2016's "A Tale of Thirty-Five Gamers" - June, the Final Month.

Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:

No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.

If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

**Azazelx**

Some bloody awesome stuff posted up in here since I last had a chance to look. Work's been getting intense as we head towards the Easter break, and I purchased The Division which seems to have taken up much of my spare time. I've still been plodding along in my own painting, though not nearly as fast as I "should" be. With a bit of luck (well, commitment, actually) I should be able to get 2 units each done for Undead and Gondor.

I've updated the OP with the additions to February as well.

**Januine**

Bit of slow-gress on the Brother Goriel

**Theophony**

Very nice terminator there

.
@AZzazelx, I need to kick the painting in gear too. I hope to have time tomorrow to get some stuff done, but the weeks have been so crazy.

**Slinky**

Goriel is looking amazing!

**Januine**

Thx Slinky. Finished up Sgt Lorenzo last month. Hopefully get more than just one a month done from now on though

**John Wirral**

weetyskemian44 wrote:
Nice dungeon critters Da Boss! I wouldn't wana meet the tentacle guy underground.

Well here are my plague bearers. Went to town on them. I really have to try selling them now as I have an ardent desire for 'Deathwatch Overkill' and I need the funds:

Fantastic Plaguebearers!

Automatically Appended Next Post:

Ulf wrote:
Still plugging away at the Tyranids, but it looks like March is going to be all about more models for my D&D game.

Did up a Khorgorath as a demon for my players to fight once they've got some more levels under their belts.

Great looking Demon... If I had one comment... The basing doesn't live up to the standard of the paint-job....

Automatically Appended Next Post:
And My March Commitment:

All the remainder of the AoS starter set to be assembled, primed black and zenithalled (?) white...

**Ulf**

JW: yeah, I agree. For whatever reason, I hate hate H8 doing bases. Never liked doing it, regardless of game system. I should spend the extra time making them look better.

Maybe that can be part of my painting/hobbying commitment for this "tale of" thing going forward.

**JoshInJapan**

Ulf wrote:
JW: yeah, I agree. For whatever reason, I hate hate H8 doing bases. Never liked doing it, regardless of game system. I should spend the extra time making them look better.

I couldn't agree more. Basing is the least enjoyable part of this hobby.

**Slinky**

My March Gretchin are now all DONE!

20 of the little buggers (well, 19 plus their genial blue-bearded Runtherd).

**Jackal**

Got the unit of 3 thallax done finally

I'll grab some better pics once I've varnished them.
Want to try and finish the thanatar too.

But for now:

Tried OSL for the first time with a brush too.
It will do for now but I need practice, then I'll redo it at some point.

**BrookM**

Awww, amazing Thallax!

**Azazelx**

Yeah, those are really nice Thallax.

Those gretchen bring back some memories!

**JoshInJapan**

And here we have this week's work, a Goliath walker from Kryomek:

More here.

**Slinky**

Ooh, I really like that! Nice weathering effect on the legs too

**Azazelx**

Yeah, very nice, Josh. I'll second the weatheirng on the legs looks very effective

You know, I think I might have one of those things... or something very similar at least. Metal and resin? (I think) metal legs?

**JoshInJapan**

Thanks, guys. The dust on the legs is really easy-- just a series of brown drybrushes. I'm still figuring out how to do chipping without an airbrush, though.

**Azazelx**

My second Gondor unit for March is done! Archers of Dol Amroth. More pics and writing here.

I've finished 13 of the 22 skeleton spearmen that I need to make up 2 units for the Undead (combining with 2 previously-painted ones from the same range for 2 "regiment" units of 12). 4 on the desk that may or may not be completed today, 3 more to finish the majority of at work this week, and then 3 "leader types" and done. So I'm on track to achieve my goals for this month, plus an extra unit each for both Gondor and Undead as stretches. Then we'll see what I can manage to finish off over the Easter break as there are three more Gondor units that won't take a lot of work.

**Dysartes**

Nice looking archers, Azazelx.

Quick question - you mentioned earlier in the thread that you would be running this in six month blocks - would I be correct in thinking that means space for new participants in July?

**Azazelx**

Thank you, and that's one hundred percent Correctomundo, July-December will be part 2 of this thing. You're more than welcome to join in.

**Dysartes**

Sounds good to me, Azazelx - having run this sort o' thing on the PP forums for a few years, I can appreciate the work you're putting into running it.

**Azazelx**

Thanks Dysartes. Any idea what you might want to work on? If you're really keen, you're welcome to join in for 4 months? We've had a few "sign ups" who haven't been seen since, so swings and roundabouts.

Here's what will probably be my next Gondor unit(s) - I'm managing to avoid completing those two cavalry units like a real champion!

I cleaned these guys up and then sprayed them yesterday, just did the brown on the bases now (for some reason PVA & sand sticks much more effectively to painted plastic). So sick of painting WoMT plastics, so I dug out my unit of 10 Osgilliath Veterans, with an armoured Faramir and a standard bearer. Jeweler's sawed the head off the standard bearer and replaced it with a bandaged head from Warlord's Roman Veterans sprue. Still need to rough him and the Faramir model up a bit more before I spray them. There's also 2 plastic WoMT archers which it turns out will complete another troop for KoW after my reorganisation from regiments to troops.

**Slinky**

Really like the LOTR models, would love to paint up a force of them one day, but I have so many projects underway already...

**highlord tamburlaine**

Unfortunately, I am going to have to withdraw my claim of working on Tau this month, as I got totally sidetracked painting Shadows of Brimstone instead. As well as the usual random nonsense.

Can I swap the Tau out for the board game?

Because at this point with the exception of a MIA saloon girl, a single void spider, and finishing up the Goliath, I've almost got the whole box painted!

In lieu of the saloon girl I dug out one of the ladies from Swamps of Death instead. I should have them all finished this weekend...

...and hopefully the Tau can be my Spring Break project instead! If I don't get distracted by Ogres and Undead that have made their way into my home. Or Confrontation Wolfen...

(Also got the perfect primer color for Khanjira, who will hopefully get started this break as well.)

**Rygnan**

Unfortunately have to cut down my goals yet again, due to being really, really busy with uni assignments and really, really time restricted with painting. I have managed to get my Bane Thralls 90% painted, they just need basing and they're finished. Next month should be big-time work though, as I have a break from uni and I should finish off the backlogs for both my Skaven army and my 30k Dark Angel army.

**ZergSmasher**

Sadly, you may have to add my name to the DNF pile for this month. I've been so busy with RL stuff I haven't gotten much painting done at all. It hasn't helped that due to repetitive motion at work I've strained my shoulder.

**Theophony**

I tried to paint today. Honest. Then my 11year old son said "Dad, I don't......bleeeeeech(vomit hitting me)". Luckily it's just a stomach bug, he's resting now and I did manage to strong tone coat 10 models.

**Jackal**

Nearly finished the metal work on the thanatar and a knight lancer, so progress is being made for once!

Would like to add atleast the thanatar to my completed list this month.

**Dysartes**

Azazelx wrote:
Thanks Dysartes. Any idea what you might want to work on? If you're really keen, you're welcome to join in for 4 months? We've had a few "sign ups" who haven't been seen since, so swings and roundabouts.

Not sure just yet, Azazelx - I've got all sort of stuff I could be working on, so it may end up being a bit of a hodge-podge.

**JoshInJapan**

One more set of robots complete:

These are Neo-Bloc Goshawks from Paulson Games. More here.

**Ulf**

Finished a Dirz Halberdier to add to my D&D game's stable of bad guys.

And here's a group shot of the various models I painted in March for the D&D collection: