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.

Bit of slow-gress on the Brother Goriel

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.

Goriel is looking amazing!

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

 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!


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 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....


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And My March Commitment:

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

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.

 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.

My March Gretchin are now all DONE!



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

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.

Awww, amazing Thallax!

Yeah, those are really nice Thallax.

Those gretchen bring back some memories!

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


More here.

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

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

 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.

One more set of robots complete:



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

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:

That berserker is beyond cool

People are doing well. I am as always lagging behind. Have managed a fair bit of progress. But nothing seems to be getting finished. Keep hopping from model to model. It's a real bane of batch painting. Nothing seems to ever get done and then all of a sudden bam another 20 odd models are done.

This month has been really hard for me due to work. Hardly had any hobby time. I am working on this months goal of a this is not a test warband but I am not confident it will get finished by the end of the month.

I feel that Carlos, progress has been slow as I have been working and painting up a lot of Alpha Legion/ Deathwatch Overkill. Late, but here is my proof:

5 Algoryn Spotter Drones and an X-Launcher team:






Got the drones done today, so just the X-Launcher to go.



Good luck everyone, hopefully Easter provides lots of hobby time.

 Dysartes wrote:

 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.

Heh, no problem. But if you can think of at least a common theme for them it would also be cool. Just LMK if you want to be added to the current list.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
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?

Originally I envisioned it as motivating people to help start/finish armies or forces in a more focused manner, and I'm still trying to make myself get stuff done on task so I can put Gondor behind me eventually, but I'm quite happy if it helps to encourage people to paint and get projects finished that are meaningful to them. So I've edited your goals.

 Rygnan wrote:
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.

All cool mate. Hopefully you're able to finish one unit this month. Still almost a week, and I'd hope Uni gives you this whole week off?

 ZergSmasher wrote:
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.

Again, it's all good. Well, except for the shoulder injury. You've been getting stuff done, and as I said upfront - sometimes gak will happen.


I've updated the OP again with completed models. Except for the giant pics. Please LMK if I've missed anything.

Done virtually nothing this month.
An objective marker for my Orks


A Mekboy Speedsta and a Flakwagon made out of random bits

My monthly output, although only the Epic stuff and the guy on the larger base was fully painted, everything else was washed and based.

Looks good, mate. Remember, it's about finishing stuff, not only start-to-finish (which is welcome of course, but models and the completion of units bleeds over from month to month, and that's fine).

Hi all, would like to put my March results up. Please use this photo Azazelx for my completed work. Have pulled the finger out and knocked off another chunk of my Hive Fleet.



20 Termagants, 1 Tervigon (with Miasma Cannon) and 1 Tyrannofex with Acid Spray.

I probably should have posted it in here sooner, but here's my completed March challenge.

Been a bit unwell and also obsessed with Dark Souls, but I put a few hours in yesterday to get the villains from Wrath of Ashardalon finished. Still need to do the heroes, but this puts me over the 100 minis mark for the year so far. Will try to get the heroes done today - a bit tired of the set now and ready to move on.

Duergar:


Kobolds:


The titular Ashardalon:




(Funnily enough, this guy is the "big bad" in a two year long D'n'D campaign I've been running online. Pretty weird to have him painted up! But a lovely dragon mini)

And all the villains together:


After the heroes, the Descent core game is next on my hitlist. Then I'll either do Space Hulk, or take a break from board games and work on an army project.

Fanastic work! Three months left on this "round" of the Paint Challenge. How much Descent do you have?

I've got the Core Game and 1 expansion right now. So I might break it down a bit into smaller chunks than "1 game, 1 month" like I've been doing for.

I've got a lot on in April so I might not be as productive.

I am tempted to get another expansion though! Heh. As always.

Nice work on the dragon and cohort. You have a very impressive collection for playing Decent.

March is trotting along and have got the main part of what I wanted to get done....well done! The 'Dust Dogs' and Brother Goriel are now finished. I doubt if Kranon is going to get any love this month...just not in the mood for him. Will try and get Turmiel and the Spyrer finished this week. Here's what I got done so far. There's more detailed photos of the 'Dogs over on my AdMech page.

Love the terminator, especially the busted lens.

Cheers Josh

An updated group shot of all the D&D minis I did in March. I added an Orc to the mix. His weapons are all colorful because that's how I indicate to my players that the weapons are magical or special in some way.

Here is my March Challenge, all in one group shot:


More here.

Great stuff, Josh and Jan. Jan - if I could get some smaller versions for the OP and I'll link the rest to your blog.

I apologize for the quality of the picture, we got us some gakky weather around here with annoying light conditions.



But anyway, HA!

Wait, some letters are missing.

SHAme!

On me!

Well, did finally get my three Russ tanks all done, aside from the decals and the vision blocks / search lights, need to get a new dropper of Vallejo for that. However, another step closer to my trip to the UK. Only things left to do now is paint up the tank commander and banner for the Vanquisher, then stick together and paint a Dracosan armoured transport, Malcador with battle cannon & demolisher cannon combo and a Malcador Infernus with magnetized trailer before the 14th of April. I may have made a grave error on my end here.. But it would be a good way to make up for not being as active as I wanted to be back in February.

Following up managing to finish 2 units for Gondor this month, I managed to finish 2 units for the Undead as well. Hurrah!

Well, they can be run as either 2 Regiments or a single Horde in KoW, but I'm counting it as two, since they both have leaders, musicians and (sort of) their own heraldry. More here or lots more here.


I may be able to finish one more Gondor unit as well, since it only involves completing two models, and all that's left to do is highlighting their black clothing... it's just painful and off-putting to paint them, and it'd make a very quick tick for April if I waited until Friday to finish them - but that'd feel too much like cheating myself since there's only the pair of them...

lovely. very nice tones on the bone. Gotta love the classic skelton army

Pretty sure I am failing miserably this month. Just have very little spare time to paint not that my commute is doubled. Will still make an effort to get the tribals finished though. They have been started but a lot more work is required.

Got my Bane Thralls done, sadly that's all I've managed this month though. Uni mid-term break starts next week though, and I've finished all my assignments for a while now, so I'll be able to get a lot more done. Next month I aim to get my Skaven finished (already somewhat underway), paint my Unit Attachments for the Banes, and complete the last of my 30k Dark Angel models, a 5 man Heavy Bolter support squad.

Finished a Chaos Lord for use as a big bad-guy in my upcoming D&D game.

Lots more pics in my blog. Link in my sig! Have a look!

Very nice, I love the bright red Khorne dog.

Nice work, Ulf. They look great. If I could be just a little nit-picky, though, some liquid greenstuff to fill in the joins on the Fleshound would make the whole thing look that much better as a model.

So, can I just push what would have been my March goal into April since I really did not have time/energy to paint in March?

 Azazelx wrote:
Nice work, Ulf. They look great. If I could be just a little nit-picky, though, some liquid greenstuff to fill in the joins on the Fleshound would make the whole thing look that much better as a model.

Yeah, you're not wrong. I think I'm painting under too bright of a light. That flaw wasn't that obvious to me until I put it in the lightbox. But yeah, for sure, and I'm gonna keep an eye out for that in future models.

 ZergSmasher wrote:
So, can I just push what would have been my March goal into April since I really did not have time/energy to paint in March?

No problem. We all know that gak happens and sometimes for many reasons we might not get anything finished or even paint at all for extended periods of time. If you can get 2 goals into April even better! (But it's all for your own collection in the end, so whatever works for you.)

Ulf - you're going to have to update that group shot again now! I won't update the OP wiht your stuff until after the 31st, since you'll probably have 2 or 4 more models done by then.

Amaing what a head swap can do Ulf, that looks great. The joins on that model were a pita for me too.

Not a large amount done for this month, but I have done it. Namely my Algoryn X-Launcher and Spotter drones (the drones will be given to each unit in my army thus far):

X Launcher and Drones:



What the Tale Of Gamers has inspired me to do over 3 months:



Good luck with any last minute painting fellow gamers.

Great stuff, Thraxas. I managed to get the 2 models I needed for that Archer unit done. Just need to spray varnish them and then I can photograph the unit together.

If people who haven't already done so could please try to post their monthly pics, I'll be able to update the OP and start on April.

March Pledge Done... Remaining AoS items primed and zenith... Sorry for the blurry picture....

And April, May and June Pledges decided:

Group shot for March.



Pledge for April:
-Trygon
-2 Zoanthropes
-3-10 more RPG figures

I'll try and get my March pic later today.

Nice work Thraxas and Ulf

John I'll be looking forward to seeing the AOS stuff getting paint on it.

I'm away this weekend. wil try and get a group shot taken adn up come sunday

Maybe once my wife is home on Sunday and i'm finally free form the kids I can actually get something done?

It's been a hell of a spring break.

At least I got my Shadows of Brimstone finished. Maybe I should finally start those Tau I keep talking about...

But then again there's an Ogre army that's sitting in front of me waiting to get put together....ugh. Decisions....

Hey, didn't finish the unit , but did get this one done:

Have primed some stuff for next month and will try to get a unit done this time. Sorry all for being low on the productivity

Corrrrr, nice use of the blood effects!

 BrookM wrote:
Corrrrr, nice use of the blood effects!

Thanks very much BrookM

While we're at it, here's my current pledge for April and probably beyond:



Malcador vanilla, Dracosan and an Infernus, the official deadline is in twelve days. I'll be happy to at the very least get them all primed and blocked in at the very least though.

Well I didn't get as much done as I wanted this month. Bought more than I painted , which is usual, however I've been painting a lot more than I normally do.

Here is the majority of what I did this month. The 4 fatties still need strong tone put on them, but every time I open my pot of it the top layer hardens up and i loose a ton of it, so I'm waiting to get a bunch of fingures all done at once with it.


only 17 models ......Oh wait there was a rabbit in there too


April will hopefully see the Kings of War army I'm building with the three front guys here developed. Theres a total of 27 models in the 2000pt army, three are done and 12 more are proceeding currently.

Oh and here is a picture of the King of War army that iposted in my thread a few days ago. Hoping to get it completed this month.

My pledge for April will be the one I intended to do in March before RL kicked me in the nutz (well, the shoulder actually, but if I'm honest that's not what really slowed me down). So, the Tau Piranha. If I have time I'll also try to knock out some Stealth suits and maybe some drones as well.

Here is my April pledge, 2 GoA squads an AI Infiltration Squad and an AI Intruder Skimmer Squad:



Love your March work Ulf.

Completely failed to do anything for March and I can't see April being any better. I'm afraid I'm going to have to pull out of this.

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
Completely failed to do anything for March and I can't see April being any better. I'm afraid I'm going to have to pull out of this.

No need to drop, mate - you've gotten stuff done, so just do what you can do when you can.

My initial target for April is to paint 9 Orks.

Not much of a target at first sight, but this will finish off 2 units of 30 boys AND a unit of 5 heavy weapon types.

Got a nice bit done this past month. Really happy to have got the ranger squad done and done right. Here's the boys and a friend they dragged along !!

Fancy stuff everyone! I haven't given up, I've got stuff primed. Not sure what I'll get done for April but surely some kind of Orc unit. Maybe some skeletons as a 'stretchgoal'.

Did not manage to finish this months goals sadly so I will extend that over to next month now.

I did get to play about with my airbrush today which is going to take some getting used to.

What a fabulous thread! Well done to all the painters and to Azazelx for the notion.

Big push for April. Hopefully gonna get this lot done. Thanatar is main stage this month. Squad of ruststalkers on the side. Going to try and get a chunk of space hulk done as well; 3 termies and 3 stealers. Turmiel really really has to get finished this month and have gotten a start on a FW tech priest as well. Phew. Fingers crossed!!

Fancy! I've just about got an orc boss but finished, just seal and base. Hopefully I can do more this month but as he's technically a unit this should take the stress off.

I'm so over painting both Skeletons and Gondor dudes at this point. I'm going to push through and get a unit of Osgilliath Veterans finished, and maybe do some character models for the undead.


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 GrimDork wrote:
Fancy! I've just about got an orc boss but finished, just seal and base. Hopefully I can do more this month but as he's technically a unit this should take the stress off.

 Slinky wrote:
My initial target for April is to paint 9 Orks.
Not much of a target at first sight, but this will finish off 2 units of 30 boys AND a unit of 5 heavy weapon types.

I'd like to emphasise to everyone that both of these are completely "legal" for a month's target.

Hey if big ticket kickstarter s can put in a low funding goal and use fake stretch goals to fill out the core product... Why not me?

Gah! Blind guardian on Pandora is playing the soulforged (totally about Raistlin) and I'm in the mood to paint the everloving feth out of something but all I can do is pace around trying to lull Miss Babyington into slumber... Curses!

Nothing fake about it! I set up the thing with those very same specific rules to help motivate me to finish off character morels and those bloody annoying units that just needed a couple more models or a bit more work to get finished.

'Cos anything finished towards your XXXX army is more completed in your XXXX army.

Indeed, and before you made this thing, I hadn't painted a single Orc even though I'd traded off some perfectly good space marines for a gaggle of them (not that the marines were getting painted either!). So Kudos Sir!

Okay, I'm going to be cheap this month. I'm going to be working on my Covenant of Antarctica Air Fleet boxed set. However, I will not be doing the whole thing. My plan is to more or less split it up and work on the smaller stuff this month. So, that means bombers and any fighter drone tokens I might have. Unless I'm really feeling it, I won't be working on the battleships. The main reason for that is that 1)my birthday is this month, and that means I'll very likely be getting a pile of minis and 2)I picked up a pile of clearanced minis yesterday from Brookhurst Hobbies and received my missing Dreadball stuff. So, I have quite the pile and I'd just rather get through that stuff right now than the Dystopian Wars vehicles.

Sounds good Barzam, probably not a bad idea to pace ourselves in the middle-late stretch.

Here's what I've got for you guys so far, technically "done" for April but we'll see if I can't do a little more:




I'm not apologizing for the big base, it looked better This was a bit rushed, but I had both of my kids at the kitchen table while I tried to knock it out...feeding the small one baby treats to placate her and helping the other with the Nick Jr. games. Not how I'd want to paint every day, but he's done just the same.

A bit hard to see, but here is the entirety of the Shadows of Brimstone: City of Ancients base set.


My "stretch goals" are also there-

Swamp Slugs of Jargono
Heroes from the other box set- Swamps of Death
Malifaux Guild Guards
Malifaux Lady Justice and the Judge from the Guild's Judgement

Somewhat better photos http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-72319-50714_Shadows%20Of%20Brimstone.html

April is back to actual units though.

OGRES.

Big fat dumb ogres. Ogres on shaggy horned things. Ogres yelling. Ogres carrying sticks. Ogres with meat. Ogres shooting stuff. Ogres on really really big shaggy things.

If I can finish the ogres, I'll be starting up the Death Marshalls from that Guild's Judgement posse, finishing the Hellvermin enemies for Brimstone, and try to finish up some Scaly Horde stuff for DeepWars.

Also start those damn Tau I've been talking about for months!

Speaking of Ogres...

First unit of 'em finished.

My pledge for April is a side-step. I'm going to paint up 8 Space Hulk door bases and edge paint the doors themselves. I've got stretches in mind, but I'm gonna start small - I've got a huge RL event-filled month ahead!

I feel you- April is a CRAYZEE month for me too. There is literally a big huge important event going on just about every single weekend for us.

Doesn't make things any easier with Japanese school starting up in April, and my wife being shanghaied into being the PTA president...

Glad it's not just me. This month is nuts, easing up until the end of June and if there's any hope in the world it may go eerily calm after that (doubt it though!! )

Hate it when you get dragged in to stuff like that. You always know that it's gonna be filled with vast amounts of headache and work. Sympathies to your wife

Ive got a big and nasty exam on the 29th. Not a good month for me at all....

Well I took an opportunity and pushed through to finish these off. It may have been a bit of a pathetic pledge, but at least they're done. Anything else is a bonus now

nice one TP. gonna throw some filth on them too?

I kept reaching for the BFTBG and Nurgle's Rot, but didn't want to go overkill. They are best put on after varnishing anyway so I think I'll wait until I have a few more minis finished down the line to make sure the theme fits - a few skulls, termie helmet, stealer parts etc could still be added to match the SH minis

Those are Space Hulk doors? I didn't recognize them. Very nice work.

Cheers very much

They are from the 4th edition

I'm late I'm late!

Here is march

Stretch goal 1 (and possibly only):

So I got derailed by having a sudden increase in marking which I was not too enthusiastic about slogging through.

So the baddies from WoA is all I got done. April looks like being pretty crazy work and travel wise, so I'm just going to commit to getting the heroes from WoA and 2 monster groups from Descent done.

I expect to be fairly busy this month but I think May is when all of my birthdays/events pile up this year. Gonna work through some skeletons for another obligation as kind of a stretch goal and then either try to fit in some more Orcs or at least get some progress down so I can definitely finish a unit next month.

These guys are my last stretch goal for March (yeah, late, I know). It only took painting the last two of them to make a unit after my reorganisation of my Gondor army.



I haven't got anything done for April yet, though I've got at least a couple of simple things on the boil I should be able to complete since we're 1/4 of the way through already....


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And yes, I need to condense my multiple March models into one, smaller picture for the OP. Hopefully tomorrow or at least this weekend.

First April entry. A demon model that I sculpted. This guy is on a 50mm base, to give you a sense of scale. He's no lightweight.

As always, more pics available in my Blog. Link in my sig!

Cool demon model Ulf , it is very different. What system are you using it for?

D&D 3.5

LOL. I built it originally to use for WHFB, but couldn't bring myself to break him off his square base when they went to AOS rounds. And I don't want to mix rounds & squares.

Switch to Kings of War then, still square after all these years

Right?

He looks fantastic - and I second the Kings of War suggestion - or at least giving the game a try.


I updated my March pics to one combined pic with all of the figures to take less space in the OP. While I was out there, I took a "challenge so far" pic showing all of the units I've completed so far this year as part of the challenge since we're at the halfway point:



It's important to note again that not every one of these figures was painted this year there are a few on both sides (Minas Tirith archers and Black Numenorians) where significant numbers of the models were painted before this year - but the units were finished this year as part of the challenge. Others (Forlong the Fat, Undead Ogres) were already started but had stalled out for months or longer - again - motivation for finishing them being a key point of the challenge.

Quick WIP:

Sculpted demon is fantastic, Ulf!

And that Necron is coming on nicely, too

That toaster is coming along besitifukly. He looks Faaabulous!!!!

Good work guys. That's a lot of dudes Az, even counting my orclings singly you've still got a bigger army

Chipping away at these skeletons. Not really feeling it but I do want to contribute to the final scenarios of the Pulp Alley campaign. Actually kind of eager to knock out a couple more orcs as well.

I have gotten a bit ahead of myself and my April pledge of my GoA Algoryn is done:

Intruder Skimmer Squad:



Infiltration Squad:




All together now:

Nice. I like the way the colors on the models are close to the colors on the bases.

Thraxas they are very cool. And I agree the colours are a great choice.

This is stretch goal 2:
A very early WIP of my MEdge Hunter. Please excuse the sloppy base colours, I'll be blocking them in with black after I finish the base Leadbelcher.



Anrakyr is still ongoing, but fancied a break from him for a day or so

Fething excellent

I'm getting a bit of a Virtual On vibe with that Hunter.

Put a couple of white block areas on it and you'd have a nice 2P Raiden from that game.

Good times, good times... now I need to hunt down one of those old Hasegawa model kits...

So if you don't mind, how big is the hunter? The price they recently deployed for those on their website is pretty darn competitive, even if it only fits a 40mm base, but I don't think I've seen too many comparison shots in the wild, as it were.

Those Algoryns are looking awesome.

I guess we can call this a "stretch goal" if you want



I need to finish up his skelebros and then I can get on to some Orcs (or maybe Infinity... but I'd like to do orcs).


So I bugged Azazelx and he's shooting for a round 2 for the second half of the year. Anyone thought up some projects already? I'm torn myself, I'd like to continue plugging away at one concrete "army" sized project (could even still be orcs!) but the 'new faction every month' approach people have been doing is cool and could really push me to finish some Infinity or knock out some TNT warbands.

2nd half of the year would probably be my GoA Concord, failing that I still have a few Stormcast Eternals to paint up.

I've still got more than enough Ogres to go a 2nd round. Still plugging away on this initial batch. At least I've almost got my first Mournfangs done.

I think round 2 for me is getting lots of DeepWars and ShadowSea stuff finished...

....and then I'm thinking of randomly pulling a handful of random Bones models out to paint for skirmish games. Maybe every 5 or 6 models has to constitute a new warband?

Edged 10 Space Hulk floor tiles last night. The collage shows the stack before painting, the difference with and without paint and then the ten all painted up:

I suppose this is my official stretch goal 1 because it's actually completed. The two models are still ongoing.

Sorry for sort of photo-dumping, just finally found a way to keep my motivation and productivity with the hobby up. I sometimes find it hard to do work on a model of an evening, but edging a couple of tiles is far more manageable and I am reducing the amount of stuff that I need to get done

 GrimDork wrote:
So if you don't mind, how big is the hunter? The price they recently deployed for those on their website is pretty darn competitive, even if it only fits a 40mm base, but I don't think I've seen too many comparison shots in the wild, as it were.

Hey, sorry for delay, been very distracted over the weekend. The Hunter is only a little bigger than a SM Terminator. Here's a photo for scale:

Well here is the update for today.

That's the last of my 2000 points for this army. I still need to re-address the giant, which I have an Idea about, but otherwise thats 27 models in a month. More of these will be next as the stretch goal.....just as soon as I find where I put them . But my goal for April was to complete my first ever fully painted army (2000 points). Done. 30+ years of screwing around has come to a close. Now there's still base work that can be done for these guys, but I consider them done to tabletop standard right now. I have a cunning plan for their movement trays, but that is another story, which might be completed by the end of the month, but could also just play with these riding on the green GW trays till then.

completed army shot.


Onto some stretch goals

Nice stuff guys!

That hunter is enough bigger than the terminators and has enough extra parts that $10 for one isn't too bad. Thanks for the photo.

Nice stuff, guys, and congratulations Theo on getting a whole bloody army done!

I've come up with a cunning idea for myself for the second round. Neither the Gondor nor the Undead will be finished by then, but I find I keep getting out other interesting models and units out to paint when I finish the "pledge" for the month, only to have to shove them back into the background as the months speed by to concentrate on the "pledge" topic again.

The Gondor figures have an actual end in sight. There's still quite a lot of them to go, but it's still quite achievable. The undead.... well there's a real serious lot of them. Hundreds and hundreds. Not a short-term project, and I may easily join them in death before they're all done (seriously - because there's a LOT of them).

SO, for round two, I'm going to go for "Gondor+1". Which reminds me of that South Park episode "Faith+1" every time I say or think it. The plan will be that I finish at least a unit (or hero, war machine, monster, etc) for Gondor each month, plus one unit (or hero, war machine, vehicle, monster, team, warband, etc) for any other force from any other game. This will motivate me not only to finish the next unit of Gondormans each month until they're all finally bloody done, but it'll also incentivise me to finish the Night Goblin Netter/Clubbers, and the Skaven Plague Censer Bearers, and the Viking Hearthguard, and Be'Lakor, and the Marauder Giant (remember those two?) and the Minotaur Tactical Squads, and anything and everything else that's slowly clogging up my desk without getting completed. I might even do some more undeads.

As long as I finish at least one Gondor unit, and something that can legitimately be considered a "unit" of any kind for another game (especially KoW, 40k, SAGA, SBG, etc), then I'm good. This is just enough structure so that I can't finish off a single Plague Marine and call it a unit. Or a random Moria goblin or and claim it as "a unit for SOB&H". Even though it probably could be.

That's a great and cunning plan to get one army completed, just don't let the other model trick you into painting them first.

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Edged 10 Space Hulk floor tiles last night. The collage shows the stack before painting, the difference with and without paint and then the ten all painted up:

I suppose this is my official stretch goal 1 because it's actually completed. The two models are still ongoing.

Sorry for sort of photo-dumping, just finally found a way to keep my motivation and productivity with the hobby up. I sometimes find it hard to do work on a model of an evening, but edging a couple of tiles is far more manageable and I am reducing the amount of stuff that I need to get done

Now that I see this I look to my giant box of Space Hulk tiles....

No... I just...can't...

 DarkStarSabre wrote:

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Edged 10 Space Hulk floor tiles last night. The collage shows the stack before painting, the difference with and without paint and then the ten all painted up:

I suppose this is my official stretch goal 1 because it's actually completed. The two models are still ongoing.

Sorry for sort of photo-dumping, just finally found a way to keep my motivation and productivity with the hobby up. I sometimes find it hard to do work on a model of an evening, but edging a couple of tiles is far more manageable and I am reducing the amount of stuff that I need to get done

Now that I see this I look to my giant box of Space Hulk tiles....

No... I just...can't...

Go on, you know you want to

I am pretty certain I am going to move onto Bretonnia next. Have had a lot of success from home town gamers contributing to my army plan and almost have enough of the models I need to do both of the Bretonnian armies i wanted to do. Just need 14 damn horses.......

So what that means is once the Nids are done I will do oone of the Bretonnian ones. Open to voting on which one first.

What's the difference between them?

Bretonnian Army - Baron Reinholf’s Household
Bretonnian Army - The "Vain" Quest for the Grail, the 11th Crusade of Araby

Ah, Baron Reinholf's Household is a Peasant that has somehow managed to be elevated to that of a Knight so its his budding fiefdom, not many Knights as no noble would be seen dead with him, so heaps of peasants (Men-at-Arms, Archers, Mounted Yeoman etc). The Vain quest is a crusading force so lots of Questing Knights and Knight Errant.

I think I'd like to see lots of knights for your first Bretonnian force.

first stretch goal of the monthfor me is completed, introducing the Avatar of the Abyss (counts as mammoth with balista)





which brings me up to the current state of the army.

The flaming Monkey is looking more and more out of place next to these guys, he'll have to be allied in or something

about 2200 points of Kings of War Ogre counts as.

I finally have an update to share:



more here. I actually finished these guys on Monday, but haven't found time to photograph them before now. Sorry the photos aren't better...

Cool! I have a whole box of those on the shelf somewhere gathering dust.

April done! Deathwing terminator squad from dark vengeance. I painted these with selling them in mind if anyone's interested:



Small pic:

Last weekend, I noticed that a unit of spearmen just needed command to be finished. I'd had a pair of normal spearmen in the front rank who had been removed in order to make a horde-sized unit when KoW went to second edition, and the unit had just been sitting there with a big hole in it ever since. So I grabbed out a command pair and got them painted!



Which in turn completed this unit!

Looking good - I like the blue edging on the shields, gives a very nice effect!

Unfortunately I haven't had the brushes out this month yet, I was struck down with the flu, and now I have to prepare for impending building work on my house - Hope to get back into the swing of it next week...

They look great all together, can't wait for the full army shot. I like how the commander got a little bling without it being too ornate.

Sorry guys, due to constant issues and hospital visits/stays I'm falling behind this month.
Have made progress on the thanatar but will struggle I think.

My haul from Salute so for next month I will aim to do the Warzone stuff and make a start on the Panzer Grenadiers. I'm going to wait until I get an airbrush before I paint the vehicles though.

This month I have painted a single Nobz stand for my Speed Freaks so not even worth taking a photo

Still got the better part of a fortnight to get some more Orkses painted, Puffin.

And that's an impressively restrained haul from Salute, I must say.

 Dysartes wrote:
Still got the better part of a fortnight to get some more Orkses painted, Puffin.

I have a nasty exam on the 29th so I will be unfortunately busy.

My April pledge is all finished up. I present 5 Pytheus class small flyers for the Covenant of Antarctica.



I've split the Airfleet box, so next month I'll be doing the battleships. I wanted to focus this month on working on my backlog more than anything, so I should hopefully have a lot of stretch goals this month. I've already completed the first one, the Proteus combat mech.

Progress of this month's stuff. Ruststalkers nearly finished. Termies..... Underway. 'Stealers.....getting there and annoying part done. Tech priest needs some love!!

Wrapped up my 30k Heavy Support Squad today, and I have a lot more planned for this week. Tomorrow I'm priming and starting work on 16 Tactical Marines, the Imperial Space Marine I grabbed on the weekend, and my Bane Thrall Officer and Standard, and hopefully getting at least the marines close to done. Once they're finished it's onto the Thralls and Warwitch Deneghra, and after that finishing up as many Skaven models as I can (the Skaven are mostly just basing jobs, although my Clanrats are not going to be based anytime in the near future due to the sheer amount of them). Pics will definitely be up by Sunday, although how much I will get done remains to be seen.

I hit another stretch goal today, the Condor Heavy Lift VTOL from Clearhorizon Miniatures.

I've been slacking this month. Just haven't found the time to do as much painting as I'd like. I'm hoping to find a few hours later this week, finish up some Tyranids.

I finished this giant off as a stretch goal for this month, because an army should have 2 giants

Dealing with a few of life's unpleasantries right now - both personally and professionally, so while I've been ok to look, I haven't felt up to commenting on people's work here and in their blogs. So it's good to see so much good work still coming out in this thread. I'm still painting and doing a bit of writing up my own blog stuff occasionally. Got to have distractions, after all!

@ Azazelx, Praying for you man, hope everything smooths out quickly and for the better.

finished off four more ( last of these guys) boomers, here they are posed with one of the older ones I have done, they fit right in.

Man, I love this thread! There's so much amazing work on here from the past 4 months.

If there is a round 2, I am definitely jumping in. I have such a hard time motivating myself to paint, and it's led to 3 armies sitting on my shelves unhappily bare.
I'd just have to decide if I want to try and start working on my 8k nid army, my 3k bretonnia army, or continue working on my 30k Raven Guard... Or I could start working on the 100+ cultists I just bought for a Imperialis Militia 30k project... Too much plastic crack!

Thanks Theo. I'm pretty much going through a "don't give a feth" period at work with regard to all of the additional duties I have right now., Getting the core stuff done as best I can, and then when I'm feeling a bit better I'll just catch up on the additional planning and reviews and such then. People there are aware of what's going on, it's just a difficult and stressful time there for everyone right now, and not helped for me by the family issues.

I have to admit, while painting the same two things over and over have been tedious, it's also been a real motivator to get units of both the Gondor and Undead armies painted and I've managed to get a lot done.

There'll definitely be a round two and you're welcome to join. There are a few people who have expressed interest in jumping on and a few who haven't been seen since their initial posts, so I'll probably try to fill those gaps without letting it get too much bigger.

I've just finished another unit of Gondor (from metal to done this time) so I hope to get them photographed this weekend. Still waiting for the varnish to dry and then it's flock time before photos can happen.




I got these two finished last weekend. They're both "Undead" but neither falls easily into the KoW army list, but they might end up being my submission for the Undead part of my monthly pledge anyway. We'll see what the next week brings...

Could be a banshee, isn't that in the undead list? And the other could be an extra necromancer.

I know what you mean about work stuff, dealing with similar stuff here too, but I'm also looking for something different since finishing my B.S. degree.

No Banshees in KoW, sadly - and I've already got plenty of wraiths and wights. With KoW2's insistence on not having units of single-model large infantry there aren't a lot of options for "small monsters" either for the ethereal.

That's the Haunter model from Dark World isn't it, Azazel?

That's the one. I'll have a Plog post up about these two when I get home from work.

Progress!!! 'The Ashen' are all finished, based and photo'd. rest of the photos are up over on my AdMech plog. These guys were a blast to paint. Want more!!! Back to Space Hulk now

Good work guys. I got the rest of the mummy King's entourage done, may make a unit base just cause. Think I may have a little more painting in me this month...hasn't gotten too hot yet. Maybe trolls, or skulks, or something gianty. Dunno.

You can never have too many giants

Stunning Jan!

Cheers TP. That's just one of the photos. Didnt want to clutter this thread up with the ridiculous amount of photos I ended up taking - lol

I completed two more stretches today, both in 15mm.

A pair of Cyclops battlesuits



And a Japanese Power Armor squad



That completes my 15mm stint for a little bit. I'm going to try and focus on some 28mm figures now, though I may sneak some work in on my Fiddler mecha.

I've just spent the last little bit of time updating the OP with people's finished models. I haven't quite got the last 2 pages from the thread in there yet, but some of you guys keep churning out the models and so I'd be changing the pic every 2 days with all your extras - so I might do a couple of them at the start of May.

On that note, anyone who's done and pretty much dusted with April can start to put in their final photos if they like and I'll try to catch up on updates this weekend.

April has been a slow month for painting. Here are my latest finished models:


These are banner bearers that came packed with the Ii Naomasa model I got in the first Steel Fist Kickstarter. I'm working on several more models from this campaign, but it's been slow going. More here.

I may have to put off the Piranha yet again. However, I intend to fully finish something for my Tau army, even if its just a few drones.

That's the spirit, mate. Anything is something, after all!

I've finished the next Gondor unit for my army, a small unit of Osgiliath Veterans, including a Faramir model.



Many, many more pictures here

Interesting, Azazelx - a mixed melee/ranged unit? What do you use them as in KoW?

Next month's goal- a Heer Panzergrenadier platoon.

 Dysartes wrote:
Interesting, Azazelx - a mixed melee/ranged unit? What do you use them as in KoW?

Having only just finished them, I'm not sure yet. Probably Foot Guard as befits veterans. If I move the spears to the front I might count them as having 2-handed weapons. Unless there's a more fitting entry in the Basliean army list, or the Not-Bret list or the "other half of the Empire" list. The mix is very much a thing in LotR SBG, though.

I may have some Gondor hidden in he garage somewhere. I might have to drag them out.....

Feth! Has is really been 3 weeks since I last looked at this thread? Amazing work since then everyone.

Sorry that I've done nothing for a couple of months. For various reasons that I'd rather not go into beyond saying that severe bouts depression are involved, I've had a complete lack of hobby interest since the middle of March. I seem to be coming back to wanting to paint something now though.

Bit late for me to get anything done for April but I'll see what I can do for May. No promises yet as depression is to put it bluntly a bitch to deal with and very good at rearing it's ugly head at about the half way point in any project I start.

I might move away from doing any ME stuff for a bit, a fresh something or other might be just the ticket to make me feel enthusiastic.

BIG EDIT!!!!!:

Ok scratch that thing about having nothing for April. After making this post some inspiration struck and I started painting the minis from a boardgame I bought recently, Fleet Commander Ignition. This game allegedly came with pre painted minis, if pre painted means bare plastic with coloured blobs or lines for engines and a nearly invisible faction logo then I guess that's true. Needless to say they were not up to scratch. So I've only gone and painted the whole set of 14 minis in an afternoon.

Here's a group shot:



The Hegemony of Amycles Fleet:



The League of Phoebe Fleet:



I guess you can call that lot my April submission. Not my best paint jobs ever but a huge improvement on the standard minis. If the game is any good I'll probably pick up at least the first expansion and maybe another base box to allow either larger 2 player games or 2v2 team games so I guess there's a good chance of more spaceships from me in the future. Even if the game's no good with a quick rebasing these minis would be great for something like Full Thrust. Not bad for £15

Part 1 of this month's pledges are here, as well as a 'surprise' model. The first lot of photos are all for Warmachine/Hordes, as my Warhammer stuff isn't quite finished yet (it will be in a couple of hours, so I'll post them when they're done). So here we have Warwitch Deneghra and the Officer and Standard Bearer for my Bane Thrall unit, finishing off my current lot of Cryx models, and the surprise, Maelok the Dreadbound. Maelok will be followed up by some more gators in a couple months time, as I aim to not get any new models until Warmachine/Hordes MkIII is released, and I have cleared most of my backlog.

And now for my Part 2, fairly delayed as I had a run-in with a wasp on my painting table! Here's the 'marine' half of this month's pledges, a 5-man Legion Heavy Support Squad wielding Heavy Bolters, some regular old tactical marines, and the Imperial Space Marine released last week.

My target of 9 Orks is looking very distant :(

I may manage 2 to complete one of my units of 30 boyz.

I honestly forgot what my goal was for this month. I had to check the first post to double check!

I guess it was Ogres. Good thing they're done! I should probably finish up the current batch sitting on my table to go with the completed guys!

I did actually get 90% of my Tau collecting box put together, considering I've been talking about doing it since January....

Maybe next month. If I don't get too distracted by those new Orruk models, which depending upon their size, could quite well end up with my Ogres...

I've managed to get 10 more zombies done, from sprue to (almost) completed. Just need to add some final BFTBG, add flock and rim the bases. They'll combine with the two I did last year to make a "regiment" of 12. A bit pissweak for zombies, but I'll add more later.

No zombie should ever be underestimated.

Well I've been less than productive today, I should have some painting time in the morning where I intend on getting 36 more figures done.......yes 36. They are the mulfins, and they are only snotling sized, but they still count . They already have their yellow basecoat and a bone colored belly done, just need to pick out the back spines and the eyes, they are very basic. Also the mountain that I found has gotten some base coat painting done on it, but I'm not too concerned with getting it done anytime soon due to it's size and no use in game.

After April is done I think I'm taking a break from this army for a little while, I haven't nailed down my next project for May yet, I'm feeling the need to scratch build something, which takes away from painting time.

Looks like I may just make the deadline for this month. As always it will be last minute posting. But the paint gods were kind to me and my black paint just held out long enough for me to finish up what I was doing. Hopefully finished shots soon.

April is done!

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You've done it again, those are fab!

Those are really great cultists . I like the pallid skin tones you did on them, still makes them look more human than alien.

Really hoping I can finish the last highlight on the blue skin in the next day or two, to get my Trygon done in time for the start of the May commitments. LOL

So close to having this Trygon done. SO many layers of highlights..... really looking forward to painting some smaller models.

Ulf that Tyranid is beautiful Well done. Possibly the male version of the pink tyranid cartoony style that I love.

with April pretty much done here is my update ported over from my P&M blog:

Thanks everyone for the feedback
April has been a very impressive month for me painting wise. I had an actual concept for this army going into it, and it did not vary much from the plan. So with a little cheating (4 models were done last month in the last couple days of that month, but I'm finished a couple days early this month so in a months time ) I completed my 2000pt. kings of war counts as ogre army with a whole bunch of stretch goals thrown in.

here is the army shot

so that's 76 models in the last 30 days (36 of the mulfins in the last 2 days really bumped the total up, but People have said that individual models each count as one right? and they count as red goblins (with appropriate yellow bellied rule) in the game for me.

here is a shot of the mulfins, I decided to just do a simple yellow tone for them to help them match the army but not look like molten rock.


there is only 3 poses to those models, but they make a great line dancing formation .

Here's a group shot of my April pledge:


More here. Expect more Samurai in May.

Here's the zombies - I finished the flock and blood today, right to the wire this month.



I'll get a combined shot of this month's Gondormen and Undeads shortly.

Awesome stuff Az. I love the guy in the middle who's just a pair of legs and spine! fantastic!

It obviously doesn't show up in photos, but the gloss from the BFTBG paint really makes them look that much more grisly.

Would you recommend that blood stuff Azazelx?

I've been tempted to get some and splatter my Bloodbound guys with it. Seems appropriate.

I'll try to have a finished pic of my Tau drones in by this time tomorrow. They are almost done.

Might as well repost this, here's my April stuff. I know I never pledged to do it at the start of the month. Anyway here's the contents of the Fleet Commander Ignition box. Not great but I'm quite happy since they're the first things I've painted in a couple of months and only took an afternoon.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Would you recommend that blood stuff Azazelx?

I've been tempted to get some and splatter my Bloodbound guys with it. Seems appropriate.

I used to use Tamiya's Clear Red for the same kind of thing, but I prefer GW's style of acrylic, so I tend to use BFTBG these days, despite the ridiculous name. So that's a yes.

Nice work, Nick. While I often have a vague idea of what I might paint at the start of a month, that can often change. There's no need to declare your target at the start of each month or anything.

Thanks Azazelx. I'm just happy to be painting again after a couple of months of not wanting to do anything.

I think I'm close to knowing what to do next month, of course that could all change tomorrow as there's a wargames show on. If I spot anything I must paint my plans will change.

Still lurking the awesome stuff in this thread and quietly exalting them. Was a bit sick after I got back from my trip to the UK (got a cold at Brussels South train station I was patted down and the like on a windy platform, must've been the big black army carrying bag), but enough with the puking up of intestines and the like already!

After the mad flurry of trying to (and failing!) to get my tanks all done in time for the trip I've decided that my next project will be an easier one that I'll be taking my time with, having spent most of last night and this morning cleaning and sticking these together:



Mind, it will still be a simple paintjob of boltgun metal, washes and some copper in there to mix things up, but it will be a nice change after all those tanks.

I'm hoping to get started on the chap on the far right in the front row first, he's my personal favourite for the time being.

Whenever I'm done with that squad I'll move onto two different projects for my Heresy stuff..

Well I have had a very productive streak and have finished off my Tyranids for April, which in fact is the culmination of the army. So I am into the 4th month of the year and have knocked off the first 2,000 point army of the year.

Here is my April results (please use this one in the initial post):


and here is a cheeky shot of the whole army. More can be found over on my painting and modelling blog.......

Damn that's a lot of bugs, it's photos like that that both make me want to get in to 40k and run a mile to get away from it. I love the lore and look of 40k (when it isn't obscured by skulls) but there's no way I could tackle a project like that without going mad. I think I'd have to limit myself to little 500 point armies which I can spend lots of time doing little conversions for. You know the sort of thing I mean, an Inquisitor plus retinue or maybe a crusade era non compliant human army.

Oh bugger, I'm just going to give myself expensive ideas now aren't I?

Anyway, loads of respect for painting all those Nids so far this year Archer.

That's a lot of gribbly critters......get my flamer.

Well done evereyone, even if you didn't get everything done from what you wanted too I hope this thread has been as inspirational to you all as it has for me.

April has been another great month. Everyone has really done great, inspirational work.

Here's my actual entry. I'll do a combined photo soon

I did get 2 Orks done, just need to finish their bases then I will get a pic up

Well it looks like my plans for May have changed. Went and bought the Wrath of Kings 2 player starter box on a whim at the Diceni show in Norwich today (along with a small pile of boardgames). The minis are so lovely I can't resist doing at least something from that set.

@nick, I'm interested in how those figs look and if it's a decent game. Miniaturemarket had a few of the boxes on the shelf for half off because of dings. Last thing I need is to start another new collection though.

Well I've got no idea when I'll be able to play it and I've not had a proper read of the rules yet. The rules are free on the website so I'll have a good look through them at some point (only got quick start rules in the box). Having built the minis they really are nice. Just be warned they are restic, I personally have no problems with that material but I know some do. My main problem now is what to paint first.

I'll give a big thumbs up for Wrath of Kings. Restic or not, the material works for most of the figures- it doesn't hurt that a lot of them are on the larger side. The weapons are all ABS as well, so they've got a bit of bend to them, whereas the figures themselves are nice and sturdy.

Plus there's some really cool new figures coming down the pipeline for every faction.

Rules are pretty simple as well.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Rules are pretty simple as well.

That they are (just started reading the rulebook), just over 20 pages of game rules in a nearly 250 page rulebook with the rest being fluff and unit stats (which are on cards included with the minis anyway). Being concise like that but with loads of fluffy goodness already makes WoK the sort of game I like.

Oh I've decided to work on the House Goritsi Shield Breaker first, I just can't resist the thought of painting a werewolf that carries a "huge axe" and wears steampunk power armour.

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Rules are pretty simple as well.

That they are (just started reading the rulebook), just over 20 pages of game rules in a nearly 250 page rulebook with the rest being fluff and unit stats (which are on cards included with the minis anyway). Being concise like that but with loads of fluffy goodness already makes WoK the sort of game I like.

Oh I've decided to work on the House Goritsi Shield Breaker first, I just can't resist the thought of painting a werewolf that carries a "huge axe" and wears steampunk power armour.

Making it hard to pass up the deals they had. Must resist. Checking account says

Hey. Here are my April hobby achievements:

8 Space Hulk doors edged
8 Space Hulk door bases
33 Lost Patrol tiles printed, glued, edged
Darth Vader Tie Fighter metal model
Millennium Falcon metal model
Anrakyr the Traveller (The pledge for April)

My pledge for May is a squad of Maelstrom's Edge Epirian Contractors:

I have failed this month.... life caught up with me...



Only 2 models completed...



7 remain unfinished. I will move on to my May pledge and I'll come back to them if I have time.

@John, no worries, this is all just to help motivate each other and maybe learn a few things along the way. Those Sigmarines look fantastic , and I dislike AOS. Will like to see what you do with the other side of the core box.

@TPDC, great job on the falcon and we all like what you did with the doors from space hulk/overkill.

Okay, here's my April submission, only a day late:

Pretty sad, but at least I finished something. Now I need to figure out what I can do for May...

 Theophony wrote:
@TPDC, great job on the falcon and we all like what you did with the doors from space hulk/overkill.

Thanks Theophony, means a lot to me

For future reference I will be moving onto a Bretonnian army for the rest of this tale of gamers. Need a break from the generic nature of Tyranids and can't think of anything more characterful than all that insane heraldry.........so if you would be so kind Az, sign my Bretonnians up for the second half of the challenge.

Here's my slightly feeble April submission.

It does finish off a unit of 30 boyz, though, so that's something at least

I don't think I would ever call old school ork boys feeble Slinky, old orks are best orks IMO. So much character in those minis compared to the green gorillas of today.

I always loved their jaw line, so PacMan-esque

That might explain why Orks say "Dakka" so often, I'm on to you GW! You can't just change one letter and get away with it for ever.

Now that May is cometh, pledge time it is! I'm aiming to finally finish some things that have been in the works for several months, namely the remaining Tyranids I have for a friend and basing/touching up my Clanrats. Once this is done (probably get started on before but whatever ) I will be doing up a Deathjack and Gatorman Posse for Warmachine/Hordes, and a semi-related goal of mine for this month is to improve my miniature photography, so fingers crossed you'll get some better quality images from me soon.

P.S. Azazelx, would I be able to get my project changed in the OP to say that I'm working on Warmahordes stuff as well? Another thing I just noticed is that my pledges for April aren't there, they're mid-way down page 26 if that helps!

If I can, I'd like to adjust my May pledge. I want to change it from the Dystopian Wars airships to an Imperial Knight. I still plan on doing the airships this month, but they're being relegated to stretch goal status.

Azazelx has stated a few times that the goals can be changed, not hard and fast, so get to that knight barzam . Will it be an actual GW knight or a Gundam Knight who has joined the Imperium of man?

I can't remember what my actual April pledge was. I think it was Ogres. I'll get a shot of them all together this weekend, as I certainly painted a fair amount of them.

I'm thinking my May pledge will be to finish my Varanguard, and then something big to go with them- either a Chaos Lord on a Manticore, or Archaon on his giant dragon. That one will be a daunting task for sure!

 Theophony wrote:
Azazelx has stated a few times that the goals can be changed, not hard and fast, so get to that knight barzam . Will it be an actual GW knight or a Gundam Knight who has joined the Imperium of man?

Surprisingly, an actual, proper GW Knight. Aside from some magnets, it's even a straight build.

Totally OT but there's no proper Knight Gundam kit at the appropriate scale.

I would have owned one for some time already, outside of the Gundam Cloth Real Model toy from the mid 90s that is quite expensive.

Musha Gundams are another story. Or The new SD Knights. But a proper Master Grade, or Real Grade, or hell, even a High Grade Knight Gundam has been something I have been pining for now for many MANY years.

If Barzam is starting his knight, I should probably get mine done as well, seeing as how we split a Nemesis box.

Make with the instructions Barzam, so I can finish the thing!

My first painted models for May are ready to show:


Only five of these are actually new, but the unit is now complete. Go here for more details.

Great clan wars figs Josh

Wow guys really great stuff lately.

I think for May I'm gonna have to try to get on to these trolls or a giant or something. I dunno. Something easy. People were talking about having a busy April but for me it's May, some kind of wedding, birthday, graduation thingy, blah. Plus more work and it's getting hotter.

I may have to resort to painting up a boar rider and slapping him on the dragon turtle to be a krudger on slasher. We'll see. I was trying to get the archer unit done but meh, they aren't inspiring me just yet (except the mawbeast who is done).

Feels like an age since I got my April submission in. This month I nearly run out of Algoryn to paint so I am gong to finish them and then onto some GoA Concord. So this is an Algoryn AI Asssault Squad, a Concord NuHu Mandarin (with Drone) and a 5 man Concord Strike Squad:




And here is the progress that the "Tale..." has brought me thus far:

Nice army shot, Thraxas - not knowing much about GoA, how large a force is that, would you say?

Well shoot.

Gotta readjust my May painting pledge (as well photograph my April stuff still).

I *WILL* finish the Varanguard this month, but I need to take care of my kid's school project.

He needs to build a replica of one of the California Missions (part of the 4th grade curriculum here in CA).

His mission- Mission San Francisco Solano, the final mission built at the end of what's called "The King's Road," the path that connected all the missions together.

Anyways, my dad is really into scratchbuilding stuff, so with nothing but cardboard, some dowels, and PVA glue, he went and made this.





And why, would you look at that? It's even at the right scale!

The actual mission, for reference:


So yeah, that's my painting pledge for May, because it needs to be done by the 16th!

It probably isn't the best pic I could've taken, but here is my completed May pledge, my Imperial Knight!



Oh, I Azazel, you haven't posted my April pledge photo on the first page. I'd posted it back on page 25, but here it is again.

Ok, since I've got quite a lot of work done so far I figure it's time for a little teaser of my first mini for the month.



Snow/tundra bases seem to be a thing I enjoy doing so I'll be doing the whole Wrath of Kings 2 player starter with them. The rock is just a piece of garden slate (painted obviously). I put loads down in my garden last year and still have about half a bag hanging around, perfect basing material. Additionally the base has a load of polyfiller (spackle) in it to built up the ground layer to be level with the top of the base. I'll be putting rocks on all the special and leader bases with the regular grunts just getting plain non rock bases. This will hopefully make the special and leader units stand out a bit amongst the grunts. This base is for the Goritsi Shieldbreaker, I just couldn't resist painting a steampunk power armoured, axe wielding werewolf as my fist mini from this set. The mini itself is coming along very nicely, just got to do a little more tidying of the base coat then it'll be washes, highlights and getting it glued to the base.


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Well that took less time than I expected. Here's my first completed mini for May.





And a comparison shot showing just how big this thing really is. Look at that puny Karist.



On to the next mini, not sure what it'll be yet.

Thanks for that pic Nick, I'm working on the same guys for this month (Goritsi) for my WOK Herd army. That's some nice work on the Shieldbreaker. I'm thinking of getting a second to chop the weapon out of his hands and place shoulder mounted guns on him (boomstick or the lightning type upgrade)

Glad you like it. I think you're right there's a lot of conversion potential with that mini. A pair of wrist mounted guns could look quite cool or a large spear/glaive style of weapon. I'm definitely looking forward to painting the rest of the set. First thing I want to do though is finish all the bases, got all of them painted and done the ground texture, they just need snow and tufts now.

Still working on getting the Mission done, but I did manage to finish all of the Varanguard off!

Now time to go paint random stuff like I usually do!



Also go finish painting Mission.

Theophony wrote:
Fellow DakkaDakka users,

Azazelx has asked me to stop in here to speak for him as he has been dealing with an unexpected family tragedy over the last week. For those who have been following for the past few months you may have read in his blog, or here about the ongoing health concerns of his father, but this event is not related to those occurrences and was a severe shock to him and his loved ones. He has returned back to work and has begun browsing the threads again, but is not ready to participate in discussions right now so it may be a short time until we see or hear from him. He will elaborate when he can but currently he just needs to get back to normal so he will not be updating his thread or the tale of 35 gamers thread for a short time.

He does not want to tie up his blog with well wishes or condolences from everyone, though he know that we as fellow DakkaDakka members are right behind him 100%. He also does not feel like elaborating at the moment as to what has transpired, or even to answer well meaning questions as he is trying to make sense of it himself currently.

Thank You everyone for your thoughts and prayers at this time. I'm sure Azazelx appreciates them. In his absence lets fill some pages of DakkaDakka threads with some great eye candy for him to view when he needs to take his mind off of his current situation.

Theophony