Dave's 2014 New Years Resolutions Log

[The Other Dave]

Just 'cause I love making hobby logs. Hooray for motivation!

Goal 1: Dropzone Commander

Initial Goal: - Finished June 25
3/3 Hunter Gravtanks
3/3 Reaper AA Gravtanks
2/2 Intruder APCs
6/6 stands of infantry
3/3 Marauder dropships

When this is complete, I'll add the stuff I need to get 1000 points:
1/1 Desolator
0/1 Marauder dropship
0/2 Intruder APCs
0/6 stands of infantry

Goal 2: 6mm Napoleonics (Timeline: by Summer)

4/10 bases of line infantry
3/6 bases of heavy dragoons
3/3 bases of light dragoons
0/3 bases of hussars
4/4 artillery pieces
0/3 command bases

Goal 3: Advanced Space Crusade - Finished on 1/28!

1/1 Space Marine
1/1 Imperial Guardsman

Bonus Goal: 10mm Battle of 5 Armies (Timeline: By year-end)

Elven Spearmen: 2/2 units
Elven Archers: 2/2 units
Elven Cavalry: 0/2 units
Dwarves: 1/2 units
Men with Spears: 2/2 units
Beorn: 1/1
Leaders: 2/3

Goblins: 5/6 units
Hill Trolls: 1/2 units
Wolf Riders: 3/3 units
Wargs: 3/3 units
Goblin Leaders: 1/4

Super-Bonus Goal: 6mm Ancients (Timeline: None yet)
My first shipment consists of:
0/4 units of Greek hoplites
0/2 units of Greek skirmishers with javelins
0/1 Greek general

0/2 units of Persian Immortals
0/2 units of Persian subject infantry (Bactrians, to be specific, not that I know anything about Bactria besides their camels have two humps.)
0/2 units of Scythian horsemen
0/1 Persian general in chariot

I'm at work as I post this, but I'll take and post some progress pictures when I get home this afternoon.

[The Other Dave]

So, here's what I have to show on these projects.

There're pictures of the DZC stuff in the main painting thread, so I won't update that here until I have more to show. I also need to resolve to only take pictures with sunlight, methinks.

Napoleonics:


Considering how long I've been sitting on these miniatures, that is a sad number to have painted. (That's why the resolution, frankly.) They ought to look good when they're all done up, though!

Battle of 5 Armies - first is the "Good" army, a mix (as befits the source material) of Elves, Men, and Dwarfs, plus a Giant Fookin' Bear. I tried to give each faction a distinct color scheme, which may or may not hurt the color cohesion of the whole force.


Then the "Evil" army, which is lots of goblins, wargs, and goblin warg-riders. Less visually interesting, but much bigger:


Will update the thread as I work!

[The Other Dave]

Have to do touchup and base decoration (and remember to take photos with natural sunlight), but dang if a (very tiny) cavalry charge isn't cool.



Goal 2: 6mm Napoleonics (Timeline: by Summer)

4/10 bases of line infantry
3/6 bases of heavy dragoons
1/3 bases of light dragoons
0/3 bases of hussars
0/4 artillery pieces
0/3 command bases

[The Other Dave]

Let's see who will pound the longest.



I think I'm going to have to go back over all these guys and add some static grass to their bases or something. The biggish bases have a lot of bare real estate on 'em.

Goal 2: 6mm Napoleonics (Timeline: by Summer)

4/10 bases of line infantry
3/6 bases of heavy dragoons
1/3 bases of light dragoons
0/3 bases of hussars
4/4 artillery pieces
0/3 command bases

[Primarch]

Daw! Look at the little wee men. かわいい!

Why not add some mini hedges/bushes/trees to fill up a couple of the bases a bit?

[The Other Dave]

Daw! Look at the little wee men. かわいい!

In addition to being cute as heck, this little artillery battery would set you back all of 2 and a half pounds, which is hard to argue with, heh.

Why not add some mini hedges/bushes/trees to fill up a couple of the bases a bit?

It's another option, certainly. I do have some more chunky flock laying around that would fit the bill.

[The Other Dave]

Ah, the slippery-sloped rabbit hole of historicals.

It's beginning to bother me inordinately that the starter pack I got from Baccus has (with its 10 bases of line infantry and 12 bases of cavalry, however you want to split those up into units) a woefully unhistorical ratio of foot to horse. Add to that the fact that I could double the amount of infantry, while also adding some light / flank companies, for about 2000 yen, and...

But no! No purchases 'til I finish at least one of these projects completely. Bad Dave!

[job]

They look good, dude. Keep it up and best of luck with your resolution to finish the models up first.

[The Other Dave]

Not a great photo, but here's my initial goal for DZC done, the contents of one starter box:



So that's:

Initial Goal: Done!
3/3 Hunter Gravtanks
3/3 Reaper AA Gravtanks
2/2 Intruder APCs
6/6 stands of infantry
3/3 Marauder dropships

Next up for DZC is the stuff I need to get 1000 points:
0/1 Desolator
0/1 Marauder dropship
0/2 Intruder APCs
0/6 stands of infantry

[Primarch]

Cool looking minis. DZC is definitely one of the more tempting games that I don't play.