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Hello All,

I'm sure what I am about to describe is a familiar feeling to pretty much all of you who may read this budding blog... Sitting around with too much time on ones hands, staring a the daunting mountain of unpainted plastic, resin and metal (yes, metal! They used to make miniatures out of in in the halcyon days of Way Back When!) Otherwise known as the Pile of Shame.
Not so long ago, towards the start of Quarantine, I decided that i did not, in fact, like my Pile of Shame and resolved to do something about it. That "Something" is now a 1750pt Ynnarii army. So that's neat.
However
It is a universal truth of Wargaming: There Is Always More.
I attempted to turn to my friends for aid in dealing with this most regrettable of situations, to lament the folly of being led astray by the promises of new codecies and drawn in by the shiny cellophane and patented New Miniature Smell, but alas they could offer no solace in these most trying of times.
For you see, they were in the same position...

And thus, driven by a burning desire to abolish the Piles of Shame, to take back what was ours and clear out the shelves and cupboards of projects that we swore we would start "eventually", a plan was hatched. A plan so massive that the very Warp itself quakes when it was mentioned. A plan so insane that the Holy Inquisition, should they ever find out about it, would label us heretics of the highest order and begin planning our execution forthwith.

A plan... to actually finish an army.

But we could not do it alone. Splitting time between work, hobby and family/friends/relationships/ect is hard enough at the best of times, and with two amongst us being Key Workers and having unstable schedules as of writing this we knew that just "deciding to get on with it" would not be the solution. No, what we needed was some inspiration. A plan, to ensure we actually went through with this crazy idea. A plan that had totally never been done before, honest guys!

http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=221112.0

Oh. Right. Well then...

(Don't worry, the link is mine)
So we've decided to instigate a Tale of X Gamers style challenge amongst our group:

The Rules:
Minimum one unit must be painted during a month, unless otherwise specified, for the army designated at the beginning of the Challenge. These units must be painted to a minimum Tabletop Standard, and if possible, based.
Each Gamer will post minimum one update per month, showing the picture of their finished unit, and declaring their intentions for the next month. This post MUST include pictures, or the minimum will be considered unfulfilled. WIP posts and etc are allowed and encouraged, however.
When possible, at least one game will be played during the month, and battle reports will be created and posted in this blog by myself or by one of the other two.
During some months, a Side Quest may be issued, for example "Paint a Warcry Warband" or "Paint a Blood Bowl Team". Unless otherwise stated, this will be replacing the month's minimum one unit, not adding to it. Of course, time permitting, some of us may do both!
The End Goal of the project is to have a fully functioning army of the chosen faction, although we have yet to specify exactly what that entails. Personally, I'm aiming for about 2000 points.
And finally: I will be keeping a running tally of points throughout the challenge. Points can be earned by painting units, winning games and some other things I've not finalised yet. Points mean prizes, although what those will be is still uncertain...

So, now that's out of the way, who exactly are these Three Gamers?

Well first up, pretty obviously, there's me. Sanguinius Himself, also known as Bassiecore online and primogenitor of the Blood Angels.
Because that's the army I'm painting. Convenient that.
Prior to this challenge, i took it upon myself to paint up a bunch of Blood Angel Primaris marines from the First Strike boxed set, and decided that, while i do like the Primaris miniatures, it's not worth buying a whole new army when i have plenty of Heresy-era marines sitting around.
I'm sure there's some Sign in the fact that i've now participated in two of these and done a Heresy Era force for both...






Next up we have the one I'm going to call Zantilin for now, as i'm not sure what his username on here will be (he's still waiting on that confirmation email...), playing Adeptus Custodes.
I hear he likes gold. And not painting very many miniatures...
Custodes are cool, extremely shiny and reputedly rock solid on the tabletop. One to watch out for, I'm sure.


Da Boss


This Man Has A Flag


Grunt


Grunt


Grunt.
Apparantly group pictures are too much for the Emperor's Finest. Probably a good thing as that much gold may damage the camera and/or blind the camera-servitor if he is not careful when using the flash...

And finally, we have the Lord of Cheese himself. Hailing from a distant land and intent on making the rest of us suffer (no, really), It's Gamer Number Three, he-who-did-not-tell-me-his-username.
Playing Grey Knights. Wonderful.
Silver, not gold, but just as wonderfully cheesy as the Custard Boys. This man enjoys Grey Knight Paladins, SMITEing things, and the tears of his enemies. And friends, apparently.


Captain Cheesedarius


This Cheese Has A Flag


The Cheese Comes In Threes


No, You Don't Get To Kill My Cheese.

So there you have it folks,
The beginning of a Tale.
I'll leave the others to post their plans in more detail as and when they can, and leave y'all now to go dig out the first of many, many MK4 tactical squads!

Until next time.

Bassiecore Out.

I really enjoy seeing a group of friends get together and make goals like this. Whether it's slow growing an army, or a huge campaign, doing it as a collective makes it more fun and easier. Good luck to all! (I'm rooting for the Custodes.)

he-who-did-not-tell-me-his-username how dare you sir

Zantilin here,
So going to start with a WIP post and it is a squad of 3 Custodian Guard. All armed with the sword and shield style. I will be building and painting the minis in stages so main body with weapons first followed by shoulder pads, the leg armour plates and the top of the helmet. The main colour scheme ill be going for is the aquilan sheild so gold and purple. Paints used so far for the armour is a Chaos Black Spray and Retributor Armour Base paint. They're a little rough on the paint atm but I tend to do the paint fixes as I go. Eventually depending when lockdown/social distancing lifts we will either start with some games of kill team then progress on to 40K or just jump straight into 40K if we've all painted enough.

Custodian Guard 4

Custodian Guard 5

Custodian Guard 6

Group Shot.
Anyway got some more free time coming up so expect another post soon.
Zantilin out .

Looking good guys, good luck banishing that pile of shame!

Howzit guys?

This month so far has been a special kind of Hobby Hell. From schedule changes at work to spending most of last week in bed with a non-global-pandemic-related illness, I feel like i've not gotten nearly enough done yet!

I did manage to create a banner logo for the challenge so that's neat i guess? Y'all will only be seeing it if there is ACTUAL CONTENT in the post. I'm going to encourage Zantilin and Manxy to do the same soon

Anyway, i mentioned content?

Nothing major, just a quick snapshot of my WIP stuff for now:



SCOUTS! Yes, i know i said Mark 4 Tacticals. Yes i know Scouts aren't available in Horus Heresy and this is a 30k army. Yes i know i'm a massive liar and a hypocrite... BUT! By The Emperor, i have an excuse!

You see, i didn't own the Blood Angels Codex until literal actual yesterday, and when it comes to planning 40k games to play with this force, it'd be a little silly of me to spend a bunch of time building and painting an illegal squad!
So with that in mind, i dug out some old, half-painted SM Scouts from an aborted project years ago and thought, why not? They're cheap, viable in Kill Team games (or so i'm told) and great for sneaking onto objectives when we come to bigger fights. And they leave me more room in the list for the DEATH COMPANY so.....

Fully painted pics will be posted, of course, when all 17 are done.

Yes 17. Not 20. No, i don't know where the other 3 have wandered off to. They're probably.... scouting ahead.... (I'm trash.)

In other news, I've finally taken the plunge and picked up a new Paint Case. The difference having a super organised hobby space makes is astronomical! See?



It has shelves for my paints, a drawer for tools and even built in bitz boxes! The Emperor Approves of this box. And it's portable, with a handy dandy shoulder strappy for added Value!

Anyway, less typing, more painting!

Bassiecore Out.

I may have to get one of those cases. Will post an actual update in about a week.

Howzit!

There's only a couple days left in the month, and making progress has been the theme of the week. Hopefully the others will post soon with their finished pieces too.... (HINT HINT GUYS!)

Anyway... Scouts!

I painted a whole bunch of these guys, having found a couple of spare sprues scattered around the Pile of Shame, so the loadouts aren't exactly perfectly competitive. However, in actual 40k games they'll just be hanging out on objectives, in kill teams having options is never a bad thing and in 30k I'm pretty sure Scouts don't exist soooooo...


Squad The First. Camo Cloaked snipers because sniper rifles are cool i guess? I'm not sure how good these guys are tbh, but they look kinda cool. Also one hundred percent looking forward to painting NO MORE FACES for the next couple of months!


Also, camo cloaks are fun to paint


Bolter Scouts. Basic, cheap, reliable. Nothing really else of note.

Does it sit weird with anyone else that the Space Marines, whos entry requirements are literally superhuman even before the enhancements and the uptake rate for geneseed is supposed to be sub 50% put their precious recruits onto the battlefield with the worst armour in the Chapter and without helmets?
Just me?

Ok...



Scout Sergeants. They have smaller bolters but bigger knives. Neat?


When you have 10 scouts to paint and only 6 boltguns, you improvise!


DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA FWOOSHBOOOM!

ahem.
Scout heavy weapons are mostly there for kill teams, but i guess if i have some points spare a Missile Launcher of Heavy Bolter deploying somewhere sneaky could be neat.

Anyway, that's all for now, next month i'll start the Marines proper, tactical squads or assault squads depending on how i feel at the time, but most likely tacticals. Need some practice painting power armour again!

Bassiecore out

Behold this months Grey Knights



... erm those aren't Grey Knights lets try again



Ok look I needed to get some stuff in that didn't come so let those lady's tide you over for this month.

Whoever wins, the Imperium loses.

Hello there!

So things are a bit up-in-the-air right now between lockdown and getting parts of the house renovated and far too many car repairs, but i do infact have some progress!
Not a lot of progress, but progress nonetheless.

I shall be chasing up the others for their posts soon, but likely similar issues to the ones plaguing me are to blame for this thread's slow start...



I decided, with the advent of 9th edition on the horizon, that building and equipping anything even vaguely specialised would be a complete waste of time, after all it could be next edition that TH/SS captains are bad. Or that Plasma Guns are the best thing ever and every squad sgt should be equipped with two.
So we turn to the bread and butter of the Adeptus Astartes, the humble Tactical Marine. one sarge, equipped with a chainsword and unspecified sheathed pistol, and nine dudes with old-model chunky boltguns. Nothing special, nothing too overpowered, but necessary nonetheless. I have 40 of these total, and plan to make 3 10 man basic squads and have the last lot become a Tactical Support Squad for HH games. 10 meltaguns is probably going to be good regardless, and i have a nice, shiny drop pod for them to rock up in later down the line. Fwoosh!

Will post more WIP shots soon once i can settle on a good recipe for Blood Angels red!

Until next time,

Bassiecore out.

Smart. Character customization would change, but just cheap armoured bodies on the table will never go out of style

Finally I was able to get the bits I needed this month and behold I was able to paint one whole Grey Knight, I drag myself to the bone for my craft.

Hopefully the Ancient will have some squad mates before the end of the month.

Well you did better than me this month Manxy...

I actually have no progress at all to share... (boo! Hiss!)

I blame tactical squads being extremely uninteresting to paint, paranoia that my painting isn't good enough to show on the internet, and work being an absolute bitch and sapping all of my energy forever...

More progress coming soon, i promise!

Bassie Out.