Week 26 - The first Six Months Come to a Close

So here we are, 6 months in. So this seems like a good time to reflect on what has been achieved so far. We are 181 days in and as of today I have finished 225 models. I have completed 3 sets of models and am closing in on more. When I started this blog I posted this picture:

As of today those same models look like this:

So I'm not the best at sticking to what I thought I would paint... What I have got is another photo, showing what I would like to think will be painted in the next 6 months, all 121 of them:

This will let me finish off the Blindwater Minions, my French Dystopian Wars, Dreadball Season 2 (in the bags at the back) and my Kirai Crew. Aside from that the Corporation Marines are quick to paint and so I should be able to finish up early, with any luck.

As for this week, I finished up the French battleship and four more frigates. I incorporated a blue into the models, this makes me much happier with the scheme and has been added onto last weeks models.

With the DW league starting this gives me the first increment painted. If I paint up one unit each week then I can easily keep up with the increments. Aside from that I will paint up some odds and ends. I have been informed that this weekend the second shipment of KOW is being sent out which is great and gives me another KOW army. As this one will be fairly small I can see myself assembling it and painting it in the near future. I have also started selling off old projects as I simply can't keep on top of them all. This means I should have an air compressor in the next few weeks and may be able to try out some airbrushing! The Corp bases are coming along, I have begun the process of painting up plants and preparing the bases. Pics will follow once they are done, hopefully before the Gaming Weekend!

Day 181
225/181 Painted/Days passed
225/366 Painted/Target (61.5%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
71/71 Zombicide! (100.0%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
9/31 Dystopian Wars - Republique of France (29.0%)
21/89 Forge Fathers (23.6%)
10/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (18.2%)
26/150 Corporation Marines (17.3%)
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%)
0/5 Infinity - Haqqislam (0.0%)
0/21 Death Korps of Krieg (0.0%)
With more to come...

Week 25 - Surge of Progress

So as we close in on the half year mark it seems I have had a surge of inspiration. This week has seen the completion of the last 3 Zombicide survivors, 10 Void Sirens Dreadball players, the last 6 Corporation Heavy Weapon team models for the starter and 4 French frigates for Dystopian Wars. Whew... Pics below.

I may still tweak the Dystopian Wars paint scheme a little, possibly edge the grey stripes with a mid tone blue... The bases on the corp marines are a work in progress. The plan is to use a dark brown wash then begin populating the bases with painted plants and leaf scatter. Possibly some grass tufts... Think middle of the bush level populated too, a real Catachan style world.

I plan to try and finish up the whole French DW fleet next week as well as the Corp bases as much as possible. I also managed to undercoat most of Kirai's crew and the Infinity models I have. They may see some work over the coming weeks. I also plan on grabbing some Blazing Sun DW, I'm not sure when that will arrive however. The tiny fliers for DW have kind of messed with my model count, I'm not convinced they should be one each but I haven't started any so don't know how much work they are yet.

On the Dreadball front I beat Mark, netting myself 3rd place overall. The league was fun and went fairly well. There were some issues but it was a learning experience, I'm sure the next one will go much better. With all the extra teams available people may even be able to pick who they want to play with! My star player was Frank "the tank", a guard who accounted for no less than 4 casualties in the last game, netting himself an upgrade to level 4. Not that it matters, but it was certainly impressive.

Day 174
220/174 Painted/Days passed
220/366 Painted/Target (60.1%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
71/71 Zombicide! (100.0%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
21/89 Forge Fathers (23.6%)
10/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (18.2%)
26/150 Corporation Marines (17.3%)
4/31 Dystopian Wars - Republique of France (12.9%)
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%)
0/5 Infinity - Haqqislam (0.0%)
0/21 Death Korps of Krieg (0.0%)
With more to come...

Week 24 - Rangers Inbound

Another week down! So I travelled up to Auckland yesterday for an X-wing tournament. Having to borrow all the models from a mate and not having played much it should come as no surprise that I lost, lots. So much so that I came last overall... But I put up a decent fight in almost all of the games, so it wasn't all bad!

This week I managed to finish up the full 10 man unit of Rangers and got a decent start on the heavy weapon teams. While they didn't get finished this week they wont take too long next week. That will let me prepare the bases and start detailing them. With them done that means I have 2 starter sets for playing Warpath, leaving just 3 Zombicide survivors to wrap up the set and my French Dystopian Wars fleet, then I am covered for the Hamilton Wargaming Weekend. I need to look over what I have got for DW and focus on a colour scheme. I tried this a while ago but didn't like the result, I'm still having the same issue with the Veer-myn. I also have the Void Sirens team to finish up, there could be quite a bit of progress this week it seems...

Oh and I lost the last round of Dreadball last week, so I am now playing off for third. It was a great game, Forge Fathers vs Forge Fathers, we both scored at least once and had a couple extra shots, I just couldn't roll high enough on a last ditch effort to steal the win. From memory it is me and Mark fighting it out for third place, hopefully in this rematch I will be able to score some points!

Day 167

197/167 Painted/Days passed

197/366 Painted/Target (53.8%)

50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)

6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)

32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)

68/71 Zombicide! (95.8%)

0/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)

21/89 Forge Fathers (23.6%)

20/150 Corporation Marines (13.3%)

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 23 - Forge Fathers Ready for Battle

So this week has been quite productive, I have finished up another set of 5 Forge Fathers and 4 Corporation troopers. Added to the 5 Forge Fathers and the Iron Ancestor I have completed 15 models this week. I also finished up the bases on the Forge Fathers so they are now all ready for July. Next week I hope to get 10 Corp Rangers done and with some luck get the heavy weapon teams assembled and undercoated, weather permitting...

Now I have a full unit of Corp Marines.

I managed to make it into the Dreadball top 4 as well, so now I just have to win my next two games to win the whole thing! Having only won one game so far makes this a bit daunting however... And hey, I have passed the 1/2 way mark, with 23 days to spare!

Day 160
187/160 Painted/Days passed
187/366 Painted/Target (51.1%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
68/71 Zombicide! (95.8%)
0/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)
21/89 Forge Fathers (23.6%)
10/150 Corporation Marines (6.7%)
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 23 - Queens Birthday Progress

So a quick update with my progress for today. I have finished up 5 of the Forge Father Veterans and the Iron Ancestor today. Pictures are below. This leaves me with just 5 more veterans to finish up to have my first starter done. Well, once I do the bases...

So I played the last game of dreadball before the quarter finals tonight. I was playing against Veer-myn, a bad match-up for my FF team. Unfortunately for my opponent I was the underdog, getting 2 human strikers for my team. When he failed to knock out any of my dwarves on his first rush I set about taking two of his guards off the pitch and got my FF striker to score a 2 pointer. By the end of the 6th rush I had won by a landslide, using a human striker for the last 5 points and had killed two of his guards. This puts me back up into the 2nd place spot and now I have a spot playing off for the finals! And my first win of the league! Yay!

Day 154
178/154 Painted/Days passed
178/366 Painted/Target (48.6%)
50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)
6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)
32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)
68/71 Zombicide! (95.8%)
0/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)
16/89 Forge Fathers (18.0%)
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 22 - Preparations for Immortals Gaming Weekend

So it is Queens Birthday weekend here in NZ so I plan on doing a post tomorrow as well, assuming I get some more done that is! Today I managed to get Amy, Doug and Josh done, the pic is below.

Josh, Doug and Amy, Just awaiting basing colours.

So coming up on the 20-21 of July is the Hamilton(NZ) Immortals Wargaming Weekend. The goal is to introduce more locals to the club and to some of the different games played by us and what other games are out there. To help make this as successful as possible I plan on bringing several different game systems and of course it is always best to demo a game with painted models from the games manufacturer. So as part of this I hope to bring models for the following systems: Zombicide, Dystopian Wars, Warpath, Mercs & Hordes. So the astute of you out there will notice that Zombicide, Dystopian Wars and Warpath are far from finished on my To Do List. What I hope to do is get a pair of Warpath starter sets and my French Dystopian Wars box all painted up by then. It may be wishful thinking on my part but it is worth a shot, I may be able to convince a buddy to paint up some of his Veer-myn for then.

In line with achieving this goal I have finished up another 5 Forge Father warriors. I plan on doing the bases all at once in a desert theme as I get further along. To finish up an equivalent FF starter I need to do 10 Stormrage Vets and an Iron Ancestor. After that I would like to do a Corporation starter which requires 4 more soldiers, 10 Rangers and 3 Heavy Weapon teams.

I forgot to talk about how my set of Dreadball games went last week. I played two games, the first was against Orx and did not go well at all. Nothing seemed to go my way, I couldn't injure for more than 2 rounds and failed my only strike attempt. In the end I had 2 jacks die and lost by a landslide, ending up losing money by playing the game. My second game saw me playing against the other FF team. This game went much better, I killed 3 or 4 players but lost a jack and a guard. I still lost this game as I can't seem to score any points... I also lost team points in this game as I had to revive my skilled guard. Overall I now have 3 skilled guards but my team is down a jack. I hope to sneak up to 4th place on the next club night in order to make it to the finals. The Dystopian Wars league is starting up soon too so I will be getting some practice in for the Gaming Weekend by playing in that. Busy, busy, busy...

Day 153

172/153 Painted/Days passed

172/366 Painted/Target (44.8%)

50/50 Dreadball: Season 1(100%)

6/6 Mercs - Kezai Wazza (100%)

32/40 Blindwater Congregation (80.0%)

68/71 Zombicide! (95.8%)

0/55 Dreadball: Season 2 (0%)

10/89 Forge Fathers (11.2%)

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...