Why yes, I am aware that I’m writing the August Round-Up on the 18th of September, thanks for caring enough to point that out! As often is the case, getting time to take the photos can be a bit of a roadblock at times, and by “at times” I apparently mean pretty much every month. Not helped I guess by the ever-present backlog of models I seem to gather up by the end of any given month. That’s why I’ve been posting daily with the bits and pieces I’ve gotten finished recently.
Anyway, August was dominated by two main aspects – completing Terrain with Dave’s Season of Scenery challenge and painting more Zombicide figures. In this instance, it was completing the last of my 1st Edition “Standard” Runners and the first half of the 1st Edition Berserker Runners. I’ve got the second half of the Berserker Runners on the painting desk, and they’re even les compelling to paint than the first half was. I’ll be forcing myself to power through those in the next few days. Probably.
The scenic models on show here aren’t all the ones that were finished for Dave’s challenge, but then after finishing the War Cry bridges and Archon steps, I went back and hit them with additional weathering in September – so I’m holding them for my September Round-Up. I also have the start of my War Cry Catacombs terrain with two little bridges. I’m working on more of the stuff from the same set now, so hopefully I’ll get all of the door arches done in September. Maybe I’ll get the spiky wooden palisades done? They’re pretty horrible to paint, though – so those will be something (else) I definitely need to force myself to work on. Yay.
The Warhammer Underworlds Beastgrave terrain bits turned out well. Something else I had to force myself to complete, though again a couple of pieces missed the August deadline, so they’re September models instead. I also got another Endless Spell done from that original Malign Portents set. And yes, I did have to force myself to get that thing done too. I see a bit of a pattern emerging. I’m now hoping to try and get the rest of that set painted before the end of 2022. I give myself about a 50% chance, based on how well I can keep focus and force myself to paint things I’m not especially enjoying (until they’re done – then I’m quite happy with them!)
Well, that’s enough blather from me for tonight. Now that I’m caught up, I can take a break from daily posting and let this one sit for a couple of days while I take advantage of my week off work and finish some new models. The tally above for August is 37 models. I beat my “model a day” target there, and September is well on the way to absolutely smashing it. That 37 added to the 263 I had at the end of July gives me a running total of an even 300 at the end of August. Not too shabby. I wonder if I’ll be able to crack 500+ by the end of the year?
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
A great monthly collection again, I especially like the walls of crystals!
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Thanks Dave! Hopefully September’s lot will have some more interesting models in the mix as well!
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Another sickeningly beautiful array of figures and scenery mate, I think if you do hit 500 models painted to this standard by the end of the year, I’ll pack up and go cry in a cave somewhere! 😁
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger! Between all the scatter terrain/briudges/etc and if I get to work on my remaining 15mm DAK infantry it’ll be a pretty sure thing…
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Mighty impressive output mate, and no dip in quality with it either, hopefully you can achieve your target figure by the end of the year.
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Thanks Dave! Next month’s challenges might manage to help keep me motivated on a bunch more zombies towards that total…
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A good month’s work I think! 🙂 All very nice! Hope you can get to 500! I seem to be having my worst year ever for finishing stuff, which must mean my best year ever for preparing stuff!
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That should mean 2023 is a Bumper year for getting models Varnished! 😉
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I think “post-2022” might be a more realistic timeframe! 😉
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It is a colorful and inspiring set of terrain and minis. Good luck powering through those Zombicide minis as well. I’d have to think you’ll have enough done to get some games in soon.
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Thanks mate – we’ve actually been gaming with the Zombicide stuff for years, and I never actually thought I’d get the zombies painted – so these are really only for an aethetic bonus.
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Nice job getting all those done. I’m still averaging a mini a week, on a good week, haha! Since I’m not into zombies much, my faves are the terrain pieces. Admirable stone work on those pieces. The bridges look great too. The crystal wall looks pretty good on the green too. Great job!
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Thanks Faust. I do need to get back to that Undead team soon as well, but hopeully you’ll find something you enjoy in the next few posts – though admittedly I *am* trying to finish another 10 of these berserker runner zombies between replying to comments….
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No worries, I enjoy all your stuff! We all have our particular genres and things we like though. So some things I like better than others. 🙂
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Of course. Zombicide is a “game on the table” so after (quite) a few years I’m knuckling down to get a bunch of not only hero but adversary models painted (finally). But I do legit need to get those BB models done as well! 😮
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Man, you certainly get through it mate – formidable painting machine!
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Thanks Alex. I guess it balances out that I watch very little TV or movies and spend my time doing this instead…
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Very nice- I always like to see these roundup posts.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete! 🙂
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The amount of models you mange to get out in a month is impressive sir!
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Thank you! It’s always a production line process, so stuff gets started whenever and then works its way down to eventually getting finished… (hopefully!)
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Really great work. The bridges really stand out from the crowd, but I like it all!
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Thanks, GP 😀
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Busy boy Mate!! well done.
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