December Almost Done! What did I paint?

Hello Everyone!

So the year is creeping to a close.  Despite this however, the long painting war continues against the horde on my desk.  While I didn't buckle down and force myself to pound out a bunch of stuff like I had planned, I did manage one.

Yes one model this month, not much but December is filled with social engagements and mild colds caused by people around me.  You cannot escape the germs!

With that said however, lets take a look at what I finished!

One Freeguild General all painted up and ready to go!  I've had this model for awhile but was never sure what to do with him.  I really didn't want to add him to my Averland army for Warhammer Fantasy and when the Cities of Sigmar book got rid of all Freeguild General models, except the one with the Zweinhander, I figured I could get use out of him.

With this guy done that take my model total for 2019 to 103!  That's a record for me...as far as I can tell.  I've never really tracked any of that before this year.

Now I'm not sure if I will have time to get anything else done, but lets take a look at whats next on my table.

One Battlemage for my Freeguild and a 3D printed Otyugh I picked up at a convention.  I hope to at least try to get them done before the new year.

Until next time all!

-Commodus

November Done! Am I at 100 yet?

Hello once again all!

So November came and went and I did not paint no where near as much as I would have liked.  But I did get SOMETHING done!  I had a week off to work on it and I only got 25% of what I wanted done, done.  But I did manage to finish a unit.

So Without further ado!

A complete 10 man unit for my Cities of Sigmar army!  Ready to lead the forces of the Averholme out to battle!

Okay they took much longer then I intended mostly because I forgot how annoying painting these metal minis was.  Despite that however, they are now done!  So, not including the one model I painted as a test I can add 9 more minis to my complete pile taking my total for the year to 102 Models!

I broke 100!  and I still have most of December to spare!  Guess I'll have to keep adding to my Cities of Sigmar army...

One Freeguild General in the Pipeline!

Stay tuned!

-Commodus

October! Painting rather slowly...so much so that it's November

Hello all!

So I'm back with more painting to show off.  I managed to start some other stuff sitting on my desk but only managed to finish one project.  So without further ado...

To start we have my test model for my Cities of Sigmar army.  I decided I wanted a different colour scheme to make my own city...The AVERHOLME!  While yellow and black, my Averland colours are what is used by the Greywater Fastness (The City I intend to use), I wanted to mix up the colour a bit as I've been painting yellow and black since I started the hobby.

and since we are talking Yellow and Black...

I finally finished painting the crew of my Volley gun for my 8th edition/9th age army.  I don't have a dedicated Volley gun for the Averholme yet...but it will be coming in due time!

So with all the models I painted last month I can add 8 more to my total of 93!  I'm almost at 100 with still 2 months to go.  I should be able to break 100...maybe even 120!  We shall see how this month goes.

For now, lets look at my WIP

4 more Greatswords and several Orcs I have waiting on the side to complete.  Until next update!

-Commodus

October! I'm Painting! Seriously!

Hello Everyone!

So I'm back with another update.  I probably should have done it sooner but I have been inordinately busy and haven't had much of a chance...until now!

So the new Free Cities book is out and I WILL be making an army, but before I do I want to be sure I have my proper groove on.  So lets take a look at some more minis I painted recently to get back in the swing of things!

Three PC's for my most recent D&D campaign and a Reaper Bones Griffon!  I am really happy with how the griffon came out.  I was able to practice some wash and drybrush techniques on him.  The Character minis I'm less fond of.

I certainly like the Nolzur D&D mini line.  However they are 28mm but not Heroic, so the features are more proportional and smaller.  I'm not so good a painter that I can pick them off without messing up the whole model.  The face on the sorcerer is hard to see and the same with the Tiefling.

I mean both are fine when playing in a dimly lit room playing D&D.  Bah!  I will just have to practice more.

So next up!  Cities of Sigmar!

-Commodus

October! Lets get Spooky!

Hello once again all!

So, again, not much to report as I spent most of the last month running around Azeroth.  However I have decided to get back in the swing of things as I do want to hit 100 models painted for the year.

Now with that said lets take a look at the one mini I managed to paint last month:

A Reaper Bones Roper!  I planned on painting him up for a D&D campaign encounter.  But my players managed to get to him and kill him before I managed to finish painting him...so now he shall wait on my shelf until they encounter ANOTHER Roper.

So that takes my painted mini total to 85!  I'm SO close to getting to 100.  Now I just have to focus on finishing up 3 more Player Character D&D minis all the while working on another project...

Cities of Sigmar comes out this Saturday and I plan on getting it ASAP.  In the mean time I am working on building a Cities army...although I don't know what I want to put in it yet.  I have a pile of minis I can use, but I still can't finalize it all until I get the book.

Until then all!

-Commodus

September! Get ready to Naruto run to Victory

Hello Everyone!

Well its been one month (almost) since my last update and I gotta say...I have painted exactly ZERO models!

So my current mini count stays the same for now.  I have been mostly pre-occupied with journeying through Azeroth in Classic WoW.  So my actual hobby time is taken up running from Centaurs in the Barrens.

I did however manage to get at least one thing done in the last 30 days so I guess I'll show that off.

Completed bases for my Stormcast!  So I finally have a 1000pt list for my Stormcast as well as 99% of the minis I need to complete it.  I am just missing one character model, but he can wait.  My main goal right now to to complete building what I have, base it and get ready to play!

So, small update today.  More in the future!

Until then!

-Commodus

August Here! Late Update Incoming...

Hello Everyone!

Okay, wow.  Almost half the month gone and no update!  I mean I know it's the summer and I tend to get lazy but that is bad given my recent record of updating this blog this year.

Now I will admit I have not really painted all that much this last month.  Mostly just grabbing stuff half-painted on my desk and finishing it up.  So with that in mind lets take a look at what I managed to do for the month of July!

Three Cannon crew, a Swordsman and an Orc Bully!  The Cannon itself I painted...jeez years ago.  I have it somewhere on my blog but the crew have been sitting there waiting to be finished....and here they are!

Now these Empire troops all come from my old Empire army I started way back in 6th edition. In fact these minis were painted already.  As I got better at painting I realized my old stuff was...well terrible.  So I've decided to create a new 1000pt army list and re-paint/complete my Empire army fully.  So to start these crew and the lone Swordsman are my first step toward that.

Now, with that said, my Empire troops will need an opponent.  So I guess I'll have to get 1000pts of Orcs and Goblins done too.  I've had that Bully based and waiting on my desk for awhile as well so I practiced my Orc paint scheme on it and it came out good too!

These minis, along with the terrain I built earlier this month means  I have painted 7 more model for a total of 84 minis for the year 2019!

Now, with the weather still nice I'm not sure how much I will get done this month...but I'm prepping

Oh I am prepping indeed!

Till next time!

-Commodus