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Nice job! The metal work on the lions is really cool, whilst they may have looked better if you had been able to paint in sub assemblies, they still look pretty good to me. The Chaos Warrior scheme is still really good, the blue and rust work great together. Is it just me though, or did you miss the Flesh Tearers off your tally? Or are you waiting for the printed icons first?

Good luck with the house move!

Thanks as ever for commenting gobert!

Yeah left the flesh tearers off until they are properly 100% done.

Mate what a feast this blog is! So much happening - and a really clever method of keeping yourself on track. I want to say I'm going to steal it - but I know I'd just end up lying to myself to cover up my -50 a month habit

The tyranid scheme is really gorgeous. Looks natural and terrifying; the lime green accents really pop and are a great choice.

I think the White Lions look ace too, both in the chariot and on foot, lovely blue steel.

I am also loving the work on the GSC; the skin on the magus is wonderful and the colours and weathering on the ridgerunner are really well executed.

Great work mate, looking forward to more!

Thanks tzurk! Appreciate you popping in.

My current haphazard progress of painting whatever has not been packed away continues with some more gobbos. I bought Zarbag's Gitz for Underworlds a couple of months ago as the models are great and I really enjoy the game. Hadn't got around to painting any of them but have now made a start. 2 down including Zarbag himself (couldn't resist!).




I especially love Zarbag's mad boss eye.



This was my first attempt at OSL ever so it's a bit messier than i would have liked, especially when it is this zoomed in! But I learned a lot and should be better placed to do this next time.

Plus, it takes my score up to 16

Some of these new gobbos are really cool, if only they had doom divers! You’ve done the models justice that’s for sure, keep up the random gitz

Hello all.

Not being posting for a couple but I am still here! After moving house at the start of November then entering busy season at work, I haven't had the chance to either paint or post as much as I would like.

I have done a little bit of painting these last two months however, finishing up the gang of Zarbag's Gitz for Warhammer Underworlds and working out a test scheme of Necrons for the Indomitus models:






The Necrons are far more weathered than they appear on the photo, it's not just brown + agrax, honest!

Sadly, my points took a battering however. Work stress leads me to resort to retail therapy and I ended up buying not only the Tyranids Battleforce, but also several High Elf and Tomb Kings boxes on eBay. So my points now look as follows:

Opening point balance: 16
Models completed: 12 (5 Necrons and 7 Gobbos)
Models purchased: -276 (Hive Tyrant (21pts), 3 x Tyrant Guard (18pts), Haruspex (21), 10 Gargoyles (30), 16 Genestealers (48). 12 Skeleton Warriors (36) and 3 Chariots (45). 16 High Elf Spears (48), 1 Mounted Noble (6) and 1 Foot Noble (3))
Closing balance: -248. feth.


But the good news is I managed to finish 156 models in 2020, easily the most I have ever painted in one calendar year. I guess a global pandemic is good for something!? Full list is as follows:

1 AT Warhound
2 Blackstone Fortress Chaos Marines
1 Chaos Warrior Lord + 6 Chaos Warriors
10 Eldar Guardians + 1 Weapon Platform + 1 Farseer
4 GSC neophytes + 1 Leman Russ + 1 Ridgerunner + 2 Weapons Teams + 5 acolytes + 1 Magus
1 Carnifex + 1 Swarmlord + 3 Tyranid Warriors + 2 Genestealers
1 Loonboss on Squig + 10 Squig hoppers + 9 Zarbag's Gitz
18 Sea Guard + 1 Prince on Griffin + 10 White Lions + 20 Swordmasters + 1 White Lion Chariot + 1 Handmaiden of Everqueen + 1 Bolt Thrower
1 Converted Magos Biologis
5 Skinks with Bows + 1 Skink Chief on Terradon + 23 Skinks with javelins
5 Necron Warriors

That's not a bad haul. The High Elves are the clear winners and I would definitely like to continue to expand those into a proper army. So what are my hobby resolutions for 2021? I am aiming to:

- High Elves - Finish the unit of White Lions, Unit of 15 Silver Helms, Unit of 30 Spearmen, another Bolt Thrower, Battle Standard Bearer, Lothern Skycutter
- Tomb Kings - Finish a 2,500 force for 9th Age, list to be decided!
- Eldar - Get a 1k force of CWE finished
- Finish Painting the Indomitus models
- Finish Painting Blackstone Fortress

Will I do any of these? Well, we shall see!

Those are some dirty Necrons! The gitz came out well too. It’s a shame the points came out negative, but you’re starting 2022 with a good selection of stuff to paint! Happy New Year

Love the underworlds gang - they are very fun and characterful, and you have done a great job on them!

Thanks for sharing

Cheers guys!

Made a good start to 2021 by continuing with my Cothique High Elves, as I have now finished my unit of 20 White Lions. I got asked on Reddit why a Cothique army would include Chracian White Lions. My personal head canon is that these are Huntsmen of Cothique who were gifted the pelts after saving a Chracian merchant vessel from Druchii pirates. Although, given the proximity between Chrace and Cothique, the simpler answer would be trade!

Anyway, here are the last ten White Lions:




And the unit as a whole:



Eventually I would like to get this up to the maximum size (for 9th Age) of 30 but finding the plastic models is proving tricky. Next up is going to be some Silver Helms!

Opening point balance: -248
Models completed: 10
Models purchased: -6 (High Elf Silver Helms Standard Bearer)
Closing balance: -244

That's a marvelous looking unit. Good luck on your goals.

The lions look fantastic! They’ll tie in well with the colours of the rest too. I like your head cannon version, much more interesting than a simple trade. Great stuff!

Great looking unit, and nice headcannon to explain their presence!

Thanks for sharing

Cheers all!

I've made a start on the next unit, the Silver Helms. I am hoping to get 5 of these done before the end of the month if possible.

I've painted the riders and their mounts separately, the knights have been base coated and shaded so just need relayering and given that little bit of polish! I couldn't resist finishing one of them and posing him on a primed horse to see how they would look:



Should look good once the whole rank is sorted! Now back to the other guys.

While I was waiting for the primer on the Silver Helms to dry, I did quickly splash some paint on a Battle Sister I had lying about. The new sculpts are simply fantastic and I had to give one a go, I went for a nice rich burgundy and pale cream combo and I am really happy with how it looks and how fast it was to paint! I think February may end up being a 40k month as a break from the Cothique bois and so I will finish up this young lady and her friends in the coming weeks. For now, here's the model missing a couple of vital parts...

Ooh! Silver Helms, the first chap already looks great. I look forward to seeing him with his mates.

The burgundy Sister looks fantastic, a great colour, and even better if it’s quick to paint

Thanks as always Gobert!

Really quick update today to show that the first rank of the Silver Helms is done! I even took a couple more WIP shots this time.








I think I am going to take a bit of a break from High Elves for February, so will probably smash out some half completed 40k units!

Opening point balance: -244
Models completed: 10 (5 x Silver Helms)
Models purchased: 0
Closing balance: -234

Nicely done, they look fantastic in their greens! I look forward to seeing you tackle 40k stuff again

Thanks Gobert!

Well I finally got around to adding the decals to the Flesh Tearers Intercessors squad that I nearly completed last year, so they are now done!



Shooty marines aren't very flesh tearer-y so next up will be something with chainswords of course! But first to finish off my half finished 40k units/minis...

Opening point balance: -234
Models completed: 5
Models purchased: 0
Closing balance: -229

I've played a few practice games with some Flesh Tearers, and I gotta say that Flesh Tearers make even shooty marines nothing to sneeze at in close combat, especially at T3 and after.
They look great!

Did you end up using the Chapter Customizer decals?

The squad markings on the knee are chapter customizer, the battle line arrows are GW and the buzzsaws are 3d printed. I may have another go with the chapter customizer buzzsaw decals on the next squad because I don't like how raised the 3d logo is.

Thanks for commenting! And good to know these guys will still be able to rip and tear!

SoB test looks gorgeous. Horesy pointy ears look nice all lined up also

Thanks for sharing

The Tearers look great, I really like their raised shoulder pads. Did you replace the whole pad or are they just the symbols?

Wonderful work here. Love the High Elves especially.

Thanks all

So February I am taking a bit of a break from High Elves before I get back into the Asur groove in March. I've been doing pretty well clearing off a few things that have sat on my painting desk for far too long.

With that in mind, I followed up the Intercessor squad with a Sisters of Battle Dominions squad:




The downside is these were a joy to paint so likely going to be getting more lol

I also finished off a half painted Sons of Horus Praetor for my never-going-to-happen HH army! Excuse the slightly dodgy freehand on the cloak.



Now I am currently working on an Eldar Vyper. This is a rescue job on a big batch lot I got from a friend (I got a load of infantry and 6 tanks for £50), so was in pretty bad nick when I took hold of it. I would have loved to have painted this in sub assemblies but sadly the whole thing was built when I got it. I managed to prise the canopy off but the rest is being painted in one bit. Very WIP at this stage lol.



Opening point balance: -229
Models completed: 6
Models purchased: 0
Closing balance: -223

Came to have a look at your Cothique high elves but hell, everything on here is amazing. Really like that teal you used for them.

I saw up above someone asked why a Cothiqui army would have white lions? Well they are neighbouring provinces and units like that do get about. For my Chracian army I'm planning on converting up some of my old spearmen into Cothiqui raiders to count as Lothern Seaguard.

Also my personal favourite by far is that orange you used for the genestealer cult lady doodad! It's such a beautiful colour and really makes the model look exciting.

Absolutely love the variety of cool minis on display here. Your High Elves look fantastic.
What colour are you using for the teal plumes? I love it.

Thanks guys!

@Da Boss - the teal plumes are sybarite green, shaded with coelia greenshade, then relayered with sybarite and finally extreme edge highlighted with Vallejo Green Sky (used to use nurgling green but i am gradually replacing all my citadel paints with other brands, primarily vallejo).

Quick update today, have been continuing to finish things that have sat primed in my desk for a while awaiting some paint. First up is the finished vyper in jade green:



I still need to come up with a name for this craftworld...

Next I finished the other half of the 10 necron warriors. These are largely a different style of painting for me, usually I stick with the traditional base - shade - layer - highlight. But there is no layering or highlights on this. Simply a bunch of different weathering paints over the base colours. The photos don't really do them justice however. Ah well!





Opening point balance: -223
Models completed: 10
Models purchased: 0
Closing balance: -213

Thank you! Lovely clean job on the Vyper and the Necron looks lovely in that palette.

Great job on the necrons (which I can only assume if looking better in real life must be absolutely wonderful) and refreshing to see a different scheme to chrome

Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys!

Quick update, finished February, month of finishing half finished models with 4 Cerastus Lancers. This is for my House Hawkwood allies to Legio Astorum.



Opening point balance: -213
Models completed: 8 (2pts each)
Models purchased: 0 (my bank balance is definitely happy about this)
Closing balance: -205

Now March is here, so we will be back on the High Elf train. 10 more Silver Helms have been built. 20 archers have been stripped, alongside a second bolt thrower. And a named hero too...

Looks like you’ve been busy mouldy. The sisters, SoH and knights have come out especially well. Getting through part finished minis is a great way to rack up the points