Painted Pendrake, Croak Hunter, and Swamp Gobbers - WIP

Here's my last post for 2011 and one that should be three separate posts! Here are the final four models I've got painted for 2011. They are Viktor Pendrake, a Croak Hunter, and the two man Swamp Gobber team. I'm happy with how they all came out and can't wait to see them dipped.

These 4 models put my total for 2011 to 61 models. My goal for next year was 75, but in light of the last month and a half, I'm raising my goal to 100. I should be able to do it and I've been really enjoying playing fully painted armies on the table.

Guages and Dials

Here is a quick How To - Guages and Dials:

New Dire Trolls

Privateer Press posted the new plastic Dire Trolls today. I like the new look of these models because I really disliked the weird hands of the first Dire Troll Mauler. I actually think the new one is an improvement. The Extreme Dire Troll Mauler is still much better.

Between the three models you can make, it doesn't look all that bad. Sure, you suffer from a single chassis, but reducing the cost of the three kits I think is worth it. It'll be interesting to see Rök's character addons.

Cygnaran Mechanik & Co.

This Journeyman league has been great for motivation to paint the odds and ends that have been in my basement collecting dust (It is hard for models to mock your lack of motivation from the corner of a basement).

Painted Thrullg 2 - WIP

So, instead of painting my Bog Trogs yet again, I decided to finish my second Thrullg. To separate the two on the battlefield, I took Seraphsong's suggestion and painted this one green. Simple scheme just the like the last one and it painted up quick.

Painted Thrullg - WIP

As I work on trying to finish my Bog Trog unit, I've been working on a Thrullg when I get bored. A Thrullg has a pretty simple color scheme, so I finished him rather quickly.

Painted Feralgeists

Here are my 3 Feralgeists for Minions. They were really simple to paint: a wash over Menoth White Highlight and then paint the base details. I have one red, one turquoise, and one green.

Painted Bullsnapper #2 - WIP

Here's my second Bullsnapper. He was mostly painted at the same time as the last one. After having one done, they are very easy to crank out in short order.

G Konkel, Guest Contributor

Travis has graciously offered to allow me to post my work on his blog.  For those who don't know me, I play at the local Hobby Town New Berlin and am a constant pain in Travis' ass.  So without further ado, here are the fruits of my Journeyman League labors thus far:

Painted Bullsnapper - WIP

Here's my painted Bullsnapper, following the same color scheme as my first Gatorman Posse unit and Blackhide Wrastler. I really like the motivation train I'm on right now cause I am cranking out the models.

Painted Blackhide Wrastler 2 - WIP

After painting up my first Wrastler and having some time during a conference call, I decided to start up my second Wrastler. He's painted a little differently to tell the two apart: grey underbelly instead of yellow, green back instead of grey, and grey cloth hood instead of brown. My opponents should easily tell the two apart. I'm applying these differences to anything that I have duplicate in Minions. I'll need to find something for the triplicates though...

Here's the pictures!

Painted Blackhide Wrastler - WIP

Here's my Blackhide Wrastler for the Journeyman League. He'll be getting the dip shortly. I'm rather happy with how he turned out. He's painted the same as the Gatorman Posse I've previously painted. The next Wrastler and Posse get their own scheme too. It is something I thought would be unifying in the army.

I really hated painting the ropes on his hands. It just sucked.

Painted Ironback Spitter - WIP

Here's some pictures of the model I'm working on now. It is the Ironback Spitter. I didn't realize before I started painting this how many scales this monster had and it is draining me painting them all. Hopefully I'll finish him up tomorrow.

Who's The Boss December 2011

This last weekend I played at the Who's the Boss event at Misty Mountain Games in Madison, WI. The concept of the event was that you make a 50 + 5 warjack/warbeast point list with a minimum 10 points in your battlegroup with no warcaster/warlock. Before each round, you spun the wheel to determine which warcaster/warlock was your leader. You couldn't get your own faction's warcasters/warlocks. It was amusing with some of the combinations (Trollbloods with Stryker1 for example really were INVINCIBLE!).

Painted Barnabas

Here's my painted Barnabas. As I'm working on Gatormen for the Journeyman League, I figured I should paint the star of the battlebox. He's got three hours of work and is currently dipped. Final pictures soon.

Goals for 2012

Instead of painting aimlessly in 2012, I've decided to try to come up with some goals for next year.

• Paint 75 models next year, from any faction (1.4 models a week)
• I finished 53 models this year to date, this should be doable
• Finish at least 1 unit I have half done (off the top of my head, I have a 11-woman Satyxis Raider unit or a 12-man Exemplar Errant unit to finish)
• Blog 12 battle reports
• Finish two Theme Forces at 50 points, Tier 4
• Extra Credit for finishing a Theme Force that has no painted models currently
• In the competitive environment, only play painted models
• Leagues and trying stuff out is ok to be unpainted
• If I play a model for more than 6-10 games, it goes on the painting list
• Paint at least 5 warcasters/warlocks
• Build a city Unbound table for Adepticon in April 
• Paint Ogre Army for Fantasy that I purchased this year
• At least finish Ironguts and Ogre units

I know this is a little early, but it is better to have goals before the end of the year.

Any suggestions on any other cool goals?