Wednesday 20 December 2017

From TomM: The Ecstasy of Debutation

So, I am part of this highly motivational painting challenge for the first time, and this is my very first entry ever, and hopefully the start of many more.



When I saw Curt kick it off this morning, I jumped to the painting table (well, shuffled actually) and began the brushstrokes on the very first entry.


One of the things I'd love to achieve during this Challenge, is painting up all the remaining 6mm figs I have for my "Slaaneshi" force for Future War Commander.  These 4 stands of infantry as such, including the heavy weapon upgrade option, are a small step for that plan.



But more importantly, this will also mean I`ll be sleeping well the coming week.  See, I`m a bit of a stresschick, and I opted to go for 6mm infantry as the first entry to make sure I got an entry ready in the first month as per the rules.



And put me on the scoreboard for starters... even though it's a measly 10 points, it gets rid of that horrible zero.  ;-)



I'm really looking forward to this, and hopefully will be able to get an entry in at least once every week... though that might be, and will be, probably totally unrealistic. 

But heck, that is why it's a motivational challenge after all... less sidetracking, more painting x-D

Cheerios!

Tomsche

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Great work, Tom! A nice clean entry and I particularly like the leader with the Slanneshi heraldry on his banner. 

There are many of us in the Challenge, myself included, who are big fans of Epic-scaled sci-fi, so we'll be eager to see this project develop. I've never tried 'Future War Commander', but have heard good things about it. Will there be any vehicles, or perhaps a Titan, coming up in the future?  This will be a fun one to watch.


23 comments:

  1. Great work, Tom! Terrific to get off the mark, well done Sir!

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  2. Sharp looking troops there in purple. As Robin Williams once said "if you are going to fight clash"

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  3. What a great colour! And a great start to your Challenge.

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  4. Cool! A great start to the Challenge, well done.

    As Curt said, you will find a lot of fans of 6mm sci-fi gaming here in the Challenge!

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  5. Great start! There's never enough painted epic minis in the world! The best game from GW in my opinion.

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  6. Nothing say Slaanesh like purple! Really cool and a great first entry Tom. You've made me want to crack on with my Epic stuff...

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  7. Welcome aboard Tom. Nice looking little purple dudes.

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  8. Nice start! As a fellow Emperor Children's commander I approve of these pink fellows.

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  9. The contest enters a purple patch - well played Tom!

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  10. Looks very fine, Tom! Nice work on the insignia and popping the detail on them!

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  11. Congrats on your first of inevitably many entries Tom!
    I've painted quite a few of those lads in my time too :-)

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  12. Great start and welcome to the madness

    Pro-tip - everyone just loves the stats updates!

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  13. That’s a lovely shade of pink-purple! Welcome aboard!

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  14. very nice job, the world always needs more pink marines!

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  15. Very nicely done, I really like that purple.

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  16. Well done! Welcome to the nuthouse!

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  17. All aboard the challenge train. Great stuff. cheers

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  18. Great to see some 6mm again this year, welcome to the challenge

    Ian

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  19. Welcome mate, great colours!

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