ACE01's End Times begin! A plog to keep me motivated...

[ACE01]

After struggling to find time to do any hobby at all following a crazy busy spell at work and home (including getting married!) I've decided a project log is what I need to help me deliver regular hobby advancement! I've an embarrassingly large collection of models still in boxes or in various states of build, with 3 primary armies (TK, LM, VC) and a couple of bits from old armies/donations from friends (O&G, WoC). As such, I plan to set myself a number of challenges to get through them in sizeable chunks and I'm making myself publicly accountable so all harassment for updates and shouting at me for non-delivery is welcome (as well as any positive C&C, of course!). The End Times have truly arrived - for my unbuilt, wasted mini's anyway...

Challenge #1 Build and paint 1000 points worth of models from my existing collection, with no new purchases of models. Deadline: 23/11/14 10am - FAILED New Deadline: 30/11/14 11pm

Undead Night Goblins

Complete for Tabletop/Painting/Built & Primed

Undead Night Goblin Warboss (Tomb Prince)
Undead Night Goblin Shaman (Necromancer)
48 Undead Night Goblins (Zombies) - need basing.
20 Undead Night Goblin Archers (TK Archers)
20 Undead Spiders -Riders (Dire Wolves)
3 Trolls (Crypt Ghouls)
Corpse Cart

	WFB 'to complete' List
Tomb Kings	Vampire Counts	Lizardmen	Chaos
Nagash Khalida 3 Tomb King 2 Priest 2 Mounted Priest Necrotect 9 Skeleton Chariots 29 Skeleton Warriors 20 Skeleton Archers 10 Skeleton Horsemen 30 Tomb Guard 6 Necropolis Knights 3 Sepulchral Stalkers 6 Ushabti w/GW Warsphinx Necrosphinx Screaming Skull Catapult Tomb Scorpion Casket of Souls	Mannfred (mounted) Necromancer 2 Vampire Tomb Banshee Cairn Wraith 40 VC Skeletons 30 Crypt Ghouls 10 Dire Wolves 5 Black Knights 5 Hexwraiths 3 Crypt Ghouls ~40 Zombie (NEW 23/11/14)	Lord Kroak Slann Saurus Oldblood 2 Skink Chief Skink Priest 20 Temple Guard 40 Saurus (Spears) 30 Saurus (HW/S) 30 Skink Skirmishers (Archers) 24 Skink Cohort (Jav/Shield) 10 Cold One Cavalry 3 Terradons Stegadon Jungle Swarm	Chaos Lord Chaos Sorcerer Tzeentch Warriors Khorne Warriors 5 Marauder Horse + Others TBC

[ACE01]

Update #1 - Quick test models and basic colour blocking. Not sure whether to go all zombie (pics 1&2) or for skeleton/bony gobbo's (pic3). Thoughts anyone?

[Darren Richardson]

I don't know, I kinda like both versions...

That is one awfull lot of figures sitting around, I've just got around 10 boxes of various figures left unbuilt, not to mention around 300 figures still to paint, so I feel your pain my friend...

[ACE01]

I don't know, I kinda like both versions...

That is one awfull lot of figures sitting around, I've just got around 10 boxes of various figures left unbuilt, not to mention around 300 figures still to paint, so I feel your pain my friend...

Worryingly, that's just the WFB. The 40k is waaaaaay worse. I've actually put it away out of sight to allow me to actually have a fighting chance of getting these WFB challenges complete!

I painted the rest of the units basic brown skin tone in a mix of about 25% skeleton, 75% zombie purely for speed. I decided if I like the bony goblins better I can use them as the front rank and from the back it won't make much difference. They take about 2 mins per model extra to do the bone style, so thought it was worth the trade off.

Pictures to come once I get to my desktop box...

[ACE01]

Skin base completed, highlights and decay should be done tonight.

[Darren Richardson]

looking suitably manky those zombo gobbo's, can't wait to see them fully finished.

On a side note where did you get that movement tray from?

[ACE01]

Hi Darren,

2 old GW textured movement trays stuck together

[eldargal]

Gombies!

[ACE01]

Gombies!

Or Zoblins? Zobbo's...

[eldargal]

Gombies!