EmperorNorton's Overabundance of Projects

[EmperorNorton]

Since I can't focus for long on any one given project and because spreading what little progress I make over several logs makes it look all the more pitiful I have decided to start a new log for everything. Everything!

While I am not a great painter I try my best and even more to get better. Please keep in mind that mediocre painters have feelings, too.

I will forego the usual picture of my workspace as that's frankly not all that interesting.
I also can't provide the customary pet picture on the grounds that I have no pet. Although I very much would like to have a hamster, but don't allow myself to have one, for the potential hamster's sake as well as the eventual emotional trauma due to a hamster's short lifespan.

What I can provide, though, is a list of projects that I am currently working on, as recently there was some interest voiced in such a list which promted my own interest to take inventory, so to speak.
This list will be split over the next couple of posts, sporting the occasional picture to adorn the text, giving the current status of my various projects. My plan is to update the status of everything I'm working on to reflect any progress, the goal being to get the status of each and every project to "painted", which I'll take the liberty to mark in red.

[EmperorNorton]

Warhammer Fantasy
(You can find some more pictures in my old log here.)

Bretonnia
Army size: approx. 7000 points
Current status: complete disarray

Daemons of Chaos
Army size: 2000 points
Current status: The horror!

Dark Elves
Army size: approx. 5000 points
Current status: partially painted

Dwarfs
Army size: approx. 7000 points
Current status: 1 unit painted, some partially painted, the rest mostly assembled

Empire (Middenheim) [updated 31.7.2012]
Army size: approx. 6000 points
Current status: about 5000 points painted


High Elves
Army size: approx. 6000 points
Current status: about 2000 points painted

Ogre Kingdoms [updated 31.7.2012]
Army size: approx. 6000 points
Current status: about 5000 points painted

Orcs & Goblins [updated 31.7.2012]
Army size: approx. 4000 points
Current status: about 250 points painted

Skaven [updated 31.7.2012]
Army size: approx. 4000 points
Current status: partially assembled

Vampire Counts
Army size: approx. 5000 points
Current status: about 1500 points painted, the rest mostly unassembled



Warriors of Chaos
Army size: 6000 points
Current status: mostly unassembled

Wood Elves
Army size: approx. 6000 points
Current status: about 3000 points painted, the rest partially painted or at least undercoated

[EmperorNorton]

Warhammer 40K
(You can find some more pictures in my old log here.)

Black Templars
Army size: approx. 3500 points
Current status: partially assembled


(Shiny!)

Blood Angels
Army size: approx. 1500 points
Current status: assembled

Dark Eldar [updated 31.7.2012]
Army size: approx. 1500 points
Current status: partially assembled

Witch Hunters
Army size: approx. 3000 points
Current status: mostly assembled, partially undercoated and ready to be painted


(test for my colour scheme, slightly altered in the meantime)



Lord of the Rings (SBG)

(my latest acquisition, to complement my Rohan force)

Dwarves
Army size: approx. 500 points
Current status: still in box

Gondor
Army size: approx. 800 points
Current status: assembled and undercoated

Harad
Army size: approx. 350 points
Current status: still in box

Isengart
Army size: approx. 700 points
Current status: partially assembled

Moria
Army size: approx. 650 points
Current status: partially assembled

Rohan
Army size: approx. 900 points
Current status: assembled and undercoated

[EmperorNorton]

Mordheim

Beastmen Raiders
Current status: undercoated

Kislevites
Current status: assembled

Middenheim Mercenaries
Current status: partially assembled

Outlaws of Stirwood Forest
Current status: partially painted

Pirates
Current status: partially painted



The Possessed [updated 31.7.2012]
Current status: partially painted

Sisters of Sigmar
Current status: painted

(the bases have been done since I took the picture)

Undead
Current status: undercoated

Witch Hunters
Current status: undercoated



Necromunda

Adeptus Arbites
Current status: undercoated

Escher Gang
Current status: unpainted

[EmperorNorton]

Blood Bowl
(You can find some more pictures in my old log here.)

Amazons (‘Erengrad Snow Foxes’, using Phil’s Phigs Valkyries)
Current status: painted



Chaos
Current status: partially painted, nameless

Dark Elves
1. GW minis
Current status: partially painted
2. Shadowforge Wicked Elves
Current status: unpainted

Dwarfs (‘Cheery Littlebottoms’)
Current status: painted, some reserve players unpainted



Goblins
Current status: undercoated, nameless

Halflings (‘Southfarthing Suicide Squad’)
Current status: painted

Humans
1. Converted Bretonnians (‚Carcassone Grail Seekers’)
Current status: painted
2. Shadowforge Females
Current status: unpainted
3. GW minis, metal, newer version
Current status: unpainted; planned to be painted in Packers colours



Lizardmen
Current status: planned to be converted from Fantasy minis lying in that corner over there

Norse
Current status: recently stripped, need Ulfwereners

Ogres
Current status: Ogres converted from Ogre Bulls, partially painted; Gnoblars instead of Snotlings, conversion not finished

Orcs
1. GW plastics (‚Angmar Aardvarks’)
Current status: very badly painted, retired
2. Shadowforge Female Orcs (‘Brutal Beauties’)
Current status: painted




Skaven
Current status: partially painted, nameless

Vampires (‘Midnight Kiss’)
Current status: painted

Wood Elves (‘Ariel’s Angels’, using Shadowforge Female Elves)
Current status: painted



Various

For the most part this means terrain.
Aside from an assortment of terrain pieces from GW and others (like two buildings from Tabletop World) I am currently working on a Cities of Death board for 40K with a friend and using Hirst Arts moulds to create Mordheim scenery.


(the only picture I have currently available, showing my first try using the Hirst Arts blocks)

There's a good chance Uncharted Seas will make an appearance in the near future, too.

[PaleRaven]

Hey there!
Heh, it looks like I finaly found somone has has as many varied and sporadic plans as me, I have lost count of what iv'e tried to start only to leave pitifully unfinished...
Anyway, I love the look of your vampire counts army, from what I can see there are some truely intuitive conversions done there that need the as much praise as possible! You also have incredibly impressive wood elf collection with what looks like a suberb and clean colour scheme and the treeman looks amazing, what did you use for it?
How you can say you have mediocre painting skills I will never know but from what I can see mediocre is nowhere to be found!
Look forward to seeing more, keep up the good work!
Raven

[EmperorNorton]

Hey there!
Heh, it looks like I finaly found somone has has as many varied and sporadic plans as me, I have lost count of what iv'e tried to start only to leave pitifully unfinished...
Anyway, I love the look of your vampire counts army, from what I can see there are some truely intuitive conversions done there that need the as much praise as possible! You also have incredibly impressive wood elf collection with what looks like a suberb and clean colour scheme and the treeman looks amazing, what did you use for it?
How you can say you have mediocre painting skills I will never know but from what I can see mediocre is nowhere to be found!
Look forward to seeing more, keep up the good work!
Raven

Thank you.
The treeman is a Tree Lord from Ultraforge Miniatures, beloved by me, hated by many.

Now on to the things that are currently on my painting table.
First there are the Augur and Bertha Bestraufrung for my Sisters of Sigmar warband. Pictures forthcoming once they are finished.

Then there's a Giant for my Middenheim army:


And I have started precursory work on my 40K Witch Hunters, which I am thinking about entering in the next Tale of 40K Painters, if they'll have me:


For the next Tale of Fantasy Painters I plan on starting my Warriors of Chaos, which I'll also play in a Warbands campaign at my FLGS.

Since I change my plans about eight times a day (as this overabundance of projects illustrates) I might decide to do something entirely different, though.

[Arduhn]

There's something very disturbing about those female orcs, lol. Lots of cool stuff. I vote you paint Dark Elves or Empire next.

[Godfiend]

You should start a Tomb Kings or Daemons army, as you're running low on stuff to paint.

[nkicik]

Some really cool stuff there, love the female orcs but honest to God how can you afford it? Lottery win?

[Gargobot]

You sure have a whole lot of stuff, good luck with the painting!
Love the unusual BB teams.

[BoyMilla]

Wow, I thought I had a lot of stuff to get through! This log is going to running until you're old and grey (unless you already are old and grey, in which case it'll probably see you to the end).

What grabs my attention are the Mordheim pirates, nice models and solid paint job!

All the best with the various projects!

BM

[Lord Dan]

We need more Empire logs.

[Anardakil]

DAMN you have a lot of stuff! You have enormous armies of like everything o.o

[EmperorNorton]

You should start a Tomb Kings or Daemons army, as you're running low on stuff to paint.

Actually I have been considering a Daemon army for some time.
As well as an Imperial Guard army and a small Ork force centered around bikes.
Putting together a complete list of all my projects for the first time has put a damper on that, though.

Some really cool stuff there, love the female orcs but honest to God how can you afford it? Lottery win?

I wish. In that case I wouldn't be painting myself, but paying somebody to do it for me, as I think it's a bit of a chore.
Considering all this stuff was bought over the course of six years and hardly anything at full price the expenditure wasn't that extreme.

You sure have a whole lot of stuff, good luck with the painting!
Love the unusual BB teams.

Thanks!

Wow, I thought I had a lot of stuff to get through! This log is going to running until you're old and grey (unless you already are old and grey, in which case it'll probably see you to the end).

What grabs my attention are the Mordheim pirates, nice models and solid paint job!

All the best with the various projects!

BM

Thanks!
I guess it wouldn't hurt to start eating healthier so I'll live to finish it all.
Just so whoever manages my estate after my death can throw it all away...

DAMN you have a lot of stuff! You have enormous armies of like everything o.o

Nah, there are still a bunch of armies I don't have and don't have any interest in.
However, I once thought the same thing about 40K in general, Ogre Kingdoms, and Empire. Which leads me to...

We need more Empire logs.

There's something very disturbing about those female orcs, lol. Lots of cool stuff. I vote you paint Dark Elves or Empire next.

Regrettably I won't have the time to enter the next ToFP with an army that needs a lot of troops, so my Middenheim army is out.
I thought maybe the Heraldry book would leave me so impressed that I'd do it anyway, but to the contrary I found it underwhelming. Picked it up from the store on Friday, "read" through it in twenty minutes and don't think I'll ever feel the need to look at it again.
Well, there is the giant, as a teaser of things to come.

And these two are kinda Empire-ish:



I forgot Bertha's eyes, which I'll do tomorrow, as well as a number of minor fixes.
I think they turned out fairly well.

[Arduhn]

Regrettably I won't have the time to enter the next ToFP with an army that needs a lot of troops, so my Middenheim army is out.
I thought maybe the Heraldry book would leave me so impressed that I'd do it anyway, but to the contrary I found it underwhelming. Picked it up from the store on Friday, "read" through it in twenty minutes and don't think I'll ever feel the need to look at it again.
Well, there is the giant, as a teaser of things to come.

And these two are kinda Empire-ish:

[...]

I forgot Bertha's eyes, which I'll do tomorrow, as well as a number of minor fixes.
I think they turned out fairly well.

Ya, I hear ya on the no time thing. I have my last year of Uni to finish, and I have to still work during that time...and I paint very slowly. I know what you mean on the heraldry book as well. I liked it, but I was expecting more from what people were saying who had seen it.

Bertha and the Auger(?) look good. I have those models as well, but I'm not entirely sure what I'll be doing with them.

[Daniel36]

Oh my goodness, you have to tell me where those pirate cuties come from... Those minis rock!

And good luck with chronicling all your different projects... I do so as well, and so far it's only made me happy!

[EmperorNorton]

Ya, I hear ya on the no time thing. I have my last year of Uni to finish, and I have to still work during that time...and I paint very slowly. I know what you mean on the heraldry book as well. I liked it, but I was expecting more from what people were saying who had seen it.

My plan is to finish my dissertation until next June. I'm not sure I have time to eat or sleep...

Bertha and the Auger(?) look good. I have those models as well, but I'm not entirely sure what I'll be doing with them.

Thanks.
That's indeed an Augur and she has her own story, nay, legend!

Oh my goodness, you have to tell me where those pirate cuties come from... Those minis rock!

And good luck with chronicling all your different projects... I do so as well, and so far it's only made me happy!

All of them are from Reaper, except for the one on the right, which is from Hasslefree.

[Arduhn]

You could save time if you could just figure out how to sleep-eat.

[mrtn]

Nice Augur, and good luck with those tons of models.