Tale of 3 Gamers - Da Pact

Tomorrow we start the clock.  Derek, Chris, and I have agreed to each paint one unit or character, each month:  January, February, and March.  That will give each of us 3 units and/or characters to make a 25-point list in time for Adepticon, where we will play a free-for-all game to decide who controls some little parcel of the Iron Kingdom.

Our factions:

Chris - Protectorate of Menoth
Derek - Circle of Orboros
Shades (me) - Trollbloods

We will announce our projects at the beginning of each month; check our progress mid-way through the month; and then start again, showing our finished unit/character and announcing our next one.  I'll report everything on the blog.

As mentioned before, I can't count the two units I already started.  That is, I can't count them for the unit to be painted for each month -- I have to start a new unit each month, like everyone else.  But I can pick from them for selecting my 25 points.  Here are the Pyg Burrowers, almost finished.

Pyg Burrowers.
The whole crew is represented by the periscope, which roams around the board, until the Pygs decide to pop out of their tunnel and unload their Slug Guns into the rear of the nerve-racked enemy!

The Pyg's magenta color is supposed to make them appear mole-like.  They might have looked better as a unit, if I had painted them with a basic, human skin color (which I did use as a base), but I couldn't resist using this color, which I think will complement the emerald-colored Trollkin.


For January, Chris will paint Exemplar Errants:

Derek will paint either Morraig:

or Warpborn Skinwalkers:

And I will paint Scattergunners:

Tale of 3 Gamers (so far)

So despite my rather adverse review of Company of Iron, I still look forward to trying out the game, now that I invested the time to parse the rulebook and distill out the key mechanics in a cheatsheet.  I've wanted an easier entree into Hordes so that I can use all the cool models that I've collected over the years.  I've also tracked the progress that the guys on the d6 Generation podcast have made, and they have had a positive experience with the game, so that endorsement has kept my interest piqued, too.

I may have mentioned in past posts that I host a weekly online Hobby Hangout.  So during our conversations of Company of Iron, Derek (of Throne of Angels video-log fame) proposed that we launch a classic "Tale of X Gamers" challenge.

My unit of Trollkin Kriel Warriors.
A paint-job started probably 5 or 6 years ago and finally finished.

For those who aren't familiar with the concept, Games Workshop popularized this escalation-league-style progress report in White Dwarf.  The idea is to track a group of gamers (traditionally the number is 4) over the course of a few months, as they paint a force to play in a game at the end of the challenge.  There can be interim games along the way, if the rules for the game accommodate smaller skirmishes.

So far, we have Derek, and we also have Chris from the Quixotic Gamer blog.  Chris is local to me here in Huntsville, so I'm hoping that we fit in some painting parties along the way and maybe even some practice runs of the rules.  We start the challenge at the start of the new year (a great New Years resolution!), and we'll produce one unit or solo each month for 3 months, to culminate into meeting up at Adepticon to play the game!

Base-colors laid down for my unit of Pyg Burrowers.

Unfortunately, I was unable to convince Derek and Chris to let me count the unit-and-a-half that I already started, the bastages....