How do!

New promotion type thing from GW

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zuyx9b9b/introduce-new-people-to-warhammer-and-help-us-reach-a-target-of-one-million-miniatures-painted-in-2026/

Between 17 January and 19 May, pledge to paint 25, 50 or 100+ models at your local store, and if you hit your target you can get some cumulative rewards.

Rewards are…quite nice to be honest. Definitely nice to have, rather than must have in my opinion.



Also further rewards for “recruiting” people into the Hobby.



Mostly to extract digit from orifice, I’ll be making a pledge. Got the models to paint already, so might as well use it as motivation and get some nice enough rewards as well.

I've never had a metal cotton swab holder before!

Seriously, what is that?

Brush Case.

Stepped thing in the second pic is a brush holder.


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Jeebus. I reckon, focussing on my Epic Scale stuff, and no not counting each individual infantry as a single model, I could thrash out 100 models in a fortnight.

Do my Astartes Infantry boxes gets me to 88, so only need a few more. And boy do I have options for said more!

Seems interesting! I didn't manage to even paint 10 miniatures this year as the ones I started were something i was enjoying so little i've put off painting them....but felt like i had to finish before starting another. They're some of the Battle for Skull Pass Dwarves.Think i'll just leave them unfinished and start something else.

I might be able to do 25, but not even sure on that.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Brush Case.

Stepped thing in the second pic is a brush holder.


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Jeebus. I reckon, focussing on my Epic Scale stuff, and no not counting each individual infantry as a single model, I could thrash out 100 models in a fortnight.

Do my Astartes Infantry boxes gets me to 88, so only need a few more. And boy do I have options for said more!

Wait? Legion Imperialis models count? That seems unfair.

With a can of black primer and a single pot of silver paint - you can have an entire Iron Hands Legion done in an afternoon!


Ehhhh.... I just noticed something.

You’ll get a One Million Miniatures pin badge for 25+ miniatures, a purity seal water pot stand for 50+, and a paint brush tin for 100+.

If I paint 50 models you get a rubber pad for the water pot, not the water pot itself.

I paint so slowly/erratically that I'll be lucky to get 25 minis painted in 2026....

And I have no local GW store (not that I'd ever paint something at the shop - if I'm at the FLGS it to play.)

I don't think that I'm the target audience for this one

Is this the world's first rubber pad for a water pot? I imagine so!

Faction, game system, and size of miniatures doesn’t matter, it’s just how many you can paint.

My guess is that it's not as as open as one could interpret this sentence.

Perhaps they should have not labelled the LI boxes as such if they wished to avoid getting rules lawyerd.

Do they have to be GW minis?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Jeebus. I reckon, focussing on my Epic Scale stuff, and no not counting each individual infantry as a single model, I could thrash out 100 models in a fortnight.

My go to for Iron Painters were stock Necron Warriors or (whatever undead) Skeletons. 8-10 hours for 100ish scrubs to a decent standard, then the other 4-2 hours for a handful of command or some kind of 'special' thing like a chariot.

The hard part for those were always the assembly, so it was at least somewhat of a challenge.

I feel like Marines would be pretty easy these days now. I wouldn't want to do an entire company in one go, but I feel like airbrushing some base color(s) and oil washes would make them a lot faster than what they used to be.

This is giving off "desperate for sales" vibes from a company that I thought was in good financial shape.

Dude, it’s just a post-Christmas Promotion to drive hobby engagement.

There’ll be many hobbyists that received new models for Chrimbo. And those, ideally, need building and painting.

It’s also a way to get folks in-store to spend their Christmas Money on more Warhammer.

PoorGravitasHandling wrote:
This is giving off "desperate for sales" vibes from a company that I thought was in good financial shape.

How does it? They do things like this every year, because the start of the year is a time when people are more likely to have bought, will buy new miniatures and/or start new projects. It's just a way for them to have a bit more engagement.

I'll be buggered if I managed 25 miniatures but I'll give it a shot.

That’s not quite the incentive I would go for, but it takes all types

Oh, that's a big fat nope from me then. I doubt I'd be allowed to use my AK, MIG, War Painter Fanatic and Mr Hobby paints in a GW store.

Big fan of the water pot, I use it for all my paintings. Many times GW hobby tools etc are a bit gimmicky but the water pot is really well designed and very useful.

A good incentive to paint the grey if you ask me.

Eh, this year, maybe I'd have been able to. Next year is Definitely For Sure Getting Those Trench Crusade Miniatures Painted Year.

So do you have to paint the models in store? It doesn't actually specify in that article.


I suppose I should sign up though. I've got an army of skeletons and zombies to paint and getting some cheap tat rewards for doing it sounds like the sort of incentive I need.
It's a shame that the brush stand is only for recruiting people though.

I’d guess ask your local store?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’d guess ask your local store?

My local store wants you to bring in the unpainted models as proof (or buy them at the store) and then bring them back in after you paint them.

I figure the mangers (local and/or regional) might have some leeway in interpreting and making the scheme work based on their local customer base and setup. Eg some stores might have insanely tiny painting stations and know that they've got lots of customers but that they can't run this in person - others might want you to paint in person at the store to avoid the scheme being abused etc.....


In the end there's likely a regional finite amount of stock for this and in the end its all about having a bit of fun encouraging people to get painting on the new shinies they got for christmas and all.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:I’d guess ask your local store?

Seems a sensible course of action. Also gives me the perfect excuse to go in and get the Servitor mini of the month.

Lathe Biosas wrote:My local store wants you to bring in the unpainted models as proof (or buy them at the store) and then bring them back in after you paint them.

That would seem not unreasonable. Not perfect by any stretch, but workable.

Overread wrote:I figure the mangers (local and/or regional) might have some leeway in interpreting and making the scheme work based on their local customer base and setup. Eg some stores might have insanely tiny painting stations and know that they've got lots of customers but that they can't run this in person - others might want you to paint in person at the store to avoid the scheme being abused etc.....

My local GW has a small table for painting, probably big enough for two people comfortably, 3 at a squeeze. Although I can't honestly say I've ever seen anyone painting there except for the redshirt. Most of the time it's got a box full of Mini of the month sprues sitting there waiting to be taken. This might see an influx of people painting in store though.

If it's anything like the other store challenges they've run lately, they will want it to be new models that you buy when you make the "pledge".


I rather like the water pot mat thing, I wonder if I can find the same thing on etsy

My local stores do not allow people to come in to do anything other than play a demo of the games, build the free mini, and demo paint one of the two free figures. Even though the manager I spoke to knows it's insane, and that getting 'bums on seats' in store means more chances of random purchases.

Figure it will be "show us it unpainted, and then painted".

 NAVARRO wrote:
Big fan of the water pot, I use it for all my paintings. Many times GW hobby tools etc are a bit gimmicky but the water pot is really well designed and very useful.

A good incentive to paint the grey if you ask me.

The water pot is not the prize. The prize is the flat rubber thing that the water pot stands on.

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 NAVARRO wrote:
Big fan of the water pot, I use it for all my paintings. Many times GW hobby tools etc are a bit gimmicky but the water pot is really well designed and very useful.

A good incentive to paint the grey if you ask me.

The water pot is not the prize. The prize is the flat rubber thing that the water pot stands on.

Tought you were joking, but after reading the article, it is indeed the case lol. This is direct to thrash knick knacks

I don't really have a "local" GW store, so I guess I'm just screwed. There are three in my state, but each one is 2+ hours away by car in whichever direction. Not that I was terribly worried about having more Warhammer doodads, but it would have given me a big incentive to actually get some stuff worked on.

Well, I doubt I can hit 100 models, but I do have the emperors children launch box plus the Christmas box and soon to get gift of the combat patrol, so I’ll aim for 50 models. Sadly I don’t have much else of a backlog, but I don’t need a paintbrush holder so whatever. Free pin and coaster is always nice.

Well, 25 models is about 2 1/2 Blood Bowl teams.
I've got 6 unpainted ones. I might be able to get some done by May anyway.

By early May? I should be good for 25, maybe 50 if I get on a roll and crank out some nids or skeletons. 100 would be a crazy stretch.

How many models are in a typical 2000 point Space Marine army?

I can't believe they actually mean it when they say "any size", but the LI starter set alone contains "223 epic scale plastic Citadel miniatures", by GW's own metrics. I always thought it was silly that they counted each miniature individually on those boxes, but by their own metrics, I certainly painted over 500 miniatures last year.

And yet on Nurglings it says 3 miniatures even though there's dozens of the little guys in that box and they're the size of a GUO compared to LI guys.

I noticed the teleport homer that comes with a box of Terminators is a model...

Makes me wonder if the skulls in the battlefield trophy kit are all individual models...

Whilst I very much hope people are just having a laugh?

Remember, store staff are just doing their job. And having worked various retail jobs, customers being wilfully difficult is a level of hassle the shop staff can well do without.

Don’t be a Karen.

I'm not planning on being awkward, but I'm going to nip into my local GW on Tuesday on the way back from the train station to ask some questions.

Ask them about the Citadel Skulls.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Whilst I very much hope people are just having a laugh?

Remember, store staff are just doing their job. And having worked various retail jobs, customers being wilfully difficult is a level of hassle the shop staff can well do without.

Don’t be a Karen.

I don't understand where this has come from.

Has anybody implied or outright stated that they are going to be wilfully difficult to GW staff?

If somebody painted 100 LI minis instore, then expected to receive the rubber coaster and the paint brush tin, in your mind they would be behaving like a Karen?

Oh well I was planning on taking time out of my day to go and bully some ordinary hard working folk but since you've said that I'll just leave it.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Whilst I very much hope people are just having a laugh?

Remember, store staff are just doing their job. And having worked various retail jobs, customers being wilfully difficult is a level of hassle the shop staff can well do without.

Don’t be a Karen.

I don't see any of the posts here as them being "difficult"? It's a perfectly valid question what does or doesn't count as "a miniature", especially when something like Legionnes Imperialis are literally labeled as 100 or so miniatures per box. .

Maybe a staffer who insisted that you can't get a free coaster because when they said "miniature" they meant "base of 5 miniatures" would be the Karen in this case?

Anyway the initiative is cute, the incentives are laughable.

I'd like to join in with this. I do love those water pots, its one of the items GW have made that 'yes, there are free/cheap alternatives' but for what it costs I really, really like them, so a little mat to sit under mine would be nice. Not necessary sure, but a nice addition from doing something I intend to do anyway (paint minis!).

The paint brush tin is really nice, its a nice little bit of branded merch.

I normally paint in a good year (2025 was not a good year) around 50 minis if I am consistent and I've hit 100 before when I've pushed myself, getting a couple of nice units done.

This is a nice idea and I normally need something like a small kick to help push me to get more minis painted as someone that is
- easily distracted.
- has a full time job that can actually be rather stressful at times.
- Can often drop working on a mini that is close to being finished to work on something deemed 'more interesting'.
- Has a lot of house work to do instead of painting.
- Often takes on projects bigger than my painting appetite can manage.
- Buys more than I paint.


However, I think the logistics of me travelling to the store and back 2-3 times during the challenge would be the challenge in of itself. There is no accessible public transport for me. The absolute cheapest taxi & train travel for each trip is around €120ish per trip. I don't know if the local store would be willing to accept online/photo entries, but in reality I guess this is a challenge to really get people in the store multiple times to continuously buy new models to work towards the end goal. I understand it, it just would have given me a kick to get back into painting in a bigger way than normal.

However, my wife has suggested that if I wanted to start painting again during the same dates as the challenge and I reach the same end goal, then she will find a similar 'prize' to help push me to paint more than my usual output. She's also agreed to be less strict on model counts, even though from this thread and our own conversation about it I've found several loop holes to 'cheese' the entire challenge- from painting 100 legions scale "tabletop ready" Iron warriors and being done on 18th Jan, or finally getting around to doing all 300+ nighthaunt in my classic nihilakh oxide scheme (going horribly insane but also being done in about a week), as long as I 'play fair' she'll count everything individually. Eg a goblin chariot would be worth 6 models (chariot (1) goblin crew (3) wolves (2)).

That way I'm not feeling forced to just paint models that are 'quick' or 'easy' or start avoiding things I've wanted to work on because they are big or difficult because they would suffer the Gimli problem (That still only counts as one!). I could go for some bulk/easy models to hit a steady pace at the start, then start working on some bigger or more difficult models to clear some backlog. Worst case is, if I don't hit 100 and I only hit say 50- that's my average yearly total anyway and its only May. I have the rest of the year to smash my normal targets!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Whilst I very much hope people are just having a laugh?

Remember, store staff are just doing their job. And having worked various retail jobs, customers being wilfully difficult is a level of hassle the shop staff can well do without.

Don’t be a Karen.

GW customers are, to be fair, pedantic nerds (that's why they like it). GW really should be expecting such vague statements to be met with clarifying questions, because it's so obviously going to happen.

As written, any miniature, even IA counts towards the limit. Though it's possible GW really means bases. It's reasonable for a customer (who isn't the expert in this exchange) to check the details of a promotion before making purchasing decisions based on it.


That said, there's no need to make life hard for the store staff, but I don't see any indication that's going to happen any more than usual.

The rules are likely a bit vague because a LOT of promotions are left up to local and regional managers to interpret based on their customer base.


Eg things like the monthly free models could vary in how you got them depending on the store. Eg very busy stores might have limited the number going out originally to new customers only (or at least at the start of the month).
Whilst stores with much smaller customer bases might have given them out freely to anyone.

I this lets GW HQ issue a general statement and then local managers balance it out on the specifics locally.

I will not be participating in this.

At my local store you have to bring in unassembled models to pledge them.

I had my Kill Team there today, but they wouldn't accept them til the 17th.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I will not be participating in this.

At my local store you have to bring in unassembled models to pledge them.

I had my Kill Team there today, but they wouldn't accept them til the 17th.

I only go into the shop pretty much once a month, if you basically have to know in advance what you're going to be painting for the next few months before you've even started assembling them and go through the effort of taking it all in just to prove it, then that sounds like quite a limiting and annoying way to do things.

Most people who got brand new models for Christmas already know what they'll be pledging

My local GW is very hang loose on this. Pledge and show pics, and he’ll trust you. Even said to use the time between now and the start to build. So does not need to be un assembled.

YMMV, but check with your local. Sounds like they have some flex on how they run it.

For many it might also flex depending on who you are to the manager. If you're a regular going there for years then chances are they'll trust you more than someone randomly turning up for the very first time.

Someone known might well just be trusted whilst someone totally new they might want more layers. And that's not just a trust thing, its a "get them in the store more; make it a regular thing; change their behaviour and they might keep coming and then buying"

If I wanted the free model servitor that I was building in the store to count, I had to stop building it and bring it back on the 17th.

Ugh.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
If I wanted the free model servitor that I was building in the store to count, I had to stop building it and bring it back on the 17th.

Ugh.

Odd that they've turned a challenge of "Paint X amount of miniatures" to "Build and Paint X amount of miniatures" instead. I get showing it's not something already painted already, but if they told you you had to stop putting it together and bring it back unassembled for it to count that's a whole different thing.

Went into my local GW today and the manager confirmed for me that models don't have to be purchased/built/painted in-store. He said the only requirements were that we had to either present the models new-on-spure in-store or bring in photographic evidence of them being new-on-sprue. Everything else can be done at home.

I also asked about basing requirements and was told "A single coat of paint is enough. Just as long as they're not black plastic."


So there goes my idea of painting my 80 odd assembled-yet-unpainted skeletons. But I've got 40 chainrasps sitting there new on sprue, so this seems a good use for them at least.

'new on sprue' still seems a little overboard, at least in my opinion. So all these brand new models I got for christmas that I had time to sit and build during the holidays wouldn't count, as I've gotten them ready to undercoat once we see some warmer weather.

If stores are being that strict with it, someone like me with a huge backlog of miniatures could still exploit it. 300+ nighthaunt miniatures still on sprue. I could be working on my 100 right now and take another separate 100 in on sprue on day one and be 'completed' by the following weekend.

It all seems to be a game of 'rules as written' rather than trying to run it 'within the spirit of the challenge', which is to encourage people to get a few more minis painted, clear some backlog, and perhaps buy a couple of new boxes on their trip to claim the prize.

I can understand the business need to not just hand out the prizes to anyone, as some sort of 'fair' system of order and to encourage sales/store footfall. Its probably more suited to having youngsters buying new minis and getting them in to stores, than older forum users with huge backlogs of 100s of unpainted minis anyway.

(Side note: I still have my clear plastic MESBG army of the dead MTO to do, as it took forever to arrive I've not even opened them. Thats 63 models right there + my clear Frodo in blister. Quick drybrush of white counts as a single coat of paint + some fast basing. )

Pity I started them in December so they won't qualify because I'm already on track to finish 100+ models in January...

GW on Facebook:

1 base worth of tiny dudes = one model.

Not got a problem with that, but I'd prefer a little truth in advertising when they're saying n miniatures on the cover of the LI boxes.

 Olthannon wrote:
I'll be buggered if I managed 25 miniatures but I'll give it a shot.

I can get this i go thru phases, no painting for months then a combat patrol in a week!

So this challenge that was supposedly just "paint any miniature regardless of size" has now changed to "You need to prove unassembled sprues to count, and it's not any miniature as was said, it's per base". Right...

Well yes, did you think GW was going to just believe people without any proof? Otherwise you could just submit anything you've painted ever and say "honest I painted this this month promise".

I don't really see how that's unreasonable; just the same as not counting LI troop bases as multiple models.

 Overread wrote:
Well yes, did you think GW was going to just believe people without any proof? Otherwise you could just submit anything you've painted ever and say "honest I painted this this month promise".

I don't really see how that's unreasonable; just the same as not counting LI troop bases as multiple models.

Proving that they're not painted already is fine, obviously that's needed. But they aren't doing just that, it's them specifically needing to be unassembled sprues that is the issue. Not just unpainted, but unassembled too.

For a challenge that according to the article is about just painting.

Has anyone asked if we can submit “here they are, in the shrink wrap” via FB?

At the minute, I'm not even sure stores will have settled on how they're approaching it - and expect it to be different per store.

I popped into my local GW for the MotM this afternoon, and the staff member on duty said they hadn't finalised things yet.

 Overread wrote:
(snip) just the same as not counting LI troop bases as multiple models.

I don't think its that unreasonable, seeing as they are the ones that choose to artificially inflate the contents of their boxes by adding 'X citadels miniatures' on the LI boxes themselves.

I don't think anyone should ever hassle some poor staffer over it. But Head Office made it a fact by printing it on the box prior to making this challenge and then didn't confirm the 'rules' of the challenge (outside of someone claiming it was on facebook). Knowing how some people like to bend and break rules of a 'hobby' game anyway, to the point that it needs regular "official" updates, fixes, 'meta' ( ) changes and FAQs, they must know this would be exploited.

Honestly, I'm sure a simple chat with your local store and as long as you are not trying to pull one over on them, they will probably be fine with what ever you pledge if its fair.

To clarify my stance: making jokes on an internet forum about how to count Epic-scale infantry or Citadel skulls is fine and good, but hassling a store employee about how technically LI does not mandate a specific number of infantry per base, and therefore it is OK that you got 200 "miniatures" out of an LI box of space marines, is not.

I dunno where the distinction is really. I mean I'm not doing this either way - my nearest GW is too far away, I have far better local options - but a miniature is a miniature, whether it's 15ish mm or 28ish. It does "feel" wrong to say a base of LI marines is 5 miniatures, but that doesn't stop GW from putting it on the box... it's a poorly thought through promo and the multi billion pound company can weather a bit of friendly needling over it, no worries there.

 sigkill wrote:
therefore it is OK that you got 200 "miniatures" out of an LI box of space marines

Except you literally do have hundreds of "miniatures" in a Legionnes Imperialis box according to games workshop themselves. That is why there are posts here about it.

It's not just a joke, those posts aren't trying to be difficult and figure out a way to sneakily count them as more than they should really be, it's just pointing out that they're literally labelled as a box of that many miniatures by GW.

Hence why you need to ask staff. And if it’s not the answer you didn’t want? Suck it up.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Hence why you need to ask staff. And if it’s not the answer you didn’t want? Suck it up.

I've not got any Legionnes Imperialis miniatures myself so it's not a problem for me, I just think it's a bit odd that some are acting like it's some sort of dishonest attempt to cheat at this when it's just how GW labels them.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Hence why you need to ask staff. And if it’s not the answer you didn’t want? Suck it up.

You seem to have an imaginary scenario in your head where Dakkanauts are always one step away from storming their local GW with pitchforks, and you are the saviour of the GW staff.

Please stop.

 Overread wrote:
Well yes, did you think GW was going to just believe people without any proof? Otherwise you could just submit anything you've painted ever and say "honest I painted this this month promise".

Scumbags will do anything for a free coaster, smh

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Overread wrote:
Well yes, did you think GW was going to just believe people without any proof? Otherwise you could just submit anything you've painted ever and say "honest I painted this this month promise".

Scumbags will do anything for a free coaster, smh

I'll have you know that those coasters cost GW approx £0.10 to manufacture!

People will do anything for them

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Hence why you need to ask staff. And if it’s not the answer you didn’t want? Suck it up.

You seem to have an imaginary scenario in your head where Dakkanauts are always one step away from storming their local GW with pitchforks, and you are the saviour of the GW staff.

Are you telling me that you don't have a supply of pitchforks and burning torches? I can supply some if you have run out.
We should always be ready to lay siege at a moments notice - how else can we ensure proper standards are met!

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Hence why you need to ask staff. And if it’s not the answer you didn’t want? Suck it up.

You seem to have an imaginary scenario in your head where Dakkanauts are always one step away from storming their local GW with pitchforks, and you are the saviour of the GW staff.

Please stop.

Have you ever worked retail?

Have you ever had to deal with a wilfully difficult customer?

I have, it’s not fun. Hence? Ask staff at your local store, and accept what they say. No issues up to that point at all. If anything is unclear or uncertain, asking to find out is fine.

But…if it’s not the answer you want? That’s when you risk going Karen. As per my earliest post on this matter? I don’t expect any Dakkanaut to go Karen. Because I’m sure it’s just folk having a laugh.

As I said though, I’ve worked retail. Karen’s exist. And they never, ever think they’re being a Karen.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Hence why you need to ask staff. And if it’s not the answer you didn’t want? Suck it up.

You seem to have an imaginary scenario in your head where Dakkanauts are always one step away from storming their local GW with pitchforks, and you are the saviour of the GW staff.

Please stop.

Have you ever worked retail?

Have you ever had to deal with a wilfully difficult customer?

I have, it’s not fun. Hence? Ask staff at your local store, and accept what they say. No issues up to that point at all. If anything is unclear or uncertain, asking to find out is fine.

But…if it’s not the answer you want? That’s when you risk going Karen. As per my earliest post on this matter? I don’t expect any Dakkanaut to go Karen. Because I’m sure it’s just folk having a laugh.

As I said though, I’ve worked retail. Karen’s exist. And they never, ever think they’re being a Karen.

I worked retail for approx 8 years when I was younger.

I worked in a music shop (great!) and was a manager in a betting shop in some of the most deprived areas of Birmingham (not so great!).

So yes, I know how bad retail can be.

Regardless, we are on Dakka. It's safe to assume that the average user (like you, I assume) has been in the hobby for a long time, and doesn't need other people on Dakka to tell them how to act when they walk into a shop

 Overread wrote:
Are you telling me that you don't have a supply of pitchforks and burning torches? I can supply some if you have run out.

You're not meant to store them while they're burning - that'll make your stockpile go up in smoke!

 Dysartes wrote:

 Overread wrote:
Are you telling me that you don't have a supply of pitchforks and burning torches? I can supply some if you have run out.

You're not meant to store them while they're burning - that'll make your stockpile go up in smoke!

.

But the store staffer who sold them to me told me that keeping them burning was the best way to keep them lit and ready to use at all times.

Are you saying a store staffer lied to generate more repeat sales every other day from me?!

That’s me signed up for 100.

Local Store (Ashford) is allowing currently up to already undercoated. Other stores may differ, as I didn’t ask if that’s the overall standard.

But if it is? Does mean you don’t need to buy any new kits if you’ve a suitably sized pile of opportunity.

My local was taking a standard of "no paint at all" when I spoke to them yesterday, so undercoated is out (unfortunately, given I've got 10 Necron Warriors and 10 Termagants in that state).

I can't even have mine assembled.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:That’s me signed up for 100.

Local Store (Ashford) is allowing currently up to already undercoated. Other stores may differ, as I didn’t ask if that’s the overall standard.

But if it is? Does mean you don’t need to buy any new kits if you’ve a suitably sized pile of opportunity.

My local store also said undercoated is OK.
I was in the store playing Blood Bowl with the manager, and 2 guys came in to pledge 100 each.
I only pledged 30, let's see how that works out.

Honestly this sounds like too much hassle for a paint pot coaster.

I’ve a leg up, as the bulk will be 80 stands of LI Infantry, and I can reliably knock out 20 of an evening.

Already on a hobby roll for this year, so motivation is already there. Hence, it’s all stuff I intended to paint over the coming weeks, and so the rewards are just icing on that particular cake.

 Del Mingus wrote:
Honestly this sounds like too much hassle for a paint pot coaster.

Don't forget the pin! And the... uh.... something else...

Good to see you took the significant amount of effort required to research that... by going back to the first post in the thread.

A paint brush tin, for those wondering.

 Dysartes wrote:
Good to see you took the significant amount of effort required to research that... by going back to the first post in the thread.

A paint brush tin, for those wondering.

I'm like a Kangaroo, I can only move forward.

While not going down to my nearest GW store and signing up, I'm usingthe 100 model target as an incentive to up my painting rate this year and make some real headway into my Pile of Shame (and include non-GW items).

10 Barrow Guard (form the Deathrattle army set box) done! 90 models to go!

One down, 999,999 to go!

I painted the tokens set from Blood Bowl 25, and the guy at the local store agreed with me that it counted as 1 mini. I'm probably not going to paint the Bretonnian or Tomb King teams from the box, but I've got a dozen other unpainted teams already that I like better.

I told the manager at the GW store that there are 51 models in my army.

He put me down for 100.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I told the manager at the GW store that there are 51 models in my army.

He put me down for 100.

Time to expand your army then.

So far as I understand it, you’re not tied to My Pledge Or Nothing in terms of the rewards.

Me? I’m intending to blitz my LI tanks this week, leaving me clear to crack on with the Infantry.

From there, my Epic is all done, leaving me to begin the ascent of Mount Heresy, which grew over the weekend because I’m staggeringly irresponsible.

Using the 'one million' million thing to crack on with my own pile of shame. I'm not signing up or anything, just using as an extra reason to get on with it.

Current status:

10 Barrow Guard, from the Deathrattle army set
3 Saturnine Terminators from the HH3 launch box
8 Sturmwagen transports from the Imperium Battlegroup for Armoured Clash
1x Kyle the Red and White Christmas themed objective marker for Armoured Clash
1x Stark Imperium Sky Fortress for Dystopian Wars
2x Nuremburg airships for Dystopian Wars
12 x Imperium Scion Grenadiers Stands for Armoured clash

I've logged 12 completions with my local store, and I've got another 11 miniatures which are some level of WIP.

Also one ongoing WIP from before the challenge, to go with the 11 of those I've completed as well.

With my LI Armoured project completed about half an hour ago? Tomorrow I begin my 100 Model Pledge.

Got the four boxes of LI Astartes Infantry, which will get me to 80. Shouldn’t take me much more than a fortnight to thrash them out. Indeed, it typically takes me longer to prep and build these lads than to paint.

Initial goal for tomorrow is build and prep stage. At least get the 16 Contemptors assembled and on their bases, and the Missile Launcher on their dudes.

I do need to work out how many Apothecaries I can add to my Tactical bases. Yes the rules say X per Y. But, I’ve a bunch of long since painted Tactical bases without Apothecaries to factor into that.

I had not known, or forgotten, the apothecaries can be spread through tactical stands. Must look into that.

One per four. But, ten points which is fairly hefty.

I think I’ll go for one per eight. After all, I’m not sure I want more than the minimum, as I don’t think I get any benefit from doing so.

Not sure I’ve done my sums right though. Think I’ll need to unpack my existing infantry, arrange them into units, and get a clear visual on how many I want.

I asked was there an option of sending in pics to the local stores FB page as Im hours away from the shop and only make it in maybe twice a year. GW staff guy said no the painted models have to be brought in. So I said ok no problem and went back to browsing.

Guy behind me in queue asks exact same question and same guy tells him he can send photos to the FB page.

I legit did a double take.

Memnoch wrote:
I asked was there an option of sending in pics to the local stores FB page as Im hours away from the shop and only make it in maybe twice a year. GW staff guy said no the painted models have to be brought in. So I said ok no problem and went back to browsing.

Guy behind me in queue asks exact same question and same guy tells him he can send photos to the FB page.

I legit did a double take.

Wow. I get that there is a lot of variation store to store, but that’s next level.

I think my store said pics are OK. But he seems to be big on trust and the honor system. If it gets people painting, that’s the goal.

Yeah, I just need to provide pre-undercoat pics alongside completed pics to confirm I've completed things for the challenge.

Well, due to Nurgle’s Blessing from last weekend? Nae Pub For Me this weekend.

Instead, going to my Hobby Grotto to thrash out my infantry. Bases this lunchtime I think. Could be on 80 models by the end of the week.