August 2011...Where do these months go.

Another month gone, with some decent painting done. Got 2 Blood Bowl teams done because some of the local players are on a Blood Bowl kick after trying it at Games Day, completed the Dwarf team plus the Deathroller and the Vampire team. Painted the plastic Necromancer and Cairn Wraith, on a whim. Finished up the Avatars of War Orc Shaman for my army. And painted up the limited Chaos Dwarf to test the scheme for my repaint of my old Chaos Dwarfs. At the moment I am at a bit of an impasse on what to paint next, will probably work on more random stuff, in hopes of getting some inspiration for a new project.

 

 

 

 

 

Better pics will come when I get a new camera, my old one seems to be crapping out.

August

Painted: 29

Purchased: 6 (Games Day Chaos Dwarf (that a friend picked up for me at Games Day), The plastic Necromancer, Cairn Wraith and Banshee, and Candy & Cola plus Suicide Queen & Rollo from Soda Pop)

This year so far

Painted: 182

Purchased: 20

July, is Chuggging Along.

Decent month of progress, getting a little bit closer to the 100% painted on my Trollbloods goal for the year. Bought and painted a Cockatrice, which was my first Finecast model. Any bubbles or imperfections in the model were very minor or in a spot that didn't matter. Also completed my unit of Runeshapers, but pics on them will have to wait till next week. Also finished up Skarsnik and Gobbla, a Savage Orc Shaman to go with my Orcs and Goblins, and took pics of the Big Boss on Gigantic Spider.



July
Painted: 8
Purchased: 3 (Cockatrice, and Scattergunner Officer and Standard)

This year so far
Painted: 153
Purchased: 14

Buckeye Battles

So over the weekend me and a bunch of people from my local store went to the Buckeye Battles GT held in Delaware Ohio (where I conveniently live). Overall I came in 47th out of 78 people, my record was 2-3.

On day one my first game was against Ben Davis (27th) with a very pretty Bretonian army, which was a major loss for me. The second game was against Bryan Amburn (33rd) with a Beastmen army, which was also a major loss. The third game was against Jon Carter (37th) with Orcs and Goblins, which was a minor loss. With three losses on the first day I was feeling pretty down and was contemplating not coming back for day two, but I figured that I paid to play in the tournament so I would come back.

Day two started good with me and two other people wining the "Scavenger Hunt", so I got some cool chaos star dice. Game one on day two was versus David Lees (75th) with a Wood Elf army, it was a major victory for me. And game three was against Lewis Smith (78th) with a Warriors of Chaos, that was also a major victory for me. That day helped me restore some confidence in myself. There some really cool painted forces there which I took some pictures of which are below.

June, and I'm ready to go!

Alright got the army completely painted for the GT. Pics will come soon. It is kind of funny, now that I'm done with the army I'm at a bit of a loss on what to paint next. I'm also going to do a write up for the event, but don't know if I will be able to do a battle report.

June
Painted: 72
Purchased: 2 (Avatars of War Goblin King, and Orc Shaman)

This year so far
Painted: 145
Purchased: 14

List for the GT

So i finalized and submitted my list for Buckeye Battles, here is what it contains.

50 Night Goblins 300
Full Command
3 Fanatics
Netters
50 Night Goblins 300
Full Command
3 Fanatics
Netters
27 Orc Boyz 288
Full Command
Shields
Big 'Uns
Banner of Eternal Flame
10 Forest Goblin Spider Riders 160
Full Command
Goblin Spear Chucka 35
Goblin Spear Chucka 35
Giant 200
Rock Lobber 85
Goblin Big Boss 127
Gigantic Spider
Light Armour
Enchanted Shield
Potion of Strength
Sword of Swift Slaying
Night Goblin Shaman 110
Level 2
Dispel Scroll
Orc Big Boss 97
Shield
Battle Standard
Standard of Discipline
Orc Great Shaman 245
Level 4
Talisman of Preservation
Orc Warboss 218
Shield 3
Armour of Destiny
Basha's Axe of Stunty Smashin'