To get me out of my routine of buying a whole army, building it all at once then only painting half of it, I've decided to do it in blocks of 500 points. This may seem weird in that I should just do unit by unit but I'm planning to make a back story for the whole army, starting out as a patrol party and growing from there to a major defence force. At the end I think it's going to work really well. Each block of 500 points is scheduled to be completed within a fortnight with the first fortnight beginning 20/02/09. At the end of the blog I'll be looking to have a tournament ready battle force of 2250 points. Obviously, some fortnights are going to have a bit over or under 500 points but who's caring about this? As long as I have the 2250 points by the end all is well. To document and record my progress I've started a blog (well 2 blogs). The first one is the "Army Diary" which will record the modeling, painting and conversions (likely to be no conversions) as I build 500 point blocks by 500 point blocks. The second will be the fluff side, where I'll add the background story to the army. These can be found at: Army Diary: http://jaysar.blogspot.com/ Fluff Story: http://riseoftzainzi.blogspot.com/ ********** I've already decided on the first fortnight's block of 500 points. They will be: 20x Saurus Warriors Full Command 250 points 12x Skinks Full Command 82 points Tza'Inzi, Saurus Scar-Veteran Light armour, Shield, Cold One, Scimitar of the Sun Resplendent 163 points Total: 495 points ********** As the army progresses and grows, Tza'Inzi will change to an Oldblood Lord. [Edited: Took out point costs]
Great concept! Would you mind post a thread when your fluff is ready and picks uploaded? Looking forward to hear more from Tza'Inzi
Aparach: Yeah definately! I'll post under this thread when I've added a new entry. The two blogs are linked as well so if you go into one you'll have the link for the other as well. I'm thinking of starting a little ahead of schedule and begin to write the fluff. Until I get paid I can't do anything
Yup! Great idea! I am currently in a monthly escalation league at my local store. We all started with an initial painted force of 750 points, and are adding 250 points each month until 1500, then our final month will be 2250. All involved are having a blast and keeping up very well so far.
Hey guys! Just to let you know, I'm going to be posting the first part of the fluff story "The Rise of Tza'Inzi" tomorrow! The link is: http://www.riseoftzainzi.blogspot.com/ I'll post again when it's up, just want to build some tension It will definately be up before 5pm Australian EST!
Hey everyone! I'm proud to announce that the first chapter is up. Please leave comments letting me know what you think! Chapter Two should be up around 20/03/09. I know thats a month away but I did start early on the fluff. Which has put me behind in painting
Nice! come to think of it, someone should make Lizardmen magazines like Conan or something the like. Great stuff to read