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I wasn't intending to enter this, but I've just got back into collecting old Man O War (having stupidly sold my entire collection in the mid 2010s) so I may end up painting up a small fleet or two for this. Not decided which race to focus on collecting, yet. Maybe High Elves or Bretonnians, or maybe I'll be a basic b***h and just do Empire... I do like red, after all.

GW really need to rerelease Man O War, it's such a good game.

Progress on the test model:

Also, I finally got the rest of the spearhead primed, so no more excuses for me!

Projects that take more than a month you say? Ok then my entry will be anything I paint from Runar.
I may paint 1 model, I may paint 20... We will see...

I am such a sucker for classic chaos. Great stuff dude.

Various progress.

Making the shell storage racks.

Fixed and painted on the bandstand.

The anchor windlass (built from scratch), cable, anchor brake and bottle slip

Bridge is coming along.

QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom


Cheers,

CB

I’m hoping this forms some good motivation for me.

I want to get the following minis done by September.

10 solar guard (Imperial Breacher proxies) - built and unprimed
1 solar guard leader - built unprimed
10 Scions - built and primed
2 - flamer troopers (inquisition acoloyte proxies) - built and primed
2x deathcult assassins- built and unprimed
2 crusaders - built and base coated

I realise the last ones have been started so kinda don’t count for the challenge so I wont include them in the voting photo at the end but I’m adding them so I get them finished.

If I some how get the above done I will add a character like a commissar or inquisitor

 carlos13th wrote:
I’m hoping this forms some good motivation for me.

I want to get the following minis done by September.

10 solar guard (Imperial Breacher proxies) - built and unprimed
1 solar guard leader - built unprimed
10 Scions - built and primed
2 - flamer troopers (inquisition acoloyte proxies) - built and primed
2x deathcult assassins- built and unprimed
2 crusaders - built and base coated

I realise the last ones have been started so kinda don’t count for the challenge so I wont include them in the voting photo at the end but I’m adding them so I get them finished.

If I some how get the above done I will add a character like a commissar or inquisitor

How long ago did you start them? Any time after memorial day is still fine.

They have been half painted for about a year. Started them before I moved house

More progress.

Engine Room windows.

Davits for the depth charges


Cheers,

CB

Speed paints made quick work of the assassins and I’m calling the crusaders done too

 carlos13th wrote:
Speed paints made quick work of the assassins and I’m calling the crusaders done too

Nice. I always found that the non-sisters in the SoB army painted up real quick.

 Nevelon wrote:

 carlos13th wrote:
Speed paints made quick work of the assassins and I’m calling the crusaders done too

Nice. I always found that the non-sisters in the SoB army painted up real quick.

Also they were fine cast models that had issues anyway so I wanted them just knocked out quick. I realise there are purity seals i didn’t paint properly ect but I’m ok with it.

I have got some sisters to paint up too but not starter them yet

I was getting burned out on assembly line painting two large-ish units, so I focused on finishing some models to completion:





Why is it I can bang out the other plastic Warriors in an afternoon, but these guys are killing me?
Is it just having 35 models staring me in the face?

Sometimes it’s best to keep them out of sight, and only bringing out a handful at a time to get paint. Keeps things from looking hopeless.

Keep chipping away!

One down, 16 more to go:

After I didn't even get to start painting my froghemoth last year and successfully lazed about for the first two months this year, I finally finished gap filling on it yesterday.

We'll see if I actually paint it this year. No promises.

Well now.
Been away on me holidays (Malta, lush, much history, much food) and back anew with fresh ideas!

Summer holiday project idea #3 : Turn this into a dice tower.

That thing is about 12"/25cm high.
It annoys me, irrationally, that I don't have a sci-fi dicetower (I have my castle greyskull for fantasy and Venetian house for Carnevale) and Shatterpoint is a game that really needs one. I have made one in the past from juice boxes for Dreadball, though it's now fallen apart (through use, which is not a bad thing), and had considered using Mantic Deadzone terrain to do so. I plan to add another ladder to the gap at the front whilst cutting out the plate behind it.
Maybe.

Shatterpoint? Neat. That's... oh. I see. I guess the challenge is over.

Oh, you're too kind
Still, got started; still want it to be functional terrain, though:

Doing a dry fit, it became apparent that there was simply nowhere for Dice to go. Out came the jewellery saw to remove the door recesses.

For the tray, the floor below with ladders as balustrades seemed reasonable.

Ladders on the inside prevent Dice getting trapped.

The top hatch becomes the ramp, a platform from another part of the set acts as one cover, and the inlaid pipework - cut down - becomes the exterior.


So far, so good!

More zombies finished:




Plus a bonus photo of all the minions to date:

I built a big staircase to go up against a wall:

That's a nice bit of scenery!
Dice Tower build is 95% done, I would say


I think i have to add another side rail in the lower level. Enthusiastic dice chucking leads to too much bouncing off. I think it can probably be a lower rail as the dice will have less energy at that point - hopefully.

In an attempt to get motivated again, I finished the unit Champion:



I like the end result, but actually painting marauders is painfully unfun. I don't know exactly what it is (the constant touching up since there's so almost equal bare skin and armor/clothes?) but it's very draining. Marauders are such a slog for me, especially when they die so easy on the table.

Hoping to tackle the musician next while also doing a few more assembly line colors on other models.