Happy Halloween!

Hello everyone.  First off, let me apologize for a lack of content.  I've hit panic mode with more models left to finish than I have days until DaBoyz GT.  Every spare minute is going into painting to the point of exhaustion.  As such, this will be my last post until after the GT is over.

Games Galore!

Sorry for the lack of regular content.  The good news is I'm getting tons of games in this month with two tournaments.  The bad news is with all the games and only 3 weeks left until DaBoyz GT, blogging is slipping down the priority ladder.

October Tournament Game #1: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Tyranids

The October event at Millennium Games was a standard 1850pt event and would be my last chance to practice with my GT army before the big event.

My first opponent was Chris (sinistermind) and his alien inspires tyranids.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-4 Weeks

This week was all about vehicles.  I spent most of my time finishing up the jetfighter.

Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Guard

My game this week was against Doug who I haven't played in nearly 2 years.  He brought out some IG to face the DE I've been working on.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-5 Weeks

Here's the weekly update for those who have been following along.  It wasn't the most productive week ever due to playing last Saturday and writing the report.  The same can be said of the next week as I have another game this weekend.  Next weekend is the monthly event at Millennium Games and in 2 weeks there will be a 40k lock-in.  Lots of games coming up so I'm excited about that.  Lots of reports to write afterwards also.  All this means less time for painting so the final 3 weeks will be a real push.

Here's a unit by unit update on the project army for the week.

Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Blood Angels & Space Marines 1850pts

Now that I have my army back on their bases, I decided to take a short break from painting and get a game in.  I threw out a challenge and my buddy Horst accepted.  He has a huge Aurora Chapter collection that he's played as codex marines and blood angels.  With the new ally rules, he can now play both at the same time!  It's also interesting to note that Horst started airbrushing about the same time as me and both our armies are heavily airbrushed.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-6 Weeks

I covered a lot of this week's progress in the last post about airbrushing bases.  That was an important milestone for me, officially ending the most time consuming aspects of airbrushing and bases.  Now I can finish detailing the army on an individual basis over the next 6 weeks.  I enjoy detailing and finishing models the most as I feel that's where they develop their character and persona.

Speaking of characters, my 3 HQ's are nearly finished now.

Batching Bases

I just finished batching up all of the bases for the army.  Well, at least the first part of building, priming, and base coating them.  Washes, dry brushing, and grass will come next.  I know the intense painting schedule will burn me out eventually and I like detailing models the most, so I figured I'd get the drudgery out of the way early and focus on the parts I enjoy most at the end.  Plus, the army kinda looks finished from far away now and my unfinished models won't stick out as much.

Here's a basic walk through.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-7 Weeks

I got tons accomplished over the past week and I'm making great strides towards the goal and deadline.  Unfortunately, this stage of progress doesn't offer much visually as my bench is covered in WIP bases and half the army is baseless in a pile.

I was able to do some exciting things tho as I jumped around from project to project.  This pic sums it up well.