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Nice year end summery. I like the idea of a top 5 list, need to do that myself next year.

If you are willing to toss some cash at it, you can buy a nice photobooth setup for around $50, and that includes lights. Bits boxes can be acquired at a lot of stores. Bead section, or for nuts and bolds. Or a tackle box from a place with sporting goods. I’ve spent some time recently cutting extras off old sprues to save space. Helps a lot.

@EDC: Thanks! I definitely agree about the Bloodthirster; he was by far my best piece of the year, and probably the most fun I've had painting in a long time!

@Nevelon: I already have a couple of bead boxes sitting around to start with, but I'll most likely need more. Fortunately I can get those at Walmart for about $2 each. I need to look into how to make a lightbox (I just know there's a tutorial about it somewhere on Dakka); it's nice to know it won't break the bank.

I've now painted the armor on five Chaos Space Marines. Not very neat, but at this stage it doesn't matter how sloppy it is since the mess will be covered by other colors. Here's a (too bright) pic:

Sorry about the pic brightness, but I just wanted to snap this one quick to show that I've been working. I've also gotten a Razorback mostly assembled for my DA Battle Company, so look forward to a pic of that once I finish it.

I may slow down my hobbying for a bit, as just a few hours ago I slipped and fell in the shower. Since I'm kind of a big boy, I hit the wall hard and busted a chunk of it out, scattering chips of tile everywhere. Due to the jagged edges, I cut the back of my left shoulder pretty badly. Not very deep, but the cut is like 3 1/2 inches long and it did bleed a bit (it looked much worse than it was until I cleaned up the blood). Probably should have gone to the ER for some stitches, but I'm afraid of the cost (after hearing some ugly stories in the past), so I'm gonna let it heal on its own. I did do some basic first aid on myself, and I'm not in much pain at all surprisingly, but I really shouldn't be moving the arm since I don't want to reopen the wound. I should be able to paint since it's not a strenuous activity, but I need to watch the position of my left arm, at least for a couple of days. The real problem is going to be my job, as it requires me to move around some. Hopefully I can get some light duty for a couple of days at least. I'll also need to talk to the apartment management about fixing the shower wall ASAP, as otherwise I'm gonna stink for a while since I won't be able to clean myself. Bottom line here is I'm fine, it could have been WAY worse, but I need to take it easy for a little while.

Ouch. Hope you feel better soon.

Looks like I'm already failing on keeping my blog updated, but there hasn't been much happening lately. The good news is that my shoulder is healing nicely (no infection or anything), and it wasn't as badly hurt as I originally thought. The cut was only 2 1/2 inches long, and at this point it doesn't look like infection is a risk, although I'm going to continue to be careful with it.

Enough about my battered body, time to show what little has been accomplished hobbywise. I've painted the silver metallic parts on my Chaos Marines, so here's a pic of where they are at right now:

Next thing to do will be the brass trim on the shoulder pads and stuff, which will be somewhat of a test of my patience. The Aspiring Champion will be particularly tricky, as he's got some really intricate detail that will need to be picked out.

I've also assembled a couple of things for my DA Battle Company. First, we have a Razorback with a Twin-linked Assault Cannon:

I also assembled a Rhino top hatch and a crew hatch with a Storm Bolter so that I can swap this thing to a Rhino if necessary. Might as well, right?

Lastly, I have a Sergeant for one of my footslogging Assault Squads:

I will go back and drill out his pistol barrel before I paint him. The rest of his squad is currently under assembly and hopefully will be ready for priming soon (weather permitting).

That's all for now, hopefully I won't go another whole week without an update this time!

Chaos dudes are looking pretty slick. I'm digging the red you chose. Also excited to see the DA get some paint. Keep it up

Those chaos marines are destined for greatness. Blood for the Blood God! Your injury will be their fortune.

Nice looking razorback and assault marine.

@brush: I'm glad people like the red, as it's really an accident that caused me to choose it instead of a darker shade. I agree that it looks better! I hope to get some paint on some DA stuff soon; it'll be finishing up some Devastators first before I start other stuff.

@Nevelon: Yeah, when I fell and cut myself and saw all that blood, I did wonder if I was supposed to consecrate the bases of those models... All kidding aside, I'm glad you like them!

Small update today- I finished the full squad of Assault Marines. Here they are in their grey and plastic glory:


I really like this kit compared to the old one, as it seems like these guys can be more dynamic looking. They will be fun to paint up!

I hope to have more to show very soon. I've started working on the brass trim on the Chaos marines, but it's slow going as my lighting situation is not the best today and those details are pretty small. As I said before, it's a real test of patience.

Lookin' pretty good so far. I agree, the new kit is far more dynamic than the old one, which is what I have.
Interesting you chose to build them without JP, I assume they'll have a DT for them?

@Justaerin: I built them without JP because they will be arriving by Drop Pod. I'm going to build another squad the same way, but using Tactical parts (half of the box will be actual tacticals; the other half will be assault).

More progress on the Khorne front. I finally got that brass trim done, plus a little bit of other stuff:

I still need to paint the eyes, the champion's skin, and then touch up the red armor (plus the black where I accidentally got other colors on it). Then it'll be on to washing.

Coming along nicely. Keep it up

@brush: Thanks for the encouragement!

My deepest apologies for no updates in over a week, but RL has been keeping me pretty busy and making me too tired to get much hobbying done. Last week I celebrated my 30th birthday, and then this past Saturday I played in an ITC 40k tournament with my Khorne Daemonkin, winning only 1 of 3 games (but I had a blast regardless!). The Chaos Marines are done with their basecoats and now await shades, but their appearance hasn't changed much since last update. I'm running out of time to get them done, but if I rally I can still make the end-of-month deadline.

The main significant thing I've done is to break one of my resolutions already, as I bought some more models when I was at the FLGS for the tournament:

They are my first Chaos Spawn. The kit for these guys has enough extra bits that if I can sculpt an extra body or 2 out of green stuff, I can probably get a couple more Spawn without buying another kit. Plus Spawn don't have to look super-realistic, just good enough once I stick some of the kit bits on them. I've been wanting to pick up some Spawn for a while, so now I've got some.

I hope to get back into my painting groove soon. I've just got to find a way to motivate myself to get stuff done. Wish me luck!

Getting any gaming in is a cause for celebration, even if it keeps you from painting.

Those chaos spawn are wonderfully grotesque. I look forward to seeing them painted.

Nice update dude, loving the spawn, they really are great in KDK lists.

What was your KDK list at the ITC event out of interest?

EDC

@Josh: You're absolutely right! I always enjoy the tournaments, and usually they get me pumped up to get more stuff painted. I only wish that feeling lasted longer; I'd get a lot more stuff done. As for the spawn, it may be a while before I get around to painting them. I've got such a huge backlog of stuff waiting to be painted, and they are kind of low on the priority list. Perhaps they'll move up if a category for which they'd be suitable comes up in the monthly painting challenge.

@EDC: My list at the tournament was the following:

Combined Arms Detachment:
HQ:
Chaos Lord: Juggernaut, Sigil of Corruption, The Blood-forged Armor, Axe of Khorne, Power Fist
Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage
Troops:
Bloodletters: 9 men, Bloodreaper upgrade
Bloodletters: 8 men, Bloodreaper upgrade
Fast Attack:
Heldrake: Baleflamer
Lord of War:
Chaos Knight Paladin of Khorne: Dirge Caster
Formation Detachment: Gorepack
Chaos Bikers: 3 bikes, 2x Meltagun, Combi-melta, Melta bombs
Chaos Bikers: 3 bikes, 2x Meltagun, Combi-melta, Melta bombs
Flesh Hounds: 10 dogs
Flesh Hounds: 5 dogs
Flesh Hounds: 5 dogs
1847 points
It was a fun list to play, although not terribly competitive. Of course, this is mainly because my local meta is extremely competitive (we regularly send 8 players or so to both Adepticon and the ATC). Pure Khorne Daemonkin just doesn't cut it against the super-optimized GT lists. Once I get my other two Sorcerers done, I'll try running a Cabalstar list. Maybe that will be more effective.

Very minor update today: I've gotten the shading done. I've got to rally quick if I want to finish the Chaos marines before the end of the month. I've been working long shifts every day this week, so my energy as well as my free time just haven't been what I need to really get any hobbying done. Maybe after work tomorrow I can brighten up most of the colors where they've been shaded (I shaded the entire models).

Hey mate - sorry to hear about your injury - hope it's healing up well. Nice top 5 as well. I should do something like that myself, though my 2016 retro-perspective post kinda fizzled out while I was building it. I'll get back to it sometime, but it'll be a February thing if it gets finished. The stuff you chose as your favorites are some bloody impressive models painted vvery well - they look great and the camo on the Tau just works. The Khorne guys are coming along nicely as well

@Azazelx: Thanks for the kind words! My injury is healing very well, it never did hurt very much. I may have a nasty scar though, but we'll see. As for the models, you should totally do a review of your 2016 minis. It'll make you feel good about your progress. Of course yours will be a much longer process than mine was!

Time for one final WIP before I finish these guys:

It's kind of hard to see the shading in this pic, but in person it makes a huge difference. I already brightened up the red armor again where it was shaded. All that's left is a few highlights, such as the brass trim, the skin on the champion, and on some of the black parts. After that, just the bases.

Next month, I'm going to be tackling a large model for the monthly challenge, namely my Tau XV104 Riptide battlesuit. Won't be as big a project as the Stormsurge was, but it might be harder as he's already all put together. I did that so I could use him in games right away, but now that decision may come back to haunt me. Let's hope not! I also hope to get some Dark Angels stuff done. I just hope I can stick with it in February instead of taking almost a week with no progress whatsoever like this month.

Excited to see the final result! What kind of basing are you going to do?

@brush: I'm gonna keep it very simple and just use the usual GW texture paint, with a wash and highlight applied. I might stick a few grass tufts on as well if I have time.

I like your KDK list. Lots of cool beasties with a BT, Helldrake and Chaos Knight.

KDK Chaos marines are looking good so far.

Painting the built riptide should prove fun for you, hopefully not contorting your painting hands too much to get the brush in those hard to reach places.

EDC

@EDC: Thanks! I hope the Riptide turns out to be easy, as I want to finish it quickly and get on with my Dark Angels.

I finally finished those Chaos Marines, but in the end I decided not to finish the bases, as I intend to swap them out for the 32mm bases at some point because Space Marines of all varieties just look better on them. So rather than waste texture paint and stuff on bases I'm not even going to keep, I decided to leave them be. Anyhow, here are the pics:









The Champion looks better than the pic suggests. My photography skills failed me on that one. I feel like the Meltagun guy turned out the best of the bunch. My crude efforts at freehand on the shoulder pad worked better for him than for the others. One thing I will say about painting Chaos stuff: it's a lot of work as the models are very busy and fiddly, but in the end they come out looking good and you can really feel accomplished. These are, of course, my first completed models of 2017, so I'm officially on the board for the year.

Here's hoping February goes a little better, hobbywise!

Lookin' good. Just joined the last-minute club myself, got my kabalite in. I generally don't vote based upon bases(no pun intended - seriously), unless they're supposed to be a major focal point. But all in all, excellent job!

Those Khornate marines look great. You shouldn't beat yourself around the head and shoulders over the painting challenge - just post those up!

If you prefer to be more of a stickler for the pledge itself, then change it so it'll help you with the motivation. That's what I did for my own last year to give me the flexibility to paint what I really wanted to while maintaining some sort of focus. Hell, for this challenge #3 I've set my pledge to literally any unit for anything since I need some freedom right now, and I can't face the Gondor models again for awhile.

Dark Angels or a unit from any other army.

@Justaerin: Thanks! I am going to do nice bases for those models, but Marines look so much better on 32mm ones, so I'm going to wait until I get more of those.

@Azazelx: Thanks, and you're so right about the challenge. I just get kind of fixated on stuff and take things too seriously sometimes. I did request over there to change my pledge though, as I like to paint a variety of stuff. I do intend to mostly do Dark Angels, but the categories for Paradigm's monthly challenge haven't lent themselves to that army. Fortunately next month will be Space Marines!

Here's a quick WIP shot showing what I did to the Riptide yesterday:

Not bad for one day on such a big model, at least for me. I'm gonna see how fast I can knock this thing out, although another project may take priority for a bit- see below.

I've got another tournament on the 18th of February, and I'd like to try running the Cyclopian Cabal alongside my Daemonkin. To do this, I'm going to need to finish painting and assembling my other 2 sorcerers (you may recall I already did one of them awhile back). I may need to put the Riptide on hold for a little while so I can focus on getting those bros knocked out. Fortunately most of the major work on the Riptide is already done.

As for Dark Angels this month, if I have time I'm finally going to finish painting those Devastators I started on almost a year ago.

Lots to do, but whatever I get done, you'll see it here first! Stay classy, DakkaDakka!

I must have missed your last update there. Can't wait to see the sorcrerors, and as always, I eagerly await seeing paint on those loyalists... ahem. I mean Dark Angels space marines.

@brush: Glad you're back! As for the sorcerers, they are currently top priority, so you won't be waiting long. As for the Dark Angels, we shall see...

Yet again I've fallen behind. Grandfather Nurgle has seen fit to bless me with a slight cold. Nothing too serious, but being congested and tired all the time makes it hard to get any painting done. I do have some progress to report, though. I've begun work on one of my two remaining Cabal Sorcerers, so here's a quick WIP shot:

I've only gotten the metals and the horns basecoated so far, but the rest should be quick and easy. These guys aren't quite as busy as the Khorne Marines were last month, but maybe that's because there's not as many of them. I hope to knock them out quickly and get back to the Riptide.

Nice progress on the Bike Sorcerer, what will he be armed with?

EDC

I echo the doctor's praise. Definitely coming along nicely, that sorcerous biker.

@EDC: This Sorcerer will be armed with a Force Stave, the third and final one will have a second Force Axe. I chose a Stave because this guy will roll Biomancy and hopefully get Iron Arm for some S10 AP2 attacks.

@Warboss: Thanks very much!

More progress, albeit not as much as I would like (sorry in advance for the crappy photo, my lighting situation deteriorated on me today):

This guy is fully basecoated, so he'll get some shades and highlights and then assembled, but it should be relatively quick. The last of my Cabal sorcerers has already gotten some paint also, but nothing too photogenic as yet. Stay tuned for more photos of these guys. One thing I will say, having a deadline is good motivation to get something painted.

These are some cool little additions to your chaos! The helmet here is an excellent choice!