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Slow Grow Challenge 2024

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With the release of Old World many of us are starting or restarting armies for Fantasy. We wanted to share our progress with the community but also provide somewhere where everyone can post there own updates.

With that in mind I thought it may be a good idea to have a slow grow army challenge for 2024. Not everyone can afford to buy an entire army straight away, so the premise is to buy/build and paint one unit every month in line with a specific challenge.

Dave and I are both going to be doing Old World for this, but there’s nothing to stop you following along with any other game system like Age of Sigmar, Kings of War or 40k. There’s also nothing to stop you using old miniatures you’ve had sitting around in your collection for years!

I’ve set up the first few months’ challenges below. If you want to take part and you’d like your work showcased on Woehammer then drop an email to thewoehammer@gmail.com when you’ve completed any of the challenges, or alternatively why not join our friendly discord and message me directly on there?

Challenges

February – Build and paint a heroic (or dastardly) leader for your rag tag army. Yeah, they don’t have any troops yet, but they have ideas! Soon, the masses will know and love them!
Additional: Why not try and come up with some fluff surrounding their background? Where are they from? What do they want to achieve?

March – With your leader done, they need some troops to…. well… lead! Build and paint at least 10 models from your Core (Old World), Battleline (Age of Sigmar), or equivalent.
Additional: Who are these dudes? Are they your leaders honour guard or perhaps some mercenaries they’ve hired to kick start their (nefarious?) plans?

April – You’ve the start of a budding army! But we need more troops! Perhaps something to give a little ranged threat to the enemy? Or a unit that can scout ahead fast? Build and paint at least 5 models from either a missile or scout type unit (this could be cavalry, or perhaps Giant Eagles for Wood Elves, or a Gyrocopter for Dwarfs?).
Additional: Whose your leaders most hated foe and why? Did they suffer some slight at the enemies’ hands? Was a member of their family brutally mudrered by them?

May – Reinforcements! Build and paint at least 10 more models from your Core (Old World), Battleline (Age of Sigmar) or equivalent.
Additional: Do you have names for all your units yet? What about your army name?

June – Build and paint another leader unit for your army.
Additional: Who is this?! Why are they here? Are they your leaders advisor? Best friend? Confident? Significant other?

July – Build and paint either an artillery piece or elite unit (Special or Rare in Old World).
Additional: Why not have a small game with your fledgling army? Perhaps your army has been ambushed on route to collect further reinforcements? Or they’re conducting a raid on a nearby enemy? Let us know the results!