I thought some may be interested in seeing my completed army to date. All of this has been painted in the first four months of 2022 apart from the Gutippaz which were finished in December.
Peter: Dave’s made a rather sinister looking chariot for his Slaves to Darkness. I love the snow bases Dave goes for with pops of static grass and flowers. The colour scheme is great and I can’t wait to see Dave’s army in the flesh.
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
A4
Unit of 2+ Models (Warhammer 40K)
Heavy Weapons Team
C2
Vehicle of Monster (Warhammer 40K)
Basilisk
C3
Any Model (Any System)
Chariot
E3
Fortification of Scenery (Age of Sigmar)
Temple
So that brings Dave up to 40 points for the year with all four at the Expert Level.
Peter:I said you’d been busy last month when you had finished three units, now you’ve gone and smashed that with 9 units this month! That’s an incredible pace and great quality to go with it. It was a shame I never got to use the Kruleboyz you painted up at Burning Skies.The Genestealer pose always makes me think he’s replicating the smart GIF, love it!
You’ve also managed to paint the great pile of horsemeat Kragnos up as well in the same month, that’s a massive boxed ticked for th e Bingo card. Well done, he looks great! I especially love the bronze metal.
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
A1
Hero or Character (Warhammer 40K)
Broodlord
A2
Unit of 5+ Models (Age of Sigmar)
Man-Skewer Boltboyz
A4
Unit of 2+ Models (Warhammer 40k)
Big Stabba
B1
Fortification or Scenery (Warhammer 40K)
Sector Mechanicus
B2
Unit of 2+ Models (Age of Sigmar)
Big Stabba
C1
Hero or Character (Age of Sigmar)
Killaboss with Stab-Grot
C3
Any Model (Any System)
Warmaster Squigs
C4
Unit of 5+ Models (Kill Team)
Termagaunts
C5
Hero or Character (Age of Sigmar)
Murknob with Belcha-Banna
D1
Kitbashed Model (Age of Sigmar)
Big Stabba
D2
Unit of 2+ Models (Age of Sigmar)
Man-Skewer Boltboyz
E1
Lord of War or Behemoth (AoS)
Kragnos
This brings Declan to 120 points and 11 at Expert Level.
Peter: Rhys has been cracking on with his flesh-eater courts this month, and don’t they look great! That Ghoul is painted up to an expert standard and considering Rhys has only been painting for a couple of years its incredible, he’s like a miniature painter who’s been painting for 40!
Ryan
Peter:Ryan has been playing around with LED’s in his scenery this month and I think this only adds to what is already a superbly finished piece.
Peter: Steve has been busy once more, tying to get his Crimson Fists company completed. I absolutely love the Space Marine Ancient who is a copy of the space Marine holding an Ork head on the cover of Rogue Trader. Steve, like Declan can power through a pile of models in no time. I’d love to know what both of their back logs look like.
Tony
Peter:Tony has finished of the Crimson Court, and they really look the part in that scenery, the skin just screams vampire and the red armour contrasts nicely!
He’s also done some non- metallic gold on his Steelheart’s Champions for underworlds. Look at that sword!
Peter:Will has done a fantastic job of these OBR. I always like Red and cream as a combo and they are set off nicely by their red earth basing. They’ll look great en masse in an army. Will has also started some “Wet Elves”, I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the unit.
Watching Dave from Scent of a Gamer power through his Cursed City collection recently has given me the impetus to start mine.
So I chose to start with some of the larger models in the set…
Bill and Ted
Just need to finish the rims on the bases as I stupidly did those before flocking and now they’re incredibly dusty. The basing material is Geek Gaming Scenics Scrubland.
Those of you who are familiar with our YouTube channel may remember that I started a Grudge ringer army some time ago. This was meant as an homage to my favourite video game of the 90’s ‘Shadow of the Horned Rat‘.
I’d already painted up Commander Bernhardt back in 2020 as well as some Grudgebringer cavalry and infantry.
I wanted to get Allor the wizard involved in the army as well. For those of you not familiar with the game, here’s his unit card:
Allor
There wasn’t a suitable Warhammer model available so I decided to create the miniature in HeroForge. It’s a great website that you can spend hours on creating your ideal mini! I ordered mine some time ago and have only just got around to painting him after deciding to take a break from painting Kruleboyz.
Allor
I have tried a little OSL but I don’t think I’ve pulled it off. More practice needed.
February is out of the way already, so it’s time to look at how we’ve all got on at Woehammer with our respective goals and painting pledges this month.
Peter: Dave’s smashed another one of the harder to get ones with Scenery piece for Age of Sigmar. What a piece, absolutely love the dark stone look with this one.Who doesn’t love some heavy weapons team, Lovely mix of two mortars and an Autocannon here, they look just like they’re in the thick of the action.
Declan: Dave has managed to do what I really struggle with – actually getting paint on Imperial Guard / Astra Miliatarum. These guys look like they’ve been in a fight… until you zoom in and get a suprise! The scenery is lovely and dark with lots of blood included. Dave has managed to walk the tight-rope between scenery that looks good, but won’t overshadow the toy-soldiers.
Dave:Some quick and dirty painting on the Guard, I’ve many to do but I’m pleased to get these done. I’ll definitely be using these in a lot of my lists in one form or another. I had the terrain for ages, it’s painted simply but will be great for AoS games. Happy with my progress so far, I’m working on my Minotaur this month but might do a bit of AoS for a break too.
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
A4
Unit of 2+ Models (Warhammer 40K)
Heavy Weapons Team
C2
Vehicle of Monster (Warhammer 40K)
Basilisk
E3
Fortification of Scenery (Age of Sigmar)
Temple
So that brings Dave up to 30 points for the year with all three at the Expert Level.
Peter:You’ve been very busy this month Declan! Three units finished and I love your kitbashed Big Stabbas. Your Termagaunts really stand out and you have got the orange and blue scheme down to perfection now, have you got a hivefleet name for them?
Declan: Cheers for the kind words Peter; I hadn’t considered a Hive Fleet name as they were painted for Kill Team but it’s a great call. I’ll do some reading to get some inspiration. Although I haven’t finished a lot of models this month, I’ve still managed to get three Hobby boxes finished including the ‘Kitbashed’ one which I struggling to think what to do. Fortunately the Big Stabbas for my Big Waaagh came to my rescue. 4 out of 25 in 2 months also puts me roughly on target so looking good although there’s some larger units and even some Behemoths to go… so lots to do still!
March will hopefully see me finishing some Napoleonic British and keeping my hand in on my Tyranid / Genestealer colour scheme. I’ve also got a Warmaster Tournament and I may get some Squigs painted to augment my Goblin army.
Dave: Great to see the Bonesplitterz, they look excellent too. As Pete says, the kitbashed ones are really fun. You’ve timed the Tyranids beautifully if you’re planning on picking up the new 40k codex!
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
B1
Fortification or Scenery (Warhammer 40K)
Sector Mechanicus
B2
Unit of 2+ Models (Age of Sigmar)
Big Stabba
C4
Unit of 5+ Models (Kill Team)
Termagaunts
D1
Kitbashed Model (Age of Sigmar)
Big Stabba
This brings Declan to 40 points and all at Expert Level.
Peter:This is the first month in a while where I’ve managed to paint more than I’ve bought! This includes 10 Necron Warriors that I sold on fleabay this month. I’m over the moon at my progress and have never painted this much in a month before.
Declan: Wow… wow… wow! Peter’s still on fire and whilst he couldn’t get to our small tournament recently he’s definitely on target for the weekend shortly. His Kruleboyz are going to be shooting the enemy to another life. I really like the scheme here – dark and dank models are difficult to do and Peter’s really nailed it. I can’t wait to see the finished Kruleboyz army in the flesh.
Dave: You’ve got loads done! These will look great as you pick them up off the table at Burning Skies 🙂 I’m a pretty slow painter, I’m very impressed with the speed and quality you’ve achieved.
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
A3
Unit of 10+ Models (AoS)
Hobgrots
B2
Unit of 2+ Models (AoS)
Man-Skewer Boltboyz
B4
Vehicle or Monster (AoS)
Swampboss Skummdrekk
C1
Hero or Character (AoS)
Swampcalla Shaman
C3
Any Model (Any System)
Beast-Skewer Killbow
D2
Unit of 2+ Models (Underworlds)
Rippa’s Snarlfangs
E4
Hero or Character (Warhammer 40K)
Marneus Calgar
That brings me to 70 points and 7 Expert Level goals completed.
Other Members
This month we’ve also included some of the other guys who were willing to of share some of their pictures.
Steve
Peter: Steve just joined the crew this last month and has been sharing some of his pictures of his Crimson Fists. He’s building an entire company of them, and they look absolutely awesome!
Declan:How many Weapons does this Impulsor Tank need? It’s got them all and a neat and tidy base to finish it off. The Crimson fists colours obviously work together (I love red & blue armies), and this is no exception. The blue on the Plasma is also nicely done, and something I struggled with last year on the Thermic Generators.
Dave: Almost a great Ultramarine tank but you slipped a bit with the red. Seriously, this is really well done and cleanly painted.
Tony
Peter:Like Steve, Tony is a new member of the Woehammer crew and back in January painted these stunning Stormcast flappy birds!The skin on these alone must have taken hours upon hours. True talent on display both with Steve and Tony.
Declan:Dragons… but not the small ones – Tony has gone for the big guys here. Krondys (blue) and Karazai (Red) are looking great in traditional dragon poses. The wings are painted in a more realistic tone than is ususally shown, which matches nicely with the chests and really ties these together – they definitely belong in the same army.
Dave: Skar and Mufasa are both great models and Tony has done a brilliant job on them. Hopefully he and Steve will start bingo cards too!
