6MMRPC Wrap Up

Figured I would do a short write up of what I managed to finish during this challenge.

Let's start with a review of what I wanted to finish.
1. Tau, a bunch of firewarriors/pathfinders, some kroot and about 9 suits are left at this point
2. BFG Tau, should have the first 3 finished by end of month.
3. The 2 other earth shakers
4.The 2 Mercs starter sets, something like 14 models
5.The Aqua ships I have running around, I think 10 or so models
6. The dystopian war ships I found the other day, frigates for both fleets maybe 5 or 6 each.


I also wanted to do some terrain and such. So here is what I did finish.
1. I finished everything for the Tau.
2. Bfg tau and Bfg Dark Eldar were completed.
3. They were built but never painted since my overall gaming focus has changed.
4. I completed both of the Mercs starter sets.
5. I completed all the aqua and dindrenzi ships.
6. I completed all the Dystopian war ships.
7. I completed 5 of the 7 Nomad models from the infinity starter.
8. I completed a bunch of buildings and other terrain.
9. Completed both DZC starter sets

I think this is about everything. I may have missed some stuff here or there. I however completed all of the projects I set out to do. Along with a bunch of other stuff. I am happy with my overall work during this project.

I have joined up with GMG painting support group for next year.

Make sure you check out what everyone else has done on their blogs because there has been a ton of work done.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #51 2015

I actually finished these guys last week. Just hadn't had time to post. I also touched up colors on the other two.

So I finished off three more of the models. I have two more left to do. But doubt I will finish them before the end of the 6MMRPC.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #50 2015

So far this week I painted 2 of the nomads and worked on basing. As many long term readers now I hate basing. So I picked something up to make my life easier and gave it a test run on my DZC infantry. There will be a full review at a later date after I mess around with it more.

So that is two more models finished. More as I get them done.
Aruki

6MMRPC/Painting Table #49 2015

A lot of progress. Mainly I finished everything up. In fact the paint is still wet on them.
I used quiet a few paints on them in order to get the effect.

 Then I completed 37 models in total for this project. This also wraps up all my year and 6MMRPC projects.

Honestly, not sure what I will work on next. Mainly because I need to think of paint schemes.
Suggestions as always are welcomed. Ether project or technique. Oh and yellow really is a pain to paint.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #48 2015

Just thought I would drop this quick update to show what the Shaltari look like with all the yellow now done.

That's a base, an ink and then 3 very light coats of another yellow looks like as of now. Hopefully I can get these guys finished off in the next week or so.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #45 2015

Progress has been in the assembly department. Some you have already heard about or seen.
I assembled all of my deadzone minis(enoforcers, plague, zombies +extras), the infinity starter, and then  but ton of frostgrave/mordheim models. That's it, about 100 models assembled, though the ogers and cats need bases. Hopefully more progress this week in the painting department.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #44 2015

The rest of this week was assembly. I assembled both of my infinity sets from the starter box and all my deadzone enforcers and plague. That was another 46 models. This is all in prep of being able to prime again at some point so I can start painting again.  Few had arms pop off or heads but that is an easy fix this weekend.

More assembly next week of anything I find.
aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #43 2015

Success.

Another project finished off. That is 18 more models done. Which also finished off my aqua force. Honestly I don't need more but something may take my fancy in the future.

As for the next project, I am honestly not sure. Honestly, I think the only things I have ready to go at the moment are space marines. I still have terrain and DZC to prime and paint as well. I would love to get the DZC done but I am not sure when I will have a chance to do the prime and base coat them. I may just get more assembly done until I have the chance. I do have some infinity that need to be assembled along with a few other projects running around.

I will do an update soon on what the plan is.

Aruki

Dreadtober/ 6MMRPC/ Painting Table #42 2015

This week was very productive. I finished off the 3 razorback turrets, 2 two SRS tokens for the dindrenzi and all 3 dreads.

So that wraps up my Dindrenzi force until the far future when I can get some more frigates and cruisers. That also wraps up my Razorbacks/Rhinos and the 3 dreads for my talon. The next thing up will probably be the aqua ships i have ready to paint. After that no idea. The main thing I have left for this year is more terrain and such. I am already thinking of what will happen next year.

Aruki

Dreadtober/ 6MMRPC/ Painting Table #41 2015

I didn't have the chance to post this yesterday so here it is today.

First up I finished off the dread and 3 other ships for my dindrenzi. So that's 4 more models and my dindrenzi done for now. I would like a few more frigates and cruisers in the long run but have no plans for picking them up at the moment.

On top of that between last week and this I magnetized the dreads, assembled and based/primed them. Along with my two magnetized razorback turrets and 1 heavy bolter turret. So the plan is to crank away at them the rest of the month. The 3 dreads will form a troop choice as a siege dread talon for my Space Marine Siege army list. So I am looking forward to getting them done since all my undead stuff are far from being ready to do anything with. The only other thing to finish off are the two tokens that came with the dread which I should be able to polish off in no time.

More as I get it done.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #40 2015

This week I not only finished a bunch of models but also had a chance to play a slightly modified version of DW with my oldest.

Overall he did well especially since he keeps picking the harder fleets and such in games to play as a beginner. Actually only luck kept him from destroying only 1 ship in round two. The second pick was the status of the game at the end of round two.

This week I also finished off the baharus and all the imperials for my warzone stuff.

So that's another 22 models and another 44 points completed. Along with jokers of course. But honestly I stopped keeping track of them since I never use them really. Never mind the only things I would like to get I will probably get as presents. My birthday and anniversary are both this month so hopefully that will work out.

One final announcement for today. I am planning on doing greggles dread challenge this month, mainly because I have 3 dreadnoughts I have to paint at some point anyway. I also really don't want to dig out any of my undead stuff that I have no use  for yet. I will put some pictures up next week of the before stuff for you guys.

I will be away this weekend so later.
Aruki

Life and Plans for the next few months

As the tittle says this post is about life and plans. Well I need to change jobs/get a new job the end of October and start in November, I hope. That being what it is my painting time and hobby time will take a hit until life evens out again. I hope this will normalize around mid November and should start going a bit batty mid to end of October. I just don't know yet.

Now 6MMRPC wise October is undead themed and such. But any undead stuff I have is no where near seeing the light of day so I will not being doing it this time around. Mainly because I want to focus on the current projects. By the end of the year there are 4 projects I want to finish and 2 more I hope to finish.

Need to finish:
1. warzone bahraus
2. warzone Imperials
3. FSA Aqua
4. FSA Dindrenzi

Want to finish:
1.DZC Phr
2. DZC shaltari

So what else is on the horizon that I am either planing or need to do? I hear you not asking. Well that list is a bit longer.
1. Space Marine Seige Company (70 ish models with some conversions needed
2. Mordheim ( I have at least 2 warbands in the works already would like to do 4 or 5 in total
3. Frostgrave (2 or 3 warbands in the works, I think)
4. Deadzone (enforcers and plague to do, along with some zombie guys)
5.Roman Seas fleets (need to print and make)
6 DW ( I have more naval I want and maybe some ground stuff)
7. This is not a test (nothing made yet but I want to get into it)
8. Necromunda (nothing made up yet but I want to get into it)
9. More BFG (I want a few more tau ships and need to convert more DE, Nid and maybe imperials or chaos)
10. ????

As you can see the list burns out towards the end because I dont remember what else is on my plate, I am sure there was more stuff. Anyway a little blurb on whats to come and what is still left to do.
Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #39

Another week and more of a dent put in the mountain. First up this week is the DE BFG fleet I painted up. Honestly the picture doesn't show how shiny the silver is under the purple ink/paint. I then also did most of the warzone Baharaus guys. There are still a few stragglers which will be painted after I prime them.

Which should hopefully be this next week. The main problem will be that it is a major holiday here in South Korea, and since I married a South Korean I will be quiet busy during it. The plan after that is to do my warzone imperals, followed by my stragglers for my two FSA fleets. I know that many people are planing zombie themed or such projects next month but I have no projects for that in the works at the moment. I am going to focus on everything I have going and try to finish as much as possible by the end of the year. More on that next week. Other than scoring for this lot that is it. So that is 18 more models and 36 more points.
Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #37 2015

A lot of progress this week. I managed to finish 7 of the 9 suits for the tau that were left. So that is a whopping 28points  and seven more models done. I completed all the xv9's. The commander one, 3 fusion cascades and 3 photton gun ones. Below is a mess of pics.

So there are only two more broadsides to finish off and the tau will be done. Which will be my focus this coming up week.

More as I get it done.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #36 2015

Short and sweet this week. I finished off the two towers. Going to take 3 points each. I also ended up doing the base coats on all the suits by brush since the weather is wacky and I want this project done.

More as I get it done.
Aruki

The current state of projects and goals.

At the moment I have two sets of goals. The ones for the year and the ones for the 6MMRPC. At the moment I have almost completed/meet both sets.

For the year I just need to finish tau and hopefully sell some stuff off to get back under budget.

For 6MMRPC I only need to finish 9 tau suits and the Aquan ships I have then I would have completed everything I wanted. I have also gained 5 jokers so far plus my initial 3. I have only spent 1 to grab the last major piece for my dindrenzi which will also give me another joker.

The goals for the last part of the year are rather easy to state but time consuming.

1.finish off the tau

2. paint the dindrenzi dread group

3. Paint the Aquan stuff

4. Paint the 2 Dropzone commander forces.

5. Paint the converted DE BFG fleet

That is about it for now just to give a bit more direction with my work.

I do have a few more projects I can work on.

1. more terrain ( a planet and buildings, bridges etc)

2. 2nd or 3rd edition Warzone forces (20+models)

3. Space marines(75 or so models)

4. Sisters of Sigmar Conversions

More as I get it done.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #33 2015

I finished off this week by finishing off the last of the models in my MERC Texico starter set. Overall I am really happy with how these guys turned out. So that's 5 more models, 10 more points and another joker. At the moment I am assembling a hive ship for my son and starting to work on converting some nid ships up for him. I will also continue my work on other models I have laying around. More as I get it done. There are many pictures below. Enjoy.
Aruki

The newly finished models. Below is a better picture of each of the seven models.

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #32 2015

A good week so far. Though tomorrow will probably be a dead day hobby wise. I finished off the 1 last drone, the 6 KOB frigates and the 6 Prussian frigates. Finally, an added bonus, I did the dog and the marshal from my texico starter set.

The dog was actually the hardest part of everything. He took about two hours with inking washing and dry brushing. The marshal and the rest went fast.

So that is 15 models, and a total of a massive 30 points. On top of that it is two more jokers for me bringing me to 6. For finishing off the two Dystopian Wars forces. They now have no remaining models. The tau are 9 models away from completion and the texico starter has 4 models left.

More as I get it done.

Aruki

Late mid year review

So lets go back over the goals for the year.

Goals
1. Paint all the tau stuff I have.
2. Paint the 2 merc forces I have
3. Paint 400 points
4. Build/paint at least 2 pieces of terrain.
5. Paint more than I buy again. preferably on the 2 to 1 scale
6. $350 or less in spending


So where are we in the grand scheme of things.
1. All but 13 drones and 9 suits done. After they are finished it will be all good for now. I may in the future add new things but I have no plans to.

2. The first Merc force is assembled and will hopefully be painted soon. The other shouldn't be to far behind.

3. I am currently at 335 points. Well on my way to the 400 point goal for the year.

4. This one is completely done. I have painted way more than 2 pieces of terrain this year. Just with the planets I did, never mind all the deadzone stuff.

5. So far the paint more than I buy is well ahead of the goal with  156 to 41.

6. I am once again over budget by $45 and change. This will hopefully be different in the future.

Now for the 6MMRPC stuff.
1. Tau, a bunch of firewarriors/pathfinders, some kroot and about 9 suits are left at this point
2. BFG Tau, should have the first 3 finished by end of month.
3. The 2 other earth shakers
4.The 2 Mercs starter sets, something like 14 models
5.The Aqua ships I have running around, I think 10 or so models
6. The dystopian war ships I found the other day, frigates for both fleets maybe 5 or 6 each.


1. As noted above this one is well on the way to being finished.
2. Already finished.
3. Finished though not painted.
4. As with part 2 in first part.
5. Not even looked at yet.
6. Cleaned up waiting for paint.

That already earned me 1 joker, I am not sure for the earthshakers since I mainly finished them since I had them. They are still available to a good home by the way just for the cost of shipping. The Epic Space Marines and Titan group are also still available.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #30 2015

So a bit of progress since I returned from vacation. Below you will find. The last 2 phased ion suits built. 4 more 1x1 deadzone structures. Two more broadsides, 1 missile, 1 railgun and 2 drones. 5 bridges I made with Deadzone stuff. Finally, I finished painting that 1 scatter wall, 1 defensive wall, and the 2 doors for the buildings. The doors I am not counting as models since they go to the 2x1 buildings, so 2 more models and 4 more points.

I am going to be taking a break from painting terrain for now. I am going to paint up the 13 drones since I can do them all by hand. After that I think I will move on to the Dystopian Wars ships. The 9 suits will be on hold until the airbrush is back up and running in September. If I manage to finish this current painting before the airbrush is back up, then I think I will move on to painting either the texico stuff or maybe some other models I have running around.

aruki