Army Painters 2016 - Compiled List- (AP 2016)

[Belgian]

Will possibly join, yet can only remember the shame of one of my previous entries to paint a rebel scifi army! Not sure what I will be painting but will probably involve Zulu/ Matabele/ Boer or British. As I'm just reading Marching to the Drums from Pen and Sword Books which compiles accounts of victorian soldiers during the colonial wars of the British Empire. Again butterfly'ing ... just been assembling some plastic zulus ...

[Vanvlak]

I'd hate to start imposing 'rules', so feel free to work on multiple projects

When's the start then?
I've got half a dozen armies waiting and I want to have to decide which, else I'll spend my painting time digging up more and more stuff and trying test paint jobs.

I'm self-imposing a few rules:
(1) has to be a simple paint job and a fast one, as I don't have that much time for painting 
(2) has to be one of my bigger forces-in-storage (to help whittle away the mountain).
(3) has to have no irritating or very lenghty jobs (so probably no models with tonnes of flash, or tightly packed bases which are hell to paint or flock; and no models which need hugea amounts of finicky assembly.

(2) will imply that it's one of my GW forces, almost certainly an oldy. In the running at the moment are:
(a) Orks (a somewhat particular force which would include around 50 identical models - now THAT's a challenge! - and a slight twist in the tail)
(b) Epic (6mm) Orks - all vehicles
(c) Epic (6mm) Chaos - with a cunning plan to get away from fiddly basing problems
(d) Epic (6mm) Tyranids as per (c)
(e) Imperial forces hotch-potch (a mix of Pretorian Guard, Kasrkin, SoBs, SMs, Ad Mech - contrary to (a), maximises the mix of models to keep it interesting)
(f) Dwarfs, mercenaries and friends (a bit like (e) in concept)
(g) something else I'll come up with one week after the start.

 

[Sterling Moose]

I'd love to but could my output could never attain 1 unit per month.

[Eric the Shed]

Having just painted a 700 strong 28mm ECW Army in four months I am not picking up a paintbrush for a few months...good luck to all those taking part.

[FifteensAway]

Hmmm, haw (drumming of fingers on table sounds), should I, or shouldn't I, well, of course, I should, but will I - and what of sharing my mediocre paint jobs among the legions of artists here about?  Oh, decisions, decisions.  Well, okay, but only just maybe.  And what of the size of my smaller figures against those steroidially challenged figures?  Oh, the angst, the angst.   

[Dr Mathias]

When's the start then?

Start anytime- the goal is to shoot for posting pics around the first of the month- with August 1st being the initial target date.

Low pressure people, low pressure

[Painter Jim]

I have five painted regiments completed as of now, that I have never got around to photoing and posting.

[Steve63]

Something I've been thinking about for a while
http://putpainton.blogspot.co.uk/

[Vanvlak]

Start anytime- the goal is to shoot for posting pics around the first of the month- with August 1st being the initial target date.

Low pressure people, low pressure

Right. I found a suitable twisted (and easy to paint) force, better get to work.

Something I've been thinking about for a while
http://putpainton.blogspot.co.uk/

That's a grand force, quite envious (and slightly off-topic, how did you manage to get that pixellated camo?  )

[Steve63]

how did you manage to get that pixellated camo?

Undercoated white and starting with the lightest colour painted it on with a brush.

[Vanvlak]

Undercoated white and starting with the lightest colour painted it on with a brush.

With a brush! That IS good - I'd been thinking of stencils, my hand is nowhere near as steady. 

[Steve63]

With a brush!

Yes, never again!

[dbsubashi]

Starting August 1st - does that mean we start painting August 1st or that first post with photos is August 1st? Just want to have my deadlines lined up 

[OSHIROmodels]

Presenting your first painted unit on the first 

cheers

James

[HerbyF]

Well since I'm guilty of instigating this thing back then I should jump in too. I am in the process of digging through my 15mm fantasy lead pile & have 3 units of orcs primed & ready to paint on the table. Count me in.