First of all, I’m not making any promises here, but my aim in 2027 is to reduce the pile of grey that I currently have lying around my house… dramatically.
Like most wargamers, I have tonnes of grey plastic lying around for half finished, or in some cases, not even started projects.
So it’s time I bit the bullet and try and figure out what I have, and out of that, what I want to keep and what I want to sell.
I’m not going to say I’m not buying any more plastic, because I won’t be able to keep that promise. But I am going to try and stick to a few projects and get rid of ones that I’ll never touch.
If you’re on our Discord, you’ll know that I’ve already started this. In the last month I alone I sold my Kruleboyz army, my Leagues of Votann army and a couple of single models here and there.
I don’t play Age of Sigmar very much and at my brain isn’t clever enough to play Kruleboyz well, so while I’m still going to play Age of Sigmar, I’m going to be swapping to the new Khazalite Holds army because I love their aesthetic and out of all the Fantasy races I play them the most.
So, one Age of Sigmar army. But what about my favourtie game, Warhammer Fantasy? Well I own a lot more for Fantasy. Currently I have armies for Dwarfs and Renegade Crowns, as well as smaller forces in Goblins and Vampire Counts. Next year I also plan to play through the Tears of Isha campaign with @hamsfan.
So after all that waffle, I’ll finally get onto the subject of this article which is what I currently have for my Dwarfs in Old World.
This is everything I have painted for the Dwarfs, which comes to roughly 2400 points. Admittedly, this isn’t a legal army at present but I can put together 2k easily enough with some options to swap units in or out.
As for what I have either unpainted or just grey plastic….
Yeah, there’s quite a bit here. If it was all painted up, I would have around 5,000 points of Dwarfs. These all need adding to my list of minis on the pile of shame. I’m going to combine serveral of the units and just list the total number of models for each unit type. So while they could be split into several units as shown above, to save space I’ll list them all under a single entry:
| Ref # | System | Army | Unit | Models Unpainted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ToW | Dwarfs | King with Shieldbearers | 1 |
| 2 | ToW | Dwarfs | Dragon Slayer | 1 |
| 3 | ToW | Dwarfs | Thane with Great Weapon | 1 |
| 4 | ToW | Dwarfs | Battle Standard Bearer | 1 |
| 5 | ToW | Dwarfs | Runelord | 1 |
| 6 | ToW | Dwarfs | Warriors | 48 |
| 7 | ToW | Dwarfs | Royal Clan Warriors | 20 |
| 8 | ToW | Dwarfs | Dwarf Mercenaries (Spears) | 21 |
| 9 | ToW | Dwarfs | Long Drong Slayer Pirates | 6 |
| 10 | ToW | Dwarfs | Thunderers | 15 |
| 11 | ToW | Dwarfs | Hammerers | 30 |
| 12 | ToW | Dwarfs | Ironbreakers | 10 |
| 13 | ToW | Dwarfs | Dwarf Carts | 4 |
| 14 | ToW | Dwarfs | Gyrocopter | 1 |
| 15 | ToW | Dwarfs | Grudge Thrower | 1 |
I may have also recently bought the High Elves Battle March box set and the Khazalite Holds army box. So I may as well add these minis to the list too!
| Ref # | System | Army | Unit | Models Unpainted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | ToW | High Elves | High Elf Lord | 1 |
| 17 | ToW | High Elves | Lothern Sea Guard | 10 |
| 18 | ToW | High Elves | Shadow Warriors | 5 |
| 19 | ToW | High Elves | Ellyrian Reavers | 5 |
| 20 | ToW | High Elves | Lothern Skycutter | 1 |
| 21 | ToW | High Elves | Tiranoc Chariot | 1 |
| 22 | AoS | Khazalite Holds | Hjulda Drakkblud | 1 |
| 23 | AoS | Khazalite Holds | Oathkeeper Cannon | 1 |
| 24 | AoS | Khazalite Holds | Gholems of Gazul | 3 |
| 25 | AoS | Khazalite Holds | Clanshields | 10 |
The Challenge
So what’s the point in listing everything? Well my aim is to use a random number generator to select one of the lines in the table for me to paint. If the unit is selected I have to paint 10 models from that unit or paint all the models if there’s less than 10 models.
There’s no time limit, I just have to paint them up before having another random unit chosen for me.
But if I need to paint a section of an army up for an event or game then I will have to do that alongside the unit I’ve randomly chosen to paint.
There’s more yet to be added to this list as well, as I have my Renegade Crowns for Old Worlsd, Imperial Guard and Blood Angels for 40k as well as some none GW games like Marvel Crisis Protocol, Silver Bayonet and Forgotten Ruin. But these will all be added to the list in their own feature articles over the next week or so.
What’s The First Unit Then?
I plugged a rand formula into excel and asked it to pick a number between 1 and 25.
The Dwarf Grudge Thrower. That should be a quick one to do as I think it’s partly there already. But I’ll get painting and post on the site when it’s done.
I’d also better find the other crewmen…..
