Wednesday 21 December 2016

From KyleC: I came in like a wrecking ball.... . (180 pts)

Second year doing this, and second year I will be moving near the end of the event as well... so just like last year I will be hitting the painting hard over the holidays, and decided to spend my birthday ( the 20th of December ) as a good day to be holed up in the studio with paint brushes and some old TV re-runs to get things kicked off :)





I have been stock-piling some Bolt Action models, some Judge Dread figures, and the new GW Blood Bowl box set just for this competition time :) And I then jumped on the easy things first... the Judge Dread figures!



First the starter box of Judges plus one extra ( dunno where the extra came from ). Done these on commission also for a bottle of local moonshine... so.. win/win/win ( comp/commission/booze ). He wanted basic tabletop, this is basic tabletop, and almost exactly as the boxset goes.



Second we have the Street Gang. Again the starter with a bonus extra model. Goal was to use as many bright colors as I could find. However all my old florescent colors dried up from never being used. So had to resort to just what I had nearby that was high saturation colors.




Then I dove into the Germans. Starting with those mounted on the bikes. Simpler color scheme here for them, but one that I will need to replicate over 100+ infantry soon enough. 8 bikes with single riders, and a sidecar with 3 riders.

All told it drops me onto the board with 180 points to kick things off, and I hope to have more soon when I get to have a bit more time off of work before and after Xmas..



Meanwhile I wait for more primer for the Bolt Action forces, I have to figure out the color schemes for the Human and Orc blood bowl teams.. Am thinking Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raider colors, but now I need to see if I can pull them off or not! And then come up with some interesting names for them as well!

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Congratulations on detonating our first paint bomb, Kyle AND Happy Birthday (on the 20th)!

The uniform greyness of the Germans motorcyclists are nicely counterpointed by the punchy colours of the Judge Dredd figures - nice work.

I look forward to seeing those Blood Bowl figures in the coming days (if you have plans for a green team (that will be patently useless) I suggest the Saskatchewan Roughriders...) 


57 comments:

  1. Cracking bombe Kyle... back to form I see

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    1. Slowly ramping up.. I think I need to go faster though if I want to hit my target before life kicks me back down several notches!

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    1. Cheers Alex. We're getting there.. need more days like that one!

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  3. 2nd day and first bomb, congrats

    Ian

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    1. Would have been first day, but I was put to Wednesdays again like last year ;)

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  4. Fantastic output, I sense cokpetition

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    1. Thanks Martin.. though not sure I can keep this pace long so..

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  5. WIN/WIN/WIN Indeed.
    And many happy returns.
    So many points in such a short time. Please give me a few moments to pick my jaw up!

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    1. Cheers Clint, but you know that it won't last long.. so let's see what I can get through before I begin to wear out ;)

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  6. That's a lot of painting. Happy Birthday!

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  7. Oh wow, a points bomb already!?! And no loss in quality either. Terrific stuff - looking forward to the Bloodbowl stuff too!!

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    1. The BB stuff is lovely models.. hope to do them a bit better quality than these..

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  8. nice start and a real paint bomb, looking forward to seeing waht else you put out over the winter

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    1. Just going to be a big hit in December, after that it will be maybe the side topics, and maybe the odd showcase piece here and there.. busy time of year for me coming up.

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  9. Happy birthday!!! Great beginning of The Challenge, what a lot of points and painted figures!

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    1. Cheers Juan.. let's see what else I can drop to everyone next week ;)

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  10. You have been Judged....

    Great work Kyle :)

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    1. But have I been weighed, and left wanting?

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  11. Helluva points bomb there, Kyle - nice work!

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    1. Thanks.. we call this the pre-lim.. wait for the A-bomb to come ;)

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  12. That's some serious speed painting!

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  13. You maniac! Great way to spend a birthday, and very well-timed. Nice work!

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    1. Yes perfect timing.. and the crazy is just beginning...

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  14. Yowza! Great bomb, and on day two.

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  15. Superb, didn't expect anything like this as earlier in the challenge!

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    1. Had to get it in before someone else thought of doing it ;) Hence the title of the post ;)

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  16. Wow! Great job getting so much painted, it's very impressive!

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  17. BOOM - very impressive
    I especially like the motor cycles & Troops

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    1. Thanks. That color wouldn't have been my first choice ( as I have a DAK force kicking around ) but when you get so many models on the cheap, you just go with the flow I guess! Worked out well enough though.. and will do nicely to the 100+ infantry/weapon teams I have in the wings here..

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  18. Judges are very colourful. Well done.

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    1. Was a bit more free with them, and a nice change of pace and color doing them up!

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  19. Wow! That is a lot finished and looking good - a productive birthday!

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    1. Was the highlight of the day thats for sure!

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  20. Great stuff! The bright colours are very MC-1 and what a good way to spend your birthday.

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    1. I did try to keep them in line to the fluff, as I have been told the game is very fluff heavy

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  21. Impressive I especially like your German Motorcycle troops

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    1. Cheers.. am happy with how they came out also. Might do some tanks in those colors also.

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  22. Wow, first bomb of the challenge and nicely done at that! I like the judges, but the punchy colors on the punks work really well!

    I spent a bit of time looking for a couple of Dr Jones lurking about with that German Bike gang! ;)

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    1. Heh.. I hadn't thought of that, but might have to think of a way to incorporate them into the bikers.. if I can find the right models for them :D

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  23. Drokking awesome earthling! Good stuff. Now get back to the iso-cube and get some more painting done. cheers

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  24. I also like Curt's suggestion of a Saskatchewan Roughrider themed team. I note that there are just 12 Green players, the correct number for CFL and no danger of the 'Riders putting on an extra by mistake!

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    1. Mmm have already started the Humans as the Miami Dolphins.. but maybe I can make the Orks the Roughriders.. might be a bit too much green, but I will see how it goes!

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  25. great entry, the Judges are my favourites, you've done them up a treat!

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