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Cheers, Cleatus

I had about a month where I could not be arsed to pick up a paintbrush, but this week some painting mojo has returned.

Almost finished another 4 Orks, and a Mierce banner bearer for my Norse. Pics later in the week.

Also, I've been gluing together a Shadowsword that I got in a swap with a mate. It's big

Here is Kjartan, the banner bearer for my Mierce Norse host:



Camera battery ran out, so Ork pics later

Nice work there Slinky

Thanks!

And here's the Orks:



That takes me to 60 painted models for 2015!

I've been busy

First up is a Norse Gythja (sorcerer):


And also finished is my last 40k objective marker:

Sorceress is cracking, you bring out the best in a great sculpt!

She looks very nice indeed, really like the camo on the marine as well.

Great stuff. The Norse banner and sorceress look really good, and the camouflaged marine looks great as well. Also nice to see some old-school Space Ork Raiders!

Thanks, guys - Keeping this blog going really helps with my motivation, and doubly so when people pop in to say nice things

4 Aegis defence lines - Not a very detailed paintjob, but I'm sure they will look better on the battlefield than they did as grey plastic!

I'm sure I should have 4 more somewhere, but can't find them at the moment.

Yes, they look a lot better than the bare plastic. I can tell you spent some time painting them. It's subtle, but it's there. Nice work!

Got the first 3 Holumenn done.

These are my least favourite Mierce models so far, but I need to get them done to complete the army

Had the paints out again this week. I have 2 more Norsemen half finished, and I found the 4 remaining Aegis lines, so I have painted those up too.

Pics to follow once the Norse are done

Here are the finished ADL sections:


And here are 2 more Vikings for my Darklands Norse:


Taking me to 75 models painted this year!

3 more Norsemen done:



I also have 3 more Deadzone Enforcers nearing completion, so those should appear soon!

Norsemen look good! Love the color scheme.

3 more Deadzone Enforcers:




Got the last 2 Norse Holumenn underway now, and some more old-school Orks painted, then I am going to start on a BIG project

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2015

So, 2015 started badly as I didn't even pick up a brush until April!

Then a few games of Deadzone got my interest back up, and in the end I painted 81 figures this year (using a scoring system where large models count for 2), which I am very pleased with.

The list of things I got painted:

DZ rebs x 6

Orks x 17
Ork Dreadnought

DZ Enforcers x 6
DZ Strider

Sandbags x 9
Objective Markers x 6
Aegis Defence Lines x 8

Mierce Trolls x 5
Mierce Troll Jarl
Mierce Norse warlord
Mierce Norse banner bearer
Mierce Norse sorceress
Mierce Norse infantry x 8

Blood Angels attack bike

To follow shortly: WIPs of what I have on my painting table that will be the first entries in 2016's list!


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And here are the current WIPs (slightly dodgy phone pictures, sorry):

The last 2 Mierce Norse Holumenn:


4 more Orks at a very early stage:


And my "big" project, an Imperial Knight!
I picked this up fairly cheap on eBay and was planning to use the Forge World resin House Terryn packs, but then they got discontinued. Then I was browsing through old WDs and saw Fire Wasps titans, and thought "why not", so I have now printed out some transfers to use, and started work on the leg plates. The body and weapons were assembled and painted when I got him, and will need a bit of tidying up, but saves me the job of painting all that bare metal


The transfers:

I have finished the last 2 Mierce Norse Viking types:



I will take some full army shots once I find the good camera...

2016 total = 2

They are looking great Slinky.

Cheers, Giraffe!

Here is the promised group shot of my Mierce Norse so far - This is 1110 "gold", which is a medium size of game I believe.


Also, I have made some progress on my Fire Wasps knight! The home-printed transfers went on quite well, but the yellow that looked so striking on the page just vanished, so I had to repaint that by hand, as well as filling in the wings and eyes with white. Note that I plan to paint the "toes" in red, and I haven't done the pipes/cables on the back yet.

I think the transfer looks quite good - any comments? I was wondering whether to put blue or green behind the triangle when I put these on the rest of the model (Shoulders, shield, banner etc).


And finally for this update I have got a bit further on 10 Orks I am painting for the "tale of umpteen gamers" - 10 is my target for January, so I think I am on track to get em done.

My 10 Orks are now finished! So I have satisfied my "Tale of umpteen painters" goal for January.

Pics to follow tomorrow.

I am now working on another Mantic Peacekeeper for Deadzone who will also act as a Terminator for my Marines Errant, and I am also working on the gun arm for my Fire Wasps knight.

My intention this year is now to paint significantly more models than I purchase - If I can get a ratio of 2:1 I will be really happy!

The finished 10 Orks:



I've also made a bit more progress on my Knight - Painted the toes, and the various cables on the body - Still to finish off are the weapon arms, carapace, shoulders, shield and banner, so there's quite a lot still to do!

And after a long battle with Fairy Power Spray and a toothbrush, here is my next Ork thing to paint:

Orks are looking great. Gotta love those old models.

The fire wasps transfers look ace.

EDC

Thanks, Dr Cheese - I'm v pleased with the way the transfers came out, hopefully the results on the rest of the knight will work as well too!

I've had a week or so where I haven't got any painting done :(

However I have assembled some Praetorians - IG are next on my list of armies to finish off, and a small force of Praetorians will be joining my DKOK.

I have finished another Deadzone Enforcer (who will also do duty as a Terminator for my Marines Errant):



That takes me to 13 finished models for 2016!

I've also got some more done on my Knight - This pic shows the "toes" and "hat" done, along with the body plates and the big melta cannon - I have also made a start on the base...

Nice progress on the knight.

Where did the heavy weapons platform come from that you've used with the Praetorians?

EDC

Thanks!

It was a Kickstarter a couple of years ago for "curious constructs" - I think you can still get them there or from Zinge.

http://zinge.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=144&product_id=748