My goal for February is to finish 3 stormcast and paint two nighthaunt, plus two beastmen.
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Well I did finish them, so here at the pictures:
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192557_zpsjwhrrh9f.jpg) (https://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192557_zpsjwhrrh9f.jpg.html)
Dryad
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192627_zpsbynzxtvi.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192627_zpsbynzxtvi.jpg.html)
2 Halflings for my Mordheim warband
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192747_zpse0p8yjjl.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192747_zpse0p8yjjl.jpg.html)
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192833_zpsoz7csknq.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192833_zpsoz7csknq.jpg.html)
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192850_zpspkeh2ehx.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192850_zpspkeh2ehx.jpg.html)
Finished classic Orlock gang for Necromunda 2017
My goal for February:
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_193543_zpsdxvy3ea8.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_193543_zpsdxvy3ea8.jpg.html)
The last of my Halfling warband.
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The pictures aren't showing on my pc.
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Or mine.
Having completed all four of my January goals, going to keep it simple for February cos I'm going to be out watching bands a lot.
So just a regiment of Orcs with Maces and Shields for me. I think there are 15 of them.
If I do get time beyond that, there are some heroes and champions and so on I can work on.
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Does it work now?
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Yes! Pictures all present and correct.
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Interesting set piece Padre. Cant wait to see more / it in action!
I managed to glue my blood dragon vampires on foot based on corsairs. Also glued my converted mounted chaos lord, and my 3 high elf drake riders.
Not sure whats next, maybe 3 zombie ogres...
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I'm late in finalizing the tally for January, and starting the February tally, and will get back to this soon!
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February going well with Boonwheel completed and entered today and the bonus of 3 space marines also being finished. Next target date is 23rd.
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Painted up my Orion for my wood elves
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7805/46213753884_c323b1b417_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dpKyY5)
I like it! Where is that figure from :icon_question:
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023 ... did you finish your sea elf archers? I can't recall and couldn't find it.
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Finished reviewing composition of Late Persian army for Impetus, and irritated it is at 301 points. We have a 300 point limit, and although folks won't care over one point, it still has me flumoxed. MDF building is mostly done, some dry brushing and then finish construction.
For February ... Going to finish the MDF building and figure out which Persian cavalry I'm going to paint. I need to really focus on getting Persians painted between now and May!
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Final Tally of January 2019
023 ... 10 sea elf archers and oldschool bolter & crew part.
Padre ... interior of cathedral.
Gankom ... 2 space marines, 3 stormcasts and two nighthaunt guys.
Shadespyre ... 16 Orcs w Great Weapons, 4 Undead, 1 Halfling, 5 Trolls, 10 Orc Archers.
Irishzero ... finish 12 teutogen guards or 12 greatswords, some dwarfs/halflings for spearmen unit, find ogre with 2 handed sword.
JAK ... a Unit, a Leader, a Space Marine Hero.
Konrad ... 5 more gryphknights, 50 halberdiers, and 2 rocket batteries.
Novogord ... finish 8 Old Orlock Gang, 1 dryad, and 2 halfling archers.
Borderguy ... 12 Dryads, 8 Hearth Guard, finish 1 CFM mdf building.
GP .. 1 small MDF building, review how to go with Late Achaemenid Persians.
Heinrich ... forge world mammoth and marauder crew.
Warlord ... glue blood dragon vampires on foot, glued converted mounted chaos lord and 3 high elf drake riders.
(Completed items bolded.)
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Start of February Goals
JAK ... 1 of 2 units to be completed and entered on 9th and 23rd Feb, Boomwheel.
023 ... 5 scouts and a chariot, 5 bog zombies.
Gankom ... finish 3 stormcast, 2 nighthaunts, 2 beastmen.
Novogord ... last of halfling warband.
Shadespyre ... 15 Orcs with Maces and Shields, maybe heroes and champions.
Warlord ... maybe 3 zombie ogres.
GP ... finish small MDF building, (#?) Late Perisan Cavalry.
(Completed items are bolded.)
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Getting close. Still not happy. Need to play about with angles, lighting, decorations, etc
(https://i.imgur.com/BAIZLEg.jpg)
A place of suspense! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Well I did finish them, so here at the pictures:
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192557_zpsjwhrrh9f.jpg) (https://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192557_zpsjwhrrh9f.jpg.html)
Dryad
Like it! :eusa_clap:
URL=http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_192627_zpsbynzxtvi.jpg.html](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_192627_zpsbynzxtvi.jpg)[/URL]
2 Halflings for my Mordheim warband
Cool. :::cheers:::
My goal for February:
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_193543_zpsdxvy3ea8.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_193543_zpsdxvy3ea8.jpg.html)
The last of my Halfling warband.
Looks like this is coming together! :icon_biggrin:
Wondering what's that knight figure on the back left near the roasting pit is?
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My goal for February:
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/IMG_20190203_193543_zpsdxvy3ea8.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/IMG_20190203_193543_zpsdxvy3ea8.jpg.html)
The last of my Halfling warband.
Looks like this is coming together! :icon_biggrin:
Wondering what's that knight figure on the back left near the roasting pit is?
That knight figure is actually an Uruk-Hai sapper (bomb squad). His companion and bomb is somewhere else on the desk :-p
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Ah! From what I can see it looks cool. :icon_biggrin:
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Painted up my Orion for my wood elves
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7805/46213753884_c323b1b417_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dpKyY5)
I like it! Where is that figure from :icon_question:
thanks, it's from 6th edition wood elves
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So today I glued 15 knights that I had been putting off for years.
I also intend to glue 10 more orcs with hand weapon and iron fist, and convert 4 black orcs to have great weapons.
Zombie ogres may get deprioritised to next month.
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detailed up a bloodthirster i picked up used for just under $50 US. Didn't get to choose the build, but the money saved is worth it. Ignore the pup's chair in the background lol, she loves that thing.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7891/33196897458_8cc22ca91b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SzuM41)
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Fantastic work everyone! Everything looks freaking awesome!
I haven't touched my brushes since mid January. :(
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I just crossed the room to touch a brush. Does that make me better than you, Gankom? Or weird? I suspect the latter!
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Both! But I approve!
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February's goals completed... and then some more!!
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/DSC01987_zpsoqzk5c6p.jpg)
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsoawsdlzv.png)
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpshivziuqk.png)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsqtiqhemy.png)
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I got out some Wargames Factory Persian cavalry that I'd started on a ways back. The horses are already constructed and need to match riders to them next, plus base coat the horses and riders to begin the painting process.
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Updating February Goals
JAK ... 1 of 2 units to be completed and entered on 9th and 23rd Feb, Boomwheel.
023 ... 5 scouts and a chariot, 5 bog zombies.
Gankom ... finish 3 stormcast, 2 nighthaunts, 2 beastmen.
Novogord ... last of halfling warband.
Shadespyre ... 15 Orcs with Maces and Shields, maybe heroes and champions.
Warlord ... maybe 3 zombie ogres.
GP ... finish small MDF building, (#?) Late Perisan Cavalry.
(Completed items are bolded.)
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Posting here slipped my mind somehow. I met my January goals and set February goals. For February I planned to paint 10 Wood Elf War Dancers, 8 Viking Warriors and 8 Anglo-Saxon Warriors. I am also converting a Reaper Wood Elf druid into a Elf mage a friends daughter drew for her EnD character.
January's models:
(https://i.imgur.com/uvvYIr6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iadokjO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VTF82lV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sFSEy8j.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eJG86X8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/O3dSTQJ.jpg)
I've been painting, promise! I just am posting on three forums and this one got missed.
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I picked up a brush and chipped away at some stormcast! Huzzah! I am participating, finally.
Still just about 60% of the models to go...
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Your going to be at Huzzah! 2019 :icon_question: I'm planning to be in attendance as well. :icon_wink:
Congrats on the brush chipping! :icon_mrgreen:
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First 2 units from February's goals: Anglo-Saxon and Viking warriors for Saga.
(http://i.imgur.com/MykiJMJ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/yY1xySR.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/BXCFNEh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/OMrQ0l0.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vpsNOjE.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/G9kMItI.jpg)
Pics of the War Dancers tomorrow. They were still drying from a matte coat.
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Borderguy ... I went back up to the final January update and edited the post to bold your completions for that month, and then added your goals in bold for this month too, congrats! :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
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Updating February Goals
JAK ... 1 of 2 units to be completed and entered on 9th and 23rd Feb, Boomwheel.
023 ... 5 scouts and a chariot, 5 bog zombies.
Gankom ... finish 3 stormcast, 2 nighthaunts, 2 beastmen.
Novogord ... last of halfling warband.
Shadespyre ... 15 Orcs with Maces and Shields, maybe heroes and champions.
Warlord ... maybe 3 zombie ogres.
GP ... finish small MDF building, (#?) Late Perisan Cavalry.
Borderguy ... 8 Saxons and 8 Vikings.
(Completed items are bolded.)
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Thanks GamesPoet!
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Last planned unit for February, and actual Warhammer models. 10 Wood Elf War dancers:
(https://i.imgur.com/Dbme4KJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/P9WB7XB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/U0MpXzw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VzqCpGD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wiMRJ6j.jpg)
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After a few days of painting frenzy, I present to you my chaos mammoth!
(https://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg) (https://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg.html)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/IMG_20190222_162137_539_zpso3inqlzp.jpg) (http://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/IMG_20190222_162137_539_zpso3inqlzp.jpg.html)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/received_2106418416143413_zpspfugk1c7.jpeg) (http://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/received_2106418416143413_zpspfugk1c7.jpeg.html)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/received_2283832868505636_zpsn2ao31pe.jpeg) (http://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/received_2283832868505636_zpsn2ao31pe.jpeg.html)
He just wasn't fast enough :engel:
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That thing is humongous! Well done!
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That's HUGE! Exactly how big is that base? I think it's even bigger than my Dracolich?!
Nice to see Borderguy churning out a lot of nice miniatures, too.
Looking ahead, I'm going to try and paint a dozen Goblin Wolf Riders during the rest of February and into March.
I've also started assembling a model for the "Ancient Evil" contest category over on Carpe Noctem, which I'll also try and paint in March.
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After a few days of painting frenzy, I present to you my chaos mammoth!
(https://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg) (https://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg.html)
Beyond the obvious awesomeness of this, I also like (a) the fleeing victims, (b) the fact that the image on the TV seems to be like an enthusiastic presenter announcing the arrival of your mammoth. :::cheers:::
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpshivziuqk.png)
I love the oldschool vibe of this mini. Is this the Orc's Drift wyvern?
I'm still liking your orc color pallette better than the newer garish-greens.
First 2 units from February's goals: Anglo-Saxon and Viking warriors for Saga.
(http://i.imgur.com/MykiJMJ.jpg)
Enjoying seeing all your minis. I like them all, but I'm particularly enjoying seeing the Saga minis.
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Whoops, forgot my own update. I'm done for Feb.
023 ... 5 scouts and a chariot, 5 bog zombies.
Bog zombies were done early in the month.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xVCP0MjiHu4/XFXvS62pi6I/AAAAAAAAHsE/aMJFOe8PuDsQNa5uKz93JERzoPAvyqlfQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190202_134633_449.jpg)
The scouts are done, but I need to wait for the OWAC post to be published before I can show the pic.
I forgot to take a pic of the chariot. I had planned on painting two. One for me (oldschool Eleven Attack Chariot) and one I owed a friend (HE lion chariot with a hero). I only got the latter done, and its now in his possession.
Starting to think about my March goals...
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After a few days of painting frenzy, I present to you my chaos mammoth!
(https://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg) (https://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg.html)
The lady on the T.V. screen looks enthusiastic about the mammoth, too! :icon_wink:
Looks like if the mammoth moves his head back and forth, then the two guys running away are going to get batted down by the tusks.
Looks nicely done, congrats! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Zero TwentyThree, glad you like my tiny Giant Wyvern, but the Orc's Drift one is very slightly newer and considerably bigger. Patience, my friend :icon_wink:
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After a few days of painting frenzy, I present to you my chaos mammoth!]
The lady on the T.V. screen looks enthusiastic about the mammoth, too! :icon_wink:
Looks like if the mammoth moves his head back and forth, then the two guys running away are going to get batted down by the tusks.
Looks nicely done, congrats! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thank you very much! Yeah the timing with Mila Kunis in That 70's show is an awesome coincidence :D
That's HUGE! Exactly how big is that base? I think it's even bigger than my Dracolich?!
The base is 8" * 12" or 20cm * 30cm :D :::cheers:::
After a few days of painting frenzy, I present to you my chaos mammoth!
(https://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg) (https://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/IMG_20190222_161928_zpshwlqiezc.jpg.html)
Beyond the obvious awesomeness of this, I also like (a) the fleeing victims, (b) the fact that the image on the TV seems to be like an enthusiastic presenter announcing the arrival of your mammoth. :::cheers:::
Mila Kunis is awesome and the timing with my photo is just the icing on the cake.
I really like the fleeing victims too, they even have dropped their weapons. 1 axe from greatswords is next to the rock on the left side and a dagger (also frpm greatswords) is just in front of the mammoths right foot.
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Thanks for the kind words!
I've become a historical mini I painter primarily ZeroTwentyThree, so I'm glad somebody likes them. Your Bog Zombies look great. I think you nailed that peat leather skin. What models are those?
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Hmmmm - The base is 8" * 12" or 20cm * 30cm - mine is 24 cm x 24 cm, so your base is a little bigger. That guy is enormous! :icon_eek:
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2nd unit completed and entered, although a little late due to conjunctivitis or some similar eye infection, so Feb targets met. Eyes nearly right again.
Next month the only thing I have to make is a Genestealer cult figure for a GW competition. The final of the Legion of Legend is mid-month but as all the figures are built and painted it’s just finding a safe way to transport them to the shop. I still have 13 of my friend’s Space Marines in various stages so I’d better make the effort to finish them.
I’m a bit behind with taking photos so will also try to bring my thread up to date next month.
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Think I will build a unit of 16 Dryads tonight. Not sure if I will paint them, might base coat them if I have enough rhinox hide base left
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Goal for March
Build 18 Chaos Warriors
Build 14 Marauder horsemen
Rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne
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March goals:
x15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard
Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen
x9 Dark Age Civilians
Another CFM building finished
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March:
16 spear elves
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I already went ahead and finished my 12 Wolf Riders!
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/edited-image_zpsrre8ea19.png)
that's my first March goal completed!
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They're GREAT!!!
BTW, GP, put me down this month for those 20 Sartosans I undercoated but then shelved due to other priorities. I'm gonna need them soon, and more pirates!
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Not a fun month for me. Need to get serious this month! Enough said.
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Final Tally for February Goals
JAK ... 2 units to be completed and entered on 9th and 23rd Feb, Boomwheel.
023 ... 5 scouts and a chariot, 5 bog zombies.
Gankom ... finish 3 stormcast, 2 nighthaunts, 2 beastmen.
Novogord ... last of halfling warband.
Shadespyre ... 15 Orcs with Maces and Shields, maybe heroes and champions.
Warlord ... maybe 3 zombie ogres.
GP ... finish small MDF building, (#?) Late Perisan Cavalry.
Borderguy ... 8 Saxons and 8 Vikings, 10 wood elf wardancers.
Heinrich ... chaos mammoth.
(Completed items are bolded.)
I'll do up goals for March soon.
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Well, guess what...
I didn't get the miniatures finished in time.
Time to pick up the pace thise month. I will post a picture with the current completed figures.
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First 2 entries for march. A French WW2 damaged hat shop from CFM and 10 Dark Age civilians for Saga.
(http://i.imgur.com/eXYhE9t.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3901Mfr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/KTlv64H.jpg)
Enjoy!
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I like the hat shop! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap:
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Like all of Colin's work, its a nice kit. A little filler to texture the walls and some paint and its ready for the table. The maniac in me papers the interior walls... I really have a problem... :icon_lol:
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CFM stands for what?
I like the wall paper, where does that come from?
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Charlie Foxtrot Models
https://www.charliefoxtrotmodels.com
It could be craft paper from a craft/hobby shop, or it could be rescaled doll house wall paper. I can't keep track any more. I have a bunch bought/printed and stashed.
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Wow, there's a lot of good looking stuff on that site, thanks! :::cheers:::
I here ya on the keeping track part ... lol. :icon_cool:
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Colin is aces. His stuff is brilliant, the kits go together beautifully, and his supportive and helpful. I highly recommend his stuff. I have most of the Western Europe stuff, and want everything I don't have.
Thinking on that wallpaper, I think that stuff might be from hobby lobby. In the scrap booking area, Games Poet.
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So far I am at a unit of 10 bloodletters, a unit of 10 warhounds, a chaos chariot, and three chaos warriors, hoping to boost that up to a unit of 12 after work tonight. Debating painting Archaon as well.
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I'll do up goals for March soon.
You tease, GP. Stringing us all along like that! On a serious note, though ... you ok?
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Thank you for asking. :icon_cool:
I've had a rough last couple of weeks, and will what I can do to update later today. :::cheers:::
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Another bunch done. 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders.
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Sorry folks. I made a last minute choice towards the end of the day to go see "They Shall Not Grow Old" before it left the theaters.
That means I'll take some time later today instead, to update for March. Thanks for your patience! :::cheers:::
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Finished my primary unit for March. x15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard with command. The rick was matching these to ten others i painted more than 4 years ago. The last pick is a comparison shot. What do you think?
(https://i.imgur.com/G0nXwLc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rJXUlMr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rqrxYUa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZTgpW6d.jpg)
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They look "green"! :icon_wink: Time for them to see some table top action! :icon_mrgreen:
March Goals
Shadespyre ... 12 Goblin Wolf Riders, 1 "Ancient Evil" contest model
JAK ... Genestealer cult figure, 13 Space Marines
brr-icy ... 16 Dryads, 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders
Heinrich ... build 18 Chaos Warriors, build 14 Marauder horsemen, rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne
Borderguy ... 15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard, Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen, 9 Dark Age Civilians, CFM building
023 ... 16 spear elves
Padre ... 20 Sartosans
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Genestealer cult figure now completed.
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Forgot to add mine from last month ...
March Goals
Shadespyre ... 12 Goblin Wolf Riders, 1 "Ancient Evil" contest model
JAK ... Genestealer cult figure, 13 Space Marines
brr-icy ... 16 Dryads, 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders
Heinrich ... build 18 Chaos Warriors, build 14 Marauder horsemen, rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne
Borderguy ... 15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard, Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen, 9 Dark Age Civilians, CFM building
023 ... 16 spear elves
Padre ... 20 Sartosans
GP ... finish small MDF building, (#?) Late Perisan Cavalry.
(Items completed in bold.)
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Thanks for the update!
While wondering how to paint my Ancient Evil model, I'm working on a unit of 10 heavily armoured Orcs, let's call them chieftains.
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I'm downsizing and my march goal is current just 3 stormcast. I'm going to get them finished this time!
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I wasn't able to finish my Februari goals, but I hope to finish them for March. :eusa_wall:
My appologies!
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No need for apology here, its understandable, stuff happens. :::cheers:::
And adding in Gankom's for March
Updating March Goals
Shadespyre ... 12 Goblin Wolf Riders, 1 "Ancient Evil" contest model
JAK ... Genestealer cult figure, 13 Space Marines
brr-icy ... 16 Dryads, 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders
Heinrich ... build 18 Chaos Warriors, build 14 Marauder horsemen, rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne
Borderguy ... 15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard, Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen, 9 Dark Age Civilians, CFM building
023 ... 16 spear elves
Padre ... 20 Sartosans
Gankom ... 3 stormcast
(Items completed in bold.)
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Bar the bases, 20 Sartosans done.
4 Talkers
(https://i.imgur.com/tcBUVxo.jpg)
6 Looters
(https://i.imgur.com/PemtaoK.jpg)
10 Fighters
(https://i.imgur.com/W9MMjm9.jpg)
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Hey! I want BOLD text ... you know: BOLD! (I see it as a sort of medal.) :wink:
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Padre is being a bit impatient today. ::heretic::
How's that for a bold medal? :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
Updating March Goals
Shadespyre ... 12 Goblin Wolf Riders, 1 "Ancient Evil" contest model
JAK ... Genestealer cult figure, 13 Space Marines
brr-icy ... 16 Dryads, 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders
Heinrich ... build 18 Chaos Warriors, build 14 Marauder horsemen, rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne
Borderguy ... 15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard, Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen, 9 Dark Age Civilians, CFM building
023 ... 16 spear elves
Padre ... 20 Sartosans
Gankom ... 3 stormcast
(Items completed in bold.)
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Love those Sartosans, suitably motley and disreputable!
Finished those 10 armoured orc "Chieftains"
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsk3dk2jta.png)
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsoveqyts2.png)
Not great pictures, I just can't get the lighting / colour balance to be consistent at the moment.
I started on my "Ancient Evil" model, after a couple of false starts I think it's not embarrassingly bad now so I'm going to press on with it. Not expecting to do a huge amount other than that this month, but we'll see :icon_wink:
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We are all waiting for the day we see "Mounted Crossbows" in BOLD text :engel:
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We are all waiting for the day we see "Mounted Crossbows" in BOLD text :engel:
😸👆
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Ok ... you ask and I deliver ... :icon_arrow: mounted crossbows :icon_wink: :icon_mrgreen:
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Ok ... you ask and I deliver ... :icon_arrow: mounted crossbows :icon_wink: :icon_mrgreen:
Yay! First day of spring and mounted crossbows! What more can you ask for!
I some how feel I’m on the wrong end of an anglers reel though 😸
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Lovely (if that's the right term) orcs, Shadespyre. I have some of those figures, and it's nice to see them painted by someone else (better).
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Ok ... you ask and I deliver ... :icon_arrow: mounted crossbows :icon_wink: :icon_mrgreen:
Bravo :eusa_clap:
I walked myself into that one .. .. .. .. ..
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Long time no see. Real life happened. I had to skip the tournament. I'm just about on the brink of getting my shit together in real life.
Monthly goal for April will be to get a unit of 25 halberdiers assembled and primed, then get two such units sent to Silvero for a commission job.
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I've done it. By Jove I've done it! I finished some painting. Not just the three stormcast, oh no! I finished FOUR stormcast, 1 Knight-Incantor AND 2 space marines for my kill team,
Wooooooo!
I also got started on a number of Nighthaunt guys, but only a few colours.
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All warriors are built!
An unexpected agreement from my wife to visit a hobbystore ended with me buying the new nurgle box with blightlords and blightkings, and an extra box of blightkings. Thus I have built 11 blightkings instead of marauder horsemen! :D Returning to work has slowed process but I hope to find time to build the gorebeast chariots before the end of March.
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Updating March Goals
Shadespyre ... 12 Goblin Wolf Riders, 12 armored orc chieftans, 1 "Ancient Evil" contest model
JAK ... Genestealer cult figure, 13 Space Marines
brr-icy ... 16 Dryads, 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders
Heinrich ... build 18 Chaos Warriors, build 14 Marauder horsemen, rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne, 11 blightkings
Borderguy ... 15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard, Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen, 9 Dark Age Civilians, CFM building
023 ... 16 spear elves
Padre ... 20 Sartosans
Gankom ... 3 stormcast, 1 Knight-Incantor AND 2 space marines for my kill team.
(Items completed in bold.)
So I don't forget and with Konrad posting for April so early ...
Beginning of April Goals
Konrad ... 25 halberdiers assembled and primed
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I think my "Ancient Evil" model is just about there, but I would love feedback on any tweaks before I enter it...
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsbnavuuhy.png)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpssojcjue3.png)
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Wow. This is a cool model, and I love the subtle, dark detail.
A couple of things that caught my eye:
-the checkered pattern ends a bit rough on the horse's forehead.
-the dagger is a bit simple as is. You could check some examples of NMM, and try to achieve that effect with blues. Definitely add also darker hues.
-if the dagger glows, should there be some blue reflection around it on the robe?
-horses have bigger irises. The eyewhite shouldn't be seen on both sides of the iris, and the iris should be rounder.
It's a great model, finely painted. The above is not meant as criticism, but as suggestions if you feel you would like to try them out.
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That's really useful, thanks. Particularly as they are the things I was worried about but didn't know if / how to fix them. I want to make the dagger cold and otherworldly rather than glowy, I think.
The model itself is the old Citadel Witch King, mounted on a newer plastic horse, so I'm trying to mix Nazgul with regal.
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I love the darkened filthy checks - a once bright pattern faded and obscured by decades of dirt.
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Thanks, that's exactly what I was aiming for. Originally I had a more intricate pattern in mind but settled on something less ambitious so I could make some progress! Happy with the colour choice and end effect.
Working on some changes as I write...
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Did the figure come from GW's LotRs series?
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Yes, the 1985 range!
(http://www.solegends.com/citlotr/me63nazgullord.jpg)
Edits.... happier with the horse's eye, dagger is less glowy but still not right? Tempted just to make it bright silver and leave it at that...
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/edited-image_zpsp2wurc87.png)
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Horse's eye looks better! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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The horse's eyes look very good, totally natural!
The dagger, if I can say this, looks a bit messy now. I'd suggest to go darker, and let the few bright spots enhance the glow. Check NMM painting. Here's the first guide to weapons I came by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUg8XLlNZE. (I've never painted NMM myself, so cannot really comment on the technique.)
Another, simple way to paint a magical blade could be using a very shiny silver, wash it with a blue wash, maybe two layers of wash at places, and then highlight the edges with shiny silver again. I know this works great for rust, and imagine the bluish tint would work towards a magical feeling.
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Enough messing about! This is what I'm going with:
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsfiffmjps.png)
Just steel, but with white blended into the metallics.
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Looks fine. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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The main problem I was having is not knowing WHAT I wanted to paint, not just HOW to paint it! :eusa_wall:
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It looks good. It all looks good. So ... good then. :lol:
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ok, forgot the dryads...but i did finish 10 marauder horsemen, 2 spawn, 10 knights, 10 warhounds, 3 dragon ogres, and a shaggoth. Trying to get the final bit of my Hordes of Chaos army finished before moving onto completing my Dwarfs, Wood Elves, and High Elves. lol
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That's a good effort! :eusa_clap:
Heck, it's nearly April, isn't it?
April goals...
1 - Orc Artillery and Crew (I'm still shopping for crew!)
2 - (at least one) Giant (because it's Big April)
3 - Three Skeleton Warriors that I found while looking for something else in my bits box
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Quick pic proving I finished March's goals.
(http://i.imgur.com/1wQVO5s.jpg)
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And very nice indeed ...
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I'll take a shot of the finished Tzeentch/mortal army this week sometime. Tally today is 10 Warriors, Aekold Hellbrass, and Crom the Conqueror. There was literally nothing to do at work this evening. So I put in a good day's work on the models lol.
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For April put me down for two dozen Estalian swordsmen to bolster the ranks of my Sartosan Pirate army.
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I’ve completed all my goals for this month; genestealer cult figure built painted and entered, miscalculated on number of Space Marines but have finished them all and picture below shows my Legion of Legend entry on its return from the shop.
Health issues will stop me from having much time in April so I’ll not set any targets for then but as the next local GW painting competition is a Chaos Space Marine on 11 May I’ll be working towards that when I can.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7841/33632301688_5c452af11d_b.jpg)
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April:
Chaos
Arbaal, have his banner ready and basecoated.
Wood Elves
16 Dryads
1 Wardancer
1 Sister of the Thorn
10 Rangers
10 Eternal guard
Skaw
Ariel
2 Warhawk riders
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April goals:
x16 Wood Elf Dryads
x8 Viking Warriors
x8 Anglo-Saxon Warriors
x8 15mm Dacian Falxmen
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March is done. 16 spear elves. Had planned on doing shields, but need to acquire them first. That is turning out to be trickier than I had planned.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDF7gb8knAI/XJr9CR51hrI/AAAAAAAAH1g/LP3CBcHrB_Y0z5h2BHipMuOPM3xRuprvACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190326_234203.jpg)
More words and another photo at my OWAC entry (http://"https://oldworldarmychallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/zerotwentythrees-march-sea-elves-212-pts.html").
For April, the only commitment I'm making is to finish the giant I left off with last April. For the rest of the month, I'm leaving it up in the air -- though still giant related (http://"https://www.zerotwentythree.com/2019/03/almost-april-something-big-on-horizon.html").
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Nice painted Z!
I feel your pain on shield hunting. I needed 10 more of an older GW resin special order shields to complete a unit of Empire swordsmen. Fleabay prices were insane. I got lucky and found enough stashed in a box of miscellaneous modelling crap. Apparently very infrequently I pre-plan.
I took a quick look and all i see is Scibor offering just shields. Sending you a pm to discuss a possibility.
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Zero 23 which shields are you looking for?
I may be able to help.
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Well Februari & March work done:
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110559a_zpsegruuizf.jpg) (https://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110559a_zpsegruuizf.jpg.html)
For April, it will be a small IG Killteam.
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Lovely little ones, Novogord. Don't let them bite off more than they can chew in battle!
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Lovely little ones, Novogord. Don't let them bite off more than they can chew in battle!
Thanks Padre! They are indeed rubbish in hand to hand combat... And shooting isn't that great in Mordheim (for me at least), so they are rather challiging to play.
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This ...
I’ve completed all my goals for this month; genestealer cult figure built painted and entered, miscalculated on number of Space Marines but have finished them all and picture below shows my Legion of Legend entry on its return from the shop.
Health issues will stop me from having much time in April so I’ll not set any targets for then but as the next local GW painting competition is a Chaos Space Marine on 11 May I’ll be working towards that when I can.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7841/33632301688_5c452af11d_b.jpg)
. . . look fickin' grand! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Brr-icy has been getting in some painting and look like he's planning to get in some more!
Included 15 halflings and a giant for Novogrod. Would love to see those up close, and wondering where the hobbits came from :icon_question:
Updating March Goals
Shadespyre ... 12 Goblin Wolf Riders, 12 armored orc chieftans, 1 "Ancient Evil" contest model
JAK ... Genestealer cult figure, 13 Space Marines
Brr-icy ... 16 Dryads, 11 more warriors, Lord on Daemonic Steed, Archaon (6th), and 16 marauders, 10 marauder horsemen, 2 spawn, 10 knights, 10 warhounds, 3 dragon ogres, a shaggoth, 10 Warriors, Aekold Hellbrass, and Crom the Conqueror
Heinrich ... build 18 Chaos Warriors, build 14 Marauder horsemen, rebuild 2 chaos chariots into gorebeast chariots with mark of khorne, 11 blightkings
Borderguy ... 15 Wood Elf Eternal Guard, Viking and Anglo Saxon Warlords and Bannermen, 9 Dark Age Civilians, CFM building
023 ... 16 spear elves
Padre ... 20 Sartosans
Gankom ... 3 stormcast, 1 Knight-Incantor AND 2 space marines for my kill team
Novogrod ... 15 halflings and a giant
(Items completed in bold.)
Beginning of April Goals
Konrad ... 25 halberdiers assembled and primed
Shadespyre ... 1 Orc Artillery and Crew, (at least one) Giant, 3 Skeleton Warriors
Padre ... 24 Estalian swordsmen
Brr-icy ... Arbaal, banner ready and basecoated, 16 Dryads, 1 Wardancer, 1 Sister of the Thorn, 10 Rangers, 10 Eternal guard, Skaw, Ariel,
2 Warhawk riders
Borderguy190 ... 16 Wood Elf Dryads, 8 Viking Warriors, 8 Anglo-Saxon Warriors, 8 15mm Dacian Falxmen
(Items completed in bold.)
Hopefully I didn't miss something back there. :icon_confused:
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My April goal is going to be 5 Nighthaunt models. I'm slowly chugging away at them!
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Update!
So far for April I completed:
4 orc bolt throwers - 2 orc trebuchets - 15 orc crew - George The Giant - Giant Two Headed Troll
(https://oi1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsntf9qcai.png)
(https://oi1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsbcbgosic.png)
(https://oi1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsra3qbe1r.png)
It's surprisingly easy to get stuff done when it's not just more Orc infantry... I guess I should paint some more Orc infantry next, though!
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Wow! They're great. I want to fight you now. (Using toy soldiers.)
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Thanks, I think :ph34r: We should probably do battle AFTER I decide how to do all the bases?
I have to admit that "I'll decide that later" seemed a better idea *before* I'd painted 130 odd models...
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I've done it. I've finished 4 Banshee's, 2 Glaivewraith, a Bladegheist revenant, Balin the dwarf and 2 Blackstone Fortress Beastmen. (Although I still haven't decided on a base scheme for the beastmen.)
I not only completed by goal, but above and beyond as well. Woohoo!
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I've done it. I've finished 4 Banshee's, 2 Glaivewraith, a Bladegheist revenant, Balin the dwarf and 2 Blackstone Fortress Beastmen. (Although I still haven't decided on a base scheme for the beastmen.)
I not only completed by goal, but above and beyond as well. Woohoo!
What’s happening up north? Is the ice receding allowing outdoor basing? There may be some good to climate change.
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so far:
Arbaal complete, Tichi Huichi and five raiders, an old school Carrion.
did manage to get a bunch of assembly done. Five Warhawk riders, ten warhounds, five cursed company, skaw, ariel, and a giant raptor for a thunderlizard from the chronicles book,
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I've done it. I've finished 4 Banshee's, 2 Glaivewraith, a Bladegheist revenant, Balin the dwarf and 2 Blackstone Fortress Beastmen. (Although I still haven't decided on a base scheme for the beastmen.)
I not only completed by goal, but above and beyond as well. Woohoo!
What’s happening up north? Is the ice receding allowing outdoor basing? There may be some good to climate change.
If only. Instead a weekend of Thunderstorms has kept me in all day.
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I speed-daubed the 3 Skeletons and have also bashed out 20 Orc Infantry
Far exceeded my April expectations, to be honest.
(https://oi1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsszatfmmn.png)
In a rare event, I've been throwing some paint on an Empire mini so that might appear before the end of the month...!
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I'm gonna fail this month. Stuff got in the way, including just not getting my act together. Kinda working on some other little projects instead.
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Grim-faced Witch Hunter (from Wood Axe miniatures)
(https://oi1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/edited-image_zpslk9dzmp8.png)
I didn't really bother with the face as it's so hidden by the hat, but I might go back and make him look a little more human and a little less undead! A much lovelier model than my clumsy painting suggests here
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Did manage to get a few done so far:
Ghark Ironskin, built and painted
five gutter/tunnel runners
Lord Skrolk
Organ Gun
9 miners
7 crossbow dwarves (8 with a wench)
three hammer-bearing longbeards
5 artillery crewmen
oldest white dwarf model
Thunder Lizard
tichi huichi and five raiders
an old 4th edition carrion model.
Once I am done moving I'll snap some pics of them
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That's a good effort, well done! :eusa_clap:
Thinking about NEXT month now... I see myself being very busy but I want to finish the army sooner, not later, so I'm going to set myself the challenge of painting BOTH remaining infantry units. so that'll be round about 20 Orc Spearmen and 10 Orc Bodyguards
I also want to get some modelling work done on at least one Vampire Counts project and at least one Empire related project, but that seems very greedy at this point!
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I made my April goal, finishing the Heresy giant I started last April. In addition to that goal, I started prepping one of the next giants, plus painted some more trolls.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UDM-ZVQbP68/XLyeQHGT8hI/AAAAAAAAH4M/5FQY3rc1zxwF1JZ3gelK9ggHkUKJdpg8QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190421_003502.jpg)
May is going to be rough. Work is getting busy and I will be doing quite a but of travelling. But I'm going to try keeping up with the Old World Army Challenge and paint an elf mage, 10 spear elves, a standard bearer, and a champion.
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I will update for April this weekend and get the May list going as well, thanks! :icon_cool:
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Goals for may: 6 khorne warriors
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Health will still be having an adverse effect this month but I am on target to complete a Chaos Space Marine for the local GW painting competition on 11 May – so this is my only target.
The next GW comp. is a Human of the Imperium – any human 40k except Space Marine or Adeptus Custodes(whatever this is) by 6 July. I’ll hopefully start that this month and it’ll become my June target.
I’m also doing bits on other projects but as progress is slow I’ll not be setting targets I’ve no chance of doing.
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For me, May: 2 wizards, 5 pirate orcs, 6 pirate goblins, 3 blunderbuss pirates, two pirate cannons, 4 pirate crew, 4 chatting pirates, 24 Estalian duellists, and (possibly) some cultists walking about etc.
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I'm always late to the party, but here are the pictures of the figures I completed in April.
For May I'm just going to finish the Going Merry crew for my wife.
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110569_zps9u91h3gj.jpg) (https://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110569_zps9u91h3gj.jpg.html)
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110570_zpsbudowrc6.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110570_zpsbudowrc6.jpg.html)
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110573_zpsuagfmhzo.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110573_zpsuagfmhzo.jpg.html)
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Hoping to have updated last month's tally and started the new one this past weekend, but there was an unexpected issue taking significant time. However, I will get to it.
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Final Tally of April Goals
Konrad ... 25 halberdiers assembled and primed
Shadespyre ... 4 orc bolt throwers, 2 orc trebuchets, 15 Crew, Giant, 2 headed troll, 3 Skeleton Warriors, 20 orc infantry, witchhunter.
4 orc bolt throwers - 2 orc trebuchets - 15 orc crew - George The Giant - Giant Two Headed Troll
Padre ... 24 Estalian swordsmen
Brr-icy ... Arbaal,Tichi Huichi and five raiders, an old school Carrion, Ghark Ironskin, built and painted five gutter/tunnel runners, Lord Skrolk, Organ Gun, 9 miners, 7 crossbow dwarves (8 with a wench), three hammer-bearing longbeards, 5 artillery crewmen, oldest white dwarf model, Thunder Lizard, banner ready and basecoated, 16 Dryads, 1 Wardancer, 1 Sister of the Thorn, 10 Rangers, 10 Eternal guard, Skaw, Ariel,
2 Warhawk riders
Borderguy190 ... 16 Wood Elf Dryads, 8 Viking Warriors, 8 Anglo-Saxon Warriors, 8 15mm Dacian Falxmen
Gankom ... 5 Nighthaunts, 4 Banshee's, 2 Glaivewraith, a Bladegheist revenant, Balin the dwarf and 2 Blackstone Fortress Beastmen.
023 ... Heresy giant, and more trolls.
Novogord ... 5 space marines.
(Items in bold are complete.)
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Start of May Goals
023 ... elf mage, 10 spear elves, a standard bearer, and a champion.
Heinrich ... 6 khorne warriors.
JAK ... 1 Chaos Space Marine for painting competition.
Padre ... 2 wizards, 5 pirate orcs, 6 pirate goblins, 3 blunderbuss pirates, two pirate cannons, 4 pirate crew, 4 chatting pirates, 24 Estalian duellists, and possibly some cultists.
Novogord ... Going Merry crew for wife.
(Items in bold completed.)
If I missed anyone, let me know!
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Me!
Going for 25 Orc Spearmen and 10 Orc Bodyguards and a couple of other stragglers.
(Already not expecting to finish these tbh)
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1 Chaos Space Marine for painting competition. – built, painted and entered.
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I'm going to try and finish up 8 of the Hobbit dwarves. unsure which ones, but gives me some options.
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Not immediately relevant to May's goals, but my Reaper Bones Kickstarter package arrived...
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/DSC02349_zpsdqfiqjdf.jpg)
There's some mental stuff in here, those dragon wings are bigger than my hands :)
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My goal for May is to paint a unit of 20 Halberdiers and a cannon with crew. Cannon and crew I finished yesterday, and I think I can manage to get the Halberdiers done even though I've only just assembled them...
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My reaper stuff came two weeks ago now, and it is some fantastic quality. The giants and townsfolk are absolutely gorgeous. Although the caribou on the back of the frost giant hunter is way to small. It's like the size of a dog.
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Updating ...
Start of May Goals
023 ... elf mage, 10 spear elves, a standard bearer, and a champion.
Heinrich ... 6 khorne warriors.
JAK ... 1 Chaos Space Marine for painting competition.
Padre ... 2 wizards, 5 pirate orcs, 6 pirate goblins, 3 blunderbuss pirates, two pirate cannons, 4 pirate crew, 4 chatting pirates, 24 Estalian duellists, and possibly some cultists.
Novogord ... Going Merry crew for wife.
Shadespyre ... 25 Orc Spearmen, 10 Orc Bodyguards, couple of other stragglers.
Gankom ... 8 Hobbit dwarves. unsure which ones, but gives me some options.
Von Zorn ... 20 Halberdiers, a cannon with crew.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Finished the warriors!
(https://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm138/Von_Kampfmann/khorn%20warr1_zpsctkdfwfs.jpg) (https://s295.photobucket.com/user/Von_Kampfmann/media/khorn%20warr1_zpsctkdfwfs.jpg.html)
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And very good they are too.
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That gives me inspiration for more headswaps or spiky-ing my chaos warriors! Thanks!
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... There's some mental stuff in here, those dragon wings are bigger than my hands :)
I spent some time scouring the pic to see which bits were metal. Then I re-read your post. Doh!
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Padre isn't the only one.
For me it was, "Reaper makes metal figures? Really?" I didn't see any in the photo, and shrugged my shoulders.
I didn't reread the post nor re-look at the photo. Too little time, and I let the idea go, figuring if they really did sell metal figures, I'd see or hear of it again. :icon_lol:
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a - that's hilarious
b - errrm, Reaper DO make metal miniatures, they always have done! Most of their range is still metal. Most of the earlier Bones plastic models are actually re-moulds of the metal range...
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Week off work and have some downtime this afternoon! Experimented with a red colour primer today on the Halberdiers... it's not too bad, but it didn't go into the little nooks and crannies on these minis very well compared with other sprays I've used. A lot of my figures in the background are still quite glossy and thus awaiting a coat of matt varnish (and many still need basing):
(https://i.imgur.com/RrKuRev.jpg)
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(Bar the bases) I can cross out the following:
2 wizards, 5 pirate orcs, 6 pirate goblins, 3 blunderbuss pirates, two pirate cannons, 4 pirate crew, 4 chatting pirates, 24 Estalian duellists, and possibly some cultists. Chuffed.
Artillerymen:
(https://i.imgur.com/MoaAv6m.jpg)
For talking scenes:
(https://i.imgur.com/8vFATca.jpg)
With blunderbuss-type guns:
(https://i.imgur.com/cZew6St.jpg)
Pirate Dwarf and two wizards (not happy with the latter now I see them in pics, I need to re-do their faces and fancify up their clothes)
(https://i.imgur.com/WYtFztf.jpg)
Pirate Gobbos:
(https://i.imgur.com/WyqZL9M.jpg)
Pirate Big 'Uns:
(https://i.imgur.com/xmm4BSR.jpg)
And how 5 big uns will become the equivalent of 20 gobbo and/or human pirates as unit fillers:
(https://i.imgur.com/OR42ILW.jpg)
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Nice work. Is that pirate holding a map of the Tilean coast? Impressive!
Also, the wizards look good to me!
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@von Zorn, that's an interesting choice of primer. What contrasting colour are you going to use?
@Padre: Steady progress. Those Pirate Big'uns are absolutelu huge compared to their gobbo brethren! :lol: They still look a bit lonely on 40mm bases. Have you considered adding a gobbo on their base? This would tie them better to the gobbos in the unit, I think.
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I like the Big Uns as they are as in my mind they count as being lumbering Brutes as effective as 4 goblins. Besides the 40 mm basis are not fixed to them, but are extension bases that their own 25mm bases fit into.
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Besides the 40 mm basis are not fixed to them, but are extension bases that their own 25mm bases fit into.
Clever! :-)
-Z
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My reaper stuff came two weeks ago now, and it is some fantastic quality. The giants and townsfolk are absolutely gorgeous. Although the caribou on the back of the frost giant hunter is way to small. It's like the size of a dog.
I spotted that, but it's not a big deal (haha). I need to find the previous KS boxes and sort my giants into tribes, I think they'll make fun little projects.
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Fluff wise, all my giants have been united by a formerly nomadic Storm Giant who's now trying to find them a home. Complicated by the fact his new 'kingdom' consists of hill, frost, fire and other giants. All of whom hate each other.
Painting wise I finished my 8 hobbit dwarves. I'm slowly continuing to work on a Russ and Chimera, as well as a handful of other random dwarves. I have an AoS game at the end of June and my new goal is to try and have the whole dwarf/duardin army fully painted and ready. I have maybe half of it to do.
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Very slow this month, I've finished my small unit of 10 Orc Body guards, plus 5 extra orcs for existing regiments (not pictured)
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpskofqteat.png)
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Last minute check-in before traveling for the remainder of the month. I only got 2 of the 10 spear elves done, but did get the mage, champ, and standard (sort of...) painted. I also did a small themed terrain piece (of which I think I will do more in the future.
I'll post pics when they go live on the OWAC website.
I'm also hoping to get caught up on reading everyone else's posts & updates on the forum (and elsewhere) soon. It's been a very hectic & exhausting month... :unsure:
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Not really on my list for this month, but I did it anyway - a slightly converted Briar Elk for my Vampire Counts army. You can blame our friend 023 for spotting this addition to the Warploque Miniatures range!
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsujs0044r.png)
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Nice.
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Looks awesome.
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Wow. Beautiful!
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Awww, thanks. Quite a simple paint job on a rather elegant model, I just added the vine and roses as usual.
Of course I'm *supposed* to be painting orcs...
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Very nice work!
I have managed to get the painting done of my May goals. All the Halberdiers are painted, as is the cannon and its crew, and I also painted a Light Wizard. However, I am not sure I will manage to get the basing finished before the month's end with only one day and evening to go. I was really lazy when assembling and so had to fill some base slots with green stuff this evening, leaving me only tomorrow evening to build up the base surface then paint and flock. I'm calling it a semi-victory in the sense that I have technically painted everything... :smile2:
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Not really on my list for this month, but I did it anyway - a slightly converted Briar Elk for my Vampire Counts army. You can blame our friend 023 for spotting this addition to the Warploque Miniatures range!
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsujs0044r.png)
That's perfect! The personal details and paint work so well with the figure.
There are quite a few Warploque figures that have caught my attention for various reasons. A lot of great sculpts. This one seems like it was made for your army.
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Ach, also my May painting, as mentioned above
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-emTMD8J-56E/XOjHeSmbPII/AAAAAAAAH7s/zhZ5GmJEcQMBZR8msHhBayX17ohQv1iDQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190525_002443.jpg)
For June, I need to finish the final month of the Old World Army Challenge. I've set the following goal: The classic Elven Attack Chariot and 8 more spear elves.
Work is looking to continue beimg hectic and travelly (I'm currently in RI/MA) through June, so this will definitely be a challenge! But I'm determined to finish both the OWAC and the chariot that's been sitting unpainted for decades!
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I love the giant shell terrain, very unusual.
I didn't get any further with my orcs this month, so I've just plonked them down on the desk in the way of doing anything else and maybe THAT will help!
June's target:
24 Spear Orcs
Army Standard Bearer (not his standard though!)
2 Orc Shamen
This might be all the Orcs, now. I have maybe as many more left but have lost interest in painting them, to be honest.
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June target: a new warplightning cannon, modified to make it 'self-propelled'. Plus some skaven 'characters' and non-combatants. Don't tell anyone in my campaign, however, that I am working on these.
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This might be all the Orcs, now. I have maybe as many more left but have lost interest in painting them, to be honest.
Thats a shame :-(
Understand that though. Surely getting close to finishing them all and be done with it is slightly motivating?
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It's already bigger than I really intended, and it's over-running my 6 month target, too. I might pack the spare minis away to come back to, but I'm keen to get onto other things.
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June will be another difficult month but I am still doing small bits towards the hobby. I am well on the way with my Human of the Imperium and he will be my target to finish in June ready for the competition date of 6 July.
The next local GW competition after this will be a Stormcast Eternal on 3 August and I’ve started a figure for it. I’m also being encouraged to enter the World-Wide GW Everchosen competition on 27 July so I’ll have to put a bit more effort into that, not that I’ve decided what to do yet. These two will take up all my free time in July I expect and then I might just be able to start one or two of the projects I’ve had to put on hold for the past few months.
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So far since last post I have done:
Skaven Doomwheel
Cursed company front rank.
one Birdman (four on the block for this month.)
5 pistoliers
5 reavers
high elf bsb on foot
branchwraith
6 kurnoth hunters to sub in for treekin
10 warhounds
10 sea guard
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I finished my hobbit dwarves! Wooo! Since then I've been adding random colors to groups of about 10 random guys at a time until I got some motivation for something specific. Now I have it!
I have a big Age of Sigmar game at the end of the month and I'm going to bring some dwarves. My goals is to have the whole army fully painted and up to date. So I need to finish up 10 hammerers, 10 Irondrakes and possibly a handful of characters. I'm undecided just what characters I want to bring so that may change a litt.e
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Final Tally of May Goals
023 ... elf mage, 2 of 10 spear elves, a standard bearer, and a champion, plus themed terrain base.
Heinrich ... 6 khorne warriors.
JAK ... 1 Chaos Space Marine for painting competition.
Padre ... 2 wizards, 5 pirate orcs, 6 pirate goblins, 3 blunderbuss pirates, two pirate cannons, 4 pirate crew, 4 chatting pirates, 24 Estalian duellists, and possibly some cultists.
Novogord ... Going Merry crew for wife.
Shadespyre ... 15 of ... 25 Orc Spearmen, 10 Orc Bodyguards, couple of other stragglers, and 1 Briar Elk (Warploque Miniature).
Gankom ... 8 Hobbit dwarves.
Von Zorn ... 20 Halberdiers, a cannon with crew.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Start of June Goals
023 ... Elven Attack Chariot and 8 more spear elves.
Shadespyre ... 24 Spear Orcs, Standard Bearer (not his standard though!), 2 Orc Shamen
Padre ... warplightning cannon, modified to make it 'self-propelled', skaven 'characters' and non-combatants.
JAK ... a Human of the Imperium.
Gankom ... finish up 10 hammerers, 10 Irondrakes and possibly a handful of characters.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Thanks to all the rain here recently, I've got a lot more painting done than expected. Finished all my June goals!!!
24 Orcs
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsuv5crwnv.png)
Army Standard Bearer, a Shaman (actually the C10 Half-Orc Cleric-Assassin!) and a Witchdoctor (Chronicle Minis Mormo Jabberbinder)
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpshy85wmez.png)
Currently mixing old emulsion and acrylic paints together to make lots of (cheap) earth coloured paint to do all those bases!
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I've done it! I was losing hope but I've done it! Completely finished my goal of 10 hammerers, 10 irondrakes, the White Dwarf and an engineer! (As well as a few other misc models.) My AoS game next week will involve a fully painted dwarf army bringing vengeance to the new world!
Woo!
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I finished my May goal in time, but I didn't find time to post the pictures (I also have some issues with Photobucket).
I will post the finished figures this weekend.
For June, I'm only concentrating on 2 dwarfs, because things are getting hectic around here.
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I've done it! I was losing hope but I've done it! Completely finished my goal of 10 hammerers, 10 irondrakes, the White Dwarf and an engineer! (As well as a few other misc models.) My AoS game next week will involve a fully painted dwarf army bringing vengeance to the new world!
Woo!
I am rooting for your dwarfs! I would like to get my fledgling disposed up and running one day. I have warriors,thunderers, miners a white dwarf collectible, a gamesday demonslayer. A cannon and a hero/ shield bearers - which strangely has no warscroll available.
Would love a little battle report 😸
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For June, I'm only concentrating on 2 dwarfs, because things are getting hectic around here.
Go Daddy Go! :biggriin:
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For June, I'm only concentrating on 2 dwarfs, because things are getting hectic around here.
Go Daddy Go! :biggriin:
Well it is still the waiting game... :ph34r:
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Didn't put anything on the list this month, but started cleaning up some flash and mold lines on some Persian cav.
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I have finished the Warp-Lightning cannon! It is a kit-bash of the old metal lightning cannon and the new plastic Screaming Bell that were never intended to go together! The Screaming Bell frame has been tipped to one side, and had bits chopped off.
I like the end result, though something tells me it isn't as 'cool' as it might have been had I thought about it a little more before I started sawing and gluing etc. If time travel were possible I would change stuff around. Ah well.
I have so many other skaven bits to do (unit fillers, machine crew, globadiers, giant rats, 3 Rat Ogres, several clanrats (to get the units to army list minimums) and even some skaven clerks!) that I doubt I'll get the done by the end of the month. But I am glad to have finished this ...
(https://i.imgur.com/oaTPEO5.jpg)
It is another 'self-propelled' engine, although in this pic you can't really see the engine bits - as per usual, I have accidentally hidden them inside the shell!!!! (I keep doing this.)
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That's pretty epic, and if it's imperfect, well, that's skaven for you.
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I had to use wood screws to join the metal gun to the plastic frame, then hide the 'phillips' screw ends! Making the various cog-wheels of the driving part was incredibly fiddly and time consuming, but ultimately pointless as it can't really be seen! There's even a second warpstone shard inside to power the motive engine.
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Inventive! If you're going to do a lot of this, may be worth a look on ebay for cogs and things? With the current steampunk fad you must be able to buy them?
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I suffer too much from cognitive dissonance to take your advice, Shadespyre! :icon_biggrin: :icon_twisted: :icon_rolleyes: (I'll get my hat, then ...)
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Awesome! Can’t wait for your skaven to join the fray.
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Looks and sounds skavenly! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
May their cannon explode in a bright shining green light. Anything in its path of course. :icon_wink:
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That looks utterly brilliant, and as has been said, any imperfections that might be upon it just add to the Skaven flavour.
Hmm, Skaven flavour doesn't sound very nice, can't see Walkers taking up that one...
My June goal was to finish the 6 "Outriders" that will complete my 1000 point army, which as of the weekend just gone I achieved. I forgot to post that goal here at the start of the month... Anyway, being ahead of schedule I'll now call my June goal... VARNISH AND BASING... of the entire army. I'm a bit behind on that bit...
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I've done it! I was losing hope but I've done it! Completely finished my goal of 10 hammerers, 10 irondrakes, the White Dwarf and an engineer! (As well as a few other misc models.) My AoS game next week will involve a fully painted dwarf army bringing vengeance to the new world!
Woo!
I am rooting for your dwarfs! I would like to get my fledgling disposed up and running one day. I have warriors,thunderers, miners a white dwarf collectible, a gamesday demonslayer. A cannon and a hero/ shield bearers - which strangely has no warscroll available.
Would love a little battle report 😸
I'll do what I can! Maybe even some pictures! It's going to be a four way Triumph and Treachery game as part of my buddies prewedding party. So we may be a little bit tipsy.
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wow, that's just cool dude :::cheers:::
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Basing *all* my orcs.
Kill me now... :x
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Padre, I saw your Skaven war machine on FB -- I love it! As far as hidden bits, I would imagine they're more visible in person than in a photo anyway.
June was a rough month with a lot of time on the road (er, in the air?) for me, but I managed a last minute burst of painting to finish my monthly goal, which is also my final entry for the Old World Army Challenge. I will post pics as soon as they go live on the OWAC site.
Thinking about what to paint in July. I've been doing so much rank & file (well, and a few giants...) I'm thinking about a monstrous critter for a change of pace. I have a small stash of old 80's era dragons, and a couple or newer Reaper monsters (jabberwock and Goremaw!) I'll mull over my July goal for another day or two.
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Oooh, I'm seriously thinking of digging out my old dragons and doing a "Dragon of the Month" project just like Grenadier used to do when they released them... only when I've finished the orcs, obviously!
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I’ve finished my June target of a Human of the Imperium - just need to photo and enter him.
For July my targets will be a Stormcast Eternal for the local competition on 3 August and something, yet to be decided on, for the Everchosen event on 27 July.
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Well, I did finish my June commitment.
And also, here are the pictures of my May target, the Going Merry crew & the Thousand Sunny. These were very little buggers to paint...
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110580_zpsa23ms2xe.jpg) (https://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110580_zpsa23ms2xe.jpg.html)
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110579_zpsnjyx4w5k.jpg) (https://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110579_zpsnjyx4w5k.jpg.html)
As a reference you can see the June dwarfs.
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110581_zpst7owai46.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110581_zpst7owai46.jpg.html)
(https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/novogord/P1110582_zpstzlo8frf.jpg) (http://s60.photobucket.com/user/novogord/media/P1110582_zpstzlo8frf.jpg.html)
These will be a Runesmith and Hammerer champion in my army.
That is normally Thorek, the Legendary dwarf with anvil. But I don't have the anvil. And the other is an anvil guard.
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June goals met:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CY-3F4qxfZI/XRkEAQTKrCI/AAAAAAAAH9U/qA3ErxDFtbgQwiuNS75yG0QqwFFgvgOiQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190630_131210.jpg)
https://oldworldarmychallenge.blogspot.com/2019/07/zerotwentythrees-june-sea-elves-316-pts.html
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that wood elf chariot is great and very rare especially with everything
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Very nice chariot!
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Tally of June Goals
023 ... Elven Attack Chariot and 8 more spear elves.
Shadespyre ... 24 Spear Orcs, Standard Bearer (not his standard though!), 2 Orc Shamen.
Padre ... warplightning cannon, modified to make it 'self-propelled', skaven 'characters' and non-combatants.
JAK ... a Human of the Imperium.
Gankom ... finish up 10 hammerers, 10 Irondrakes and possibly a handful of characters.
Novogord ... 2 dwarfs
Von Zorn ... 6 Outriders
(Items in bold completed.)
Start of July Goals
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 4 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
(Items in bold completed.)
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July goals: Skaven - 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat regiment unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers (Just filling out the ranks!)
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I've always wanted to get back to my skaven figures. Not this month, hopefully someday.
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Start of July Goals
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 4 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat regiment unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
(Items in bold completed.)
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1 bretonnian knight for an online comp.
4 white lions
9 silver helms
5 sea guard
1 birdman 4 started
20 plaguebearers
3 plague drones
Herald of nurgle
Great unclean one
Azazel
Keeper of secrets
40 n goblin spearmen
20 n goblin archers
Skarsnik and gobbla
Orc bsb on boar
Dark emissary
Truthsayer
Fenbeast
Think that is all so far, hoping to get the rest of my white lions done today
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I forgot to report on my June goals! I got the 6 Outriders done, varnished and based. They were a paint in the arse to paint, because I hate painting horses. Glad they got done though - with a few days to spare no less.
July goals... nothing yet :/
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I'm taking July off. No goals, no pressure, just paint what I want, when I want.
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Von Zorn ... I edited the final tally back there to include bolding your completed outriders, congrats!
And ... looks like brr-icy has his work cut out for him this month!
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Start of July Goals
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 4 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
brr-icy ... 1 bretonnian knight, 4 white lions, 9 silver helms, 5 sea guard, 1 birdman 4 started, 20 plaguebearers, 3 plague drones, Herald of nurgle, Great unclean one, Azazel, Keeper of secrets, 40 goblin spearmen, 20 goblin archers, Skarsnik and gobbla, Orc bsb on boar, Dark emissary, Truthsayer, Fenbeast.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Thanks GP. My July goals are non-Warhammer so doesn't seem fitting to list it. Essentially I'm taking July off, much like ZeroTwentythree. :happy:
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Non-warhammer could mean various things. :icon_wink:
We are very open to folks listing items of painting and scenery for whatever they might be working on with the overall miniatures hobby.
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Haha. True! Well, it's still wargaming related. I'm hoping to get a paper-strength WW2 Soviet Rifle Platoon done by the end of July.
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I'll add it to the list. By "paper strength" how many figures is that?
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July Goals so far ...
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 4 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
brr-icy ... 1 bretonnian knight, 4 white lions, 9 silver helms, 5 sea guard, 1 birdman 4 started, 20 plaguebearers, 3 plague drones, Herald of nurgle, Great unclean one, Azazel, Keeper of secrets, 40 goblin spearmen, 20 goblin archers, Skarsnik and gobbla, Orc bsb on boar, Dark emissary, Truthsayer, Fenbeast.
Von Zorn ... "paper-strength" WW2 Soviet rifle platoon.
(Items in bold completed.)
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I'm also skipping July, I think I have some other priorities at the moment.
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July Goals completed! Hurray!
A massive army list I drew up required a few additions to my skaven horde, so here they are. (PS: Thanks Jamie for giving me all the skaven bits you had left over!)
First up, standard clan-rats, 5 thereof ...
(https://i.imgur.com/Rn32zw8.jpg)
Two unit fillers (2 by 2) to bulk out the large clan-rat regiments further - a rat stirring something hot and foul, and a totemic 'skaven-ey' collection of banners ...
(https://i.imgur.com/FdF2qYJ.jpg)
Some dudes to be more characterful front liners (including a scary two sets of hand blades guy!) ...
(https://i.imgur.com/RB5iJ2X.jpg)
Bog standard giant rats to bulk out my large pack further ...
(https://i.imgur.com/aRldNiQ.jpg)
A clerk, because there's a lot of paperwork to be done ...
(https://i.imgur.com/ZyOqtwn.jpg)
(This guy has a scroll from the really useful Frostgrave plastic wizards set.
Two extra globadiers to turn my little band all the way up to 11 ...
(https://i.imgur.com/zs6DIz3.jpg)
Some slave war engine pushers to keep the non-self propelling engines on the move ...
(https://i.imgur.com/yK1pb9j.jpg)
And another pack of three Rat Ogres ...
(https://i.imgur.com/8bGGfBf.jpg)
One an old metal one, the others part of something else (I think one goes on the giant bell thing). I converted them so that one is restraining the other with a huge chain!
So .... Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude (the double-hand-blade feller), 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
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Updating July Goals ...
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 4 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
brr-icy ... 1 bretonnian knight, 4 white lions, 9 silver helms, 5 sea guard, 1 birdman 4 started, 20 plaguebearers, 3 plague drones, Herald of nurgle, Great unclean one, Azazel, Keeper of secrets, 40 goblin spearmen, 20 goblin archers, Skarsnik and gobbla, Orc bsb on boar, Dark emissary, Truthsayer, Fenbeast.
Von Zorn ... "paper-strength" WW2 Soviet rifle platoon.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Almost done July but I think I'm going to make a goal. I'm going to finish my chaos space marine lord and his two marine henchman.
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Got 4 more of the Persian Cav cleaned up for base coating.
Updating July Goals ...
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 8 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
brr-icy ... 1 bretonnian knight, 4 white lions, 9 silver helms, 5 sea guard, 1 birdman 4 started, 20 plaguebearers, 3 plague drones, Herald of nurgle, Great unclean one, Azazel, Keeper of secrets, 40 goblin spearmen, 20 goblin archers, Skarsnik and gobbla, Orc bsb on boar, Dark emissary, Truthsayer, Fenbeast.
Von Zorn ... "paper-strength" WW2 Soviet rifle platoon.
Gankom ... finish chaos space marine lord and 2 marine henchman.
(Items in bold completed.)
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July goals achieved, despite real life really rearing its ugly head in the last couple of week. Pictures to follow, maybe, though I still feel that my future goal declarations should (and will) be Warhammer/fantasy related at least for this forum. For the record, the "paper strength" platoon is 31 men, being an Lt and three squads of ten each led by an NCO.
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I don't think I set any July goals and I probably owe you some pictures, but the main highlight has been painting my standard bearers and basing the whole army... here are some pretty flags
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsotk8eulp.png)
My August goal will be to put the army to bed. That means maybe 30 more miniatures, mostly Red Goblins, to paint, and then some sort of overall army list.
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Nice one!
Loving the flag-work!
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Completed last month’s targets – Stormcast ready to go to shop tomorrow and although GP didn’t note it I did complete an entry for the GW Everchosen competition last weekend.
Not sure how Everchosen was to be judged but the local store haven’t released the results on Facebook yet so don’t know how I did.
Cannot show any pictures as Flickr appear to be having some sort of upgrade and I cannot log on – even after following their “helpful” what to do if you can’t log-on guide.
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Been pre-occupied and less than motivated.
Anyway ... tallying it up for July ...
Finalizing July Goals ...
Jak ... a Stormcast Eternal for local competition.
GP ... 8 of 24 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Padre ... 3 rat ogres, 2 clanrat unit fillers, 9 clanrats, 1 clerk, 1 nasty dude, 3 giant rats, 4 slave-engine-pushers, 2 globadiers
brr-icy ... 1 bretonnian knight, 4 white lions, 9 silver helms, 5 sea guard, 1 birdman 4 started, 20 plaguebearers, 3 plague drones, Herald of nurgle, Great unclean one, Azazel, Keeper of secrets, 40 goblin spearmen, 20 goblin archers, Skarsnik and gobbla, Orc bsb on boar, Dark emissary, Truthsayer, Fenbeast.
Von Zorn ... 31 WW2 Soviet rifle platoon.
Gankom ... finish chaos space marine lord and 2 marine henchman.
(Items in bold completed.)
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August is already rolling! I'm continuing with the idea of cleaning up my Persian cav.
Start of August Goals ...
GP ... 16 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
(Items in bold completed.)
Sorry if I so far missed someone else sharing their goal for August.
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Almost half-way through August and the promise of things slowing down (work, personal, etc.) has not materialized. I had no July goals, but managed to paint 9 hobbit scouts. My August goal is to paint a figure. Just one. Anything. :eusa_wall:
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Start of August Goals ...
GP ... 16 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
023 ... 1 figure
(Items in bold completed.)
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A friend wants to play Warmaster after we saw a lovely game of it at BOYL at Foundry, and I am easily convinced to join in on any project. My painting has been my WW2 stuff of late but I shall set an official August goal of one unit of the High Elf spearmen I bought from Kallistra in order to fight my friend's Dark Elves in Warmaster!
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Start of August Goals ...
GP ... 16 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
023 ... 1 figure
Von Zorn ... 1 unit of the High Elf spearmen.
(Items in bold completed.)
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I am forcing myself not to paint this month, and to use what time I get to move the campaign on. I have frustrated players, including new ones, and I must do more GMing.
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AUGUST GOAL:
Finish the Brown Orc Army - sounds like a big task, but at this point it's one or two minis, movement trays and a bit of base tidying-up. Should be easy...
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Start of August Goals ...
GP ... 16 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
023 ... 1 figure
Von Zorn ... 1 unit of the High Elf spearmen.
Padre ... more GMing his campaign
Shadespyre ... finish Brown Orc army miniatures and basing
(Items in bold completed.)
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Ok, campaign stuff done as far as I can just now ... the players have to send me orders and questions and what not now.
Which means I have undercoated 24 pirate half-pike men that DamoB (who fell off the forum when the forum stopped recognising him) gave me. So goals now = 24 pirate half pikes plus a bunch of bits and bobs (pirate dwarfs, a wine wagon, and other bits that might get done as I make progress with the pirates). There were officially only 16 half pike men but I have cut some axes and stuff off some others and drilled through so that they have half-pikes too!
DamoB gave me loads of pirates, none of which I already owned. Foundry, and lovely (and expensive). Thanks DamoB.
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I planned for a single painted miniature.
(http://es.web.img3.acsta.net/r_640_360/newsv7/15/12/09/10/23/446248.jpg)
I painted three!
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCOQksUFWlg/XVogMA8tHYI/AAAAAAAAIFo/k5S4QQJXP-kl_IbhXLIG3k1qgxiffH0EACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190818_153132_718.jpg)
Three peasants. Not painted terribly well, unfortunately. Quick & rough painting, about the best I can manage this month. I've got a plan and will be scrounging around for more peasants.
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The peasants are revolting! :eusa_clap:
I'm three movement trays away from finishing my army...
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Sigh, my August goal will be finishing these three chaos models. I've built a ton of stuff, but its all been putting together salvaged or new stuff and not painting things yet.
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Well, I've officially finished my Brown Orc army.
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/edited-image_zpsybnh1hpx.png)
230 models in the end. There may be more in future, no project is ever really finished, but I've no specific plans right now.
I'm not sure what comes next. There are a few part-painted (undead) models on my bench, but I'm not very inspired by them.
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I did it! I did it in the final quarter, but I finished the three freaking chaos models. They were actually quite fun and enjoyable, but life is so crazy I kept having to put off painting.
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Still painting (sad face). Please carry August's goals over to September.
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I started on my goals already this weekend. 1 witch hunter, 8 of his followers, and 4 sea elves.
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The local GW painting competition for September is an Underworlds Warband which you are allowed to do more or less what you like with. The store manager suggested that having finished the City Watch I should take a break from Discworld, I hope he’s not disappointed.
Target – a Warhammer Underworlds Warband (with modifications?)
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YES!!
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Be surprised if JAK painted anything without modification. :icon_wink:
And I'm not complaining. :icon_cool:
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Got in 12 of 16 Persian cav cleaned up this past Saturday. 4 more to go for Sept!
Might even get out those darned mounted crossbows
Final Tally of Start of August Goals ...
GP ... 12 of 16 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
023 ... 3 peasant figures.
Von Zorn ... 1 unit of the High Elf spearmen.
Padre ... more GMing his campaign, 24 pirate half pikes, pirate dwarfs, a wine wagon.
Shadespyre ... finish Brown Orc army miniatures and basing.
Gankom ... 3 chaos figures.
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Start of September Hobby Goals ...
Padre ... pirate dwarfs, a wine wagon.
023 ... 1 witch hunter, 8 of his followers, and 4 sea elves.
JAK ... 1 Warhammer Underworlds Warband (with modifications?)
GP ... 4 cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
(Items in bold completed.)
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But GP, like I wrote, I failed to achieve any of my August goals. The pirate halfpike men are only half done (ironic eh?).
Edit: I have worked out what I did which lead you to think I had completed the half pikes. I bolded them in a comment. Oops!
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That's what they get for being half pikes! If they'd been whole pikes, they'd been done! :icon_mrgreen:
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Ok, updated for August above, and updated here for September.
Start of September Hobby Goals ...
Padre ... 24 pirate half pikes, pirate dwarfs, a wine wagon.
023 ... 1 witch hunter, 8 of his followers, and 4 sea elves.
JAK ... 1 Warhammer Underworlds Warband (with modifications?)
GP ... 4 cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
(Items in bold completed.)
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I failed my August goal completely. Not for lack of painting, but I never got to the Warmaster stuff. I shall carry my August goal forward with the amendment that I'd like to have painted two units of Spearmen and 2 units of archers. My opponent is ahead of me with his Dark Elf painting so I best crack on!
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Updating Start of September Hobby Goals ...
Padre ... 24 pirate half pikes, pirate dwarfs, a wine wagon.
023 ... 1 witch hunter, 8 of his followers, and 4 sea elves.
JAK ... 1 Warhammer Underworlds Warband (with modifications?)
GP ... 4 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned.
Von Zorn .. 2 units of HE spears, 2 Units of HE archers
(Items in bold completed.)
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Picked up a brush after a week or so and found a little inspiration, so my September goal is now to paint 1 Zombie Dragon. I might even finish it this weekend, big models are actually pretty quick to paint, I find...
EDIT - finished it while listening to the cricket today
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsiraa9j9o.png)
The latest in a constant stream of brilliant models from the Reaper Bones range. This one is also a much more usable size than the enormous ones I've painted previously.
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Nice !
Reaper metal models are my thing, Dark heaven Legends,
some of the sculpts are incredible,
not much rank and file stuff though, just characters
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Yup, there are lots of them in my Vampire army, sometimes they are a little large alongside GW minis but it's not that important for characters. If I was growing up playing D&D *now*, I'm sure it'd be Reaper minis I'd be in love with for the rest of my life, not Citadel! They have some great sculptors on board. You could argue that Darksword make even nicer miniatures, but they are definitely out of scale with "Heroic 28mm" and the range is nowhere near as big.
Reaper also have their own fantasy rules system which they make minis aimed at, but I've no idea what it's like. Has anyone here looked at it?
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:Ohmy: That looks great! I was starting to think about returning to the undead, including the skeletal creatures from the last Bones KS. Completely forgot about the zombie dragon. I thought the figure looked just "OK", but now I'm much more impressed seeing this. :eusa_clap:
023 ... 1 witch hunter, 8 of his followers, and 4 sea elves.
I have painted the witch hunter and 13 of his followers (if you include the three animal minions).
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OwEOZ5vrnAo/XXpXBXBtamI/AAAAAAAAIKU/63F5cdbwIro9wXR6_3BTl0yIIaKfchmngCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20190912_102632_486_20190912102852818.jpg)
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I can't finish mine. There's a hitch, to do with poisoning myself with white spirit fumes for more than three decades. Oops! I missed the changing of the labels and hadn't read them for decades.
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Whoa. What do you mean? You've made yourself ill from the fumes?
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Not sure. What I do know is that I have stupidly been breathing very dangerous fumes for 35 years, in confined spaces, without a proper understanding of the risk. Have you read the warnings on White Spirit? Central nervous system damage!! I've been cleaning brushes with the stuff, every few minutes, whilst painting thousands upon thousands of figures, for vast stretches of time, in very ill-ventilated spaces, thinking that the warnings I originally read had not changed, and so not bothering to read the new ones. All the while allowing little puddles of the stuff to evaporate beneath my nose, under a hot lamp, then creating another puddle every few minutes to clean my brush. Ignorance really is bliss, until it is stupidly dangerous.
Maybe I have been lucky, and stopped just before it really chewed my grey matter to pieces? Only some sort of medical tests would tell. I can't really assess my own mind!
What I know is that I am now too afraid to finish the figures I was working on. Or that I will only do so in the kitchen with the door wide open!
Then I am making the move to acrylics like every one else. Why did I stubbornly stick with the devil I knew? Because I didn't realise what a devil it was!
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Is your workshop in the basement? Are the walls stone or wood? You could get one of the more expensive bathroom fans and install it above your paint area and vent it outside through the floor joists. An expensive one $80 and up has very little noise so it would be pretty unobtrusive. Wire it in with your light and your switch will handle both. You won’t regret it.
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I'm just gonna give up on enamels. My cellar workshop is a stone cave 'tanked' with plastic. There's very little ventilation, which is why I have a dehumidifier running all the time!!
I will be moving on to acrylics. I hope I dodged the bullet with White Spirit. It basically rots you brain with repeated and prolonged exposure! 35 years! Sheesh. I am an idiot.
I am now asking on various Facebook painting groups which acrylics will lend themselves best to my black undercoat and block painting technique.
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You should take some technical advice.
It may be that mixing it with the enamels negates some of the potential damage.
Then I am sure there are tests that can be done to see if you have suffered anything long term. The sooner you know, the more chance you have of treating and/or dealing with it.
I must admit, the danger was new to me.
I have used white spirit in household paint situations, and had jamjars of it sitting on windowsills above the kitchen sink, soaking paint out of paintbrushes.
Not quite your level but it has sat there for several days running.
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My method of cleaning brushes, for 35 years, has been to dip the brush in white spirit, and stroke the brush in a wooden surface to clean it, dipping several times. Then drying on a tissue, and painting again. Every few minutes, as enamels are cruel to brushes! With little puddles, the wood and the tissue evaporating white spirit under my nose as the lamp warms it.
Basically, I must already have been mad to have used this technique. But familiarity really does breed contempt, and it was what I had done since the 80s, as a child. And it was just 'normal' practice.
Not sure I want tests. I really doubt there's anything they can do to reverse the damage (and I am forcing myself NOT to google this stuff otherwise I will start to imagine all sorts of ailments). So I'll only go for tests if symptoms start to manifest, i.e. my brain begins to melt.
I always had a bad long term memory, so that I have to re-re-re learn chunks of information for what I do. Bit I can't tell if it has got worse!
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I think you may be lucky, Padre, as despite that rather intense exposure to fumes the odds are that you'd have been feeling some ill effects during the painting sessions if indeed you were breathing in strong fumes to the point of damage. Obviously such long term exposure probably wasn't great but I think if any lasting damage has been done you'd probably know about it by now. In any case, they haven't directly linked white spirit to neural damage in humans.
Probably best to go ahead and switch to acrylics though...
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Sorry to hear about the perils of this hobby but would suggest you have any tests you are offered Padre, better to know if you have a problem than spend the next few years worrying about it.
Monthly task finished as written by GP in this list, I just have to put them on their base.
1x Warhammer Underworlds Warband (with modifications?) – Zarbag’s Gitz.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48732414847_7eaa9c7015_b.jpg)
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At first it was ... "where did he get those figures?" Then it was ... "Oh right, this is from JAK, he created them."
And those goblins are really dastardly little dudes.
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Love em!👆
What worries me is that gobbo with the picture of the rabbit. A lot of things come to mind and none of them good 😸
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Jumping in half way through the month, my goal is to finish 4 BlackStone Fortress adventurers. I got inspired this past week and finished 7 of the traitor guard, so now I need some good guys to cut them down!
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Goblins based ready for competition at weekend.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48794622638_c16a334164_c.jpg)
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WTF?! :Ohmy:
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We get some really high quality stuff being shown on this website. This is another one.
JAK's painting style alone makes this great. The story telling through these kinds of dioramas is astounding.
I feel so blessed to see things like this, it makes life worth living. Very grateful, and I am humbled by things like this.
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OMG JAK! :Ohmy:
Amazing work! :eusa_clap:
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Pretty bloomin' amazing Zak. Double wow!
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I have completed a goal (bar basing) although I am not sure whether it was an August or a September goal. 25 pirate pike. Probably the last bit one project I will ever use enamels on!
(https://i.imgur.com/4hlckK8.jpg)
The Sartosans wanted something to face horse soldiers. They now got something. Might add some more ranks at a later date. I had fun converting some figures in to pike-armed fellows, and LOTS of fun figuring out how to base them as a unit, some at charge, some at port, some at shoulder and some at order. Crazy! (They should really all be doing the same thing at the same time!)
(https://i.imgur.com/njY4lbP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bRxK3TO.jpg)
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Ah! But pirates are of course ... pirates!
What figures were used as the base for the pikemen creations?
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They are Wargames Foundry pirates, mostly. Not sure about the officer and musician though. Most were 'half-pike' men, but with only 16 of those I had to fashion up some more to get a reasonable number, cutting off boarding axes, drilling through the hands and inserting a pike.
I was gonna do them as proper half-pike men, but I could not convince myself to hack half the length off the pikes. It is a Tilean campaign, so why shouldn't the Sartosan landing force attempt to use full length pikes?
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I'm painting a single squad of space marines, at the moment, just for fun. I'm enjoying not having a big project on the go, for once!
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023 ... 1 witch hunter, 8 10 of his followers, and 4 sea elves.
I finished my goal, plus a few extra.
4 sea elves
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1 witch hunter, 10 of his followers (incl. animals) plus the 3 figures I painted last month.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OwEOZ5vrnAo/XXpXBXBtamI/AAAAAAAAIKU/63F5cdbwIro9wXR6_3BTl0yIIaKfchmngCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20190912_102632_486_20190912102852818.jpg)
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Orctober is nigh upon us! Or half-Orctober in my case (again).
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This is my goal, 25 warriors and a partially painted priestess.
Edit: I've decided that the priestess just doesn't fit with the rest of the half-orcs even though it's a nice sculpt. I'm not going to paint her.
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About 95% done, so I wanted to share these. As always, a photo really shows up flaws (those skulls need tidying, for a start) but here are my 5 Mentor Legion Space Marines.
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Space%20Marines/edited-image_zpskg2zrugp.jpg)
One of those things I always wanted to do back in the day, but never did. I've used Devastator heads with extra optics to depict the "Targeting Web" system Mentor squads can access.
The owl icon is hand painted so I've only included the best of the five in shot! They don't look too bad one at a time, they are a bit variable all seen at once. Embrassed to post these after 023's Sea Elf freehand tbh!
Also, all my pics have been coming out greenish for months now, still can't work out why...
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Some great stuff happening this past month, wonderful!
I'll update the tally for Sept asap, and then start the tally for October.
Myself ... been on a roll with my hobby storage unit project, 4 weekends in a row spending 2 to 4 hours getting stuff moved and minimally organized into fantasy, sci-fi, historicals, terrain, books/mags/rules. Expecting some more big picture organizing this weekend, and then eventually gettign inot the nitty gritty of sorting further before beginning to prioritize and start knocking off items on projects.
I did construct 6 Forgotten Worlds figures from the recent kickstarter, and looking forward to making more of them this upcoming month.
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Good to see someone else flying the true Mentor colours – not chickening out like the ‘Eavy Metal Team. You should never feel embarrassed about showing your work, whatever state it’s in – a hand painted owl has more kudos than a red eagle head decal any day.
The first squad I did had spiders on their guns to represent the ‘web’
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Painting has really stalled for me lately. I'm going to make this months goal something simple. I have a wizard that needs painting!
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Thanks for the vote of confidence JAK. You're right of course.
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Space%20Marines/edited-image_zpscnwvcz5x.jpg)
I solved the greenish photo problem - the plastic cover on my work light is so old it has discoloured! Took it off and now the light is white again :)
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Here is the update for September ...
Tally of September Hobby Goals
Padre ... 24 pirate half pikes, pirate dwarfs, a wine wagon.
023 ... 1 witch hunter, 8 of his followers, 3 dogs, and 4 sea elves.
JAK ... 1 Warhammer Underworlds Warband (with modifications).
GP ... 4 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned, construct 6 Forgotten World spearmen.
Von Zorn .. 2 units of HE spears, 2 Units of HE archers
Shadespyre ... 1 zombie dragon, squad of space marines.
Gankom ... 4 BlackStone Fortress adventurers.
(Items in bold completed.)
I'll start a list for October next ... onward with Orc(k)tober!
This month maybe challenge yourself to paint an orc(k)! Or a half orc. Maybe a goblin? :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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I haven't added a greenskin to my list yet, but maybe. I got a bunch of 40K orks that could use some painting, and some fantasy O&G too!
Start of Orc(k)tober Hobby Goals
023 ... 25 half-orc warriors.
Von Zorn ... a wizard
GP ... 4 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned, construct 9 Forgotten World spearmen, 1 leader, 1 standard bearer, 1 muscian.
(Items in bold completed.)
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I should have said but the pirate dwarfs (8 thereof) and the wine wagon are done. I just haven't put the pictures up yet.
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Ok, post corrected! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Keeping things simple this month after finishing my Orcs last month (so this is No-Orc-tober for me, I think). I'm away from home a lot in the next couple of weeks so I've got one Undead model and three Empire(ish) models on my painting table - specifically the Briar Queen (very fitting for my Vampire army) and three chaps who will be joining my Drakwald huntsmen, even though they are originally two wood elves and a Bret! That's a couple of the dozens of loose ends still in my "to do" box.
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Finishing up last months stuff, I actually have almost 20 different guys almost finished. My goal is to finish four Blackstone Fortress Adventurers, King Belegar the dwarf, a chaos berserker and a nun with a gun.
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The Briar Queen,a model so obviously fitted to my female-vampire-and-roses army that I could accuse GW of copying me! ;)
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsltbmbtq3.jpg)
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Looks rad....care to share how you did the ethereal green please?
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The Briar Queen,a model so obviously fitted to my female-vampire-and-roses army that I could accuse GW of copying me! ;)
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/edited-image_zpsltbmbtq3.jpg)
Haha, you're right! Looks great. I really like all of the ghosty nighthaunt stuff and keep trying to come up with an excuse to buy some.
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Looks rad....care to share how you did the ethereal green please?
Now, this is a very advanced technique which you might not master at the first attempt... :lol:
1. Undercoat white
2. Paint all ethereal areas with Nihilakh Oxide
3. Highlight white (you can carefully drybrush this if the model's texture suits)
Ta da!
If you want to get a bit more technical you can drybrush white after the undercoat to really make highlight areas bright white, and you can go back and add more coats of Nihilakh Oxide to deepen the green or tidy up your drybrushing. I've done all my ethereal models this way, it works well on the deeply folded cloth look that most ghostly models come with.
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It's the first day of my Summer Holidays! Yes, a little late and it's raining out so here are some miniatures:
First, some Empire(ish) minis... These are to add to my Drakwald huntsmen, or more specifically to the group of them I used to play Mordheim with. The spearmen are actually wood elves (Black Tree, perhaps?) but the hoods and slender build makes them fitting for youngbloods, maybe? The spears are old Zombie polearms which I modified to look like medieval glaive-guisarme-bill types of things, I think they could count as spears or halberds and no-one would cry.
The crossbowman is actually a Bretonnian squire, I think? Someone had hacked off his hands and bow, and while I was tempted to make him a sneaky assassin or arm him with a handgun, this just fitted together nicely. It's good to have another weapons option.
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Mordheim/edited-image_zpstjtzsdtf.jpg)(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Mordheim/edited-image_zpsuyeezspc.jpg)
Not previously listed, this is an old RPG miniature painted for me by the GM of a Crusades based fantasy game. He used to be sat on a metal horse but over 15 years the ankles gave way, so I have put him on a (previously painted!) plastic GW horse instead. So a bit of glue and a dab of paint and Sir Raymond DeGaunt rides again! If his garb looks a bit unusual it's because he learned to respect and adopt the ways of the enemy, much to the discomfort of his fellows. He even went into battle with a bow...
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Mordheim/edited-image_zpsmculixfl.jpg)
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I like these! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap:
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Unfortunately I haven't uncovered my Ork army yet when organizing my hobby storage unit. Was hoping to get out the Warboss and complete him, but we'll see.
Updating Orc(k)tober Hobby Goals
023 ... 25 half-orc warriors.
Von Zorn ... a wizard
GP ... 4 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned, construct 9 Forgotten World spearmen, 1 leader, 1 standard bearer, 1 muscian.
Shadespyre ... 1 Briar Queen, 3 Drakwald huntsmen, foot and mounted leaders.
Gankom ... 20 different guys almost finished, 4 Blackstone Fortress Adventurers, King Belegar the dwarf, a chaos berserker and a nun with a gun.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Whoops, posted on my own thread but forgot here. I've finished my goal.
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Updating Orc(k)tober Hobby Goals
023 ... 25 half-orc warriors.
Von Zorn ... a wizard
GP ... 4 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned, construct 9 Forgotten World spearmen, 1 leader, 1 standard bearer, 1 muscian.
Shadespyre ... 1 Briar Queen, 3 Drakwald huntsmen, foot and mounted leaders.
Gankom ... 20 different guys almost finished, 4 Blackstone Fortress Adventurers, King Belegar the dwarf, a chaos berserker and a nun with a gun.
(Items in bold completed.)
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I’ll not be taking part in the Monthly Painting Goals for the rest of the year. It’s not that I’ve stopped building/painting but I’ve started a project that will hopefully allow me to take part in the local GW shop’s ‘ Legion of Legend’ painting competition which should take place in the first three months of next year (you may remember I won this year’s event).
The project is not Discworld or Empire related and is a little out of my comfort zone. When I was given the Kharadron kit that became the base of the steveb tribute airship I was offered a number of other kits, about one I made the mistake of commenting “when that came out I thought about converting it into a steam tank”. Somehow I have ended up with this kit but I cannot find any notes or remember how I had intended to convert it. As a result it is now being built as per the instructions (shock horror) and with parts from bits boxes has developed into a project.
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I'll be taking a break in Nov. Too much going on. Ill be prepping figures for Deadcember, and just painting whatever I feel like as time permits.
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Bought 5 wild riders. Hoping to assemble then by end of the year.
Either that or paint something.
My goal is to do a thing by the end if the year.
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Started on my Hill Giant project, so my core November goal is to paint 7 Hill Giants
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Got 3 more spearsmen constructed, plus the leader, banner bearer, and musician. So I got 12 total now, and was going to make 6 more spearmen wiht the extra sprues I rec'd from the kickstarter, but not sure now with having other spearmen and bowmen on order. And not sure what I'm going to focus on for November yet.
Tally for Orc(k)tober Hobby Goals
023 ... 25 half-orc warriors.
Von Zorn ... a wizard
GP ... 4 Persian cav mold lines and flash cleaned, construct 3 of 9 Forgotten World spearmen, 1 leader, 1 standard bearer, 1 musician.
Shadespyre ... 1 Briar Queen, 3 Drakwald huntsmen, foot and mounted leaders.
Gankom ... 20 different guys almost finished, 4 Blackstone Fortress Adventurers, King Belegar the dwarf, a chaos berserker and a nun with a gun.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Start of November Hobby Goals
Warlord ... 5 Wild Riders or paint something by the end if the year.
Shadespyre ... paint 7 Hill Giants
(Items in bold completed.)
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To keep my hobby mojo going I think I'll join in on this again! As I'm also trying out Cities of Sigmar soon I might also get some of the old Empire models some love, but need to try some armybuilds out first
Start of November Hobby Goals
Warlord ... 5 Wild Riders or paint something by the end if the year.
Shadespyre ... paint 7 Hill Giants
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, finish painting 10 fire warriors
(Items in bold completed.)
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Oops, I meant to comment ages ago but I did actually finish my October goals. Even managed to wiggle in a few extra models that just needed a touch up.
I'll keep my goal fairly basic and say for November I want to finish 10 Chaos Space Marines.
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I've pretty much painted the 7 Hill Giants, but basing them is turning into a big project! And I keep rubbing paint off them while handling them to work on basing. They look a bit like this...
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/D%20and%20D%20TRIBES/Hill%20Giants/edited-image_zpse6wechjt.jpg)
Here's one in close up (complete with rubbed-off paint!)
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And here's where I am with bases and display board
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/D%20and%20D%20TRIBES/Hill%20Giants/edited-image_zpshqh8nqdj.jpg)
I need to start a separate plog for these sometime, I have lots of WIP photos to bore you with!
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Who makes those figures?
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These are all Reaper Bones models, mostly from the Kickstarters but I have added a couple since. I also did some conversions to switch up the ones I had two of.
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I haven't touched my models all month. For shame!
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New goal. 20 new zombie cultists. I need LOADS. Campaign events have forced my hand.
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Updating November Hobby Goals
Warlord ... 5 Wild Riders or paint something by the end if the year.
Shadespyre ... paint 7 Hill Giants.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, finish painting 10 fire warriors.
Gankom ... 10 space marines.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
(Items in bold completed.)
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My Deadcember goals:
1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister. If I get that all done before the end of the month, then I will probably try to paint as many skeletal cavalry as I can.
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As mentioned at the start of last month I’m concentrating on the local GW shop’s Legion of Legend’ painting competition next year. I have started a few items for this but as they have now released the entry dates I can prioritise my builds. During January I have to complete a unit (by the 11th) and a leader (by the 25th). I’ve a unit part built so will be attempting to complete that in December.
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haha, to optimistic again! But almost done with my Riptide though the extra weapon options (and shielded missile drones completly) not taken into account. So will move my targets to december and I'll add one marksmen to the list.
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All November I managed to achieve a single thing. Bronze trim on 5 models. That's it.
So my goal for December will roll forward and continue to be my 10 chaos marines!
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Roll over for me too! I only started a few days ago, so it'll be a week or so yet!
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Progress so far. Painted 5 skeletal monsters. (4 pictured - one more done but AWOL at time of photo.)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOgsCfluTyE/Xeykvo2d71I/AAAAAAAAIUo/fIAMVLQ-N4IW5v1gMt747evaZZadYV1hgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191205_234336_586.jpg)
Others mentioned in the monthly goal, prepping them for paint....
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Most excellent progress 023.
I myself have finished the 20 new zombie cultists, using a mix of enamel and acrylics (I never knew this was possible).
Trouble was I needed LOADS of new zombie cultists. The vampire duchess had defeated a second army of cultists, and so had now resurrected many more to serve her, in addition to the ones already serving her lieutenant Biagino.
So I started working on these 20 wondering if I was going to have to get another 40 or so.
(https://i.imgur.com/ViH3UGI.jpg)
I used acrylics on a white acrylic undercoat for the flesh ...
(https://i.imgur.com/6x1ucgT.jpg)
Then I black undercoated the rest in enamel and painted my more usual style in both enamels and acrylics on top.
(https://i.imgur.com/iDLcyW0.jpg)
As I was painting I had some of the now obliterated Disciplinati di Morr on the table to try and get the colours to match on their zombified versions. It suddenly dawned on me that loads of the living army were in hoods and gloves, and so you can't tell if they are alive or undead. Thus, in an instant, by scattering the undead through the body, I now had a horde of 60 zombie cultists. Huzzah!
(https://i.imgur.com/UpFsFwg.jpg)
This makes me extra happy 'cos I thought I would never get to use the living Disciplinati di Morr army again.
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What a great idea! Live army now repurposed for the dead. Ingenious.
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Start of December Hobby Goals
023 ... 1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister.
JAK ... Legion of Legend unit.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, 10 fire warriors, and a marksmen.
Gankom ... 10 chaos marines.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Hey GP, if I may be so bold, make me bold!
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Yes, yes, to be bold or not to be, that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous boldness or to take up arms in a sea of sorrow and thus by opposing bold them ...
Updating December Hobby Goals
023 ... 1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister.
JAK ... Legion of Legend unit.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, 10 fire warriors, and a marksmen.
Gankom ... 10 chaos marines.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Oops. Being new to acrylics I forgot that with the last bunch I added some ink to the faces. I was wondering why these hadn't turned out so good. Now I have inked em and they look (very subtly) a bit better.
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Getting into the basing / diorama stage of my Hill Giant project, now. I quite like the desert badlands look of my WIP model, but it'll be green and leafy when I've finished, I think. There are three blank bases at present, these don't have models assigned to them and I'm not sure how to fill them, yet. I do have a couple more (smaller, metal) dire wolves but they are not very exciting tbh. I'm also wondering if I need to get more height into the back ground, especially behind the huge giant champion at the back...?
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/D%20and%20D%20TRIBES/Hill%20Giants/edited-image_zpstrlvzwd3.jpg)
(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/D%20and%20D%20TRIBES/Hill%20Giants/edited-image_zpsbrw5gj66.jpg)
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Looking good, and I do like the desert badlands look too. I really like that third figure from the left.
Is the large base for gaming or only display?
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Display. You'd need a really big gaming table to be pushing around moving trays that big! I didn't even make it to particular dimensions. I only individually based the giants because
a - I'm still a gamer at heart
b - my painting isn't good enough to justify doing it just for display
I don't know any games that default to 65mm hex bases :icon_wink:
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I like the Hill Giant project alot!
Enjoy the badlands look, although can understand why having greenery could be good too.
I wouldn't worry about having height in the back. It seems my eyes are drawn to the large leader guy, and then branches out to the others. That is a good way to have the diorama "centered", if that is what your looking to achieve.
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Thanks!
I've added an extra tree at the back, and a few other small details.
I'm going to go with grassy and green for this one, despite the badlands temptations. This is because if I do the other giants (Stone, Frost, Fire, Cloud, Storm) in a similar way, I don't think *any* of those will be green at all! Then I think I'll revisit the desert look for miniatures that are more classically "deserty". Like errrm scorpions or blue dragons or whatever.
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Im back for December. No pics becaise im traveling for work and dont have good net access. But... I brought a pike of primed Dark Angels with me. 30 tactical marines, 6 veterans, 5 knight termites, and 6 bikes. 3 HQ bikes and 3 black knights. Nothing fantasy, I had to go with what was built.
Only update is that the 5 Termies are done.
BG
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Adding Border Guy ...
Updating December Hobby Goals
023 ... 1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister.
JAK ... Legion of Legend unit.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, 10 fire warriors, and a marksmen.
Gankom ... 10 chaos marines.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
Borderguy ... 30 tactical marines, 6 veterans, 5 knight termites, 6 bikes, 3 HQ bikes, and 3 black knights.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Would love to update you with more Hill Giant WIP and get some feedback, but Photobucket is down so I can't...
By the way, I learned a thing about hexes - if you have a hex which is "x" cm across the flats, then you can fit 3 hexes which are each "x/2" cm across neatly inside it. So I would avoid using 65mm hexes in future and get 60 or 70mm (because guess what no-one makes 32.5mm hex bases as standard!)
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Big boney dragon done. The gravestone is on a magnetized 20mm base, and can be removed and replaced with other figures... Like the Undead Lenny I'm working on next.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-erH3ffGZEOg/XgUdAfqiGSI/AAAAAAAAIVo/f53xz7BfxNMlEOejBHHtDkv2xd3JGIQ0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191225_193513.jpg)
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Looks brilliant, looking forward to having a go at mine.
I still can't post any of my own work because PB won't let me...!
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Looks brilliant, looking forward to having a go at mine.
I still can't post any of my own work because PB won't let me...!
I'm still bitter with PB since they killed the multiple-photo download, so I can't even rescue my old photos from their shitty service. "We're not holding anyone's photos hostage." :roll:
Just finished Undead Lemmy from Diehard Miniatures. Difficult miniatuere to photograph since I mostly painted him with a variety (hues?) of black.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WjTZ9ZH4_Ic/XggUwmKPbUI/AAAAAAAAIWI/XlHGu8QsOnw2-uej8iZmrjWRySUbdGbnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191228_203040_20191228210837529%2B%25281%2529.jpg)
And here he is with And here he is in the magnetized spot with the dragon. I'll need to come up with a name for the dragon... likely lift one from a song lyric of title! (Not a great photo either, got a mix of light temperatures and couldn't correct it in my photo app...)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_DEO3kkDp8/XggVJCgUiaI/AAAAAAAAIWQ/FaN2KnqKviUMLSqwLpqefg0rj4tTp2ddwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191228_203215%2B%25281%2529.jpg)
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The guitarist looks great with the skeletal dragon! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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I should be pretty much done with my Hill Giant project tomorrow (or Jan 1st at latest)... I think painting the giants was at most 1/3 of the work in this project, but I also think the effort to make the display board has been worth it. Possibly the best thing I've ever made? :icon_eek:
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The in progress pics certainly looked impressive!
The guitarist looks great with the skeletal dragon! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
He is no mere "guitarist"...
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Progress has been made towards my entry into the ‘Legion of Legend’ painting competition – I haven’t finished the Unit this month but I have built 20 figures that may or may not become part of the entry and painted half of them so I’m happy with the result.
There are two deadlines for entries in January, a unit (by the 11th) and a leader (by the 25th) which are my targets for January. These should be finished soon which will give more time for the two deadlines in February.
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Didn't finish the fire warriors nor the firesight marksman, but finished my T'au Sept Riptide! with all the highlights and that is the reason it took so long and the rest wasn't finished.
(https://wargamingbysks.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/finished-012-xv104-riptide-battlesuit-tau-1.1.jpg)
January goals:
Paint battle-ready the Strike Team
Paint battle-ready the 2nd Firesight Marksmen
Paint battle-ready Darkstrider
Paint battle-ready Cadre Fireblade (T’au)
Paint battle-ready 9 Shield Drones (T’au)
Paint battle-ready Grav and Pulse Drone (T’au)
Finish magnetizing both Broadsides
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Updating Tally of the December Hobby Goals
023 ... 1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister.
JAK ... 10 of 20 Legion of Legend unit.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, 10 fire warriors, and a marksmen.
Gankom ... 10 chaos marines.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
Borderguy ... 30 tactical marines, 6 veterans, 5 knight termites, 6 bikes, 3 HQ bikes, and 3 black knights.
(Items in bold completed.)
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Updating Tally of the December Hobby Goals
023 ... 1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister.
JAK ... 10 of 20 Legion of Legend unit.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, 10 fire warriors, and a marksmen.
Gankom ... 10 chaos marines.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
Borderguy ... 30 tactical marines, 6 veterans, 5 knight termites, 6 bikes, 3 HQ bikes, and 3 black knights.
(Items in bold completed.)
Did not complete the fe warriors nor the marksmen, they will scoot over yo the next thread
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Another month where I didn't get any painting done. I did build stuff though! Converted up 13 Death Watch marines, including a Captain and Termy librarian. Plus I also build the new AoS Gotrek and the special Christmas edition of the White Dwarf as a tech priest.
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Updating ...
Tally of the December Hobby Goals
023 ... 1 skeletal dragon, 1 zombie dragon, 5 skeletal monsters, 6 wraiths, 25 armoured skeletons, 1 undead Lemmy Kilmister.
JAK ... 10 of 20 Legion of Legend unit.
SKS ... finish painting Riptide, 10 fire warriors, and a marksmen.
Gankom ... 10 chaos marines, convert 13 death watch space marines, constructed AoS Gotrek and WD tech priest.
Padre ... 20 new zombie cultists.
Borderguy ... 30 tactical marines, 6 veterans, 5 knight termites, 6 bikes, 3 HQ bikes, and 3 black knights.
(Items in bold completed.)
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My January goal = 30+ halfling pike.
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Padre ... we have a new thread for 2020. :icon_wink:
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Huh? .... Goes off .... somewhere.
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Here ya go ...
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=53795.0
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I actually finished all my paint goals in December! But i was traveling for work with didgy interenet, and im still trying to figure out a way to host my pics without paying PB's fee.