Week 2 - Myth, Zombies and Building

It was a busy week this week. the rest of the family was away so I had time to work on my garage as well as paint. It has taken me a long time working on that garage and now I have finished the major work, next up is the sanding and painting. No pictures until it is done though!

I have finished most of the Myth models now, I just have a couple stragglers left. I am left with the expansions after that, but no need to get ahead of myself as I've only played the game once now. See below for a photo of the 17 Grubers and 6 heroes finished this week.

Further to these I also finished off the Zombicide Crows my wife got me for my birthday. These were done fairly quickly, 15 stands.

Last up I put the finishing touches on some Dystopian wars Prussians. These had been waiting a while the shrubbery flock to arrive. I will go back and finish off the others I've already done sometime soon. This is another 11 models.

All up 49 models, not bad for a weeks work!

Day 15
67/15 Painted/Days passed
Achieved:
Commission models - 6
Myth - 41
Zombicide - 15
Prussians - 11

Week 20 - Photos (Yay!)

Well, one photo anyway... I've been out of town all weekend but managed to finish up another 12 Zombicide models during the week, so finally a photo. See below.

I'm almost done with these now. Just 6 more to go, the original survivors in their zombie forms. Really looking forward to completing this lot, no more zombies for a while I think! I also just received the last of my Mercs kickstarter stuff. I'm going to set up a couple games to figure out the rules while I get all the figures assembled. They may get some basic paint on the 'baddies' and better paint jobs on the Mercs teams, I've not decided yet.

Day 142
162/142 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 12
3D printed models - 15
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 19/19
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 7/4
Finish Zombicide survivors - 30/30
Finish Zombicide zombivors - 27/33
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 0/1
Paint all DZC Scourge - 43/62
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 0/15
Onslaught miniatures - 11/54

Week 13 - Zombicide Nearly Complete

I managed to keep up with my proposed pace from last week and complete 22 more Zombicide survivors this week. With the ones not quite ready last week that adds another 31 to my total. It also leaves me with just 18 before I have completed my entire Zombicide collection. Photos below.

I've also had an inquiry from a new potential client for new commission models which is pretty cool. He is mostly looking at Infinity models at this time so it will require some different methods to my usual Hordes work.

Day 93
133/93 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 10
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 19/19
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 7/4
Finish Zombicide survivors - 24/30
Finish Zombicide zombivors - 21/33
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 0/1
Paint all DZC Scourge - 43/62
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 0/15
Onslaught miniatures - 11/54

Week 12 - Getting on with it.

One of the things I always want to get to each year is terrain. The usual problem is that I tend to have a bunch of models to finish during the holiday season, which tends to be a bit busy. So the thinking is that if I put a bit more effort in now I may have time later to get some terrain done in the latter part of the year. So to make that most likely to work my plan is to try and paint 20+ models per week. That gives me a lot of margin for error and would put me on track for finishing my main painting goal by the end of June. It will take quite a bit of effort to maintain though so we will all see how that goes.

So this week I have finished 12 Zombicide models with 9 more drying (so the photo will probably come next week). The trick with these is having to paint them in pairs, the survivor and zombivor together, in order to keep the clothing similar colours.

I still have about 50 of these to go and a pair of commission models as well so next week will be interesting to see if I can keep up with my new weekly target.

Day 86
102/86 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 10
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 19/19
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 7/4
Finish Zombicide survivors - 7/29
Finish Zombicide zombivors - 5/36
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 0/1
Paint all DZC Scourge - 43/62
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 0/15
Onslaught miniatures - 11/54

Week 5 - Catching Back Up

So I spent the last long weekend working on the garage and not doing much painting. I did spend time during the week painting though, finishing up some Zombicide and Malifaux and a pair of last years goals as a result. I also got my first batch of Onslaught 6mm miniatures finished. Photos below.

The Onslaught minis are really nice. I hope to use them for Warpath in 6mm scale as that seems like it will work better than 28mm. I just have to wait and see what the forces lists are finalized into and pick some appropriate bases. So this is adding up to 32 models (5 per base on the 6mm scale ones...) and gets me back up to speed for the yearly goal.

I have a bunch more commission models on my desk again so that is likely what will be consuming my time for the next couple weeks. After that I have the Zombicide survivors to do in order to finally wrap up the whole Zombicide set.

Day 37
37/37 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 3
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 19/19
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 4/4
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 0/1
Paint all DZC Scourge - 0/45
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 0/15
Onslaught miniatures - 11/54

Week 2 - A Slow Start

10 days in and I am already behind. I usually try to be ahead by about a months worth at this stage but instead I have finished just 2 models. This is largely because I have been focusing on finishing my commission models, which are large and high detail so require quite a bit of attention. All things considered I hope to finish them up next week. Here are the two zombies I finished.

These are the opening steps to the year and at least I am working towards completing last years goals. Onward and upwards, at least I can still catch up my deficit.

Day 10
2/10 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 0
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 0/1
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 2/19
Paint all DZC Scourge - 0/45
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 0/15
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 0/4

Week 50 - Cutting it Close

Well here we are, the year is just about done and with a final push I've just wrapped my last minis for the year. With the holidays upon us I've got no hope of doing any more before the new year, there may be the odd time here and there but it will be better spent preparing for next years challenge I think. Anyway, here are the last minis of the year:

13 more Zombicide zombies down. I wish I could say that these were the last, but I still have 19 to go, not to mention 65 hero models. They will be part of phase two next year.

So with the year closing up now is as good a time as any to reflect on progress made.

• I've managed to reach the 'one model a day' target for the third year in a row. That keeps me making something resembling progress, which is good.
• I've finished several of my goals for the year too and am able to field painted forces for several game systems.
• I unloaded a bunch of models that were surplus to requirements, making a goal of painting everything eventually much more feasible.
• I also completed 21 models via commissions and still have a happy customer. I still have 3 more works in progress for next year.
• I also got time to play some games and started a big renovation to my future gaming area.

There are of course areas I could improve on:

• I'm pretty sure I bought more models than I painted this year.
• Some goals were missed as a result of said spending...
• Painting quality has slipped a little more than last year, in the name of speed.

With all that in mind I threw together a rough plan for 2016:

1. Finish current commissions.
2. Complete outstanding goals of 2015.
3. Reach annual painting target of 366 models. (Yay, a leap year...)
4. New target, buy fewer models than I paint.
5. Complete gaming area.
6. Have fun.

That all sounds reasonable and achievable, we will have to check back next year to see though! Next year I also plan on posting more geeky stuff, reviews and maybe even some battle reports.

Day 344

366/344 Painted/Days passed

Goals:

Commission models - 21

TNT models - 22

Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11

Paint Xtreme Ada-Lorana - 9/9

Paint all Directorate - 44/44

Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 4/4

Paint all Toxic zombies - 37/37

Paint all Berserk zombies - 37/37

Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 131/150

Paint all DZC Scourge - 36/79

Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 68/83

Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 12/16

Week 47 - Back to the Horde

I'm trying to get back on the wagon just before the year wraps up so I finished some more zombies that were part way done already. And a random gribbly I was using to test some ideas on. Anything to get that tally up to 365!

So that is another 17 models done just 12 more to go and I'm done for the year. I will probably still try to get the rest of the Zombicide zombies done though, just for piece of mind... Or brains...

Day 326
353/326 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 21
TNT models - 22
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Paint Xtreme Ada-Lorana - 9/9
Paint all Directorate - 44/44
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 4/4
Paint all Toxic zombies - 37/37
Paint all Berserk zombies - 37/37
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 116/150
Paint all DZC Scourge - 36/79
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 68/83
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 12/16

Week 39 - Zombies Moving on to the Finish Line

No post last week as I was hanging out with the TCOW crew up in Auckland. Got in most of a game of DZC and watched a lot of TNT as well.

Painting-wise I have finished up another 15 zombies for Zombicide and 5 models for a Preservers warband for TNT. I'm liking TNT quite a bit, I unfortunately don't get to play a lot of campaign games for it though. Not to worry.

So I've still got 1 more model of the same style for the above TNT group, hard to say when that will get done. It will mostly depend on when I next have those colours out. Just 30 more models to go and I will have finished my requirements for the year, which will be nice. It is looking like I won't have many free weekends between now and New Years so that is probably a good thing.

I have Armageddon Expo up in Auckland in a month, meaning very little time to get a costume together. I think I can do it but with so few available weekends it may be challenging. Time will tell anyway.

Day 270
335/270 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 20
TNT models - 21
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Paint Xtreme Ada-Lorana - 9/9
Paint all Directorate - 44/44
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 4/4
Paint all Toxic zombies - 37/37
Paint all Berserk zombies - 37/37
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 100/150
Paint all DZC Scourge - 36/79
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 68/83
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 12/16

Week 37 - Berserk and Dog Zombies

I suspected that the berserk zombies wouldn't take very long and I was right. This meant I was also able to get the zombie dogs completed as well. That makes for 57 completed models this week. Not a bad effort at all. This leaves me with just 50 models to complete in the next three and a half months. I made some time to prime some of the remaining Zombicide zombies which will mean I have enough to finish off the year at least. Here are this weeks efforts.

Like the toxic zombies, this lot will get clear bases eventually, I need more superglue first at least. I have plenty of other stuff to get on with in the mean time anyway.

Day 256
315/256 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 20
TNT models - 16
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Paint Xtreme Ada-Lorana - 9/9
Paint all Directorate - 44/44
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 4/4
Paint all Toxic zombies - 37/37
Paint all Berserk zombies - 37/37
Paint remaining Zombicide zombies - 85/150
Paint all DZC Scourge - 36/79
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 68/83
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 12/16

Week 36 - Toxic Zombies

I got some time over the last week to get some painting done, this allowed me to finish the painting of the last 23 Zombicide Toxic zombies. I still have to find the time to swap out the bases for clear ones but I have to do that for all of the original Zombicide zombies anyway so they can wait.

I've made a start on the Berserk zombies, they should be pretty quick as the colour pallet on them is much more limited. I'm going for red, orange and brown, with some pale blue for the guards. They should be really easy to spot on the table. I will have to pick up some more brown wash before then but it should be the last step so isn't time critical. Next up should be the zombie dogs as they are also a limited pallet.

Day 249
258/249 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 20
TNT models - 16
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Paint Xtreme Ada-Lorana - 9/9
Paint all Directorate - 44/44
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 4/4
Paint all Toxic zombies - 37/37
Paint all DZC Scourge - 36/79
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 68/83
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 12/16
Paint all Berserk zombies - 0/37

Week 27 - Toxic Zombies

Another quiet couple of weeks with not a huge amount to show for it. I managed to catch the only sunny and warm weekend days in time to get some zombies spray painted though. I had almost run out of white spray though so had to use it very sparingly. I had heard that that was how you were 'supposed' to do it so I consider it a trial run for more important models.

I got 37 toxic zombies on the painting table so they are all underway. 14 of them are finished, I decided not to do the blood effect on them though, I figure that they are best dealt with at range, so have less blood on them? Maybe I will go back and add it, I don't know. These are the first batch on the clear bases I bought for them just after Zombicide season 2 KS ended. So they have been hanging around for a while!

Those guys should be pretty easy to pick out of the crowd, I hope to do something similar for the berserk zombies but in orange. Hopefully they come out okay. I purchased some more Scourge in order to escalate my games with Knightwolf, at least once our learning games of Planetfall are over.

Day 186
200/186 Painted/Days passed
Goals:
Commission models - 10
Finish painting Infinity Morats - 11/11
Paint all DZC Scourge - 36/46
Paint all Directorate - 44/44
Finish all of the Dreadball teams and MVPs. - 4/4
Build and paint remaining KOW Elves - 68/83
Paint all Toxic zombies - 14/37
Paint all Berserk zombies - 0/37
Build and paint a full Malifaux crew - 12/16
Build and paint all Deadzone Enforcers - 0/34
Build and paint all Deadzone Plague - 0/21