Joyous Yule to all my lizard men friends, And welcome to my pan-discipline hobby blog It's that time of year where I recap the last and start off a blog for the new! As you all may notice, I'm starting this a little early. Ive had a year defined by a metaphorical upward climb. I recovered from personal trauma, learned new things about myself, met exceptional people, and now I'm taking my life by the reins having opened McDougall Designs (my 3d printing business.) As I continue on, I find that it is best to do things in your own time. Don't rush into things, but don't hold back from doing then. Hence I am opening my yearly thread early. As you all know I keep track of my painted model count. To stand testament to my progress, my tracker and self imposed rules are below, to be edited as necessary. Wargamers Challenge 2021 = 462 main scales Wargamers challenge 2021 = 197 small scales Rules: Main scales are 1/72 and 28mm Smalls encompasses anything smaller than 20mm (1/72) plus starships Standard infantry count as one for painting Cavalry count as two for painting ogre sized models count as two for painting Monsters count as anywhere between 3-10, depending on size (see below) Chariots count as 5 for painting Transports count as 5 Battle Tanks count as 5 Behemoths for AoS start out at 5, more if justified. Fliers/aircraft count as 5-10 depending on size (see below) Larger models determined on a case by case basis Primaris Marines count as ogre sized Onager Dunecrawler = will count as 6 for painting due to base RECORD OF MINIATURES PAINTED: Kings of War 15 halfling musket infantry 15 empires of dust skeleton warriors 20 skeleton spearmen for EoD (made from Wargames Games Atlantic skeletons) Grand Alliance Death: 1 orc skeleton warrior with Choppa and shield. 1 EoD tomb Knight cavalry 1 EoD skeleton warrior sword and shield Grand Alliance Destruction: Grand Alliance Order: 1 Stormcast Eternals Vindictors 1 Greg the gray wizard (gandalf painted differently.) 1 freeguild general on foot (peculiar companions 3d print) 2 freeguild halberdiers (Guild Myrmidian - wargames atlantic conquistadors) 5 freeguild swordsmen (Guild Myrmidian - conversions from historicals) 5 freeguild spearmen (Guild Myrmidian - conversions from historicals) 1 knight/heavy cav (guild Myrmidian - conversion from historicals) 2 penitents/fanatics (converted dark age Irish - guild myrmidia) 5 dwarves with two handed hammers ( medbury 3d prints) 1 dark elf witch elf (labyrinth miniatures) Grand Alliance Chaos: 1 Chungus Lardfist, First Axe of Prophet Phlegmatticus and Daemon Prince of Nurgle (counts as 10 due to sculpting, size, etc) 6 Marauders of Nurgle 10 converted chaos warriors from mantic stormforged orcs with weapon and shield 5 converted chaos warriors from mantic stormforged orcs with great weapons Warhammer 40k: Imperium: 1 imperial guardsmen (Wargames Atlantic Bulldogs) 1 imperial guardsmen (spacenam) 6 imperial guardsmen (cannon fodder) Xenos: 9th Age/WHFB: 5 skeleton warriors of Numas with spears 5 skeleton warriors of Numas with swords 1 demonic chaos warriors with great weapons 1 barrow wight for use in UD Historical miniatures: 20 Jaguar warriors/Jaguar knights 20 armored aztec novice warriors with spears and shields 10 Aztec 2 captive warriors in war suit 1 armored Aztec Papalotl warrior 1 Aztec Otomi warrior 1 Aztec 5 captive warriors priest 20 armored Aztec 1-captive warriors with macahuitl and shield. 13 unarmored Aztec novice warriors with slings 20 unarmored Aztec novice warriors with bows 1 Late roman General/Dux on foot 28 late Roman legionaries (lorica hamata) 10 late Roman Foederati Numeri Infantry 60 late Roman Sagittarii infantry (archers) 2 Roman town criers 1 Robert the Bruce on foot 4 WSS Bavarian Infantry 1 panzer Lehr in blue. Lord of the Rings/Middle earth: 1 Dwarf king 1 Dwarf Prince 1 Dwarf Horn Bearer 1 Armored Elven king on foot 1 armored elven warriors with two handed weapon 1 3D printed khandish warrior with great weapon. 2 orcs with great weapons 1 king of men on foot 1 ghostly king of men 1 3D printed rohirrim spearmen on foot. alt-history sci-fi: 10 roman legionaries with rifles 6 line infantry for sludge Now starts small scale: Warmaster: 1 Saurus hero command base 60 high elf spearmen 36 dark elf spearmen 90 Saurus warriors 3 kroxigors 1 skaven plague priest command base 6 skaven rat swarm elements 1:72 scale Misc: 1 hero of the golden fields 1 armored imperial ogre (ogre sized) 1 ranger used to represent My level 1 D&D character. 1 armored 13th century knight in green surcoat (medbury) 1 armored 13th century knight in red surcoat (medbury) Commission pieces: 1 hero of the golden fields 1 mantic games Chroneas (monster, counts as 5) 9 skorne warriors with dual swords 1 skorne warrior with glaives 40 riftforged orcs 3 cyclopes (ogre sized) 1 riftforged stormcaller on wingless manticore (counts as 5 - character + large) 7 black orcs (commission) 17 skeleton bowmen (commission) 10 skeleton warriors (commission)
Hobby goals for the year: 1. Paint an entire warmaster army. 2. Paint at least 100 Roman legionaries from the legion project. 3. Finish the 144 Morval Fusiliers I have started (about 30/144 right now)
Just a couple example photos of 1 of the stands of high elf spearmen I did. I admit these are somewhat poor due to a bad basecoat job, and by the flesh wash not having a brighter basecoat to go over top of.. I intend to get better with painting 10mm with every unit I finish.
Nice to see you’re getting into Warmaster, are they the genuine GW figures scavenged off EBay or more cost-effective alternatives?
I'm a licensed printer for various artists working in 10mm. I printed some for myself. https://mcdougalldesigns.myshopify.com/