2020 Wrap up Post!

IT IS DONE!

The last models of 2020!  The last models of this god awful year and I managed to beat my record of minis finished!

The last 3 Orcs I needed to finish this unit.  The last of my Orcy boys I will need to paint (For now...probably)  So with that all said and done....

Finally after 16 years of starting an Orc unit back during 6th edition Warhammer Fantasy.  I have completed a unit for 8th edition that is no longer in production!

But it is done!  With these last three My model count has risen to 114 models for the year!

....but wait!  In a last ditch effort to round out my numbers I managed ONE MORE!

The mighty Wizard Servac!  Ready and able to lead my warband into FROSTGRAVE.  So with him done that takes my total too 115 models painted for 2020!

Well I am exhausted...I think I'll take a quick break before going hard on some projects this new year.

Stay Tuned!

-Commodus

Let the Year End Come!!

Hello Once again all!

Less then a week until the end of the year and I still got some painting in me.  I'm SO CLOSE to finishing one thing I had planned to get done this year.  Finish the stuff I had prepped...well I still have a bunch of that to do...BUT! I'm almost done my Orcs.

With that said...

6 More Orcs painted and done!  That leaves 3 more to finish up....I'm so close to being done my unit of 40!  SO CLOSE!!

Okay so I have 3 more Orc to pant...in fact they are half done now.  Soon it will be complete and we can all bask in the painted glory!

Muhahaha!

-Commodus

Twas the Night before....Something

Hello all!

Well The years is getting closer to the end....but the painting continues!  I'm going to keep this short and sweet as I am SO CLOSE to finishing a mini project.  I am of the excite!

So with that said...

5 More Orc boys!!!  I've been on hiatus with these guys but I am SO CLOSE to being done the 40 man (Orc) unit.  9 more to go on a unit I started all the way back in 2004.

So close all!

-Commodus

Well, November flew by...

 Hello once again!

Well...November was a thing.  I'll admit I didn't really paint much.  But December is here and I am determined to finish my orcs!  So lets take a look at what I got done for November.

Two spider swarms....very very simply painted.  Honestly?  I put off painting these for so long because I just wasn't enthused about them.  So I kept it to a simple dry brush, quick and easy.

Now I haven't been super good at the whole "don't buy minis" thing.  But I kept splurging to a minimum and I treated myself to these bad boys!

I wanted these minis since I heard this was a game.  So I splurged and bought the rules and the Bleak Falls Barrow set.  I Also started getting them prepped!

3 Skyrim skeletons!  Nice models and fun to paint.  Just have to prep the last of the models in the box.  But they will come after my orcs!

So that's a total of 5 models for November making my total 100 for the year!  I'm SO CLOSE to beating my year total from last year.  Just have to buckle down and get it done!

Until next time.

- Commodus

November is Here! Farewell Spooky Season

Hello once again all!

So the month of October has passed us by and we are now here in November.  So lets take a look at what I managed to paint this last week of October!

One goblin Standard Bearer and a Owl Familiar!  The Gobbo is self explanatory...need to have a banner bearer for an all goblin army.  But the Owl is a familiar for a D&D campaign that...kind of got put on hiatus due to the 'Rona.  Hopefully I'll get back to it one day.

Lastly just one model that has been a "test model" since...well 4th Edition 40k was still around.

One Termigaunt!  Now this fellow is from the old 4th edition starter.  I have a few sprues with some Genestealers and Spore mines as well.  Enough to really start a combat patrol....see where this is going?  Maybe I'll get them all based and painted up....some day...along with 50 other projects!

So with all this said and done what was my model count for October...

Counting all the stuff I managed to get through on my pile I managed to paint 32 models!  That's nuts!  I managed to almost completely blow through my pile of primed models.  Heck it led me to look for OTHER primed stuff I could paint (of which I still have a bunch).

Adding it to my total of 95 models painted!!  I'm 10 away from last years record and I still have more on the way.

Stay Tuned!

-Commodus

October Painting SPREEEE!

 Hello one and all and welcome back!

So after a whole week off I sat down and managed to get through a whole hella lotta stuff!  My main "pile" I was working on is mostly done with a few stragglers and new pile waiting to be next!

So with that said lets take a look at all I've done!

Two OOP River Trolls! I love these models and they were really fun to paint.  Took me awhile to figure out what colours to use to pull it off.  Once I finally decided on what I wanted I wasn't too sure they would look good.  Boy am I glad they came out great!

Next up...

5 pieces of scatter terrain!  Four pieces of LOTR terrain for the Mines of Moria and the grate from the Blasted Hallowheart set.  Finally finished that up and now just have 2 chests to work on.

With that said....

5 Bossonian Archers for my Conan board game.  Oh god I'll never get this project done.  But I am officially 1/3rd of the way through the box...skeletons are up next most likely...

But before that...

Old school OOP Metal Plaguebearer!  Now this was mostly a test scheme for Nurgle.  One thing I did learn was that I want my  boys to be brighter!  Luckily, multi-coloured Nurgle units look really good. So he'll look great once the rest of the unit is done.

and with THAT said!

Four old OOP Chaos Warriors of Nurgle!  Got these guys back in 2006 for a Demonic Legion of Nurgle army I had planned that...never happened due to 7th edition Warhammer.  Now is as good a time as any to get it done though!

With that I managed to paint 17 models with about 5 more already in the WIP stage.  I'm happy to have made progress and sure hope to beat my yearly record!

Bye for now!

-Commodus

October Paint Spree Continues!!

Hello one and all, back with more stuff painted!

So continuing the project of painting all my backlog of stuff I "based but did not paint" I moved on to even more greenskins for my Orc and Goblin army!  So will all that said lets take another look and see what I finished!

5 more Goblins!  That makes a whole unit of 30 Gobbos!  I still have to build and paint their movement try but a whole unit done!  It only took me....uhh...I guess 6 years technically.  However they are now done and ready to use in game.

To go with these greeny boyz...

3 Goblin Spear Chukka crew!  I had based these guys and haven't gotten to work on their actual Spear Chukka...but Its here and ready to get put together and painted!  I'll get to that...eventually.

That's 8 more models on the pile with more on the way!

Stay Tuned!

-Commodus