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**Alexi**

So I couldnt resist rekitting one of my bikers last night. I got creative with my hobby knife and whacked off his painted but unsealed right wrist. A bit of popping some glue ( I was terrified i would break him OMG) and poof. Bikers with a Grav gun. Also didnt put the flamer arm on the last tac marine. Went with another bolter. I counted my flamers and have 3. I only use 2-3 squads of Tacs and prefer they dont all mirror each other. Varitey is the spice of life dont ya know.

**darthnatus**

gwarsh41 wrote:
I just want to pop in and say I have a great amount of respect for you guys. I couldn't imagine painting everything before buying something else.

I cracked last weekend and ordered 13 ASM and 5 Terminators so now I have well over 100 models to paint, 8 of which are metal and a couple need to be altered.

**volatileart**

Ultramarines:
1 Calgar
1 Honor Guard Sqd
1 Command Sqd
5 Assault Termies
5 Tactical Termies
3 Tactical Sgts/Vets Sgts
1 Jump pack Chaplain
1 generic Chaptermaster
1 generic Captain
2 Razorbacks
1 Rhino
1 Predator
1 Hunter
1 TFC
1 Stormtalon
1 Ironclad Dred
1 generic Dred
1 ADL w/quad-gun

Got the TFC done and even tried my hand at doing some freehand work on it. I put a crosshair on the target screen and was happy with how it came out. I have updated pics of it and the generic dread I finished here. Got rid of the Stormraven as my buddy has it now. Slowly managing to get the Ultra Smurds painted

**danpieri**

Does it count if you but unpainted bits to add on to your army?

**Lobokai**

danpieri wrote:
Does it count if you but unpainted bits to add on to your army?

I'd say no... still honoring the spirit of the pledge

**volatileart**

danpieri wrote:
Does it count if you but unpainted bits to add on to your army?

I'd say you're still good and sticking to the spirit of things, like Lobukia said

**ClassicCarraway**

I've taken the pledge for my Crimson Fists. Too long have they remained unpainted. Is it cheating that I waited specifically until AFTER my Centurions arrived???

I've taken on another challenge, 30 Marines in 30 Days! Two full tactical squads and a full devastator squad WILL be completed by October 26th, come hell or high water!

**Lobokai**

ClassicCarraway wrote:
I've taken the pledge for my Crimson Fists. Too long have they remained unpainted. Is it cheating that I waited specifically until AFTER my Centurions arrived???

I've taken on another challenge, 30 Marines in 30 Days! Two full tactical squads and a full devastator squad WILL be completed by October 26th, come hell or high water!

Go get'm

. Its amazing how one marine a day doesn't sound like that much... but we all know it is

**Citizen Luka**

Citizen Luka wrote:
Citizen Luka wrote:
16 SM bikes
2 SM attack bikes
3 storm talons
2 vindicators
1 TFC

Damn

16 bikes
2 SM attack bikes
3 stormtalons
1 vindicator
1 TFC
+++
3rd Ed. Space hulk terminators
2 tactical squads
1 vanguard veteran squad

From bad to worse - hopefully I can slog through these over the summer.

Gave in and bought the sternguard box. Then I discovered I must have damaged the needle for my airbrush so no batch painting for me until that fixed. I've been scouring ebay for deals - I have no impulse control atm with extra cash coming through.
To add to my list
Marneus calgar (metal)
Chapter champion (metal)
Pedro kantor (metal)
FW Mk 4 Maximus armour
FW Mk3 iron armour
Red Scorpion vet sergeant haas upgrade kit
Raven guard upgrade kit
Sm landspeeder
FW salamander shoulder pads

I've definitely reached worse now. Summer is going to be very busy.

**davethepak**

I have bought a few things since starting this, but I have also completed a lot and have sold a lot of unused stuff.

My friends and I use project tracking and all of us have monthly goals and support each other in trying to do more.

My list went from 65 items to 47 in the last few months...so that is some pretty good progress.
(note: thats not 65 models...some items on list might be "30 Termies").

I think this is a great thread....any time I think about buying new stuff...I think of this list.

My current build list for October.

XV9-3
XV9-4
Remora 3 (repair)
Remora 4
Fish Ray X1
HGD x 6
Anushi - waiting on parts
Anuva - waiting on parts
Repair Malentrhope

This will push my tau to being on track for being done this year (2000 points to go), and hopefully get a lot of nids done before the new book (mainly apoc models).

thanks everyone for sharing.

**Gutsnagga**

Well I'm a bit late ain't I...
Anyway, this is good, cos I currently have no money to spare on models, but hopefully this'll prevent me from splurging in the near future!
I may receive gifts of unpainted models though, which doesn't count because I didn't buy it... I think?

Currently I have little time for P&M with exams coming up, but in 2 months are the summer holidays, so I'll have 8 weeks of solid P&M I can look forward to!

Ok, here goes:

Blood Angels:
Land Raider Redeemer
Stormraven
5 Death Company (already WIP)
Sanguinary Priest

The scary list now:
Orks:
50-ish boyz need basing (some of which need painting as well)
10 kommandoz
3 Killa Kanz
1 Deff Dred
1 Stompa
8 Burnaz
7 Lootaz
4 Nobz (These and 7 more need basing)
6 Deffkoptaz
5 Stormboyz need basing
1 Trukk
1 Warbuggy

And also Dark Eldar:
Archon
1 Reaver Jetbike

**l0k1**

This little challenge may help me stave off the desire to buy more models for a while. I'll do this by army since I don't have an accurate count of my IG off the top of my head, but between tanks and infantry I have around 150 models for them that all need painted and based. Once I get done with the GKs, I'll post the IG.

To paint
4 Paladins
1 Converted Grandmaster/ Inquisitor
1 Techmarine
6 10 man Strike Squads
3 Rhino/ Razorbacks
4 Land Raider Crusader
2 Storm Raven
1 Dreadknight

To Base
(See above infantry)
6 5 man Purifier Squads
1 10 man Interceptor Unit
2 10 man Paladin Units
3 Dreadnoughts
3 Venerable Dreadnoughts
Kaldor Draigo
Castellan Crowe
Inquisitor Coteaz
Vindicate Assassin
2 Librarians
2 Dreadknights

**MajorStoffer**

Let's see here, I decided to stop buying new stuff as for the first time in a long time I actually have a backlog of painting I want to do, and vidyagames I'd like to buy, thus I must re-allocate hobby budget and do some painting.

Thus, I have as follows:

Death Korps:

6 Death Korps Infantrymen
1 Death Korps Platoon Command Squad
1 Kitbashed "Storm" Chimera (FW Autocannon, setback configuration)

Space Marines:

1 Hunter (I've had enough of helturkeys and other flyer shenanigans; my storm potato just can't keep up alone)

Imperial Guard:

11x Kasrkin (One used lot, included a plasma gunner)

Farsight Enclave:

6x XV-8 Crisis Suits
1x Riptide

Imperial Navy (mostly acquired in the great specialist game rush of '13)

1x Apocalypse Class Battleship
6x Sword Class Escorts
3x Firestorm Class Escorts
1x Dauntless Class Light Cruiser

1x Space Marine Battlebarge
4x Gladius class Escorts

There's also a few repaints/touch ups I'd like to do on some of my older models now that I've improved my skills, some of my early Leman Russes in particular; I love 'em, they've done good things for me, and I've got 10 of them, but some should be brought up to spec

The Imperial Navy is not a priority at all; no one locally has an intact fleet at present; mostly the beginnings of fleets not finished due to the cancellation of BFG; I won't have an opponent until after xmas at the earliest, though I did really enjoy painting my 4 cruisers.

I'm starting off with my built and primed Death Korps infantry section, which'll end up on my P&M blog sooner or later, and a SM Hunter, though that one likely won't. After that, I might start my Tau (I've only painted Farsight himself so far), or do all my Korps bases, as I've now got 30 infantrymen, company command and a platoon command ready for mudificaiton. Who knows, we'll see what mood I'm in.

**Ascalam**

Ascalam wrote:

Orks:

Ghaz - Painted
Grotsnik
Warboss x 2 - Painted x 2
Wierdboy
Zogwort - painted
SAG mek x 2 - 1 of 2 painted
KFF mek x 2 - 2 painted
Bikerboss x 2
Wazdakka - painted

Boyz x 180 (with 2 nobs so that i can run PK or BC) - 2 full mobs painted
Grots x 180 (with 3 herders per) - 2 full mobs painted
Trukks x 9 - all painted

Burnas x 45 - one mob of 15 painted
Lootas x 45- 10 painted
Kommandos x 45 + snikrot
Nobz x 30 -10 painted
Meganobz x 30 - 1 mob of 10 painted
Tankbustas x 45
Bikernobz x 30

Stormboyz x 61 + Zagstrukk - 1 mob of 20 painted
Buggies/trakks x 9 - 2 painted
Warbikers x 36 - 12 painted
Deffkoptas x 17 - 3 painted
Dakkajet x 3
Burna Bomma - painted
Blitzabomma - painted

Deff Dredd x 3 - 2 painted
Kanz x 9 - 3 painted
Flash Gitz x 30 + Badrukk
Big gunz x 9 (3 kannon, 3 lobbas, 3 zapps) - all painted
Looted Wagon x 6 - 1 painted
Battlewagon x 6 - 4 painted

Stompa x 3
Ork Submersible x 1
Minepig x 3
Pulsa Rokkit x 15
Great Gargant (under construction)

About 500 RT-3rd ed boyz and assorted gubbins. in storage) - all painted.

Probably a few other odds and sods in there also.

DE - making no promises on these guys (models are too shiny to resist)

Archon x 2
Succubus x 2
Lelith
Sliscus
Drahzar
Malys
Urien - painted
Haemy x 6- 4 painted
Sathonyx

70 warriors/trueborn - 5 painted
50 wyches/bloodbrides
9 raiders - 2 painted
9 venoms - 1 painted
10 Grotesques
30 wracks - painted
30 Incubi
3 Taloi
3 Chronoi
50 Hellions
12 Reavers - 3 painted
15 Beastmasters
5 Fiends
10 Razorwing swarms
30 Scourges
3 Ravagers
3 Razorwings/Voidravens - 1 painted

Again might be missing something there - working from memory as i'm away from my game room.

Nurgle Daemons.

FW nurgle daemon prince (i use as GUO) - painted
Nurgle DP - painted (but not happy with so will be repainting)
3 heralds - painted
Epedimius - painted
20 Plaguebearers - Painted
9 Nurgling bases- Painted
9 Plague Drones - Painted

Army completed... for now...

I have a model problem :( (I'm running out of space )

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**l0k1**

l0k1 wrote:
This little challenge may help me stave off the desire to buy more models for a while. I'll do this by army since I don't have an accurate count of my IG off the top of my head, but between tanks and infantry I have around 150 models for them that all need painted and based. Once I get done with the GKs, I'll post the IG.

To paint
4 Paladins
1 Converted Grandmaster/ Inquisitor
1 Techmarine
6 10 man Strike Squads
3 Rhino/ Razorbacks
4 Land Raider Crusader
2 Storm Raven
1 Dreadknight

To Base
(See above infantry)
6 5 man Purifier Squads
1 10 man Interceptor Unit
2 10 man Paladin Units
3 Dreadnoughts
3 Venerable Dreadnoughts
Kaldor Draigo
Castellan Crowe
Inquisitor Coteaz
Vindicate Assassin
2 Librarians
2 Dreadknights

4 Paladins, and an Inquisitor/Grandmaster are painted(I'll do the basing tomorrow) and ready for battle!

**Ascalam**

Ok, so i did what any right-thinking plastic-crack addict would do.

I finished my Daemons, then went out and bought two more boxes of Plaguebearers..

I'm hopeless

**volatileart**

Well, I broke my word in a way. I didn't have any suitable models to proxy as either a librarian or as Tigerius, so I ended up buying the new librarian model. But, no new models in the SM army until I get them all painted for real this time.

Also, managed to get the techmarine manning the Thunderfire Cannon painted tonight.

**Alexi**

Add one Tac SGT complete and the rest of his squad's aromr is done black for the body and Purple on the hands, feet, knee pads, elbow pads, pauldrons and helms as needed done. Now to finish at least 2 more this weekend...hopefully. It is canning salsa weekend so we shall see

**Aun Tier**

Alright. I may be damming myself by doing this, but...

I'm in!

It'll probably be easiest if I just write down all of it, rather than just one army; however I'll group in clumps so that I can feel better for checking things off a bit more often.

Here goes...

Tau Empire

HQ:
- XV8 Commander.
- Bodyguard.
- Ethereal. (Done).

Troops:
- 2 X Devilfish APC.
- 12 X Fire Warriors with Rifles.
- 12 X Fire Warriors with Carbines.

Elites:
- 3 X Deathrain XV8s. (2 Done.)
- 6 X XV25s.

Fast Attack:
- Piranha.
- 2 X Tetras. (1 done).
- Sunshark Bomber.
- 18 X Drones. (2 done).

Heavy Support:
- Hammerhead Gunship.

Kroot Mercenaries

HQ:
- Master Shaper.
- Shaman.

Troops:
- 20 X Kroot Carnivores.
- 20 X Kroot Carnivores.

Fast Attack:
- 4 X Kroot Hounds.

Chaos Space Marines

HQ:
- Nurgle Terminator Lord.
- Spawn Stand-in.

Troops:
- 10 X CC Cultists. (4 Done).
- 10 X AG Cultists.
- 10 X Plague Marines.

Elite:
- Helbrute.

Space Marines

HQ:
- Captain.
- Librarian.
- Chaplain.

Troops:
- 10 X Space Marines.
- 10 X Space Marines.
- 10 X Space Marines.
- Rhino.

Elite:
- 5 X Terminators.
- Dreadnought.

Fast Attack:
- 3 X Bikes.

Well, I think that about covers my queue. From the looks of things, I'm gonna be at this for the long haul; and not finished any time soon. I may treat myself to a new kit every few years, but otherwise I think I'm set for about a decade.

Regards,
Tier.

**Shadowbrand**

-Dark Elves-
60 Spearmen 5 done

20 Crossbowmen

5 Cold ones

5 oop Knights

Cauldron of blood.

3 Witch Elf attendants

2 Sorceresses

1 Dreadlord

12 Executioners

1 Hydra Half done, needs to be pinned.

-Night Lords-
1 Terminator with reaper autocannon

Forgefiend base.

Heldrake and Heldrake base

That's a lot. Here goes...

**liquidjoshi**

me wrote: 3 Crisis Suits - All done!
12 Fire Warriors - 4 done, including 2 Gue'Vesa
6 Pathfinders - 3 done

Next through the ~~meat grinder~~ Paint station will be the remaining Pathfinders I think.

**Wardragoon**

Oh lordy........Challenge Accepted,
Aherm here comes the list for the massive grey blob of doom (bought most secondhand)

Cypher
Azrael
Belial
Sammael
Ezekiel
Terminator Chaplain
Jumppack Chaplain
Force Axe Terminator Librarian
Force Sword Terminator Librarian
PA Apothecary
PA Banner carrier
3 Vets
70 Tactical Troopers (counting special weapons teams in this)
15 Heavy Weapons troopers
15 Scouts
30-40 Deathwing Terminators
Dreadnought
4 Rhinos
3 Land Raiders
7 Bikers
10 Assault Troopers
2 Vindicators

1 Lord Commissar
30 Guardsmen
2 Leman Russes
1 Basilisk
1 Chimera
1 Crashed Valkyrie (aka half of the sprue got nuked so now I have a big unpainted terrain piece)

4 BFG ships

.....202 Fething models, holy crap, I really need to paint bad, well this time next year I may be finished

EDIT: Not counting my blood angels due to them going to the chopping block

**Alexi**

So I broke down and got some more to add to my list. A stormtalon, a razorback/rhino and 5 sternguard. Sigh

**l0k1**

l0k1 wrote:
This little challenge may help me stave off the desire to buy more models for a while. I'll do this by army since I don't have an accurate count of my IG off the top of my head, but between tanks and infantry I have around 150 models for them that all need painted and based. Once I get done with the GKs, I'll post the IG.

To paint
4 Paladins
1 Converted Grandmaster/ Inquisitor
1 Techmarine
6 10 man Strike Squads
3 Rhino/ Razorbacks
4 Land Raider Crusader
2 Storm Raven
1 Dreadknight

To Base
(See above infantry)
6 5 man Purifier Squads
1 10 man Interceptor Unit
2 10 man Paladin Units *Got a few of these guys based last night*
3 Dreadnoughts
3 Venerable Dreadnoughts
Kaldor Draigo
Castellan Crowe
Inquisitor Coteaz
Vindicate Assassin
2 Librarians
2 Dreadknights

Truckin right along. Though I find myself actively trying to avoid painting my vehicles, simply because I'm pretty bad at it lol.

**liquidjoshi**

me wrote: 3 Crisis Suits - All done!
12 Fire Warriors - 6 done, including 2 Gue'Vesa
6 Pathfinders - 6 done, done and done again!

So I now only have Six Fire Warriors to do, four Gue'Vesa and Two Enclave warriors. And then two Shield drone that I'll never use, but pshh. Who cares about them?

Exactly

**Ascalam**

Update on my Nurgle Daemons:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?p=1&u=37700&g=36942&ll=3&auction=0&unapproved=0&coolnesslow=0&coolnesshigh=10&paintjoblow=0&paintjobhigh=10&sort1=7&sort2=0&skip=30&en=&st=&utype=&start=0

I still have one unit of Plaguebearers to paint, and the Beast stand-ins when they come in..

**alabamaheretic**

Well Crap found my isles of blood skaven and all my lizard men

Skaven
x20 Clanrats with shields and hand weapons
Piosnoned wind mortar
x20 Clanrats with shields and spears
warp fire thrower
x2 Rat ogres
1 Master Moulder
1 Chieftain
1 Warlock Engineer

Lizardmen
Old Scar on cold one
2 Skink Skirmishers
6 Cold One Cavalry with full command
20 sarus warriors with spears and shields plus command
28 sarus warriors with hand weapons and shields with command
15 unassembled sarus warriors
7 cold one riders unassembled

ok looking at what needs to get done for 40k

Chaos
3 Chaos Lords on foot
1 Chaos Lord on a bike
16 plague marines
1 chaos rhino
5 chaos terminators
40 Cultist
5 havocs
2 obliterators
Termie Lord
Hellbrute

IG
2 leman russes
2 chimeras
Scout Sentinel

Tau
4 Shield Drones
12 Gun Drones
2 marker light drones
5 pathfinders
4 crisis suits
1 broad side
5 kroot
4 stealth suits

GOOD LORD IM GONNA BE PAINTING TILL NEXT CHRISTMAS!

well one thing at a time ill knock it out.

**Skriker**

volatileart wrote:
Well, I broke my word in a way. I didn't have any suitable models to proxy as either a librarian or as Tigerius, so I ended up buying the new librarian model. But, no new models in the SM army until I get them all painted for real this time. Also, managed to get the techmarine manning the Thunderfire Cannon painted tonight.

Yeah just like my boozehound friends who will *never* drink again...until the next time anyway...same with not buying any Space Marines until they are all painted...until the next time you do.

Skriker

Automatically Appended Next Post:

danpieri wrote:
Does it count if you but unpainted bits to add on to your army?

Only counts if you are buying bits to build full figures so you can claim you only bought bits.

Details for already existing figs should be fair game, though.

Skriker

**greg0985**

I know I'm a bit late to this, but here goes...

I, greg0985, pledge in the sight of the Dark Gods, to finish painting:

1 Khornate Word Bearers Daemon Prince
1 Nurgle Daemon Prince with Black Mace
2 Word Bearers Rhinos
1 WB Vindicator
30 Chaos Cultists
40 WB Chaos Marines
1 WB Heldrake
5 Nurgle Chaos spawn
10 Chaos Raptors
5 Autocannon Havocs
1 WB Predator

2 Tzeentch Heralds on Disks
Karanak, Khorne's Vengeance
6 Plague Flies of Nurgle
1 Skull Cannon of Khorne
10 Plaguebearers of Nurgle
10 Daemonettes of Slaanesh
80 Bloodletters of Khorne
5 Seekers of Slaanesh
6 Screamers of Tzeentch

All before I buy another model.

**PrehistoricUFO**

The following models of mine need to be completed:

Imperial Guard:

3 Leman Russ
1 Demolisher
10 Assorted Tanks (Sallie Command Vehicle, Chimeras, etc)
1 Baneblade
1 Yarrick
165 Steel Legion Troopers
1 Cannon/Mortar

Tau:

3 Stealth Teams
2 Devilfish
1 Skyray
24 Fire Warriors
5 Crisis Suits
2 Riptides
2 Sniper Teams
3 Ethereals
1 Aun'Va + Guard
1 Shadowsun
1 FW XV9
2 Piranhas
1 Greater Knarloc + Team
24 Kroot Warriors
1 Anghkor Prok

Space Marines:

2 Drop Pods
2 Calgars + Honor Guard
1 25th Anniversary Model
5 Legio Custodes
2 Emperor Models
1 FW Uriel Ventris
1 Roboute Guilliman
1 Games Day Warrior Priest
1 Karamazov
1 Command Squad
1 Devastator Squad
1 Techmarine + Servitors
1 Skulz Standard Bearer
1 Assault Squad
10 Terminators
1 Terminator Captain
58 Marines
2 Librarians
1 Bike Squad
2 Rhinos
1 Whirlwind
1 Land Raider
3 Speeders
1 AoBR Captain
1 Cato Sicarius

Necrons:

1 CCB
3 Wraiths
1 Doom Scythe
2 Spyders
2 Destroyers
1 Doomsday Ark
3 Overlords
1 Omotekh
1 Trazyn
1 Obyron
1 Anrakyr
2 Szeras
1 Cryptek

Tyranids:

24 Spore Mines
7 Ripper Swarms
2 Brood Lords
2 Lictors
1 Zoanthrope
9 Warriors
2 Pyrovores
2 Biovores
2 New Tyrant Guard
3 Old Tyrant Guard
1 Flyrant
1 Swarmlord
2 Tervigons
3 Raveners
1 Trygons
2 Venomthropes
1 Hive Guard
4 Carnifexes (1 very old, 1 old, 2 new)
1 Hive Tyrant (old)
64 Hormagaunts
82 Termagants
45 Genestealers

Lizardmen:

2 Carnosaurs
2 Bastiladons
1 Brachiosaur + Crew
8 Cold Ones
3 Stegadons
1 Teradon
1 Skink Chief
1 Skink Priest
1 Saurus Chief
2 Kroq-Gar
64 Saurus Warriors
73 Skinks

Those are all unpainted and sitting either NIB or assembled and in GW carrying cases. I've only painted about 10% of my total collection!

Disclaimer: I may or may not be able to resist the new Tyranid release which is quite close.