Week 21 - You Knew it was Coming...

So I haven't managed to finish any models this week as I was enjoying myself at Armageddon Comic Expo this weekend. I did manage to get some work done on the six survivor minis, getting the base colours mostly on Amy, Doug and Josh. The other three have just had the base skin tone done, mostly because I dropped my flesh paint and had to use as much of the puddle as I could...

I'm sure nobody will be shocked to learn that I have assembled some of the Season 2 Dreadball models already and started painting them as well. Specifically I have assembled the whole Void Sirens team. I decided to go for a white base colour, unfortunately my white spray paint is pretty bad so I'm not terribly impressed with how they have been under-coated. I am most of the way through the base colours for the ladies, I just need to add more grey to particular areas and add a third central colour. The visors will be in that colour and the odd other highlight spot.

So I have been looking back at what I have done so far. Lately it is starting to look like I paint rather poorly... This is one of those things that bothers me but is a result of trying to increase how quickly I paint models. The zombicide models don't have the greatest detail or definition so I am using that to justify not doing a good job on them. What I hope to do is really start cranking out some of the Warpath/Dreadball models in order to complete the challenge, then move on to painting some nicer quality heroes etc. All that time at Armageddon has made me want to make a Cosplay costume as well. I have been thinking Jason Todd / Red Hood. Thoughts?

Day 146
164/146 Painted/Days passed
164/366 Painted/Target (44.8%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
65/71 Zombicide! (91.5%)
0/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)
5/89 Forge Fathers (5.6%)
6/150 Corporation Marines (4.0%)
0/102 Veer-myn (0.0%)
0/8 Khador (0.0%)
0/35 Protectorate of Menoth (0.0%)
0/15 Malifaux - Kirai Crew (0.0%)
0/9 Malifaux - Mei Feng Crew (0.0%)
0/6 Infinity - Haqqislam (0.0%)
0/21 Death Korps of Krieg (0.0%)
With more to come...

Week 20 - And the Horde is Done!

So this week sees the last of the zombies finished. Finally, yay! Now we are just down to the survivors, of which I have started three of them. So here is the last batch of 6 zombies.

As for the Dreadball league, I lost another game but once again came out far better off than my opponent. I killed all 3 of his Orx guards and didn't lose a single dwarf. So far that means I am the only player who still has his entire starting roster! Except the other FF player, who hasn't played a game yet so doesn't count. I have however dropped back into 2nd equal as I didn't rank up a single player in my last game. I do have 6 players all just 1 experience away from ranking up though so my game tomorrow night may well make my team worth significantly more than it is now. I may even win a game! Who knows?

In other news I have had my Season 2 dreadball arrive. So that is 54 models just waiting for me to finish up with Zombicide. In saying that I should probably leave them for a while as I would like to get a couple starters of Warpath painted up for demoing at the Hamilton Gaming Convention in mid July. We will see if I can restrain myself...

Day 139
164/139 Painted/Days passed
164/366 Painted/Target (44.8%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
65/71 Zombicide! (91.5%)
0/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)
5/89 Forge Fathers (5.6%)
6/150 Corporation Marines (4.0%)
0/102 Veer-myn (0.0%)
0/8 Khador (0.0%)
0/35 Protectorate of Menoth (0.0%)
0/15 Malifaux - Kirai Crew (0.0%)
0/9 Malifaux - Mei Feng Crew (0.0%)
0/6 Infinity - Haqqislam (0.0%)
0/21 Death Korps of Krieg (0.0%)
With more to come...

Week 19 - Leaps and Bounds

So another week down and some more zombies painted! I could have maybe got some more done today but was outside building a veggie garden. Gotta get that annual dose of vitamin D...

This week I have 8 runners, 4 walkers and 4 fatties all done. That just leaves 6 walkers and the 6 survivors before my set of Zombicide is complete! Yay! I plan on giving the survivors a bit better paint job than the zombies, mostly because the heroes should always look decent and they should spend more time on the board. They don't always, but that is part of the fun.

So Monday this week the Dreadball league began. There was lots of interest from guys at the club so with the next season arriving soon we should be able to get a full 16 players in the next league. Assuming nobody else buys a team in the mean time! I personally 'lost' my game against the organiser. I use the term 'lost' loosely as I killed 4 of his players while all of mine survived. (And gained experience too!) As the teams are ranked by value first I am actually in the lead now. I'm sure the EO will be rather unhappy with me sharing this with everyone but I so rarely get to gloat... Sorry Mark!

Lastly the Gallery has been updated with pics of the Dreadball teams, now with better lighting! The zombies will start to get in there once I pick up some clear bases. That may be a wee while away as I seem to keep misplacing the link to the webstore...

The stats:

Day 132
158/132 Painted/Days passed
158/366 Painted/Target (43.2%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
59/71 Zombicide! (83.1%)
0/1 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)
5/89 Forge Fathers (5.6%)
6/150 Corporation Marines (4.0%)
0/102 Veer-myn (0.0%)
0/8 Khador (0.0%)
0/35 Protectorate of Menoth (0.0%)
0/15 Malifaux - Kirai Crew (0.0%)
0/9 Malifaux - Mei Feng Crew (0.0%)
0/6 Infinity - Haqqislam (0.0%)
0/21 Death Korps of Krieg (0.0%)
With more to come...

Week 18 - Gallery Now Live!

After wrestling with the interface I have got a semi-working gallery blog now working. The link is available in the top tabs above. As I make more progress, take more photos and improve my photography skills/equipment pages will be added. In the mean time it looks pretty bare. I will try and get more photos taken tonight to finish up the Mercs gallery and possibly even begin adding my Dreadball teams as well.

For this week (19) I have 8 zombie runners on my desk waiting to be finished up and I may even get some of the other zombie stragglers done as well. If all goes well then next week will just be a couple loose zombies and the 6 survivor models, meaning a completely painted Zombicide! Then I feel I should get back to some of my ever-growing pile of Mantic models...