The Impossible Dream Challenge

I'll be fairly brief this time.

First off, I should really remember this thing is here more. I've moved my bookmark to a more noticeable spot so I can stop forgetting it exists.

Alright, this is what I've been up to. The Privateer Staffers have started the "Impossible Dream Challenge", which is to paint a hundred points from scratch in the month of November. Since the story concept I was playing with for NaNoWriMo was no where near sketched out enough for my liking (really, it was a concept at best...), I've decided to still try to be creative and productive. So, a hundred points of Circle. Some of these had a little progress before, such as a little brown on the Wolf Riders from my previous aborted attempt. But otherwise, yay, I will not complete this. But hey, if I at least force myself to get SOME progress done, I will have more models painted at the end of November than I did at the start. And that's still a good thing, right?

But anyway, here is what I'm doing:
Mohsar the Desertwalker *5
Krueger the Stormlord *5
-Megalith 11
-Woldguardian 9
-Gnarlhorn Satyr 8
-Pureblood Warpwolf 9
-Woldwyrd 5
-Argus 4
-Argus 4
-Druid Wilder 2
Druids of Orboros 7
-Druid Overseer 2
Wolves of Orboros (full) 6
-Chieftain and Standard 2
Reeves of Orboros (full) 10
-Chieftain and Standard 2
Tharn Bloodweavers 5
Tharn Wolf Riders (full) 10
Shifting Stones 2
-Stonekeeper 1
Stoneward and Woldstalkers 5
Blackclad Wayfarer 2
Lord of the Feast 4

Ok, so my current progress. No basing will be done until the end, so I will not bore you with repeatedly saying, "So-and-so is done except for the base".

Gnarlhorn: Nearly finished. Needs his loin cloth to be painted and then he's done. I can't figure out what colour to paint it. I might also try dry brushing some red onto his knuckles as a finishing touch. Not sure yet.

Pureblood: Needs a wash on a few areas (such as all his spines) and then he's done too.

Stone stuff (Wold Guardian, Megalith, Woldstalkers, Shifting Stones, armour on the Stone Keeper, Stone Ward, weapons for Druids and Wayfarer): All drybrushed up. Three stage process on each of them.

Argii: Both need their mouths and claws done. One needs his gold trim done. That's it.

The Druids, Stoneward, Stone Keeper, Wayfarer: All have the base brass on their armour with the green wash done. However, I have found that the black I had is rather...shiny so I have put these on the back burner now until I can get my hands on a black that isn't so glossy, since they are mostly black that will be highlighted. They are all called "Blackclads" for a reason afterall.

Lord of the Feast: Coming along VERY nicely. My biggest problem for this guy was really deciding how I wanted his flesh to come out. Flesh is a constant problem for me (and I will be bitching about it many more times before this Challenge is over), but I found that GW Gryphonne Sepia over the white base coat is PERFECT. In fact, it has inspired me...

Mohsar: MUAHAHA! Yay for experiments on the LotF! I've decided I like the way the flesh on the LotF is coming out so well, I undid some of my progress on Mohsar. I'm going to multi-wash his cloak in the same way to get that desert-y feel out of it.

Morvahna: ...the hell? Yeah, I tried my Thraka Green on her cloak and I really like it. I might actually do her instead of ol' Krueger since I am waiting on a green I cannot get in short order for his cloak. Though I am kind of liking the idea of painting eKrueger before I ever play him.

And for the record, I HATE the Reeves/Wolves models. I started on them tonight and oh god. Too much detail for such cheap models! At least for the Wolves. Really, 8 pts for 12 models...too much work! They will look nice after they are done I'm sure, but I will never do a second unit of either. The worst part is that I am currently working on 12 Wolves and 10 Reeves since the Reeve UA comes out later this month (I already have it on order too. Whee!). So when I finish them, there are still MORE to go! And at some unknown time in the future, I will probably add one or two Reeve Hunters too. And you know there is gonna' be another Wolves of Orboros type unit at some point in the future.

Kill me.

But hey, making progress already this month. My aim is to knock out the armoured stuff first then move on to the Tharn stuff. I have the models set out on a table at the bottom of my stairs so I have to walk by them repeatedly all day long. They are all staring at me accusingly...

So, this wasn't short. I hope to make it more frequent though which means I don't have to do anything this expansive. Look for hopefully daily updates when I get anything done.