I realised that I was bored the other day, and floated this ides over on my plog (go read it, it's ace!) The idea is to go beyond the usual "painting goals/resolutions for 2016" posts that many of us - including myself - have made and set up some kind of voluntary painting challenge for a bunch of us to participate in to help focus at least some of our efforts on projects that we want to finish. With that in mind, there's no "defined" project that we all work on like Zombies or Board Games, or 40k armies. We'll each set our own goal.
Criteria:
The criteria is simple. We each choose a "thing" to work on that can last us for approximately 6 months of painting - from January to June. That thing could be:
A specific army for any "large" system. i.e.: Space Marines, Ogres, Orcs/Orks/Orx/Oruks, Romans, Samurai, a fleet for Halo or Dystopian Wars - or even a fleet for X-Wing if you're repainting.
A warband/team for a smaller system. (and perhaps a backup since these often tend to cap out at 16-40 models) i.e: SAGA Normans followed by Vikings. Bloodbowl Orcs followed by Elves. A Frostgrave or Mordheim Gang followed by a different gang or even a bunch of random encounter miniatures. (Ice Spiders and shizzle)
A bunch of stuff for a specific game.
i.e.: The Dungeon Saga box (with or without expansions) or Space Hulk or Descent or Wrath of Ashardalon or "All the Zombies in Zombicide" or "the entire Box of Zombicide" or "all of the things I own for Zombicide" or even "anything I own relating even vaguely to zombies" or "My Age of Sigmar Box that I just got for Christmas".
It could even be scenery If you're making, say, an urban or desert, etc table and have enough stuff to paint over 6 months in discrete and meaningful chunks.
Month to Month:
Each month, participants will paint a "unit" for their chosen army/game. You can nominate it at the start or procrastinate for 3 1/2 weeks and nominate it when you're showing your "finished" pictures.
A "unit" should be theoretically legal - or at least thematically close to it - we don't care if your Devastator Squad has only three heavy weapons, or if a guy has melta-bombs for some reason, or if only half of the Lizardmen have 2-handed weapons.
A "unit" should be at least 3 models. No upper limit - if you wanna do 60 goblins, we're not gonna hold you back! Then again, if 10 goblins or zombies is enough for you in a month, that's cool as well.
A "unit" for a boardgame is something that you decide makes thematic sense. - 10 Zombicide runners? Sure. 6 Fatties? Sure. A trio of Ravenloft monsters? Sure.
A "unit" can be a hero model, or a hero model with his retinue, or a monster, or a war machine. - Marneus Calgar with or without his little gang? Sure for both. Gob-Lobber? Sure. Dragon? Sure? Army Standard Bearer? Sure. Chariot? Sure. Necromancer? Sure.
If you finish your unit, can you start another one? You sure bloody can! - Especially encouraged if your unit was a smaller number or a simpler hero model. But hey, gak happens in life, so there's certainly no reciminations if you get one, or three or none models painted in a given month.
If you finish your entire project - particularly something like a boardgame - you can choose to chill and take a well-deserved break - or continue by painting some similar/associated models. Like more Genestealers or Terminators or Zombies or D&D Monsters.
Very Important Stuff:
IT DOES NOT MATTER if you've already started the army/force/project/whatever.
IT DOES NOT MATTER if you've already half-painted all of the miniatures.
IT ONLY MATTERS that you're prompted to do some painting and get stuff finished.
The objective is simply to help motivate us all to complete those many unpainted models that we have, to support each other and perhaps some constructive advice or good-natured ribbing.
It also doesn't matter if you do a unit for this project each month and then fritter the rest of your time away on completely unrelated and random models. That's probably what I'll be doing!
As we're a good chunk of the way through January, we can be flexible here. Individuals can choose to:
* Roll it into February
* Do a smaller unit (one of those 3's or 5's) as a short-month.
* Go nuts and do a full unit in the 21 days we have remaining.
If you'd like to participate, just add a post here stating what game/system/army/etc you want to focus on. If you'd like to nominate your first month's target, then feel free to do so. At this point I'm not even sure what I'll be working on yet, so I'll update this post over the next few days while people join and work out what we're going to spend time painting.
Projects:
Grimdork: Kings of War Orcs.
Da Boss: Boardgame a-go-go: Dungeon Saga/Descent/Wrath of Ashardalon
Theophony: Kings of a Terracotta Army and/or Zombies
Barzam: Dystopian Legions/Wars
BrookM: Solar Auxilia
JoshinJapan: Dungeon Saga/Kickstarter Shame
Azazelx: Gondor and Undead (attempt for 1 each/month)
Archer: Tyranids to start, floowed by ?
Januine: Scyllax Convenant + Dark Vengeance Cultists + Space Hulk
Buttery Commissar: Slannesh/Emperor's Children
Rygnan:IG, Dark Angels, Calibanite Jaegers
Slinky: Rogue Trader/2nd Edition 40k Orks
Nick Ellingworth: Malestrom's Edge Starter Box
John Wirral: Age of Sigmar Starter Box
Aldo: Shock Army of Acontecimento + Yu Jing/WWII Italians
Silent Puffin?: Epic Speed Freeks
Goliath: Tau
Lysander: Tau Retaliation Cadre
Augmaniac: Dwarves
Thraxas of Turai: Alpha Legion + Skitarii/AdMech
plastictrees: Infinity - Haqqislam force and terrain
white_wolf: Space Marines
Ms. white_wolf: Tyranids - Leviathan
Jackal: Epic 40k stuff.
Zergsmasher: Tau
Seventyone: Blood Bowl teams, Maelstrom's Edge.
Marouda: Mythological Greeks (with Azazelx)
highlord tamburlaine: Lizardmans, Tau and Shadows of Brimstone
TP^DC Deputy Manager: Dark Angels, Necrons, Tau and MEdge weetyskemian44: Frostgrave Soldiers & Wargames Factory Samurai
Ulf: Tyranids
Carlos13th: Zombicide Black Plague main box
Radu Lykan: Imperial Guard Armour
keltikhoa: Maelstroms Edge
Warboss Waaazag: Terrain (Feb-June)
I reckon if everyone puts up a post with their tally (and pics) at the end of each month, I'll duplicate it here - a single group shot of the models and links to the thread or your blogs for more images.
Januine: Scyllax Convenant + Dark Vengeance Cultists + Space Hulk
Buttery's Tanith Sniper and Imperial Naval Officer, Dark Vengeance Vrosh, Sgt Lorenzo
Theophony: Kings of a Terracotta Army and/or Zombies
[img=http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/5370/521240.page#8540520]Zombicide stuff[/img]
John Wirral: Age of Sigmar Starter Box
Aldo: Shock Army of Acontecimento + Yu Jing/WWII Italians
Silent Puffin?: Epic Speed Freeks
Goliath: Tau
Lysander: Tau Retaliation Cadre
Augmaniac: Dwarves
I'm not 100% sure on my plans. Did you say something along the lines of "all the Infinity I have" was viable? Because if I put concentrated effort out each month there's no way a single force will last me till summer.
If All Things Infinity works, then I've already got January done, just need to put them on their bases. To be fair, all of the work on them has occurred in January but it won't necessarily stop me from adding some more figures for the month.
I *could* do all things zombie too, as I've got many survivors, zombies, and scenery left to go with the impending purchase of zombicide (finally!) or possibly by waiting to back Mantic/Skybound TWD... but I dunno getting Infinity done sounds more fun in some ways. It's not like I can't do zombies on the side.
I'll have a photo of the group I'll be finishing today up once they're based.
Well, this matches up directly to what I want to do anyway, so I will also try my best to keep to this! (I've tried this before and had difficulty sticking to it, but I think now with my new workspace and living situation it will be easier.
I'm going to stick to what has been majorly motivating for me last year: Board Games. If I finish a decent amount of my BG stuff by July I will be well on my way to achieving a good chunk of my goals. By July I would theoretically like to have done:
The rest of Dungeon Saga
Descent (main game + villain boxes for the main game)
Wrath of Ashardalon
at minimum.
So, for January, I nominate myself to get the Tyrant of Halpi Expansion (which is three models ) + Dungeon Furniture for Dungeon Saga done.
Excellent, welcome welcome . Looking forward to the dungeon stuff. I'd do some myself if not for the infinity backlog.
So here's my January entry, mostly finished over the last week or so...
U S Ariadna Ranger Force Charlie Tango 7.
Not the most imaginative or expertly executed, but I'm happy with them. May get more as they're released. Also may paint my second set of MA human soldiers and one truck in the scheme.
Well I too will throw a hat into the ring.....it's still attached to a severed head . Yes, I will continue my Zombicide paint up. I have most of Rue Morgue, Prison Outbreak, and Black Plague to do. Along side I'm hoping on creating a transition between the tables by creating a "Renisance festival/Theme Park area". That way all the players can wear armor and still carry m-16s . My Main focus will be getting zombies and survivors done, but we will see if I cannot get some other things done like terrain.
I may have to get in on this. I just have to decide what to do. I think I may do Dystopian Wars/Legions as I have a box of Prussian troops, an Antarctic air fleet starter, an Antarctic sea fleet starter, and several blisters of land units. I should be able to make that last until June. One question though, my Prussian infantry is a set of six, will that count for one unit or two?
I've got a lot of Horus Heresy stuff I want to get done before the end of the year: Solar Auxilia and Imperial Knights. So, this will for me be a bit of public pressure to get it done or suffer the unrelenting shame of my peers.
More importantly, I got a trip to the UK coming in April and I'll be bringing along 2500 pts of Solar Auxilia, so my main focus will be on them first, then the Knights when they're all done.
So, for my first month / time slot I'm going to try and get a pair of Lasrifle Sections done for my Solar Auxilia army. One Section is already partially painted while the other has only just been stuck together.
Okay, I'm in as well. For January, I hope to finish off the base game for Dungeon Saga. After that, I will probably start one of the many unfinished kickstarter packages in my Closet of Shame.
I'll be a witness....unless the Inquisition shows up, Then I've never heard of you before
I think I also must add getting my gaming area back as part of my Project. Due to basement water damage and reallocation of shelving my gaming table disappeared, But I have a cunning plan.
Grim - No problemo - Infinity has very small forces, so it fits the Saga/Mordheim/Blood Bowl Team size option, so "My infinity" is cool. Cool stuff so far though I'm not sure if "finished before we started" gets you off the hook completely - now get more models done in January!
Barzam - A unit of six would usually be one unit. We've got threes there so we're covered for things like Ghar Walkers, or Bikers, or Ogres/Trolls. But then I don't know anything about Dystopian Wars so you'll have to use your own discretion to an extent. And also think about if getting 3 or 6 of them fits your painting schedule - after all, the main point is to encourage us all to get more gak painted.
I'm in. Overall goal is to get space hulk completed by the end of the summer. But first I need to get the last squad of cultists for dark vengeance done. So that's goal 1
Lol your knowledge of the Dystopian stuff is about as good as mine, Azazelx. I got a bunch of it as Christmas gifts thanks to it being on super clearance everywhere. Nearly three full battleforces worth on Antarctic stuff plus Prussians for the infantry scaled game. And I have no clue hoe either game plays. It's a good thing this isn't a comp to learn game rules.
Archer - sounds fine to me. Start with one, finish, and transition to the second.
Januine - cool. The Cultists are like a preface to the Space Hulk stuff then.
Barzam - sounds like a decent amount - and you're right that it's a good thing we're not here to learn the rules. I'm terrible at getting started on that sort of thing!
Buttery - Sounds perfect. Like I said, it can already be well started and with one unit a month as the target, armies can very easily carry over for much longer. In July you'll hopefully have at least 6 more units tableworthy.
Awesome! Though in one case my "unit" may have to rollover slightly. One of the builds is that FW resin KoS, and hand drilling his entire body and fingernails may be more than I can face in a month.
At the moment I'm doing Fulgrim, I reckon a Primarch should count as a unit.
Yep Primarch = Hero = Unit. Hopefully you can work on a trio of Noisemarines or something as well in the KoS build month to keep your painting licks in.
I had a painting deadline rush least night to get some gifts done. Photographed and varnished at midnight, then up at 8am to prepare for the guests who they were for. They left about 3 hours ago, so I'm just vegging out, working out what to paint and pottering around. Just mounted 2 of my ForceFX lightsabers that have been in storage for about 5 years, going to play some PS4, and then maybe nap. Later, we'll finally finish those fething Spartans, and then I can do some other painting. Except I've got that Wedding Present Sugar Skull to finish for next weekend...
Azazelx wrote: Yep Primarch = Hero = Unit. Hopefully you can work on a trio of Noisemarines or something as well in the KoS build month to keep your painting licks in.
No mucky noise marines in my EC (I know, it's weird, but after reading their origins, I'm not okay with them), just Fullers, Tacticals, Blades, Termies, Eidolon and hopefully Saul when he gets a model. My EC are pre-heresy, and my Daemons overlap by having Fullers appear as a Daemon Prince.
I'm in I guess, I'll do some Imperials for 30k/40k if that's possible. First month goal is to get my IG command squad, a Ravenwing Darkshroud, Librarian, Chaplain and 3 regular Bikers done, they're gonna get primed tonight, then I'll update my list and get pics later in the week (which means probably tomorrow) with goals for the next month or so. Should be finishing up my 40kDA, then all steam ahead towards the Calibanite Jaegers for 30k
Given that I recently got my grubby mitts on the Maelstrom's Edge box there would be an obvious candidate for what I'll do. Hmm let me think this through. I'd like to paint the Karists first. That will involve painting a squad of 5 Troopers (plus an extra with an alternative weapon), a squad of 4 Tempests, 2 Angels, a squad of 4 Angel Minnows, 2 Shadow Walkers and a Kaddar Nova. I'm sure I can figure out a reasonable way to split this lot into 6 months.
Apparently the folk watching my p&m blog want Orcs and so orcs they shall have. I'll draw up a list and see what kind of monthly output that will require.
Going to do the Zombicide Black Plague main box. If I finish it I might move onto the expansion or other things from the Kickstarter when they eventually turn up.
A Unit will be a single row of Zombies from the box or a Hero/Necromancer. Depending on the effort they I may end up doing a few zombies and a hero at the same time or Multiple Heros. A single row of Zombies consists of 2 Runners, 2 Fatties and 6 normal zombies.
In the spoilered photo is a row of painted zombies, beneath this layer is six more rows of the same zombies. I will be trying to get at least one of those done a month.
Spoiler:
I will also be working on the Bat family for BMG and other stuff like Samurai and the Punisher but that wont be part of this challenge.
I think I'll join, waaaay too many half painted infinity miniatures, I'll work on my Shock Army of Acontecimento and when I'm left without minis I'll either work on my Yu Jing or drastically change subject and work on my WWII Italian Airborne.
My Speed freaks for Epic would be a reasonable entry from me although it may take longer than 6 months depending on when I can get stuff from Ebay. Plus there are about 100 vehicles....
I'm not going to be able to paint 'units' as I will be getting individual models from all over the place rather than discrete tabletop formations but I could probably manage a few bits and pieces per month.
For January I'm gonna get my Scyllax convenant finished and also the last two character models from the DV boxed set need to be finished. Away a lot in Feb so just the last Dv squad of cultists for then. That'll see the DV boxed set finally completed by the end of Feb
Looks like I've been coerced into working on my KOW army instead. Probably starting/finishing my Terracotta Army, but still need to decide which army rules to use.
Options are, dwarves, elves and goblins. Undead is possible, but my main opponent is undead and switches between the two rules. Must also keep in mind these guys are small 20mm true scale, so that's about the only reason I chose goblinz as one of the options. I think I'm leaning towards elves as they will allow me to use dragons.
I think Grimdork is aiming for 2000points, so that will also be my target for this 6 month stretch. Possibly a showdown at the end as we live a couple hours apart, but we might be able to get a battle in at the end, or once it's all done.
I'm likely to be putting this in both blogs, but I'm starting a Tau army that I'm doing as part of a Tale of Two Gamers with a friend of mine (both moved down South from Sheffield, both have far more money than we did last year), so I'm up for joining in.
Not sure how much I can get done this month though, as it ordered my models from Wayland Games, and they've apparently still not been dispatched -_-
Though I'm possibly going to cycle into town tomorrow and pick up a pack of Stealth Suits.
Ok that was faster than I expected. Aside from finishing off the bases I've got the squad of Karist Troopers done (pic is zoomable in the gallery). I based the colour scheme on the studio one but made it darker and grubbier and replaced the bright purple cybel energy with a sort of turquoisey colour (probably not fluff friendly but I think it looks good).
The max squad size for these guys is 5 but with 2 different special weapon options. This group is one Quintarch (the squad leader), 3 regular troopers, 1 trooper with Radwave Emitter and 1 trooper with Ripper Grenade Launcher. So I can field a full size squad with either special weapon or up to 4 with the regular Pulse Carbine. The Quintarch has had a bit of minor conversion work done to differentiate him from the regular troopers. I shaved off the crotch armour (that sounds painful) and replaced it with a spare loincloth from the Kaddar Nova sprue.
I'm not going to reveal my full basing plans just yet as I'm waiting for the stuff I need to be delivered (this week I hope!) but I will say that it involves my first use of tufts for bases.
I guess I ought to figure out something else to paint this month.
Managed to get my Command Squad fully painted tonight, except basing. I also primed my 2 Biker HQs (Librarian and Chaplain) and the Attack Bike before my primer ran out on me. I'll get pics of the almost finished Command Squad tomorrow, and hopefully start work on the black armour of the Bikers. Can't finish the Command Squad or prime the rest before the end of the week though, as I'm not going into my local GW until then and I ran out of Astrogranite on Friday night finishing up my 30k Dark Angels.
Well done, you two! All I have got done so far is to get the other 6 Orks I am aiming to get done this month out of their case and lined up on the painting table
I got my big fat dragon finished - dead happy with him. Just woke my fiancee up to show her:
One word of warning for others attempting this guy- perhaps leave him unassembled before painting or get him off his base - getting into all the nooks and crannies is a pain!
Slinky wrote: Well done, you two! All I have got done so far is to get the other 6 Orks I am aiming to get done this month out of their case and lined up on the painting table
Thanks, painting that squad was unusually fast for me. No idea why, it usually takes me about a week to paint a single model! Though I will admit to keeping the paint scheme very simple (in order; base colours, wash, dry brushing, final details).
I said I was going to paint something else and I've made up my mind. Getting the basic infantry out of the way for both factions in the ME boxset is probably a good idea (save the fun stuff for later) so next up are the Epirian Contractors. I've replaced the original heads with some from Pig Iron. I'm thinking of going with a police/security forces paint scheme and I think those heads suit that idea quite well.
I'll be priming them shortly, however there is something much more important to do first. Lunch, can't expect me to paint when I'm hungry.
I don't think my Epirians will be anywhere near as cool as Panic's Doom squad. Though I do have him to thank for getting getting the idea of headswaps into my head as it were. Seeing his work got me thinking about what I could do to make my Epirians look different.
Daft thing is I actually like the basic models, I think the Captain Scarlet with huge shoulder pads look works with the right paint job. However I like my minis to be a bit different if possible.
Don't know if it's totally kosher but I'll throw my own hat in the ring.
I got quite a bit of AoS/KoW/9th Age Dwarves to build and paint, that should take 6 months.
For this month I'll say I have to get 5 Warriors with two handed weapons done, that should be a good amount.
I have a fortnight away from the internet and you spring this on me Az. Would love to partake, maybe Alpha Legion or to finish off my Skitarii/Ad Mech force...does it matter if I do more than one unit a month?
@Nick - those heads relaly improve those figures no end. Much nicer look than the square hats. Looking forward to how they start to turn out. The Karists have come up nicely also. Do you intend to add any texture to their bases?
@AUGmaniac - No problem mate - I'll add you in.
@Thraxas - also not a problem. It's just trying to set a minimum to help people get stuff painted. I'm going to attempt to do a unit each for two different armies myself since I couldn't choose which one to do.,
I'm in...maybe I can break my perfect track record of never delivering on a Dakka paint challange!
I'll be working on INFINITY.
Starting with my Haqqislam force and terrain. I have several other factions lined up so plenty to keep me busy.
First month (January) goal is to:
A: prep and prime my initial 9-10 man 200 pt list and settle on a colour scheme.
B: paint three members of that list in that scheme
C: complete assembly on one of the buildings I've started working on for my Arabian Bazaar/Port City table.
6 Month goal would be a full 4x4 playable Infinity table and three 300 pt lists worth of models painted.
Hell I will Jump in.
Me and my Girlfriend are getting into 40k. I am a old vet from 4th, she is very green.... well purple, She is going nids with hive fleet leviathan.
I have a old Space marine army I got when I was 10. It has been with me through 4th and was my first army. Its Very sentimental to me. It is this bright green with a odd wash and I have never been able to replicate it. on top of this the army has become damaged and needs to be repaired/converted.
I hate to undo the work done by another painter but the time has come I must make this army my own.
so
1. I will need to strip my models and confirm the new paint scheme I want to use. I have an idea but I have to see it first before I commit to anything.
2. After everything is stripped I need to begin to repair and convert units EX: Land raider's side sponsons have been damaged landspeeder lost its little doors.
3. I will be trying my best to really detail every space marine as I want every model to be above table top or at least pushing my own skill to it limit. (I am really rusty but I have been really looking at tutorials for the past few weeks)
For This month I will be working strictly on the color scheme. so I will be painting a small combat squad each marine with a variation of the color scheme. I will post the painted marines and then take a day or two not looking at the models then I will come back and look at them and the one i like best will be the one I use. I may make an article on the the full process such as stripping,painting color schemes, and all of the work that goes along with this huge project.
I will post only painting stuff here.
Side note: while not important to modeling strictly I need to complete their fluff as it plays a role in how this army is built.
I might do some work on some AM but I want to finish my SM first. I have about 3-4k points of space marines I need to paint so I have a lot of work ahead of me.
Here's my test/proof model for the first regiment of morax.
Needs sealed and based...I'll probably try to be a bit neater on the others and maybe look into some additional weathering and rust. The default plan is to mount 12 on clear acrylics and make a movement tray with slots for them all. Ideally I will find a way to leave the majority removable but fit more than. 12/20. The more I glue directly to the base the more I can fit on but orcs are too useful for RPGS and skirmish games to permanently glue them all down.
Some good looking work developing already from people. Da Boss's green dragon is probably my favourite so far. I am soon to get my act together and paint something for January (I promise, just need to knock this final High Elf dragon off and I will get into the Nids).
Thought since I am running out of days in this month I would work out a test scheme for the army and smash out a couple of groups of Termagants. Save the tasty big bugs for later.......
Azazelx wrote: @Nick - those heads relaly improve those figures no end. Much nicer look than the square hats. Looking forward to how they start to turn out. The Karists have come up nicely also. Do you intend to add any texture to their bases?
Thanks, to answer your question allow me to quote myself.
Nick Ellingworth wrote: I'm not going to reveal my full basing plans just yet as I'm waiting for the stuff I need to be delivered (this week I hope!) but I will say that it involves my first use of tufts for bases.
The good news is that Dark Sphere dispatched my order yesterday so hopefully today or tomorrow I'll be able to make a start on the basing.
I've also got pretty much all the base colours done on the Epirians, so I should be able to get them done quite quickly too.
Sort of half of a Kult of Speed. This was a test order from Vanguard miniatures for some of TMG's 'honestly not Orks' Skinners. A pack of not Nobz Warbikes, Warbikes and Grottanks (which will count as Wartracks in the Speed Freak list). Quite impressed with them to be honest; good detailing, reasonably priced (for Epic minis anyway) and there is a decent range of stuff. I will put some better pictures on my PLOG when I get the chance.
I did paint up 8 stands of Warbikes but I only appear to have 7 now, I suspect that the 8th will either turn up in my son's toy box or mangled in the hoover
I have some stuff incoming from Ebay; Skorchas, Trukks and a Gunfortress so far, so that will probably make up the rest of the months painting.
This is the Blitzbrigade that I finished before Christmas and all that I had painted for this project before this month.
I've made a bit of progress on my first six Dystopian figures. I'm trying to assembly-line paint them, but I'm getting a bit distracted by some other Prussians I'm painting on the side. Still, I managed to get three figures done last night, even if only one is actually for this project. I'm at a point where I should be able to complete two more today, which will have me halfway finished for this month. With luck, I'll be done by next Monday.
Could use some help here guys. I think I like the black washed guys on the right more than the red washed guys on the left, both I like more than the grey guys I used originally. Also should I paint the spearshafts or have them be the same terracotta as the rest of the unit?
Thanks Silent Puffin?, I think I'll have to pick up some better metallics and try for a bronze as I believe that's what the actual terracotta soldiers had.
Thanks Again Silent Puffin? You sure talk a lot for a silent Puffin , Maybe we'll change you to quiet spoken yet really helpful puffin.....probably wouldn't fit the Username space though
Thanks as well Nick, Ill see what a drybrush will look like on them after the ink completely dries, probably tomorrow night as we have family stuff tonight and a funeral in the A.M. Also looking forward to seeing more of the Karists popping up.
I like it , It's original, and at least got a chuckle out of me. Better than a word not many others know what the meaning of is, or a name of a character from a book who you might not reflect.
Its the product of a random name generator so its not as if I can take the credit
If you are going to do metallic weapons I would suggest verdigrised copper. Copper base coat, light dry brush with a very light blue green (some kind of teal/turquoise mixed with bone for example) paint and then a watered down green wash. Quite a lot of work though and to be honest they may be too eye catching given the very limited colour palette that you have used.
Over in my P&M Blog it was suggested to just keep the weapons as is because 3' away your not going to tell the difference between Terracotta and Bronze. I think I'm going to go with that approach. I am thinking about painting the cloth around the legs though , like the army dressed the terracotta guys, which might also bring in some color. I thought about doing the eyes as a glowing color, but they are way too tiny to try and pick out, so I will have to go with complete uniformity on the terracotta guys. Also thinking of painting the dragons similar to the warriors.
Mantic Ogre and Blood Rage giant for scale. I have 2 of them which are identical, just different paint schemes (prepainted figures) I think I'll use them as Pheonix in the Basilea lists.
Also Army list is shaping up to look like this
(4x) Spearman regiment (20)
(2x) War-Wizard
(2x) Phoenix
comes to 990 with no Magic items or upgrades
It might not be the most creative list there is, but the Phoenix each bring flying Breath-attack (10), inspiring, Heal (6) and regeneration 5+ to the show, the War-Wizards bring fireball (8) each to the show and the spearmen are decent sized blocks with Phalanx to reduce the thunderous charge.
This also gives me the chance to work on the bases to the models and my painting challenge (though small) will look like this.
January - 20 spearmen
Feb - Dragon/Phoenix and a war-Wizard
March - 20 Spearmen
April - Spearmen
May- Dragon/Phoenix and a war-Wizard
June- Spearmen
I should be able to easily accomplish these tasks and still add more to the force so I can have different lists. Honestly, once I decide on a final terracotta trooper paint scheme I want to knock out 100+ of them in really short order.
Theophony wrote: Could use some help here guys. I think I like the black washed guys on the right more than the red washed guys on the left, both I like more than the grey guys I used originally. Also should I paint the spearshafts or have them be the same terracotta as the rest of the unit?
Wikipedia, the Font of All Truth, tells us that the originals were equipped with standard weapons, so if you want them to stand out, you could just paint them like you would for any other army.
Also, wouldn't a dark brown wash work better on terracotta than black?
Black and red were close at hand, and the strong gone if I use it on these guys will get the Browns in there as well. I think the weapons will stay terracotta for now, will likely get painted black later though.
I think I'll skip the osl, I think it might be scarier if it was just a moving lump of clay instead.
Another vote for Black Wash. Also a vote for a quick drybrush, at least on the upper body - the lamellar armour should pop nicely. I'd imagine doing the weapons would be easier then pants - and probably more "realistic" to give them real weapons than real pants!
I've almost finished the two bases of Spartans that's been taking up my time recently. Then I can work on the first Undead unit for this challenge!
Also - Jackal has joined us with his Epic 40k stuff!
Okay, I guess I'll bite. I'll enter my Tau as my army of choice for the next few months. As those of you watching my P&M blog know, I'm currently working on some Breachers, but I have lots of other stuff to do as well, so it should keep me going.
Right, I have finally managed to knock off the 8th of my armies and its time to get stuck into the 9th which will be my focus for this challenge.
The Tyranids.
SO, the hardest part of any new army is trying to sort out a colour scheme, so I am putting this guy here as a litmus test to see what people think before I knuckle down and try to punch out a lot of these guys for January's offering.
It is a quick and dirty (15 odd minutes) test piece, I want to really make the weapon symbiotes a different creature (hence a fairly different scheme). Let me know your thoughts so I can get cracking.
I will be running my plog as usual so only finished photos will make there way over here in future, so if you are interested how I am going feel free to stop by and say hi (ok, shameless plug over).
@John - Nice work on those Sigmarines. Their bases are nicely detailed as well. Will you be adding some static flock or tufts, or going for the fully-barren wasteland?
@Jackal - Very cool Epic squat army there. You've got a hell of a lot to paint! All those little men on stands is what stopped me getting properly into Epic back in the day.
@Nick - The snow and winter grass(?) finishes the Karists off nicely. Looking forward to seeing the Epirians come along.
I've also convinced Marouda to participate as well, with the caveat that I'll be "helping" (aka doing most of the actual work) - but anything that helps get her painting more is a win in my opinion, so we're calling the Mythological Greeks for KoW her painting goal. Since she did some of the work on the Spartans that just got finished yesterday, I'll now call these part of the challenge, and done for January. More here.
Well, it's halfway through the month and most of my models haven't been dispatched yet (never using Wayland Games again), so I'm going to be doing my stealth suits instead. I haven't been able to prime them yet as I still need to run it by my landlord, but I did manage to do the teleport homer.
Nice start! I like the white effect, very effective shading!
My 10 Orks are nearing completion - I have alo been spending some time with Fairy Power Spray and a toothbrush trying to get the great thick dollops of paint off the metal Dreadnought that I am lining up to be February's effort
Nearly there, just need to pick the bits out of some of the recesses now.
Goliath wrote: Well, it's halfway through the month and most of my models haven't been dispatched yet (never using Wayland Games again)
This was my reaction to Wayland a while ago
My latest Ebay purchase was posted today so I'll probably get it next week. I would like to do some painting this weekend but I have nothing for active projects, I may try and finish my Capitol Heavy Infantry for Warzone.
Well, I was planning on posting an update yesterday, but I got hit with a migraine and when that happens, I'm pretty much out. I still feel messed up from it, so I won't be doing much painting today. I will photograph and post my current progress though.
Scyllax ar mostly done now - just need a few final highlights and some grime and the assembly; pin to the nearly painted bases ad then attach the mechandrites
I'm guessing it's a "Lizardmans until I run out of them, followed by another set of models". Like Archer starting with Tyranids and then going on to a second army. Also, welcome, highlord.
Also also. I got my Undead unit finished today - a trio of Skeletal Ogres from Ral Partha Europe, for Kings of War Undead using the Zombie Troll rules. They've just been spray varnished, so hopefully it'll be dry in the morning so I can add the tufts. Pics tomorrow!
So below is my planned list for this challenge (well hopefully the first half......) I plan to have the colour scheme finalized for January plus as many Gaunts as I can (I have 86 so I hopefully never run out of spawning fodder). If I can do that I will consider it a successful January.
Hive Fleet Acidica
HQ Mother of Contamination - Tervigon with Toxin Sacs, Shreddershard Beetles and The Norn Crown
Mother of Poison - Tervigon with Toxin Sacs and The Miasma Cannon
Elites
Harbingers of Venom - 3 Venomthropes
Bringers of Poison - 3 Venomthropes
Troops
Heralds of Contamination - 4 Tyranid Warriors, 1 Venom Cannon, 3 with Deathspitters
Bringers of Rot - 3 Tyranid Warriors, 2 with Devourers, 1 with Barbed Strangler
Poison’s Envoy - 3 Tyranid Warriors, 1 with Venom Cannon, 2 with Death Spitters
Leaders of Corruption - 3 Tyranid Warriors, 2 with Spinefists, 1 Barbed Strangler
Lords of Decay - 3 Tyranid Warriors, 1 with Venom Cannon, 2 with Deathspitters
Poison’s Consorts - 3 Tyranid Warriors, 1 with Lash Whip and Bonesword, 2 with Rending Claws
Heavy Support
Father of Contamination - Tyrannofex with Toxin Sacs and Acid Spray
Father of Poison - Tyrannofex with Toxin Sacs and Rupture Cannon
Contamination of Worlds - Toxicrene
So you may have noticed the running theme of Toxins and Acid. The idea behind the army is that the Hive Fleet only seems to attack the most polluted and toxic of worlds and this has started to show disturbing effects on the creatures as a whole. Only the largest beasts seem able to withstand the pollutants on some of these worlds for any length of time and therefore the only Gaunts seen are those birthed from the Tervigons and they usually expire from the harsh environments quickly anyway. Hopefully the theme comes through in the list.
I can't remember them ever being super awesome (missile launchers one-shotting them...) but maybe they fixed that... but I *love* tyranid warriors and am excited to see you paint a gaggle
The Tyranid model range is about the only thing that I can see myself picking up out of 40K these days- it's top notch and nearly all plastic.
I've gotten back down to business today - got the last two "stone" items (a sarcophagus and a throne) done in my attempt at a marble scheme. Just drying right now, so photos a bit later, but it looks okay from tabletop. Not going to bear close scrutiny by any geologists though.
I have nearly finished my Captol Heavy Infantry for Warzone, they are at the basing stage at the moment. They are a little 'flat' from the front though without much detail to break them up, the back is far more visually interesting. I think that I will be repainting the helmets a contrasting colour; my first thought was bone but my Martian Banshees already have bone helmets and I want them to be distinctive. Any suggestions?
Some WIP pics to illustrate my point.
I'm quite glad that I have finally finished them, I was really unhappy with my first attempts well over a year ago and they have been a bit of a roadblock to finishing my Capitol. With them out of the way I can get the rest done.
I am quite tempted to get myself a Squat army now, if only they weren't ridiculously expensive on Ebay these days.
In fact, I like pretty much all the new Warzone designs.
I've got a few of the Mishima figures from Resurrection. Maybe I'll do my Crimson Devils when I'm done with my lizards.
(Also, most of the lizards are in various stages of completion. 2 of the 3 Carnosaurs are just about finished. 7 of the 10 Saurus are almost done as well, so it's possible I may be done before January finishes.)
Here's some pictures. As you can see, the veins on the Marble are a little too thick, but I think it looks good enough from tabletop distance - it's obviously marble, and that's what's important!
Of the heroes, I like the Halfling Thief and the Naiad quite a lot. The Naiad has the best facial expression, grim determination. The faces on the other two are lacking in detail, but I like how Ally is a tiny female indiana jones.
Epic. Squats were my very first Epic army (that wasn't in the starter set at least), I have no idea how many I had but it was a lot. All I have left are a handful of trikes and 2-3 stands of infantry.
Got some great stuff coming along guys. I think I've roughly solidified my plans for the 6 month challenge, but I make no promises that I won't finish it all early if enthusiasm catches. Atm, it isn't doing so...batch painting leaves me a bit numb...but who knows.
1000pt KoW Orc list: Krudger on winged Slasher (big orc boss on dragon, wee!)
Morax Regiment (two axes means twice the fun, mulches things)
Greatax Regiment (almost as much fun as the Morax)
Ax Troop (screen/points filler, bit boring but mainstay)
Skulks Troop (sneakier bow wielding orcs, I'm using the orcs and possibly goblins from Dungeon Saga for these, unless I find some bows in my bits box to convert regular orcs)
Orclings Regiment (mantic's even tinier answer to snotlings, tiny orcs in a swarm, 3 40mm bases worth)
Trolls Regiment (going to work on reposing the DS trolls to make a unit, love those guys)
Seven distinct units, but the skulks and ax troops are smaller so I'll either combine those two or combine one or the other with the Orclings.
I'm not sure this is a good list, but it seems reasonably entertaining to paint. I'll get about half of my basic orc troops finished and still leave a few fun things like giants, gore riders, and any chariot/fight wagons for later. Also have a couple of reaper trolls and a bigger troll boss for later too.
So there's the target list. Seems a bit meager for six months, but then we must consider this isn't all I intend to paint over that time.
Not only did I wrap up the first of the 3 carnosaurs, got my Borka on his bear finished as well. Will try and seal them along with a big pile of stuff tomorrow.
Technically it isn't a Carnosaurus.... it looks like a Ceratosaurus with the big horn there and the claw placement.
Both rider and dino need a quick shading treatment, but I think they're good to go.
Hey Azazelx, only just found the thread. Everyone looks like they are painting some great stuff.
Hope you don't mind me asking, but I get limited hobby time and had a plan for the next year of the projects I wanted to tackle, but they aren't really unique to an army or even system. I would like to paint more, but can't guarantee I'll have the time. There's some Dark Angels, Necrons, Tau and MEdge I really want to do for variety to keep me focused. Would I be able to put my list down to participate despite this?
TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote: Hey Azazelx, only just found the thread. Everyone looks like they are painting some great stuff.
Hope you don't mind me asking, but I get limited hobby time and had a plan for the next year of the projects I wanted to tackle, but they aren't really unique to an army or even system. I would like to paint more, but can't guarantee I'll have the time. There's some Dark Angels, Necrons, Tau and MEdge I really want to do for variety to keep me focused. Would I be able to put my list down to participate despite this?
I cant speak for Az but pretty sure he isnt going to care. Just set a goal for X number of models finished per month.
I think I am going to add at least one skirmish model or zombicide character a month to my goal of 10 Zombies.
@Jackal - nice work on all those stands of Squats. Makes me nostalgic for the 40k ones I foolishly sold in my youth. Your Epic ones look suitably cool all ranked up like that!
@Silent Puffin? - The WarZone stuff looks good. Would perhaps a metallic blue visor work on those bone helmets to kind of tie in with the Capitol-USA colours? Their weapons are certainly looking good.
@Highlord - you've got one hell of a bottomless pit of cool lizardmen models. I really like that new rider, and as I mentioned on your blog, that bear is on my shopping list thanks to you!
@Da Boss - still loving the marble effect there!
@TP^DC Deputy Manager - I initially started the thread only half expecting a couple of people to be interested, and to help motivate people (mainly myself as well) to focus on getting more units painted for our armies. For me that's having more focus, but really mate, I'm all for anything that helps anyone else get more of their figures painted, so of course you're welcome to join in. I'll add you to the OP. If you can aim to get a "unit" or hero painted each month, then you'll be totally on target.
And having said all that, I forced myself to sit down yesterday and finish off a unit that had been staring at me since August:
Who makes those skeletons please and could I be cheeky and ask how tall they are?
A friend has been looking for some large skellies to proxy ushabti as he doesn't like the Egyptian look.
Lovely looking models though and they stand out nicely.
Currently painting up a squat thunderer detachment now so I can finally build an infantry company.
Did get side tracked though and painted a contemptor for my 30k salamanders lol.
@Silent Puffin? - The WarZone stuff looks good. Would perhaps a metallic blue visor work on those bone helmets to kind of tie in with the Capitol-USA colours? Their weapons are certainly looking good.
The problem is that there isn't a visor, the helmet is a shaped face plate with 2 sets of 2 (shallow) depressions for 'eyes', which have mostly been obliterated when I repainted them.
I have started on my Sea Lions now which will mostly finish off my available Captiol (well I still have Henry Thomas and a couple of Purple Sharks but they are currently unassembled). I have had some Epic stuff arrive in the post today so I will be switching back to teeny tiny tanks for a while.
I ought to get some of those WGF samurai. Kind of surprised I don't have any yet. Look like they'd be great bits to convert Skorne up with as well.
While others were sleeping last night, I FINALLY finished my big dumb Carnosaur that I got the week it came out. Wasn't that pre- End Times?
Moving on to the dinky metal one which I always wanted as a kid but could never afford. He's got his base coats all down, gotta do his teeth, eyes, and claws, then it's off to finish his base.
Started in on some of those Saurus warriors as well. They were all primed in a super light blue (lighter than the water on that dino there) and should fix up their bases later this week as well.
Metal Carnie and rider should be done before the week is done, and then it's on to flying lizards and my stegadon!
I have considered getting a box each of the four WGF samurai kits and making a small samurai force for KoW... but I dunno doing these orcs in regiment sized batches is taking it out of me.
You could do a Frostgrave samurai force instead? You could make all the Frostgrave unit types, and have a pool of choices to pick from. I may just try that myself...
I feel your pain on painting large piles of figures all at the same time. The monotony gets to me. Same color, same size, same shape, same weapons...I much prefer doing a few different kinds of figures all at once.
Finished putting together the foundation of my 'Bourak Port City' table for Infinity, which is entirely DUST Tenements...which I have a ridiculous number of.
Next step is finalizing what buildings I'm putting together permanently and what I'm leaving for a bit of modularity.
With this particular table I'm intending for most of the modularity to come from the smaller pieces, catwalks, detail and scatter. So at most I'll probably have 3-5 stackable pieces and the rest as whole buildings.
Jackal wrote: Who makes those skeletons please and could I be cheeky and ask how tall they are?
A friend has been looking for some large skellies to proxy ushabti as he doesn't like the Egyptian look.
Lovely looking models though and they stand out nicely.
Currently painting up a squat thunderer detachment now so I can finally build an infantry company.
Did get side tracked though and painted a contemptor for my 30k salamanders lol.
Sounds good. Show us the Contemptor when you finish it as well.
The problem is that there isn't a visor, the helmet is a shaped face plate with 2 sets of 2 (shallow) depressions for 'eyes', which have mostly been obliterated when I repainted them.
Ahhh.. fair enough then.
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@Weety - Welcome Weety!
@Highlord - can we get some more pics of the Carnosaur? It looks great.
@Grimdork - the largest number of models I can easily handle doing in a batch seems to be 12. Any more and it becomes a real struggle. Highlord's suggestion of making a Frostgrave-type force out of Samurai could work - then you can always add-on later to turn it into a KoW unit.
Stupid phone auto corrected bloodbowl to blood bath...
so far i have assembled some medge
and base coated some blood bowl: I am going for a dual purpose team that could be human or pro elf using a mixture of the black scorpion human and elf teams
basically anything with av 8 gets a helmet, anything with av 7 doesn't, apart from human linemen which are av 8 but don't get a helmet.
thins evening just assembled 3 more contractors but no photo
I'll join this. I need motivation to knuckle down and get some models finished.
I'll do some of my Tyranids. I'll also be painting models from a bunch of ranges, to fill out my collection of monsters & villains for my D&D campaign. Reaper, Confrontation, WHFB, etc....
For the D&D minis, I'll paint them in groups of "encounters". Just have to hope my players don't read this thread and see spoilers.
I think for the rest of January I will work on other things, but after a long battle with getting a whole lot of manky old paint off, this bad boy is ready to be my target for February:
Just wanted to drop in and say what an amazing project this looks to be! The sheer amount and variety of stuff in here is really quite remarkable!
Can't join in myself; as anyone who follows my blog knows, my painting habits are far too sporadic to spread one project over 6 months, but I shall be following along with interest!
I ended up with this army as the result of retail therapy - When mini Slinky #1 was tiny wee thing he had a hole in his heart (all fixed and good as new now) and he had to spend a couple of months in hospital - I had a stressful life of rushing between work and hospital, and I used to unwind when I got home by perusing old Orks on eBay Given that he's 5 now, I thought it was time to finally get it all finished off
3rd and final Carnosaur finished up, now I just need to wait to seal them when it isn't all super gloomy outside looking like it's about to rain.
Believe it are not they are different colors. Just a bit hard to tell from the lighting.
Repainted the bulk of the Saurus unit (they were originally the same color as the standard and the standard's base)
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And did my best to at least get the base coats on the Stegadon.
Stegadon is going to be a pain, as I have no idea how the howdah actually goes together, or what's supposed to be inside it, or if I even have all the right parts.
I've gotten halfway to my goal for this month, here are the first five Tau Breachers and their drone:
I know, their bases aren't done, but I'm gonna do them very soon while I paint the other five dudes.
So close to done with these orcs that I can taste it... or maybe that's just the boltgun... probably shouldn't be licking my brush painting with metallics huh... Putting the metal on and then it's just a couple of quick detail passes, touchups (sparingly, they are RnF...), dip, seal, and bases... and the unit base... Ok fine I've still got some work to do.
I had less free time than I expected over the weekend. But, as of last night, the fourth Prussian soldier is finished and troopers five and six only have highlights left. Aside from that and sealing, my goal for January is reached. As a secondary objective, I'm going to force myself to complete those Brigade Prussians and the Warjack before the month is over. If I can finish them all before the end of the week, I think I'll reward myself with an order from Miniature Market or Ebay. I've been eyeing some Bauhaus Blitzers on there.
I was taking my bookshelves and weapon racks to spray them, and managed to spray myself in the eye with my leather brown spray, fall down the stairs and break the top off the spray can.
I'm sure it would have looked hilarious if anyone had seen, especially since I'm wearing giant novelty slippers.
Okay so I need to change my pledge. While KOW sounded like a good pledge I'm still not motivated, so back to Zombicide:Black Plague.
Started the a bomb and be romanced before leaving for work, base skin tones done.
Nice. Looking forward to seeing those painted up since I skipped the set myself.
I'm still gonna do orcs though damnit, even if it kills me! GAH. Probably as few legitimate orcs in the list as possible though, chariots, riders, monsters, etc.
I'm trying to figure out how to make a list of nothing but big giant mounted guys.
A "Riders of the Apocalypse" if you will. Nothing but big stuff on chariot sized bases at least.
All my big stompy dinos, maybe Tyrant Xerxis on his far too large of base, all the mounted Mierce stuff I'm still waiting on... it'd be great once I get it all!
highlord tamburlaine wrote: I'm trying to figure out how to make a list of nothing but big giant mounted guys.
A "Riders of the Apocalypse" if you will. Nothing but big stuff on chariot sized bases at least.
All my big stompy dinos, maybe Tyrant Xerxis on his far too large of base, all the mounted Mierce stuff I'm still waiting on... it'd be great once I get it all!
Use Orc rules.
Krueger on slasher
Gore riders
Gore chariots
Flagger on gore
Godspeaker on gore
Can also use giant to represent big critters
Low nerve test numbers, but crushing strength everywhere and lots of thunderous charges
Nice work on those old-school boyz, Slinky. Will the old-school Ork Dreadnought be February's target or a bonus model for Jan? Or just depend on when you finish it?
Tau Breachers are looking good, Zergsmasher. Any close-ups? How do you plan to do the bases?
That's a sweet Contemptor, Jackal. A bit brighter than we often see for Sallys, but it works. I like the freehand(?) flames on his ankle as well. Really well done there. Will you be drilling the barrels or adding decals/additional markings?
Theo - I've left you as listed with Zombies and the KoW Terracotta army. Feel free to go back and forth or however you feel at the time.
@Az: Thanks for the compliment! There will be some better pics at the end of the month; should give you a better look at them then. As for the bases, I'm keeping them pretty basic with just some texture paint, shade, highlight, and then perhaps some grass tufts. Nothing too fancy.
Considering I've been away for ages and just saw this thread today, is it still possible to sign on board for this? I have plenty of stuff to paint. Orks, mostly and also an entire city terrain set. Can I sign on to do both?
Azazelx wrote: Nice work on those old-school boyz, Slinky. Will the old-school Ork Dreadnought be February's target or a bonus model for Jan? Or just depend on when you finish it?
Thanks! I have a few other projects bubbling along, so I think I will leave it for Feb
My January contribution. A converted Hive Tyrant I got in a job lot of Nids that I recently picked up. I like the whole "coming up from underground" and extra armor vibe, so I left it the way it was.
This guy is the test piece for the color scheme I'm using for the Nids.
Yeah, that's what I thought when it was done, too.... Like these nids are the descendants of the ones that almost ate the entire Iyanden craftworld... they ate so much blue & yellow that the colors stuck. I'm calling it Hive Fleet Taraka, after the world-dominating monster from Indian mythology.
I would love to join in on this. Extra push to finish painting things is always welcome. I will be painting/already started my Maelstroms Edge box. I have 2 boxes but the 2nd will remain sealed until the first one is finished. And if that does not last me 6 months I have Dungeon Saga to paint as well.
I just finished the squad of Tempest Elites last night so here is January's entry. Edit: just made a lightbox so I am replacing the picture with a much improved one
In other news, I FINALLY, and I mean, FINALLY, finished up these damned cold ones.
I started these guys before I even joined Dakka. So that was at least 2010, 2011. They've been sitting unfinished for that long? Jeez.
So thanks to this, they're finally finished being glued and painted. Still going to fix up the bases, as that's very 90s with the green on them.
Here's the rest of their buddies.
Now it's off to finish the Stegadon, start the pteranodons, and I can dig in to the Khorne collector box and Skarbrand that's supposed to arrive today!
(Skarbrand will probably steal the hobby spotlight as he's the big new shiny, but the others WILL be done before the end of the month. Mark my words!)
I got my Prussians sealed last night. Only thing I have left to do on them is hit their helmets with a gloss varnish. Pics to come tonight. It looks like I'll hit my self imposed secondary goal as well. Last night I got the final two Brigade Games Prussians painted and washed. Basing and sealing is all that's left for them. It looks like I'll be making a Miniature Market order after all. I'm going to be working on my Covenant of Antarctica stuff starting next month. First up will be the Skorpios Heavy Bombards. I'm going to start one early though so I can get a better idea of how I want to paint them.
I won't lie, I forgot to drill the barrels out lol.
I'll go back and add that.
And yea, I'll be adding more icons to it, waiting on my etched brass to turn up first though.
I tend to paint sallies a bit brighter, some of the darker ones look more like dark angels.
And I must admit, I got side tracked badly this time.
Had my knight lancer and castigator turn up today so been getting the lancer assembled slowly.
Didn't realise how much bigger than a normal knight they were!
If it's not too late I will be trying to bosh out a load of imperial guard tanks over the next year so entering this might give me more incentive to get them done.
Started this at the beginning of January but waiting on forgeworld weathering powders before I can finish it
anyway, here is as far as i have got on the hell hound/chimedon conversion i did a while back
Some very nice progress already on that Hellhound Radu, and nice variety from the likes of Barzam, Highlord and the likes but my favourite thus far has been those MEdge figures from keltikhoa, inspired stuff.
Have done half my figures for this month, so here is my GoA Algoryn Command Team. I do not want anything special for the army just a nice table top quality paint job.
No... not this time. I got almost everyone but him though, both with swords and the raspberry and dead one. I didn't wanna pack the base too much because I've got several more Regiments and I want to consolidate and do one really dense orcling regiment later on.
The base of the base is some kind of card/paper/matboard. Low density fiber board? I found it in hobby lobby. It's way thicker than cardstock/construction paper, denser than regular cardboard, and so on. It's kind of like what they make cheaper game tiles out of but without glossy printed surfaces on most of i t. Neat stuff, bought like 70 sheets on clearance but am having trouble finding more. I took one sheet over another and punched the 25mm holes into the top layer for the bases to socket into.
Next I covered the base with a couple of layers of DAP crackshot (any kind of spackle/nail-hole repair type stuff would do, they have different hardness/drying parameters I guess) and painted it by hand (since there were six orcs attached to it). Glued on the orclings and gubbins, dipped it, then sealed it. Following the sealer I put down some PVA glue and added flock, superglued in some prepared metal/flock flowers I found on discount, and hotglued down some spongy shrubbery looking bits.
Pretty simple though it sounds a bit convoluted when I type it all out.
8 of the 14 orcs come off the base and 6 are permanently attached. I figure that's enough from one unit to use for other games like skirmish or D&D.
OK, I've added in Radu and the IG armoured column. The Old-School Hellhound is looking nicely weathered already.
As I've mentioned on the individual Plogs, both the Algoryn and Morax look great.
Wondering when I should close up "entries" for new participants given that there's not much of January left? Option 1 is to "close" it Sunday night (AU time, probably) which still gives any new people a week to try to knock out a January result, or close it next Sunday with it being a 5-6 month challenge with Jan almost being an optional month. Thoughts?
I have finished my Capitol Sea Lions. They look a little rough in the pic but they aren't quite as bad in reality, I don't think that painting cam cream really works on 28mm models . These models are also the most frustrating that I have ever had the misfortune to assemble, so many bits....
Also some Truks, Wartraks, Skorchas and Gunfortresses for my Orks
Just got a few odds and ends to do and that will be me for the month.
I really need to finish one full set so the other two aren't so daunting.
Think I'm gonna front load the pain and do the core riders next. I'll probably be slowing down in the spring and summer so I need to do the harder stuff first.
Lot of restic but the boars look pretty decent so far.
Nice work on those Capitol troops - I do agree that cam cream doesn't translate that well to 28mm. It's like a few other things that don't really work in our scale that work (obviously) IRL and even in larger scales like 1:6 - camouflaged guns are hard to pull off since at a certain point of smallness (or distance - which the tiny sizes simulate) everything just blends into everything else - which when you think about it is the whole point of camo.
Spoiler:
With the pic even at this size, this 1:6 operator's MP7 blends into his uniform.
With the result that we do lots of abstract and unrealistic things that actually make our models look better - like paint firearm metal arts in variations of iron to silver and the like, and pouches are so often "brown leather" or perhaps "green canvas" - and rarely use face paint. Camoflagued clothing often covers only part of a model, and people paint their space marine scouts in bright, heraldic colours despite their raison d'etre being to sneak around.
Here are my own Dark Angel Scouts - I've tried to straddle the "but scouts = stealthy" line while making concesisons to "miniatures not reals" with the weapons, webbing, pouches and boots. Some people still don't like them since they "don't look like Dark Angels" though.
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The belt buckles really pop on your guys, though. I wonder how they'd look with a low-vis/tactical flag patch kind of scheme?
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The Epic Orks look great - now there's a bunch of guys who don't give two hoots about camo! I remember the larger Wartrak Scorchas. I wish I hadn't sold mine off back in the day.
Boss - nice freehanding on those shields. Its quite effective, and I like the shading you've used as well, particularly on the green fields and the suns. I should figure out where I put my weapon racks and do them at the same time as my bookshelves.
I don't normally paint any kind of camo for the reasons already mentioned although I felt that these guys really needed it given their fluff, even if their belt buckles can be seen from orbit.
Despite having now painted up about 20 assorted light vehicles and 12 or so Warbikers I still only have 1 legal formation.
These will be next on my purchase list (depending on what turns up on ebay of course). With some infantry I should have enough to get some small games in.
I'd love to see you add tiny little ork crew to all (or a bunch of) those vehicles, actually. Perhaps something worth a revisit once the main stuff is done, or a "side project"? Because it would look awesome!
well thats these boys finally all done and dusted. Haven't made a dio base in a while so thought they should have one. Need to go back now and check what else am supposed to be getting done for January!! In the mean time here's Arch-Magos Cybernetica Braetalan'Kot & his Scyllax Guardian-Automata Covenant
Januine wrote: well thats these boys finally all done and dusted. Haven't made a dio base in a while so thought they should have one. Need to go back now and check what else am supposed to be getting done for January!! In the mean time here's Arch-Magos Cybernetica Braetalan'Kot & his Scyllax Guardian-Automata Covenant
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I am one of the few who do not like the look of the Ad Mech, but this is phenomenal work. Bravo Sir!
Thx very much I really do like the new admech stuff but the fw mechanicum stuff is rally awesome. So much darker and more of what I'd always envigaed the cogboys as being like
Stupid life stuff has me in slow motion. Here I thought being out of school would help give me more time . I'll buckle down Tuesday morning and Wednesday to try and get one of each zombie done for Black Plague. Necromancer and abomination are complete, just need basing done. I'm really considering doing the clear bases for Black Plague.
I love that epic cult of speed, and also dungeon furniture! Love it. I need some dungeon furniture for my adv hrqst. Alien space warriors on crystalline bases are good too as is that lovely new mechanicum stuff, it's so blancheian.
I am also stuck in treacle over my frostgrave soldiers. I've started painting tartan on one of them... Him and the barbarian I think will be scotishish.
Azazelx wrote: I'd love to see you add tiny little ork crew to all (or a bunch of) those vehicles, actually. Perhaps something worth a revisit once the main stuff is done, or a "side project"? Because it would look awesome!
Its on my too do list, well for the Trucks and the Gunfortesses anyway. I am also thinking of adding some black cotton wool 'smoke'.
I am one of the few who do not like the look of the Ad Mech, but this is phenomenal work. Bravo Sir!
Indeed
Since I bought my Capitol the list has been updated and substantially reorganised which means that it is now illegal as Aircav and Heavy Infantry, which used to be my troop choices, have both been moved to support choices. Given that I don't know anyone who plays the game it may well end up being shelved now.
Well that's my output for this month, including the table that I am in the process of building for my son's train set.
I also managed to get a 'Mini Epic' game with my Orks, a 1k point game with set restrictions. I won due only just.
Its quite surprising just how survivable Orks hordes are but they are unwieldy and vulnerable to crossfires and combined attacks as I found out. They can certainly throw out a lot of attacks though (each Gunfortress has 8 ranged attacks...)
Sorry keltikhoa - I missed you. I've added you into the OP now and very nice work on the MEdge models, as well.
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I've just updated the OP with links and pics of some people's completed January stuff.
If I could ask people who have finished their January target and haven't already done to so to please post a single pic of all your completed stuff in this thread, and I'll add it to the OP and also a link to your own P&M blog or offsite blog or whatever you prefer.
This is especially so for you guys who have been kicking arse well enough to finish many items or units this month.
You can do this as late as Sunday, but depending on work it might take me a day or three to update the OP with January's output.
@ Januine, could you choose the best pic of your Magos and post that as the big multi-pic is a bit large for the OP.
@ Barzam - the same!
@ Ulf, if you could also post a slightly smaller version of your Tyrant for the size reason.
@ Puffin, your current pic seems to have gone into the pink a bit. I can leave it or update the OP if you take another. Totally your call on that one, mate.
@ Puffin, your current pic seems to have gone into the pink a bit. I can leave it or update the OP if you take another. Totally your call on that one, mate.
Not quite sure what happened there. I will probably need to wait until the weekend to get a better picture though.
Well I managed to get the bikers and the Darkshroud all done. Will post up more pics later this afternoon, but in the meantime here's a shot from the Cancon tournament last weekend, where I managed to claim wooden spoon
Automatically Appended Next Post: Got my pics taken now, all my bikers as well as my guard command squad. Only other thing I'm gonna work on this month is a repaint of Red 5 for X-Wing and putting together the models for next month, which are my Force Commander for 30k, some 40k Dark Angels, and Goreshade the Bastard and Deathwalker for Warmachine.
OP updated!
Just a heads-up - I'm back at work now, and so I'll have less time for (amongst other things) leaving comments or updating as quickly when needed so these will likely be done a little less quickly and frequently.. Also have been summonsed to Jury Duty next week. That should be fun....
I had the pleasure of doing jury duty as the extra guy, so I had to sit through all of it and then didn't even get to vote... It's pretty boring but unless its like a major murder case you shouldn't be tied up for too long.
Totally OT but my favorite jury duty anecdotes were getting called up to the courtroom for jury selection, and my aunt was one of the attorneys arguing the case.
Needless to say I was dismissed almost instantly, and got a pretty nice lunch out of the whole process when she was done.
Other fun time was when the judge recognized my name as my dad had argued before him.
On topic, I'll have some photos of all my finished lizardmen on parade when I'm done with my scien... I mean my KID'S science project.
I think I'll have my Gore Riders done pretty early in February, but I may keep advancing the project. Though, still can only count one unit per month so I'll have to come up with some new stuff if I deplete my goal/queue.
well, still working on finishing, should have the two fatties done in the morning, then all of these can get their strong tone coating and that's the first batch of zombies for Black Plague.
Struggling to find colors that I think are appropriate for middle ages.....not that it really matters, but I have this thought gnawing at me about what colors were possible, and which ones were royal only. I saw some stupid video years ago about dying fabrics and the people who did it had very short life spans. Many of the inks/pigments were poisonous to handle and they didn't have personal protective equipment.
I think I'll have my Gore Riders done pretty early in February, but I may keep advancing the project. Though, still can only count one unit per month so I'll have to come up with some new stuff if I deplete my goal/queue.
Well, you can "count" as many units you like per month from your chosen force, but those are like stretch goals and you still need to try to finish a unit every month. That could mean that on the 1st of a new month you finish a unit/hero/monster that you only needed an hour on and that "counts" for your month. Now that might be seen as a way to "cheat" but hell, it could just as easily be a unit or model that's been sitting on your desk that you've struggled to finish.. - but given that there's no prize aside from the finished models and units that we end up with at the end of July nor are there even any "points" involved...
I'm using it to motivate me to finish stuff, and the side projects that I let myself work on after I finish "Challenge" models are like allowing myself a reward.
I feel the same way, I think my gore unit will end up being out of sequence, and I'll just pick something else for the month. Orclings or trolls mebe.
6 units is kinda weak for a KoW army anyway.
My Dystopian Wars stuff actually has pretty small unit counts, so I'm going to be supplementing my monthly quota with additional "stretch goals." I like the ide of having them. It keeps me productive, and lets me add stuff from outside of the Dystopian ranges so I won't get bored working on the same stuff.
I was planning to make myself finish two Skorza wolves each month in addition to my main goals, but I think I'l be changing that for Feb. Instead, my stretch goal is to paint all of my second round of Burrows and Badgers figures.
Here it is: the Dungeon Saga base game, all painted up.
I'll put up more photos on my personal pblog tomorrow.
I had planned to finish the bone piles and resin traps, but they won't be finished by the end of the month. I'lll try to crank those out before starting on my February goal-- the remainder of my Sedition Wars kickstarter rewards:
As promised, the two fatties to complete the first squad of zombies from black plague.
I'll get them all Strong toned tomorrow, or really late tonight.
I'll get them all in a group shot once the strong tone is done.
Edit: Nevermind, see below, I had a little time to get more done.
I call the green dressed guy the Sheriff of Rottingham . I could totally see CMoN doing an expansion with Kevin Costners Robin Hood as the basis. It could have the opposing group function going so you could have your king, sheriff and a few lackeys versus Robin hood and the gang. Special weapon would be a spoon to carve peoples eyes out .
anyway here's a quick and probably only shot of the whole zombie squad with the abomination and Necromancer. I did a fast strong tone splash on everyone, they are still drying.
Very cool Undead Dwarf, Ulf. A shame that the Rackham stuff is so tricky to get hold of nowadays.
Amazing work, Josh. I can't believe you got the whole damned thing painted up. Sedition Wars next? You're a brave man, but then again, the challenge is about making motivation, so it actually fits pretty well.
A nice pack of Zombies there, Theo. Looks like you and your kids will be doing some Medieval zombie killing in the next day or two.
Sedition Wars wasn't *THAT* bad. Barzam and I did up a set a year or two ago. It was actually kind of fun just slapping paint all over the more zombie styled Strain.
Is it bad of me to still pine for the new standalone expansion? With how CMON have really fine tuned their board games, makes me curious what a relaunch for this would look like.
Those are some neat zombies. Most of them look like they'd fit into a regiment of Mantic zombies to add some variety. I'll have to file that idea away.
I didn't find SW models too terrible to work with. I finished the base game (less the characters) shortly after it arrived. What I'm working on for February are all the add-ons.
Yikes, I've not had a chance to read this thread for a week or so. Some great stuff has been posted since then, well done everyone.
I've not finished my Epirian squad yet and I don't think I will do so before the end of tomorrow so I think they'll have to carry over in to February. There's not too much to do on them just highlights and basing but I've had a busy couple of weeks and little to no hobby time. I'm not going to reveal my plans for next Month yet but they will hopefully go down well.
Anyway here's my finished Karists for this month.
Yes that is the same photo I used earlier in the thread
Just wanted to hop in tonight to say thanks to Azazelx for starting this thread. You've done an awesome job getting everyone together and keeping the first page (which looks awesome if people haven't gone back to see it) updated. Great idea and very motivational for me. Thanks again for all the hard work you've put into this.
Thanks guys, I'm glad that it's working as a motivational took for people.
Well, I wasn't going to get the Gondor Cavalry finished, due to distractions like work, Rainbow Six and Space Marines, so I finished off a Hero model that had been a pain in the arse for a year or more instead: Forlong the Fat.
Sure, it looks nice now that it's done, but that goddamned tree is such an anti-motivator to paint. It's a combination of all of the swirls and twirls along with the need to keep it as (close to) perfectly symmetrical as possible. Anyway, like much of the Gondor army, it's not that much fun to paint, but looks nice when it's done. I still need to add the static flock once his spray varnish dries, but I'm calling him done now.
And here's the "total" shot - one unit each for Undead and Gondor. Sure, they're both pretty small, but they had both sat on the desk for months, taunting me.
Goals for next month, which I'll start on in the next few days. My Imperial Guard, mostly pictured below apart from 3 more Heavy Weapons Teams that I'm getting this week, and as many of my friends' Tyranid models as I can do. He gave me a box full of gaunts and gargoyles months ago and I haven't gotten around to doing it, so seems this challenge should give me the motivation to. There'd have to be at least a hundred models in the box, I'll get a pic tomorrow morning when I get them ready to prime.
Stretch goals for February are Goreshade the Bastard, Deathwalker and the Cryx Battlegroup for my new Warmachine army.
So it was touch and go, seem to have some pretty major computer problems that nearly brought me to tears of frustration, a shaky internet connection that had me yelling to the heavens and a puppy that is cute as they come but has a taste for power cables...... But I have managed a good chunk of Tyranids for the January part of this tale. I present to you 1 Toxicrene, 3 Venomthropes and 22 Termagants.
More photos are available (or soon to be available depending on my dodgy internet connection) over on my blog if anyone is interested.
I think I am going to aim for another 22 (or so) Termagants, a Tervigon and 3-6 Tyranid Warriors depending on how I feel.
'Not at all Orks' by Troublemaker Games. Considering that these are 6mm they are incredibly detailed, perhaps too detailed as the they are very fragile and they are very hard to clean up as I have already broken off 3 choppas trying to remove flash.
Another voice added to the "thanks for the hard work on the thread Azazel" here. Cracking stuff from the thread creator and Archer that is some work for a month, well done.
Here is my completed entry, Algoryn Command Squad and AI Team with Mag Light Support:
This is really of Feb's goals, of whcih there are only a few due to being away for most of the month but I got on adn make a decent start so here we are. This actually for someone else but it''s on my to do list so here he is. One of the original Gaunt's Ghosts extra figs. I snipped the end of the his lasrifle and added an exra piece and some strips of his camo cloak to give him a long las. Making a wee vignette too for him to reside in
Well, the sun is not shinning, and neither are you (a general you, not a specific you) (unless you (a specific you this time) are some kind of bioluminiscent lifeform or are covered in LEDs), so no new picture, but in the other picture they were finised so:
This January I FINISHED 4 Acontecimento Regulars
EDIT: Going to paint four more regulars in February, and I have even planned the rest of the army in waves until June, after that its probably going to be the Space Chinese Magistrates' NKVD SS SMERSH Gestapo Inquisitorial Traffic Police of Doom With Guns, also known as the SCMNKVDSSSMERSHGITPoDWG and even better known as the Imperial Service of Yu Jing.
Nick Ellingworth wrote: Bloody hell for 6mm scale that detail is really impressive. I've seen 15mm stuff with less detail than those not orks.
I think that they were originally designed to be plastic but there was some kind of funding issue (which is what killed Troublemaker Games AFAIK) so they ended up metal and sold by another company.
Theophony wrote: Red Hood better be up to some head shots, I don't follow DC, but I didn't think he was that coldblooded. He looks great by the way, so do the Zombies.
Thanks mate.
Red hood is pretty cold blooded. Has no issue with killing what so ever. The animated movie under the Red Hood is on Netflix I think.
Got my doors done. Phew. Thank god that's 30 doors total, because I don't want to paint any more of them!
Here's my January pledge - 30 minis, but only 4 of them are "alive" as everything else is furniture. Still, I think it was good to clear it all out, and now I have fully painted dungeon furniture and doors.
Next month I'm gonna do a collection of different stuff to fill in the Dungeon Journal missions, along with the Dwarf Bartender, Halfling Fighter, Blaine and Keldan.
Cracking work from everyone, inspiring to see how much you've all got done in a month! And I'll third/fourth/Nth the cheers to Az for running this whole thing, it's great to spectate on even as a non-participant!
@Carlos: Now I want to see a comic pitting Red Hood and the Outlaws against a horde of the Undead!
Remind me to keep my gob shut next time and not assign myself such a large workload.
While I did manage to get the Lasrifle Section primed and more or less blockpainted, I stumbled on the finer details (belts, rifles and whatnot), so I decided to use another model as a test piece, in the spoiler tags.
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She's now part of the future Tactical Command squad and will become it's Strategos, the gal in charge of dropping down orbital strikes and giving other units helpful buffs to their BS.
I wish I could've gotten more done, but with the increase in hours over at work, whenever I got home I was quite knackered. So, aside from this model done, minus basing and minor points that need tidying up when my hand is steadier, I'm waaaaaay behind on what I pledged to get done.
Well, smack my bottom and call me a bad boy, gonna try and at the very least get the Section Leader, vexillarius and vox operator done.
Thanks for everyone's patience. Here are my final photos of the first half of Dark Angels Squad Dom (10th Company, 1st Squad). I've got about 25 more scouts, but these five are playable on table, so task achieved!
There's some fluff in my blog if anywhere wants to be bored.
Hope you like them. C&C Welcome.
I'm going to the MEdge next month, details to follow.
As usual I got a bit sidetracked as I decided to run a Frostgrave campaign at my club. My warband consists of remnants of the Empire army I planned before WHFB 8th hit and killed any interest I had in the game. The soldiers are Perry WotR infantry which I just rebased and slightly touched up but the wizard and his apprentice (who is an excellent example of why I don't often paint eyes) are repaints.
Here is my feb pledge - Dungeon Journal mission monsters and heroes! 40 figures in total, hoping to start getting ahead numbers wise. I have a week off this month so I think I can get this done!
Wow, both those pledges are huge. I need to start considering mine. Got most of Samson from Black Plague base colored today, so I guess I'll do the Heros and maybe more zombies.....or dungeon Saga figures.
Great work everyone! Some really nice new stuff in the last page or so. I don't have time tonight to update the OP and jury duty tomorrow with a much longer travel time than going to work, so at worst, I'll update the OP with new pics, etc on the weekend.
Some great stuff has turned up in the last couple of days. If people could get their January photography finished ASAP it would be great to officially "close" January. We've got photos from 25/35 participants, though I know that Weety has finished stuff for example, and I suspect that there may be a couple of other people who haven't got their photos up so just waiting on the final pics before I close January on Sunday AU time which at worst would be Saturday night USA time with everyone else in between.
Now I've got time to actually read some posts...
Josh - That's a "Monster" alien from Maelstrom's Edge. I may have it wrong, but I believe it's called a Karist Angel. Also both very cool and almost kinda annoying that you've got stuff finished already!
Plastictrees - I hope everything works/worked out well for your wife. I'll hold your Jan update spot open.
TP^DC - great work. I really like the addition of cameoline cloaks to the scouts.
carlos13th wrote: I've already painted my Zombies for Feb. But need to correct the frosting on them or cover the frosting in blood before I consider them finished.
@JoshInJapan - yep, that's a Karist Mature Angel. It was a definite tipping point to get me to back the Malestrom's Edge Kickstarter. They are on sale now as individual figures so go get one!
@Azazelx - Thanks so much! I figured I would want a camo cloak if I were a scout. But that's because I am a bit of a wimp in real life
Where can I get frosted zombies from? I am kind of hungry..........