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Well folks, that's a rap. Six months of painting has yielded me a 1,000 point (in 1997) army of full-metal Aeldari warriors, ready to defend the yet-unnamed craft world. The paint scheme is still developing, though the fundamentals of an Incubi Darkness base and bone-colored accents are here to stay. Here's the wraithlord (née dreadnought), that I finally finished for the end "slice" of the challenge.

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Not my finest work, but being constrained by temporal concerns had me focus less on improving my blending technique, and more on getting the thing photographed. The bone color was re-done entirely from my first attempt; a casualty of my ever-failing hex pot of Bleached Bone. I finally retired the old soldier, and quickly (emphasis on the quick) re-did all the bone with a more dependable blend of P3 paints (Menoth White Base, and Menoth White Highlight). Not exactly Oldhammer, but the paints were still designed by Mike McVey, so I think it still counts. Here's a final shot of the whole army:

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So now that the challenge is two weeks ended, I can finally give my thoughts. I want to start off by saying that the organization was superb. Dr. The Viking (the organizer) ran a great challenge, and moderated a great community, that I wished I took more part in, but nonetheless was a great, and positive, scene. I have been in my fair share of paint challenges, and I can't think of a single thing I'd suggest to improve this one.

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With all that said, I don't know if paint challenges are really for me, which is a shame, as there's a similarly-run one that deals with Warhammer Fantasy Battle, and every time it crosses my social media feed, I eye-up my box of bare-pewter high elves and think of what could be… The problem is that, while I try and fit fifteen minutes of painting a day into my schedule, I invariably get stymied by being on a schedule. The act of painting miniatures—which I desperately love—becomes another thing I need to do on my daily checklist. It's purely a mental thing, because I do work at the same desk I paint on, but the difference between "I'm done enough work, now I get to paint," and "I have to get this work done, so that I can put some time in to paint," is actually night and day for me. Every entry into a painting challenge is "good enough," and has a few things I'd do differently.

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At this point, with no tournaments on the horizon, I'm back to painting for the sake of it. Right now on my table I have a unit of ten Vanari Auralan Wardens, and three old Target Games Warzone figures. I have no impetus to paint them, and I can pick away at them as I see fit. Right now I'm playing around with inks and glazes on the Warzone figures, which is a luxury I wouldn't have with a deadline looming over me.

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In any event, I'm immensely glad I took part in this, and I'm proud of the results not only of my figures, but of everyone else's as well. Check out the whole challenge here, you won't be disappointed.

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Just a personal update today; nothing too exciting. I just realized I haven't written anything in a while.

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Work continues apace with my Warhammer 40k 2nd Edition Army Challenge. I didn't meet the April deadline for the Wraithlord (née Dreadnought), but I've been informed that the challenge actually ends in May, which is a way to guarantee all the participants get one mulligan during the challenge. Barring any unforeseen event, I actually should get the dreadnought painted by May 31st, no problemo!

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Really what takes up a lot of my time—and prevents valuable blogging—is a mixture of school and work. I'm almost finished a technical writing certificate at my local technical college, and I'm really enjoying it. I even took a class on JavaScript that was outside the program. I'm determined not to coast through like I did with university, so I do spend a lot of time thinking about how best to "convey chunks of information to my intended audience and stakeholders."

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Speaking of JavaScript, I'm using my new-found knowledge of the programming language to build a system for Foundry VTT. These things take a lot of time, so I don't want to say what it is in case anyone who's better at the language, and has more time, snipes it, but it's kind of a niche game anyway, and it doesn't appear anyone's working on it. I'll keep you—my loyal cohort—informed as to when it's useable, but don't slide to the edge of your seats just yet.

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I haven't been playing many games outside of my weekly role-playing night (which is really the highlight of my week). Right now we're playing through a friend's home-brew setting using the Index Card RPG. It's a lot of fun, and the system works well. I've had a bit of trouble trying to come up with anything resembling a review of it, because while I like it, it doesn't blow me away. It comes off as a more streamlined D&D5, which is great if you're looking for that sort of thing. The art, and presentation of the game looks great, though.

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I managed to get a game of Epic Armageddon in with a coworker. This is our second, and I'm teaching him how to play so that he can get his own force up and running and join in on the (rather-large) community my region has. Personally, my favorite edition of Epic is Epic 40,000 (1997), but I don't think it would be fair to teach someone to play an edition of the game that no one else in the area knows just so I can get some games in.

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Speaking of miniatures games, I'm going to sign off here with a heads up for everyone interested in miniatures gaming that Tuesday, May 17th is the Kickstarter launch of the newest edition of Warzone, the Mutant Chronicles miniatures game. This edition (technically the seventh if we're counting the Fantasy Flight Games version as an edition, and Prodos Games as having done two editions) is called Warzone Eternal, and I from what I've been following, I think it really has some legs. I'm not at all affiliated with the company, or the game, but I'd encourage everyone interested to check it out, as I'd really like this game to succeed, and become a miniatures gaming staple. I may have more to say about this soon. Check out the Facebook group here, and the Discord group here.

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Whew! A photo finish.

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It sounds like a strange thing to say for three models, but there were days where I thought I’d have to take a mulligan on this entry. I couldn’t exactly tell you why, either. Maybe it was school; maybe it was the disparate color scheme, but every time I sat down to paint it felt like I was just toying around with the models, rather than getting some solid work done.

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Anyway, one of the hurdles of the three was that I thought I’d try practicing some two-brush blending on the robes, only to realize that I probably didn’t have the time to make it really pop, so opted instead for my typical basic layering and edge highlighting. The Warlock with the green robes was the toughest as I first tried a Snot Green base, then a Woodland Green one, but they both turned out to be too thin (even over a white primer!). Finally I went with a Dark Angels Green, with Sunburst Yellow then Skull White mixed in for the highlights. The helmets of the green Warlock and the Farseer were Bilious Green with Skull White added in for the highlights.

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Overall, I’m really happy with how the gold turned out (Shining Gold with a Chestnut Wash, followed by a Mithril Silver highlight).

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Month 4 Army List Breakdown:

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Farseer – 170 pts.

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– Laspistol, rune armor

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Warlock – 51 pts.

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-Laspistol, rune armor

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Warlock – 51 pts.

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-Laspistol, rune armor

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Total: 272 pts.

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(When I wrote this army list I didn’t load these guys up with any wargear… Probably because my Dark Millennium box is in storage. Oh well, more points for my dreadnought next month!)

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This also means I can cross off a whopping two boxes on my 2022 hobby bingo! One for the Farseer, and another for the two Warlocks. I'm not going to bother to include a pic of the sheet here as it's the same as the previous post only with two more stamps on the A column. I also realize that the posts on this blog have been a bit sparse as of late. This is purely due to how much school work I have. I'm hoping to have more time to write and hobby later in the spring.

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Month three of the challenge has come and gone and I’m glad I chose the simplest slice to work on during the shortest window of the challenge (a measly twenty-eight days). I managed to refurbish my hex pot of Bleached Bone in order to paint these as authentically as I could. In fact, keeping with my old school painting experiment I used these figures as an opportunity to take up the use of inks again. With the exception of Flesh Wash, Chestnut Ink, or Armour Wash, I never really used them in the past, instead relying on simple three-tiered layering (shade, mid-tone, and highlight). Once Citadel came out with the shades (née washes), and other manufacturers followed suit, I waved goodbye to inks and put them into storage. The mighty Mike McVey, however, swears by them in his paint guides, and so I decided to dust off my bottles* and try a red glaze on all the red you see in these figures. I painted the red with Blood Red, then added Blood Angels Red, followed by Sunburst Yellow, then finally added Skull White to the mix. I then thinned out some Red Ink until it was mostly transparent and did one coat of that. Looking back I think I could’ve highlighted a little more extremely, as the Red Ink glaze blends the highlights all together, but that’s something to consider as I continue my inksperimentation.

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Not only do these fearsome warriors contribute towards the paint challenge I'm embroiled in, but they also fall within my 2022 hobby goals of only painting (space)(a)elfs! To add a third factor into my painting I'm also taking part in White Dwarf's Hobby Bingo, an informal activity where people keep track of what they accomplish in a year, and see how well they've done at year's end. This squad gives me a second stamp on the bingo board.

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*My hex pot washes and glazes had pigment sitting on the bottom that I couldn’t mix very well, and my third generation Citadel inks were thick and sludgy (the 12mL gem pots with the black flip caps), so I went with my collection of P3 inks from Privateer Press. Before you jump up and say “hey Carmin! Those paints aren’t old school!” Remember that they were created by Mike McVey himself, so if they’re good enough for him, they’re good enough for me. Right now, they’re my inks of choice.

By the order in which I chose my slices, you can tell I went with what I was excited to work on, because I really should’ve started with the largest slice. Regardless, I lulled myself into a false sense of security with five models last month, and transitioned into month two with a whopping ten Eldar! At least the biggest slice is over.

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Since I’m addicted to using paint handles, and I only own five, I decided that I’d paint these citizen soldiers in batches of five. Not a bad idea, I thought, until January 20th rolled around and I had only finished the first half! Still, they’re done, and while there are some things I’d have liked to put more time into, I’m actually pretty happy with how these turned out. I’m going for a new color scheme for my craftworld models going forward, and this is a good first draft.

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The armor was painted with the modern Citadel Incubi Darkness, and highlighted with a 50/50 mix of Incubi Darkness and the old hex-pot Hawk Turquoise, followed by an edge highlight of pure Hawk Turquoise. The helmets and weapons were painted using the paint scheme I’m going to mimic on my Howling Banshees in month three, which is 50/50 Snakebite Leather and Bleached Bone as a base coat, then a little bit of Skull White added in for a highlight, and finally just some Skull White on the edges (all old hex pot paints).

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Speaking of Bleached Bone, my venerable hex pot of Bleached Bone may have finally bitten the dust, and replacements have been hard to come by. I don’t know if it’s just my pot, but the old Bleached Bone is a richer, deeper, cream color than Coat D’Arms or even Warcolours replicated, which tend to be duller. I searched high and low for a good replacement, and finally found it in Scale 75’s “War Front” range (Camo Top Lights SW-22). If anyone out there has a hex pot of Bleached Bone and wants to help me confirm my findings, I wouldn’t mind a comparison between it and Coat D’Arms' Bone, and Warcolours' Bleached Bone to see if I’m crazy or not.

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Overall, I'm very happy with how these guys turned out. But there's always room for reflection, and growth. First of all, I wish I had more time to do some more subtle highlights on the armor. Really I just did a base coat, shade, chunky highlight, and an edge highlight, and want to work on my blending more. Secondly, I might switch the purple on the tabards and ribbons with a dark red next time I have to do any. Asuryan knows I have enough reds kicking around. I might even try a red I don't use much like Khador Red Base from P3, or Scarlet Blood by Vallejo Game Color (which looks nothing like its swatch).

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Next month is the five Howling Banshees. They're going to be painted similarly to how I painted the guns and helmets on these guardians, but with all the added flair of an aspect warrior. Stay tuned to my Instagram to see some work in progress pics, and until next time…

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I originally wanted to call this post "Year of the (Space) (A)elf," but what I've learned in my technical writing classes is that a title like that might turn people off from "engaging" in my "content."

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So a new year dawns, and with it comes a new set of hobby goals. I love making hobby goals for the new year, despite having a poor track record of finishing them. I do believe that my goals for 2021 were to paint every Direchasm war band for Warhammer Underworlds, and thinking about it now, I find that I have finished exactly one (1). Hobby goals are also something that's celebrated in the Brush Wielders Union (BWU); a positive, and supportive, group of like-minded hobbyists that I joined this past year. In the BWU they even give out enamel pins for those who manage to meet their hobby goals. Dare I say that I think this is just the kind of motivation I need to actually walk the walk.

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So for 2022, I've decided that I'm going to make my painting table particularly elf-y. Here's how and why:

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As you may remember, I am involved in a Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition army challenge wherein I chose to paint some models from my extensive Eldar collection. Combined with the fact that it appears as though Games Workshop is planning a new aeldari release, I think the decision as to which army I'll be working on for 40k is pretty well decided. A fully-playable, 2,000 point Craftworlds/Asuryani/Eldar army is my first hobby goal.

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You'll also recall from last week, that I've been playing Warhammer for over twenty-five years, beginning with the high elves in the Warhammer fourth edition starter set. Yet, for all that the Warhammer high elves mean to me, my Age of Sigmar experiences have been noticeably elf-less. This will change with my second hobby goal: a fully-playable, 2,000 point Lumineth Realm-Lords army.

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Those are the two goals I'd like to hold myself to this coming year, but I thought it might be fun to see how long and how far I can take this theme for 2022. So here are just a few ways that I think I can theme my year around all things (a)elf:

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Kings of War. Every year in Nanaimo, BC is a series of tournaments known as Kippers' Melee, where a large Kings of War contingent meet. I have an insane amount of old Citadel high elves kicking around, still on sprue. These would look great all based-up on movement trays and done up as a Kings of War army. To expedite this, I may rely more heavily on Citadel's Contrast paints than normal. I used Contrast paints almost exclusively on a Star Wars Legion Rebel army some years ago, and it turned out to be a quick and painless way to quickly do up an army. A third army in 2022 might be a tall order, especially considering the speed at which I paint, but it's something to consider.

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Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game. I recently came across a Rivendell army that I built and primed years ago. The warriors of Lord Elrond's house would fit well into an already elf-laden year of projects.

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Aeronautica Imperialis. The new set with asuryani planes just came out a couple months ago, and school and an apartment move got in the way of me really sinking my teeth into the set. A small squadron of planes could easily get heaped upon 2022's lofty pile of goals.

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Role-Playing Games. I could try running the Stormbringer RPG if I really wanted to subject my innocent gaming group to my madness, or try to exclusively play with elf characters in RPGs (with the exception of my podcast, wherein I'm already playing a dwarf character). in RPGs where elves don't exist, an otherworldly fay character could be made.

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Michael Moorcock's Elric stories. Speaking of an otherworldly fay character, I own the White Wolf Publishing collection of Michael Moorcock's Elric stories. I bought it years ago (at some cost) with the intent to have it be the springboard I use to get into his writing, but I haven't read it yet. I'm going to read it cover to cover.

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Wine. I dunno… Don't elves drink a lot of wine? Can't I do that?

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So there it is! 2022's all sketched out. If all goes according to plan, my brush shouldn't touch a single model that doesn't have pointy ears, and every gaming table I sidle up to should have the serried platinum ranks of (space) (a)elves ready to fight at my command. Let's check in a year from now to see how this all goes, shall we?

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Right under the wire for December, these Swooping Hawks descend onto the Internet with screeching lasguns!

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I chose this squad for a couple reasons: namely, that in my twenty-plus years of collecting and painting Eldar, I've never painted a Swooping Hawks squad before! The second reason is that I thought it would be good to start off the challenge with an Aspect Warrior squad, seeing as I'm adhering closely to the 'Eavy Metal Warhammer 40,000 Painting Guide from 1994, and Aspect Warrior color schemes are pretty standard. The third reason is simply that I really like jump pack troops. Ever since I was twelve and took part in a summer event at my local Games Workshop where some kid annihilated me with his Blood Angels Assault Squad.

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The above picture is the four-step process that Mike McVey outlines in the painting guide. The hitch for me was that the guide called for Horizon Blue, which I don't own. Luckily in the Armies of the Imperium supplement for the second edition of Epic Space Marine has a color section in the middle of the rulebook, which details all the color recipes for the paints from the not-yet-released Epic Battles Paint Set, which included Horizon Blue. Turns out it's just Enchanted Blue with Space Wolf Grey mixed in. With that settled, I was able to go from the Enchanted Blue you see on the left, to the Horizon Blue you see on the rest of the examples.

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You'll also notice that I painted my Exarch a different color scheme. This was also sort of the norm back then, as you can see in the below pic from the same page.

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I don't know why that is, nor do I actually know how they achieved the above result, but I figured out how to reverse-engineer it as best I could. Actually, looking at it now, I bet you they used Ork Flesh for the end of the rifle instead of Woodland Green, which I used. That's okay, I don't own Ork Flesh yet.

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You'll notice that I eschewed the traditional Goblin Green bases. I mentioned why in the second-to-last paragraph in my introductory post, so go read that before you charge me a heretic.

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So I had a good time painting these guys, despite having to use a back-up painting lamp as I'm in-between my old one breaking and my new one being lost in the mail. I also underwent an inter-building apartment move and a full-season of Christmas retail, while working on these guys. Next month I'm back to two classes at my local technical institute, as well as work, so it's really a toss up whether I can finish ten Guardians (I still think I can do it).

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It's always important when painting to be happy with your results, but look for ways to improve. I'd like to try black-lining a bit more, which is tricky, as it was recommended that you prime with white in all these painting guides. I also need to work on my paint consistency more. I've noticed I'm still getting some chunky and streaky results, and I think that's because I'm not thinning my paints enough. This is also tricky, as the old paints are thinner than the new ones, and I already use a wet palette.

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As always, follow my progress on Instagram (I promise I'll post more WIPs from here on out). You can also follow along on Twitter, and Facebook, but more Work In Progress stuff will be on Instagram, and if you're reading my blog posts, you're already seeing as much as I post on Facebook. Also, follow the hashtag #40k2ndAC on Instagram and Twitter to see others' progress. Catch the full challenge on the host's website, and follow his progress as well.

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

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Here on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, we don't often get snow on this day, which makes the stereotypical white Christmas a quirky thing you see in movies or TV. But this year the snow's falling, which lends an amount of joy into a rather mixed-bag of a year. COVID's still a thing—here in British Columbia, Canada, more than ever—but so far this Christmas is exactly what I needed to give my mind a rest from that; at least for a day.

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Today I mostly wanted to talk about the fact that I've been playing Warhammer for twenty-five years, but first I'm going to show off a bit of my yuletide gift-haul:

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Those are some much-beloved Turbo Dork paints; metallics and Turboshift. I love these paints, and while I don't know exactly what I'm going to use these on just yet, I know it'll be exciting. "Black ice," and "spicy meatball" are the two I'm most excited about.

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Also, those of a certain vintage will remember Crystal Caste dice. I always saw these advertised in Dragon magazine, or Scyre, but never owned any. Crystal Caste is still around (obviously), but I haven't heard much from them, nor seen them in many shops around here. Keep your dials tuned to the Adventure.exe podcast if you want to hear these things clatter around.

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Speaking of "a certain vintage," today marks the twenty-fifth year since I received the Warhammer Fantasy Battle fourth edition starter set, and began my journey in miniatures gaming. Christmas 1996 was when I first popped the high elves and goblins off of their sprues and began the arduous task of painting each of the 104 models with "smelly primer" using a "standard brush." To make a long story short, this changed my life. Not only have I been a gamer ever since (the only label I feel the slightest bit comfortable putting on myself), but I've also been a diehard elf fan. Which is why I treated myself to this (the rulebook I already owned. I just thought it would make a nice comparison):

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I'll have more to say on this topic next week on my year-end and year-beginning post, but let's just say that this "Vanari Shining Host" will factor in to 2022's plans, and will be a triumphant return to my Warhammer roots: commanding legions of tiny, pointy, high elves.

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However you mark this day, or whatever you received, I hope it is a bit of respite from the way things have been going. I know for myself, being a retail worker, this time of year is more stressful than not, but if I can find a bit of peace, I hope you can too.

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Folks, I'm back from the black tar pits of school to bring you more Carmin-centric hobby content; and what's more Carmin than biting off more than he can chew? That's right, it's another painting challenge. I've technically* only finished one in my whole damn life, but I have the verve required to meet every potential painting challenge with a wild "of course, that sounds like a lot of fun."

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This one is a bit unique. An oldhammer blogger by the name of Dr. The Viking is hosting his third Warhammer 40,000 second edition army-painting challenge. There are full details at his site, along with the contest intro, but the gist of it is that the participants create a 1,000 point army list using 40k second edition codices, the grey list, or White Dwarf articles from that period (1993–1998), break that army into five "slices," and paint each "slice" over the course of a month for five months. There will be featured write-ups and pictures over at his blog, but I'm also going to post my progress here.

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For this challenge I'm unearthing my eldar collection, which I've amassed over the decades. Much of it has sat primed and unpainted in storage, set aside in favor of newer sculpts. You can see from the below picture that every model is from that era, and is all pewter (or lead… Honestly, I'd rather not know). This picture is also annotated to show each "slice." The painting begins now, so I have until January 1st to finish "slice" one.

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I built the army based on a few factors, the first being legality. I did actually build this army to be a legally-playable 1,000 point army were it 1997 and I was popping down to the local Games Workshop to play a few games on a Friday night—albeit without much wargear, because my copy of Dark Millennium is still in storage. Secondly, I chose models I've been wanting to paint for a while (guardians), models I love painting (howling banshees and warlocks), and models I've never painted before (swooping hawks). The wraithlord (née dreadnought) just felt good to throw in, kept with the pewter exclusivity, and would be quicker to paint than a falcon or fire prism.

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The color scheme I'll be attempting is one I hope to use on all my future eldar miniatures. I've waffled on various color schemes for my beloved eldar throughout the years, going from Biel-Tan to one of my own devising (purple and blue; what was I thinking?), to finally something that looks along the lines of this:

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For the aspect warriors I'll be following the painting guides in the 'Eavy Metal Warhammer 40,000 Painting Guide by Mike McVey, using the old paints to do so.

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Finally, I just wanted to put this out there that I will not be painting Goblin Green bases. I know, I know, I hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth through the Internet, but it will not be done! I actually have enough armies that have Goblin Green bases from that era, and while I don't hate the look of it, I do want these models to integrate somewhat into a newer color scheme. These will be based on ice world bases, which do mesh with this throwback look. If you crack open your Epic 40,000 Battles Book (1997) you'll see that some of the Space Wolf stands had an ice world look, while the impressive pictures of the Valhallans facing off against the all-purple Tyranids in the Warhammer 40,000 Third Edition Rulebook (1998), also had a basing scheme that went against the 'Eavy Metal standard of the time.

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So keep your dials tuned to this blog, as well as my Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (sure, why not?). You should also keep tabs with the host's socials to see the other participants' entries (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter). I'll be posting work-in-progress photos, as well as final submissions. I'll also be re-blogging the write-ups I send in. Here's hoping I have the gumption to finish a challenge this time!

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Welcome to part IV of a miniseries on the history of Citadel Colour as told by me, just some guy who's been following this stuff for most of his life. You can read part I here, part II here, and part III here. Without further ado, the continuation:

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In 1998 Citadel Colour went through another revision a mere four years after the hex pots came out. Honestly, I couldn’t find any information on the intent or philosophy as to why this revision happened, save that they moved to a new manufacturer in France. Even the White Dwarf that announced the change (#222, June 1998) is light on details, simply saying that the range is formulated so that each paint is a shade and/or a highlight for another. This cascading format would continue towards their latest pant range you can find in shops now. At the time, however, the main complaint lay in the pots.

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Where once you got 20mL of paint in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, you then got 17.5mL in 1994. Now in 1998 each pot only contains 12mL, and comes with a screw-on cap to boot, a cap, which was infamous for letting paint get in the threads, compromising the quality of the seal and causing paint to dry-up prematurely. A cap redesign was inevitable, though. A common complaint with the white (and black, red, and blue) flip-caps of the previous generations was that they often broke off their hinges, even if their seal was unbeatable (and all mine are still usable twenty-seven years later). The screw-caps of the 1998 revision were the bane of every painter, and were (in my theory) the number one reason why people migrated to other ranges, which started to spring up around this time.

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It’s worth mentioning, however, that despite the terrible paint caps this range was actually very well thought out. It can’t be ignored that the idea of creating “triads of paint” (shades, bases, and highlights) was a good move, and this range also gave us back the plethora of grays that were noticeably absent from the hex pot era.

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This cap issue would get remedied in the 2003 update to this range, along with the addition of six new paints in less-fantastic, military-style colors (Tanned Flesh, Terracotta, Graveyard Earth, Kommando Khaki, Desert Yellow, and Catachan Green). Sadly they would also use this opportunity to discontinue fifteen paints including such gems as Leprous Brown, Nauseating Blue, and Jade Green. The caps worked well enough. They simply screwed on to the already existing pots and created a really tense hinge that had two modes: open at a sharp 90°, or closed tight.

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By this time, however, McVey had moved on, first to Wizards of the Coast where he—along with Chris Pramas, later of Green Ronin fame—helped set up the miniatures division with the superb D&D Chainmail miniatures game (not to be confused with the proto-D&D miniatures game Chainmail by Gary Gygax & Jeff Perren), then later to Privateer Press where he not only headed their painting studio, but helped set up their P3 (or Privateer Press Paints) line of paints, which come styled in a familiar pot design, and are meant to be used in wet blending on your models.

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After the 2003 lid redesign, Citadel Colour rested on its laurels for four years, before deciding to shake things up with the Foundation paints in 2007, and the Citadel Washes in 2008.

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Next time: I talk about the period between 2007 with the release of the Foundation paints, and 2012, when the range sees its biggest shakeup in fourteen years.

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