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Title: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 04, 2018, 12:23:49 PM
We haven't had one of these threads in awhile.  It's time to get one started for 2018! :icon_biggrin:

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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So for let the month of April begin!

I'm going to focus on scenery for 2 6'x4' tables which I detail out as I go, finishing touches on 6 mounted crossbowmen (left over from the W-E Tilean campaign), and 10 WW1 French soldiers.

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Start of Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 04, 2018, 12:38:49 PM
Love this GP!
A little ambitious but this is what I would like.
My goal this month is to rework my ork army for that dreaded AoS environment. My goals were and are
warboss on wyvern
Warchanter
Warboss on a boar
Great shaman on boar
20 pigstikkers
30 arrer boys
30 orcs with double choppas
20 orcs with double choppas
rock lobber
20 ardboys
2 boar chariots
5 warboars
5 warboars
5 warboars

(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_17701.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_1755.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1789.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1791.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1784.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 04, 2018, 01:08:56 PM
Artobans seems to have a head start! :eusa_clap:

Updating Start of Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: The Penguin on April 04, 2018, 06:00:59 PM
I just love such things!  :smile2:

For me it is to finish painting crossbowmen (40), pikemen (40), cavalry (6 demigryph riders) and artillery (2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns) for my Secessionist army! That is quite a challenge!  :biggriin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 04, 2018, 06:11:13 PM
3 folks on board for April so far!

Updating Start of Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: The Penguin on April 04, 2018, 06:20:27 PM
And two steam tanks, please!  :blush:
That should be fun!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 05, 2018, 12:35:18 AM
Rock lobber crew and warchanter. Should have listened to the body and had some rest 😸

(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1804.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1805.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1794.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on April 05, 2018, 02:11:33 AM
As mentioned in my plog, April is traditionally my own "Big April" challenge. This year I would like to finish one giant left half painted from last year, plus two new ones, and the ogre I finally tracked down.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j7hMacF29OM/WsAD6t4J29I/AAAAAAAAG7s/0--cZe5q9j8NN2cbptyb-M3XWLLFqvr7ACLcBGAs/s1600/20180331_115626.jpg)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tjanKnuHRbU/WsAD_t5mBkI/AAAAAAAAG7w/C7MqU51ag-0sqlky1SHJrSNmsj8B1ZTBQCLcBGAs/s1600/20180331_115647.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on April 05, 2018, 03:17:04 AM
The past 2 months all warhammer has been packed away, as my wife needs support getting back Into the workplace after maternity leave. Over christmas I achieved a lot of assembly and gluing though.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: S.O.F on April 05, 2018, 03:23:42 AM
The past 2 months all warhammer has been packed away, as my wife needs support getting back Into the workplace after maternity leave. Over christmas I achieved a lot of assembly and gluing though.

So perhaps Warlord are you up for some sort of modest challenge similar to myself then?

Oh and that goal to break a many month funk:

SOF
Do something wargaming hobby related
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 05, 2018, 01:37:13 PM
Updating ...

Start of Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Silvero on April 05, 2018, 02:54:04 PM
I might join in, if you guys don't mind, but it is gonna be mostly models for commission  :icon_biggrin:

1) Paint 8 players for Guildball - basecoat and bases done
2) Finish Terrorgheist  - halfway thru
3) Ludwig Schwarzhelm (8th and older ed.), Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, Luminark/Hurricanum - basic layers
4) Ariel - basic layers
5) 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs - basic layers
6) 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks - halfway thru
7) 6 Space Wolf Inceptors - halfway thru
8) Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain and Apothecary - basecoat
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on April 05, 2018, 04:13:08 PM
Right I’ve got to get started again – I lost my momentum with the PhotoBucket debacle although I have done a few 40K things since.

1) First of all I’ve got to get a replacement for the ‘Bucket –

Imgur -  their terms suggest that they shouldn’t be used for third party hosting  “ don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network. If you do –we will ban you along with the site you're hotlinking from, delete all your images and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com. We mean it.”

Flickr – is owned by Yahoo – they shut down one of my websites without warning – so I don’t really trust them.

2) Local GW has a painting comp this month with the keyword ‘Aelf’ – thinking about entering.

3) See what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 05, 2018, 04:44:38 PM
Yay!!!! The return of JAK
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on April 05, 2018, 05:54:03 PM
Full Support for these threads, even when you have not done something is nice to see what others have.

My goal for this month is to build and fix
1) Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 05, 2018, 08:03:05 PM
Jak ... thanks for the info on the photo hosting sites! :::cheers:::

Weekend #1 for April is almost here ...

Start of Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Naitsabes on April 05, 2018, 09:18:18 PM
GamesPoet, glad to see you reviving this forum. Awesome!

My goal for this month is building up twenty Reiksguard and painting some pikemen...and besides this wholesome Empire I also want to do an Iron Daemon. We'll see how it goes.

Reiksgard mid-assembly. Sash sculpting is next. clumsy fingers and delicate green stuff. what could possibly go wrong.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180405/2e28a6b12640d04921d02aa0afb00332.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Naitsabes on April 05, 2018, 09:23:32 PM
Right I’ve got to get started again – I lost my momentum with the PhotoBucket debacle although I have done a few 40K things since.

1) First of all I’ve got to get a replacement for the ‘Bucket –

Imgur -  their terms suggest that they shouldn’t be used for third party hosting  “ don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network. If you do –we will ban you along with the site you're hotlinking from, delete all your images and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com. We mean it.”

Flickr – is owned by Yahoo – they shut down one of my websites without warning – so I don’t really trust them.
somebody read terms of an agreement? that's unbelievable!

I think you can get away with a bit of hosting. At least I have over the last few years. In the big scheme of things, a warhammer forum doesn't have that much traffic so it probably flies under the imgur radar. Would be curious if you can find a better solution though.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 05, 2018, 10:18:19 PM
Warboss on a boar, and a great shaman on a boar plus a group shot of the command squad. Feels weird not having grimgorn but he’s been secunded to lead the ardboys.

(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1806.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1807.jpg)
(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1808.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on April 06, 2018, 06:57:25 PM
Took me a bit to look over my stuff and see what I should aim for this month. I love these challenge threads and props to GP for getting it rolling.

Gankom's goals;
- Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box.
- Finish Death Watch Squad 1
- Start Watch Commander Atriedes
- Start work on the White Dwarf Models
- Paint up a runesmith
- Take more pictures and update painting plogs more
- Take some pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 07, 2018, 08:42:02 AM
Getting quite a good bit of initial participation here, thanks gentlemen! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :::cheers:::

The weekend is here, time ot get crankin" ...

Start of Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Naitsabes ... building 20 Reiksguard, painting some pikemen, an Iron Daemon.
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.
 
Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 08, 2018, 03:35:07 PM
With the first weekend of April in full swing, I got out the 10 28mm WW1 French to clean and glue, but didn't have my magnifying lamp with me at the new lady friends house this morning.  Couldn't for the life of me really see the figures as I'd prefer so stopped.  Will need to try again later to day, getting old sucks.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 08, 2018, 09:28:41 PM
In looking for my foam cutter to make scenery for the two 4'x6' boards I'm doing for a Napoleonic campaign in Spain, I found a set of metal Empire metal command!  These could be good for Empire obviously, but look great for historical landskneckts too!  Happy me. :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 08, 2018, 09:30:12 PM
And I just found two artillery limbers with a pair of draft horses and a pair of mules. :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 08, 2018, 09:36:27 PM
Finding treasures buried are so rewarding. Somehow it makes you feel like your ahead of the battle for a change 😺
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 08, 2018, 09:37:09 PM
And I found the foam cutter! Yes! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on April 08, 2018, 09:45:46 PM
Been working on some Bretonnian mercenaries (they exist in my low-ish fantasy version of the Warhammer world) ready for potential battle in my campaign, and a photo story at some point.

(https://i.imgur.com/oJphwR3.jpg)

Just noticed I haven't painted the musician's horn. Oops ... there's always something.

Nowadays I have pictures for stories in mind, so with these I kit-bashed and converted to make as many as possible into spearmen (more than the box contained) and also as many as I could into jogging poses so that they can feature in a story of the company just moving around.

(https://i.imgur.com/9oeYRhO.jpg)

Also nearly completed a wagon with a driver in the same livery, and several civilians with more stories in mind.

Meanwhile, this is my current to do pile, as well as several more civilians etc that I'll do when I need them for stories.

(https://i.imgur.com/ssR62c1.jpg)

10 Skeleton Horse
25 Estalians to bulk a smaller band into a regiment
16 marching militia pike for story reasons, and maybe as extra back ranks to make a pike regiment even bigger
30 landsknecht mercs 'cos I just had to have them!

And having made the mistake of looking at web shops I am actively trying to stop myself buying some lovely standing archers for the Brets and another 16 peasants to bulk out the mob-militias desperately fielded in times of dire need.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 08, 2018, 09:51:16 PM
Awesome Padre, just awesome. :::cheers:::

In doing some unpacking of boxes, after having moved last fall, I'm finding cool stuff, and the more I move towards my vision of setting up some more of my space for hobbying, the more creating, gaming and story telling I'll be able to do. :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 08, 2018, 10:02:34 PM
Really nice Padre. Those jogging spearmen are great. You talk about a missed horn. Almost every standard I have remains black. I should just knuckle down and use transfers. I have no faith in my ability to do banners after seeing the masterpieces around here.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on April 08, 2018, 10:23:31 PM
I usually find a banner design I like, shrink it, mess about with it using MSPaint, then print it and glue it on. I have to change the banners as the campaign proceeds, so I have to take this route.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on April 09, 2018, 11:52:42 AM
As everything I paint is for the campaign now, and the campaign is both battles and picture stories, I always have to put some models aside for conversion when I make a box, that way I get both a fighting unit and a few blokes having a chat!

(https://i.imgur.com/WHVpFRi.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on April 09, 2018, 12:14:10 PM
Great to see one of these threads up and running again, I've managed them in the past so I know it's a big commitment to take on ;)

I'm not setting any goals for April beyond "move closer to finishing my Space Marine army". It's tantalisingly close, but I have so much else going on that I don't think it'll happen this month... lovely to see what everyone else is up to, though  :eusa_clap:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 09, 2018, 12:27:42 PM
I usually find a banner design I like, shrink it, mess about with it using MSPaint, then print it and glue it on. I have to change the banners as the campaign proceeds, so I have to take this route.

I had made a comment but never sent it. This sounds like a good plan. Do you shrink it on a printer till the right size then cut and paste ?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on April 09, 2018, 12:35:32 PM
Yup. I use MS paint to make the image and it's reverse to line up (sometimes not a mirror image, just the other side) usually with a little gap to accommodate the flag pole, then I paste it several times on a MS Word page, each one a different size, in the hope that when I print one will be the correct size. I dab glue on (usually pritt stick type stuff) then fold it leaving a loose area around the pole, then I slide it on, nip it all closed, trim the edges and sometimes use a felt tip of the right sort of colour to remove the whiteness at the very edges.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 09, 2018, 01:49:02 PM
This sounds great!  I never thought of the ms paint. I will attempt this and show results.
Thanks very much!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: The Penguin on April 09, 2018, 04:44:20 PM
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks

Crossbowmen and pikemen finished! Yay!  :-P
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on April 09, 2018, 11:15:25 PM
Posted in my plog, finished the ogre. Making solid progress on the first giant.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 10, 2018, 02:28:00 AM
Can add warboss on a boar and the great shaman to the list. Finally getting off my walk down memory lane and back to w’ork!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 10, 2018, 01:07:45 PM
For Padre ... were you counting all those figures as ones you're aiming at for April :icon_question:

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Yesterday I started creating the scenery for the 2 4'x6' tables I'm responsible to finish by Apr 29th.  I need more insulation foam!

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Updating!

Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Naitsabes ... building 20 Reiksguard, painting some pikemen, an Iron Daemon.
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on April 11, 2018, 11:04:21 PM
Okay! Finished some stuff and did an extra character as well. Here's my current goals and finished total.

- Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.

Hopefully I can take even more pictures in the light tomorrow. Especially of the finished Deathwatch squad and maybe some older finished models. I also put some leatherwork up on my plog and might see about digging more stuff out.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 21, 2018, 12:50:20 AM
30 arrer boys GP! I’m finding this a grind but it will go on!


(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1937.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 22, 2018, 01:56:30 AM
30 twin choppas! 20 ardboys and 2 chariots to go.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 22, 2018, 11:48:37 AM
All my focus has been on the scenery in time for Apr 29th.  Still working on it and planning on doing more today!

Also, I bought a new game mat made by Frontline Gaming ... Grassland 1.  It seems to be a more brilliant green color than in the picture on their website, but it does look good, and I like it a lot!

I almost bought the Tundra mat, but in seeing them from the guy carrying these locally, it is darker than the website shows it, and not really my preference.

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Updating!

Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Naitsabes ... building 20 Reiksguard, painting some pikemen, an Iron Daemon.
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 23, 2018, 01:18:45 AM
2 chariots! Just the ardboys and the basing of the the old old twin choppas.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on April 23, 2018, 12:15:13 PM
Towards my goal, I painted my Space Marine Drop pod.

I also accidentally painted the same ogre wot 023 did. I hadn't planned to, but it still counts, right?  :wink:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: The Penguin on April 23, 2018, 07:05:58 PM
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks

Finished 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks. Now I need to finally deal with demigryphs!  :smile2:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 23, 2018, 08:41:18 PM
Updating ...

Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys, 2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Naitsabes ... building 20 Reiksguard, painting some pikemen, an Iron Daemon.
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army (Drop pod), OOP Empire Ogre

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on April 24, 2018, 04:08:47 PM
Well since my last update I have not touched anything. Not a thing. I'm either constantly waiting for the weather to clear up enough to let me spray paint, or on the good days I end up running around madly doing errands. My paints and models are just waiting on the table. Watching me. Always watching me, and judging...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Naitsabes on April 28, 2018, 06:29:43 PM
My paints and models are just waiting on the table. Watching me. Always watching me, and judging...

...and they are a patient lot. They can keep it up for years.

I got the Reiksguard built, sashes and all. And a pikeman...which is not quite pikemen as was the original goal. The Iron Daemon still haunts me, which is only fitting.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180428/eb7e5a5a5188bc2065989a481daf99e3.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on April 29, 2018, 01:28:34 AM
Very impressive!👆

Well the bloodbowl bases came in so I can wrap this. 2500 pts of green headed madness. Some of each unit was painted previously or some basic paints but they are now complete. The last of the ardboys are done. This is the most painting I’ve ever done in one month and will now probably slow down a bit. I have only some dwarvesvthat I forgot I have, spider riders, and some shadow warriors to do now. Zygmund gave some direction for bases and I picked up some shade, flock and static and will play with it a bit.


(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_1974.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Silvero on April 29, 2018, 06:09:28 AM
It has been 3 weeks already and I almost forgot to update  ::heretic::

1) Guildball (17 minis) - done
2) Terrorgheist  - halfway thru
3) Ludwig Schwarzhelm - done, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, Luminark/Hurricanum - basic layers
4) Ariel - basic layers
5) 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs - basic layers
6) 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks - halfway thru
7) 5 Space Wolf Inceptors - halfway thru, 1 done
8) Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain and Apothecary - basecoat

Here he is...
(https://scontent.fprg2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31437347_2070172699904506_6991512051222839296_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=72594221f90bab75c33fc50af7e9bb16&oe=5B529065)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Naitsabes on April 29, 2018, 08:52:22 AM
nice Ludwig. I see you cut off the stupid winged baby.  :eusa_clap: what does the banner look like now from the back? What bothers me a bit is the way the banner now hangs there in a rather unnatural way. But, the baby had to go so no easy way out there.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Silvero on April 29, 2018, 02:50:21 PM
Thanks Naitsabes! Ludwig belongs to Warlord, I'm just painting it for him  :smile2: I have actually not realised, that the cherub is missing.This is how it looks from the back...
(https://scontent.fprg2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31444784_2070626649859111_23013688902418432_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=4ef7967ab5362f52500a2d395712b9ce&oe=5B59F69B)

Also, since on the subject - I'm also painting Luminark/ Hurricanum for him. It aws supposed to be in woodgrain, but while painting the upper part, I realised that it might not look good, so I went with Reikland/Altdorf/Nuln colours. But now these to parts look very different. Any ideas about how to make them look more alike? Thanks!  :blush:

(https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30706650_2064667193788390_6242286226552913920_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=3b852a25e50cf55af538947fc984fa6d&oe=5B98D72B)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on April 29, 2018, 04:08:20 PM
It’s been a funny month, mainly due to a few health problems. I am writing this in bed, still convalescing after a short time in hospital, on a borrowed laptop using one of my backup memory sticks and trying to remember passwords.

I missed the GW competition due to my incarceration, not that I had actually painted anything – but I had built 6 (a)elves in preparation.

After my comments about Yahoo I received an email from them stating that they were going to sell Flickr to SmugMug. I’ve look at SmugMug as a PBucket replacement in the past but they charge so I wasn’t interested and now don’t see how Flickr users will benefit being forced to change from a free account. Real reason I received Yahoo’s email was that I inherited one of their email addresses some years ago which I’ve not been using; however, decided to log in and followed their link to Flickr and behold I already have access to a Flickr account. It’s never been used in past 10 or more years so I’ve put some pictures of my elves on it and will wait and see what happens when Smugmug take over.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/959/41056728084_72bd9a4eda_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25y3sS9) (https://flic.kr/p/25y3sS9)


(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/912/40875197375_a1a8bfb51f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25h157k) (https://flic.kr/p/25h157k)

Haven't had chance to look at City Watch - next month with luck


Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on April 30, 2018, 03:53:26 PM
Finished the scenery for the two tables and then went yesterday to CT for the gaming event.  Much fun was had!

One day to go!  Might take out the 6 mounted crossbowmen.  These were previously a conversion project for a Tilean mercenary group used with the Treachery & Greed army list.  However, they are now going to double for German, Swiss, or Italian historical figures for late medieval & early renaissance, and at be used with Lion Rampant soon.

Updating ...

Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys,2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 17 of figures for 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 1 of 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Naitsabes ... building 20 Reiksguard, painting some pikemen, an Iron Daemon.
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army (Drop pod), OOP Empire Ogre

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on May 02, 2018, 02:27:33 AM

By the end of April I succeeded in painting the ogre, finishing the giant from last Big April, and got about halfway through painting one of the two new giants. I spent the better part of one work week out of town, had deadlines and a bunch of overtime the following week, and was sick one weekend. So not a great month for painting.

So for May, I have the following goals:


Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on May 02, 2018, 06:01:31 AM
Well I only manage to build and fix my Haqqislam minis, so I was a bad boy this month.

Great job the rest of you.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 02, 2018, 09:10:58 AM
I'm going to wait till the end of today for folks to finish reporting in on their progress for April, and then I'll post the final tally, and then I'll get the month of May started.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on May 02, 2018, 07:03:46 PM
I did better then I thought I would at the half way point, but not as good as I said I'd do at the beginning. I managed to paint a rhino tank to table top standard, and also finished up a second squad of 10 tactical marines. So my monthly goal and completed in bold.

Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun. Rhino tank. 10 man tactical squad of space marines.

That waiting box is still waiting...

For May I mostly want to focus on finishing April's goals.

So for May;

Gankom... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith. And continue adding pictures to plog (Even if its just old stuff.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 03, 2018, 10:53:04 AM
Ok then, let's do this. Sign me up for the following goals ...

10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm)
16 marching pikemen
24 (I think) Estalian Swordsmen
16 armed peasant-militia
3 mounted Bretonnian characters
16 lovely Bretonnian archers just standing around.

Meanwhile, this is what I completed in April (there was some other stuff but it's packed away somewhat and too bothersome to find):
(https://i.imgur.com/5UgZyRl.jpg)
Mercenary Bretonnian spearmen, plus some standing having a chat, and a wagon with some of their stuff in it. Also a bunch of character-types I need for the stories I'm working on just now.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 03, 2018, 11:36:56 AM
That unit of spearmen look good!

Updating ... and I added in Padre's accomplishments ...

Ending Tally for April Goals
GP ... scenery for two 6'x4' tables, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen, 10 WW1 28mm French
Artobans ... warboss on wyvern, Warchanter, Warboss on a boar, Great shaman on boar, 20 pigstikkers, 30 arrer boys, 30 orcs with double choppas, 20 orcs with double choppas, rock lobber & crew, 20 ardboys,2 boar chariots, 5 warboars, 5 warboars, 5 warboars
Penguin ... finish painting 40 crossbowmen, 40 pikemen, 6 demigryph riders, and 2 cannons, 2 mortars, 2 helblaster guns, 2 steam tanks
023 ... finish 1 giant left half painted, 2 new giants, 1 ogre.
Warlord ... ?
SOF ... do something wargaming hobby related
Silvero ... 17 of figures for 8 players for Guildball, basecoat and bases done, Finish Terrorgheist, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Panthers and Blazing sun Grand Masters, basic layers for Luminark/Hurricanum, Ariel, & 5 Howling Griffons Devastators + 2 HQs, 2 Space Wolf Repulsor tanks, 1 of 6 Space Wolf Inceptors, basecoat a Space Wolf Captain, Chaplain & Apothecary.
JAK ... maybe enter painting contest on Aelf, see what’s required to continue with City Watch.
Realjuan ... Build, GreenStuff fix and prime all my Haqqislam Infinity Army.
Naitsabes ... building 20 Reiksguard, painting some pikemen, an Iron Daemon.
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Finish Death Watch Squad 1, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, Take more pictures, update painting plogs, Take pictures of leatherwork and put it up for fun, rhino tank, 10 tactical marines.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army (Drop pod), OOP Empire Ogre
Padre ... Mercenary Bretonnian spearmen, some standing having a chat, a wagon with some stuff in it, a bunch of character-types

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on May 03, 2018, 12:17:38 PM
Still set on "move closer to finishing my Space Marine army" but specifically to build and paint my Stormraven Gunship.

Could early June be when I call the army "finished"? Let's wait and see... ::heretic::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 03, 2018, 12:23:46 PM
Will add 20 spiderfangs and my dragon rampant warbands. 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 priest.
Antogonists : 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base - and I need another 6 points to even the scales. 
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 03, 2018, 12:51:45 PM
Well for May, I only have till the 18th to complete 31 WW1 28mm French and Senegalese soldiers, plus finish those 6 Mounted 28mm crossbowmen!

Start of Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 1 "spontaneous free choice" mini
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base and 6 more points.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on May 03, 2018, 03:17:31 PM
Targets for May depending on health:-

1, GW painting competition is Codex Adeptus Mechanicus – only figure I have that is remotely connected is Inquisitor Greyfax from the Triumvirate Of The Imperium collection but even though there was a Adeptus Mechanicus figure in this set I don’t think Greyfax or the other one are – have to see if the manager will accept her as an entry.

2,  see what’s required to continue with City Watch.

3, I have been given a new project – a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups – plus a few extra figures that need to be built and painted to complete the set.

4, PhotoBucket replacement – on hold until I see what SmugMug do with my newly discovered Flickr account.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: hamster on May 03, 2018, 07:05:44 PM
plans set for may

1. finish 16 Prussian infantrymen in preparation for a franco prussian war campaign

2. finish around 36 Anglo Zulu British infantry

3. fill out the hargendorf halberds

4. begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 03, 2018, 07:23:44 PM
plans set for may

1. finish 16 Prussian infantrymen in preparation for a franco prussian war campaign

2. finish around 36 Anglo Zulu British infantry

3. fill out the hargendorf halberds

4. begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf

This I want to see!👆 Especially those zulus!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on May 03, 2018, 09:36:46 PM
nice Ludwig. I see you cut off the stupid winged baby.  :eusa_clap: what does the banner look like now from the back? What bothers me a bit is the way the banner now hangs there in a rather unnatural way. But, the baby had to go so no easy way out there.

I hated that thing. I am pleased that Silvero has painted it so well you don’t even notice. Regarding the way the flag hangs, consider it just a stiff breeze  :engel:

Also, loving your work JAK
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 04, 2018, 03:58:59 PM
Oh, and I finished an apple orchard. 12" by 5". Trees bought already flocked, but walls made of fish tank gravel. Bloomin' useful stuff, and so easy to PVA. Just listen to something interesting while you lay your stones one by one.

(https://i.imgur.com/ziYfNje.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 04, 2018, 04:24:38 PM
Those walls are incredible! What a score!  I will now shamelessly as possible, lift that idea entirely. 😸👆
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Rowsdower on May 08, 2018, 04:54:52 AM
Great job on Ludwig :::cheers:::
Great job on those wood elf conversions too :eusa_clap:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 08, 2018, 03:15:36 PM
Looking forward to seeing what Hamster comes up with for terrain!

Metal has been cleaned, heads and some of there arms have been glued on to the bodies.  Priming the 28mm WW1 guys is set for tonight.

Updating Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 1 "spontaneous free choice" mini
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base and 6 more points.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Padre ... an apple orchard. 12" by 5".

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on May 09, 2018, 10:28:17 PM
okay, so I will put for this month.

Paint the Haqqislam minis.

Hope I dont fail again.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 14, 2018, 04:01:33 AM
Ok. 20 spiderfangs complete plus 2 big bosses on giant spiders (extra)
Heading for dragon rampant to finish of the Matorean warband.
Have 5 out of 12 spearmen complete
3 out of 12 swordsmen complete
4 out of 12 riflemen complete.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on May 14, 2018, 04:34:56 AM


I painted my "spontaneous choice" mini. Actually, two of them. Two oldschool undead.

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ujVQ18rl1U4/WvfGUceMXPI/AAAAAAAAHG8/8MoNgjm6nCkmkCEEh760kBJI1WE7qI52QCLcBGAs/s1600/20180512_232240.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 14, 2018, 12:28:19 PM
Been slowly working on the 31 WW1 French, much more to do, and taking a day off or two to get them done.

Updating ...

Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5".
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 4 of 12 riflemen, 3 of 12 swordsmen, 5 of 12 spearmen, 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base and 6 more points.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on May 16, 2018, 03:42:47 AM
One of the two Surprises minis is done... Jackalope!

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bxFSTC4C3PE/Wvum_aQC4nI/AAAAAAAAHIk/wms3CxXhx7kC4YpTOOND1S3GFq-3LT9LwCLcBGAs/s1600/jlope01.jpg)

 :biggriin:  :biggriin:  :biggriin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 16, 2018, 03:47:53 AM
Absolutely freakin bloody beautiful!!!!👆
Very nice 023 😸
I was sure you would do him justice.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 16, 2018, 04:03:00 AM
12 swordsmen done now of the martoreans. Decided to switch out the priest leader with an engineer I found huddled with he horses. Still not finished him yet but I think he suits this warband more than the priest.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on May 16, 2018, 04:11:42 AM
Absolutely freakin bloody beautiful!!!!👆
Very nice 023 😸
I was sure you would do him justice.

I'm really thrilled with how this mini looks. Thanks!

The tengu is almost half painted.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on May 16, 2018, 12:34:13 PM
What the heck is a jackalope anyway? My folklore / monster manual knowledge doesn't include these blighters! Nice job though.

My Stormraven is painted, just needs the details done and a large number of decals applied. And then a nice base, but I modelled it with the landing gear down so that I can call it finished without doing the base! #protips
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 16, 2018, 12:45:26 PM
Jackalopes are a cross between jack rabbits ant antelopes I beleive and they appear in Canadian folklore. Manitoba is were I think they stirred up. I think he might make a great mascot for the JTC of 023 fame 😸

Waiting to be properly corrected on my misinformation above lol
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 16, 2018, 01:23:29 PM
Updating ...

Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5".
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 4 of 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 5 of 12 spearmen, 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base and 6 more points.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on May 16, 2018, 05:52:06 PM
Jackalopes are a cross between jack rabbits ant antelopes I beleive and they appear in Canadian folklore. Manitoba is were I think they stirred up. I think he might make a great mascot for the JTC of 023 fame 😸

Waiting to be properly corrected on my misinformation above lol

Aha, so it's my Old World (as in, European) biased knowledge that's at fault!

As it happens, I think I might have a similar mini here somewhere...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 17, 2018, 09:31:09 AM
Got sidetracked by the need to rustle up a quick kit-bash leadbelcher and another 'movie-set' Tilean house ...

(https://i.imgur.com/TDGbH2n.jpg)

(Described as movie or film-set because like the old cowboy movie towns it has no sides or back ... well, it has them but not windows etc)

BUT I have now begun the Bretonnian archers that are officially listed ...

(https://i.imgur.com/T4H3KJS.jpg)

Annoyingly I have already bought these and begun painting them before I discovered a box of unpainted GW Bretonnian archers which I already owned. Doh! Still, these will make for better photo-story opportunities, which is why I selected them.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 17, 2018, 10:19:04 AM
I see humbrol paints!! Does that bring back memories. Are these still oil based or latex?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 17, 2018, 10:35:35 AM
I never changed my paints - stuck with them from the late 70s to today. Even though they're hard to get. Even though every second red, white and black proves unusable from the off. Even though one cannot use washes or inks with them. Even though they destroy brushes very, very quickly. Even thought they stink.

I am so stubborn I surprise myself!

They are enamel paints, thinned with white spirit, and they contain something called Cobalt Carboxylate and 2 Bultanone Oxime (the ingredients are hard to read as the letters are so small).

Enamel paints are the reason I have developed my cartoon style of painting. Subtler stuff is blooming difficult, if not impossible. Dry brushing is about as subtle as one can be, and yes, I know it's not a very subtle process. I find painting faces almost impossible and look with great envy at what can be done with acrylics and inks.

I do use acrylics for scenery though. And ... can I bring myself to say it? ... I have experimented with acrylics for faces and flesh, then enamels for all the rest, as a first step towards sanity.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Rowsdower on May 17, 2018, 11:59:31 AM
^Padre: stick with whatever works best for you. I'm still sticking to my old formulas even though most of the new GW paints don't match the ones I used when I started my armies.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 17, 2018, 12:59:56 PM
I'm struggling to get the 31 French & Senegalese WW1 figures done in time for Saturday.  Probably ain't going to happen.  But I will push onward!

And Padre is not the only one finding it hard to read ingredient listings these days.

Maybe it is just my aging eyes? :icon_lol:

- - -

And if you build it, or paint it, it will be listed!

Updating ...

Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5", Tilean house, 1 leadbelcher.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 4 of 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 5 of 12 spearmen, 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base and 6 more points.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Midaski on May 17, 2018, 02:09:37 PM
@Padre
You might find this interesting? Kevin Dallimore has just produced an article on the NorthStar site about painting the new Oathmark Elves, and I found this in the text:

Quote
UNDERCOATING
With the elves carefully assembled as detailed last time,
when they are fully cured, you can go straight to the
undercoating. Undercoating is essential as it provides
a consistent surface on which to apply the next coats of
paint. For the undercoat I used Humbrol enamel matt
black. I usually undercoat in oil based paint as I find they
give better coverage on the plastic.
I brushed the paint on with a Warpaints Small Drybrush
brush making sure I covered the entire model. Don’t let
the paint pool anywhere as this will dry very thick and
could obscure details. Also watch out for any stray hairs
detaching from your brush and sticking to the model
during undercoating. Pull them off with tweezers before
they become permanently attached! Take particular care
not to clog up the face and similar fine detail areas, don’t
be afraid to go back and clear runs or blobs of undercoat
off with your brush. I then let the undercoat dry completely
before going on to paint the models. 

He then goes on to use Army Painter acrylics.

The Article.

http://nstarmagazine.com/OATHMARK_ELVES_2.htm

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 17, 2018, 02:52:38 PM
Very interesting. His description of how he undercoats with enamel is EXACTLY how I do it, to the letter. I might start mucking about with combinations more often.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Midaski on May 17, 2018, 03:45:58 PM
Did you copyright it?   :engel:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 17, 2018, 07:18:53 PM
12 matorean swordsmen!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 17, 2018, 07:24:42 PM
12 matorean swordsmen!
They've been previously bolded.  Although there are still some handgunners and spearmen, is that what you're referring to here?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 17, 2018, 07:34:59 PM
12 matorean swordsmen!
They've been previously bolded.  Although there are still some handgunners and spearmen, is that what you're referring to here?

Aaarrghh! You are correct sir. I think some mention of eyesight was referred to earlier. Maybe I should get mine checked 😸
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: hamster on May 18, 2018, 11:44:13 PM
(https://i1.wp.com/garrisonofnordland.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/20180513_1700041.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
(https://i2.wp.com/garrisonofnordland.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/20180513_1700071.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
(https://i2.wp.com/garrisonofnordland.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/20180513_1659571.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)

completed Prussian infantry, come out quite nice
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 19, 2018, 12:28:36 AM
Very nice! These are the first Prussians I have ever seen painted. I have heard of them etc but never seen. Could you get a group shot somehow ?  What game is this for?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 19, 2018, 01:05:15 AM
12 riflemen , 12 pikemen, 12 swordsmen and priest replaces with engineer type.

(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_2152.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: hamster on May 19, 2018, 01:53:14 AM
Very nice! These are the first Prussians I have ever seen painted. I have heard of them etc but never seen. Could you get a group shot somehow ?  What game is this for?

will get a group shot later, haven't decided on a game but looking at 1871 rules now.

love the swordsmen by the way, really nice work on the shields
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 22, 2018, 10:14:06 AM
Goals reached. Only thing I changed was the priest to an engineer. Seemed more fitting for some reason.

http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=52592.25
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 23, 2018, 11:57:41 AM
Very nice, Artobahn.

I have nearly finished the 16 archers (just the flesh to do) but I have been sidetracked by the pressing need to fashion up extra leadbelchers for a possible campaign battle. I got four brass cannon barrels from e-bay and my mate (the ogre player) gave me four part built ogres he had spare. A bit of modelling, drilling and milliput filling later and ...

(https://i.imgur.com/mjcmNb1.jpg)

Sorry about the bad pic quality. I'll do a better pic of them completed.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 23, 2018, 12:03:12 PM
Very nice! You just made me think. I have about  dozen canons that I was rummaging thru a few days ago. Some models and some of those pencil sharpener canons that are actually very well done. I can post a pic if you like and see if you want/need more. They sell so cheap on eBay that it’s not worth the effort but if you like em, you can have em. I don’t beleive they are the true brass ones like yours though.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 23, 2018, 12:10:24 PM
Thanks for the offer, but between my 5, these new 4, and the players' 9 or so, we should now have enough for the force to be fielded.

(Why do my players make lists that their figure collections, even borrowing from mine, cannot represent? Mind you, I love doing projects like this so I'm not complaining!)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 24, 2018, 06:53:18 AM
Good to see those Prussians for the Franco-Prussia War! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::

No go on those French and Senegalese.  Going to give it a further go this weekend.

Updating ...

Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5", Tilean house, 1 leadbelcher.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 engineer, 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres and trolls properly, and blue scribes boss - base and 6 more points.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 24, 2018, 10:09:48 AM
You can add 1 engineer instead of priest, 6 horrors,bases for rat ogres, trolls and blue scribes. Done!!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on May 25, 2018, 01:34:37 AM
I painted both of the Pleasant Surprises minis.

Won't get anything else done this month, as I'm taking a little family vacation on the west coast and will be here for the next week.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 25, 2018, 02:27:11 PM
Pre-U.S. Holiday Weekend Update ...

Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5", Tilean house, 1 leadbelcher of 5 leadbelchers.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 engineer instead of 1 priest, [/b]6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres, trolls, and blue scribes boss[/b].
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 25, 2018, 02:33:01 PM
It's a holiday weekend here too. BTW, you can add in 4 kitbashed leadbelchers to my goals. I've undercoated already, and will paint as I finish off my 16 Bret archers.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 25, 2018, 07:02:45 PM
Done.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 25, 2018, 07:13:08 PM
Many thanks GP. I never knew it, but recording the targets in this public way does seem to make me a bit more likely to get my act together.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on May 25, 2018, 07:40:31 PM
Agree with above (Padre)👆

You can add 1 engineer instead of priest, 6 horrors,bases for rat ogres, trolls and blue scribes. Done!!
Yaaaay!
(Meme of Kermit if I could figure it out)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on May 25, 2018, 11:53:22 PM
I have finally managed to pick up a brush, and finished three Genestealer neophytes. Huzza, at least it's something.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on May 31, 2018, 08:54:45 PM
I made the deadline! Well, not with all my targets, but at least one unit. And ok, not based, but painted at least.

I know these could never be considered more than wargames standard, but you know, I think I need new glasses or something. I don't think they're coming out like my figures used to. There's nothing crisp about them. Maybe its the figures? Or my brushes? Or my fingers? Yeah, probably ... blame the tools.

16 Bret Archers standing around, tick!
(https://i.imgur.com/iorazbb.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on May 31, 2018, 11:59:42 PM
Well ... haven't completed mine.  A rough weekend losing a relationship held things up in the waning hours.  Thought I'd at least have the 6 mounted crossbowmen done, but nope.  Kinda piss me off!

Congrats though to Padre, they look good enough to me, and like how you've based some singly and others double. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::

Updating ...  and will again if I see any more reporting on Friday.  Then I'll set up the tally for June on Sat. Morning.
 
Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog, [3 genestealer neophytes[/b].
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5", Tilean house, 1 leadbelcher of 5 leadbelchers.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 engineer instead of 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres, trolls, and blue scribes boss.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 01, 2018, 12:10:28 AM
Sorry to hear that GP. All of that plain sucks.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on June 01, 2018, 07:23:27 AM
Done, and I even got a game in....sadly totally crushed that was not even fun  :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on June 01, 2018, 11:14:37 AM
May - Last month – I painted a figure but although she came with a Adeptus Mechanicus figure she wasn’t of that faction so I couldn’t enter the painting competition. I’ve started the neglected project and am currently finishing No.8. City Watch has figures and parts ready to build with just a few still requiring a base figure.

June – To finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.


Flickr – the account I discovered I had last month seems to have disappeared in that I cannot log into it from Yahoo email (pictures are still visible in Forum). When I tried to login from their home page using previous name and password it created a new account. I now have 2 accounts and pictures from both are on show so for now I’ll continue to use which ever one opens when I login.
 
The non-AM lady is leading a small unit that I’ll show in my Discworld army thread when finished.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 02, 2018, 01:30:32 PM
Jak ... I've counted your figure anyway, even though they wouldn't let ya enter it.

Updating ...

Hobby Goals for May ...
023 ... Finish the giant from April, 2 minis from Artobans Ghost for Pleasant Surprises, 2 "spontaneous free choice" minis - old school undead
Gankom ... Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog, [3 genestealer neophytes[/b].
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 16 Bretonnian archers, an apple orchard. 12" by 5", Tilean house, 1 leadbelcher of 5 leadbelchers.
Shadespyre ... move closer to finishing my Space Marine army, build & paint Stormraven Gunship.
Artobans Ghost ... 20 spiderfangs, 12 riflemen, 12 swordsmen, 12 spearmen, 1 engineer instead of 1 priest, 6 pinkish horror types, base rat ogres, trolls, and blue scribes boss.
GP ... 31 WW1 28mm French & Senegalese, finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
JAK ... 1 Codex Adeptus Mechanicus figure, see what'’s required to continue City Watch, a few neglected finished figures that need may need minor repairs and touch ups, a few extra figures to be built and painted.
hamster ... finish 16 Prussian infantry, finish Anglo Zulu British infantry, fill out the hargendorf halberds, begin work on the terrain for the town of hargendorf
Realjuan ... Haqqislam minis.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 02, 2018, 01:35:43 PM
Not feeling further motivated on the partly painted 31 WW1 28mm French and Senegalese so taking them off the list for the moment in June.

Instead ... definitely going to finish the 6 mounted crossbowmen!  Not sure what else yet, so we'll see.

Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 02, 2018, 04:09:22 PM
👆
Finish the 24 bases on the scuttlings, complete the wayward 4 that just turned up.
Maytorean free company - aelves detachment. Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.

I think that’s enough😸
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on June 02, 2018, 04:34:19 PM
I don't think I ever provided evidence of this?

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Space%20Marines/DSC00253_zpsybrq4q7g.jpg)

I also went nuts and painted this Bramble Demon (which came from our pal 023 sometime ago - thanks buddy!)

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/DSC00250_zpsoubxaai5.jpg)

My actual aims for June? My only definite goal is to photograph all my Space Marines, because they are DONE  :icon_eek: (I think)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 02, 2018, 05:21:08 PM
Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines

Completed goals are bolded.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 02, 2018, 05:51:15 PM
That bramble deamon!👆
Now that you mention it, it does have 023 stamped all over it 😺 nice figure.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on June 02, 2018, 06:47:41 PM
Great painting on the gunship, and I love the colors. What you did with the bramble demon is exactly why I thought of sending it to you! Glad to see it turned out so well.

I think that’s enough😸

  :icon_eek: Just a few minis to paint!

 I'm going to take "finishing the giant" off my list and just continue to work on it slowly without any goal or pressure. But for this month I'm going to step things up a bit now that last months travelling is behind me.

32 Halberdiers
1 New OMFG regiment (https://omfghammer.blogspot.com) (what it is will be a surprise)

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 02, 2018, 07:31:55 PM
Very cool plan 023 👆
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 02, 2018, 08:36:00 PM
Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment

Completed goals are in bold.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on June 03, 2018, 09:52:15 AM
Shadespyre really nice ship. Elegant!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on June 03, 2018, 07:58:26 PM
Apart from bases, completed the 4 kit-bashed leadbelchers. I think I like this size of cannon better than the official, huge ones!

(https://i.imgur.com/PXExa2P.jpg)

Next I'll be working on the 16 peasants - the campaign battles won't be in the order I thought they would (players off on holidays) so I need to shift priorities.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 03, 2018, 08:44:59 PM
Hey Padre ... not sure what you're doing, so I just copy and pasted your uncompleted goals for lats month into this month, and let me know if that isn't good.  Also, I bolded the leadbelchers.

Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.

Completed goals are in bold.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on June 03, 2018, 11:22:06 PM
That's a beautiful gunship, and fantastic ogres. Good to see everyone getting stuff done!

For May all I had was three neophyte hybrids I finished. I'm pretty happy with them and I think it means I've settled on a color scheme for them. Alas, I didn't finish any of my other goals. So for June I'll say again;

Gankom: Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.

And today I finally got some of it done! I spent the day basecoating and starting a few touch-ups to determine colors. So I've already finished some!

Spray paint the stuff in the Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 03, 2018, 11:25:07 PM
Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.
Gankom ... Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.

Completed goals are in bold.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 04, 2018, 01:00:58 AM
Really nice so here Padre. Love the conversion to make them happen.
Have my scuttling bases and 4 other scuttlings done. This completes the Spiderfang detachment st the moment.

(https://artobansghost.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_2310.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: poboom on June 04, 2018, 10:29:52 AM
I pledge a single handgunner. That's all I dare to hope for!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 04, 2018, 11:05:36 AM
Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.
Gankom ... Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box, Start Watch Commander Atriedes, Start on White Dwarf Models, 1 runesmith, continue adding pictures to plog.
poboom ... 1 handgunner.

Completed goals are in bold.
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Post by: Gankom on June 07, 2018, 04:12:56 PM
Okay two things I want to do. Firstly I think I'm going to change my goals. I've had the same stuff for three months now and it's not getting anywhere. I'm going to change it up to try and get motivated. So new goals for June;

Gankom: Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box. Finish 5 man Deathwatch squad. paint 2 Deathguard. Paint four fantasy models (TBD which). Start painting Russ tank.

Secondly it's time for some photo tax. These are the Neophyte Hybrids I finished last month.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1739/41929520664_c9d29cf668_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26TaKG5)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1735/42597232042_31d870f827_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27UaX2d)

Seeing the pictures I notice a few things I want to clean up. The boots around the base for one. Otherwise they're tabletop standard and I'm pretty happy.
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 12, 2018, 02:12:07 AM
Warden on a gryphon.
Inspiration level at a severe low.
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Post by: GamesPoet on June 12, 2018, 07:51:29 AM
I'm not struggling for inspiration, just for time and energy.  That's all ... lol.

Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.
Gankom ... Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box, finish 5 man Deathwatch squad, 2 Deathguard, 4 fantasy models (TBD which). Start painting Russ tank.

Completed goals are in bold.
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Post by: Realjuan on June 12, 2018, 08:52:33 AM
I am out this month, but will come strong next month. Keeping my eye on the thread.
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Post by: Padre on June 12, 2018, 01:29:24 PM
16 peasants completed (bar basing - I never can wait that last stage before posting!).

(https://i.imgur.com/hEEojxz.jpg)

These are 'peasant-cultists' in the sense that they are peasant models, armed like peasants, but they've begun the move down the road to become fanatical flagellants, and they have already begin to clothe themselves in Morrite colours.

They'll be in the battle we are playing this weekend.
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Post by: Padre on June 12, 2018, 01:33:42 PM
These are my favourites of the 16 ...
(https://i.imgur.com/9nF55sI.jpg)
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Post by: GamesPoet on June 12, 2018, 01:57:26 PM
Yes!  Awesome! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Post by: JAK on June 14, 2018, 07:10:24 PM
Project W is complete and I’ve started to sort out what remains to do of the City Watch so my Goals for June are done.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1736/42729197001_f65030abbc_b.jpg)

Having built 43 characters there are 39 left to do for the Watch; unfortunately half will require a lot of conversion work. I have 19 characters that are nearly built so hopefully I will be ready to paint soon. 11 figures that can form the basic shape/pose for characters, leaving 9 that I need to find a base figure for, although I think 5 may have to be totally scratch built.

My aim is to finish them by the end of the year giving a target of 6/7 per month which given my normal speed may just be doable.
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Post by: Gankom on June 14, 2018, 11:31:49 PM
Those peasants are fantastic Padre, what company are they from? They really look like a lynch mob on their way to exact some frontier justice.

@JAK, you did a wonderful job on the Who's. Right down to the tartans and small details.

**

I have completed two deathguard! Huzza for getting something done. I'll get photo's up hopefully tomorrow.
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Post by: Padre on June 15, 2018, 08:32:32 AM
@ Gankom - the 16 peasants are Wargames Foundry Hundred Years War figures, being packs MED208 - Medieval Armed Peasants 1 (https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/hundred-years-war-1337-1453/products/med208-medieval-armed-peasants-1) and & MED213 - Medieval Armed Peasants 2 (https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/hundred-years-war-1337-1453/products/med213-medieval-armed-peasants-2)

My previous Monthly goal completion were their War of the Roses archers sets 1 and 2 MED120 (https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/men-at-arms/products/med120-archers-standing-1 and the other one). I look more and more for figures who are not waving weapons around, that way I am more able to use them for pictures for the stories in my campaign as well as the battle field. (The main reason I have not painted my Estalian sword and buckler men is because they're all waving weapons like crazy! Why did I buy them?)

I would have included the 'MED212 Medieval Ribaulds' in with the peasants too, if only they were wearing trousers! (https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/hundred-years-war-1337-1453/products/med212-medieval-ribaulds)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on June 15, 2018, 12:26:11 PM
Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... Project W, finish the neglected project and then return to the City Watch.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.
Gankom ... Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box, finish 5 man Deathwatch squad, 2 Deathguard, 4 fantasy models (TBD which). Start painting Russ tank.

Completed goals are in bold.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on June 15, 2018, 02:41:21 PM
Those look like really nice models Jak
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Post by: Shadespyre on June 15, 2018, 05:24:24 PM
Space Marine update - Photos of the whole darned thing (including a couple of small scenic pieces I added) are available in this thread here:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/284441-a-new-chapter-rt-space-marines-chapter-photos/page-14 (http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/284441-a-new-chapter-rt-space-marines-chapter-photos/page-14)

At some point I hope to add some whole army shots, but it'll have to wait!

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Post by: JAK on June 15, 2018, 06:33:45 PM
Having said that I’ve completed all my goals for this month I now have a new one to add:-

Stormcast Eternal Liberator (II)
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Post by: Gankom on June 15, 2018, 11:58:18 PM
Thanks Padre, those look great. One of my longer term goals is to build a whole village worth of just villager type models. Not people armed to the teeth. With the old militia kit gone I've been looking for more, and more!

*

Pictures of my completed Deathguard!


(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1732/41918098565_d8493f44b8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26Sadik)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/42101539654_250887694f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/279noWJ)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1723/42770271162_63e0503555_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28asPwj)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1724/42770287482_5defeb4210_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28asUnG)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1741/42770280902_392de06ab9_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28asSqf)
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Post by: JAK on June 20, 2018, 12:22:17 PM
Second mid-month update and change of plan.

JAK ... finish the neglected Project  W and then return to the City Watch.   build and paint Stormcast Eternal Liberator (II), build and paint 2x  Wild West Exodus K9 Gun Dogs.
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Post by: GamesPoet on June 20, 2018, 02:34:14 PM
My plan for the weekend is to finish those 6 mounted crossbowmen! :icon_mrgreen:

Updating Start of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected Project  W, and then return to the City Watch, build and paint Stormcast Eternal Liberator (II), build and paint 2x  Wild West Exodus K9 Gun Dogs.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines
023 ... 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.
Gankom ... Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box, finish 5 man Deathwatch squad, 2 Deathguard, 4 fantasy models (TBD which). Start painting Russ tank.

Completed goals are in bold.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on June 23, 2018, 03:56:24 PM
2x Wild West Exodus K9 Gun Dogs completed - just the Liberator to do

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1762/28099652147_e3c020bfac_b.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1802/28099652297_cacd4fd891_b.jpg)
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Post by: Gankom on June 24, 2018, 01:38:13 AM
Wow those dogs are fantastic.
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Post by: Shadespyre on June 24, 2018, 03:36:00 PM
Not on my goals list, but as I'm done with the Marines for now, I had a dig in some boxes and found a random old Undead Giant Liche (why? who knows!) and daubed some paint on it...

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/DSC00422_zpshxyfkm51.jpg)

I know the sprit of this thread is to plan a goal and then deliver it, but that's not where I am this month  :icon_rolleyes:
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Post by: Realjuan on June 27, 2018, 12:29:31 PM
really nice dogs, and dog bases!
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Post by: JAK on June 29, 2018, 02:21:20 PM
All challenges for the month finished with the completion of the Liberator and its entry in the GW competition

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1765/43038490012_68b9102eee_b.jpg)
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Post by: Shadespyre on June 30, 2018, 01:41:15 PM
Wow, that's gorgeous, even if it is an abomination against all I hold dear!  :eusa_clap: ::heretic::

Meanwhile, I thought I'd actually PLAN something for July. Bad start when I unboxed my model of choice and found that there's a bit missing (well, actually, one bit missing and one other bit replicated). I've contacted the manufacturer in the vain hope of getting a replacement...

For now, instead, I'm going to convert and paint one more Vampire Lady for a painting contest over on the Carpe Noctem forum. I've got a nice skeletal dragon that needs a rider.
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on June 30, 2018, 05:33:31 PM
Missed my planned goal. Maybe I’ll get inspired again. Padre’s campaign has almost done it.
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Post by: JAK on July 01, 2018, 07:15:38 AM
Target for July:-

Complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
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Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 01, 2018, 02:22:17 PM
After a decent start, the later 2/3 of the month have been a bust for painting. Here's as far as I got...

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qlK9-JZL_9c/WzjfJ5yf0dI/AAAAAAAAHOs/BpMIZrQBFC0hgquFoVtKfltFIjUAIHcmACLcBGAs/s1600/20180630_173739.jpg)

16 fully painted halberdiers.



(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k5AUL-IXOPI/WzjfSuR6w3I/AAAAAAAAHOw/HcoW_7ZAYOMmhGkDEWtmIyizUo8GTgFygCLcBGAs/s1600/20180630_173907.jpg)

8 more are about 75% done.



(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TRdCezW8i1E/Wzjff9Po43I/AAAAAAAAHO4/HODZ5cnmp14kn676hDVPV2KuxgU5w3RMgCLcBGAs/s1600/20180630_173939.jpg)

The final 8 are barely started.


And here's how far I got on my surprise mercenary unit:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J7vLERUfJ08/WzjjB4EOF3I/AAAAAAAAHPI/pCw_IZJB9MMMuZquA41BzJASh5pGbEsIACLcBGAs/s1600/20180701_101322.jpg)

 :wink:


For JULY my goal is to finish the remaining halberdiers and the "surprise" unit. The way things are looking, I will be lucky if I even get that much done.  :unsure:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on July 02, 2018, 10:40:12 AM
Don't be too down on yourself, I can barely imagine painting a whole regiment any more! Perhaps the 100 odd identically coloured Space Marines has beaten that out of me (for now, I hope!)
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Post by: Padre on July 03, 2018, 11:08:26 PM
Keep my list going ... I'm getting on with the mounted Bret characters and the marching pike militia. For this month, GP, you can add a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower (both to use in siege games if the walls topple down), a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow (and various other colours mixed in) to mostly green and yellow (their new livery). And I gotta repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again. There will be more new additions to the list very soon. But the things just mentioned have to be done in the next 12 days as they are needed for the next campaign game.
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Post by: GamesPoet on July 03, 2018, 11:57:21 PM
I'll get to this soon, very busy, but will certainly keep this going! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Post by: GamesPoet on July 05, 2018, 10:54:28 AM
Once again I failed to finish the 6 mounted crossbows.  Hopefully this month!

Final Tally of June Goals ...

JAK ... finish the neglected Project  W, and then return to the City Watch, build and paint Stormcast Eternal Liberator (II), build and paint 2x  Wild West Exodus K9 Gun Dogs.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Artobans ... Finish bases on the 24 scuttlings, complete 4 more, Matorean free company - aelves detachment, Warden on a gryphon, 10 shadow warriors, mix of lothern-swordmasters, 5 reavers, bolt thrower.
Shadespyre ... photograph all my Space Marines, undead giant liche
023 ... 16 of 32 Halberdiers, 1 surprise new OMFG regiment
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 16 armed peasant-militia, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, 4 leadbelchers.
Gankom ... Spray paint stuff in Waiting Box, finish 5 man Deathwatch squad, 2 Deathguard, 4 fantasy models (TBD which). Start painting Russ tank.

Completed goals are in bold.

And ...

Starting Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, and the "surprise" unit.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow (their new livery), repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
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Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 06, 2018, 05:07:23 AM


For what it's worth, I've given up sleep for this brief single evening and finished 8 of the aforementioned minis...


(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OuisPGjfBbA/Wz73WlA69EI/AAAAAAAAHPk/6dOe4YILVFcWiofnmfZmr-GaPRVNr33dwCLcBGAs/s1600/20180706_004823.jpg)


So just 8 more halberdiers left, plus the 10 minis for the surprise OMFG unit.  The next week or so, unfortunately, looks like zero painting time so far, so it may be a while before I make more progress...

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Post by: Padre on July 06, 2018, 08:05:00 PM
Looking very marvellous, 023. Nice.

I am so close to a bunch of targets being achieved. Here are pics of my WIP attempts to make post-collapse versions of the plastic GW castle wall and tower. I used foam board, scoring the stone pattern with a scalpel (then peeling off the paper strips) while using snapped, paperless foam board to make the broken stones, glued with PVA then coated with watered-down PVA .

Here they are, undercoated (it's still wet so I cannot continue yet) next to the piece they will replace when there is a collapse in a battle.

(https://i.imgur.com/jB9qT2a.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bqpcgI1.jpg)

I have made one pile of stones separate for the tower, so that I can represent a mid-wall tower collapse and a corner-tower collapse with the same scenery piece just by moving the rubble.

State of play with mounted Bretonnians (2 instead of 3 - didn't like the third model), and the 16 militia pikemen (a bit of every colour I could think of, except purple) and an extra Bretonnian mercenary field gun and 4 crew which I had to have when I went to the shop.

(https://i.imgur.com/CXuKAiT.jpg)

I'm also working on a stupidly massive dwarf cannon, to smash the walls of major fortresses and cities. Ordered it yesterday, came through the post today, modelled and undercoated. I'll do a pic as soon as it is done.
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Post by: GamesPoet on July 07, 2018, 01:43:47 PM
Padre ... loving your progress in those photos! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Post by: Padre on July 07, 2018, 03:03:12 PM
Progress momentarily stalled because I can't make a decision.

I have begun work on a dwarf castle-shattering cannon, WIP:
(https://i.imgur.com/XkYEiCn.jpg)

I think I want to make the bronze oxidised like the Tsar Cannon
(https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/tsar-cannon-kremlin-moscow-russia-large-metres-ft-long-display-grounds-was-cast-58446265.jpg)

 i.e. heavily oxidised as if it is ancient.

I have tested a technique (remember I use enamels) on a second hand horse's arse ...

(https://i.imgur.com/1Eo5u4Z.jpg)

I think I like it.

Do I do that to the whole cannon barrel?
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on July 07, 2018, 03:19:38 PM
You have pulled it off👆 Incredible metal effect for the barrel
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Post by: Padre on July 07, 2018, 04:37:39 PM
Except on the actual piece, now that I have tried it, it looks different. When it's dried I work out whether it has worked.
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Post by: Padre on July 07, 2018, 07:53:01 PM
I s'pose it's ok. Not sure why I made all that effort to leave black lines on the bronze layer, only to have them all completely disappear under the wash.

(https://i.imgur.com/0Ntpr3k.jpg)

Definitely looks oxidised, but whether it is a better look than the bronze I do not know. I won't be repainting though! Got to get ready for the battle next weekend, must keep going fast!!!

Except now I am off for a pint!
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on July 07, 2018, 10:25:08 PM
I think the oxidizing is great. When the rest of the colours are on that will really pop.
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Post by: Padre on July 08, 2018, 10:27:35 PM
Not so sure myself. But I think I may have looked at it too much, and that messes with one's perception and judgement.

It's finished.

(https://i.imgur.com/FSA2TX2.jpg)
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Post by: Shadespyre on July 08, 2018, 11:15:09 PM
I seem to have done my Vampiress already!

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/DSC00492_zpsm3ni6y6r.jpg)
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/DSC00490_zpstx5jg10v.jpg)

The dragon is one I'd previously painted but left riderless.
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Post by: Gankom on July 09, 2018, 02:54:50 AM
Well I started a bunch of things and experimented with different colors, but sadly didn't finish anything else in June. The heat just put me off doing much work, and when I did get set up I couldn't keep my attention on anything in particular.

So for July I'm going to keep it simple for now, work on one thing and then add a second once I finished. I'm sort of planning to pick up one of the new smaller version Age of Sigmar starter kits at the end of the month, and I'm trying to motivate myself to paint it all up in a row so I can spend some time teaching my young cousins and their friends. We'll see how that goes.

So I'll add my goals below.

Starting Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, and the "surprise" unit.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow (their new livery), repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. Get motivated for special project.
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Post by: StealthKnightSteg on July 09, 2018, 08:53:25 AM
I s'pose it's ok. Not sure why I made all that effort to leave black lines on the bronze layer, only to have them all completely disappear under the wash.

(https://i.imgur.com/0Ntpr3k.jpg)

Definitely looks oxidised, but whether it is a better look than the bronze I do not know. I won't be repainting though! Got to get ready for the battle next weekend, must keep going fast!!!

Except now I am off for a pint!


I don't know how it works on enamel paints you use, but GW has a technical paint just for this kind of stuff Nihilakh Oxide
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Post by: Padre on July 09, 2018, 09:36:15 AM
I doubt it would work, StealthKnightSteg. I have successfully put enamel onto acrylic undercoats, but any kind of acrylic wash into enamels just turns into little drops of paint rolling about!

The gun is done, for better or worse. If I ever re-do it, I think I would go back to the original bronze version shown above!
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Post by: Shadespyre on July 09, 2018, 07:33:40 PM
I like the gun, it works verry well even if it buried your earlier hard work  :icon_wink: I would blacken the barrel interior and muzzle and perhaps restore a little bronze colour where there might be wear - the Tsar Cannon probably wouldn't look like that if it was in regular use.

Having completed my Vampire, going to add Two Big Wraith Guys to my target list for July
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Post by: Padre on July 09, 2018, 09:40:37 PM
Took your advice, Shadey, and I like it a bit more now. Thanks!

(https://i.imgur.com/sSKclqt.jpg)

I'm working on steps and a crane so that the dwarfs can load it. Not works of art, but practical.
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on July 09, 2018, 10:11:36 PM
Those finishing touches were the cats meow Padre! What a beautiful piece.
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Post by: Shadespyre on July 09, 2018, 10:55:06 PM
Wow! You absolutely nailed that!!  :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on July 10, 2018, 12:19:44 AM
Those finishing bronze touches are what it needed. Very nice.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on July 10, 2018, 02:17:44 PM
Thanks. I would not have thought of it myself, even if it seems obvious now!

I was, however, thinking about other things, like being worried that my little fellers couldn't possibly load it. Well, courtesy of some steps, a long linstock and a handy crane, they can now!

(https://i.imgur.com/l8f42gb.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TbwbYEg.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on July 10, 2018, 04:49:05 PM
That looks fantastic!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on July 10, 2018, 05:50:09 PM
Excellent! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on July 10, 2018, 05:59:56 PM
... and just when you thought it couldn't get better, another Padre masterpiece is complete!  :smile2:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on July 12, 2018, 09:56:38 PM
Thanks Guys. I get to see it in use on Saturday (as usual I am GMing, that way my campaign players get to play!)

I've completed several other of my goals (all needed for the game on Saturday, and some for the prequel stories) ...

Bret light cannon and crew

(https://i.imgur.com/Nz3iMxJ.jpg)

Ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower

(https://i.imgur.com/KnZ48gl.jpg)

3 mounted Bretonnian characters

(https://i.imgur.com/nNrPX6b.jpg)

One of these is a very old 1980's figure, the banner and some other bits repainted to serve the Baron Garoy.

The baron doesn't ride into battle garbed and equipped as above. Here you can see the baron on his Rouncey (for riding about) and next to him is ... erm .... himself, wearing full battle armour and upon his destrier.

(https://i.imgur.com/CnhNk85.jpg)

Re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow (their new livery)

(https://i.imgur.com/W4xruHg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mtDfBVR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lfISjNQ.jpg)

My dwarf army didn't need repairing, so scratch that item.

Still on my list:  10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen

Although the marching militia pike are almost done, just need bases and their pikes sticking on (I need superglue)
(https://i.imgur.com/EikZZSI.jpg)

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 12, 2018, 10:55:28 PM
You are a painting machine! I agree with the previous comments, the hint of bronze showing through really works for the cannon.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on July 12, 2018, 11:30:35 PM
Just awesome. The Bret war machine crew are some of my favorite models of all time. I also love the two versions of the Baron.

I managed to get motivated and spent most of the day painting. I just have to wash and finish the bases once they dry a bit more, but otherwise 5 Hellblasters, A Primaris Captain and a Dwarf Ranger are in the bag! Suck it July! I got painting done!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zygmund on July 13, 2018, 07:24:15 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/l8f42gb.jpg)

I've got this cannon, and I don't quite know what to do with it. Looks like painting it would be a good solution to such a dilemma...!

-Z
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on July 13, 2018, 09:51:54 AM
... I've got this cannon, and I don't quite know what to do with it. Looks like painting it would be a good solution to such a dilemma...! -Z


Will you go bronze or iron? If the former, Oxidized or not?

PS: Once you've painted yours we could ally and destroy any castles we like in the old world!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on July 14, 2018, 11:35:49 AM
Fantastic Padre!
I’m not setting any goals this month. I’ve lost my drive completely which happens now and again. Just waiting for inspiration again. Not going to force it.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on July 14, 2018, 12:51:10 PM
Padre's got a good bit going on this month! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::

Updating Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, and the "surprise" unit.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. Get motivated for special project.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zak on July 14, 2018, 10:18:54 PM
 :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on July 16, 2018, 09:46:20 AM
Militia pike done, apart from basing.

(https://i.imgur.com/WM9iaGG.jpg)

I wanted them to be (a) background for one of the campaign stories, and (b) tabletop useful as an expansion of my existing 35 strong unit. But it turns out they don't look at all right as extra ranks for my existing militia pike. Of course, I should have checked first!

I bought only these 16 mainly because that's all the shop had, and I loved the figures. The shopkeeper says he cannot re-order these particular models as they are now web only, so I have now ordered another 16 in order to make these guys into an actual tabletop regiment instead of half of one. (Pointless having half a unit.) I have the command figures already, painted in Compagnia del Sole colours, but I can repaint those easily enough.

I reckon what I now need to make this militia force into a properly viable army is a lot more crossbowmen. I will scour the 'net for possibilities.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on July 16, 2018, 10:02:03 AM
Half way through the month and Padre continues full speed ahead.

Updating Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, and the "surprise" unit.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. Get motivated for special project.

(completed items bolded)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 16, 2018, 02:02:25 PM
Finished my surprise unit, pics & link on my plog thread.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on July 21, 2018, 01:51:17 PM
Quickly finished off this (unscheduled) snowy Frostgrave casualty / treasure / objective marker

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/Frostgrave/DSC00918_zpsa0pqgszq.jpg)

And also the two wraiths I'd been working on

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/DSC00921_zpsbixxsqlk.jpg)

Found a few random part-painted models kicking around, gonna put those on my desk in case I get the urge to finish them.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 21, 2018, 10:42:18 PM
Awesome wraiths! What manufacturer?

Half way through the month and Padre continues full speed ahead.

Updating Tally for July ...
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, and the "surprise" unit of half-orcs scouts.

I mentioned it, but didn't post the pic directly in this thread because I didn't know if that would be spamming the forum since I had already posted in my own thread. But here they are...

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-edNF56OyKuc/W0vhBDsQBBI/AAAAAAAAHQw/fmYXWBZymt0Ph5EOBju_B2B5IeC_glOOQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180715_124633.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on July 21, 2018, 11:16:18 PM
No problem, I just hadn't gotten to it, I'm good if a picture gets posted here, too.

Updating Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady, snowy Frostgrave casualty/treasure/objective marker, 2 wraiths.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, "surprise" unit of half-orc scouts.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. Get motivated for special project.

(completed items bolded)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on July 22, 2018, 09:49:29 AM
023 - The wraiths are from Mierce Miniatures Darklands range - they are very pricey but I go these in a half price sale, which made them seem reasonable!

http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-jut&sou=cat (http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-jut&sou=cat)

GP - I also completed my Vampire, she's the one sat on the big skeletal dragon
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on July 22, 2018, 08:06:08 PM
I wanted the 16 pike more for pictures than the field of battle, and presumed they could bolster the ranks of my existing militia pike. But they look wrong side by side due to their differing postures and very different pikes. So I thought I might was well go the whole way and turn them into a full regiment. Oh, and do some more militia crossbowmen while I am at it.

Now there are 12 Tilean crossbow and 22 more pike to do.

(https://i.imgur.com/0cm9gpA.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on July 22, 2018, 08:39:43 PM
Good stuff everyone! I've finished my hellblasters, and actually might get a bit more done this month.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on July 22, 2018, 11:21:50 PM
Congrats gentlemen! :::cheers:::

Updating Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady, snowy Frostgrave casualty/treasure/objective marker, 2 wraiths.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, "surprise" unit of half-orc scouts.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. Get motivated for special project.

(completed items bolded)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 23, 2018, 12:08:00 AM
023 - The wraiths are from Mierce Miniatures Darklands range - they are very pricey but I go these in a half price sale, which made them seem reasonable!

http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-jut&sou=cat (http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-jut&sou=cat)

Wow, I knew Mierce was expensive but... :Ohmy:

I'm still (impatiently) waiting for Hassle-free/Artemis to rerelease the Red Box wraiths.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on July 26, 2018, 10:41:06 PM
Woo went on a bit of a painting binge over the past few days and got a bunch done. I'll be uploading pictures soonish on my respective plogs here: http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=51235.msg1033980  and here: http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php/topic,51332.msg971723.html#msg971723

Overall I got a good mix of 40k and fantasy done. For fantasy I got a necromancer, great axe militia and Priest of Ulric. Plus a fair bit done on two giants. For 40k I completed my final five deathwatch marines, plus a Raven guard and Iron Hands marine! And finally I painted up a text model of an Eldar warlock to try out my possible color scheme.

Updating Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady, snowy Frostgrave casualty/treasure/objective marker, 2 wraiths.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, "surprise" unit of half-orc scouts.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. 5 death watch marines. 2 tactical marines. Necromancer, priest of Ulric, great axe militia & Eldar Warlock.. Get motivated for special project.

(completed items bolded)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 28, 2018, 03:42:24 PM
I'm done with the halberdiers, so last months goal is done in two months. 32 human halberdiers, 10 half-orc scouts.

Maybe catching up on painting all of my unfinished banners should be my next goal? Will have to think about that...

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kr-HwgLUA8s/W1yJv89v4PI/AAAAAAAAHSo/6yKR25Y4lTkaJ-RU6bGijNc8UxN5FetuACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180728_105958.jpg)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4Fc3iQ9iynI/W1yJ0bzO-YI/AAAAAAAAHSs/8Pw_oE3BQGo98vvP8tvsybIiQ9lQ6gWWQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180728_110352.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on July 28, 2018, 06:22:19 PM
I haven't painted in months. :icon_sad:

Updating Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady, snowy Frostgrave casualty/treasure/objective marker, 2 wraiths.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, "surprise" unit of half-orc scouts.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom... 5 Hellblasters. 5 death watch marines. 2 tactical marines. Necromancer, priest of Ulric, great axe militia & Eldar Warlock.. Get motivated for special project.

(completed items bolded)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on July 29, 2018, 06:31:08 PM
Target completed for this month – target for next month is the same - complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: lt dougheim on July 29, 2018, 07:50:39 PM
ZeroTwentythree your halberdiers are awesome. I love how the purple looks.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on July 31, 2018, 10:27:35 PM
Thank you.

For August my goal is to paint a long overdue HE lion chariot and Phoenix that I owe someone, and if I have time the three half-orc minis I recently bought.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on July 31, 2018, 11:07:09 PM
I've said it before in your main plog but I'm also a huge fan of your purple. It looks so good, and looks so realistic to me. Like a kind of purple that would actually show up on the cloth of fairly regular troopers instead of nobility.

I've completed all my goals and more. After my last update all I had left to do was my *Special Project*. I not only got motivated, I've got it half done! I'm also giving myself a due date of this Saturday to finish it totally, so it's going to be a motivated week for me.

Huzzah to a full month done for once!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on August 01, 2018, 12:25:36 AM
Thank you.

For August my goal is to paint a long overdue HE lion chariot and Phoenix that I owe someone, and if I have time the three half-orc minis I recently bought.

Looking forward to the HE chariot. I have 2 of them and always loved that model however I’ve never seen any outside mine and gw’s. Never understood why. Never achieved the full ability of 24 hits between the 2 of them but always tried.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on August 01, 2018, 10:32:16 AM
Me still no painting.  August will get the same goal, although I'll be spending a lot of time studying for an exam, so we'll see.

Looks like it has been a pretty good month for folks, congrats! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::


Final Tally for July ...

Shadespyre ... convert and paint one more Vampire Lady, snowy Frostgrave casualty/treasure/objective marker, 2 wraiths.
JAK ... complete at least 6 City Watch characters.
023 ... finish remaining 16 halberdiers, "surprise" unit of half-orc scouts.
Padre ... 10 Black Knight skelly riders (only part built atm), 16 marching pikemen, 24 Estalian Swordsmen, 3 mounted Bretonnian characters, a ruined version of the GW castle wall, a ruined version of the GW castle tower, a Bret light cannon and crew, and re-painting some men at arms and archers from red and yellow to mostly green and yellow, huge dwarf cannon with crew & equipment, repair my old dwarf army - get it pretty again.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Gankom ... 5 Hellblasters. 5 death watch marines. 2 tactical marines. Necromancer, priest of Ulric, great axe militia & Eldar Warlock. Get motivated for special project.

(completed items bolded)

Start of Tally for August ...

JAK ... complete at least 6 more City Watch characters.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis.
Gankom ... finish special project.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zygmund on August 08, 2018, 02:08:10 PM
I dare not to make plans about what I get painted, but sometimes I finish things. To encourage everyone, here are some non-Empire guys.

(https://i.imgur.com/8XKuRAN.jpg)
Modified Battle for Skull Pass trolls.

(https://i.imgur.com/9qt1fHX.jpg)
Isn't this troll almost... intelligent?

(https://i.imgur.com/wCtJLIy.jpg)
Dwarfs from around 2000. Clumsy sculpts, fun to paint.

-Z
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on August 08, 2018, 04:25:56 PM
My goals for August:

22 more Tilean militia pikemen & 12 militia crossbowmen, 10 skelly horse
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on August 09, 2018, 09:07:40 PM
I love those trolls. Plus the beard hair on the dwarves looks great.

I finished my special surprise, but alas I didn't have time to take any pictures. I can talk about it a bit at least, but it's not quite the same.

I had a family get together on Saturday and had some plans for it. At a previous family get together around December, my cousin was telling me about the time him and his son had tried to get into Warhammer and we got talking about it. I knew they'd gotten into it at one point, I was the one who introduced them to it, and knew they stopped but figured they'd just grown out of it. He was telling me that what really put them off was the first, and last time, they tried to go to a store to play. His son would have been about 14 or 15 at the time, probably like ten years ago, and neither one of them really knew how to play. They figured they could meet some new people, get involved in the community, and learn to play.

It... didn't go well. People were rude, his son was told they didn't want any kids there playing and ruining the atmosphere for the rest of them, and no one wanted to waste time playing with new people. I don't know about some of you guys, but I've met jerks like that at the club before. Usually there are far more nice people, but dealing with the jerks can put a real bad taste in your mouth. For my cousin it pretty much killed his interest.

I didn't want that to be his last memory of warhammer, so for Saturday I wanted to get a special project ready. I converted and painted up a small squad of the new space marine guys. One each for him, his two new sons and his older son. Just as a bit of a show piece. When I gave them to him and his sons I let him know that if he ever wanted to learn to play or paint or whatever, he should come on over to my place and I'd show him all about it. Not only that, but the new edition was a fantastic and simpler way to learn it.

My cousin and his brother (Both a bit older then me) were thrilled and thought the models were fantastic. Their wives were somewhat less impressed, and the two young boys mostly wanted to talk about fortnite. Still, I had a blast doing it and I bet sooner or later it means there will be a family battle in the future.

My plan may or may not have been inspired by the pleasant surprise exchange, which really is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on August 09, 2018, 09:35:03 PM
Too bad about that experience. I knew nothing at all about the game and my son was 12 (now 25). The store reps were so awesome we were hooked. I was told to come in Tuesday’s and the fantasy crowd would be playing. They just dragged me in and explained as I went. So I was there Tuesday’s - fantasy , Thursday’s - 40k, Saturday’s - either. Then the gamesdays in Toronto and the tourneys in London, Waterloo, Toronto, north bay, Montreal - rince and repeat for 5-6 years. My son liked to collect and played with his friends at home so I did the board and terrain thing. Totally awesome time all round. I had that bad experience with the magic card game and did not really like the crowd. Always avoided the bad eggs.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on August 09, 2018, 09:41:30 PM
I had a couple of bad experiences myself when I was 11 or 12 and trying to play in a store, but generally it was pretty infrequent compared to the great people. I can remember so many people pitching in to show rules, or just have a game or talk or whatever. It's like any other club, there's always some jerks sooner or later. It's just a shame when those jerks are your first experience.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zygmund on August 10, 2018, 01:15:58 PM
Some competitive players can be a problem at times. Or people who only want to play "their" game. In general, my own experience of learning games and gathering to play games at stores/clubs is super positive. No-one has been rude, although not everyone is a good teacher.

If there are these negative vibes in a store, you can ask the shop keeper if s/he wants to do something about it. I guess the shopkeeper always wants to welcome new people = potential new customers.

It can be different at clubs. But seclusive clubs probably do not invite newbies in the first place.

-Z
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on August 14, 2018, 12:23:10 PM
I keep forgetting to say what I plan to do before I do it... I've nearly finished an ENORMOUS thingy, and now I have to work out how to photograph it. And then you can see what it is!

My August goal - Paint and photograph an ENORMOUS thingy  :icon_eek:

EDIT: This is a nightmare to try and get pictures of...

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/bffb532c-51c8-4442-bb87-1d5d33586725_zps3tgrb248.jpg)

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/6d1ef542-1953-4b09-855a-deef6ddfe1b7_zpsjphsnzxu.jpg)

I'm going to have to come up with a better, larger photography set up for this!

For those that don't know, this is Kaladrax from Reaper Miniatures. That base is 24 cm square...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on August 14, 2018, 11:36:35 PM
Amazing. We need a little Sir Forescale in there to give us a sense of scale.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zak on August 15, 2018, 12:05:40 AM
Amazing. We need a little Sir Forescale in there to give us a sense of scale.


its YUGE!!!!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on August 15, 2018, 11:52:26 AM
Ah yes, good old Sir Forescale, good point.

I'm going to try to set up a larger space to get some better photos, and I'll get some with some other models for scale.

EDIT: Somewhat better picture, and now with a Scale-eton in the foreground (sorry)

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Vampire%20Counts/New%20Vampire%20Counts/Kaladrax/91a910cd-6e50-4423-853c-ce18460ec638_zpsyrwy97jz.jpg)

Yes, it *is* YUGE!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on August 17, 2018, 06:32:56 PM
That's horrifyingly big. I feel true pity for whatever band of plucky adventurers goes up against that thing.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on August 17, 2018, 06:35:11 PM
(Un)holy crap, that's awesome! And yuge.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on August 18, 2018, 10:07:11 AM
I love the story behind this model - it's actually twice the size that was intended! The wrong information was sent to the company making the steel injection moulds (in China IIRC) By the time anyone realized the mistake the moulds had been made, and that process is so expensive they just ran with it. You can see this on the model, which is decorated with ogre sized skulls and a huge treasure chest with coins the size of dinner plates, but I removed those and replaced them with more appropriate items.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on August 18, 2018, 11:38:22 AM
That's the model I was sent for the pleasant surprise. It is big. Too big for tabletop use, anyway, as there wouldn't be much table left!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on August 19, 2018, 11:41:14 AM
Really? That was kind of someone!  :eusa_clap:

Too big for the table? Maybe, but GWs modern monster models get bigger and bigger perhaps not insanely so. The days when a WHFB Monster had to stand on a 50x50 base are long gone. The GW bases range now includes a 17 cm long oval and a 16 cm diameter circle (the latter possibly for WH40k more) so we're getting there.

I think suitable rules for a beast like this are harder to come across. In later editions, the stats of monsters just don't reflect the majesty of the models and the fact that EVERYTHING on the table can shoot at them. But I think someone who games like you do - in a narrative fashion - could have great fun with it. I think that's how I'll use it, too.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on August 21, 2018, 01:05:53 PM
Updating for August ...

JAK ... complete at least 6 more City Watch characters.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis.
Gankom ... finish special project.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Padre ... 22 more Tilean militia pikemen & 12 militia crossbowmen, 10 skelly horse
Shadespyre ... Paint and photo dragon Kaladrax.

(Completed items are bolded.)

Only 10 days remaining for August!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on August 21, 2018, 08:17:19 PM
So close ... I think I can do it.

The extra 22 pike and extra 12 xbow only need their flesh painting and basing. Oh yeah!

(https://i.imgur.com/cYPf6n4.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on August 21, 2018, 09:23:37 PM
I finished my special project, so I'm going to be crazy and add to my august pledge! I have a bunch of half finished models, including two reaper giants and some new Soul Wars stuff. So I pledge to complete them by the end of the month!


JAK ... complete at least 6 more City Watch characters.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis.
Gankom ... finish special project. Finish 2 Reaper Giants, paint 2 Sequitors and 2 Glavewraith stalkers.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Padre ... 22 more Tilean militia pikemen & 12 militia crossbowmen, 10 skelly horse
Shadespyre ... Paint and photo dragon Kaladrax.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on August 22, 2018, 08:43:33 PM
Bar a bit of flock on the bases, I'm done!

22 more militia pike to join the 16 completed last month. I have plenty of militia figures already done I can use as command. Also 12 more crossbow to join the existing 5, add 3 command to make a unit of 20 if the campaign calls for it.

Pike and crossbow. So Tilean!

(https://i.imgur.com/d5DUsyW.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on August 22, 2018, 08:59:55 PM
Amazing work Padre, there's nothing quite like massed pikes.

For myself, I'm having a tidy up and have pulled together around 20 miniatures which are Empire-ish and which need to be built or painted or finished. Some of these have been ideas or piles of bits for at least 5 years! This'll be my project for the next month or so or until I get bored of them and come up with something else to do...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on August 22, 2018, 09:57:47 PM
I suddenly thought I ought to check how they look next to my exisiting militia pikemen unit, and so found out that my old figures have baby pikes!

(https://i.imgur.com/5h6NqmI.jpg)

Now I'll have to find my mercenary pike and see what they look like in comparison!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on August 22, 2018, 10:32:34 PM
The new group, looks like their pikes are as long a Macedonian unit's pikes. :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on August 22, 2018, 10:42:13 PM
I suppose some of it is positional because the new group have advanced their pikes whereas the older figures have them at order. Having your pike at order means it is resting on the ground. Advancing your pike allows you to manoeuvre. Shouldering your pike allows you to march. Charging your pike points it at the enemy.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zak on August 23, 2018, 01:17:07 PM
wow  :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Realjuan on August 26, 2018, 03:52:46 PM
I am a sucker for Purple painted minis. Great job!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on August 26, 2018, 10:58:12 PM
I have completed all my goals! Huzzah! There's more pictures on my plog but I wanted to post a few here as additional motivation.

Plog: http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=51332.50

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1878/43382110805_9fa49e3df0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/296wE8F)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1874/43382070865_71ae586116_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/296wsg4)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1852/30421233098_8f0ce7db8f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NmdLJW)


(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1897/43571066384_eac7625aa7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29oe73u)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1888/29352414427_16ee6f028c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LHLNbP)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on August 28, 2018, 03:39:51 AM
Cool undead things. I dig the giants too. I got the fire giant from the KS but haven't painted it yet.

Padre, what manufacturer are your pikemen? I love the look of your massed pike units.


I will probably not get anything painted this month. Been horribly sick for a week and a half, and life's just been a trainwreck in general.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on August 30, 2018, 08:38:02 PM
Very Nice guys!
Bar a bit of flock on the bases, I'm done!

22 more militia pike to join the 16 completed last month. I have plenty of militia figures already done I can use as command. Also 12 more crossbow to join the existing 5, add 3 command to make a unit of 20 if the campaign calls for it.

Pike and crossbow. So Tilean!

(https://i.imgur.com/d5DUsyW.jpg)

Love the  colours!! Nice job!

I'm going to try to squeeze in a canon + crew in August (yep one day left to finish ::heretic::)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on August 31, 2018, 09:50:25 AM
Mission accomplished as required Watch figures completed for this month.

I’ve 9 Space Marines to paint for a friend but I’ve also made a personal vow to finish building the City Watch before getting all my paints out again so this month the main aim is to finish building all the characters for the City Watch. There are 5 to sculpt and around 10 conversions to do.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on August 31, 2018, 07:22:58 PM
So I made it, I give you "Missfire"

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/Ny%201_zpsu5ehsilc.png)[/URL][/img]

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on September 01, 2018, 09:30:09 AM
@ Zero23: The old paint jobs, the shorter pike ones, are from Wargames Foundry's Casting Room Miniatures range (castingroomminiatures.com) while the new, longer pike ones, are mostly Artizan Swiss (http://www.artizandesigns.com/list.php?man=20&cat=147&page=1), with a few Perry Miniatures Unarmoured Swiss (https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?products_id=2504) thrown in.

Meanwhile, here is a little project I squeezed into August (finished a couple of days ago but IMGUR was slow so posting delayed).

I bought a fairy house money box for £4 from The Works ...

(https://i.imgur.com/G1wZeS5.jpg)

And like so many other wooden boxes and houses I have bought from there, it got converted with some plasticard tiles and some window and door bits into a Tilean House ...

(https://i.imgur.com/9CQ0QO4.jpg)

I have to shake off the compulsion to build a new house for the background of every new street scene photo!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 01, 2018, 04:14:57 PM
Finishing Tally for August ...

JAK ... complete at least 6 more City Watch characters.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis.
Gankom ... finish special project, finish 2 Reaper Giants, paint 2 Sequitors and 2 Glavewraith stalkers.
GP ... finish 6 mounted 28mm crossbowmen.
Padre ... 22 more Tilean militia pikemen & 12 militia crossbowmen, 1 Tilean house, 10 skelly horse
Shadespyre ... Paint and photo dragon Kaladrax.
IrishZero ... 1 cannon that missfired.

(Completed items are bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 01, 2018, 08:11:42 PM
September goals:
-14 handgunners
-Finish 1 ogre
-1 artillery piece with crew

Best
// Iz
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on September 01, 2018, 08:58:18 PM
Hoo boy do I feel motivated this month. I can't believe I actually completed my goals last month! Plus I did some random touch ups or odd colors on some other stuff here and there. So let's see what I can do this month.

I have some stuff maybe not quite half done that I think I'll work on.

Gankom: 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on September 01, 2018, 09:40:12 PM
10 Skeleton Knights.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on September 02, 2018, 12:14:57 AM
For Sept. I'm going to attempt the same goal again, plus one HE white lion trooper & one HE war lion.

I've already started, as I rage-painted one of the half-orcs I had started over a month ago.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5JORZRw1Iqw/W4sq9YJ6sYI/AAAAAAAAHUw/wyU0d0ckBGksXEYgRb5zH3BttF5jtAN2gCLcBGAs/s1600/pixlr_20180901200909636.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 02, 2018, 11:15:11 AM
I'll join in. September goals will be converting the Black Panther squadron of demigryph knights (just done 1 of 3 now), and painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on September 02, 2018, 11:40:25 AM
Hello I'd like to join this month as well. I'm not a very good or fast painter but I'd like to finish my first 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan in September.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 02, 2018, 12:31:51 PM
Welcome aboard Castozor! :::cheers::: :::cheers:::

Folks can join in on the fun anytime.  Even in the middle of the month if they want.

Star of goals for September

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 1 of 3 Black Panther squadron of demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan.

(Completed items bolded.)


Can anyone guess what I probably won't complete this month?

 :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on September 02, 2018, 05:31:16 PM
Welcome aboard folks! More the merrier!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on September 02, 2018, 09:24:09 PM
Welcome aboard Castozor! :::cheers::: :::cheers:::

Folks can join in on the fun anytime.  Even in the middle of the month if they want.

Star of goals for September

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 1 of 3 Black Panther squadron of demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan.

(Completed items bolded.)

Ahem.  :wink:

For Sept. I'm going to attempt the same goal again, plus one HE white lion trooper & one HE war lion.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on September 02, 2018, 09:32:19 PM
Got a bad cough there, Zero23?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on September 03, 2018, 12:23:42 AM
Unfortunately, yes. And a sinus infection. Possibly pneumonia. It sucks.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 03, 2018, 02:02:23 AM
Ooops.

Star of goals for September

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 1 of 3 Black Panther squadron of demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 03, 2018, 07:22:39 PM
So I kickstart the month and finish the Ogre/Unit filler.  :icon_rolleyes:

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/Ogre_zps4myaawjt.jpg)

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/ogre%202_zpsmqswdrzl.jpg)

Dark pictures, they are taken with a cell so thats why. Anyway, check on one target :)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on September 03, 2018, 08:01:23 PM
That's a fantastic miniature, very well painted indeed! Great stuff. (What miniature range is it from?)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 03, 2018, 08:30:46 PM
That's a fantastic miniature, very well painted indeed! Great stuff. (What miniature range is it from?)

Thank you :) Its from Mordheim, its one of the hired swords: http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Mordheim_%E2%80%93_Hired_Swords
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 04, 2018, 12:56:03 AM
Black Panther squadron standard bearer conversion is well underway.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 04, 2018, 06:00:03 AM
Black Panther squadron standard bearer conversion is well underway.

Looking forward to it!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on September 04, 2018, 12:18:28 PM
I'm going to make my goal "Paint 18 Empirish Miniatures" and see how far I get. There's witch hunters, huntsmen, knights, a standard bearer, all sorts in the pile... let's see if I can find the Empire Muse again.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 07, 2018, 10:59:28 PM
The building of Black Panther Squadron is coming along nicely. All that's left is one cloak. To make the Knights Panther cloaks fall neatly along the back, I had to cut them into pieces, glue them together, and greenstuff the gaps. Very pleased with the result so far.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zak on September 07, 2018, 11:41:07 PM
The building of Black Panther Squadron is coming along nicely. All that's left is one cloak. To make the Knights Panther cloaks fall neatly along the back, I had to cut them into pieces, glue them together, and greenstuff the gaps. Very pleased with the result so far.


interesting 
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Rowsdower on September 08, 2018, 05:19:31 AM
I've managed to reassemble and repaint most of the elves I got in that epic [HA] swapmeet haul. I was hoping to have the whole army finished within the month but my work schedule is so busy I don't think that will happen. Plus I need more spear arms to fix all those misassembled spear men I bought.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 09, 2018, 09:36:56 PM
Alrighty, the Black Panther Squadron has been built. Pics taken in suboptimal light conditions by a low-end phone camera.

(https://imgur.com/PGUEx8w.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/divfJTS.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/D5lswwL.jpg)

The last picture is a close-up of the cloaks and the greenstuffing I did to close the gaps left by cutting and reassembling them. I'm quite satisfied with the result so far, but it remains to be seen whether it shows when finally painted. The blackness of the panther cloaks should help obscure it.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 10, 2018, 12:49:57 AM
Looking good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on September 10, 2018, 02:44:23 AM
I’m keen to see what these look like as a finished product!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 10, 2018, 07:26:47 PM
So, made some progress this weekend, 10 out of 14 handgunners done. So looking good so far for september  :icon_lol:

I like the old handgunners, especially the guy in the back, nice sculpt.

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/hg%201_zpsdntxytb9.jpg)[/URL]


This is the guy im talking about:

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/hg%202_zpsxrzfw7fi.jpg)[/URL]

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on September 10, 2018, 08:43:24 PM
Aaargh! Gone from loads of time to do stuff to so busy I work (or sort out my boys) til bedtime. Aaaargh!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 10, 2018, 11:28:31 PM
Those old handgunners are some seriously nice models. I should mix in some among my 6th edition starter box handgunners.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Naitsabes on September 11, 2018, 05:27:18 PM
Konrad, great work on those knight cloaks. I am sure it'll look seamless when painted.

how did you decide where to cut? just made it up as you went? and did you glue the pieces onto some support first before applying the green stuff?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 11, 2018, 08:16:09 PM
I largely made it up as I went, with the objective of making the cloaks mostly obey gravity. Something they, for that matter, don't even properly do in the original Knightly Orders box, but rather flutter like they'd either be feather light or the knights ride at blazing speed. I suspect it's because the cloaks doubled up for Mordheim and had to look good on infantrymen too.

I started off cutting the cloak just above the feline head, glueing the top bit to the shoulders of the knight, then worked my way downwards from there. There was quite an angle between that topmost and the next bit, to get the cloak to wrap around the shoulders properly. Then I added piece by piece, letting the cloak fall almost straight down, then bend horizontally and flow along the back of the demigryph.

I didn't use any support, the pieces had enough contact points and edges to stay together with the power of superglue. The gaps and the contact points/edges were then greenstuffed over. What surprised me was how different the three of them turned out, despite all using the same cloak bit.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on September 11, 2018, 08:33:08 PM
Lovely crisp handgunners from Irishzero up there!

I painted 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, a random dwarf and a lady fighter

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/d3d27827-3633-4495-9e0f-443426c7c2af_zpsr4pua3ye.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01226_zpskguapzrv.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01225_zpsepuabjq9.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01229_zpsrr0bo6zr.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on September 14, 2018, 03:10:23 PM
Painting is fantastic, but that dwarfs axe just looks ace. Also the Witch Hunter models are just beautiful. I don't think I've seen them before when I was looking at White Knights stuff.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on September 14, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
These are the first of WKs minis I've actually painted, they sit well with the old Mordheim models.

That dwarf is a conversion - he came to me missing the weapon, and I'm not sure where the over-large axe head came from. But I do like it! The lady fighter is also a repair job, that's an early 1980s pre-slotta model with the head, sword blade and shield replaced!

(http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/images/d/d1/C01w-20.jpg)

(This image borrowed from collecting-citadel-miniatures.com)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 16, 2018, 11:51:30 PM
Even though I haven't painted since May, I am adding in the mounted crossbowmen again. :icon_mrgreen:

Went looking for them today, managed to misplace where they were! :icon_eek: :icon_lol:  Found them, but no painting time in as a result.

Updating Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 1 of 3 Black Panther squadron of demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 1 lady fighter of 18 Empire Miniatures
GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on September 17, 2018, 12:37:33 AM
Well, there's still half the month left!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 17, 2018, 01:47:35 AM
True! :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 17, 2018, 10:13:18 AM
GamesPoet, you missed mine. I managed to get the Black Panther Squadron built (painting them was not a goal for this month).
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 17, 2018, 11:38:00 AM
My apology ...

Updating Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 3 Black Panther demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 1 lady fighter of 18 Empire Miniatures
GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen

(Completed items are in bold.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on September 18, 2018, 12:56:40 AM
I have done 3 half-orcs now.

Working on elves...

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kJR28hxSKrk/W4ySJtzhr5I/AAAAAAAAHVM/V3uwW-cHoJc-TNdrQul2yEERk3X5-ATNwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180902_213438_20180902214208200.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4qpimo_TRhI/W6BIh0Omm-I/AAAAAAAAHYE/0yp2j4F7Sugq4xc-Gjx3EzeL9VagXOq4ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180917_191657.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 18, 2018, 01:38:09 AM
Got out my paints .. that's progress. :icon_wink:



Updating Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 3 Black Panther demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and a Killa Kan.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 1 lady fighter of 18 Empire Miniatures
GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen

(Completed items are in bold.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 18, 2018, 08:04:01 PM
Zero23 looks very good!

I'm trying to get the artillery in place..

(http://forumbilder.se/H83PE/20180915-171220.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on September 18, 2018, 08:10:26 PM
You seem to have stuck the scenic barrier, artillery and crew on the wall! Struggling with your glue?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 18, 2018, 08:40:26 PM
You seem to have stuck the scenic barrier, artillery and crew on the wall! Struggling with your glue?

Hehe yes😉
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on September 19, 2018, 12:25:03 PM
Those half orcs are lovely models and nicely painted 023. As for my own goals, I finished not 1 but 2 Killa Kans but my boys are lagging behind a bit, 15 are in various stages of completion. Although that was partially on me for struggling to find a colour scheme  :-P .
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 19, 2018, 09:18:24 PM
I think I can tick the artillery of the list.. just need to go over everything tomorrow to see what it looks like then.

Pictures will follow! 4 handgunners left, hope I will manage to get them fixed before I go for a travel next week.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 20, 2018, 05:58:49 AM
By "fixed", I hope you don't mean by removing the codpieces. :icon_wink:
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Post by: Irishzero on September 20, 2018, 07:32:34 PM
And the mortar can also be ticked from september  :icon_razz:

So 4 minis to go..

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/mortar3_zpsmykdfoyl.jpg)

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/mortar5_zpsojfnjtvn.jpg)
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Post by: Padre on September 20, 2018, 08:01:44 PM
Such a relief you got it unstuck from the wall! It looks great. (Did you damage the paint on the wall getting it off?)
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Post by: Padre on September 20, 2018, 08:52:13 PM
You know, a childish part of me (so, a big part then) wishes I could ally with all the other Empire players here and defeat every other warhammer nation/race one by one!
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Post by: Gankom on September 20, 2018, 10:36:35 PM
You know, a childish part of me (so, a big part then) wishes I could ally with all the other Empire players here and defeat every other warhammer nation/race one by one!

I have had that same thought myself. Can we challenge the other race related forums to an ultimate campaign battle off?

and what about us players with divided loyalties split between multiple races? Am I betraying my dawi by allying with Empire, or a traitor to the Empire by loyally playing dawi?

Unless your a Skaven player. Then it's pretty par for the course.
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Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 21, 2018, 07:05:09 AM
Still haven't started painting the crossbowmen. Been sick with the flu and not just had the vigour for it, for clearing the mess that my hobby table is at the moment.
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Post by: GamesPoet on September 21, 2018, 12:26:42 PM
Nor have I still started painting my 6 mounted crossbowmen! :icon_lol:

- - -

And Gankom ... what are Skaven, but a nasty rumor told to children to keep them in line, before the holidays of course. :icon_wink:
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Post by: Realjuan on September 21, 2018, 01:03:18 PM
This month and next are really full for me, but I got a "mentor" from a facebook group and I hope I can do a Mini this month. 

Hope its not too late to add that goal

Its a bloodreaver I think from AoS.
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Post by: GamesPoet on September 21, 2018, 03:29:30 PM
As long as the month still has time remaining, folks can sign up for the month! :icon_cool:

Updating Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 3 Black Panther demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and 2 Killa Kans.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 1 lady fighter of 18 Empire Miniatures.
GP ... finish 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Realjuan ... 1 bloodreaver.

(Completed items are in bold.)
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Post by: JAK on September 21, 2018, 03:54:42 PM
I believe I have now built all the named characters from the City Watch and so as far as I’m concerned I now consider my task for this month completed.

The attached photo shows what is now ready for my painting table and my plan is to finish them all by the end of the year. You may recognise a few of them as I’ve had to change the original plan of where they would fit on the Display Base/Movement Trays so they had to be rebased and now need a paint touch-up.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1971/43914936555_ff2da93014_b.jpg)

My friend’s 40K Marines also need to be fitted in to this timescale somehow.
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Post by: GamesPoet on September 21, 2018, 04:10:12 PM
Wow. :icon_eek: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Post by: Gankom on September 21, 2018, 10:50:12 PM
Yess, more Deathwatch! You can join Friday and I and help our Deathwatch take over the 40k board.

Fantastic work everyone! I've also finished my initial September goal. Finished it a week or so back as well although it's sat on my painting table as I debated some additional details. Instead I'm moving on while my motivation is high.

So now I'll add to my September goal to try and finish two pieces of a crashed 40k ship, plus finish a slaughterpriest and thug. There's a few other things making some brief appearances of my desk, but only long enough to add a color or two before back to those main things.

(I painted 20 guardsmans fatigues today, but don't plan/want to do the rest for awhile. I did the fatigues while I had the right green paint out. The rest will wait till I feel like painting a different set of colors.)
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Post by: Irishzero on September 22, 2018, 07:24:56 AM
Anyone else having the problem that you keep on buying stuff from eBay even though you have minis left to paint  :eusa_wall:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 22, 2018, 07:51:42 AM
Anyone else having the problem that you keep on buying stuff from eBay even though you have minis left to paint  :eusa_wall:

I think a better question would be: Is there anyone here who doesn't have that problem?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 22, 2018, 09:36:48 AM
Anyone else having the problem that you keep on buying stuff from eBay even though you have minis left to paint  :eusa_wall:

I think a better question would be: Is there anyone here who doesn't have that problem?

Hehe yes. I have a tendency lately to also just look at old oop minis..and I wonder where my salary ends up
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on September 22, 2018, 01:18:46 PM
Updating Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts.
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 3 Black Panther demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and 2 Killa Kans.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 1 lady fighter of 18 Empire Miniatures.
GP ... finish 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Realjuan ... 1 bloodreaver.

(Completed items are in bold.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on September 25, 2018, 01:52:38 PM
Think I need to face the bitter truth: I won't make the final 4 handgunners.  To much at work and also going away this weekend to Poland. Nearly made it. Good luck all with your goals ! :eusa_clap:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 27, 2018, 08:21:19 PM
I won't make it with the 15 crossbowmen. I recently settled for a much more modest goal for the last few days of the month, getting 10 huntsmen based.
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Post by: Gankom on September 28, 2018, 11:55:43 PM
The painting binge weekend begins! I got a bunch finished today, although sadly it got missed on the official list. I'll try and take some pictures in the daylight tomorrow.

All told I finished 13 various guardsmen, a slaughter priest, a bandit, 3 blood reavers and finished a fair bit more on some scenery pieces. I've updated the goal list below. I'm planning to have a fair bit of time this weekend, so hopefully I can finish off the scenery pieces I've been working on. Maybe even pull out a few random odds and ends to work on.

Updating Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts, finish two pieces of a crashed 40k ship, plus finish a slaughterpriest, 13 guardsmen and thug/bandit
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 3 Black Panther demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and 2 Killa Kans.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 1 lady fighter of 18 Empire Miniatures.
GP ... finish 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Realjuan ... 1 bloodreaver.

(Completed items are in bold.)
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Post by: Shadespyre on September 29, 2018, 05:48:08 PM
A couple of Empire projects which I've been meaning to do for years.

The first is a variant paint job rather than a conversion. Any football fans want to try and guess his name?

The second is an old Asgard mini I think? I repaired the carousing swordsman with a GW head to make him blend in better. Tempted to ask for captions for that model but I'm afraid you'll let me down by being vulgar... 

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01353_zpsjyxdxuyy.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01349_zpst6pxpy1a.jpg)
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Post by: Padre on September 29, 2018, 07:31:39 PM
I love those Shadespyre. Can't guess footballer's name - I know zero about any sport.

My own goal is far from complete ... it will have to be October's goal.

(https://i.imgur.com/bt82eUn.jpg)
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Post by: Shadespyre on September 30, 2018, 09:24:01 AM
Thanks! Though I really must remember that posting larger than life size pics of miniatures *really* exposes your technique (or lack of it in my case!)
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Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on September 30, 2018, 09:34:52 AM
A couple of Empire projects which I've been meaning to do for years.

The first is a variant paint job rather than a conversion. Any football fans want to try and guess his name?

David Seaman? Don't know many footballers by appearance but he came to mind.

The second is an old Asgard mini I think? I repaired the carousing swordsman with a GW head to make him blend in better. Tempted to ask for captions for that model but I'm afraid you'll let me down by being vulgar... 

How about: Damnit woman, buy your own beer!
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Post by: Midaski on September 30, 2018, 09:46:23 AM
You mean this God of the game ……………….

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Bobby_Moore_statue%2C_Wembley_%2811%29.jpg)

I had my vintage replica No 6 shirt on whilst playing Friday evening - obviously inspiring Saturday's result.  :engel:
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Post by: JAK on September 30, 2018, 03:00:41 PM
I’ve 48 figures ready to paint as seen in earlier photo, since which time I’ve had little time to progress. The plan is to finish them by the end of the year which works out at 16 figures per month. Not sure which is best way to do this; concentrate on one figure at a time or do bits and pieces on those who share colours so I’ll not be setting targets for the intervening months.
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Post by: Shadespyre on September 30, 2018, 03:03:49 PM
You mean this God of the game ……………….
I had my vintage replica No 6 shirt on whilst playing Friday evening - obviously inspiring Saturday's result.  :engel:

Oh, wow, the pose is spot on! Actually, I was thinking more in the terms of the colours my chap is wearing...
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Post by: Castozor on September 30, 2018, 09:46:42 PM
Well due to circumstances (mostly work) I got stuck at 15 boyz and the 2 killa kans. I'll finish up the remainder tomorrow but alas that's a new month.
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Post by: Gankom on October 01, 2018, 02:01:12 AM
Pfft what is all this football stuff. We need more Rugby, or Lacrosse. The real manly sports!
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Post by: Warlord on October 01, 2018, 11:27:38 AM
Lacrosse?
Manly?

Haha!!!
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Post by: Padre on October 01, 2018, 12:43:49 PM
Lacrosse?

Huh?

(I mentioned my complete lack of knowledge of sports.)
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Post by: Gankom on October 01, 2018, 02:34:23 PM
It's a Canadian thing I guess. (Is it actually that big ANYWERE else?) Like extreme tennis meets soccer. Your trying to get the lacrosse ball into the other teams net using sticks, tackling and just general manliness. (Despite whatever Warlord says!)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Lacrosse_dive_shot.jpg/220px-Lacrosse_dive_shot.jpg)
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Post by: Padre on October 01, 2018, 02:52:54 PM
Being a seventeenth century reenactor and enthusiast, I know a bit about stoolball, hurling and pelle melle. The latter used sticks too - they played it on Pall Mall in St James' park!
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Post by: Gankom on October 01, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
A lot of the French and Indian reenactors here get really heavy into Lacrosse. It was from the natives originally and there's some good ol stories about all the soldiers leaving the fort to watch the silly primitives play their strange stick game, only for the natives to whip the ball into the fort, run in after it, then whip out weapons and start killing everyone.

It's like a heritage moment.
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Post by: Padre on October 01, 2018, 04:46:41 PM
That'll teach them. Pesky invaders!
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Post by: Shadespyre on October 01, 2018, 06:23:40 PM
I know it's October now, but I finished this yesterday. One more random Empire-ish miniature completed!

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01354_zpsz8dtl2au.jpg)

Octobers goals - paint the remaining 8 Empire-ish miniatures
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Post by: Fimbrethil on October 01, 2018, 07:44:35 PM

Does anyone else participate in Banshee's painting / conversion contest?

I'm planning to enter two contributions, and therefore my October goal will be to prepare both busts and convert at least one of them.
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Post by: Castozor on October 01, 2018, 08:33:15 PM
Although I came short of reaching last month's goal, my intention is to paint at least 10 boyz a week from now on out. So for Oktober I'd like to put down my goal as 40 Ork boyz for now.
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Post by: ZeroTwentythree on October 02, 2018, 01:37:24 AM
I finished the HE white lion trooper and the war lion. The chariot is still a WIP, and the phoenix wasn't even started. But it was a crazy month at home and at work.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ikJ5M1IN8YQ/W7LJn_FiaeI/AAAAAAAAHZg/9rlbuR5VjJYsxBiukdOGM2juL87qcy8QgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20181001_184413.jpg)

This month is... ORCTOBER! Or in my case, HALF-ORCTOBER. My goal is to paint the following half-orcs:


(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dwp9psy6VMA/W7AymN40VRI/AAAAAAAAHZI/kRkE_jj21YIv2Ig8d9nHt5jwo9-9Ih7bgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180929_175831.jpg)

As an added challenge, I will be away for a week (at least) for work.

My work should be painting miniatures and hosting games. Why isn't that my job??
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on October 02, 2018, 10:33:29 AM
My goal for this month will be:
-4 hangunners
-10 archers
-A unit of knights (if there is time) :eusa_wall:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on October 02, 2018, 12:13:39 PM
New priorities for October. I want to get everything built and basecoated for Battlegroup Fuchsenwald. That means building the 2nd Halberdier Company (25 models), Colonel Ernst Adlerhof and Lieutenant Colonel (BSB) Maximilian Warsteiner, and undercoating all of them as well as the 1st Halberdier Company (another 25 models) and the Black Panther Squadron (3 demigryph knights).
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 02, 2018, 01:15:26 PM
Does anyone else participate in Banshee's painting / conversion contest?

I'm planning to enter two contributions, and therefore my October goal will be to prepare both busts and convert at least one of them.
I've not heard of the contest, and will add your goal to the October Tally List.

- - -

First though I need to update the September list, which I'll get to after the work day is over, and then I'll start the October list as well.

Hurrying along ...
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Post by: Fimbrethil on October 02, 2018, 02:14:22 PM
Not sure where to post this ...  :unsure:

For those who are interested: You can look up everything about the rules, the jury and the prizes here:

http://volomir.com/en/introducing-banshee-anonymous-series-contest/ (http://volomir.com/en/introducing-banshee-anonymous-series-contest/)

(http://volomir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/banshee-anonymous-contest-presentation-rules-02.jpg)

(http://volomir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/banshee-anonymous-contest-presentation-rules-09.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 03, 2018, 02:37:34 AM
Final Sept. Tally

JAK ... 9 Space Marines, sculpt 5 and convert 10 City Watch.
Irishzero ... 10 of 14 handgunners, finish 1 ogre, 1 artillery piece with crew.
Gankom ... 4 Stormcast Liberators, 2 Artillery Crew, 2 Marine scouts, finish two pieces of a crashed 40k ship, plus finish a slaughterpriest, 13 guardsmen, 1 thug/bandit, 3 blood reavers
Padre ... 10 Skeleton Knights.
Konrad ...  converting 3 Black Panther demigryph knights, painting 15 converted crossbowmen, base 10 huntsmen.
Castozor ... 20 Boyz and 2 Killa Kans.
023 ... HE lion chariot and Phoenix, three half-orc minis, 1 HE white lion trooper, 1 HE war lion.
Shadespyre ... 3 Huntsmen, 2 of White Knight's Witch Hunters, 1 random dwarf, 4 of 18 Empire Miniatures.
GP ... finish 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Realjuan ... 1 bloodreaver.

(Completed items are in bold.)
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Post by: GamesPoet on October 03, 2018, 03:24:19 AM
Start of October Goals

Padre ... 10 skeleton knights.
Shadespyre ... 8 Empire-ish miniatures.
Fimbrethil ... prepare 2 busts and convert at least one of them
Castozor ... 40 Ork boyz.
023 ... Mounted General, Standard Bearer, Shaman, Hero on foot, Unit of 16 half orc warriors, unit of 19 half-orc warriors.
Irishzero ... 4 handgunners, 10 archers, 1 unit of knights.
Konrad ... make and base coat 25 halberdiers, Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, base coat 25 more halberdiers, 3 demigryph knights.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.

(Completed items bolded.)
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Post by: Realjuan on October 03, 2018, 06:39:33 AM
Completed the bloodreaver, but the end result is that I need to work on thinning my paints better...and shaking washes. Still was pretty fun learning with one model.
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Post by: GamesPoet on October 03, 2018, 11:01:33 AM
Congrats! :::cheers::: :icon_cool:

I edited the post up above, and bolded it accordingly.
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Post by: Shadespyre on October 07, 2018, 11:32:39 AM
Early start to October, I've been a bit under the weather so some nights in mean I got to paint this...

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01358_zpsjojsmg7n.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01359_zpsjpud0zlt.jpg)

Sorry if he's a bit too Bret for your liking! You may remember that some years back I made this Knight's Hunting Party

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01522_zps088da9d8.jpg)

Well, this, finally, is the Knight as a Knight.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on October 07, 2018, 05:55:21 PM
I absolutely love that hunting party! I think I've seen it before, but I'm just in awe of it.

I'm really not sure what my goals should be for this month. I have a ton of stuff on my desk, and a ton of motivation but not for anything in particular.

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Post by: Shadespyre on October 08, 2018, 11:57:03 AM
Thanks! I'd have to say, looking at this picture again, it's one of the best things I've created.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 12, 2018, 11:45:39 PM
The hunt is smashing.

I am SO close to completing those 10 skellie riders! Just a last bit of painting (shield rims and some details I missed). Then I can use them, and those new pikes from previous months, in the pictures I need for a big end of season campaign report I am writing.

Will post a pic of the skellies asap. I used enamels and (mostly) a black undercoat as per usual, but I played around with some bits of white undercoating and thinners to make washes, then more dry brushing than usual and a gold/brown rust effect. Nothing much compared to the works of art seen in this forum and throughout the Warhammer world, but I like them a lot, which might mean they are good, because I usually hate the sight of models by the time they are finally completed! The photographs will decide the matter - sometimes I get surprised how much better, or worse, models look photographed.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on October 14, 2018, 01:10:43 PM
So, first objective for the month done, "4 handgunners :icon_mrgreen:"

Bases are not complete, the little guy is still WIP.

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/orgehand1_zpscukfipg0.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 14, 2018, 04:33:51 PM
Love that ogre, though I have to say (as a musketeer myself) I would hate to attempt to fire a gun with a barrel cracked at the end like that - it could tear me and everyone around me to bits! Still, he's an ogre and he has tied a bit of string around to keep it together - what could go wrong?

Meanwhile I have finally completed the skellie riders, one month late. They seem to photograph ok.

Here they all are ...

(https://i.imgur.com/prismf3.jpg)

And here regimented into battle formation ...

(https://i.imgur.com/p7vlGEk.jpg)

I used 10 of the 'new' style riders, 5 of the new horses but as I had used the other 5 new horses for my hexwraiths, I got 5 old horses from my bits box to mount 5 of them. It adds variety too!

(https://i.imgur.com/VqK0ZKH.jpg)

The commander gives you an idea of my attempt to make the armour a bit rusty, and characterful ...

(https://i.imgur.com/mTdmxhJ.jpg)

And this guy shows you how the old horses worked quite well ...

(https://i.imgur.com/UN8R3dw.jpg)

Now NO MORE painting for a while - I have a long delayed report to write and about 8 different pictures to pose and edit using some of these new figures, although some old ones too will make an appearance for the first time in a long time.
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on October 14, 2018, 06:07:20 PM
You sir, have excelled beyond even your usual work. I’m going to say these are some of the best skelli riders I’ve seen. The colours and texctures are really inspiring.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 14, 2018, 06:08:10 PM
Those skeleton knights look very good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::

Updating October Goals

Padre ... 10 skeleton knights.
Shadespyre ... 1 of 8 Empire-ish miniatures.
Fimbrethil ... prepare 2 busts and convert at least one of them
Castozor ... 40 Ork boyz.
023 ... Mounted General, Standard Bearer, Shaman, Hero on foot, Unit of 16 half orc warriors, unit of 19 half-orc warriors.
Irishzero ... 4 handgunners, 10 archers, 1 unit of knights.
Konrad ... make and base coat 25 halberdiers, Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, base coat 25 more halberdiers, 3 demigryph knights.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: King on October 14, 2018, 08:14:09 PM
Nice skelly knights padre...Also I am slowly reading through your campaign blog and god does it bring nostalgia....here no one plays warhammer fantasy anymore :( and only some diehards ever so rarely play 9th age....we all got families with small kids now it seems taking precedence
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 14, 2018, 08:53:40 PM
@ King: RL, kids, jobs etc is the reason our campaign is so slow, not helped by me insisting of doing masses of work creating the illustrated stories and reports. But without the campaign I wouldn't be doing any wargaming or roleplaying. Luckily the campaign fills my every creative need - writing, GMing, painting, modelling, scene-creation, photographs and wargaming with my mates several times a year! Woo hoo!

Hope you're enjoying the read. If no-one reads it there really would be no point in all the aforementioned effort!

@ A's Ghost & GP: Thanks. I am proud of them. Something went right!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on October 15, 2018, 05:21:38 AM
@padre: hehe just tie a rope around it and it will be fine;)
Btw very nice and creepy looking unit. Looks awesome!!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on October 15, 2018, 01:22:28 PM
Really cool work Padre!
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Post by: King on October 15, 2018, 05:15:04 PM
I am more than enjoying the read Padre....I am having it as a treat before I go to take a merited nap after a hard day's work  :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Fimbrethil on October 15, 2018, 05:59:40 PM
Excellent colour choice on those skellie riders, Padre!  :eusa_clap:

I prepared both busts for the painting contest and converted one of them (no pics yet as I cannot show them before the deadline).  :happy:


Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on October 15, 2018, 08:28:51 PM
I just came here to say that I will probably flunk this month's goals, I have been an utter wreck so far this month.

I have to say though, Padre, those are some seriously good-looking cavalryskeletons. They might just be a bunch of flat colours at point blank range, but very impactful at tabletop range, if your farther-out photos are any indication.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 15, 2018, 08:45:54 PM
Photos hide the truth. There are two to three shades of colour layered on the green and the red. Just not very clear in the photos. I am not anything like an expert photographer - I just click away until something seems to come out ok.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on October 15, 2018, 11:17:40 PM
Another model done! The most Empirish of the lot, probably This is the Griffon Legion standard bearer from MOM Miniatures. Not the crispest of castings or the neatest of paint jobs, but significant WOW! factor from an affordable model, I think.

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01389_zpspvopqttq.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/aff332c5-f38c-4b05-adc0-24b59d1c0532_zpsa44abmlj.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 16, 2018, 07:03:51 AM
Gorgeous. Perhaps the very dictionary definition of the word!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on October 22, 2018, 01:04:45 AM
That's a gorgeous banner bearer Shadespyre!

As for myself I wish to slightly alter my goals for this month as I have become interested in forming a small LoTR warband as well to play with some friends. I have quite a few leftover models from a few years back and with the addition of some cavalry I can already field a sizeable Serpent Horde army. As we all know an unpainted army angers the dice Gods so rather than 40 boyz I wish to paint 30 boyz and 7 Harad warriors for this month.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on October 22, 2018, 12:06:14 PM
If anyone fancies that standard bearer, take a look over here

https://www.momminiaturas.com/miniaturas-fantasia/hijos-del-grifo/ (https://www.momminiaturas.com/miniaturas-fantasia/hijos-del-grifo/)

They make a whole bunch of other miniatures (Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Chaos) aimed at 9th Age / WHFB, well worth a look.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 23, 2018, 12:36:22 PM
I got out my Lion Rampant Medieval figures ... including my 6 mounted crossbows ... :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:

Updating October Goals

Padre ... 10 skeleton knights.
Shadespyre ... 2 of 8 Empire-ish miniatures.
Fimbrethil ... prepare 2 busts and convert at least one of them
Castozor ... 30 Ork boyz, 7 Harad warriors.
023 ... Mounted General, Standard Bearer, Shaman, Hero on foot, Unit of 16 half orc warriors, unit of 19 half-orc warriors.
Irishzero ... 4 handgunners, 10 archers, 1 unit of knights.
Konrad ... make and base coat 25 halberdiers, Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, base coat 25 more halberdiers, 3 demigryph knights.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 23, 2018, 01:04:55 PM
If anyone fancies that standard bearer, take a look over here

https://www.momminiaturas.com/miniaturas-fantasia/hijos-del-grifo/ (https://www.momminiaturas.com/miniaturas-fantasia/hijos-del-grifo/)

They make a whole bunch of other miniatures (Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Chaos) aimed at 9th Age / WHFB, well worth a look.
Wow, thanks for sharing the link to these!  Hadn't seen them before.

The halberdiers look like they'd make excellent Spaniards Estalians!  I'd probably paint them in red, yellow, and black.  And at 10 euros for 10 figures, seems like a steal to me, but I'm trying to be good, maybe for Xmas.

The orcs look very good!  As do the Bretonnian style spearsmen!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on October 23, 2018, 05:27:22 PM
Scaling back, I'm hoping to finish just the one unit of 16 by the end of the month... :-(

(Progress shots on my own plog/thread)

Maybe I'll get painting time next month.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on October 23, 2018, 08:01:40 PM
Yeah, looks like I won't get much done either this month. Managed to find a buyer for my entire 40k Imperial Guard collection, need to pack down the whole lot. Then, need to sort and organize all the greenskins I've bought on the cheap, and break down my Dark Elf boxes into bitz to reduce the space they take up.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on October 23, 2018, 10:06:13 PM
Yeah, looks like I won't get much done either this month. Managed to find a buyer for my entire 40k Imperial Guard collection, need to pack down the whole lot. Then, need to sort and organize all the greenskins I've bought on the cheap, and break down my Dark Elf boxes into bitz to reduce the space they take up.

I think I came across a bunch of ork shields. I’ll post a pic and their yours for postage if you like.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 25, 2018, 01:16:56 AM
Not only do I have my 6 mounted crossbowmen sitting on my painting desk now, I also have my 5 knights for the Order of the Gold Lion, along with the Mercenary Captain on horse, this latter figure only sold singly thru a blister pack, if I recall.

My 5 knights for the Order of the Gold Lion have been painted ready for the table top for years, and I've been using them (along with the Merc Capt.) as a unit of German Knights to go with my Lion Rampant German army, along with the 6 mostly painted mounted crossbowmen.  However, I'd like to fine tune the Order of the Gold Lion figures.  And finish deciding on how to paint the Merc. Capt.

I've delayed finishing the Merc. Capt. because of my indecisiveness on what colors to use.  I'm contemplating the same color yellow as the Golden Lions, and because of the older style helmet, maybe he'll be a leftover from the days of Olde Solland.

Hark!  It won't be long before the acrylic paints will be cracked open again!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on October 25, 2018, 12:18:24 PM
The 6 almost ride again!
Yay!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Midaski on October 26, 2018, 09:23:42 AM
Judging by the "Mounted Crossbowmen" Saga surely this is more likely ………………….



Hark!  It won't be long before the acrylic paints will be cracked!

 :biggriin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 26, 2018, 09:27:18 AM
 :icon_lol: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:  Good one Midaski!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on October 26, 2018, 10:19:53 AM
😺👆
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on October 26, 2018, 11:49:56 PM
Huzzah to everyone elses adventurers.

I've done nothing painting wise this month, but I was able to build some stuff! Built some old ungol horse archers (Boy have I forgotten how unpleasant it can be to work with metal pieces sometimes. Especially without good glue.)

I'm hoping to do some stuff this weekend and finish my month off with a bang. So my goals for October are;

Gankom: Carve Pumpkin. (Its not cheating!) Touch up 5 marauders, finish chaos standard.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on October 28, 2018, 02:46:53 AM
Woohoo! I finished the 16 hob-half-orcs.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6gttfln_zs/W9UWirz4R9I/AAAAAAAAHeA/fhFuZAc5FjgUClfvZvcm534lr2_QYybswCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20181027_211555.jpg)

With a few days to spare, I may get one or two of the heroes painted, if I can get past being stuck on color choices.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on October 28, 2018, 07:01:46 AM
@zero: looks awesome! Cool unit.

I had one of those months where time just fell short due to work and to much activities on weekends. So painting wise I fell short this month unfortunately.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on October 28, 2018, 06:25:25 PM
Yeah, looks like the sum total of what I will manage to get done this month is here.

Colonel Ernst Adlerhof has been built at least. Low-quality mobile phone camera photos por favor:

(https://imgur.com/69vH2gs.jpg)    (https://imgur.com/TNL4h3Z.jpg)

Greatsword stashed away on back, mace of command raised to give orders. He was elected to lead, not to read commissioned to command, not to personally wreck face.

Something else I was working on but will be resumed next month, something for which I just recently received some nice much needed bitz from Zygmund. Anyone want to guess what it is about?

(https://imgur.com/y0CAncU.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on October 28, 2018, 06:26:35 PM
Also, I decided that Karl Franz is a brand of luxury designer armaments in the Empire of Sonnstahl. That's why the brand name is everywhere.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on October 29, 2018, 12:08:03 AM
Also, I decided that Karl Franz is a brand of luxury designer armaments in the Empire of Sonnstahl. That's why the brand name is everywhere.

That is the funniest thing I've read in a while!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 30, 2018, 06:18:59 PM
Despite vast amounts of work-type homework to do, I managed to put together the house Zygmund sent me.

(https://i.imgur.com/ksNGycu.jpg)

Thanks Zygmund. It was nice not to be working with a wooden box and scratchbuilding the usual way, but instead to have a loverly kit (Venetian House) with railings and windows all made to fit.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 30, 2018, 06:34:21 PM
 :icon_eek: :icon_biggrin:

Who makes that kit :icon_question:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on October 30, 2018, 08:50:51 PM
I know I’ve set an end of year target rather than a monthly one but have decided to give an update just to keep me on track.

I planned to do 16 figures per month and have exceeded that target this month. Some were just rebasing with a touch up to feet, etc. but at least they are done.

Once the figures are all painted I’ll be having another rethink about their positions on the base/movement trays and then I’ll add some vegetation and other debris – can’t just have plain brown cobble stones.

My target is now to complete the bases as well by the end of the year.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on October 31, 2018, 09:54:29 AM
Who makes that kit :icon_question:

Plastcraft Games, designed for Carnevale The Miniature Game.

Checked their website, however, and I can't find this range. They seem to have ditched it!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Zygmund on October 31, 2018, 09:57:26 AM
@Padre, great to see the house finished - and to an excellent standard too!  :eusa_clap:  :::cheers:::

Also, I decided that Karl Franz is a brand of luxury designer armaments in the Empire of Sonnstahl. That's why the brand name is everywhere.

This!  :laugh:

-Z
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on October 31, 2018, 06:10:19 PM
Three more off my list. Merchant's guards? Mercenary pay chest? Arabyan Pirates? I don't know, they've been kicking around my bits box so long that i forget how or why they got there...

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01406_zps30fwz601.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on October 31, 2018, 06:51:27 PM
Oooh! Those look good! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::

- - -

From the Happy Halloween 2018 thread ...

Quote from: GamesPoet
So no trick or treating for me tonight.

Ready for what I'm going to do?

Wait!  Find a seat, it might be a bit much to take standing up, and could knock some folks over if they are. :icon_wink:

Ok, ready?

Here goes ...

I'm going to paint! :icon_mrgreen:

Yep, I know, a shock, aren't ya glad you're sitting down. :-P
I probably won't finish the mounted crossbowmen, but ... I'll finally pick up a brush with some paint, and put some on them. :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: StealthKnightSteg on November 01, 2018, 10:00:13 AM
Oooh! Those look good! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::

- - -

From the Happy Halloween 2018 thread ...

Quote from: GamesPoet
So no trick or treating for me tonight.

Ready for what I'm going to do?

Wait!  Find a seat, it might be a bit much to take standing up, and could knock some folks over if they are. :icon_wink:

Ok, ready?

Here goes ...

I'm going to paint! :icon_mrgreen:

Yep, I know, a shock, aren't ya glad you're sitting down. :-P
I probably won't finish the mounted crossbowmen, but ... I'll finally pick up a brush with some paint, and put some on them. :icon_cool:

WOOHOO you go GP!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on November 01, 2018, 11:49:23 AM
Progress photos, GP?  :biggriin:


I got nothing more done for Oct. so the remaining minis will roll over as my Nov. goal: Unit of 19 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 01, 2018, 12:58:27 PM
I took a photo with my phone of my mounted crossbows, Order of the Gold Lion knights, and the mercenary captain, but couldn't figure how to upload it to the site.

Last night I gave the crossbowmen's horses a second coat of paint across their bodies, and was surprised at how much it improved their look.  My intention is to do their harnesses next.  I also noticed that they were lacking a few bits, and so I need to dig out some pistolier sprues to add some minor items like a blanket to one, some hand weapons to a couple others.

It felt good to be back into doing something, after months of no painting, think it was 6 months! :icon_eek:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 02, 2018, 01:14:06 PM
Orctuber is uver!

Final Tally for Orctuber Goals

Padre ... 10 skeleton knights.
Shadespyre ... 5 of 8 Empire-ish miniatures.
Fimbrethil ... prepare 2 busts and convert at least one of them
Castozor ... 30 Ork boyz, 7 Harad warriors.
023 ... Mounted General, Standard Bearer, Shaman, Hero on foot, Unit of 16 half orc warriors, unit of 19 half-orc warriors.
Irishzero ... 4 handgunners, 10 archers, 1 unit of knights.
Konrad ... make and base coat 25 halberdiers, make Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, base coat 25 more halberdiers, 3 demigryph knights.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.
JAK ... exceed 16 figures this month

(Completed items bolded.)

P.S.  Even though I didn't finish those 6 mounted crossbows, they're on the painting table, horses given and extra coat of paint, bridles and harnesses in process, today makes 3 days in a row painting, that's a victory! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 02, 2018, 01:18:10 PM
Nuvember is not uver!

Start of Nuvember Goals

GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on November 04, 2018, 10:06:50 PM
Well I flunked Oktober's goals as well, mostly due to a nasty cold in the last week. Finished the boyz but not the Haradrim. So for November my goals will be more modest as I have less free time than before. Getting a bit tired of painting just boyz so for now I aim to finish my warboss and a yet to be bought Weirdboy.
Since I can't buy the regular one in a shop does anyone know if the AoS Orc Shaman has the same basesize as a weirdboy? I want to buy and convert the Shaman if they come with the same bases.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 04, 2018, 10:33:24 PM
Castozor ... updated the post for October above for ya. :::cheers:::

Start of Nuvember Goals Continuing ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.
Castozor ... finish warboss and weirdboy.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on November 06, 2018, 05:13:52 AM
24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 06, 2018, 10:15:36 AM
For November, just 3 "Empirish" minis left in the pile.

Then I *might* paint some orcs.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 06, 2018, 11:06:49 AM
Start of November Goals Continuing ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.
Castozor ... finish warboss and weirdboy.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on November 06, 2018, 01:39:33 PM
Finished gluing 10 handgunners, 10 repeater handgunners, 3 naga and 3 medusa (from the melusai kit plus one I had kitbashed earlier).
Sprayed them today.

Goal for the next month or so is to glue together a unit of 15-20 blood knights on foot based on dark elf corsair bits.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 06, 2018, 01:46:10 PM
Good to see you're making progress Warlord! :::cheers:::

I've painted 3 out of the last 6 days, and feeling good about that.  Been working on the crossbowmen's horses, looking forward to gettign these all done and moving on to other projects.  Plus aiming to reorganize my vast collections of miniatures so I can see what the heck I actually have.

Start of November Goals Continuing ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.
Castozor ... finish warboss and weirdboy.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on November 06, 2018, 04:19:12 PM
It's late but I completed my October goal to finish the last few khorne marauders. So now my November goal is to finish the khorne battlestandard bearer and whip guy.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 06, 2018, 05:39:55 PM
Adding Gankom ...

Start of November Goals Continuing ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbows.
Castozor ... finish warboss and weirdboy.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ...finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on November 06, 2018, 05:50:12 PM
I feel this is cheeky but if those 6 crossbow men get finished, we all will somehow hit a milestone 😺
Great work GP! I don’t foresee any new painting till about February if possible. The new hobby room is quite small compared to the other one 5’x11’ so I will have to live with that undersized board still 3’x5’. Better than nothing though.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 07, 2018, 01:17:40 PM
I have total block on one of the models on my painting table, so just for fun:

Pick a colour!

First three mentioned get used (one each, don't be greedy!)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 07, 2018, 01:26:14 PM
Brown!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: StealthKnightSteg on November 07, 2018, 02:44:53 PM
Yriel Yellow!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Fimbrethil on November 07, 2018, 03:43:27 PM
Purple!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 07, 2018, 03:44:26 PM
Those three seems like Ostermark to me. :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 07, 2018, 08:00:59 PM
Okay, that wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped to be honest. Brown, indeed.

I don't have Yriel Yellow, so I'll just substitute a bright yellow. I'll try to stay away from my favourite purple, but no promises...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on November 07, 2018, 09:16:00 PM
Those three seems like Ostermark to me. :icon_cool:
The best province of them all!  :happy:
 Can't go wrong with purple and yellow.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Fimbrethil on November 07, 2018, 09:33:46 PM
Okay, that wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped to be honest.

Well, then take Screamer Pink instead.  :biggriin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on November 08, 2018, 12:09:27 AM
Or a bright turquois! Really mix it up!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 08, 2018, 12:22:53 AM
Oh my god do you know how much yellow and turquoise I painted already?  :-o

Anyway, brown, yellow, purple. Base coats are on, may need to add just one more colour (probably another shade of purple) but I think I know where this is going now, thanks.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on November 08, 2018, 01:30:43 AM
Lol glad to see the motivation.

I spent good part of the day flocking a bunch of models and working on my whip and banner khorne guys.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 11, 2018, 01:57:26 PM
Here we are then... colour choices as decided by committee... you can possibly now see why brown was pretty much a given... I've always wanted to use Hormagant purple for armour, it was *almost* what I used for my Space Marine chapter... I guess I could have used more yellow, but I think this is enough!

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01479_zpsyp0ceb3x.jpg)(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01468_zpsjwrr35bk.jpg)

Bonus points for anyone who knows the original miniature (there are a few conversions / changes, not least the horse). I've actually always had a huge dislike for this model, so I'm pleased to have made it into something I quite like. Some sort of mercenary captain, perhaps? Or is there a hint of Kislev about him?
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on November 11, 2018, 08:00:38 PM
@Shadespyre thats a very good looking mini my friend. Well done :eusa_clap:

Im back at painting again after a hectic period at work. So here are my 5 knights I should have painted last month. Goal for this month is to paint at least 5 more and to finish the bases and magnetize them.

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/ww3_zpsdet650zj.jpg)

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae25/Irishzero/ww1_zpswembfhqc.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 11, 2018, 11:15:45 PM
I like the brown, purple, and yellow figure! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap:

And where'd that set of knights come from? :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 18, 2018, 06:39:34 PM
Finished the bridle and harness on the last of 6 horses, also painted the stirrups on the men. :icon_cool:

Updating November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... finish warboss and weirdboy.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 1 of 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: orcyboy on November 19, 2018, 06:24:18 PM
Bonus points for anyone who knows the original miniature (there are a few conversions / changes, not least the horse). I've actually always had a huge dislike for this model, so I'm pleased to have made it into something I quite like. Some sort of mercenary captain, perhaps? Or is there a hint of Kislev about him?

I like what you did to Aragorn.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 19, 2018, 09:13:58 PM
Bonus point to Orcyboy, well spotted. I can't be alone in thinking he was one of the rare turkeys in that Lord of The Rings range, right?

I haven't painted anything else - I've been a bit ill and at a lot of gigs when able. I may have prepped one or two* of those orcs for test painting, though...







*one or two dozen, so far

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: orcyboy on November 21, 2018, 03:25:52 PM
Bonus point to Orcyboy, well spotted. I can't be alone in thinking he was one of the rare turkeys in that Lord of The Rings range, right?

I haven't painted anything else - I've been a bit ill and at a lot of gigs when able. I may have prepped one or two* of those orcs for test painting, though...

Yeah, he's an odd one. His helmet is weird, he looks more like the pre-slotta base Chaos warriors.
I am of course excited to see what you're doing with those orcs.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on November 21, 2018, 05:19:44 PM
Been AWOL for some time, had a sudden and unexpected change of life situation that makes the logistics of painting a bit tricky. I managed to get some decent progress on my second crossbowman unit:

(https://imgur.com/jFXkvO6.jpg)

Base colours and black wash done. What remains is to re-highlight the clothing and the feathers, and paint the areas that will get brown wash (skin, bowstrings and other rope bits on the crossbows).
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on November 22, 2018, 10:47:47 AM
Managed to get 25 halberdiers and 3 demigryph knights undercoated. I think the demigryphs will be next after I'm done with the crossbowmen, so I get a change from highlighting puff and slash.
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Post by: GamesPoet on November 23, 2018, 12:29:31 AM
Painted saddles on the crossbowmen's horses.  And base coat of brown on the hair of my merc. captain.  Need to see if I have the old foundation purple color for some more of this on some of the men, and if so, hope it hasn't dried out.  :icon_cool:

Updating November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... finish warboss and weirdboy.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 1 of 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)
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Post by: Artobans Ghost on November 23, 2018, 12:38:14 AM
Onwards GP!
Amazing advances😺
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Post by: GamesPoet on November 23, 2018, 01:24:45 AM
Ha! :icon_lol:  Hormagaunt Purple ... and it's still in useable condition, cahcoo! :icon_mrgreen: :::cheers:::

I've always enjoyed getting in a little painting on Thanksgiving. :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Midaski on November 23, 2018, 07:44:02 AM
I suspect that nothing beats doing something 'mounted' on Thanksgiving ………………………………………………….  :engel:
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Post by: GamesPoet on November 23, 2018, 01:16:21 PM
Nothing like a little "black" humor on sale this Friday. :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
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Post by: Shadespyre on November 23, 2018, 04:57:40 PM
Ha! :icon_lol:  Hormagaunt Purple ... and it's still in useable condition, cahcoo! :icon_mrgreen: :::cheers:::

After GW axed the Foundation paints I realised how much I loved them and chased around model shops and bought a couple of pots of each colour. Mostly they still work though one or two have been solid when I've opened them...

Will try to blast through the last couple of stray minis this weekend. The call of the Orcs is getting louder, though...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 23, 2018, 05:02:15 PM
Yep, I have a bunch of the Foundation series that I picked up after they discontinued them.  Believe this is my only Hormagaunt Purple though.

They replaced them with the "Base" paints, and I've found them to be similar, even though not the same colors.  There was something different about the Foundation series though and not sure what.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on November 24, 2018, 03:54:48 AM
Were the Foundation* (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series) paints meant to replace the declining Galactic Empire paints...?  :-D



FWIW, I'm still working on my goal, but not sure how far I will get. I've got 2 of 4 heroes painted, and 5 half-orc infantry (though they were not part of the original 24 I had planned on -- they are still 5 half-orcs and count for something!) Not sure I'm going to get to much more... I've stalled with a creative block on color schemes for the remaining 2 heroes, and it's unlikely I'll get the regiment of 24 done. (I'll admit that I've mentally switched gears already, and started prepping minis to paint for Deadcember. :unsure: )

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 25, 2018, 12:25:16 PM
Yes, we all thought it, but no-one else found the need to write it...  :eusa_wall: :eusa_clap:

The pull of the next project is always strong, I've got 70 odd orcs on my table already. Meant to be finishing TWO other miniatures, but...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 25, 2018, 03:19:38 PM
Got to be in the know to get that one, and thankfully I am. :icon_mrgreen: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on November 25, 2018, 11:33:46 PM
So after last game I left some of my models at a friend's house. That means I won't be able to finish my warboss this month. In happier news, I rummaged trough some boxes I once bought of someone and found out I own 10 old Black Orcs. The standard bearer will make a fine Nob with Waaagh banner and the other 9 will be Nobz. So instead of the warboss I'd like to convert and paint 4 of the Black Orcs into Nobz.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 26, 2018, 01:12:08 AM
Going to get in a little painting this evening, a good way to end a great 4 day weekend!

Adding in Castaozor's request ...

November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... convert & paint 4 black orcs into Nobz.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 1 of 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on November 26, 2018, 03:36:33 PM
Had a day off work so finished these two

(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Middenheim%20Empire%20Army/DSC01622_zpsmrghdpzq.jpg)

I originally started these for one of the old monthly painting competitions; they were going to be Undead hunters, hence the same basing as my Vampire army. I wanted to keep them in practical adventuring clothes, but without being entirely boring. The chap, in particular, looks like he cares about how he looks, even while stalking catacombs!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on November 27, 2018, 06:29:45 AM
So I finished painting some things instead.
1 outrider
1 pegasus
2 archers
3 halberdiers

These were all finishing off existing units with an extra model or 2 (or 3) and in the case of the pegasus, giving my painted wizard rider something to ride.

Not sure whats next - if I assemble those committed vampires on foot, or if I paint some more something or other. Hmmm.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 27, 2018, 01:01:44 PM
Updating November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... convert & paint 4 black orcs into Nobz.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... finish 1 outrider, 1 pegasus, 2 archers, 3 halberdiers, glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on November 30, 2018, 10:09:42 AM
I’m well ahead of my plan as I’ve painted all the Watch characters a month early - so just have to rebase some of them and then finish the bases/trays.

I should complete this by the end of December but as it’s taken nearly three years to get to this stage I’m happy to let it drag on for a few more months – particularly as my friend is still waiting for some of his Marines and the local GW store is starting its annual Legions of Legend painting competition in January.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on November 30, 2018, 12:54:44 PM
Congrats on your progress! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 01, 2018, 07:32:37 AM
Only finished 2 heroes and 5 half-orcs in November.

But on to DEADCEMBER, my favorite month. In fact, day one and I'm already on my goals! (OK, I started a couple days early, but finished in Deadcember....)

Goal: 8 Skeletal infantry, 2 bolt throwers plus 4 skeletal crew, one catapult plus 3 skeletal crew, 2 undead heroes, 5 more skeletal infantry.

December 01, I've got the 8 infantry done.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CGSYtWu_ZdM/XAI4RaalbRI/AAAAAAAAHkY/rIDkT4D67BAbu-zYBnF8MQzC5vAmrsOQwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20181125_130532.jpg)

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Post by: Irishzero on December 02, 2018, 08:30:37 PM
I have made some progress during the final days of November but haven't been able to upload pictures. The unit if kotww is coming forward. All horses are painted and I have primed the grand master and a converted musician. Also I'm waiting for a movement tray of 7×2 so for now I have it on the huge 10×2. But that makes me want to do 20...but it's a pain to paint horses..

(http://forumbilder.se/H8VGT/airbrush-20181202211858.jpg)

(http://forumbilder.se/H8VGT/airbrush-20181202211803.jpg)

For December the goal is to finish the unit of 14. And then if I get everything in time, start on my special little warwagon.

 :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 02, 2018, 09:15:29 PM
Very nice Irishzero.

GP, I'm 'active' again (as in I have some time for hobbies) so sign me up for 20 Sartosan pirates this December.
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Post by: Shadespyre on December 03, 2018, 01:10:16 PM
Had a quick go at a BROWN skinned orc...

(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/DSC01681_zpsjimkg4kp.jpg)

I quite like him, so I'm going to paint him and a couple of others to completion and see how I feel about it then...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on December 03, 2018, 08:23:18 PM
Looks nice shadespyre :::cheers:::

I made myself some "dogs" for my unit:
(http://forumbilder.se/H8VK1/airbrush-20181203210844.jpg)


Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 04, 2018, 06:32:50 PM
Closing out the tally for last month ...

Final Spot for November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... convert & paint 4 black orcs into Nobz.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... finish 1 outrider, 1 pegasus, 2 archers, 3 halberdiers, glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... converted musician and paint 5 horses for 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)

I'll set up December soon!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 04, 2018, 10:22:07 PM
Hmm, might be changing my goal to 10 Bretonnian Mercenary light horsemen. They are likely to be needed before the Sartosans.

I'll know soon. (Wish I'd started work on the riders instead of building and undercoating the pirates. Still, I can pick up from where I left off later.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 05, 2018, 05:44:41 AM
Closing out the tally for last month ...

Final Spot for November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... convert & paint 4 black orcs into Nobz.
023 ... 24 half-orcs plus 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... finish 1 outrider, 1 pegasus, 2 archers, 3 halberdiers, glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... converted musician and paint 5 horses for 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)

I'll set up December soon!

Zerotwentythree got 2 of his heroes, and 5 unexpected but qualifying (in his mind) half-orcs painted!  :happy:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 05, 2018, 12:54:13 PM
Yep, when I do the tally all year long, I'm bond to have a few errors from time to time.  I'll re-tally a bit later today, thanks! :icon_cool:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on December 05, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
I've managed to get good progress on 15 crossbowmen, but I've been sidetracked by something... different. I recently joined in on a D&D 3.5 campaign. Not a game system I'd expect to play, but you take what's on offer if options are scarce, and I've found I quite like it so far. As a favour to our hostess who generously lets us play at her place, I converted and painted a character model for her. Feast your eyes on a crossbow-toting nymph!

(https://imgur.com/j0aVK5w.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/96q7tTJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Castozor on December 05, 2018, 08:14:11 PM
I got my Orks done by a bit of cheating, weekend still counts as November to me! For December I might have a temporary painting stop, lots of social and study related stuff coming up.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on December 05, 2018, 09:04:16 PM
So the unit is complete, just waiting for the movement tray. So good start to November.
Hopefully I can start my warwagon project.


(http://forumbilder.se/H8VQ9/3.jpg)

(http://forumbilder.se/H8VQ9/7.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 06, 2018, 11:51:39 AM
Corrected for last month ...

Final Tally for November Goals ...

GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen.
Castozor ... convert & paint 4 black orcs into Nobz.
023 ... 5 of 24 half-orcs plus 2 of 4 heroes.
Shadespyre ... 3 "Empirish" minis, maybe some orcs.
Warlord ... finish 1 outrider, 1 pegasus, 2 archers, 3 halberdiers, glue 15-20 blood knights on foot with DE corsair bits.
Gankom ... finish the khorne battle standard bearer and whip guy.
Irishzero ... converted musician and paint 5 horses for 5 knights, and finish the bases and magnetize them.

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 06, 2018, 01:09:53 PM
I've managed to get good progress on 15 crossbowmen, but I've been sidetracked by something... different. I recently joined in on a D&D 3.5 campaign. Not a game system I'd expect to play, but you take what's on offer if options are scarce, and I've found I quite like it so far. As a favour to our hostess who generously lets us play at her place, I converted and painted a character model for her. Feast your eyes on a crossbow-toting nymph!

Nice nymph - very jealous that you're getting to play some D&D, it's maybe 10 years since I last did. The elf mini which I use as my avatar here is actually one of my attempts to represent my last AD&D character in model form. Maybe I should try again some time?

Anyway. some goals for December. Let's be brave and say I want to complete a unit of my brown orcs!

1 - finish my 4 test orcs
2 - paint a whole regiment of orcs

I think that'll do, I'll add to it if there is surprisingly great progress or something else catches my eye
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on December 06, 2018, 08:46:29 PM
Good start to December. I have now painted a ogre as well and the warwagon project can begin.

(http://forumbilder.se/H8VTD/airbrush-20181206213116.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on December 07, 2018, 11:12:23 PM
I like the nymph. I have one of those models and couldn’t think of anything interesting to do with it - I like your idea!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on December 08, 2018, 12:52:08 AM
I'm a bit late but I did finish all my November goals back in November. Both the Khorne whip AND banner men were finished.

For December I've joined a GW painting event contest. Each person in the contest buys one of those space marine hero boxes, rolls on the big post of different chapters and has to paint whatever you roll. I managed to get myself painting Brazen Claws, which isn't terrible but not exactly Salamander style easy.

So to paint one Brazen Claw!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 10, 2018, 06:19:42 PM
Forget my previously stated pirates goal, I am now working on 14 light horse (spears & bows) for the Bret mercs called the Brabanzon. They must be finished within 6 days!! (That's when the next campaign battle is on!)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 11, 2018, 06:03:13 AM
No pressure, right Padre?  :-D Good luck.

(http://forumbilder.se/H8VTD/airbrush-20181206213116.jpg)

I love that ogre, both the old mini and your painting.  :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Midaski on December 11, 2018, 12:28:22 PM
Padre will be ok, 023  - he said Light Horse … and bows ………..


……………..NOT Crossbows  :engel: 
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 11, 2018, 01:28:26 PM
Nearly finished my orc unit - okay, I went for the easy option of the 10 crossbowmen.

Setting myself the goal of a unit of sword orcs next.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 11, 2018, 04:15:06 PM
I edited the last post for Novmber goals to include Castozor's and Gankhom's newest completions, ... and it's on to December!

2018 is almost over!

December Tally of Goals ...

023 ... 8 Skeletal infantry, 2 bolt throwers plus 4 skeletal crew, one catapult plus 3 skeletal crew, 2 undead heroes, 5 more skeletal infantry.
Irishzero ... finish 14 knights, 1 Ogre, start warwagon.
Padre ... 14 Bretonnian Mercenary light horsemen.
Shadespyre ... finish 4 test orcs, 10 crossbow orcs, regiment of sword orcs.
Gankom ... 1 Brazen Claws space marine.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen (the saga continues ... lol).

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 11, 2018, 04:25:45 PM
I wish it were 10, GP, but I'm trying for 14 (having got a box of 12 and having found two old figures in blisters in my boxes.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 11, 2018, 04:30:20 PM
Ok, fixed it!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 11, 2018, 09:20:33 PM
Ok, they're kit-bashed (so that nearly all are carrying bow, spear, shield and quiver) and glued. I have 5 days, during which I have RL work to do too, and the game to prep for Monday.

I don't think I'm gonna make this.

(https://i.imgur.com/AgMAYiQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/m1NRPrz.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on December 11, 2018, 10:44:38 PM
5....days.......yipes!
I recommend a bottle of good scotch and an ounce of coke and it’s possible 😸
(Actually I don’t recommend either. Maybe some scotch)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 12, 2018, 12:15:58 AM
If anyone can.... good luck with those, Padre!

Here are my 10 Orcs with crossbows (this includes one of the 4 "Test Orcs" by the way)

(https://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/DSC01742_zps2btxqxq7.jpg)

Some of the clothing colours are maybe a little bright but overall I'm pretty happy. I've got about 50 more of these based and undercoated ready to go, so I hope I feel the same way after I've done another unit....
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 12, 2018, 01:04:25 AM
The spears them horsemen are carrying look long.

The crossbow orcs look good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 12, 2018, 06:18:25 PM
I'm done with my December goal.  :mrgreen:

Individual pics are on my plog, I'll see if i can take a group pic in the next day or two.

Going to busy with one more work trip for the year  :icon_rolleyes: and then the holidays (during which time I will also be working  :icon_rolleyes:  :icon_rolleyes: ) but I may try to set myself an additional goal for the month.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 12, 2018, 07:05:02 PM
Backward steps for me. I tried some techniques to speed my painting and they've gone wrong. As in ruined some figures. Sheesh!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 13, 2018, 01:51:26 AM
Sounds like a bummer, Padre.

December Tally of Goals ...

023 ... 8 Skeletal infantry, 2 bolt throwers plus 4 skeletal crew, one catapult plus 3 skeletal crew, 2 undead heroes, 5 more skeletal infantry.
Irishzero ... finish 14 knights, 1 Ogre, start warwagon.
Padre ... 14 Bretonnian Mercenary light horsemen.
Shadespyre ... finish 4 test orcs, 10 crossbow orcs, regiment of sword orcs.
Gankom ... 1 Brazen Claws space marine.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen (the saga continues ... lol).

(Completed items bolded.)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 13, 2018, 05:16:23 AM
Deadcember as of 12/12/118

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2AOz93lqt7c/XBHq0UmdFiI/AAAAAAAAHls/dAhfjSFAREEDwGnf1HX2_mzpe60XQc3kQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20181213_000630.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 13, 2018, 01:12:16 PM
Congrats! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 14, 2018, 05:31:45 PM
I think I might make it - I might have these finished by Monday morning. BUT the trouble is I have to get the game ready too - scenery, layout, lists, tidy my gaming room (cellar) etc etc. Aaargh! Still, it's good to have deadlines.

(https://i.imgur.com/2IcgKwL.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 16, 2018, 12:50:08 PM
So close ...

(https://i.imgur.com/vstrhJj.jpg)

Army lists sorted and sent to players. (Lots of campaign rules at play - casualty recovery, reinforcements bought with supply points, etc). New ruined wall/tower sections just need a quick dab of paint. All I have to do is base these figures, set up the table, and get the armies out!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 16, 2018, 01:06:43 PM
Looking very good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 16, 2018, 02:13:50 PM
So close ...
Army lists sorted and sent to players. (Lots of campaign rules at play - casualty recovery, reinforcements bought with supply points, etc). New ruined wall/tower sections just need a quick dab of paint. All I have to do is base these figures, set up the table, and get the armies out!

Well done on making the deadline.

Have to ask though, do your players do ANYTHING for themselves? You seem to be spoiling them rotten!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Naitsabes on December 16, 2018, 06:16:40 PM
Have to ask though, do your players do ANYTHING for themselves? You seem to be spoiling them rotten!

This!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 16, 2018, 06:50:22 PM
My 6 players have 6, sometimes very, different approaches. Two will send very highly detailed orders and questions, two have gone so far as to work with me in joint creation of the stories. Four have their own armies, two borrow mine. Two send very brief orders indeed, but then will go into several pages of back and forth like a roleplaying session when required. One I meet in the local pub to discuss reports and orders, another lives 300 miles away. Most are long term wargamers, one only got into WFB through my campaigns. Several might well have given up entirely on the hobby and sold off their models (due to AoS) if it wasn't for this 'forever' campaign.

Two players use only their own figures, two use their figures and mine, two rely on my figures altogether. But umpteen NPC realms and forces are wholly my figures.

In this particular instance, however, the amount of work I have done derives mostly from the fact that the Dwarfs and Bretonnians are NPC forces, and so I have to provide everything. And the scenery is my responsibility too. The player commanding the NPCs is helping me out by doing so, allowing me to concentrate on GMing, note-taking and photographing for the reports. None of his own troops are present, but this way players get more games in. Of course, all my players play to win even when they're controlling NPC forces, although sometimes in the secret background notes I give them there are other priorities too!

It's ... complicated.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Midaski on December 17, 2018, 08:31:04 AM
You know what - now I am retired, I am really tempted to move to Yorkshire ……………………   :biggriin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on December 17, 2018, 11:52:38 AM
You know what - now I am retired, I am really tempted to move to Yorkshire ……………………   :biggriin:

Yorkshire pudding is reason enough for moving 🥮
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 17, 2018, 01:07:26 PM
Ah, not quite as bad as I feared, at least some of them are providing some of their own miniatures! I guess as long as you enjoy it, it's worth all the work.  :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 17, 2018, 02:46:28 PM
Hi Padre ... seems like your system is working, and that is what counts.  Because people are different, these kinds of efforts require an accepting, balanced, and consistent approach.  Your involvement in the hobby is wonderful, and enriches folks experiences beyond just the realm of 6 players that you have participating.  I hope one day to visit your area, and be able to see the figures and scenery in reality, suspect it would be awesome.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 17, 2018, 09:52:26 PM
It'd be cool to play a game against you, GP, but I think you would be somewhat underwhelmed by the cramped cellar in which I attempt to play the games! For a start, if you're over 5'10" tall then you couldn't even stand straight up!! But hey ho, we make do with what we have!!

I ran the game today, and it was both interesting and fun. I have notes and pictures and over the xmas holidays I will sort out the prequel, report and sequel.

This also means I managed to achieve my goal to complete the new Brabanzon horse. A rush job, but I am satisfied with them.

Fireforge mounted sergeants, modified so that each has shield, spear, bow and quiver.

Some have spears in the hands and the bows strapped to their horses ...

(https://i.imgur.com/53MouYi.jpg)

Others have bows (wrapped in linen or unwrapped) with their spears in pouch like things ...

(https://i.imgur.com/A1dDVCg.jpg)

(Although a couple don't have spears). The last two are old GW models, converted with bows packed away. (One having a much shorter spear just because he thinks the long ones are silly!) ...

(https://i.imgur.com/xz8Hvvm.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 17, 2018, 11:29:03 PM
I like'em!

And don't worry about the height of the ceiling, I can always sit in a chair! :icon_wink:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Padre on December 18, 2018, 10:31:40 AM
Oops ... just noticed, I forgot to put the white bits (socks and the thing on horses' noses) on the figures! Will do soon!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Irishzero on December 18, 2018, 09:26:57 PM
I can celebrate Christmas now. December has been a good painting month and I can add a Warwagon to the painted things.
I just need to decide if I should give it "kislev wings" and some kislev minis, or just give it to Al-Ulrik.

(http://forumbilder.se/H912U/48426513-1004280786427428-7241561228970033152-n-1.jpg)

(http://forumbilder.se/H912U/warw2.jpg)

And how the wagon used to look once I bought it:

(http://forumbilder.se/H912U/jamfor.JPG)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on December 19, 2018, 12:48:52 AM
Magnetize it, and then have the extras changeable to use the wagon for Kislev or Al-Ulrick.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on December 19, 2018, 06:37:43 AM
Going to throw my hat into the ring this late, and declare a goal of finishing 15 crossbowmen that are mostly done.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on December 20, 2018, 07:44:28 PM
I managed to finish my Brazen Claws space marine for the local GW stores painting challenge. Huzza to me! I 100% gave up on trying to freehand paint the chapter symbol, and my attempts to sculpt it failed as well. I'm just terrible at that kind of detail sometimes. I'm also not super fond of how the transfer on his other shoulder turned out, but its my first time using them so could be worse at least.

All finished and ready for the Christmas season.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 21, 2018, 11:08:56 PM
Transfers are a skill in themselves, they are a good shortcut but require a lot of work to look really good, I think. Putting them on all my Space Marines was a learning process and a bit of a nightmare!

On track to finish my swords-orcs before Christmas day I think. My stretch goal is to finish a first unit of 10 archers to go with them (so that's 9 more models).
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on December 25, 2018, 05:51:35 PM
Setting monthly painting goals just became serious business. I'm going to a tourney February 23rd, and I have quite a bit of painting to do. While being painted is not strictly mandatory, there's a penalty for being unpainted, and hey, it's a tourney. The total tally of miniatures that need painting, under my current planned list (which might change due to training experience), are as follows:

25 Halberdiers
25 Halberdiers (not even built at time of writing)
22 Greatswords
15 Crossbowmen (almost done at time of writing)
3 Demigryph Knights
3 Demigryph Knights
2 Rocket Batteries
10 Huntsmen (only minor modifications need painting)

It's sixty days to get the whole lot done. A bonus stretch goal is to rebase the lot to use magnetic bases, something done for the purpose of tourney logistics in the first place. Anyways, here's goals for the upcoming months until then.

DECEMBER 2018 (or what remains of it)
15 Crossbowmen
3 Demigryph Knights
10 Huntsmen

JANUARY 2018
25 Halberdiers, built and painted
3 Demigryph Knights
2 Rocket Batteries

FEBRUARY 2018 (or the two thirds of it before the tourney)
25 Halberdiers
22 Greatswords

There, the gauntlet has been thrown.  :x
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 25, 2018, 11:37:35 PM
I remain horrified that anyone takes unpainted minis to a wargames event, they should all go play chess instead! ;) But that's a long list, so I'll wish you luck.

I finished my 16 swords-orcs and am already on my way to completing those 9 extra archers and a standard bearer (but not a standard!). They're proving to be pretty quick to paint - easy to say when I haven't even reached 40 of them yet!

May try and pop in a test-troll before NYE...
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 26, 2018, 10:50:37 PM
Seem to have finished those archers already...

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/Shadespyre/WARHAMMER/Fantasy%20Tribes%20Orcs/0001_zpsrhvui41d.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 28, 2018, 02:15:52 PM
I also finished THREE trolls now, and the standard bearer-who-bears-no-standard.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on December 29, 2018, 09:59:11 AM
Looks like I got a reprieve to my painting schedule. I had a testgame yesterday with my intended tourney army, and based on said experience, I decided to drop the greatswords and replace them with models I already have. That's 22 models less that need painting.

Current status is crossbowmen done save for basing, and huntsmen well underway. I think I will be able to keep the schedule.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 29, 2018, 08:35:40 PM
Ending the year and month on a good note, I exceeded my goal.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C-kDUAsOLBg/XCeUJ93shhI/AAAAAAAAHoI/qtWpSJJgJm4WO_sxgVLeo53bjQ-e1vS4ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20181229_084635.jpg)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on December 30, 2018, 06:15:13 PM
I got unexpectedly sidetracked by various stuff today. Huntsmen still WIP, haven't even started the Demigryphs. Digging in for a long session to stay on schedule.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on December 30, 2018, 09:32:38 PM
Looks for now like I won't make it. Huntsmen are still in progress, waiting for wash to dry at the moment. They turned out to be way more work than I thought. I thought I would just do quick fixes to rehabilitate models bought half-finished and poorly painted, but I got carried away  :icon_redface:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Warlord on December 31, 2018, 01:31:53 AM
So I did some painting this month instead...

3 Genies
1 naga
8 golems
20 gremlins
1 pile of ball and chains

January I hope to paint 10 gargoyles and remaining 2 naga.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on December 31, 2018, 03:04:20 PM
The Discworld City Watch is done. I intend to redo the photos at some time to show the finished items (and replace those currently held on Photobucket); and will put an entry in the thread when this is completed – hopefully by end of next year.

The local GW store is holding a Legions of Legend event in the first few months of next year (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 if I run short of time. 
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.
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Shadespyre on December 31, 2018, 04:47:48 PM
Psssst, January goals go in the 2019 thread...  :wink:
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on December 31, 2018, 07:51:41 PM
Well I'm quite pleased with how my December goal turned out. My Brazen Claw for the GW painting contest (minus the transfer) is looking pretty good.

(https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/cp0/e15/q65/p320x320/49128243_2044043469011188_7263774877134356480_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.xx&oh=7e12e1af1e647344ff58e3748d741c69&oe=5C94A0F8)

(https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/cp0/e15/q65/p320x320/49067543_2044043502344518_5806556335470280704_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.xx&oh=4c695b8bd781876c2d72974a585fa15d&oe=5C8CCCBB)
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Artobans Ghost on December 31, 2018, 09:36:46 PM
Looking good!👆
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: JAK on January 01, 2019, 05:45:37 PM
Psssst, January goals go in the 2019 thread...  :wink:


Oppssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn’t see it.

Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Konrad von Richtmark on January 06, 2019, 06:21:41 PM
Going to post some progress pics and goal update in the 2019 thread, see you there!
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: GamesPoet on January 06, 2019, 08:49:10 PM
Closing out 2018! :::cheers:::

Final Tally of December Goals ...

023 ... 8 Skeletal infantry, 2 bolt throwers plus 4 skeletal crew, one catapult plus 3 skeletal crew, 2 undead heroes, 5 more skeletal infantry.
Irishzero ... finish 14 knights, 1 Ogre, start warwagon.
Padre ... 14 Bretonnian Mercenary light horsemen.
Shadespyre ... finish 4 test orcs, 10 crossbow orcs, 10 orcs archers, regiment of sword orcs.
Gankom ... 1 Brazen Claws space marine.
GP ... 6 mounted crossbowmen the saga continues ... lol).

(Completed items bolded.)

Congrats gentlemen! :::cheers:::
Title: Re: Monthly Painting & Scenery Goals 2018 ...
Post by: Gankom on January 07, 2019, 12:50:29 AM
Congrats everyone! It's been a fabulous year for painting and the goals thread has absolutely kept me motivated throughout.

Thanks to GP for taking over the running of the show! Fine job sir!