I've been lazy about this. I made it a bookmark and I forget it. Ha!
Well, I have a painting project now. Someone over on the Privateer Press forums has this great idea inspired by a running No Quarter article. The thread can be found [url=http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?p=310960&posted=1#post310960]here[/url]. The basic idea is a painting league dealy to give us all peer pressure to get things painted. Good! I need someone to ride my ass and make me get stuff done! And right now, I'm back to my Circle Orboros. This is a great excuse to get an army painted up for the next league, which starts June 7th. I wanna' play Kromac. So, he's it. Four successive levels of Kromac lists at 15, 25, 35 and finally 50 pts. Some of the warbeasts have some paint on them but none are done. They will be finished and based. Some of what is already done needs to be changed since I have recently decided to go with a winter theme instead of the bog standard green and gold.
As the project goes on, I'll post what amounts to fanfiction for each successive group as Kromac's personal little warband grows. I [i]will[/i] be taking liberties with the fiction where I do not know things (such as the closeness of family bonds within the Tharn). If anyone actually reads this and wants to correct me, awesome. Go for it! I don't know as much about the Tharn as I'd like. I've only read the three Hordes books and that was several years ago, so I don't remember all of it at this point.
Further, I made myself some rules. I posted them in that thread, but here they are again!
+No bouncing around! I will paint each list all the way before I paint a model from the next tier. 15, 25, 35 and 45 pts.
+The aim is the 15, 25 and 35 pt lists each in one week with all remaining time before the June 7th league start to finish the 50 pt list (and extra time is spent on alternate warlocks!)
+Any units that appear will be painted as a full unit, not just the number in the list. (This is only relevant to one choice in my lists, but I hate to paint only part of a unit when I have the full unit. I feel the models end up inconsistent when painted at different times)
+My warlock is the last model painted. There are a couple reasons for this. First, I want to try some techniques along the way on other models (tattoos on other Tharn if you saw my recent question about them). Also, I like getting every bit of practice before I paint a model as daunting as Kromac! And it means I have my Tharn painting schemes down by the time he comes up. Also, I love painting characters more than anything else. He is my final reward and the capstone to the project.
+Pictures! For the start of the project, my pictures will be terrible camera phone ones since the charger for my digital camera has decided to go AWOL. I will have a chance to look for it in a little over a week. If I cannot find it, I will be placing an order for a replacement.
But on to the lists!
Week 1 == 15/15 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Week 2 == 24/25 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Week 3 == 35/35 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Tharn Bloodweavers (5)
Shifting Stones (2)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Lord of the Feast (4)
Week 4 == 50/50 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Argus (4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Druids of Orboros (7)
-Druid Overseer (2)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Tharn Bloodweavers (5)
Shifting Stones (2)
Shifting Stones (2)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Lord of the Feast (4)
You might notice I'm adding a unit every week. That's because I hate painting units and doing more than one in a week might make me kill myself. Once this is done, I will still have full units of Bloodtrackers, Reeves and Wolves for another time. But I'll put a dent in them!
I'm looking forward to this. In the next month I've gotta' move and work. And not much else really and I knew I wanted to get some painting done. So this is perfect!
If possible, I am gonna' try to get at least a game in at each level each week with each level. This will however be dependent on others being up for the games. I will be trying to get someone else at my LGS to join me in this though.
That's it for now. Expect starter pictures of everything in the next couple days!
