Back to the Elves

I'm a little proud of this one. Not the models themselves, more the fact that I've managed to actually swing my attention back to an ongoing army project.

It's normally something I really struggle with. Once I’ve gotten the dopamine hit from completing a few units, my Hobby ADHD and actual Neurospicy distraction usually kicks in and I don't return to it for months, if at all. It's most of the reason I have so few painted, playable armies, despite having been in the hobby for over 20 years now!

The fact that I've got another event coming up has definitely helped, but I'm still taking it as a win!

So yeah, I've managed to get another unit of Dark Riders done across the last couple of evenings:

I also started on the Dragon I mentioned last time. Not too shabby a start, although still a way to go on it:

I'm hoping to harness my current streak of productivity and get him done by early next week, to avoid the usual last minute rush to sort stuff out, but we'll see what happens there. I'll keep you updated!

Another bunch of weirdos

I've really gotten into the groove with these random Inquisition dudes. I managed to finish up a few more over the last week or so, including the Inquisitor conversion I built in 2015!

It's so nice to be able to finally get these finished in a way which does justice to my original vision of them. It really shows me how far my standard of painting has come over the years. There's no way I would have managed this back in the day!

That said, I just realised as I'm writing that I forgot to finish off the coils on the Plasma Pistol and the lenses on the Servo Skull. Oops! I'll have to fix that at some point!

Just a quick update for today. I wanted to post this before I move into prep for my next Old World event in two weeks. Should be less of a slog this time, with just a Dragon rider and a few horses to do. I'm quite looking forward to it though, especially as the Dragon was a present from a friend the Christmas before last. 

Anyway, happy hobbying and I'll catch you next post!

A bunch of weirdos

After the slog of getting my Dark Elves finished, I wanted to paint something quick and simple before diving into my next big project, but wasn't sure what. I always have a bunch of random unpainted or part-painted models scattered round my desk, so I literally grabbed the first one I saw and spent an afternoon finishing it up.

It was a Servitor from my old Inquisition army, which naturally led to me digging out a bunch of my other old Henchmen models and getting them up to scratch.

Not bad for a day or so worth of work! I kind of got myself into a groove after that, so I kept grabbed a few more random bits and pieces and knocked them out too. 

That's a fresh Wyld Runner and a few Phelynxes for my Eschers, swiftly followed by a pair of Dead Marsh Spectres for Middle Earth.

It's felt pretty good just going with the flow and tackling little micro projects like this. I think I'm going to stick with it for a week or two. Every model done is another out my backlog and it's great to have some variety. I do need to turn my attention back to Elves soon though for another event, but that can wait a little bit.

So yeah, a quick but fun one today. I'll hopefully be back soon with more!

Pretty awesome moment!

I've been so busy getting my Dark Elves sorted for the event I mentioned in my new year post, I haven't had time to post updates on here!

Well I managed to finish up what I needed to, even though it was a bit of a scramble at the end. Obviously it's brilliant that I got the event list done in time,  but what's even better is that it led into a pretty big moment for me:

I can finally say that for the first time since i started the army 16 years ago, I have a fully painted 3000pt Dark Elf army!

I've still got loads to do and add to it, but I'm so happy right now. I bought some of these models when I was 18! Dark Elves have always been my favourite fantasy army and I've always had a very strong idea of what I wanted the force to be like. Long time readers of this blog will know that the army has been reworked, stripped and redone a few times over the years in pursuit of that vision. This is the first time it's all come together painted up together at once, to a standard I'm really happy with. It only took nearly two decades, three editions, the death of the setting and subsequent resurrection to achieve!

Honestly it's stuff like this which really cuts to the core of what my backlog busting is about: finishing up projects I keep getting wildly distracted from. Hopefully I can have a few more moments like this in tbe next few months!

The event itself was really good fun. I walked away with a single win out of three games, which is pretty much what I was hoping for. I met sonevgreat people and had a great time, so a win all round.

Not sure what what I'm going to work on next. I need a bit of a break after the slog of my Elves, so I'll probably do something small as a pallete cleanser. I'll see where the mood takes me.

Until next time, happy hobbying!