On the painting table....

     A group of friends and I have gotten together and started a little bit of a painting challenge. We created our own little group on Facebook, so that we all had one place in which we were able to create albums and post our progress. We have created some basic guidelines as you can see:

     Beginning on February 9, 2014 members of this challenge will be tasked with painting a specific Force Organization Chart selection of a Warhammer army, of their choice, within a set time frame.

Our members will have the option of picking and choosing their units to paint. Point values are not taken into consideration.

Points will be earned by participants for taking part in this challenge. 2 points will be earned for completing the challenge on time. 1 point will be earned for completing the challenge outside of the time given for completion.

Completion of a goal will include fully painted and based models.

Participants are urged, but not required, to paint towards a completely painted army of 2,000 points.

Participants are required to post pictures into a participant specific gallery showing work and completion of units. (We want you to show off your work!)

Participants are encouraged to meet with other participants and play games with their newly painted armies. Pictures and battle reports would be greatly recommended, encouraged and appreciated!

This challenge is open to any and all who are willing to take the challenge and post their works!

We would like to ask all members to please keep this group's focus based purely on the painting and modelling aspects of the hobby. We all appreciate constructive criticism, however, bad manners and rudeness will result in banning from this group.



I don't know about anyone else, but I have a hard time starting on painting. Heavy Metal syndrome, fear of failure, pure laziness, life commitments, don't know where to begin..... All of these reasons and more. But, when I get with a group of like minded people and can set stucture and organization to a project, I usually have an easier time of the task. It also gives us deadlines to work against and incentives to work towards. It may just be a point system, but it helps!
     

Started....... yet still waiting to be finished.

     I'm excited to be doing this and have been getting my area ready for all the work that I will be doing. Cleaning all my paint trays and making sure my pots of paint haven't all gone bad. It has been awhile since I last painted.....

     To begin with, our first task will be a troops choice. Since we are working towards getting armies painted, our first three tasks will be to finish two troops and an HQ. We will be working with a two week deadline on most all of our tasks. Should be plenty of time to finish each one!

Another as yet unfinished..... started 2 years ago.... hope 2 weeks will give me drive!

     My List in which I am working towards;
     Praetor, 2x 10 man tactical squads, 10 man breacher squad, 7 man tactical support, mortis contemptor dreadnaught, caestus, 6 man firedrake squad and a predator infernus with magna melta!
1, 997 points with 5 scoring units!

Praetor: Cataphractii suit, Volkite Charger, MC Paragon Blade, Grenade Harness, Digital-lasers,Mantle of the Elder Drake

First Tactical Squad: Bolters, CCWs, Bolt Pistols, Vexilla, Veteran Sergeant has artificer armor and MC Combi-Flamer

Second Tactical Squad: Bolters, CCWs & Bolt pistols

6 Man Firedrake Unit: 3 Thunder hammers and Dragonscale stormshields, heavy flamer, combi-melta, 2 powerfists, MC Power sword and combi-bolter

Mortis Pattern Contemptor Dreaadnaught: 2 twin-linked autocannons, havoc launcher, extra armor

Caestus Assault Ram: Frag launchers and auxillary drive

     I have yet to build the Breacherr squad, Tactical support squad and the Predator Infernus.    

     Not the greatest, or most competitive list by far, but it's only nine units and a big chunk of my collection (currently!) At two weeks per unit, that would be eighteen weeks of work, if kept to the schedule. So that means that if I begin on February ninth, I should have this all finished by June Fourteenth! Or at least that's the plan..... Luckily I amoff on the Ninth and have no excuse at all not to at least start painting that first unit of marines!

Raven Guard inbound!

     Salamanders aren't the only legion that I have always wanted an army for. My second favorite chapter is the Raven Guard. I have always liked assault troops and the whole jetpack idea. And who else embodies that more than the Raven Guard?! Well, maybe the Blood Angels, but the whole vampire thing is waaaaay overdone. That, and I don't want sparkly models! ;-)

     Now, I have to say first off, I did not paint these. I was able to get some commission work done from a local professional painter in a trade. He does a damn fine job, and these are some examples of his "Speed painting" work.

 

     Now, these were models that I had done for a good long while. Hence why all the lightning claws are essentially all the same. I wish the new vanguard box set had come out much sooner. I still have the rest of the squad that I need to get built and to him for painting. Thankfully they will have more variations on weaponry and the legs now that there are the new plastics to choose from. Unfortunatly though, I only have 2 more of the skull style beakie helm from Forge World. So, they won't all be a match in that regards. But they will all have the same jump packs!
    I have three more squads of assault troops planned for this army. The jump packs are what will tie each unit together. One squad will have the same jump packs that come with Shrike (I bought them before GW stopped selling bitz.) The next squad will have the same jump packs that come with Korvydae, from Forge World (that's going to be an expensive unit.....) The last squad, I haven't decided how to model them differently yet. Maybe I can get 10 identical sets from the new vanguard set?
     With any luck, I should be able to get the next five painted and posted up by the end of February!

I've been gone, but haven't forgotten!

    Boy has it been awhile!
   
    With a mass of personal issues and working retail with the holidays..... time for hobby work has been scarce. But the holidays are over and i have plenty of time now! Wife has started a new job which gives us both better quality time together (not to mention more hobby time for me!) and work has slowed down. So, no more excuses!
     I have to say, even with taking vacation at the end of October like I did, I failed at my hobby goals miserably. I wasn't even able to finish assembling the last of my Eldar models. Never helps when the doggies scatter all the neatly organized pieces everywhere.... And magnetizing all the weapon options for Centurions? Yeah, that's put on hold. ETA unknown. Talk about a pain in the ass! I do have to say that I was able to get more magnets that will more than likely help with the process. I just don't have the drive to finish the project right now.
     As for new projects, I have a few simple ones. I have already been able to assemble my 10 Cataphractii Terminators, along with my Contemptor dreadnaught. Boy are these models beautiful! My goals are simple. Paint them. Plane and simple. Paint some models.


     I might be able to handle that!!!!

Magnatized arms for loadout options!

REALLY like the mortis pattern with autocannons and Cyclone loadout!

Just a few of the Cataphractii

Comparison shot of the styles next to each other.

The Praetors!