Pile of Shame 2024: A Good Day to Paint Hard

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**Easy E**

Finished my last 6 bases of Hittite chariots in 6mm.

Hittite army is done. Pictures coming eventually.

**LunarSol**

Some new Judgement stuff and some tanks to play some Ironstorm are now off the pile!

**Dysartes**

Really like that librarian-looking guy in the first picture, LunarSol - nice work.

**LunarSol**

Dysartes wrote:
Really like that librarian-looking guy in the first picture, LunarSol - nice work.

Thanks! He's Viktor the halfling warlock from Judgement by Creature Caster and his summoned pals!

**The Newman**

Three stands of Initiates and a Hold Reigh.

**ced1106**

I'm only painting what I'll play!

As in, I'm playing solo Gloomhaven: Crimson Scales, and then STOP playing when I "need" a miniature for a proxy. Pretty obviously, this works better with solo than a regular gaming session.

Most of the pics are in the Reaper thread, but here's some recent pics from the CS miniatures and the Wildspire Miniatures "Monster Set" proxy. The CS miniatures are available as free .stl's with the also free PnP on the CS website. The Wildspire Miniatures are pre-assembled soft plastic, available on Amazon.

Crimson Scales. Free PnP expansion. Requires Gloomhaven . : https://www.thecrimsonscales.com/
Wildspire Miniatures: https://www.amazon.com/stores/WildspireMiniatures/page/B343BFEF-3714-440E-9750-50FC66D51848

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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

18 days, 120 Infantry painted.

Now got the first three Contemptors in the spray booth, ready for tomorrow.

**Easy E**

Nice progress!

**ZergSmasher**

The core set for Primal: The Awakening arrived today; the expansions, addons, and stretch goal stuff will be coming in a separate shipment. The models look fairly daunting but probably won't be terribly difficult to paint. After many months, indeed a couple of years, of delays it's nice to finally have it in hand so I can get to work on it.

**LunarSol**

Not feeling like I'm managing the pile well at the moment. Almost caught up on the Deathwatch... but I could really use some scouts and there's a TON of Shatterpoint this week all getting in the way of dealing with the backlog that didn't get resolved last year. :(

**The Newman**

120 infantrymen in 18 days. Ye gods.

Just finished a regiment of Dweghom Dragon Slayers and a Tempered Steelshaper.

**Easy E**

I was excited to finished 10 infantry in 5 days!

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Working from home, single, no pets and off the sauce in solidarity with a friend’s diet has given me a lot of time on my hands!

**The Newman**

A regiment of Hold Balistae, a Tempered Sorcerer, and an Ardent Kerawegh. And a few things removed due to rules changes.

**The Newman**

A Hellbringer Drake. That is all.

**Easy E**

Finished a squad of Vet Guard.

**LunarSol**

Finished up my DW updates! Then ordered some Scouts and a Land Raider >.<

Also working through the new wave of RotJ releases:

**Easy E**

Nice Star Wars stuff. I would never be able to mimic the real look like that.

**The Newman**

Steelforged. Not sure what I'll work on next.

**LunarSol**

Easy E wrote:
Nice Star Wars stuff. I would never be able to mimic the real look like that.

Thanks! It's a fair amount of contrast but I try to fix everything up with reference photos from the costume department

**The Newman**

Three stands of Wardens. Getting pretty close to the half-way mark on the Dweg, one more regiment to 50%

**The Newman**

A regiment of Hold Thanes. It'd be nice if Dakka didn't require a separate hosting service for pics.

**Easy E**

I finished my Octarius Boxed Set.

**Pyroalchi**

Finally finished a large stack of terrain I had laying around for years. Feels good:

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**The Newman**

And Flame Berserkers.

**LunarSol**

Finished up the last of my Deathwatch until I see what 10th brings.

**The Newman**

An Ironclad Drake today.

**The Newman**

And the City States are finished again.

**Dysartes**

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Q1 recap? Honestly, not too bad. OK, I'm at +1 instead of even (or even -1 or better) in terms of net buys vs. completed figures, but then I've also moved house, which has taken most of February and a good chunk of March out of commission.

I'll probably be dipping a little further into the red next weekend, due to local store's birthday, but I'm also hoping that I can now start to get more stuff painted - especially if I can get to the crate with my terrain in it.

I should probably try to get some of the WIP things I brought into 2024 completed, especially as I think some of them entered 2023 like that, too - maybe I should go back and mark those up...

**Easy E**

Finished a Chaos Guard Kill Team.