(AP 2018) General Lee Too Fat's Warlord Chinese for BoB - 3rd times the charm!

[Johnno]

Well I suppose I'm in. 

Despite only painting 7 figures in the last 3 months when in the last 3 years I've painted less than 7 figures combined. Oh boy! But maybe, just maybe I've found my painting mojo. I expect to fall miserably behind for the August and September goals but should be able to pick it up from October - January.

When Northstar became the official manufacturer and distributor for Copplestone Castings, they had a little sale and I went a little crazy. This is just my infantry and artillery elements. I also have some militia, armour, cavalry and a one plane air force. But I'm not counting them in this project.

50 Riflemen, 10 Assault Troops, 10 Dare to Die Troops, 4 man command squad, HMG, mortar and field gun. Bringing the total to 84 men, 3 artillery pieces.
Which means I need to paint 14 men per month and an artillery piece every 2 months. Doable 



And I couldn't figure out how to flip the picture. Sorry 

Wish me luck.

[Overlord]

Glad to see you are in.

My rationale for entering is spookily similar to yours;  Very little painting done in recent years and the Copplestone sale used to expand my existing Chinese forces. 
Even the Warlord name I was considering, Lo Fat Chow, isn't a world away from yours.  Chinese Warlord Diet War? 

Good luck for the forthcoming campaign.

[OSHIROmodels]

And another joins the fray 

cheers

James

[Johnno]

Glad to see you are in.

My rationale for entering is spookily similar to yours;  Very little painting done in recent years and the Copplestone sale used to expand my existing Chinese forces. 
Even the Warlord name I was considering, Lo Fat Chow, isn't a world away from yours.  Chinese Warlord Diet War? 

Good luck for the forthcoming campaign.

Let's do it! 

[marianas_gamer]

Great to see another Warlord General enter the fray! I have declared this year to be the Year of the Warlord Chinese for me and like you took advantage of the Copplestone sale. I made great progress early in the year. So where am I now? Stuck on a large group of US troops from the 1918-19 Siberian Intervention for the past two months!  I am hoping that you fellows will inspire me to get back on track!!
LB

[joekano]

Welcome to the madness! It's amazing  how one little Warlord skirmish force can start to grow. I think I'm around 60+ figures with vehicles now and the only thing slowing me down is the storage box I picked is getting full.

Chris

[Johnno]

Madness is right! 3 people whose work I follow will now be watching mine

Thankfully joekano has some flags I can download for the banners.

And I think I've just stumbled across a colour scheme that is both visually appealing and super easy...time will tell...

[Johnno]

Quick update:

The struggle is real!

I've finally   tracked down enough metal washers from Home Depot after checking both Rona and Lowe's for about 10 days...

I've based 20 44 troopers for the first deadline (or two).

Now I'm waiting for a dreadfully slow order which contains my Army Painter base spray.  

[rumacara]

Go for it.

[Johnno]

Update

My Army Painter order was part-refunded! Got the brushes but no primer...

No explanation given but maybe couldn't send spray can via mail?

Now I have to find a spare moment to head into the city to pick some up.

[Johnno]

I squeaked into a much closer store and picked up a can of Wolf Grey Army Painter spray. Was originally going to use Uniform Grey but I really don't know when I can make it to my normal store.

Primed 20 figures this evening and painted a test figure. All that's left is the basing.

Now I'm not going to win any awards but it is a table top standard I'm good with.

[Johnno]

Please excuse my (lack of) photography skills.

The test figure is complete.



Copplestone Casting Warlord Chinese Trooper

Uniform - Primed Army Painter Wolf Grey, wash devlan mud drybrush fenrisian grey, ulthuan grey
Blanket & gaiters - dawnstone, wash devlan mud
Skin - Reikland Flesh, wash Reikland fleshshade, Reikland Flesh
Rifle stock & webbing - Mournfang brown, wash devlan mud (I still have some!)
Hat badge & rifle barrel - runefang steel, wash devlan mud
Hat band & collar tags - Khorne Red
Base - Stirland mud, Mournfang brown, I'm forgetting this name ,ushabti bone
Shoes & Socks - abaddon black, dawnstone, wash devlan mud

[rumacara]

Seems very nice.
Now on to the rest.

[Johnno]

Thanks for the kind words Rumacara. They are on the way

Well, I dreadfully failed the August 1st deadline (only the test figure painted and 29 others glued to washers and primed) but I was fully expecting to.

Made some real progress for the September 1st deadline. Batch painting is both efficient and mind numbingly annoying. I should be able to show some more finished figures by then.

I got some good advice from Marianas Gamer a la Orctrader and am trying to apply the technique but am having mixed results.

[Johnno]

Let's try this again