Death by Orange Box, A Miniature Painting Update

Well, I had intended to work in my miniature throughput for October but hit a little snag when I decided to go ahead and pick up the Orange Box earlier in the month. As I wrote in my last update, I finished up Hawk and 2 Doc Killingsworths at the start of the month and later I finished up Alten Ashley and 5 Warmongers. I don’t have any WIPs of these models – they’re already complete and awaiting my next update to Diminutive Denizens to go live.

Kell and my second Hawk are pretty much in the conditions they were in at the start of the month – I took a break from them when to do my Warmongers. I did finish Kell’s gun and Hawk’s base so they’re just a couple hours (each) away from being finished. Still close isn’t the same as complete, and since I did pick up 10 Legionnaires as expected leaving me in the 2 in red again for the month. But really… who’s surprised by that?

Looking forward, the good news is that after assembling the Legionnaires I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re going to be pretty quick to paint. Most of the models are either plate armor or their swords, and metallics don’t take too long once you have a system down. I think the hardest parts are going to be their skirts/robes where I’ll be doing some wet blending but even then there’s not that much surface area I’ll need to cover.

I think for November my goal is going to be completing Hawk, Kell, and a Neran the Scary that I was commissioned to do. I’m also going to try to do my Nephilim Soldier. Unfortunately Privateer Press keeps feeding my habit – the Idrian Skrimishers come out this month for my Protectorate army so that’s 8-10 more models that are going to get counted against me this month. I may try to squeeze my Legionnaires in this month to help offset them but I’m not sure I’ll be able to get to them with my newest non-orange time sink.

Now that I’ve finished Portal I’m holding off on the rest of the games in the Orange Box while I work on the RPG game I’m going to be running (gasp!). Starting the campaign is proving difficult for me, but that’s something I’ll talk about when I write on the game’s first session, which will take place later today (Sunday, Nov 4th). Hopefully I’ll be able to get something posted in the next couple weeks about the new game, including some of the new challenges I’m facing running this particular game. Vague enough? It’ll have to do; I’m saving the details until next time.