Stahly: In this monthly section we want to recap the progress of our “Tale of Mega Painters” project, a motivational project by Garfy and me. Basically we want to push ourselves to paint up a Dark Eldar and Necron Megaforce respectively. In my case to start a new army, in Garfy’s case to expand his small collection of Necrons. More about “Tale of Mega Painters” can be found in our kick-off post here. Click “more after the jump” to review all the models we painted this month.
Stahly: This is a combined post for September and October. In the last two months I assembled and painted a Ravager. You can check out the showcase here. It was quite a ride, but now I’m pleased with the result. Especially because the Ravager is the most complex model in the megaforce. A nice feeling of accomplishment.
Speaking of the megaforce, as you can see I painted everything apart from another 10 Wyches and the jetbikes. I sold these models as I want to focus on kabalite and haemonculi coven units in my army. Which means that I’ve painted all the models from my megaforce – technically. It feels a bit like cheating, so I will continue painting Dark Eldar models until Garfy has finished his Necrons megaforce. So for next month I’m going to assemble and paint 5 Trueborn Warriors to accompany my Venom. For December, there will be an Archon and a Razorwing. My aim for the end of the year is to have a small but legal army, with at least one choice for every section of the force organisation chart.
Garfy: I’m really pleased for Stahly hitting the milestone of finishing the units he wanted to complete from his Megaforce. He’s done really well. I’ve been letting the project down massively as I’ve been furnishing the blog with a total of 8 tutorials in two months (as well as painting centurions and grim hammers), however I have found the time to complete a Triach Stalker and I’m pleased to announce that yesterday I also completed 10 necron warriors.
I haven’t sold any of my Megaforce, so I still have three units left to paint. A Doomsday Ark, 6 Tomb blades and 8 Necron Warriors. The Doomsday Ark is scaring me a bit, so I think I should work on that one next.
Are you painting a battleforce/megaforce and want to join in?
Now you can! Stahly and I would like to open this project up to everyone. If you’re a member of the Tale of Painters blog list and you’re blogging about a Games Workshop army we would love to feature your models on the Tale of Painters blog. Send me an email at garfy.taleofpainters@gmail.com with a link to your blog and make sure you include a couple of pictures and a paragraph or two about your army project. We look forward to hearing from you.
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It's not technically a mega force as its not a s
old together, but I think my high elves army is gonna classify as a mega force in its own right due to size alone is everyone ready for the list……. 60 spearmen, 50 Lothern Seaguard, 20 swordmasters of Hoeth, 15 archers, 15 white lions of Chrace, 10 shadow warriors, 10 sisters of Avelorn, 10 Pheonix guard, 8 Dragon riders of Caledor, 8 silver helms, 8 Ellyrian reavers, 3 dragons (everyone likes a choice), 1 frost phoenix, 1 Lothern Skycutter, 1 repeating bolt thrower, 1 chariot, and last but by no means least a glittering host (pun intended) of heroes and mages. The shear volume of specials and rates mean this is a little unbalanced as a force but that is to provide flexibility it's not all intended to be fielded in one sitting but might make a interesting photo when it's finished
Just started assembly on my own megaforce, it's encouraging to see the progress you guys have made on yours! Good luck with the Doomsday Ark, it's certainly last on my list!
Nice work there Stahly and Garfy! It's nice to see the progression and how possible it is to paint a legal army to a good standard, scratch that, a fantastic standard in a year. Unfortunately I have not picked up a paint brush in over three months so have nothing to contribute to the TofMPRS. Again great work and I can't wait to see more!