2016's "A Tale of Many Gamers Painting Challenge" MkII: July-December

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**Dysartes**

OK, here we go...

August - 3 SDE Treasure Chests

September - 4 SDE Treasure Chests, 5 Boo Booty

**Azazelx**

Cool stuff, Dysartes. Are they all of the chests from the SDE core set? I'm wondering if I should crack open the box to do the Chests and Mimics/Boo Booties as part of my scatter terrain kick.

**Dysartes**

All the chests I've done are the combination of SDE 1.0 core & SDE: Forgotten King, along with the one on a base which came with a metal version of the Dwarf Fighter figure.

I think this month I'm going to pause on the board game stuff, and work on some of the stuff I got from the Dark Dwarves Kickstarter from Macrocosm Miniatures as a mental palette cleanser.

**JoshInJapan**

Here are some orcs, ready for Kings of War or Frostgrave:

More here.

**BrookM**

Time for a loooooooong overdue contribution of my own!

My Tempestus Scions Kill Team for a small tourney this Saturday, made up of five ghouls and a Taurox, ready to (hopefully) win at least one of the three games planned for that day.

I had plans to get more models done this week, but I got recalled from my vacation, so I won't really have the time again until November at the earliest.

**JoshInJapan**

I managed to crank out another Blaine, this time from Dungeon Saga:

More here.

**Azazelx**

Awesome stuff here guys. Here's another contribution from me from way back in September. I'm not sure if I'll have anything for October due to my injury, but I'll try and have something done. My hand is mostly ok now, I just need to get the downstairs lights sorted out.

Many, many more pics here

I'll try and get the monthly showcase threads updated, but it might be the end of the year before I'm on top of them again as work is getting both intense as hell as we heard towards the end of the year, and aspects of my workplace are going to a very bad place. I'm not involved (thank feth!), but the atmosphere is getting nasty and there's likely to be unpleasant fallout - between the two it just means that I'll be much more tired and drained less happy-go-lucky and able to spend the time to update the showcases. I'm only a month behind at the moment...

**angelofvengeance**

Love those Minotaurs, Azazel. Where'd you get those heads from? Some of them look Ultramarines Legion-y.

**Barzam**

Half of my pledge is done. Here's the previous Haqqislam starter set, all finished up.

Now on to the Red Veil starter.

**Llamahead**

Currently I'm staying away during the week for work so the full pledge might not be completed this month I should still get the Grail Knights finished and I'll be one knight of the other two units......I might still do it however.

**Archer**

My progress is zero as I enter what seems like the third week of a bad flu. Barely done more than try in vain to sleep and make life for my wife horrible I am sure. Maybe I will get a test model done before the end of the month?

**Barzam**

I don't think I'm going to meet my goal of getting the Haqqislam half of Red Veil done this month. I'm going out of the country next week, so that pretty much leaves me with just this week. I'll attempt it, but I don't think it's going to happen.

**Polonius**

October pledge complete!

I also painted the last of the EC models I have on hand. First up, the BAC terminators and hero:

Then the BAC Chaplain, which I feel is an underrated model

The BAC Contemptor, hiding with his friends:

Standard Bearer and Consul with Thunder hammer:

Praetor and Master of Signals:

Praetor with Jump Pack:

And then, while not completely new, I reconfigured one tactical squad to be a veteran squad with melta gun and missile launcher:

Some glamour shots of the full EC army, for this interested:

Spoiler:

**Dysartes**

That's a lot of purple, Polonius - what've you found to be the best colours to use to shade purple with, out of interest?

**Polonius**

Dysartes wrote:
That's a lot of purple, Polonius - what've you found to be the best colours to use to shade purple with, out of interest?

It's all layered up with Reaper Master Series Purple. Some of the earlier squads were washed with black at some point, but the modern recipe is basically a layer of 2/1 RMS Nightshade Purple/Imperial Purple, then a highlight with reversed ratio, than a final highlight of pure Imperial Purple. A more detailed description is here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/675393.page#8682070

I've also played around with using RMS Clear Purple (essentially a glaze), and while I like it, I'm not sure it's needed.

**JoshInJapan**

I've been working on orcs for a Frostgrave warband:

More here.

**Dysartes**

Some WIP shots from this morning, before I do anything to them today:

Further detail in my plog

**ZergSmasher**

Well, I've finally gotten those XV25 Stealth suits finished. Here's a pic for this month's OP:

I hope you like them! More pics can be found in my P&M blog. I should have some Kroot to put in for this month in a few days also.

**JoshInJapan**

Nifty. I like the spot colors on the sergeant (or whatever the Tau equivalent rank is).

**Huginn**

A very light month for me, I am lacking the will to paint and also had a holiday, so managed a paltry two figures. These are Guild Of Harmony (Twisted) figures, painted as a gift for my wife's birthday.

After two months of fannying about on single figures I really need to get down to some numbers, so hopefully November I will get a unit of dwarfs finished. Another steampunk figure would be nice too.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Hey all. I've got to face the fact that my RL doesn't lend itself to "a tale of painters". Oh how I wish it would. I want to formally say that i am going to pull out of the challenge rather than whimper away in the background. I'll keep reading the thread and if there are more in the future and life more amenable I will try again another time.

I found the thread superb and I want to thank Azazelx for the work put into to running it. I know he has had very big life issues that he has managed to hobby through and I feel pathetic for not being able to live up to his example.

Best of luck to all.

TP

**Llamahead**

It's a hobby mate not a chore. Do it when and how you feel like you don't owe us anything.

I've got my Grail Knights finished.

Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to get all four knight regiments finished by the end of the month but three out of four should be done. The problem is I've been staying away from home for most of the month which has reduced painting time.

**JoshInJapan**

Here is the start of a halfling warband for Frostgrave:

More here.

**Llamahead**

Nice job love the sculpts whose are they?

**JoshInJapan**

Llamahead wrote:
Nice job love the sculpts whose are they?

They are from Effin Cool Minis. I backed their Kickstarter earlier in the year. They are nice models, very evocative of late 80's-early 90's Citadel halflings.

**Dysartes**

Well, I've finished this guy off so far:

Dark Dwarf Mage, by Macrocosm Miniatures

Now to see if I can finish off his compatriots tomorrow...

**Polonius**

I had hoped to have more done this month, but I focused more on getting models built and primed while the weather holds. Still, I got some stuff done for my imperial guard:

Three earthshaker carriages:

The crew for the same:

This is a departure from my old (meaning since 2002) paint scheme for the praetorians. I switched from khaki trousers to dark blue, and I've switched to Reaper master series for the reds and yellows. This requires multiple layers, but also is a much richer shade. the other big change is the switch to white kit, which looks sharp! I made some of my choices 14 years ago because I wanted my stuff to look different, but over time, I've realized that there's a very rewarding, natural color scheme to these models.

Next up are a Master of Ordinance, an Astropath, and a Medic:

For WIP pics and the like, feel free to click on my project blog.

**Azazelx**

Awesome stuff as this thread has progressed. I haven't been around much but it's been great to see people still getting such awesome stuff done. I've just done another hour or so on updating the showcase threads, though I'm still not up to date.

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Hey all. I've got to face the fact that my RL doesn't lend itself to "a tale of painters". Oh how I wish it would. I want to formally say that i am going to pull out of the challenge rather than whimper away in the background. I'll keep reading the thread and if there are more in the future and life more amenable I will try again another time.
I found the thread superb and I want to thank Azazelx for the work put into to running it. I know he has had very big life issues that he has managed to hobby through and I feel pathetic for not being able to live up to his example.
Best of luck to all.
TP

All good mate. I have to say that doing two in a row of these has kinda sapped my mojo (along with a real gak of a year). Feel free to post anything you manage to get done through the rest of the year.

I'm not sure exactly what I'll do about running another one of these - on one hand, three in a row might be a bit of an overkill. On the other hand, I get my extended summer break over January and the first half of the year is typically easier on getting stuff done than the second half of the year.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Azazelx wrote:
Awesome stuff as this thread has progressed. I haven't been around much but it's been great to see people still getting such awesome stuff done. I've just done another hour or so on updating the showcase threads, though I'm still not up to date.

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Hey all. I've got to face the fact that my RL doesn't lend itself to "a tale of painters". Oh how I wish it would. I want to formally say that i am going to pull out of the challenge rather than whimper away in the background. I'll keep reading the thread and if there are more in the future and life more amenable I will try again another time.
I found the thread superb and I want to thank Azazelx for the work put into to running it. I know he has had very big life issues that he has managed to hobby through and I feel pathetic for not being able to live up to his example.
Best of luck to all.
TP

All good mate. I have to say that doing two in a row of these has kinda sapped my mojo (along with a real gak of a year). Feel free to post anything you manage to get done through the rest of the year.

I'm not sure exactly what I'll do about running another one of these - on one hand, three in a row might be a bit of an overkill. On the other hand, I get my extended summer break over January and the first half of the year is typically easier on getting stuff done than the second half of the year.

Cheers Az.

Regarding running more I would say that I don't like hearing that organising has sapped your hobby mojo. There a couple of options in my head - alternate hosting the "tale of" so it's not always you doing the admin or make it an annual event picking the best 6 months of the year for you. Everyone will have a busy period in a year after all. The second option may help people to plan 6 builds to put aside along a theme for that year's "tale".

**Dysartes**

If it helps, Azazel, I'd be willing to run one for Q1 next year - I did about two and a half years of this sort of thing on the PP forum, so I know what sort of dedication it takes.