Leonard the Cat and LPS Bub look to the future of painting challenges.
So as Painting Decembuary seems to have been reasonably successful for those of us participating, I’ve been asked about other challenges. I have an idea that I think manages to keep it simple but hopefully focused enough to keep it interesting for anyone who chooses to participate.
February and March will be small challenges. I may or may not have an initial round-up post at the start of the month and a single wrap-up post for each of these two – but no more than that.
This guy was REALLY neglected. For over a decade.
February will be “Finish a neglected model” month. Simply complete a single model (or more if you want) that you started painting at least 6 months ago, but still sits unfinished.
A game-legal unit of Minotaur Space Marine Devastators wot I finished.
March will be “Finish a legal unit” month. I don’t care if or when you started the unit – or even how many models are in it. Just finish it. It could be 100 goblins or one Space Marine Medic. As long as it’s a legal unit for a game, then it counts.
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Example photo from mordian7th.blogspot.com (Mine are in a box in the shed!) Look at all those sprues! Euggggh!
April will be “Assembly-Easter”. Where we celebrate not with chocolate eggs but by assembling something largish that you’ve been putting off for months or longer. I’m sure we’ve all got something like that. Depending on interest, I might do semi-regular updates as with Decembuary.
May and June will probably repeat the “neglected model” and “legal unit” challenges – simple and easily-achievable things that can nonetheless help to motivate us to get some more stuff finished – before another more “Main” Painting challenge in July. We’ll figure that out later, depending on interest – along with anything further through the year.
For a small donation of time this coming month, you can give your neglected models some paint and flock so they can find a new home on your shelf instead of thrown in a box.
If Un-Neglect February strikes your fancy, then start thinking about what poor neglected model(s) you might have hanging around that you might be motivated to pull out of that cabinet, out of that figure case, out of that box, out of that sandwich bag – and get them finally finished off.
The criteria for February: Simply complete a single model (or more if you want) that you started painting at least 6 months ago, but still sits unfinished.
If you’d like to participate, please let me know in the comments here. Or don’t, if you prefer – but I can’t include you in round-ups if I don’t know you’re out there. I’ll do an intro post next week, then post your updates on your own blogs at your own pace. I’ll than do a wrap-up post at the end of next month.
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I like the idea of focusing on a neglected mini in February. In fact I might try to make February a bit of a finishuary and try to get a few half started minis brought out of neglect.
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I’m in. I’ll have to look in my collection and choose a worthy. Unfortunately there is no lack of candidates for the honour!
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Yeah, I think we’re all in that same boat. I might finally use February to make myself finally knock over that WHFB3 Chaos Dwarf Boar Centaur.
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Count me in sir! I have many, many, many models worthy of February’s challenge!
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Feel free to complete more than one if you like. 🙂
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Even I’ll sign up for this! The worst that can happen is something stays unfinished for a bit longer! Will probably take the first half of February to work out what to paint!
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Just array them onto a table, close your eyes, shuffle them around, and then pick something at random!
Viola! – two weeks saved!
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Bit late, but have now left a link!
https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/finished-already/
I’ll maybe get the hang of technology eventually!
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Count me in too… I need to start some painting and the main figures on my bench were started early last year and are collecting dust.
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Sounds like a plan! 🙂
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This sounds like a good one! And easy enough to add on top of Squaduary. Not sure what I’ll go for, but Lord knows I’ve got plenty of options.
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Yep, it’s not all that much of a “challenge”, but if it helps anyone with their motivation it’s worthwhile. What’s Squaduary? I mean, I can guess the general gist of it, but…
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http://steppingbetweengames.com/squaduary-invitation-explanation/
It’s one of a couple of community hobby challenges that (I think) grew out of the success of Dreadtober a few years back. Build and paint a single Squad (of whatever kind or size) in the month of February. Dreadtober is basically the same thing, but with Dreadnoughts or similar, and in October. I think Monster March came out of that, too, and there might be a couple more. They’re fun, and a good way to see parts of the blogosphere that I don’t usually.
I’m tweaking it a bit because it’s often impossible to spray prime at this time of year, so I’m building one Unit of Seekers and then painting up another Unit of Seekers that’s been lying around primed for a while.
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Sounds like something that fits in with me at least attempting it. I’ve got a whole bunch of metal plaguebearers that I would like to get painted so I think I might enter them in this. Even if I don’t get all of them done I might be able to get enough for a legal squad finished.
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I could join – as I am finishing up a platoon of Archive Space Phraints (originally from 1979-1981). I saw your link on Azazel’s comments. My blog is on WordPress – markamorin.com – I should have a posting by this weekend…can I get in?
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I’m still working on January haha. The Dredd Marine is great btw!
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Are you doing a Decembuary? I must have missed it – please post! Thanks for the compliment on the Judge. 🙂
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I never really posted about it. I got half way through the model before deciding I needed to practice on other things first. It was a Tzeentch Changeling.
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Ah, that’s right – you mentioned it beforehand.
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A very cool idea, and maybe something that could help me make a dent in my massive backlog — one small suggestion, though: Could “Neglected model” maybe be expanded to include models that were converted/built ages ago, but that have yet to see a lick of paint? Because I have piles and piles of INQ28 conversions from years ago that I have yet to paint 😉
On a mostly unrelated note, that Marine in classic Judge Dredd colours is just incredible! Fantastic job!
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How could I say anything but yes? – I think built aeons ago counts –
especially given that anything you pull out will be far from a standard build. I’m honoured to have someone of your kitbashing and converting skill participating. 🙂
Thank you also for the kind words on the PA Judge!
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I’ll sit this one out mate – I have my own project in mind for Feb 😉
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Sounds interesting. 😉
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Even though I see my own efforts more as ‘colouring in my figures’ more than painting them I think I may join you all with this and link it to one of the figures on my ever lengthening to do list. Count me in.
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Your figures look a hell of a lot better than that to me! Good to have you aboard!
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So changed my mind & finished a neglected Necron bandito 🙂
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Nice idea! I unfortunately have not any unfinished projects since I completed my Nightmare Legion, which of course was unfinished for more than 3 decades! I don’t have any unpainted stuff that neglected!
I am finishing platoons this year…I wanted to finish the Archive Space Phraint platoon in January (36 figs) but that will likely be done this weekend. Then on to Critter Commando frogs platoon!
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I’m jealous of your situation there. There’s always Squaduary as linked and described above by WestRider, or perhaps you can fit something in next month with “Finish a legal unit March”. Maybe a Squad (or Section) of Frogs. 🙂
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Yeah, my wife tolerates my projects because she sees I have a plan to finish (must be a West Point thing ingrained in me). The Frogs are definitely in the queue, and the Phraints are in the last stages and I hope to have a blog post or two before the Super Bowl (and my surgery on Monday!).
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A finite number of figures, or “plans” for the uncountable hordes? I can understand the latter, but the former does not quite compute…
Best wishes for your surgery. I hope it’s a minor one, and that it resolves as quickly as possible.
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L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace!
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I have finished my decembuary one , I actually did it two days ago. If you are going to do a wrap on it you can find it on my blog
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Thanks! I’m hoping to have the post compiled for tomorrow – or worst case, for Monday.
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And this answers my question from the other post. I shall try to finish something. God knows I have plenty of half painted stuff that I started 2 years ago…
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Good stuff! February and March are designed to be easy for people to fit into their normal painting schedules and plans. April and Easter will be about building something that has sat untouched or unloved and the next major painting one probably July. Too many big ones and it’s too hard for people to care as they no longer become events.
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I’ll definitely be in for a unit in March – either Black Knights, Skeleton Warriors or Sepulchral Guard depending on what I do this month
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Excellent. I’m almost tempted to get back to my own undead but I don’t want to deviate too much from the plan I already have for this year.
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I’m in as well.
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What a unique post.. and you’re very skilled at painting models! If I were to do that.. it would probably be a disaster .. and we’ll I’m always messy with paint brushes
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Thank you. You’d probably surprise yourself actually. It’s not easy to start, but the learning curve is pretty quick to become quite decent.
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This ‘neglected model’ thing has been a terrific idea for a monthly challenge. I was able to tie mine in with Leadballoony’s ‘Fembruary’ challenge for extra internet points. I present Hannah, chief Freikorps archivist: https://thebovineoverlord.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/painted-hannah/
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Cheers mate! I’m in the process of adding you to the round-up post-in-progress right now, and I added a note for Alex to include you in his Fembruary update. 🙂
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Hi Azazel. I hope you are doing well. I know February is about over but I wanted to check and see if you were planning on doing a Neglected Model challenge this year?
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