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Finished up the HQs and got the huge pile of new stuff prepped. 3 Bushido figs, 3 Infinity, 20 Malifaux/Other Side. Getting new stuff done right away has really helped me learn better habits for not letting the backlog grow. Just got to buckle down a bit, get rid of some stuff I don't really care for and get this stuff done.

Finished an Invictor suit today.

I've painted a grand total of 24 models this year. That seemed really slow, but then I remembered that I took a break to put ballast and low turf on 120ish Marines.

Finished up my Dark Age Irish. 2 of 4 projects done for the year!

Sold off 3 painted armies and painted 30 models so far this year.

Used a little of the money to get a tank, dreadnought and captain for my Lamenters.

Started on the ten skeleton warriors that will get me to more painted than bought.

Also bought and assembled some terrain, I'm going to paint that on the side this year.

 LunarSol wrote:
Finished up the HQs and got the huge pile of new stuff prepped. 3 Bushido figs, 3 Infinity, 20 Malifaux/Other Side. Getting new stuff done right away has really helped me learn better habits for not letting the backlog grow. Just got to buckle down a bit, get rid of some stuff I don't really care for and get this stuff done.

Finished up all that, but my friend who grabbed the other half of The Other Side picked up a 2 commander army so I guess I'll do the same. Before that project jumps to the front of the queue I'm hoping to get a little work on my Warmachine backlog.

I finished a Road Hog, Gun Boar, Splatter Boar, and two Razor Boars.

I also assembled and base-coated ten AOS Heart Renders to use as Slanneshi Furies, 12 Termagaunts (since what I had no longer made sense with the new rules), three Tyranid Warriors, a Tyrannofex, five Assault Terminators, a War Hog, two Eferrit Scouts, Lanyssa, a squad of three Valkyries, and a scratch-built Bone Shrine, and re-armed my Tyranid Prime since it's loadout no longer made sense either.

Finished those Heart Renders and the new arms on my Tyranid Prime.

 LunarSol wrote:

Finished up all that, but my friend who grabbed the other half of The Other Side picked up a 2 commander army so I guess I'll do the same. Before that project jumps to the front of the queue I'm hoping to get a little work on my Warmachine backlog.

The Other Side arrived faster than expected, but I got it painted up surprisingly fast. Now I'm actively on the backlog again and about halfway through my unpainted Trollbloods. Next up I'm aiming for the other half along with a few Circle models that will put me under a hundred unpainted models for the first time in.... I have no idea really. Loving this thread to keep me motivated though.

I just finished 15 triremes, so I am completely out of backlog until I order more minis.

I am scrounging through some of my older minis for D&D to see if I can touch them up or not.

2 of 4 projects I wanted done for the year are complete.

 Easy E wrote:
I just finished 15 triremes, so I am completely out of backlog until I order more minis.

I am scrounging through some of my older minis for D&D to see if I can touch them up or not.

2 of 4 projects I wanted done for the year are complete.

Congratulations on the half-way mark.

I finished up the first squad of Valkyries, Agata, Queen of Carnage, and the Farrow Sapper this afternoon.

I'm pretty sure I got something else assembled and base coated but it's escaping me at the moment. [Edit] I remember now, I spent a bunch of time rooting around in my bit box to scratch up a Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield for one of my Vanguard Vets, he now has a shield made from the head of a Carnifex. I also found enough painted arms to swap out the weapons on some of my standard Marines without repainting anything, so I have another Stormbolter and Chainsword Sergeant and some more Plasmaguns and Meltaguns.

 LunarSol wrote:

The Other Side arrived faster than expected, but I got it painted up surprisingly fast. Now I'm actively on the backlog again and about halfway through my unpainted Trollbloods. Next up I'm aiming for the other half along with a few Circle models that will put me under a hundred unpainted models for the first time in.... I have no idea really. Loving this thread to keep me motivated though.

Finished over half of my unpainted trolls. Didn't have time to prime so a switched to some Khador stuff I had ready to go and I'm about a third of the way through that. More importantly, I FINALLY got the count under 100 unpainted minis. Feels like I'm in the home stretch. Really pushing to get truly caught up for the first time since.... probably ever.

So, negative progress this week.

I finished an Assault Terminator squad yesterday that I'd been procrastinating on basing for several days.

The reason for that procrastination is that the Heresy teasers prompted me to pull the trigger on a few Firstborn projects, as I suspect the new beakies will push the existing 40k Firstborn line out of production.

With that in mind I put together 10 Vanguard Vets, 10 Devastators, 5 Sternguard, 13 assorted Sergeants and special weapon Marines, a jump pack Librarian, a jump pack Chaplain, and a Gravis Captain with twin fists. That project kind of snowballed on me.

And the Parasite of Miorax came out this week.

Finally managed to sell my "sell pile" that has been in a box for a couple of years. That cleaned out all my unfinished war machine minis and a big bunch of other stuff.

Moving to a new house in a few months, so everything is already packed, slowing progress on the pile. Got a hankering to make terrain though, so might have to dig out some stuff to keep progressing on my city table while I wait for the move

 LunarSol wrote:

Finished over half of my unpainted trolls. Didn't have time to prime so a switched to some Khador stuff I had ready to go and I'm about a third of the way through that. More importantly, I FINALLY got the count under 100 unpainted minis. Feels like I'm in the home stretch. Really pushing to get truly caught up for the first time since.... probably ever.

Finished every unpainted Khador model. Currently working to finish the last of my Circle Orboros stuff. A little backpaddle as my Warcaster Empyrean Cadre kickstarter arrived, but looking to get that done as quick as I can. Decent chance I get caught up by the end of summer.

My process for painting Farrow skin involves mixing really small batches of several shades of brown, and in an effort to waste less paint I decided to do all seven unpainted Warlocks in a single batch, plus Kalyssa since Arkadius is in there and I have no other human-ish skin to paint.

Four [censored] weeks later...

To be fair the models weren't the only thing I had going on in that time frame, I also got fence put up to plant a garden and built a Firestrike with Sentinal legs (which turns out to be a very popular conversion).

I finished painting 10 Martian Cadaver Troop models or so for Under the Martian Yoke that I had kit-bashed earlier.

Backlog still at 0.

Then, I got a note from Victrix stating that they are planning to increase their prices by 10% June 1st, so I did the only sensible thing a purchased a large Persian army! About 125 new models on their way! Thankfully, that was one of my 4 goals to get painted this year.

Steady progress has continued to shrink my pile of shame with over 50 models finished so far in 2022.

To Paint List Final Stages – Base Coat Completed - Primed - Un-assembled – Still in Blister/Box/Closet/Under the Bed

Eldar – 1
Eldar Vyper

Metal Necromunda - 13
1 Goliath
1 Ratskin
10 Escher
1 Scum

Necromunda - 40K Terrain Large - 3
Ruined Cathedral
Ruined Factorium
Battle Zone Nachmund

Sisters of Battle – 13
10 Repentia
3 Cherubim

The long painting war continues...

CB

Fantastic work!

That is not a pile, except for the terrain, that is barely a few painting sessions. Good work Captain, I think you deserve some more minis

Some progress, finished a big pile of 'gaunts this morning. Added a Kratos, Sicaran, and Leviathan to the list though since there's no way I don't add those to the list.

 LunarSol wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:

Finished over half of my unpainted trolls. Didn't have time to prime so a switched to some Khador stuff I had ready to go and I'm about a third of the way through that. More importantly, I FINALLY got the count under 100 unpainted minis. Feels like I'm in the home stretch. Really pushing to get truly caught up for the first time since.... probably ever.

Finished every unpainted Khador model. Currently working to finish the last of my Circle Orboros stuff. A little backpaddle as my Warcaster Empyrean Cadre kickstarter arrived, but looking to get that done as quick as I can. Decent chance I get caught up by the end of summer.

Circle: Done
Warcaster: Done
Some random Malifaux that was released: Done

Right now I'm doing the last of my Trollbloods. Then I'll probably try to finish the Deathwatch. Getting close.

These Persians have been slow going.... I have only started to assemble to Irregular infantry.

Wow, this thread went really quiet.

I finished ten Farrow Commandoes today, and I'm seriously considering whether I want to thin out the 40k stuff now that Warmachine Mk IV is on the horizon.

I finished up my Trollbloods and started on my Deathwatch, but I kind of got sidetracked by the Miniature Market moving sale and spent the last month painting my new purchases there. I'll have more to report when I get back to my Deathwatch.

Hot weather and summer totally derailed my painting. I have been struggling with my Persians.

Ok, so it took me six weeks to finish 10 Farrow Commandos, then I turn around and knock out a Tryannofex in four days.

I know I picked a more difficult execution for the Farrow, but dang.

I finally got started on my Persians from Victrix.

Steady progress has continued to shrink my pile of shame with 65 models finished so far in 2022.

To Paint List Final Stages – Base Coat Completed - Primed - Un-assembled – Still in Blister/Box/Closet/Under the Bed

Eldar – 1
Eldar Vyper

Metal Necromunda - 10
10 Escher

Necromunda - 40K Terrain Large - 4
Ruined Cathedral
Battle Zone Nachmund
Two scratch build plasma regulators

Sisters of Battle – finished.

The long painting war continues...

CB

Wow Cap, that is a substantially smaller list! Great work.

Painted up some Warmachine stuff, now to see how it ports over. Back on finishing my Deathwatch and then a Knight army.

Somewhere in there I'll work in the new Gencon releases. Picked up the Kttsune for Bushido and that new Khador Battlegroup.

It feels very good to be in a place where a couple purchases can nearly double my backlog rather than barely budge it.