The Hills Hobbyists' "Army Challenge" Thread ... and stuff

[triple_double_U]

Those knights look good. they'll look excellent as a unit alongsode the rest of the army too.

The shield looks good and simple so won't be too much of a pain to do repeatedly.

For scratches, i just paint a line of boltgun with a thinner linenof mithril along the centre of it. sometimes i highlight aroind the edge depending on what has been scratchrd (eg paint over metal or cloth stretched of metal shield)

[Notgoodenough!]

Hellblaster 120 points, more to come soon, nearly finished greatswords, crossbowmen and a battle wizard.

[triple_double_U]

From what i can see on my phone monkey island looks cheap!

Hellblaster looks good. could you fit an engineer into the list too?

Did you get much else done after I left yesterday?

[Notgoodenough!]

And if you've seen it cheaper I'll match it.

Not heaps done after you left, a bit more on tidying up the wizard, I'll have to put an army host up soon to see how it's all going. Hpw much more do you have left on your big gribbly?

[triple_double_U]

I've just got the rider and the base now. and the inside of its mouth, though I have absolutely no idea what colour its tongue should be considering it's a beast that is slowly fossilising from the inside out, and from the state of its skin is a fair way along that journey

[BenSquig]

Hi Hi hi!
Hahaha back into it... an update yo!

I'll insert some pics soon. Here's what I've painted since my last post:
An engineer and Slave for Victoria Miniatures... probably come in at around 12 points worth ;v/
An ammo C'Thud for Victoria Miniatures... again only about 6 points.
A Lucious the Eternal - I think he's around 140 these days...
3 Purple Dark Eldar Warriors (one blaster, one splinter cannon) 52 points
2 Red Dark Eldar Warriors (One splinter cannon) 28 points

Then there's the curly stuff...
5 Torsos in the Victorian Trooper redcoat scheme
5 Legs in the Penal Legion scheme

So all up roughly, 238 points (need to check Lucious) and some components...

:v) Happy to be Hobbying!

[BenSquig]

Also... I'm not sure if the Isabella I painted got counted... that would be 90 points too!

[Notgoodenough!]

Okay, so coming into the Final month for painting here's the standing of points painted
BenSquig: 968.5 completed, 531.5 remaining
triple_double_u: 801 completed, 699 remaining
Notgoodenough!: 752 completed, 748 remaining
Someone2040: 440 completed, 1060 remaining
MotherRussia: 272 completed, 1228 remaining
Quarkonium: 0 completed, 1500 remaining

I've added points I know people have finished even if there's no pictures up yet so make sure you get some pics up soon (I'm one of these culprits). Any pictures not up by the time we have the tournament will not be included in the points. Also for a time for the tourny we have a long weekend for the adelaide cup in March 9th-11th, is this a suitable time to hold the campaign? Or is easter a better option?

Also with the tourny I was thinking go by our previous tournament, but have painting worth the majority and anything unpainted you lose a percentage of what your opponent gives you. For example if you scored 80 for painting, but only painted 1000 points then you only get 2/3rds of those 80 points. Anything unpainted cannot be fielded at all, base coats are fine, so George you can field your massive knights unit. The idea however is you can't really win without have everything painted. Thoughts?

[triple_double_U]

So here's my latest:
A Stonehorn (250pts) and a Level 2 Butcher (135pts) although it may become a Slaughtermaster if I get super stuck for painted points.
The snow doesn't look that white in real life

How is everyone else going?

I have a request? Is it possible to extend the painting competition to cover the weekend after the 28th? And a photo of the complete army must be up by say the sunday night?

[triple_double_U]

So, after 8 long months, the challenge is finally over. How did eveyone go? Get it all finished?

I'm a Bruiser Battle Standard Bearer short (and maneaters, though I dropped them about halfway through)

My finished efforts amount to:

- Slaughtermaster (250points)



- 11 Ogre Bulls with full Command and Iron Fists (382points)



- 9 Ironguts with full Command (417 points)



- 4 Mournfang with ironfist, heavy armour and musician (290 points)



- 1 Stonehorn (250)



All this together, without magic items or an extra wizard level on the slaughtermaster comes in at 1,589 points

[Notgoodenough!]

Here's my finished army, including:
Witch Hunter - 55 points
Warrior Priest - 72 Points
Battle Wizard lvl2 - 100 points
Master Engineer - 65 points

10 Crossbowmen - 90 points
20 Swordsmen, command - 170 points
1 Knight - 22 points

20 Greatswords, command - 250 points
5 Pistoliers, mus, champ, repeater pistol - 120 points

Hellblaster Volleygun - 120 points
Steam Tank - 250 points

Total:1292 points (so close!)



(The close ups I took came out fuzzy, will make sure to get some at the tournament)