And again ...

7 more goblins down ... only 12 more to go. I've now passed the half way mark on this project. (That put me up to 59 painted so far Sam!)

On the negative side I ordered a shed load more Maidenhead stuff from Artemis Black's. I've now ordered enough stuff for a reasonable starter army. The ebay bits and bobs should be dropping on to the doormat today or tomorrow so I'll be able to get cracking any time now. I think I should finish the gobbos and paint up the giant before I really get under way though.


I've been looking at colour schemes and I think I would like to do my Sabre Tooth Cats like this. I'm still looking for something Id like to copy for the Terror Bird though. Any ideas?

He's off again ...

5 more goblins added to the painted pile and 7 more almost complete. Not a bad evening's work. I should soon be able to play SoBaH at the club.

I've been making a few more purchases. On their way to me at this moment are some bags of slate chips for the bases of the Maidenhead minis and some sculpting tools to help me do their bikinis.

On the army list front I have realised that if I switch to a Beasts of Chaos army then I will be able to use the same army I had been planning on with only minimal changes.

Saved in the nick of time (+ march roundup)

The Maidenhead miniatures arrived last week whilst I was on holiday and they are very nice indeed. I had been planning what to get next when WHAM! Games Workshop go and throw my plans into disarray. It looks like the list I was planning to build may no longer be legal under the updated Hordes of Chaos rules due in White Dwarf soon.

I guess I will put further purchases on hold until I can get a copy of the new rules which should help with the pledge. The lot I have bought already will do fine for a SoBaH warband.

I really should get on with some painting shouldn't I.

Round-up for the year so far as of March:-

Miniatures Bought: 27 (1 giant, 11 infantry and 3 cavalry)
Miniatures Painted: 47
Miniatures Sold: 42

Buying more friends

I cracked again and ordered some miniatures. 10 infantry and 3 cavalry to be precise.

As I mentioned in an earlier post I am thinking about building a Slaaneshi chaos mortal army from 'The Babes That Time Forgot' from Maidenhead Miniatures. My first order should give me enough to build a SoBaH warband and if things go well I can build it up from there. This will be an interesting project as there will be a small amount of sculpting involved as to satisfy my own prudishness I will be giving some of the more scantily clad babes some nice fur bikinis to keep them warm.

I really should be cracking on with some painting.

Too busy to paint

A bit of a hectic Easter really. I managed to grab a little time to myself on Friday and carried on with the Nemesis goblins. The five goblin archers in my warband are now about 80% done.

Back in the saddle

I finally managed to get in my first painting session of the month this afternoon. Cold/flu (x2) and having to work in the evenings have all meant that I have had little free time.

Its also been a bit of struggle not to buy stuff. I've had crazy ideas about making a chaos mortal WHFB army from various items from Maidenhead Miniatures. I managed to stop sort of actually buying anything but I did get as far as writing out an army list.

Today's painting saw me finish off 5 goblins and 1 orc for my SoBaH warband and make a start on a further 5. A few more sessions and I will have a usable force.

Meltdown!

I'm afraid I turned in a dreadful performance at the Merseyside Meltdown at the weekend coming close to bottom of the heap. I had been planning on going to the Club Challenge in May but I have now decided not to bother - in fact I probably won't be going to any more tournaments until I paint up a new army and/or learn how to play the game.

Time to play something other than Warhammer for a bit I think.