After what I think I can fairly say was the success of the previous “Tale of Gamers Painting Challenge” that I started in mid-January until June, I’m going to launch another one that will run from July to December.
The point, once again is to go beyond the usual "painting goals for 20xx" that many of us - including myself - typically and set up a voluntary painting challenge for a bunch of us to participate in.
The point being 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" or perhaps a couple of things 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/Orruks, 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.: Deathwatch: Overkill, or 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 Warhammer Quest Silver Tower Box that I just picked up." – similarly, “D&D Monsters and PCs for my campaign.” Is just as valid as “The contents of Descent 2.0.”
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 complete a "unit" for their chosen army/game. Complete is the key word here. You might have a unit just missing it’s standard bearer and/or leader. Paint that one or two figures – it completes the unit – that counts! You might have a couple of random painted zombies sitting around and add a few more to make them into a legal unit for your game of choice – that counts!
You can nominate it at the start or procrastinate for 3 1/2 weeks and nominate it when you're showing your "finished" pictures. There’s no requirement to show “before” photos, because as stated – the point is to finish stuff. A model might have just needed the final touch-ups for 2 months or 2 years – if this challenge helps you get that sucker done, then it’s done it’s work.

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" that is “rank and file” 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 as a stretch goal for that month? You sure bloody can!
- Especially encouraged if your unit was a smaller number or a simpler hero model. But hey, gak happens in life - as I certainly know - so there's certainly no recriminations if you get one, or three or none models painted in a given month. Having said that, if you’re probably not going to participate at all, then maybe hold off on the signup.

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 – to reiterate:

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.

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. I'll update this post over the next few days while people rejoin, join and work out what we're going to spend time painting. Please don't just post on a lark, though - it's obviously better to have people on board for the duration rather than signing up and then never being seen again. Based on that, I reserve the right to allow late entries, remove non-participants and vet participants, etc.




We now have 34 participants, so in the interest of keeping updating this thing vaguely manageable, I've closed it, barring anyone from the first challenge that I missed, etc:

Pledges:

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
• 1 unit of anything else from any game.

JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans

Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs

angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals

Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box

Barzam
• Infinity
• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
• Mercs: Recon

Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)

BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights

Thraxas of Turai
• TBD

Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)

RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave

Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host

GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands

ZergSmasher
• Tau

Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)

Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm

Dysartes
• Board Game Models

Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen

Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR

FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines

Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade

Freytag93
• Raven Guard

Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia

TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines

Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines

Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity

TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk

Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Flying Pooo
• Ultramarines 4th Company
• Genestealer Cult

Scarper
• RPG Monsters and Heroes

Huginn
• Rohan
• Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
• Ork Nobs
• Undead vikings
• Dwarfs





Slots Reserved for:

• Da Boss
•

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
A trio of Reaper Bones' Bat Swarms as a Swarm Unit for KoW Undead.


• 1 unit of anything else from any game.
Assassinorum: Execution Force CSM - Iron Warriors


Minotaurs Space Marines Tactical Squad V





JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans



Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs


angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals


Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby



kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box


Barzam
• Infinity


• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
Dark Mariners


• Mercs: Recon


Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)


BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights


Thraxas of Turai
• Blood Angels
• Stormcast Eternals
Blood Angels Combat Squad, Captain Tycho, Lord Relictor, 3 Stormcast Retributors, 5 Liberators, Numinous Occulum.



Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

2e-3e 40k Ultramarine Squad.



Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)
AoM Archer Troop



RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave


Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

Clan of the Cave Bear
The chief, skin-walker and hero up against a Cave Bear (Arcane Scenics and Models)


The rest of the warriors - one 5-man unit of long spears and one 5-man unit of clubs/axes etc.



The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host


GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands


ZergSmasher
• Tau


Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
Cryx battlegroup box with Bane Witch Agathia and the Farrow Razorback Crew+ warpaint on Gatormen



• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)


Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm



Dysartes
• Board Game Models
2 Razor Boars, 4 SDE Treasure Chests



Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen


Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR



FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines
Imperial Fists Drop Pod



Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade


Freytag93
• Raven Guard


Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia


TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines


Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines
Imperial Fists Tactical Squad


Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity


TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk


Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Draconsan, Space Hulk Genestealers and Blood Angel Terminators



Flying Pooo
• Ultramarines 4th Company
• Genestealer Cult


Scarper
• RPG Monsters and Heroes
(Hasslefree Mawe and Lesser Mawes with a little green stuff)


Last Heroes Scavenger



Huginn
• Rohan
• Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
• Ork Nobs
• Undead vikings
• Dwarfs

Anglo Danes

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
• 1 unit of anything else from any game.

A trio of Reaper Bones Vermin/Rat Swarms - again as a Swarm Unit for KoW Undead. I'll move them to Skaven later when I have an actual, functional Skaven army.


Iron Warriors Squad.


Iron Warriors Obliterators




JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans and Elves





Hand Weapons and Shields:


Dual Weilding:


Glam, the laughing Warrior and old-school Wardancers


Some of Scarloc's Archers


Oldhammer Elves


More Oldhammer Elves


And even more Oldhammer Elves




Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs

angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals


Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

Questing Knights


Army Battle Standard




kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box


Barzam
• Infinity
• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
• Mercs: Recon

Mechanicum Thallax Cohort


Dark Mariner Close Combat Biomech


Infinity Antipode Assault Pack


Blaine


The Survivor






Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)

BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights


Thraxas of Turai
• TBD
Realm of Battle: Shattered Dominions board


Also, Deathwatch.


Brother Artemis


Deathwatch Dreadnought


Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

Second Ultramarines Tactical Squad


Ultramarines Assault Squad



Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)

Knights


Pole-Arms


Zombicide's Lady Faye


Additional Foot hero (Zombicide?)



RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave

Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

Mammoths (Arcane Scenery)
Being stalked by neanderthal hunter


Parent and child attacked by hunters




The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host

GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands

ZergSmasher
• Tau

Tau Pathfinder Unit


Deathwatch


Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)

5 Soulhunters, a Warwitch Siren, and a Necrosurgeon with 3 Stitch Thralls.



Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm

Dysartes
• Board Game Models

Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen

Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR

Heavy Hazard suits.


AA teams


Praetorians, 27th century SAS



FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines

54mm Deathwatch Imperial Fist Marine


Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade
[url=]Dark Angels Rhino[/url]


Freytag93
• Raven Guard

Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia

TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines

Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines
Tactical Squad


Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity

TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk

Dark Angels Ravenwing Nephilim



Space Hulk Broodlord


Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Flying Pooo
• Ultramarines 4th Company
• Genestealer Cult

Scarper
• RPG Monsters and Heroes

Squadron of 2-3 crew M3 fighters from GZG.


Huginn
• Rohan
• Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
• Ork Nobs
• Undead vikings
• Dwarfs

Anglo Dane Warlord, Hearthguard & Warriors

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
• 1 unit of anything else from any game.

Brigade Models – Celtos: Fir Bolg Skeletons with Sickles


Reaper Bones Skeletons



JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans

Corporation Strider


Forgefather Iron Ancestor


Marauder Stuntbot



Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs

angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals

Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

Bretonnian Questing Knights and Paladin


kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box

Barzam
• Infinity
• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
• Mercs: Recon

Kastelan Robots and Datasmith.







Domitar Battle Automata Cohort





Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)

BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights


Thraxas of Turai
• TBD

Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

Ultramarine Captain and Ultramarine Devastator Squad




Ultramarines Rhinos



Emperor's Children 30k Rhinos and Vindicator





Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)

Sir Montalban Zombicide Survivor


Spearman Troop


Light Horse Troop (+1)
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2016/9/24/828870_sm-Light%20Horse%20Troop.jpg


RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave

Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

Mad Max 1930's


Cro-Magnons (fighting the previous Neanderthals)


The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host

GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands

ZergSmasher
• Tau

Chaos Sorcerer on Bike


Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)

Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm

Dysartes
• Board Game Models

Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen

Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR

FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines

Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade

Freytag93
• Raven Guard

Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia

TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines

Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines

Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity

TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk

Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Flying Pooo
• Ultramarines 4th Company
• Genestealer Cult

Scarper
• RPG Monsters and Heroes

Huginn
• Rohan
• Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
• Ork Nobs
• Undead vikings
• Dwarfs

Gunnar Gunnarson, dwarf gunner.

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
A KoW Regiment of Zombies


• 1 unit of anything else from any game.
A Warlord for Saga, along with his Hearthguard and an extra model





JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans
Orcs for a Frostgrave warband:


A Horde of Halfling Hobbits!


Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs

angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals

Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

Alpha Legion Cultists via 2 Necromunda Gangs


kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box

Barzam
• Infinity
• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
• Mercs: Recon

Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)

BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights

Thraxas of Turai
• TBD

Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

Three earthshaker carriages.


The crew for the same.


A Master of Ordinance, an Astropath, and a Medic.




Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)

Grail Knights


RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave

Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host

GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands

ZergSmasher
• Tau
Stealth Suits


I am Kroot.



Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)

Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm

Dysartes
• Board Game Models

Dark Dwarves



Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen

Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR

FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines

Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade

Freytag93
• Raven Guard

Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia

TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines

Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines

Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity

TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk

Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Inquisition Machinum Slaughterpriest



Flying Pooo
• Ultramarines 4th Company
• Genestealer Cult

Scarper
• RPG Monsters and Heroes

Huginn
• Rohan
• Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
• Ork Nobs
• Undead vikings
• Dwarfs

Guild Of Harmony (Twisted) figures

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
• 1 unit of anything else from any game.

JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans
Oathsworn Miniatures for Frostgrave (Heroes in Sensible Shoes)


And more (from the second KS?


Frostgrave Gnolls


More Gnolls


November Group Shot




Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs
Three of Nine


Uruk Hai Berserkers with Flaming Torches


Group shot, including some Uruk-Hai Warriors


angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals

Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

Two Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine Squads:



Vulkan, Primarch of the Salamanders


kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box

Barzam
• Infinity
• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
• Mercs: Recon

Infinity Red Veil set.
Haqqislam half:


Yu Jing half:


Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)

BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights

Thraxas of Turai
• TBD

Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)
Knight Regiment


More Knights.


Pole-Arms regiment.


RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave

Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host

GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands

ZergSmasher
• Tau

Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)

Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm
Anvil Industry Black Ops
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2016/11/13/838131_sm-Anvil%20Industry%2C%20Black%20Ops.jpg

Dysartes
• Board Game Models

Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen

Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR

Heer Panzergrenadiers


UCM Fleet for Dropzone Commander


FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines

Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade

Freytag93
• Raven Guard

Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia

TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines

Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines

Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity

TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk

Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Genestealer Cultist:


Deathwatch Overkillers:

Azazelx
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
• 1 unit of anything else from any game.

JoshinJapan
• Citadel Melniboneans

Northstar Metal Gnolls


Mantic Ogre Berserkers
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2016/12/12/843882_sm-Berzerker%2C%20December%202016%2C%20Mantic%2C%20Metal%2C%20Ogres.JPG


Slinky
• Lord of the RIngs
Uruk-Hai Shaman and the trees that he communes with...



angelofvengeance
• Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
• Stormcast Eternals

Archer
• Brettonia: The “Vain” Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters


kb_lock
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Box

Barzam
• Infinity
• Deep Wars/Shadow Sea
• Mercs: Recon

Theophony
• TBD (I'm guessing it involves Zombies!)

BrookM
• Solar Auxilia
• Questoria Knights

Ekatharina DuChess, Imperial Knight Pilot


Thraxas of Turai
• TBD

Polonius
• Space Marine Demi-Company
• Betrayal at Calth and additional 30k stuff

Llamahead
• Army of New Haven (as Army of Men for KoW)
Archer Regiment


RobertsMinis
• Frostgrave

Mana Press
• Pre-historical tribesmen
• African Masai & Lion Warriors
• Street Gangs
• Gladiators
• Vikings

The Grumpy Eldar
• King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host

GrimDork
• KoW Orcs
• TNT Gangers
• Various Small Units and Warbands

ZergSmasher
• Tau
Blood Ravens Centurions


Ryngan
• WarmaHordes Cryx & Minions
• Age of Sigmar Chaos (including Skaven)

Nick Ellingworth
• Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.
• Portable Game Board for 15mm

Khorne Gorechosen Heldrax Goretouched



Dysartes
• Board Game Models

Icarium
• Chaos Horsemen
• Frostgrave Beastmen

Silent Puffin?
• Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers
• Epic Speed freaks
• Dropfleet Commander UCM & PHR

FabricatorGeneralMike
• Pre-Heresy 30k Marines

Retrogamer 0001
• Dark Angels: Ravenwing & Lion's Blade

Freytag93
• Raven Guard

Renegade Commander Arkos
• Renegade Militia

TheCustomLime
• Storm Guard Space Marines

Stormfather
• Imperial Fists Space Marines

Sqir66
• Heavy Gear Blitz
• Infinity

TP^DC Deputy Manager
• Space Hulk

Januine
• Space Hulk
• Execution Force
• Deathwatch: Overkill

Flying Pooo
• Ultramarines 4th Company
• Genestealer Cult

Scarper
• RPG Monsters and Heroes

Huginn
• Rohan
• Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
• Ork Nobs
• Undead vikings
• Dwarfs

Dwarf ...Hammerer heroes?

Reserved for End-of-Challenge Showcase photographs.

My Painting Pledge:
I had reasonable success with my plan to paint at least one Gondor and one Undear unit per month – I managed it but sometimes I only got a single character model done for one or the other, and I found the drawback was becoming amazingly bored with both Gondor and Undead. Though I still want to finish the damned armies one day. With that in mind, and inspired by how some of the participants in the first challenge “cheated” I’m going to keep with the two units a month target, but this time it will be:
Minimum:
• 1 unit of Gondor OR Undead OR Ogres
• 1 unit of anything else from any game.

The unit rules above will still apply – a single tactical marine doesn’t count, but an apothecary does. This will also give me a chance to revisit some of my “2016 painting resolutions” where I talked about things like getting my Dark Angels tableworthy, not to mention not killing myself from boredom painting the same stuff.

I'm glad that you're starting up another round. I'd like to start this challenge with something ancient-- Citadel Melniboneans from the mid '80s.

I am in!

Lost focus on my Orks at the end of the first challenge, this time I aim to focus on Lord of the Rings models and terrain.

I'm in. Will be focusing on Silver Tower stuff for the most part, with some Stormcast Eternals thrown in there as they need finishing.

Alrighty, I'm in if you'll have me folks.

I want to finish my dark vengeance set.

Helbrute and chosen are 80% done, the rest is in a basic state of assembly (mostly on sprue).

I'm in, again. I'd like to just claim my entire painting pile as my pledge. But, seeing as you want a game system, I'll choose three that I currently want to get through: Infinity, Deep Wars/Shadow Sea, and Mercs: Recon. I may choose to do some Mantic in there every now and then as well, but those three are my main choices. I'm also going to place a minimum challenge of at least 1 box, or 5 blisters per month.

I'm in as well . This has been a great work to help us all. Thanks again.

I'm in again, I quite enjoyed the previous (still ongoing) run, plus I can't let Leonard down now!

As with the previous run, my focus will remain on getting my Horus Heresy Solar Auxilia and Questoris Knights done, model by model. Slowly getting somewhere.

Thanks again for running this Azazelx!

Count me again please Azazel...as to what I will be painting it will be TBA announced at the moment but I may go the Barzam route for some variety.

This is perfect timing, as I have a great six month project cooking: a rehabilitated demi-company of basic space marines. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/675393.page#8708059

My main goal is going to be to complete a full squad each month, with the two Rhinos and the captain counting as the six squad.

My secondary goal is to finish my 30k, which comes down to a BaC box still on sprue, three MKI rhinos, and a MKI vindicator.

I'll enter this time if you don't mind I'll enter the Army of New Haven http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/688527.page#8633125 completing at least 1 legal Kings of War unit a month for a Kingdom of Men army.

I think I will join this, if you'll have me, and put Frostgrave as my topic!

Hey Azazelx,

I'd like to join in. I have a whole bunch of stuff to do for our Tribal game. There are several different genres/cultures/periods I'd like to cover.

I have i) prehistorics/cave-wars, ii) african masai and lion warriors, iii) street gangs, iv) gladiators and v) vikings to do.

I would like to do one unit (5 figs) of short weapons, one unit of long weapons and three heroes, per month, for each of the above.

I have some stretch goals as well... I have some lasercut terrain/pieces from Knights of Dice and Dark Ops which I would like to put together and paint.

I've made a start on the neanderthals, painted a unit of short weapons and a hero (lucid eye mini's, now bought out by Warlord mini's):


I'm currently having problems with the undercoat (Army Painter black)... I'm not sure if I shook the can well enough or something, but it's coming off the figures WAY too easily. The above figures are already starting to show big chunks of metal through the paintjobs. I don't want to strip and paint them again... any suggestions as to do what to do? I'm currently thinking of slathering on some satin varnish, letting it dry really well, touching up the paintjob, and then a coat of testors dullcote to finish it off.

For the future, my friend is suggesting I should wash my metal figures in warm sopay water before undercoating... another friend (a caster) says it'll make no difference...

I'll be joining in either tomorrow or by wednesday. I have "King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host" on its way. So it'll be the GW AOS Flesh Eater Courts for me.

Definitely down. I'll be trying to finish as much fantasy wargame (KoW) orcs as the first run of the challenge.

I wanna get six (or more) units done but I'll be allowing for flex goals of skirmish forces (probably TNT) in case I need a break. This leg will have more infantry I think so I may have to push and then fall back a bit. Or work out a horde over a couple of months and post a small team from another system for the month.

Put me down as continuing on my Tau army. I've still got lots left to do on them, and ultimately I'm more likely to actually throw some paint down if I have a deadline or something. Motivation is key!

Some very cool stuff pledged so far. Josh's ones have the most "wow" factor for me personally. I can only wish I had a force worth of those models.

Just remember, folks - this second round doesn't start until JULY. You can start before then of course as it's all about finishing models and units, but we've got a couple of weeks before even needing to begin yet.

Count me in again, this time with a mix of Warmachine/Hordes Cryx and Minions and Age of Sigmar Chaos.

Last time round I had a bad case of hobby butterfly. I suspect I'll have the same down here but put me down as doing Sharp Practice/15mm 18th Century Imagi-nations.

I've also had a good idea for a stretch goal (or possibly Julys main project) that will be a little bit different to anything I've seen so far in the previous thread but I'm not saying anything else yet.

*slips Leonard some 'nip*

Morning all - you can put me down for this, I think.

My current aim is to work on figures for board games, though the game being worked on may change during the period.

Will determine #1 by the time we get to July, honest...

I'm in. I will aim to paint at least two horsemen for my Chaos warband per month or 3 miniatures for my Frostgrave beastmen warband per month.

I'll be aiming to paint all models up to a hero standard so hence the low model count.

I'll rejoin as well.

I am planning to paint:
1500 points of Heer Gepanzert Panzergrenadiers for Bolt Action-The infantry is currently half painted and I am looking to get an Airbrush to do the vehicles
The remaining 1750 points of Epic Speed freaks for my 4k list
The UCM and PHR stuff from the Dropfleet Commander Kickstarter (whenever it arrives)
Probably other random stuff as well and I doubt that I will get everything finished but I'll see how it goes.

OP is updated with the newly added participants.

Hey Az, I would like to join as well. My army will be pre-heresy 30k marines.

I would like to get done at least one squad 5-10 marines or one character a month.

Trying to figure out this camera I haven't used in like 6 years so I can take pics again.

This should be fun

I'm up for it. I have two Dark Angels armies I'd like to work on, Ravenwing and a Lion's Blade with +10 vehicles and +60 infantry.

I promised myself that I would join in for round 2 to get myself to actually paint, and I meant it!

I am in. The real question is what army I should work on... Nids, Brets, 30k, LotR... Considering I have a (supposedly) active blog for my 30k Raven Guard, I guess I should go with them.
My pledge will be 10 tac marines and 1 "other" each month. That will at least keep me busy until October.

First up will be 10 marines and the chaplain.

So... planning phase.

I've decided that I'm going to start off working on the figures from the Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Roleplaying Game Adventure Kit and Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King as my initial two games. I figure getting one "set" of fogires out of the way for each in a month is a reasonable goal.

For those who aren't aware, here's what is in each box.

Iron Kingdoms Unleashed:


SDE: Forgotten King:


July is a bit of a short month for me, as I'm away for a week at the end of the month. As a result, I'm not looking to be too ambitious in the first month of this Tale. As a result, I think my initial goals will be:

IK: Unleashed - 2 Razor Boars
SDE: Forgotten King - Either the Old-Growth Hollow Spawning Points or the Trasure Chests, once I've had a better look at the Spawning Points. If I do the Treasure Chests, I'll also bundle in the one I have from a metal SDE Dwarf, and possibly the ones from my SDE 1.0 set. Pretty repetitive work in that case, but it'll bulk them out a bit.

This is the first time I've worked with the IK board game plastic, and I can see it is going to be more of a pain than the plastic kits. There are clear injection sites on the back of the bases for the Razor Boars, but attempts at cleaning them up with clippers (for the big bits) and a file don't seem to have worked. Time to break out the modelling knife, methinks...

The IK:U figures are also fairly shiny, making me suspect the presence of release agent, so they'll be getting a warm water bath before basing/undercoating. The polearms for the Slaughterhouses will need straightening out as well, and I may need to break out the Liquid Green Stuff for a couple of gaps on some of the figures.

Anyway - why am I doing the Razor Boars first? Well, this won't be the first time I've painted Razor Boars, though obviously these won't be metal. In fact, I'm now wondering if I got the heads on my metal ones the wrong way round. Fortunately, it means I've got a pretty good idea what I need to do to get these painted up - I figure I have a reasonable shot at getting the pair done in a week, once the prep work is done...

I'll put in my pledge for the coming month while I'm at it: more tanks!

On the bench right now are a pair of Leman Russ tanks, a half-done Stormsword, a new Vanquisher turret for my ace, three tank commanders and various smaller bits and bobs like banners and the like to make these boring slabs of grey armour pop a bit more.

I'm hoping to at the very least get the two Russ tanks done, along with one of the tank commanders.

I'm starting with... well, a whole lot of things that have been rudely shoved aside as I focused on Skeletons and Gondor to the exclusion of finishing other models.

I've just started working on a trio of push-for CSM in Iron Warriors colours from the Assassinorum: Execution Force boardgame. I'll try and get that first bloody Minotaurs SM squad done (4 models to go), and I've got another dozen Zombies on the go as well as another unit of a dozen Brigade Models' skeletons that I've just sprayed bone over the past few days. Along with 9 Reaper Bones Skeletons from Bones II.

Dunno how much of that I'll get done in July. I'd like to get all of it, but hopefully at least a few. I'm hoping my more eclectic approach to round 2 will keep me from getting bored as I did in the first challenge.

Well, if we're announcing our July goals, then mine is going to be Deep Wars. My goal shall be to complete at least five Dark Mariners. Basically, I'll be finishing my Dark Mariner Shadow Sea starter set, which has three of the four figures left (I finished the Cavern Crawler a long while ago) and I'll try to do two additional blisters. Should be fun painting them again, though I don't look forward to the Dagathonian.

I'm in ill be posting renegade militia

I'll be doing a unit of 30 Stormvermin and a Grey Seer as my base pledge, and as stretch goals a Farrow Razorback Crew and an Exalted Deathbringer with Impaling Spear.

If you're looking for a specific goal for July, I will try to get a Pathfinder team done for my Tau.

Posting here so I can track the topic again. Was great motivation the first half of the year so here is to knocking off some Bretonnians and moving into 40k again.

I would like to participate in this! I would like to paint a 40k Space Marine army. They'll be of a chapter of my own creation: The Storm Guard. For July I'll paint and finish a Rhino.

The end goal is a 2000pt Gladius Strike Force army.

My July goal will be my Panzer Grenadiers. 3 squads and a command team, 26 models in all but I may throw in a couple of extras.

Might as well make my pledge for July, I'm planning on doing a handful of skirmishers and their officer. Plus I have everything I need for the mystery project so hopefully I will find time to do that too.

Given we're in July now, I guess it is time to get to work...

*sounds the shift change bell*

Quite right! I failed to get anything done in June, July must be different!

 Dysartes wrote:
Given we're in July now, I guess it is time to get to work...

*sounds the shift change bell*

Righto!

Just reminded myself to subscribe to help me remember . Zombies are already lining up for painting .

I will work on my Imperial Fists. Every month, I'll paint one squad, or one vehicle, towards that goal.

Time to reveal the mystery project. I spent this evening working on the early stages of my new portable game board. It's 75cm by 50cm, perfect for taking a game designed for 28mm scale minis and inch based measurements and scaling down to 15mm scale or below and switching to centimetre. For example the Sharp Practice stuff I'm doing at the moment.

So here's the step by step so far, step 1:

Get a piece of MDF, I got this cut to size for free at B&Q saving me a job I'm useless at. Thanks tiny B&Q employee (seriously she was like 4 foot tall at most).



Step 2:

Stick some cork to the top, this will help deaden the noise made by rolled dice and things like that. I used spray glue (the sort you'd use for car headlining or something like that) as it's quick and easy.



Step 3:

Glue your chosen ground cover on top of the cork, I used the sort of flock covered roll normally sold to railway modellers. It's cheap stuff and it will wear out eventually, on the plus side though it's nothing that can't be fixed with some glue and flock. I used a combination of glue and staples to hold the edges on the back of the board. Looks messy but it'll keep it in place. Most of it will be covered with the edging material though.



Next step preview:

So next I will be cutting an edging material to size (need to borrow my parents mitre saw for that), staining it a nice colour and nailing it to the board.



So yeah that's my mystery project revealed.

Pretty cool looking project .

That table is brilliant. I look forward to more WIP pics.

I would like to join this as well as this will help keep me motivated.

I'd like to do Heavy Gear Blitz and Infinity as my two games. I'll start with a squad of Gears and a couple of Morats.

Theophony wrote:Pretty cool looking project .

JoshInJapan wrote:That table is brilliant. I look forward to more WIP pics.

Thanks chaps, I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out so far. Now I just need to make sure I don't feth up the edging.

Hi Az.

I am a bit ashamed of dropping out last time round. I had a pretty huge RL load (annual job assessment, job interview, new job and Masters dissertation) culminate in the last 3 days and I now have time to think (and more importantly hobby!).

Please feel free to tell me to get lost, but if you'll have me I wanted to have a more focused pledge for Space Hulk.

I figure it's a clever setup because I will pledge to complete the 23 Genestealers (incl Broodlord) over the six months with the remaining 225 (if I counted right) elements (door edges, termies, tile edges counter edges, door bases, dead termie, chalice and C.A.T.) that I have not finished yet counted as stretch goals.

That works out as 4 stealers a month plus whatever else I can get done.

Does that sound ok?

I'm in again. My two biggies are to finish space hulk (really need to get my thumb out on this one) and execution force. If things go well, I'll make a start on DW:O as stretch goals (and presuming my bases ever arrive from Waylaid Games)

Ok so shamelessly switching topics for my entries... gonna switch to small squad/team/warband/unit/etc's every month. Ideally what I'll do will range from minimum:squad (3-5 minis, whatever actually makes a squad of the thing I'm doing) to maximum:faction (involving a squad or two, plus independent support figures, or possibly 10-15 loosely collected minis making up a TNT warband or Infinity force).

I want to focus on things that look at least somewhat at home in a ruined city because I've got a 4x4' board worth of battle systems coming in a month or two (or three?)

Probably work on the additional figures I've gotten for my USAriadna Ranger Force, maybe my Morats, possibly my Get Started: Tau, and so on. We'll see what I can do.

I also want to try to do at least one small-medium piece of scenery each month that either fits the theme of the group I'm doing, or that fits a secondary theme: deadzone demo kit. If I can finish 4 forge father models and get enough painted terrain for a 2x2' deadzone board, I'll have a nice compact demo kit I can lug around to show off deadzone. So any time I can't think of a suitable terrain piece for the faction I'm building...I'll just work on one for my demo kit.

Stretch goals will likely include additional scatter scenery to go with the post apoc city terrain, unaffiliated survivors, and zombies.

Wish me luck because finding time to paint is like pulling teeth right now

Love the idea and I'd love to be a part of it.

I'll aim high and list two projects.

I'll be starting an Ultramarines 4th Company and finishing off a Genestealer Cult.

For the First month I'll aim to round out some troops. I'll look to finish a Tactical Squad and an Infantry Squad.

OP updated with new participants. We now have 32, so I'll be closing it shortly, though reserving the right to add in any participants from the previous challenge and anyone else I decide is a special snowflake.

The board is looking sweet, Nick.

TP^DC - no problem mate - gak happens in life, after all. It's much more about people who sign up and then are never heard from again.

Is it too late to leap in on this one? I'd love to take part and paint up some of the various monster models I've accumulated for futuristic RPG type encounters - I could probably do a 'unit' of a couple of creatures and maybe a scavenger-type character model each month?

Cheers Az. Feel focusing on Space Hulk will be much better than the hodge-podge I tried last time. Can see why Tale of Painters came about. Have nearly finished up my Broodlord - am trying to learn how to use some of the GW technical paints so taking longer than I could have done otherwise

And I've finished the board.... well mostly anyway I need to track down some dark wood filler to get the corners looking really good and paint the brass nails brown but aside from that it's done.

So here's an overall view of the board, the 15mm minis which were my June entry for the last thread should give an idea of the size.



And a cheeky side view with the bonus of a little piece of one the otherwise useless weights (a 6th ed 40k BRB ) I used to hold everything down as the glue dried.



I reckon the total time I've spent working on this aside from waiting for stuff to dry is little more than 2 hours. I'd say that's a pretty good use of my weekend.

I guess I'd better paint some actual minis now.

I have only just discovered this post, hopefully not too late. I have so much unpainted stuff and this would really help me to get stuck in to some of it.

Rohan
Anglo Dane (Saga 4 point starter plus extra levie troops)
Ork Nobs
Undead vikings
Dwarfs

Well, work has begun:


More details in my plog.

Here's my pledge a full militia platoon ill try to for next month have them fully painted

Renegade commander arkos wrote:
Here's my pledge a full militia platoon ill try to for next month have them fully painted

Always good to see someone just as bonkers as me . That will be a glorious platoon and worthy of many merits if you get it all done in a month.

Thanks Theophony It must just be the warp fingers crossed I can dark gos be praised if I do

Renegade commander arkos wrote:
Here's my pledge a full militia platoon ill try to for next month have them fully painted

Assuming your brain doesn't explode first-- that's a lot of models...

Fingers crossed it won't i just hope I have enough paint

Doing fair progress since it's the weekend I guess. Got 12 guys from mars attacks and my current 4 USARF grunts prepped and primed today. Got 3 more guys coming for usariadna and anything I can come up with for terrain.

Miniaturemarket was closed today for the holiday . Guess I'll have to pick up my birthday project tomorrow on my actual birthday. Then this months build and paint can begin. I've kind of burnt out on zombies so I need a crafting break. Plus I've been working on my gaming area which got ruined last fall when we had water in the basement and I gave up my shelving/gaming table base.

My first 8 of 12 Skeletons are done, barring the bone that I'm saving to do at work. And their shields. Unfortunately I've somehow lost my tub of shields. I spent an hour looking for it yesterday. Not bloody happy!

I've added Scarper and Huginn. And with that, we hit 34 (35 if Da Boss returns) so in the interest of keeping it manageable for me in doing the "paperwork", I'm closing participant entries - barring anyone active from the first challenge I've missed, etc.

I have some WIP shots up on my P&M blog, but I'm stuck on where to go next. Anyone reading this should feel free to weigh in.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I have some WIP shots up on my P&M blog, but I'm stuck on where to go next. Anyone reading this should feel free to weigh in.

Gotta make it to the end of your thread first, Josh, having started it on Sunday evening

Going to post some stuff later today. Been rather busy the last couple days.

Ok here's how July is shaping up......or should be

Front row - main event for the month. Need to get 4/5 Space Hulk figs done per month.
Second row - supporting acts - stuff that needs to be finished up but not at the expense of the main event - skitarii Dracosan, DW:O Raven guard marine, and Casket
Back row - groupies - stretch goals and maybe hopefuls - chaos sorcerer Lord, familiar and tech priest enginseer. Only get paint if main event and supporting act are totally sorted.

Fingers crossed

Here's my first batch of Anglo Danes, I am hoping that these will be easily doable in this month.

There we go. A part of my King Vlagorescu's Ghoulish Host buildt and a part of it painted. Still have 6 Crypt Horrors left, 20 ghouls, a Varghulf and a Terrorgheist.

Most of the easy stuff is done now, just got the metallics, black leather and a few odds and ends to do, aside from the skin of course........

I hate painting skin so I always leave it till last.

My Rhino, ready to be painted! And yes, that is a twin linked bolt gun from the old Land Raider crusader kit.

Now to decide on a paint scheme. I was thinking bronze with white weapons but would that look too similat to the Minotaurs?

Go for whatever you want TheCustomLime, there's a huge amount of repetition amongst the official chapter colour schemes anyway. There's at least 3 official "minotaur" chapters all with similar colours schemes, the Minotaurs, the Brazen Minotaurs and the White Minotaurs. Though admittedly you don't see the latter two that often since Forgeworld started featuring the Minotaurs in IA books

Looks like there's going to be a lot of interesting stuff this month, I can't wait to see the finished minis.

To give an idea about what I'll be working on, here is a demi company of marines, lovingly stripped, broken down, and reassembled:



The same Marines after a nice coat of white primer:



I didn't get a group shot after the Army Painter Ultramarine blue, but here's a representative squad:



And that same squad, painted up aside from decals:



For those curious, here's a group shot of the army prior to stripping:

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
Go for whatever you want TheCustomLime, there's a huge amount of repetition amongst the official chapter colour schemes anyway. There's at least 3 official "minotaur" chapters all with similar colours schemes, the Minotaurs, the Brazen Minotaurs and the White Minotaurs. Though admittedly you don't see the latter two that often since Forgeworld started featuring the Minotaurs in IA books

Looks like there's going to be a lot of interesting stuff this month, I can't wait to see the finished minis.

That's fair. There's a chapter that looks almost identical to the Ultramarines all save for their chapter symbol.

Edit:

Slight project update. As it turns out, Balthasar gold does not work well as covering large, flat surfaces. So the Rhino needs to be redone. In the mean time, I'm going to paint up a Storm Talon instead for your viewing pleasure in a new paint scheme.

I am going to shift my painting focus this month to my RG contemptor. But i have a good reason rather than laziness! A recent blog has inspired me to true-scale my 30k marines. So while I'm taking a lighter load painting-wise this month, I will also be chopping up my marines' legs so that they will be ready next month.

And for those curious, the 30k blog that inspired me is linked here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/694362.page

EDIT: I've attached a picture of the dread pre-paint. Some minor conversion work and battle damage has been added.

I am going quite light for the first month, so am going to be doing a 5 man Blood Angel Tactical squad:



Hopefully can add to it with some stretch goals.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

Spent an hour or so working on my SE Retributors and tried out the Reikland Fleshshade Gloss on the gold. Not entirely happy with it. I may go back and hit it with the normal stuff. What do you guys think?

Also added a couple of layers of Ironbreaker to the silver armour, but leaving enough to show off the Coelia greenshade.

Imperial Fists Tactical Squad, painted and photographed! Here's a compilation of the whole squad.



Great work everybody, I'm keeping my eyes on the compilation post and it's looking like we had a good July!

All that yellow is driving me insane. For August, I'll keep it light with a single Razorback, and break up the sea of yellow with some 28mm WW2 British gun teams, for Battlegroup, Chain of Command, and/or Bolt Action!

Remember when I said I was finished with my August pledge? I lied.


More here.

Few days late again but here is the group pic of my July stuff. The pics after that are my pledges for August, a unit of 5 Soulhunters, a Warwitch Siren, and a Necrosurgeon with 3 Stitch Thralls.

You just keep knocking them out, Josh - good work.

Have you many more of this range to go?

If you mean Melniboneans, I thought I was finished, but I found two more today. I have probably another dozen or so wardancers, and a full army's worth of other elves that I want to revisit.

Part 1 of my August goal, the Thallax Cohort is now complete!



Onto part 2!

I got my second goal completed. The Dark Mariner Close Combat Biomech.



Next is the Antipode Assault Pack and then I'll probably do some Mercs or Mantic as stretch goals.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Remember when I said I was finished with my August pledge? I lied.

I love those old Wardancers. Normally I find Jes Goodwin's models to be a little too clinical and clean but I do like his early stuff.

As for my own painting this month I was planning on starting my Dropfleet but my pledge hasn't even been dispatched yet and I go on holiday today so I'll just have to see what happens

 Silent Puffin? wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Remember when I said I was finished with my August pledge? I lied.

I love those old Wardancers. Normally I find Jes Goodwin's models to be a little too clinical and clean but I do like his early stuff.

As for my own painting this month I was planning on starting my Dropfleet but my pledge hasn't even been dispatched yet and I go on holiday today so I'll just have to see what happens

I kind of like the uniformity/consistency of his work. Everything scales with everything else, and armor and equipment all look to have come from the same source.

My final July models - which happen to be from my "Mandatory" army-building section (undead). Finished at the wire, and not photographed until this morning. Because I'm sick and have only been posting sporadically in N&R.



A trio of Reaper Bones' Bat Swarms as a Swarm Unit for KoW Undead.




Worked on in parallel, but finished later (ie, in August) are a trio of Reaper Bones Vermin/Rat Swarms - again as a Swarm Unit for KoW Undead. I'll move them to Skaven later when I have an actual, functional Skaven army.

A few more elves to share:


More here.

You're a painting machine, Josh.

So far this month I've managed to do most of the prep work on the new figures for this month - need to clean up an injection site on two Brigands, and glue the front steps onto the keep, them I'm good to undercoat.

 Dysartes wrote:
You're a painting machine, Josh.

Between two dogs and one child, I have been turned into a morning person. 40-50 minutes every morning before everyone else gets up gets a lot done.

Quick additional hero or part of a foot guard regiment. I've also got the transfer sheet ready to go. So pledge is looking possible.

More elves:


More here.

You're really barrelling along on these Elves, Josh. Very cool to see them painted up.

I finally got a squad (or close enough) of my Iron Warriors completed.



More here and here.

Finally got round to finishing off my mammoths (Arcane Scenery)
mammoth being stalked by neanderthal hunter


parent and child attacked by hunters


Next thing - working on some of my Perry Samurai. Have a bad back, which is slowing things down, but I'm wanting to have a Tribal game with the samurai this coming weekend so I'll have to get cracking on them. Pics soon, hopefully

Hah, those cavemen and mammoths are awesome

Those Iron Warriors are breaking my brain...so fancy.

Awesome work lately everyone. Apologies for being so slow, but it's been killer hot lately and I just can't get myself to paint stuff. Still working on doing *something* for the second month of the challenge, just slow going.

I love the caveman stuff. I'm surprised by how few companies actually make figures of cavemen and other early humans.

Hello everyone here is 120 militia men (30 have list detail on there faces so I'm currently trying to repair them, and I haven't done there faces due to some missing detail but for this month I will correct that) sorry for being so late

Finished a Space Hulk Broodlord. Sorry for lack of productivity, but RL is being a challenge. I have anew motivation now for this tale of painters - I have a game of SH booked in for very late on 3rd September. Very very excited!!!! Need to crack on with pace to get all my stealers painted by then (doubt it's realistic, but would be awesome!)

Another winner there, lovely!

Unfortunately I have been struck with terrible CBA, hope to get the brushes out soon though

Nice.
The transfers didn't work so I've gone back and free handed the shields on everybody this gives me two finished Troops for this month. The Knights (just the shields) and the Pole-Arms

Getting stuff done....just not the stuff I'm supposed to be working on this month - lol

Still stuff done is still stuff done and love painting these DW:O fellas

Some tidy looking minis there, Jan! Branatar and Edryc are my favourites of that bunch.

Indeed! I've been swamped by work myself, but this is seriously inspiring work, exalts for all!

Cheers folks. Those new figs are a lot of fun to paint

More elves, from the Scarloc's Archers set:


Sorry for the terrible image. I need to spend some time how to photograph models more effectively. More here.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

Sorry for the terrible image. I need to spend some time how to photograph models more effectively.

Exactly the same

Some more DZC from me as my Dropfleet stuff is no where to be seen.

Heavy Hazard suits. When I varnished these something odd happened and they look a bit mottled now even though they were completely dry when I sprayed them.


AA teams


Praetorians, 27th century SAS and one of the best close assault units in the game despite being armed with nothing more than SMGs.

Finished my Danes starter warband.



Close up of the warlord.

I almost said "Great Danes!...

Those look fantastic. Are the shield freehand?

Great Danes - that's great banter.

Shield designs are a mix of transfers and free hand. The more complex ones are obviously the transfers, though quite a few were simple patterns too. The leader with the horse shield, that was a real bugger, could not get it to peel off and had to stick the plastic coat to the shield (this is supposed to come off). No problem, bit of superglue and it's fine, but when I painted round the edge some of the paint seeped under the transfer. So there's some extra weathering and scratches to hide this, mostly along the top. Great Scot!

My July challenge is now finished. Here are my entries:

Thallax Cohort



Dark Mariner Close Combat Biomech



Infinity Antipode Assault Pack



I've also cleared two Stretch goals, both Mantic items. As mentioned in my initial post, I would be doing the odd Mantic figures here and there.

Blaine



The Survivor



For the rest of my stretch goals, I'm going to attempt to finish as many more Mantic figures as I can. Next month though, it's going to be very Mantic heavy.

Just a PSA.
I took some photos tonight of the Obliterators I finished a couple of weeks ago, but I find that I've just got no interest in all the hassle of uploading them, writing about them or posting them. So I figure I need a break.

While I'm still painting and will very likely manage to keep up on my monthly goals for this ToG challenge, I'm really burnt out on blogging for the time being and very tired and grumpy (a large understatement) in general, so I may not post much or at all for awhile. Similarly, I'm not likely to keep up on all the P&M blogs for those of you I usually keep up on, or this thread, or even my own threads. So I probably won't be commenting or even reading them. I just don't have the energy, and my general demeanor is not great right now.

My best guess is I'll be back closer to the end of September when the weather here is a little better and I've had a chance to rest. I'll update the monthly showcase thread at that point.

Apologies, but I'll be back to P&M when I can.

Look after yourself Azazelx. My thoughts are with you

Take it easy man, no rush.

Yeah, hope you're feeling up to it soon, Az.

No worries. Take care of yourself.

Well, I'm finally on the board with one unit completed, a 4-man squad of Tau Pathfinders. Kind of a lame entry, but I hope to bash out a squad of Stealth suits also before the month is up. Here's the photographic evidence:

@Zerg - you are having a productive month with the DW over on Paradigm's challenge. Why haven't you posted them here as a bonus?

These Tau are done well. You've really started working on your highlighting. Your bases tell a story too. Some good work here

Filthy tau scu... Er..Coming along nicely there ZergSmasher

Not much hobbying getting done on my end thanks to real life crap. Ugh.

Anyways I've just about done with my Lord Relictor (the pic is 6 days old, but progress is progress, right?):

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Front:

Spoiler:

Back:

Spoiler:

Well looks like this month will be a no show from me. Been super busy most of the month and having depression and anxiety issues when I've not been busy (what a fun month!). This has resulted in a complete lack of hobby time. I've not picked up a paint brush since about mid July and can't see it happening for a while yet either.

Just caught up on this thread, some lovely minis this month so well done all. Look after yourself Az.

Yeah good luck Azazel.

Seem to be getting promoted at work to running small sites and I've got a huge bunch of time off to finish my thesis and my MA so I've splurged on a large Perry and Warlord order from Wayland Games as a treat.

Wow you guys have been deploying some stunning results! Still dragging my butt, not as disgruntled as Az but not feeling it too much ATM.

Hope your outlook swings to the positive soonly Az, take all the time you need. But really class act for even bothering to let us know, lots of people just disappear on the interwebs so cheers for that.

Yet another batch of elves finished:


More here

The painting machine nails another batch. Hat doffed sir.

If I had a hat. And I knew what doffing was.

I finally got some squads actually done! Presented for your enjoyment are my second tactical squad:



And an assault squad:

Nice! Proper old school

Lady Faye from Zombicide as a stretch goal

I'm afraid I'm going to have to drop out :/ it took way longer to fix those heads on the militiamen than I first thought but ill have them done soon if you would like to check out my blog, sorry for dropping out wish you guys good luck with your projects ill be sure to check up and get blown away by the paint schemes

A truly appalling photo. But I have managed to scrape in and finish the second of my Questing Knight units with this one accompanied by the army Battle Standard.




That leaves me with one unit and a Paladin to go and the Bretonnians will be done.

@Azazel - We've all been there - give yourself some time distracted from whatever it is that's stressing you out and hopefully you'll power through it. There's always another side!

Bit of a lame one for me this month, but I've been really busy with other stuff!

Still, got distracted and managed to paint a small squadron of 2-3 crew M3 fighters from GZG. Limping through to September with the goal just about passed?...

Hope you come back soon recharged and in a better state of mind Azazel, the blogs are a poorer place without you.

My part of the painting challenge this month was a Realm Of Battle: Shattered Dominions board, and here it is:









I did a number of Deathwatch as a bonus as well:

Great job Thraxas - those boards look great. I also really like the Deathwatch. Everyone is getting their's done so fast I am amazed.

I took a side step this month to get this done:


But the queue of Stealers is still here and just getting longer. I'll need to paint more each month to succeed but I'll get there. Just need to focus on them now.

Nice Deathwatch indeed! Makes me wish it was Sunday already so I could pick up mine.

Nicely done Nephilim as well, excellent weathering!

Realised I needed a pledge for this month 2 troops light horse and spearmen as well as receiving big package of doom!

We are slacking without AzazelX to whip us into shape, we need more pledges for September as the clock is already ticking.

For me put me down for a Deathwatch Kill Team (5 man) and Deathwatch Watch Master.

Excellent work folks. Failed out on round two as expected. Weather is starting to turn although summer is hanging on stubbornly. Once it's cooler I think I'll be able to pick up the pace again.