With a week left to the end of the month, it’s time to announce next month’s Community Challenge – As with February and May, September’s Community Challenge for whoever is interested in participating will once again be “Finish a Neglected Model”. Simply complete a single model (or more if you want) that you started painting at least 6 months ago, but still sits unfinished.
Yeap, at this stage, all those models that you started but didn’t complete for painting challenges in January and February (and March, if you want to stretch it) now count as valid for this month’s challenge, so it’s time to dust them off and finish them off!
This challenge is designed to be Super Easy, Barely an Inconvenience. Way back in February, ten of us managed to finish a figure or a few that had eluded completion for a significant amount of time, and by doing so, de-clutter the world’s collection of half-painted models by at least a small amount. In May, we also had ten contributors to cleaning up the world’s supply of half-painted and abandoned models.
Can we hit eleven this coming month? Simply by finishing off that annoying single goblin or space marine on the end of your desk, you could be the one to take us to new heights of neglected participation!
So if you’re keen for it, no need to sign up. Just pick a model that’s been neglected and during the month of September, make it into a completed model. If you’d like to be included in the wrap-up at the end of the month, it’s super helpful if you post a link in the comments section of THIS post, so everything is in one place when I go to stitch it all together. Because someone’s work always gets missed, at least initially!
And if you want some inspiration, just go and check out the wrap-up pages from February and May!
I’m done with all this Slaanesh stuff and both Terrain projects after this weekend, so pulling out some completely different half-finished stuff next month sounds like a really nice change of pace.
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Yeah, you can do a focus on a neglected force, or just dip in and out of older stuff randomly as you like. Keen to see what you get done!
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Most of it is here: http://cascadiangrimdark.blogspot.com/2018/10/neglected-model-september.html
The Mistweaver is here: http://cascadiangrimdark.blogspot.com/2018/09/neglected-model-september-mistweaver.html
And the single pic showing all of it to make it easier to work into your wrap-up is here: http://cascadiangrimdark.blogspot.com/2018/09/azazels-neglected-model-september-wrap.html
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As usual, I’ll be spoilt for choice of what to paint!
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I’m totally in the same boat here, mate!
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Does half-built-yet- to- be- painted count too?
Cheers,
Pete.
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Yeah, I’ve got stuff in that state that I’d count for myself, so go for it!
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Right I know just the model then.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Excellent. 🙂
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I have plenty of options for this, i’ll see how many of them i can do along side the Christmas presents im working on
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Sounds like a plan, mate!
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I actually completed a unit, I cant believe it. Thanks man, wouldn’t have bothered if it wasn’t for you.
https://krakendoomcool.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/super-late-neglected-model-september-08/
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Good stuff mate. Now to see if I can finally get the lot up tonight…
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Cheers, they would still just be orange and black if it want for you. So thanks. I have faith in you man, looking forward to the round up. 👍
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I know just what to do!
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🙂
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This is a great idea, but I’m afraid I’m really sad, and don’t have any started but unfinished figures to take part with, if I start something I have to finish it these days (I don’t have OCD, I think….) But best of luck to all those who are taking part.
Cheers Roger.
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I wish I could be like your good self. I’m trying to get better, but I still have many years worth of stalled and abandoned projects that give me endless grist for this particular mill!
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Oh unfinished projects I have from here to Sunday, it’s just individual figures I always have to get done!
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Anything primed or built or part-built that’s been sitting around for months?
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I only just finished the clutch of negelcted models I started back in May (https://scentofagamer.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/neglected-models-spyrer-matriarch/) so I’m keen to get some more done over the next couple of weeks!
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I saw that briefly yesterday (had friends over so no time for blogging) but seems we’ve both been working on the Neglected types in the last weeks regardless of challenges. 🙂
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I went looking and found 6 Warhammer Quest bats that were last touched with a brush in the previous century, so they are definitely in line for completion this month!
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Bats are a perfect kind of model for this, too. Should be super easy to get them done! 🙂
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Yup, I’ve got big plans for this! 😀
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Sounds good. Which version of “big” I wonder?
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Well, it was a bit of a toss-up between “big” as in a single large model (my Chaos Knight) and “big” as in many small models (my Night Goblins). In the end the gobbos won out because I’ll take any significant progress as a win, whereas the Knight would be very much a case of all or nothing.
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Work on the Knight in the background a little while the goblins are being done as the main event. That way both crawl towards completion and if you get lucky with time or productivity, the knight might end up close to completion, or even better…
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Again the driver to finish off some of my ancient figures!
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Yup, yup!
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So, if I only primed them 6+ months ago, eligible?
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Yep! They got started, but now are sitting doing nothing!
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I really should enlist…I have so many neglected models.
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You absolutely should. Even if you only complete a single model, you’ll feel good about it afterwards just for getting it done, and that’s aside from all of the thousands of accolades that you get my having it in the community round-up!
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I’ll try!
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I’ve got the perfect subjects for this challenge, three half painted Nurgle Blightlord Terminators. They share at me accusingly every time I put them on the board, bluetaked to their base, surrounded by their fully painted brethren…
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When someone using Freud as their avatar talks about models stating accusingly at them… you really have no choice but to address that situation!
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I don’t know how to do the fancy linky thing… https://redboarwiingers.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/sidebar-iii-electric-boogaloo/
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That works just fine!
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Just about made it for September!
https://theimperfectmodeller.wordpress.com/2018/09/29/rooster-cogburn-54mm-andrea-miniature-september-neglected-challenge/
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Gotcha!
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Just scraped in again:
https://justneedsvarnish.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/slow-september/
First picture in the post has all the eggs in one basket!
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Sorted – love a group shot for these things!
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Hello everyone, first time participant here! I managed to finish these five tactical space marines, completing the squad. All of the models were started around a year ago, with the first five finished last June.
Here are the challenge models: (I don’t have a blog to link to, but hopefully just a pic will do)

And a shot of the finished squad:

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Thanks for participating mate – adding them into the forthcoming community post now.
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This is great inspiration to clear out a few of the miniatures that have been waiting for their chance to get on the painting table. My contribution for this month: https://thebovineoverlord.wordpress.com/2018/09/30/painted-fennblade-officer-and-drummer/
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Cheers mate – always great to be able to help people get some of the backlog cleared up!
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Didn’t quite finish, but I tried 😉
https://www.joesavestheday.com/2018/09/voidraven-bomber-neglected-nevermore.html
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