Week 4 - Commission Progressing

It has been a hectic week so progress has been slow. I've been focused on getting a commission finished which takes far longer than my usual pace, which means I'm a little behind this week. With it being a holiday here tomorrow I should hopefully catch up that last model for the commission and be able to assemble the last of my elves during the week. The next couple of months are really busy for me so I need to get as much done in advance before all my free time disappears. Anyway, here are the first 6 models of the commission I have completed this week.

With the next month dropping my free time down to about 30 minutes a day (at best) I want to try and get about 60 models ahead before then. This means focusing on having enough assembled and undercoated now, so that I can maximize my productivity without relying on clear weather. I have 10 cavalry underway and another 20 elves ready to paint so far. I still have 20 elves in need of trimming and assembly and another few that need working from scratch. So the elves will get me most of the way, I will work on the Scourge to finish off the rest. Or so goes the plan...

Day 25
46/25 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 27/83
Paint all DZC Scourge - 2/31
Build and paint all Deadzone Enforcers - TBC
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - TBC
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 0/4

Week 3 - Elves Turning Evil

More painting progress this week, despite looking after the little one all weekend solo. I finished up another 18 Elves and 2 Scourge. Pictures below.

The elves are starting to wrap up pretty quickly now, I only have 10 cavalry and 40 scout infantry left to go. Except after a close look at the Twilight kin army list I realized that both elf lists contain several 'core' equivalents and then flavor units (like Drakons or Abyssal riders) so I have decided to wrap all of them together to allow me to play both kinds of list. This extends what I need to paint a little bit but will let me have more utility from the same set of models.

I've made a start on the commission models, they will likely take me into next month to finish though. I will be working on the rest of the elves at the same time, looking to wrap them up fairly quickly and complete another goal. I'm thinking next month I will try to finish my Scourge, which will let me finally get a game in!

Day 18
40/18 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 27/83
Build and paint all Deadzone Enforcers - TBC
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - TBC
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 0/4

Week 2 - Suppression Force Inbound

While I may not have started the year off with a pile of models I have completed my first goal for 2015. I have completed the rest of my Morat forces for Infinity, I only have one who needs basing and only because he needs a bigger base size. Pictures below.

These are some of the nicer models I have done since my Blindwater, way back when I started this blog. Still a little rough around the edges, but an improvement. I have another commission to complete so instead of working on my Nomads next (since it is Infinity month) I will work on those. I have also finished another 9 elves for KOW this week, this gives me a week of buffer on my yearly total, which I am going to need in the coming weeks!

So for the rest of the month I am going to try to wrap up more elves and try to finish the commission. I have another 15 or so elves ready for paint and will queue up the rest for trimming and assembly over the coming weeks.

I also received another Arcade block this week. This one contained: A Portal scarf, Super Smash Bros shirt, Sonic magnets, Halo lanyard, Zelda figure and a cellphone joystick.

Being brutally honest here, this block sucked. For the first block without any Mario products (Yay!) the shirt is boring (clever, but boring) the Halo item is a lanyard (a lanyard... really, of all the possible merchandise, a lanyard?) and the portal item is a scarf (I mean, yeah it is winter up in Canada but I imagine the dude portion of subscribers aren't gonna wear scarves often...) so yeah... The scarf is nice, but I'm more likely to display it than wear it. I have no use for the phone joystick thing either. I do quite like the Zelda figure, I got lucky as it is the only one of the set that interested me... This prompted me to change my subscription to the classic block. Time will tell how that goes...

Day 11
20/11 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 9/83
Build and paint all Deadzone Enforcers - TBC
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - TBC
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 0/4

Week 1 - Making a Start

I had every intention of starting out this year with a nice pile of models, all done and getting me off to a good start. I even had most of the weekend to myself to do so. And then I started playing borderlands... I did happen to finish some models first though! I have finished 5 Morats for Infinity.

I spent a fair amount of time on these guys, they even have highlights, something I haven't done for over a year, lol. This gets me about half way to finishing them off but it does include a TAG which will take a while. I plan on having them all done by the end of the month. I hope to follow a pattern of painting decent quality for skirmish systems on a monthly cycle, so this month is Infinity, next month may be Malifaux, I haven't decided yet. At the same time I will be working on the easier to mass paint models, starting with the Elves, as I intend to finish them fairly soon. Those will be done on a as-I-finish-them basis or I will swap if I need more paint etc.

Day 4
5/4 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 5/11
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 0/83
Build and paint all Deadzone Enforcers - TBC
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - TBC
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 0/4