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In November, in slightly over 3 months, I will turn 30. It's sad how I always thought that these number milestones had no real meaning, yet as my 30th birthday approaches I can't help but reflect on where I am and what I've accomplished, vs. the dreams I once had.

In ANY CASE, this miniature mid-life crisis (ha ha, miniature, get it?) is at least good for me clearing out my project back log.

So I am throwing down the gauntlet to myself to finish and post my projects, and to try and polish everything off by my birthday at the end of November.

So here goes!

First, a catalog. Red Projects are not started, Orange Projects are In-Progress, and Green Projects are finished.
(Thanks to Panic for suggesting the new project-tracking format.)

Imperial Guard: Dnothian Scavenger Legions - DONE!
-5 Steel Legion Infantry Squads - woohoo! 55 men painted! Yeah!
-Steel Legion Heavy Weapon Squad
-Platoon Command
-10 Valhallan Veterans (melta)
-10 Valhallan Veterans (flamer)
-10 Carapace Veterans
-10 Carapace Veterans
-Valhallan Flamer Command Squad
-5 Ratlings -- moving these guys to the bits bin. Decided they don't fit with the rest of this army.
5 Valhallan "Counts as" snipers
-Company Command Squad
-Master of Ordinance
-Company Command Squad
-Master of the Fleet
-Primaris Psyker
-Sly Marbo
-Chimera "Snow Cat" Pattern Transport
-Demolisher
-Demolisher
-Basilisk
-Las Cannon Sentinel

Red Planet Inquistorial Force (Random Force for painting, will probably only be used in Apoc games)
-2 Infantry Squads with Flamers
-3 Infantry Squads with Heavy Bolters (to be converted from Gorgon Crew)
-Platoon Command
-2 x Mortar Squads
-1 x Commisar

-Inquisitor & Retinue
-Commisar Lord
-Bane Blade*
-Cannonness
Dominion Squad
-Inquisitor Lord in Terminator Armor
-Culexus Assassin
-Battle Sisters Squad
-Callidus Assassin
-Callidus Assasin
-Seraphim
-Penal Legion Squad
-Death Strike Missile - (This one is going back to the bits box. I took it out and realized it wasn't really done, just a quick kit bash I had done for an Apox battle.)

Tau -Unnamed Cadre
(The remnants of a Tau Army I once had that I couldn't part with, too much work into these ones!)
-Pathfinders x 4
-Devil Fish
-Firewarriors w/ Carbines & Grenades x 6
-Kroot x 10
-Pathfinders x 4
-Firewarrior Shas' UI (Needs a unit to lead!)
-Kroot x 10
-Ethereal
-Piranha
-Shas 'O commander in custom Suit
-Crisis Monat
-Crisis Monat
-Custom Kroot Hounds x 5
-Sniper Drone "counts as" Squad
-3 Air Caste Crew (Objective Markers)

Mammoth Slayers Warriors of Khorne - Fantasy Warriors of Chaos
Lord of Khorne on Juggernaut
5 Knights of Chaos
5 Knights of Chaos
5 Marauder Horsemen
5 Marauder Horsemen (primered)
10 Chaos Warhounds
12 Chaos Warriors of Khorne

Lizardmen Horde
My first Warhammer Army! I once sold them, then bough them back. Mostly they need cleaning up, basing, and a few new units painted.
Slaan (old style)
Slaan (new)
Temple Guard x 11
Skink Mage
Skink Hero on Stegadon
15 Saurus with Spears
15 Saurus with Hand Weapon
12 Saurus with Spears
70! Skinks in various units
3 Salamanders
Stegadon (Old style, was painted, but needs updating for this edition)
4 x Kroxigor (need touchups)
3 x Terradons
5 x "Count as" Cold One Cavalry (Skinks on New Cold Ones)

Roleplaying & Random Minis: (Some of these I've given away, and I found some new ones and posted them - funny how actually painting makes me reevaulate which minis I really neeed)
Katinka Wolfspear (my D&D Character)
Benvolo (Companion)
Lugos (Cohort)
Lyra (My wife's character)
Jom Rotgrom (Her other character)

Vampire Count
10 x Skeletons
LOTR Bog Wraiths x 3
-LOTR Barrow Wights X 2
-Wood Elf Lord
Wood Elf with Bow

Celtos Axe Maiden
-Dark Sword female with spear and hawk
-Dark Sword female in Chainmail with sword

1 Bloodletter
1 Daemonette
Bard of Alahan
Celtos Druidess
LOTR Farmer Maggot & Dogs
-Confrontation Falconers
-Reaper Vampiress
- Gave these away



... and there might be more I'm forgetting, but I think that's most of it!

Now as soon as my new brushes arrive, I can start making progress. (I somehow manage to lose the tin with ALL my paintbrushes in it. :( )

Existential crisis = more painted minis.

*edit* Moved some of the inquisitorial stuff to the Red Planet force, as it no longer fits in my army after the 4e codex. Also removed any products that involve buying new models.

Good luck man. That seems like a ton of stuff to do in 3 months.

That is a mission! Very best of luck. I'd struggle getting even one section of that list done by November.

That is a hell of a lot of stuff!

Good luck with it!

Cheers,

Jack.

That'll be hard going. I'm doing something slightly similar but not on that scale and I'm already sick of it.

And I want to see some pics of those tanks.

I can't even finnish a figure in 3 months.......


Well anyway good luck with this. I can't wait to see some painted figs.

*pics inbound*

good freakin' luck dude. i'm sure you'll do fine

Thanks for all the well wishes, guys! I know it's a lot to bite off, but dreaming big will motivate me. A lot of the stuff is very close to done, for instance, the 50 Steel Legion troopers in the Scavenger Legion - 40 are painted and just need squad marks on the bases. I may not get it all done, but dammit, I 'm going for it!

Ok, so last night I got the first layer of drybrushing done on the Bane Blade, (which I call "The Rightous Indignation") and this morning I primered the Chimera and cleaned the flash from, based, and primered the 8 steel legion lasgunners I have yet to paint. All in all, a good start!

The Baneblade WIP:





The Snow Cat





The Demolishers, 07 - Anvil, and 06 Lil Betty







And Top View, where you can see that the Dnothian Scavenger Legions are *gasp* Traitors to the Empire!



FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

All in all, a productive day. I should get some more painting in tonight.

Cheers,

yeah,
I wish you luck turning the list green!
Looking good so far.

Panic...

Both Demolishers look absolutely ace - the epitome of BOOM.

Where did the turrets come from?

nice...

I really like those Demolisher conversions, such a very unique look to them might have to pm me the way to do them 'wink wink hint hint nudge nudge'

And those that have been finished look well done, I wish you th e best of luck to finish this up !

@ Panic - Thanks again, I'm gonna try and get as much green as possible up there! This is much more readable.

@ His Master's Voice - The turrets are from 1/48 Russian tank kits (T-72s, I think from Academy, so not too expensive) modified with bits from the Vindicator, Tau Rail-Gun, and with a turret hatch created from a gun drone. I'm glad you like them, they were ridiculously expensive to kitbash!

@person person - Thanks!

Your an ambitious man, i have been staring at my half painted daemon army for months now. Got a little side tracked with the new IG codex. I wish you luck accomplishing your goal, your a better (or at least more motivated) man than I.

Thanks Oppenheimer. It's hard not to get sidetracked by new toys. Trust me, I know!

Ok, so I found some more pics of the finished stuff in my Photobucket account, so here' s a little more armor and an example of my Dnothian paint scheme:

My first vehicle I painted for the army, Hammer 13:



And the Deck:



And a rather shadowy shot of my Dnothian Trooper Paint Scheme.



Ok, that's all till tomorrow!

The paint scheme's nice, never seen sandbags on a basilisk. Smart though.

Any pics of the Warriors of Chaos and Lizardmen armies I could see. They're the best armies fo sho

person person wrote:The paint scheme's nice, never seen sandbags on a basilisk. Smart though.

Thanks. I figured they'd want to reinforce that gun shield. It looks pretty flimsy.

Lord of the end times wrote:Any pics of the Warriors of Chaos and Lizardmen armies I could see. They're the best armies fo sho

Pics ye ask for, and pics ye shall receive. I'm actually quite pleased with the how the Chaos are coming (though I am getting tired of painting red - almost as much as I'm tired of painting white!), however they are currently staying at my friend's house so I don't have to lug them back and forth on the bus to battle him.

The Lizardmen are around though, so here's a couple. The Lizzies are unfortunately the lowest priority, as there are just SO MANY of them, and the army contains some of my first paint jobs from night on 12 years ago. With that in mind, I am just trying to unify the army through some reapainting, thematic basing, and good, clean table top paint jobs. Nothing fancy for the Lizzies!



These guys need a little more conversion work before they are ready to paint:


Good Gravy, but I love those new cold ones!


Ok, on to the progress. Last night and this morning I managed to get some work done on the Snow Cat. The first step for the way I paint the winter tanks is several dirt and grim washes, followed by massive amounts of drybrushing and then more weathering and battle damage.

The ugly beginnings:



Finally, something really exciting: I finished converting the last 2 members of my 50 man steel legion platoon. I cut off the arms of the 'point and shoot' officer, of which I had somehow ended up with 3, and turned him into a sergeant, and cut the weapons and ammo off a grenade launcher guy to make one more trooper:



And that's all I got done last night/this morning. These guys included, I have only 10 models to paint to finish off the 50 man platoon.

Thanks for the wishes and comments. Laterz.

Not too much to report from this weekend, as I went to visit friends in Seattle and actually play with my minis rather than just paint them! It's a very difficult balance for me, as I like to play, but I LOVE to paint and model.

At least I got some work done with my portable painting kit, and started the LOTR bog wraiths and the second barrow wight. Those are easy to do on the move, as it's mostly drybrushing and washing.

Tomorrow I'll try and get some more paint and pictures done, but for the moment, that is all.

*edit*

Look what just came in the mail!



Man, these guys look great. Some will be easier to cut apart, some more difficult, but with some Green Stuff and a good saw, I am looking forward to having a full platoon and enough to convert some other stuff.

Unfortunately, they weren't all that well packed, so I have at least 7 weapon breaks already. :( Ah well, that's what glue is for.

I'm really very excited about these guys, but won't be able to even touch them this week, as I need to get a Star Wars RPG off the ground. Ah well.

Well, I couldn't hold back. I actually got up when my alarm went off at 5:00 AM this morning, so I was able to have a go at cutting apart some of the Gorgon crew.

The crew has several sets of 2 guys, and this guys were a cinch to cut apart. I had to do only minor patching to one arm and shoulder pad with green stuff, and chose to cut off the handle of an entrenching tool which was molded as a huge object for purposes of removing the guy from the mold. Cutting the resin is pretty easy with a new #11 Xacto blade, and a little bit of sytrene rod fixed it right up.

Here is a picture of the two Gorgon Crew I've cut apart next to one of my test models from the regular Krieg squad:



And here's the side view where you can see the new shovel handle and the green work done on the other guy.



All in all, I think it will work very well to make these guys individuals. The blocks of 6 troopers will be a bit harder to work with, but sill manageable I think.

I also managed to finished up one (very small) entry on the lists - the Barrow Wights are done! These guys are great models, but I have to say that my paint jobs are very basic. Mostly washing and drybrushing, not a lot of detail work. But these guys are just for fun, and I was tired of them being bare metal.

Besides, the basic paint job that gets done is better than the amazing paint job that is never completed, says I.

good stuff you need to post all WIP pics of the Dkok, so I can see the greenstuffed areas, to see whether I could do the same save bags of cash.

Wolf wrote:good stuff you need to post all WIP pics of the Dkok, so I can see the greenstuffed areas, to see whether I could do the same save bags of cash.

Will do. There are some that will be a little trickier, and I think I'll have to use my dremel on some to hollow out behind rifle stocks and arms where the piece was designed solid for casting, but I should be able to get most of them apart.

Yeah, I told myself I wasn't going to buy any more minis, but when I saw these guys on Ebay for under $50, I couldn't pass them up!

Yeah I would whip them up for that price without a second thought !

Looking great.

The DKOK are turning out suprisingly well.

Wow, I'm in the exact same boat: Turn 30 in November, have a room full of half-finished and not-started projects.

...I'm taking a different approach, but I think yours is better!

Gearhead wrote:Wow, I'm in the exact same boat: Turn 30 in November, have a room full of half-finished and not-started projects.

...I'm taking a different approach, but I think yours is better!

Good God, you're not selling your stuff, are you?

DON'T DO IT, MAN!

So I haven't gotten much done lately, mostly due to an overload of actual gaming, but I did manage to build and primer a unit of Marauder Horsemen for my WOC army, and also magnetize their bases. Working with the new chaos plastics reminded me of how much I love them, so I have promoted the Warriors of Chaos army to top priority. (It's also the smallest model count, so hopefully I'll have it done quicker!)

Now for the pics. (Nothing too exciting, but posting pics keeps me motivated.)

First off, here are the freshly based Marauder horses:



These models are so, very, very nice. I am willing to forgive GW of so much, based entirely on the strength and value of the new WHFB cavalry boxes. So many bits, great heads for the riders, and the coolest mounts ever. I bought these guys mostly for the horses. If I could have an army of just horses, I would, they are that cool.

The primed riders:



And the champion:



Some minor conversions - gave him a sword, made a new skull mask for the horse from a spare banner top. Nothing too exciting.

The same can be said for my paint jobs on the Chaos stuff - I am going for clean, complete, and fast, rather than super detailed or converted. Partly, this is because I feel the models in the range are so strong that I don't feel the need to do much converting, and partly I just want them done. I've been playing them and having a lot of fun with them, and I'd like to play with a fully painted army.

So here's some of the stuff I've finished:

Khorne Lord on Juggernaut



Here is one of the 10 hounds I have painted. The light was crap this morning, so he doesn't look great, and you can see where the snow basing has gotten in the fur recesses, from improper transport, but I am pretty proud of these guys. I had to sculpt ears on them, since I don't like dogs with antlers (WTF?). The whole squad was painted, based, and finished in an afternoon, thanks to the new washes and some drybrushing.



This is a cool model, because it is the first model a friend of mine painted. Impressive, no? Girls are so much better at painting when they start than guys. (I know MY first model didn't look this good!) I did a little touch up with blood red to highlight the model, but that's it. I was very impressed.



And the rest of the knights. I have the same sentiment about the horses here as with the marauders. I can't believe how cool these models are. The knights are really good, but it's the steeds that blow me away. At the risk of being tarred and feathered, I have to praise GW for the value of this kit: 5 knights with options that are AWESOME models for $25, vs. the old metal knights for $10 a piece?
Well done GW. (Of course, I would like to lecture them on the pricing of all the new IG stuff, but that's another thread.)



Well, that's it. Not much progress, but 5 models based and painted, is 5 models based and painted. Hopefully I'll make some progress on painting the horsemen on Sunday.

Happy weekend, everyone.

Hey man I really like your tanks

The tanks look very very cool and unique!