Iannick's Noraz Stickblast regiment and a green terror from above (199pts)

So I came close to missing the dealine! The shame of not finishing, me the Challenge Founder? Let's just say my pride made me work overtime the last few days!

So the first part of my November entry is a regiment of  19 Forest Goblin archers, led by Noraz Stickblast, a Goblin Big Boss.

I must admit painting these fellows in a month has been a challenge; first because work has been very busy, and also because I didn't expect these guys to take that long! I mean, they're small, so they should paint faster, right? WRONG. I never noticed the insane amount of details goblin master Kev Adams had sculpted on these little fellow. Skulls, spiders, ear rings, bones, feathers, etc. He even sculpted them nails! These are not your typical clad in black night goblins. And at a mere 2.5 pts each, it probably makes them the worst deal in Warhammer history when it comes to bang for your painting time! 

But boy, do they look great once finished. The Kev Adams 4th edition gobbos are (by far) my favourite goblins, I love their look of mischief rather than pure evil. They are exactly how I envision Goblins. 

I decided to use the Shaman model as a standard, err Totem bearer, instead

Blue's First 200pts...errr...195 actually..

Whew...

Here I am...Some how I made it this far.  Things are not polished to my normal standard on a few things...particularly with bases and the lack of shields.  Honestly I haven't decided what to do for shields for this force yet...and that decision has me putting off that task till a later date at the moment.

...I will also not mount the riders until they are all painted...that will make for an additional cool unveiling later...

...but I'm calling these done.

I'd love to wax nostalgic about how great these are...etc...etc...but It'll be midnight before I know it so I better just get this done so I can go to bed!

Point Tally:

• 1 Wood Rider with Long Bow                             26pts
• 1 5th level Wood Rider Hero with Long Bow   57pts
• 4 Light Infantry Kinbad (including leader)     44pts
• 2 Lord's Bowmen (including musician)           45pts
• 1 Wardancer                                                           23 pts
•                                                        TOTAL: 195pts

Here Is the Group Shot

Kober's Dwarven expeditionary force November - 223 points

Ready , Steady,  Aim ,  Fire....    Reload.

Fred's month one....

Month One:  Great Expectations

Our first month in my plan was to give Magnus his first unit of Kislevite cavalry. I had managed to assemble all the equestrian models and block in the base colors. In addition I managed to block  in the base winged back banners, however, both the holidays and my capacity to put too much on my proverbial plate conspired to put me on my back feet this month.

Vying for both bench time and space has been an Eldar host from the 40th millennium (this is another group build project that should be winding down by Xmas).

Jeff Allen's A Chaos Horde of two - November (394pts)

The start of this challenge couldn't have come at worse time. I took a new job. The new job was in the process of moving to a new building. Being in IT I had to work weekends to get things up and running. But not all was lost.

My wife had a 5 day business trip to Las Vegas. Five glorious days! Giving me lots and lots of free time to finish....then my kids gave me a Cold. That pretty much wiped out the  the 5 days. 

So on the morning of Nov 30th, here was my progress so far.

Chris’s Chaos Dwarfs of Nurgle - November (202pts)

I decided to start off with the the mandatory unit of Chaos Dwarf warriors. I’m pretty happy with how these guys turned out and plan on increasing the unit to 20 in December.

November total 202 pts

Chaos Dwarf champion  48 pts
9 Chaos Dwarf warriors including standard and musician 154 pts

Victor´s Night Goblins - November (209pts)

During this first month I have painted 209 points:

2 x Squig Hoppers..........50pts
1 x Master Shaman.......159pts

It has been a poor month when it comes to painting, so I'll have to work harder next December.

Mike's Waagh Grogguzzler 200pts

WAAAGH!!! So here we are at the end of the 1st month of the challenge and I have the satisfaction that I completed the painting portion of the challenge with a few days to spare! I decided for my first month to just bite the bullet and get what I consider my hardest challenge out of the way and paint an entire infantry unit! 

Sean S - 20 Bretonnian Brigands - 198 points

Hi All,

Well this is my first entry.

They are done except for varnish and then the flock and static grass on the base.

Dave's Wintery War Hydra (225 pts)

To warm up for this challenge, I decided to start with just a single model, which left me with two choices—do I kick things off by painting the general right away (the dreaded Vakath alone is worth nearly 200 points, and I could easily throw in a scout to round it up), or should I get underway with the War Hydra (worth 225 points)? I'm a firm believer that the general should be the nicest looking model in your army, and knowing full well that I am a bit rusty in the painting department after years of neglect, I decided to go for the War Hydra instead. Besides, that would be simple, right? It's all scales and claws, after all. Well, it was quite a learning process nevertheless!

The fearsome War Hydra

Kenneth's Ruerhl's Warhost 2 (252 points)

So, 30 days to paint 7 models? Plenty of time ..... Ha!!! And then reality kicks in. I even warned you about being a slow painter :) And to make things even worse I found out the first days that color after color was dried up, so I had to get new ones. But it did work out and I managed to get things done before the deadline passed.

The general one cold one has a point value of 174 and the 6 scouts cost 78 points for a total of 252 points. Which is a bit above the 200 points limit but I'm all for painting units in one go.

I'm not really happy about the red tone on the clothes. I wanted it to be a little more purple-ish but the new pot of paint did not arrive yet at my house. You might notice the glossy varnish too. That's armypainter shade. I know, some of you don't like it, but it helps me to give some shading and to protect it during play.

Lord Ruerhl:

Tom's Chaos Warband - November 207 points

Out of the depths of The Drak Wald Forest is Rancidhoof, Pestigor champion, his right hand man Verdigristle and 5 more creeps. The champion with light armor and shield is 113 pts. The Marauder is 39. The rank and file with light armor and shields are 65. 207 total

Nigel's Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!

Well, life has put a dent in my challenge already. I'm cashing in my mulligan on month 1.

Having lost my painted skullchucker in the Bermuda Triangle between my FLGS and the car, I was left with a new skullchucker to paint and few details to finish up with two days in hand.

Easy, right?

Haha! That is where work steps in. I am writing this to you on November 30th from work, where I am still stuck. Two hours left of painting, and no way to do it. Arsebiscuits.

At least next month's entry will be ready quick!!!!

Blake's Lord Gromson Dwarf Hero and Cannon - 237 points

Hello, well that is one quick month. Had a ton of real world stuff going on. I was able to get my Level 20 hero and the Cannon done. Please forgive the photo- just got a light box and I am trying to figure out how to use it best, and need more lights!

But for first month, 6 figures done.

Hero - Level 20 - Warhammer Armies 168 points (not counting magic items)
Cannon - and crew - 69 points

So whew, one month down, and no mulligan.

Hoping to work on Warriors or crossbowmen next month and do one of the big batch units. Totally amazed by everyone's efforts, I'll have to pick up my game, as my picture clearly shows....

I forgot to take any work in progress shots, but will try to remember next month!

Happy gaming and painting! - Blake

Ross' Let the shambles begin! (200pts)

My first month felt a little too easy. Mummies are 50 points each and very easy to paint. So, 4 models done in one sitting on 1st November doesn't feel like much of an achievement.

I run mummies as units of 20 in Kings of War, so I will be sneaking in another 8 models outside the challenge to fill this particular movement tray. I textured and painted the tray to make myself feel a little more effort-worthy.

Arjen's Teringleijer's Brothers and sisters; Unit of Beestmannen (205pts)

Teringleijer is a Level 5 Beastman Hero (65 points) and is accompanied by 13 of his brothersand sisters and personal standard bearer Zuurbakkus (13*10 plus 10=140) for a total of 205 points. They have 29 eyes among the 14 of them for an average of 2.07 eyes per person.

Teringleijer and Zuurbakkus

Ed's Border Princes - November 200 Pts

Hello everyone. 

I've just about scraped home for the first month even if it is a mere four figures. This installment does include the army commander so I did want to make sure he in particular was given my full attention. 

Lovejoy throws a Mulligan

As many of you are doubtless aware, in the 6th series of Lovejoy there was an episode entitled "Fruit of the Desert" in which out titular hero bought some antiques from a retired diplomat, only to discover that the antiques were in fact stolen.

Lovejoy, as I'm sure you recall, had borrowed the money to acquire them from a dangerous loan shark using his daughters flat as collateral, and therefore had to find a way out of the debt. There was also some difficulty arising from his trademark philandering too if I recall correctly, the filthy swine.

Richard's Dwarf Host- November 208 Pts

After the OldHammer in Da Jerz event I had 8 mostly painted Dwarfs, and have since found the time to do another 8 for a total of 16 for 13x16 = 208 points. The plan for this unit is that it will only consist of 1980s vintage Perrys sculpted Dwarfs, ultimately Norse, but a bit of a mixture of Norse, Adventurers and Imperials for now.

The starting point is a large batch of painted dwarfs that I acquired over 15 years back, painted using a thinned paint over white with some washes and some black lining, a lot of pen work. Nice in their day, but now chipped, and hopelessly desaturated, time for a refresh. Here's three more waiting their turn for a facelift.

Bens High Elf Warhost -- November 216 Pts

Hello everyone I have completed the November effort for my High Elf army. I managed to paint 16 figures this month, a significant portion of my rank and file troops knocked out in the first month. The grand total so far is 216 points.

8 Warrior Kindred with heavy armor and double handed weapons
13 points each for a total of 104