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Post by grandmasterwang on Mar 4, 2021 23:41:54 GMT
Hopefully, it's not too late to jump on this. I don't have any specific army goals, I just want to paint at least 125 minis this year. Last year my goal was 104, and I surpassed that, so I figured I'd shoot a little higher this year. I'm working on a 1500 point Wood Elf army right now and it'd be nice to get that done this year. As well as a unit of flagellants I started last year. Only fifteen more to go. Certainly not too late š
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Post by thezildo on May 14, 2021 17:41:23 GMT
For 2021, I am hopeful to: -Round out my painted VC army and have 4000 points painted before magic items (around 2500 currently since October) -Finish printing and priming a HE Army for another player -Round out a Dwarf army (print, prime base cost a gradient blue with airbrush) for another player -Paint a serviceable Ogre Kingdoms army of 2500 points before magic items (have about 750 right now but need to convert some bases still) -Get faster painting rank and file troops and better at painting lords/heroes/centerpiece items. I think thatās enough and certainly manageable over the year if I stay on top of painting things. Just keep grinding away. Over 1/3rd of the way through the year, how is everyone doing on their goals? I have finished printing the HE army (still need to prime it but might actually do that today since I looked back at this), finished printing, priming and base coating the dwarves, Iām at 2000 points of painted ogres before any upgrades, and added a few small pieces to the VC army. The last goal is tough to qualify if it has happened because I didnāt really measure anything from the start as far as time to paint and things like that but I am currently working with a Gordon Ramsay-esque painting guru to help push me to a higher level painting ability. I need to get back to the VC at some point but I think Iāll finish out the ogres before then as Iām enjoying the beefy bois. Looking forward to hearing all the progress everyone has made.
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Post by Naitsabes on May 14, 2021 20:17:07 GMT
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Post by Naitsabes on May 14, 2021 20:21:35 GMT
let's see, in order of importance: 1) buy the right house for some serious garage-hammering 2) fight over Volganof with a certain kaltheras 3) round out the undead to ~3K 4) chip away at Grey Mountain in general. that means mostly Empire and Chaos. so, nothing major really.
I finished 3), 4) is open end but I've painted up quite a lot there, closing in on a ~100 models.
Failed at 1) so far which makes 2) hard.
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Post by Horace on May 14, 2021 23:32:25 GMT
Probably nearer halfway through now.. and I have done essentially nothing. Started some building work on the house in January and it's dragged on. After spending most my time painting the entire house I've been struggling for motivation for more painting on top. Fingers crossed for some summer progress
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Post by knoffles on May 16, 2021 16:34:59 GMT
Iāll give myself a few. 1) To pretty much complete my dwarves. This shouldnāt be too taxing. The bulk is 40 GW warriors. There are then assorted characters (mainly metal runesmiths and engineers but there is the newer Thorgrim too which has never left the box..) and a bolt thrower and some 3rd edition metal RnF. In terms of further purchases, it should be pretty limited. Another gyro and maybe a goblobber if I ever see one at a reasonable price. 2) continue with my Brets and Lizards. Mainly building and painting. 3) perhaps start building/painting my Empire 4) Build a Garden Office/man cave The dwarves are doing well. Warriors are done as is the latest gyro that I bought. The bolt thrower is pretty much done - just the crew to go. Iāve started on some of the Bretās. The man cave has hit a bit of a set back as the wall on the upper level of the garden (where it will go) needs some serious rebuilding/reinforcement and that is looking to be a money sink.
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Post by adso13 on May 18, 2021 13:28:27 GMT
Hopefully, it's not too late to jump on this. I don't have any specific army goals, I just want to paint at least 125 minis this year. Last year my goal was 104, and I surpassed that, so I figured I'd shoot a little higher this year. I'm working on a 1500 point Wood Elf army right now and it'd be nice to get that done this year. As well as a unit of flagellants I started last year. Only fifteen more to go. I'm on number 57 for the year, which is slightly ahead of pace needed to finish the goal (just over ten minis a month). Got a fair jump on the wood elves, finishing two units of glade guard, one unit of glade riders and the stags for some wild riders/ sisters of the thorn. As a change up, I've been working on night goblins which are suuuuuper easy to paint, as I can get one done in just a single morning painting session (just under and hour). Slow and steady wins the race.
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Post by sedge on Jul 18, 2021 12:27:14 GMT
I'm doing pretty well on goals so far - my Dark Elf army is 100% finished. I'm up to 79 models painted this year (vs 124 acquired) so if I can keep up my recent pace there's still a chance of reducing the backlog this year - or at least stopping it from growing.
I'm working on my Dwarves again now - I've got 5 Ironbreakers, 5 Irondrakes, 14 Pirate Slayers, 20 Warriors (unbuilt), and 3 Goat Riders to complete. Plus a Grudge Pony. And then that army will be 100% complete - again.
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Post by knoffles on Jul 18, 2021 18:00:06 GMT
sedge, as ever your output is impressive! I should probably not do these annual things as Iām a hobby butterfly that flits between things as the mood takes me and rarely what I actually pledge!
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Post by adso13 on Sept 11, 2021 22:50:16 GMT
Just thought I'd do a little threadomancy and check in on this. How's everyone doing? I'm on number 107 which means I've painted 50 models in the last four months and only need 18 more to finish my goal for the year. The tally since the last check in is a whole bunch of night goblins, some Namarti Reavers that count as waywatchers, some more stags, the actual riders of the wild riders and a Juggernaut mounted WoC BSB. Been a productive year so far.
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Post by sedge on Sept 13, 2021 19:26:01 GMT
My goals are going well - I got the Dark Elf army finished earlier this year. I'm up to 145 models painted vs 129 acquired. Finishing my Dwarf army... I've done a bit. But I keep putting off the last models, as I'm not feeling them.
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Post by balinor on Sept 14, 2021 21:55:01 GMT
My goal is to paint more models than I get! I'm so slow on this that it is horrible! I can't stop buying more minis.....addiction.....lol! Wish me luck!
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Post by sedge on Dec 28, 2021 19:06:27 GMT
Since I'm done with painting/buying models for the year, it's a chance to look at how I did: - Complete my Dark Elf army - done! I spent the first half of the year working exclusively on this and had it finished in July. I've got over 10,000 points of painted Druchii now.
- Complete my Dwarf army (again) - kind of done. I painted the army book models I hadn't finished - more Ironbreakers/Irondrakes, pirate Slayers, plus a unit of Warriors. But I still have some random dwarf models like a grudge pony, some dwarfs on goats, and a converted AoS character that I haven't finished.
- Paint more models than I get - just about achieved! I've painted a total of 203 models, and got 185 during the year. That's excluding scenery, but I painted/repainted far more of that than I got.
I'm happy with what I got achieved - effectively finishing off a couple of armies, and breaking the 200 model mark for another year. I didn't paint as much as 2020, but that was an exception as Covid lockdowns meant I had more time off work then. The second half of this year was nice as I butterflied between different armies (Dwarfs, Orcs and Goblins, Undead, Chaos Dwarfs, Beastmen, Wood Elves). Getting that Bone Giant done was also an achievement. This is what I painted: - 1 Bloodwrack Shrine
- 1 Cauldron of Blood
- 1 Scourgerunner Chariot
- 1 Cold One Chariot
- 3 Cold One Characters
- 1 Hydra
- 1 Kharibdyss
- 5 Harpies
- 1 Reaper Bolt Thrower
- 5 more Harpies
- 6 Assassins
- 3 Sorceresses
- 3 Death Hags
- 2 Medusa
- 3 more Death Hags
- 1 Master
- 1 more Cold One Character
- 40 Night Goblins
- 5 Ironbreakers
- 5 Irondrakes
- 10 Savage Orcs
- 21 Dwarf Warriors
- 5 Spider Riders
- 3 Fanatics
- 4 Night Goblin characters
- 13 Fireglaives
- 10 Ungors
- 14 Dwarf Pirate Slayers
- 1 Bone Giant
- 10 Glade Guard
- 1 Necromancer
- 1 Vampire
- 20 Grave Gaurd
- 1 Varghulf
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Post by thezildo on Jan 18, 2022 14:46:24 GMT
For 2021, I am hopeful to: -Round out my painted VC army and have 4000 points painted before magic items (around 2500 currently since October) -Finish printing and priming a HE Army for another player -Round out a Dwarf army (print, prime base cost a gradient blue with airbrush) for another player -Paint a serviceable Ogre Kingdoms army of 2500 points before magic items (have about 750 right now but need to convert some bases still) -Get faster painting rank and file troops and better at painting lords/heroes/centerpiece items. I think thatās enough and certainly manageable over the year if I stay on top of painting things. Just keep grinding away. Status update to bring me out of my quiet cave. I completed the High Elves and Dwarves. Only did a little bit more on the VC so fell short there (but did start a Tomb King army so very similar stuff there and the skeletons could be crossed over). WAY overshot my goal for ogres. Likeā¦ by a lot. Apparently I got stuck on painting the big fatties. As for the last goal, idk if I will ever āget fasterā at rank and file troops. I feel like I will get better but I will always spend the same amount of time on them, just with some slightly better results. I certainly believe that I got better at painting lords/heroes/centerpieces as that was some of my favorite stuff to work on this year. Overall, I would consider this a successful year of painting and am on to another one. 2022 goals to be posted soon.
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Post by Horace on Jan 20, 2022 23:17:05 GMT
I have no hard goals this year. Last year it was to get my Chaos Dwarfs on the table, this year I think I just want to make progress through my unpainted daemons and add a few things needed for our Takurkhan campaign - Paint a good chunk of daemons: Khorne & Slaanesh Battalions, Soulgrinder, Burning Chariot, Skarbrand, Kairos, 3x Greater Daemons, Exalted Chariot - Paint some Tamurkhan bits which will finish off my Chaos Dwarfs: Hobgoblin Wolfriders, Khan & Destroyer - Bugman's Rangers should we happen to get as far as phase 4 in Tamurkhan (we won't) - Paint a few Wood Elf testers So... Daemons = Completely failed.. they're next up in my list Tamurkhan bits/chaos dwarfs = mostly succeeded. No destroyer. Bugman's Rangers = success! Wood Elves = nowhere near.. doubt I'll even make 2022! 2022 has started better with painting but I really need to hurry myself up. Being really slow
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