Ok, it's that time of year again, where I complete an army in a weekend and see if everyone else can keep up, lol!



Last year I successfully completed a Chaos army in 2.5 days.

This year my army of choice is Necrons, as crazy as that may be. But, ya kinda gotta be nuts in the first place to tryk and omplete an army from the box in one weekend!



So here is the army itself, itching to get out of the box and start the assembly process.



This is where the magic happens. As you can see, it has all of the neccessaryksupplies.



The stack of Dr. Pepper! Only $40 for this mountain of soda. I just hope it's enough! 88| (You think i'm joking, but I'm not.)

So the rules are as follows: Everything must be in the box, and you can't start until noon friday. After that, I've got until midnight on sunday to get the army completed.

I'll be taking pictures of Hyde's attempt, as well as Steve and Tim, so wish us luck and check back often! I will be posting pics every couple of hours and we will have 15 minute podcast updates every 6 hours or so.

See you tomorrow!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 0

MOVIE COUNT: 0

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NORMAL

OH GOD....

Necrons and diet soda?


Clearly you have demonstrated a serious lack in judgement....

I can't wait to see the progress on this, seems awesome!

I hope the other guys didn't cop out and pick Necrons too, lol.

I wish you luck you crazy crazy man. lol

This is gonna be sweet, can't wait to see what comes outta 2 days and that many Dr. Peppers....
Granesh

Your progress will surely motivate me to keep up.

Too bad about the everything in the box rule, I have tons of stuff (about 10k points?)on the sprue/in various stages of painting and assembly that would love to get done, and this thread has motivation written all over it.

you are either insane, or a complete genius!

course, you dont really have to paint over the metal parts so you might get a head start

You sir, are crazy. However, diet Dr. Pepper? Really? Dr. Pepper is one of the finest soft drinks ever crafted, you might as well get the real stuff - it's not that much worse for you anyway! You'll just get diabetes from all that high fructose corn syrup, rather than the runs from all that diet soda! Cherry Dr. Pepper was my poison before I stopped drinking soda.

Back on topic though. I can't say I'm a fan of Necrons, but how many points is that? I support this endeavor, as it can only end well. Good luck, and get yourself a soft drink with a bit more kick to it!

Wanted to post the color scheme of the Necrons, they are not going to be as easy as you think! No silver necrons for this crazy man, lol.



The gold is three parts: Tin bitz, then shining gold, then a wash. The purple is pretty straigh forward but the gun barrels will be a little time consuming. Plus I will be making custom bases for these guys. So I've certainly got my work cut out for me!

I am doing 30 warriors, 10 scarabs, 10 destroyers, 6 Heavy Destroyers, a Monolith and a Destroyer Lord. Just a little over 2,000 points.

Well I am off to breakfast to meet the other idiots, see you at noon!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 0

MOVIE COUNT: 0

OPTIMISM METER: EXTREMELY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: I WANNA GO BACK TO BED.

I love this idea so much.

Kudos for doing this, good luck with the build and can't wait to see what you come up with.

You paid $40 for 12 cases of soda? Man thats a ripoff. Around here we pay something like $7 for 4 cases, or less than $25 for 12 cases.

Sub-SCRIBED! I can't wait to see how this goes, I'll be cheering you on in spirit!

L. Wrex

*chant* MegaDave! MegaDave! MegaDdave! MegaDave! MegaDave!

Hey good luck man! I admire your ambition (though I think your shooting yourself in the foot with that colour scheme )

- null

MegaDave wrote:Wanted to post the color scheme of the Necrons, they are not going to be as easy as you think! No silver necrons for this crazy man, lol.



The gold is three parts: Tin bitz, then shining gold, then a wash. The purple is pretty straigh forward but the gun barrels will be a little time consuming. Plus I will be making custom bases for these guys. So I've certainly got my work cut out for me!

I am doing 30 warriors, 10 scarabs, 10 destroyers, 6 Heavy Destroyers, a Monolith and a Destroyer Lord. Just a little over 2,000 points.

Well I am off to breakfast to meet the other idiots, see you at noon!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 0

MOVIE COUNT: 0

OPTIMISM METER: EXTREMELY HIGH!



SLEEPINESS: I WANNA GO BACK TO BED.

Prefer mine to look metalicly bone like.

And we're off! Here is mountain of stuff we are putting together!



8,000 points of army to be completed by sunday at midnight.



The insane team of Tim, MegaDave, Steve and Hyde. Let's git er done!

BTW, the first mini-podcast will be up soon, check it out at http://www.40kbasement.com

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 2

MOVIE COUNT: 1 (Starting with LoTR)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NORMAL

Good luck, you guys may need it.

Good luck!!

So... a little after 1pm EST... done yet Dave?

I'm jealous. Good luck guys, I look forward to seeing the progress. I wonder if I could do the same...somehow I doubt it.

So two hours in, I'm doing pretty good with my bases, only 17 destroyer bases to crystalize until I can get the sand on there.



I wasn't sure how the Plastruct hexagon rods would look, but I think they are doing the job admirably.



Hyde has his first model done, he has decided to go the route or one squad at a time.



Tim and Steve are in pure assembly mode, the sound of clippers snipping a constant in the background.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 6

MOVIE COUNT: 1 (Starting with LoTR)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NOT SLEEPY AT ALL!

I love your choice of beverage, infact Im drinking a DP right now, damn I love these.

Very awesome, I think I remember you doing your chaos army last year......unless about a year ago someone went nuts on an army in a similar fashion. Anywho, good luck fellas!

haha this is just awesome ! Good progress so far. your all nuts and I like it

Good luck can't wait to see how far you get by tomorrow.

There is a high probability that this will kill you.

You have my intrest.

This post had created an upwelling of emotion in me:

Awe & inspriation: Your determination is inspiring me to put forth further effort in completing my own projects.

Jealousy: You have four friends that are up for doing something so crazy with you as well AND you tolerate them enough to be willing to spend that much time with them at the same time. Lucky you.

Curiousity: Is that a bottle of whiskey in the middle of the shot of your workbench (to the left of the superglue)? And is that for helping you thin your paint or for helping you thin your Dr Pepper?

Disgust: Your going to be drinking how much Dr. Pepper for how long?

Either way, this is definetely the best thing I've read all day. Good luck and Godbless.

This is so cool, I love the idea!
And [see forum posting rules] luck!

Wow this is really awesome I can't wait to see the finished product. You guys are so lucky you get to but all that stuff at once. You picked an awesome movie.

Ah no painting station is complete with out with out a bottle of Bushmills to Irish up the Dr Pepper. Good luck fellas looking forward to seeing the final results also loving the yellow on the nids.

Tip of the hat to you guys.

Quite a project; good luck to you!

... good luck with that, sirs.
*Subscribed*

It's like a train wreck. All those Dr. Pepper cans, all those models, not nearly enough time to consume either in a normal, healthy level of intake. I can't look away.

This is something I look forward to.

Although now I feel lazy for having unpainted models that have been unpainted for a month or longer...curse you for my uneasiness!!!!


your gonna do great and I can just see your mass of purple/gold monstrosities.

P.S if you don't wanna bother with painting the Necron barrels, put them in after painting so they don't need to be painted. Good luck

May i ask what you use for the crystals on the bases! Cheers. And best of luck and sugarhighness of speedums!

Oreren wrote:May i ask what you use for the crystals on the bases!

MegaDave wrote:I wasn't sure how the Plastruct hexagon rods would look, but I think they are doing the job admirably.

One can always ask, but reading gets the answer faster.

Good luck with this, sounds like your going to need it

Martndemus wrote:

Oreren wrote:May i ask what you use for the crystals on the bases!

MegaDave wrote:I wasn't sure how the Plastruct hexagon rods would look, but I think they are doing the job admirably.

One can always ask, but reading gets the answer faster.

i didnt miss it i just didnt quite understand it... been a long day for me thank you anyho!

Good luck to my fellow Ohioans. May the Dr. Pepper carry you on to your goal.

Is the Nid player going to be dipping his nids?

Ok, almost a full day into it, things are going well. Petty much every one has completed their first goals, and are on to the next one.



Ruined a brush with a mix of super and wood glue, but it was worth it.



Parker stopped by to get painting with us, and plans to stay the whole time!



Hyde is on schedule and hasn't even taken a nap yet. )



Steve is looking a little overwhelmed. "What the heck did I get into!" he cries.



Brian, a fellow Necron player, has come by to hobby as well.



Adam Rubright did also, our house is full of gamers! :>>



Here are his Warmachine dudes he's completed so far.



Doing a podcast update, having lots o' fun. :lalala:



The master mixer at work...



The stack of empty dr. pepper cans grows...



Tim has been putting a lot of work into his infantry, time will tell if this is the correct strategy.



Got all my bases done, just waiting for the glue to dry so I can prime them.



Hyde finished brood, the first of many to come!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 11

MOVIE COUNT: 2 (Currently on The Two Towers)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NORMAL

What are the wood stirrers, screws and wood glue for?

You sir are a better man than I. I have down bout 1500 of painting in a weekend but not a complete build and paint of 2000 that's rough after 4-5 hours my neck is throbing.

lol this is crazy! maybe i should do this to get my ork army finished...

Are you all INSANE!??!!

Dr Peppers AND painting minis
too much hiccups and burping for a steady hand

Have seen Blitzbau's before but not a Bitzblitzbau
this is mental!

good luck guys

What are the wood stirrers, screws and wood glue for?

They are for doing this! I sticky tacked them to paint stirrers so I can spray them when they have finished drying.

Very awesome, I think I remember you doing your chaos army last year

Yep, that was me!

Curiousity: Is that a bottle of whiskey in the middle of the shot of your workbench (to the left of the superglue)?

Yes, yes it is. Bushmills helps dull the pain.

Is the Nid player going to be dipping his nids?

Nope, just a heavy wash.

Are you all INSANE!??!!

Yes, as are all good Ohioans. This is quite likely the reason no one vacations here, lol!

Thanks to everyone for all the good wishes and support, I really appreciate it.

Well, back to the monolith.

MegaDave wrote:

What are the wood stirrers, screws and wood glue for?

They are for doing this! I sticky tacked them to paint stirrers so I can spray them when they have finished drying.

Very awesome, I think I remember you doing your chaos army last year

Yep, that was me!

Curiousity: Is that a bottle of whiskey in the middle of the shot of your workbench (to the left of the superglue)?

Yes, yes it is. Bushmills helps dull the pain.

Is the Nid player going to be dipping his nids?

Nope, just a heavy wash.

Are you all INSANE!??!!

Yes, as are all good Ohioans. This is quite likely the reason no one vacations here, lol!

Thanks to everyone for all the good wishes and support, I really appreciate it.

Well, back to the monolith.

Ok then, I can safely say I hate you
People shouldnt be able to paint the much that fast, and it still look good. Takes me forever to do mine

You are all completely mad.... I love it!

Subscribed, and best of luck!

Ditto King Cracker

BTW if that thing turns blue, does that mean you are pregnant?

No Orks? This makes me sad .

Good luck though!

Are any of you using these armies at the event at the CSP next weekend? Im planning on making it there and meeting a few of ya!
However I am not crazy enough to even think of trying this lol. GLHFDD!

If I lived near you guys, I would pop in to keep your spirits up with my drunken antics.

Totally insane.
Some guy a few years back did 2.5k worth of necrons for WD in a single weekend.
Good luck.

Stupid monolith... I hate this model. BIG pain in the butt.



I think it came out ok though, mainly due to my cursing, I'm sure.



Tim is making some good progress on his vostroyans.



Brian's scarabs are close to being finished, although he has to leave after that. :(



Hyde has completed his first carnifex, and it looks scary! 88|

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 19

MOVIE COUNT: 3 (Just finished LoTR trilogy)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NORMAL

(Next mini-podcast is at midnight, check it out about 12:15)

lookin nice. cant wait to see it all when its done. really like the vostroyans

Ok, so things are moving a little quicker now, off to do the regular destroyers next.



The guns on these dudes blow. I really hope this model gets redone when the new codex sometime way in the future gets redone.



Hyde is working on Raveners, but unfortunately one of them got assembled backwards, poor little bug! :no:



Tim finished up his first squad of vostroyans, and is currently working on the next batch.



Steve, after taking a 6 hour break to go to his own graduation party, came back and got busy assembling as fast as he can!



Adam is almost done with two more warmachine jacks, they just need to be dipped.



Parker is hard at work on his blood angels, here is one of his completed assault squad members.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 24

MOVIE COUNT: 6 (LoTR Trilogy, Starship Troopers, Terminator 1 & 2)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: SLIGHTLY SLEEPY

I am holding up fairly well, but there is still much more work to be done! It is about 4:00 am here, anotehr update and podcast in 2 hours! B)

Very cool idea. I might need to design some sort of paint fest and work on my backlog of models as well. Inspiring in a way, especially if you pull it off

Im gonna PM you a question bro

All of the destroyers are finished, just scarabs and 30 warriors to assemble, then paint begins!



I hate the green rod things. I wish GW had never invented them. They are terrbile.



Steve is asleep again. Tim went home and has not returned. Hyde disappeared upstairs, I assume to take a nap. Only myself, Parker and Adam remain.

Unless people step it up, looks like I may be the only guy finished yet again.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 28

MOVIE COUNT: 11

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: SLEEPY

didn't sleep a wink, but I still think I am on track to get it done.

Amazing how well you guys are doing
takes me ages to get half the quality on a single figure
So stop it , just stop it I say!!!

great stuff MegaDave
keep going lad! you can do it!

My god, if only I could paint that fast, well done MegaDave, keep it up!!

Sleep is for the week! Keep it up, this is great!

woo! go Megadave! i'll be watching this as it progresses. in fact, this has inspired me to finish what's left of my fantasy army, before the weekend is out. to the painting table!

I wish I could buy a whole army at once put it together and paint in one weekend.

Come on men, finish what you started! I know you can!

Good luck to you gentalmen I wish I could do half as much as you in a weekend.

Best of luck!

Gooood luck, I just know you're gonna make it!

Just a quick update, not much to see other than some primed models. i am just working on the last 14 warriors and then the paint begins, so I should have color started by 6 pm at the latest.

I'm still very confident i can get them to the level i want by sunday. No problem!

Just a quick update, not much to see other than some primed models. i am just working on the last 14 warriors and then the paint begins, so I should have color started by 6 pm at the latest.

I'm still very confident i can get them to the level i want by sunday. No problem!

Quite awesome, I'm waiting for more updates

Hats off to you sir! keep up the good standard MegaDave! but dont go for to long, sleep deprivation sucks bawlz.

just keep on drinkin' those DPs,and you'll be bouncin' off the walls.

You're mad, sir. Good luck

Looking forward to seeing them all painted.

So another update, and no new pics of my stuff yet again. Sigh. Well, on the bright side, I am ALL done with assembly, so any picture of my stuff from now on can only include painted stuff.



Tim has been making more progress, I really think his tanks are turning out nicely.



Hyde got his winged hive tyrant from forge world put together, it looks like it wants to eat me!



Why oh why are things not going faster? Must find resolve and power through. Only 30 more hours till finish time. I will not fail!



Stve is still hard at work, pluggin away until he falls asleep again, lol!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 44

MOVIE COUNT: Lost count a long time ago.

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: OH MY GOD KILL ME.

Completely Batgak crazy... I like it.

Good luck with this, looking forward to seeing it all finished.

It will all be finished of course?

Never question the man Dave, it will be finished (I assume as much at least)

Only 24 hrs from Tulsa
(Wha.... who let Gene Pitney in the room?)

C'mon guys keep going!
or will post said video!

Just a quick update so you can see some pretty pictures of something that I did.



These are all of my destroyer and heavy destroyer bases, but this theme will be repeated for every model in the army.



A close up of the monolith's base.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 48

MOVIE COUNT: Lost count a long time ago.

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: OH MY GOD KILL ME.

This truly will be a monolithic achievement...

Can't wait to see you make it!

Hey MegaDave

AMAZING bases man! Looking forward to seeing the completed models . . . . .

- null

I'm surprised, no quality drop? Impressive. I woulda figured the obscene amounts of caffeine coursing through the system would have you trembling like a schizophrenic madman. Either that or the sleepiness would cause errant brushstrokes galore.

Monolith's have bases?!?

This is awsome Megadave, keep the pics coming.

I am way impressed by the work so far! Keep a running total of the the hours! Will check back in the morning to see how far you've gotten.

GOOD LUCK

I was working on finished up the entire squad, but I thought i'd go ahead and focus on just one so I can give y'all a better idea of what I'm actually doing.



Eventually I'll go back and highlight the purple, paint the eyes, and stuff like that but for the purposes of this challenge it just needs to look like it currently does.



Overall I'm still pretty happy with the scheme even if if doesn't have all the highlights and detail work yet.



Hyde has been busy working on a trygon and some genestealers.



Tim has completed a valkyrie and a hellhound.



Steve is still toiling away, and he say he should have everything assembled and primed tonight.



Parker has been busy with his blood angels san. guard.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 50

MOVIE COUNT: Lost count a long time ago.

OPTIMISM METER: HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: KINDA SORTA AWAKE.

Since when does the monolith need a base?

That aside, the bases look awesome, and the color scheme on the necrons looks...pimpin'.

This is an impressive project, and...
Hell, I should just say it.

This is awesome, and you should feel awesome.

MegaDave wrote:Ok, it's that time of year again, where I complete an army in a weekend and see if everyone else can keep up, lol!





This is where the magic happens. As you can see, it has all of the neccessary supplies.

What company are those lamps and were did you get them?
also i agree completely with TempusCorvus what you are doing is very impressive... don't think i plan to try to find out tho =p

I could never do anything like this. If my buddies and I got together to do it, I'm sure every 15 minutes we'd have to go out for a smoke break, be too drunk to paint properly, or end up playing CoD:4 instead. I still have 1000 points of Orks to paint, and I've had them for over a year!

Good luck to you, may your wishes come true.

4:30 am here in Ohio. So all 10 of the swarms have been completed, and let me tell you, they are annoying. But they look cool and that is all that matters.



I also finished up two more necron heavy destroyers, so I have a whole two units done now. Hopefully the warriors go a little quicker.



Hyde has most recently been putting together gargoyles.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 55

MOVIE COUNT: Lost count a long time ago.

OPTIMISM METER: Too tired to be optimistic.

SLEEPINESS: No sleep and no beer make MegaDave go something something...

The more I see of those nids the more I love them keep up the good work guys looking forward to the final results.

The colour scheme looks really good, the gold and the purple work well together. The bases for the swarm are really well done as well. I think you did a good job on high lighting the gems is really cool.

WOW! You kicked that scarab swarm's ass! They look really great! It figures that only the undead/machine army is the only one to keep plodding along! Keep up the good work. You are inspiring me to paint, but I am still in the middle of my paladin project...

Im wondering when your going to just pass out. This not only a good read, but funny as well.

The progress is really good you guys are quite the insperation.

Incredible job guys! when I heard "army in a weekend" I was assuming combat patrol or at most, 1000 pts. You lot are hardcore, I can't wait to see them in person next weekend. Keep up the good work.

Great thread. Takes me about 2 hours to put a Leman Russ together so this is really inspirational stuff. Keep it up and best of luck!

So I have finished all 30 necron warriors, as much as they can be finished in a weekend. There is still plenty of detail I want to add to them, but that will happen later this week.



Only the monolith and 14 destroyers until I am finished!




Steve finally got some paint on his models! First up are some stompy sentinels.

MAN I am beat! 11 hours to go until it is officially over, thank goodness. We have the final mini-cast at 12, and then it is off to bed for a LONG nights rest. I'll post again after I get the monolith done.

See ya then!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 60

MOVIE COUNT: Lost count a long time ago.

OPTIMISM METER: VERY OPTIMISTIC!

SLEEPINESS: Narf!

Keep going, you can do it! The 'lith should be easy, due to the large flat areas.

Valk

Painting necrons is easy, I have confidence that you'll ger 'er done.

That is really sweet. It makes me feel better knowing im not the only one crazy enough to undertake such a feat. My wife and I decided to do the same.

To be done by Monday Night
32 Hormagaunts
32 Termagaunts
6 Warriors
6 Raveners
16 Genestealers
1 Hive Tyrant
3 Tygrons

so far 1 Tygron, the Hive Tyrant, the warriors and the Raveners are done. along with Half the Horma's

I wish you all the best of Luck.

You guys are real troopers. Reminds me of a night a few summers ago where I spent the whole night tearing apart and salvaging an old Rhino while my buddy painted his High Marshall Helbrecht. He actually fell asleep holding the figure, woke back up, and kept painting!

This inspires me to do something similar at the end of this semester. This thread is great!

Brother SRM wrote:You guys are real troopers. Reminds me of a night a few summers ago where I spent the whole night tearing apart and salvaging an old Rhino while my buddy painted his High Marshall Helbrecht. He actually fell asleep holding the figure, woke back up, and kept painting!

This inspires me to do something similar at the end of this semester. This thread is great!

I agree, it's inspired me to actually finish my army in a weekend ! I'm terrible for not painting entire armies this has defiantly motivated me !
Your progress is truly inspiring, I hope you all get it all done on time

Okay, all I have left to do is the purple on these guys and I'm dont for the weekend. Shouldn't be a problem.



Man, that monolith is going to need a week of detailing just by itself!



Steve is still going stong, models are being worked on and painted all over the place.



Hyde puts some finishing touches on his Tervigon, and is very close to competing his army.

Well that's the last post until midnight, so check back then to see pics of all of the armies up close.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 74

MOVIE COUNT: Lost count a long time ago.

OPTIMISM METER: VERY OPTIMISTIC!

SLEEPINESS: I have been hallucinating. I have seen two zombies, a ghost clown girl on my couch, and was atacked by an invisible spider doing cartwheels. Sleep, I wants it.

Just think how much quicker you would have done if you had drank 74 Mountain Dews in the same period of time... Any drybrushing would definitely be easier due to the caffeine jitters.

These Necrons look dynamite, as do the Nids and the other armies. I am truly impressed by your dedication. All I managed to do this weekend was one piece of terrain. :( Nice work anyhow.

well,now i know what i'm doing next memorial weekend.
mega dave,how much did you spend to do this,on everything?

Have you seen the lepercaun fighting the whale yet when you have you know your REALLY need sleep.

Who am I fighting?

*Gets kicked in the leg by a short irishman in a green suit*

Looks like you guys are getting down to the red-line of midnight!!! Waiting to see what it all looks like! I think I need to get back on the painting wagon. It has been almost a year since I started my Bearers and they are still not done!

Next weekend stretch I am gonna finish them!!! DAMN STARBUCKS AND MY SCHEDULE!!!

Hey its midnight, wheres the results!?!?

It's only 11:30 here in central time!

it's nearly one in the afternoon here!

Results in a minute, just got done podcasting. Gimme 10.


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Rember this pile of hobby stuff we started with on Friday afternoon?



Look what we turned it into!



Yowza, that's a LOT of painted models!



MegaDave's Necrons!



Hyde's Tyranids!



Parker's random assortment of things he painted!



Tim's Vostroyan Imperial Guard!



Steve's Imperial Guard!



A closer shot at all 2,000 points of my Necrons.



Hyde's tervigon is practically bursting with babies!



Parker's Blood Angels ready fer som killin!



Parker surveys the war room after the looooooooooooooong weekend.



My mountain of empty Dr. Pepper cans. I superglued them all together.



See, told ya!



The team gets together one last time before going home for soem well deserved rest.

I was the only one who didn't sleep at all, as of this post I have been awake for a personal record of 66 hours.

Our last mini-pod cast is up at 40kbasment.

Well we completed 5 armies in 2.5 days, and had a blast doing it. Tomorrow we are taking them out for our first games, over at the Guard Tower.

Thank you all for your support, it really meant a lot to us and helped us get through the very tiring weekend!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 79

OPTIMISM METER: Can't wait till nexy year!

SLEEPINESS: Passing out as soon as this is posted.

You guys are rediculous. good job. go sleep. and i hope you all lose your matches for being such incredible modelers!

One question guys.

After all that Dr pepper for this HUGH project. Does Diet Dr pepper really taste like regular Dr Pepper??

WOW looks great MegaDave.
So tempted to do that after i finish school.

Now get some well deserved sleep.

you guyz are crazy.... thats a lot of Dr.P dude! you sure you will be able to play tomarrow?

Good on you guys great job i wish to try a mini verion of that. Now go get some well deserved sleep you crazy crazy men.

Good job! Now go get some rest, you've earned it

Post more pics when you've worked a bit more on them? Close ups!

Well done, I knew you could do it! I'm so tempted to try this for myself

Valk

A 1000000 kudos to you guys! It took me 3 weeks to assemble/speedpaint/dip my 2000pts nid army....

Nice work guys congrats

Congratulation guys
job well done

Congratulations Guys, it was an awesomely inspiring project and I commend you all for your dedication with a pinch of insanity. The armies all look cracking, I think next years project should be an entire apoc army though between all of you. Maybe a hundred strong Death Company, lol.

Conrats again guys and try not to dream of painting to much.

Awesome Work guys, congratulations and good luck for next Year

Very well done indeed. They look fantastic for a 2.5 day job, now get your well earned rest.

Im impressed, thats alot of minis. Good Job, well done!

I.... am.... in.... AWE. Amazing. Go get some sleep, you guys. You have obviously earned it.

Well I fell asleep right after I asked where the results where I cant even stay up past 1230 anymore, damn children

Thats pretty impressive though, and your armies dont look like they were just hammered out ina few days. If I had to do that, Id be cutting corners like a mofo. Hell the wayI paint Ork skin now would take too long to finish in a weekend. Congrats on getting it done, and good luck on your first games

Bonus, you got some new Terrain, The Tower of Lord Pepper!

This is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen anyone do with this hobby. Very entertaining.

With all that DR Pepper running through your veins, are you sure you'll even be able to sleep? Great job all around. Incredible!

Crazy way to spend a three day weekend, but amazingly impressive

Oh I slept like a rock, lol! Thanks again for all the support guys

Well I am off to get a few games in, I'll post some pics when I get back!

You guys are off the hook good job.

So we got a few games in today at the guardtower, to celebrate our accomplishment.



Brian, a fellow Necron player, put up fisticuffs and we went at it! He likes the Nightbringer better, but I enjoy the Deceiver, so it was a battle to see which non-present entity was theoretically better, lol!



My destroyers somehow failed to manage to kill a 6 strong scarab unit, which promptly charged them and held them up. Luckily, the monolith was nearby to suck them out of combat. I then killed the stupid scarab. )



My Scarabs and Lord pulled the same trick, and got stuck in with his destroyers. Monolith particle whipped a unit of 8 pariahs and killed every single one!



Nobody killed much on either side, but holding up his destroyers allowed mine to float around the battlefield with impunity.



Silly game. Both monoliths ended up right next to each other, immobilized, and with not much to do began particle whipping each other as warriors milled about under them.



Necron Warrior vs. Necron Warrior: In Space, you can only hear the clinking of silverware.

In the end, I ended up winning 5 KP to 3 KP.



Tim's first game of the day was Hyde, and he set up his Mech Guard in the city.



Hyde started crying when he saw the lack of LOS blocking terrain on the board.



Hyde made it across to tickle Tim, but couldn't do much. In the end, Tim beat Hyde by blowing his brains out. 88|



Steve and Parker squared off for their first game, and Blood Angels outflanked all over the guard...



... but in the end couldn't hold enough objectives, giving Steve the win!

Well I am still tired and gotta go to bed, but I'll get some more pics of game two up tomorrow.

I really enjoyed reading this thread and love the work done by all the parties involved.

This brings me back to my younger days and spending marathon paint sessions with a couple buddies of mine. We never attempted anything of this scale though.

I'm getting ready to start on a tyranid army and have found inspiration in Hyde's tyranids. I haven't seen those colors before and the yellow really stands out against the bone color in a very good way. I think I'm going to have to steal that paint scheme from him.

Cheers to you all on a job well done!

alcyonmz wrote:One question guys.

After all that Dr pepper for this HUGH project. Does Diet Dr pepper really taste like regular Dr Pepper??

No.

It has it's own flavor. Very good for a diet drink, actually. It's the only diet soda (or any soda) I buy, other than Coke Classic for my Run and Cola...


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On topic, Congrats, guys. While I also spent most of my 30day weekend painting and modeling, I didn't get quite as much done.

There must have been something in the air.

Congrats on completing your army, and a huge thanks for posting this blog. It's the best blog I've read in ages

I think you guys can call the Guiness world record for this cool action

I may have to come up to Ohio next year and join you guys. Probably the only way my CSM will ever get finished ha

Game number 2 saw me matched up with Tim's mighty Imperial guard.



I certainly had my work cut out for me, as he had a squadron of 3 russes, a demolisher, an executioner and 2 vendettas with veterans packing melta and plasma inside. Almost all of his weapons ignored my armor and in lots of cases make it so I won't be back! XX(

Tim stole the initiative and got to go first, but luckily most of my stuff was out of LOS and he only managed to kill 5 scarab bases.



I responded by charging forward, covering the Necron Lords advance by stunning and shaking the demolisher and executioner. With no one on hit right flank able to fire, I was fairly safe from the rest of his russes.



The necron warriors in the woods were taking a pounding from the russes, but they did their job by distracting him from the real threat. The lord and scarabs immobilized the demolisher and ripped of all of the important guns, while the executioner was shot until it could no longer fire.



Tim's vendettas proved troublesome, as the veterans were able to down lots of destroyers. luckily I made some good WBB rolls, and was able to annihilate one of his squads, and immobilized the one on the right flank.



The necron lord got into it with the demolisher and wrecked it, but got flamed by the devil dog. Luckily he didn't die, and even had a scarab swarm left over as well. The next two turns saw the lord destroy the downed vendetta, then he went back to explode the devil dog.



the monolith tried to run interference for my remaining warriors by blocking LOS and particle whipping things, but Tim continued to try and get me to phase out.



My warriors had to take one last barrage on turn 6, but only lost one necron after the went to ground. It was close, at this point Tim only had to take out 4 more necrons to phase me.



Everybody else decided to hide, especially the necron lord and scarab base, as they each only had 1 wound left on them!

After the dust settled, we counted the KP and found that I just barely scratched out a win! I ended up with 5 KP, and Tim managed to get 4. Tough game, but my purple toasters pulled it out. :>>



Hyde and Parker start rolling dice for their game two, Tyranids vs. Blood Angels.



Parker was a crazy man, deepstriking things all over the place, which the tyranids enjoyed eating. After that, they went after and slaughtered the terminators.



The final rounds of the game saw the bugs all over the objective, wiping out the tactical squad in the open.



Parkers fire support got caught by a few different units, and they promptly ripped off all of the important bitz, selling them to the highest bidder.

Well that is it for all of the army in a weekend stuff, although I am spending this week finishing up the 'crons to take them to the hobby tournament this saturday. I'll be posting pics of that tourney as well, so make sure you visit 40kbasement.com and check it out!

So awesome, loved it all guys. Thinking that I may have to do a similar self challenge soon just to get some stuff done.

On a related topic next time should be consider making this a more forum wide event? So those of us not in Ohio can try to compete via this crazy series of tubes?

On a related topic next time should be consider making this a more forum wide event? So those of us not in Ohio can try to compete via this crazy series of tubes?

So, you would want me to advertise about it ahead of time, so every one can update their progress in the thread? It's an interesting idea and could be lots of fun. Guess I'd have to post the "official rules" lol, not that there really is any such thing.

Basically I was just reposting what I put up on my site anyways, but I'll keep that in mind next memorial day and let others jump in if they want to try their hand at painting while being sleep deprived!

Looks like a lot of fun. Nice work everyone. 2k in a weekend is no easy task... I haven't been able to paint a 2000 point army as long as I've been playing.

I dig the idea not sure if we could get my local guys to do it but it would be a cool twist

It was a fun read and I'm impressed with the execution. The armies turned out much better than I thought they would considering the time line. Congratulations to all involved.

I would certainly participate in this ! Sounds like so much fun and a great challenge. I may be doing something similar in the coming months as I have a lot models that I want to get painted and built.

Awesome. Great work all around!

Knew I recognized you guys, its Jeff or TK or JT. Good old Guard Tower. Cheers mates.

If you do this again but forum wide, I have a group of Aussies willing to do it.

Thats Quite taking this hobby to an Extreem, Awesome Job, are you going to have an all v all with your new armies?


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you've inspired me to finish my BA army, so far half painted


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and unfortunately 5 assultmarines short, ah ha ha

Just to let you know how much this inspired me, I have almost completed a full 20 man Shoota squad of orks to table top quality in three nights. About 2-3 hours each night. Not quite a full 2K army but it's a big shot for me. Thanks for the motivation.

Truly....inspirational! Just what I needed to get off my duff and start painting!
So tonight, I'm going to download some podcasts from 40k basement...break out the diet mountain dew and get to work. Thanks for the awesome post! (Great looking necrons btw)

Commissar Agro wrote:If you do this again but forum wide, I have a group of Aussies willing to do it.

Yup yup! Every memorial day is gonna be Army in a weekend day, so I will make sure to post updates a month or two ahead of time next year.

Glad I could inspire people, always nice to know I'm doing something useful with my insanity, lol! Next year should be loads of fun as well, i have decided to run a contest to allow the viewers to select both the codex and the list. Think I'll try to give out a prize to the winner.

I'm up in the air at the moment if I'm gonna let people pick the color scheme, I really would have to end up with pink orks or something!

WOOT! Looking forward to it!

Magos Explorator wrote:Quite a project; good luck to you!

Just found this thread. Having seen the bugs, necrons, and vosotroyans on the table its very impressive, especially so when you consider how little time went into it.