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Done with the Carnifex and the Spore Mines, just under the wire.

So here are the pics of what I got done in February. Not sure about what my March pledge is going to be, but it's going to start with a Trygon and some RPG figures.









More pics of the Carnifex are available over in my Hive Fleet Taraka P&M Blog! Link in my sig.

Love the Carnifex blending.

WIP (only needs edge highlighting and varnishing done now, so should have done in time)

Got the infinity chimera finally finished up this morning. That's my feb goals done now. Hopefully get a stretch goal fig or two done tomorrow.

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
That's a heck of a lot of guard you got done Rygnan. Batch paint extreme!

You should see the plans for next month then.... If all goes to plan, I'll be mostly clearing my backlog, which is:

2 models for D&D, a Reaper half-elf ranger and eagle
5 man heavy support squad for 30k
Grey Seer, 30 Stormvermin and basing on my entire Skaven army (3 rat ogres, 80 clanrats, 2 weapons teams, 3 jezzails and the previously mentioned models)
10 man tac squad, Interrogator Chaplain, Belial, 5 each of Deathwing Terminators and Knights and a converted DA Deathwatch operative
60 Termagants

GOALS FOR MARCH:
My plan is to get the termagants done for a friend (they were a stretch goal for February that didn't work out), then the D&D models painted for the start of my campaign, and the Skaven finished. Everything else isn't a major priority, so they'll be the stretch goals.

I'm also probably getting the Age of Sigmar box set Khorne side, the Nurgle start collecting bundle and Morbidex Twiceborn, as well as some more Cryx models, so they might be added in somewhere down the line. I should be getting the Cryx in the mail next week, but I'll wait until I get the rest of the models I need until I paint them up.

Blimey - My aims for March are 20 models, and I thought I was being daring

20+ miniatures? Mentalists.

Got my other 5 man Algoryn Squad done so here are my 10 total for February. March will probably be another 5 man squad and support weapon team.

My stretch goal is a Thai meal and 7 cocktails tonight.





Keep up the good work everyone, and thanks again to Azazelx, he is a busy man between work, family life and painting.

Haha go easy on the cocktails there . Nice minis.

Nowhere near as much as I'd hoped to have done, but life has a habit of getting in the way I guess.






As always, not the greatest pics in the world but stuck using an iPhone for pics at the moment.

i'll have to get pics up of my Zombies here this weekend, unfortunately I decided on mass numbers and not one of each, but more is better......right......right? Also the armypainter strong tone I was using all solidified, so I'll need to get some new stuff ( probably just grab some minwax tudor stain), so they won't be looking that great.

I hope you have better luck finding their than I did. Gone locally, ordered it from Walmart thru a extended marketplace seller.

I think I'm gonna pour some into a seed glass jar and see if it keeps better. The metal cans are not intended to be opened and closed nearly as often as we dippers do so.

Got a couple more RPG figures done for Feb, at the very last minute. A Confrontation armored skeleton, and a random GW goblin.

More pics available in my P&M Blog, just follow the link in my sig.

My goal for March, as far as this little challenge is concerned, is to paint my Tau Piranha. Should be easy compared to the mighty Stormsurge (which looks like it will indeed be done by the end of the month). Stretch goal for the Tau will be a Stealth Team.

Love the skelly. Here's my February Pledge, all finished up:




More here. For March, I can't decide between robots or Dreadfleet. Which do you lot want to see first?

Hm.. what kind of Robots?

Yes indeed, robots, but what kind?

I'll be painting an orc unit so as to stick to the theme, I'll have a small orc army painted by the end of the challenge whether I want to or not!

I'm well into March's pledge:




12 Gondor Swordsmen. Started about 2(?) weeks ago. I'd hoped that they might have been finished in time to stretch-goal February, but I only got 6 done in time (sans flocking the bases). I should be able to get the highlighting done on 3 of the remaining ones per lunch break for the next two days, then it's just waiting for some quiet time at the end of the week to finish their finer details and they'll be done. Then it's onto the Undead.



Started on these 2 units of 12 each of Undead spears a few days ago. Well, one of the units only numbers 10 since I intend to incorporate 2 models from the same manufacturer/range I finished last year into the units. Hopefully I'll finish both, but again - skeletons highlighting and shading is "lunch break" painting, so I'll probably save a lot of the actual work on these guys for when I'm at work. I'm hoping to get the bases done today so all the "monkey work" is done before I go to work tomorrow.

Once I get the Gondor guys finished, I'll pull out that first unit of 6 cavalry that I tried (and failed) to get finished in January. Other stuff, like Minotaur Space Marines and Vikings will continue to be worked on in the background - though if I manage to actually finish whole units I guess I can call them stretch goals as well...

Robots would be a set of warbots by Oathsworn, followed by a bunch of 6mm Mecha Frontmodels. If I finish early, I can move on to Striders and such from Deadzone.

I think my March pledge is going to be:

1 Trygon
2 Zoanthropes (3, if I can manage it)
At least 5 more RPG figures. Think I'm going to tackle a selection of wizards and their familiars next.

Ok Josh - I vote for The March of the Robots.

It's too bad I discovered This is Not a Test only recently, a warband a month would have been an excellent goal. But I said I was gonna do orcs and what with being 1/3 of the way done already, I Feel like i should stick it out.

And that's Vrosh done now too for a stretch goal So good getting half-finished figs done and off the bench

 GrimDork wrote:
It's too bad I discovered This is Not a Test only recently, a warband a month would have been an excellent goal. But I said I was gonna do orcs and what with being 1/3 of the way done already, I Feel like i should stick it out.

There's always July-December!

Or do warbands as your stretch goals/backup project to keep yourself from getting too bored - like I am with the Minotaurs.


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 Januine wrote:
And that's Vrosh done now too for a stretch goal So good getting half-finished figs done and off the bench

Looking good, Jan!

I too am starting on march's submission. It will be somewhere between 1 Epirian Contractors unit and the entire Epirian portion of my Maelstroms Edge box.
Here is the test mini I finished today. I think I am going to call them Alpha Corp

I like that, he looks good. What did you use for the uniform? I can't quite tell if that's a green or a really dark turquoise?

I'm having some second thoughts about my stretch goals for March. I know for sure I'll be doing my Orpheus Drone Controllers from Dystopian Wars as my main goal, but for the stretches, I was thinking at first of doing MERCS. However, I've been getting hooked on painting Dark Mariners from Deep Wars/Shadow Sea. So, corporate commandos or fishmen?

 GrimDork wrote:
It's too bad I discovered This is Not a Test only recently, a warband a month would have been an excellent goal. But I said I was gonna do orcs and what with being 1/3 of the way done already, I Feel like i should stick it out.

You have expressed dissatisfaction with painting the Orks so if you would enjoy TNT warbanda switchm warbands would be more varied and interesting than orks

 carlos13th wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
It's too bad I discovered This is Not a Test only recently, a warband a month would have been an excellent goal. But I said I was gonna do orcs and what with being 1/3 of the way done already, I Feel like i should stick it out.

You have expressed dissatisfaction with painting the Orks so if you would enjoy TNT warbanda switchm warbands would be more varied and interesting than orks

Or when you complete your goal then a warband as a stretch goal for TNT could help motivate you AND clear the backlog

Edit: My Feb. group shot.

4 Black Plague survivors, 18 zombies (12 need to get stong tone coated, but my container full turned solid . 2 Dungeon saga zombie trolls (ones a shaman) and some dungeon saga terrain.

Dwarf, Barrels and the well

3 survivors being chased by 6 completed zombies, a zombie troll, and a zombie shaman who may or may not be controlling them.

12 more zombies waiting for their goo bath


March Goal.....last 2 survivors of the black plague (till the rest of the pledge arrives and I get 40 or so more , and the rest of the zombies from black plague main box (24 left). I find batch painting them speeds things up and I actually got all of their skins done in February, they just need clothes no naked zombies, theres no good call for that.....ever.

Some more Warbuggys. I have no idea how many buggys/tracks/Skorchas that I have done now but it must be about 50.

February's completed stuff:



I've cheated slightly as the Frostgrave soldiers I only rebased but the Wizard, apprentice and Captain were fully painted this month.

I don't have anything set for March and I won't have anything for April either as I too much on. I will probably paint something during that time though and I should have all my Orks done by the end of June.

Wow, all of this is brilliant and too much to comment on all! I love keltikhoa's corp guy though. Very corporate, nice green.


^these epic orcs are brilliant. I bet collecting epic saves on shelf space!

I am running severely short on shelf space and may have to start considering what to sell. I'm keeping the 80s stuff that's for sure... but my next monthly goal might have to get sold while they are still cool and new, so the goal is to give them a paintjob that'll sell em for more than I payed for em:

 Barzam wrote:
I like that, he looks good. What did you use for the uniform? I can't quite tell if that's a green or a really dark turquoise?

Thanks Barzam. The main color is a 1:1:1 mix of imperial blue :turquoise :black (vallejo colors) then nuln oil washed, then highlighted up with a series of greens.
I was inspired by STC_LogisEngine alpha legion image that was on the front page of dakka dakka a couple days ago.

Finally found some hobby time and finished off my planned model for February, still not completed the Epirian stuff from last month simply due to lack of time. I'll post a photo of this month's completed thing once the base has dried.