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Many of us have a host of unpainted, even unbuilt, miniatures sitting on our desks or tucked away out of sight. Many of us haven't heard the clack of dice or the thwip of a tape measure for months. Together let's get motivated to dust off those dice and moisten our brushes!


It's easy to get involved:
Just post a message stating what you pledge to do and when you aim to do it by, then, when you complete your pledge, just post another message telling us how it went. If you can provide pictures at the beginning and/or the end then please do although this is not a requirement. I also encourage you to create a P&M Blog to showcase your work and announce your updates here.

All right... As I've been in the middle of painting my PanO Spec-Ops for a couple weeks now... It's the perfect timing to kick myself and finish it !
I've also started and basecoated a Shasvastii seed soldier and so I'll try to finish him before the end of the week =)

Next time, Ì'll post the picture of the model I'll paint before doing anything on it.

My first pledge.

Paint and base the models I have for my Qapu Khalqi sectorial force. So far this is Nomads Alguaciles (3), a mobile brigada HI (HMG) and 4 Druze Militia. Still to come, the Haqq contingent and an "Iguana" TAG stand in.

Alguaciles done. Mobile brigada done. Druze in progress.

I don't paint for GD level standards - so my TT standard will do me fine. They are a step up from dipped, though and do usually contain the "minimum 3 colours" that were the de facto GW tourney standard.

Good pledges guys, looking forward to seeing your work. I've updated the OP and I've thrown my hat in too, looks like the pressures on.

Ooh, a pledge thread! Well as i already have a host of unpainted/ unbuilt minis i might as well chip in.

This week: Get Mathieu's O12 mini bloody well finished! And base/ prime 3 djanbazans.

Oh, and as a stretch goal if i get time finish off a building i've been working on too.

Von Skyfury painting... really?

First pledge:

Occaisonally see my Infinity models in a corner of the basement while doing loads of newborn baby laundry.

Duration: Now - August

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Von Skyfury painting... really?

Hey ! It's not like I don't have anything painted
A few more and I'll have 1 painted mini per faction =P

Get all my Highlanders assembles by the end of may

 Von Skyfury wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Von Skyfury painting... really?

Hey ! It's not like I don't have anything painted
A few more and I'll have 1 painted mini per faction =P

I couldn't quite believe you were the guy pushing me to put this thread up. Turning over a new leaf?

Glad to see some more pledging too.
@bantha - Biggest pledge so far if you reach the stretch goal! Good on you, I'll add it to the OP.
@plastictrees - Haha, well congratulations and if you decide to jump on board at any point for a quick jaunt then feel free.
@Nerm - Since this is weekly, shall I put you in to get one built by the reset? I'll put you in as that for now and just tell me if you want me to change it.

Base coat and initial layering on my Gao-Rael Sniper.

Sorry mould, added you in earlier and forgot to post afterwords.

Well I'm putting stuff together so I can at least play with them but painting is another matter. I've had 5 Shasvastii half done on my desk for about 5 months now :( So I pledge to have them done in 1 Month!

I'm currently working of a project for another miniatures game, but I'll join the pledging in coming weeks.

I'll bite. Have my FRRM done by the end of May.

That's 5 Métros, 3 Chasseurs, a Mirage-5 team, 3 random chicks for Zouaves or Briscards.

Normally I'd have it all done by end of April, but with the studies, painting has been an issue.

An update or sorts and an excuse a reason for delays.

I managed to scratch my eyeball on my good eye (left one) and the treatment makes my vision blur and the depth perception is very much reduced so no painting or modelling for me for at least the next two weeks.

How am I typing this? I'm dictating this to my computer as I can't properly focus on the keyboard.

Ouch, swift recovery chromedog.

oh weekly, well nothing then as im off to china for two weeks tomorrow... I said end of May because of that

I don't think it needs to be weekly =)
As long as people get on board and reach their goals ( or not ), it's fine.
As long as it motivates people to actually paint some minis =)

My motivation is twofold:

I hate playing with unpainted minis.

I like having more minis painted than Von Skyfury.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:


I like having more minis painted than Von Skyfury.

You could litterally stop painting for a year and still have more painted minis =P

I'm making a pledge but it's a fortnight one, thesis intro due thursday so I'm unsure if I'll find time before then.

Finish Highland Grey with HMG, Wulver with T2 Rifle and SAS CRAP

edit: update, changed to SAS CRAP and finished him and the HMG Grey

Second opinion and referral to specialist tells me that first TWO doctors were crap and shall not be returned to. Specialist has changed the treatment and vision should return to normal within a few weeks.

Thanks for the thoughts, anyway. I've still managed to assemble some models. It just took longer than normal.

That's rough chromedog, hope you heal up promptly!

I agree about not making it weekly actually. The idea was to keep the updates easy and that small deadlines are easier to focus on. Looking at it now, it's easy enough for me to do non weekly pledges too and that'll work better for some people. I'll update the OP next. Basically I'll continue to reset/update every Monday so as long as your in for any Sunday I'll catch it on time.

Update for my pledge.
Got BlueDagger's trade underway. The pose is finished and I'm just getting it pinned together now, very happy with it. Sadly that's it so far as I've been really ill all week. Still planning to hit my target though.

I'm abit inspired now after adepticon so im hoping to get tl work soon.

I'm going to change my pledge from the shotgun SAS to the SAS with CRAP if that's alright, I love the model and my store happened to have it (they never have ariadna blisters, so that was a stroke of luck) and I painted him up as soon as I got home.

I also finished the Grey with HMG, and the Wulver is nearing completion. Pics will follow in the next day or two.

Funnily enough, not much uni work got done.

Vision improving and base coating of some models done.

Vision not good enough for finer details at this point, but can at least focus on screen if I squint a little (better than 4 days ago, at least, when squint or no, blur was all there was).

I don't expect to have as much free time next week so let's go with a very easy one =P
My fiday has no base yet so I'll work on it.
And if possible, I'll try to slap a little more paint on an Hac Tao.


So here's my Crimson Spec Ops for my PanO Military Order :



And then, here's the first seed soldier. As I wanted him done today, I rushed him a bit.
Now that I'm happy with the paint scheme I chose, the next one will get a little more attention =)




I'll eventually take better pictures I guess

So only Skyfury hit there target so far. I'm sorry to say I can't make that two either. Being ill ate up my week and when I finally started greenstuffing Blue's trade I realised it needed much more extensive and more detailed work than I anticipated.

@chromedog, glad you're getting a bit of vision back mate. Don't strain the old eyes to much though!

@motyak, yeh no worries. Sounds like things are progressing well, well... apart from uni work.

@CDK, awesome! How was it?

I'm going to add to my current pledge for next week to make up for it. So same again for me but two models for my blog.

I'll update the OP now. Feel free to make new pledges whenever.

Next month I'll finish my Acontecimento not including TAG.

5 man Bagh-Mari link
Doctor & Engineer with palbots
Hacker Akalis
1 or more regulars

Dragoe when I have the time.