Hobby Summary: April 2025

 

April was a great month for me, hobbywise. I think it's the most I've painted in one month in my entire life. The streak remains unbroken on day 166! I also managed to accomplish a big hobby goal and came quite close to achieving another.

Painted (75)

• 9 Mordor Orcs (MESBG)
• 1 Sand Sprinter (Print Minis)
• 1 Erroish Beast Trainer (Print Minis)
• Gorbag (MESBG)
• Mordor Orc Banner (MESBG)
• Shagrat (MESBG)
• 10 Spider Riders from Battle for Skull Pass (WFB)
• 1 Weather Shaman (Print Minis)
• 2 Uruk-hai Command (Captain and Banner) (MESBG)
• 12 Mordor Orcs (MESBG)
• 1 Mordor Orc Captain (MESBG)
• Grishnakh (MESBG)
• Gothmog (MESBG)
• Denethor (MESBG)
• Minas Tirith Banner (MESBG)
• 20 Warriors of the Dead (MESBG)
• Faramir Foot (MESBG)
• Lady of Gallia (Highland Miniatures)
• Boromir, Captain of the White Tower (MESBG)
• 1 Annointed (Trench Crusade)
• Heretic Priest (Trench Crusade)
• Artillery Witch (Trench Crusade)
• 5 Heretic Troopers (Trench Crusade)

It seems that April was mostly a MESBG month. I painted two Mordor Orcs instead of one today to enter May without any big unfinished business in terms of projects, that is also the reason I painted the Trench Crusade warband I intend to start a campaign with. I add their photo to this post, but over the next few days I'll post single models and the colour schemes I used.

Finished (74)

• 12 Mordor Orcs (MESBG)
• 1 Sand Sprinter (Print Minis)
• 1 Erroish Beast Trainer (Print Minis)
• Gorbag (MESBG)
• Mordor Orc Banner (MESBG)
• Shagrat (MESBG)
• 10 Spider Riders from Battle for Skull Pass (WFB)
• 1 Weather Shaman (Print Minis)
• 2 Uruk-hai Command (Captain and Banner) (MESBG)
• 12 Mordor Orcs (MESBG)
• 1 Mordor Orc Captain (MESBG)
• Grishnakh (MESBG)
• Gothmog (MESBG)
• 20 Warriors of the Dead (MESBG)
• Lady of Gallia (Highland Miniatures)
• 1 Annointed (Trench Crusade)
• Heretic Priest (Trench Crusade)
• Artillery Witch (Trench Crusade)
• 5 Heretic Troopers (Trench Crusade)

Once again, the models for Minas-Tirith remain unbased, so they cannot appear in this part.

Printed (35)

• 15 Separatist Battlebots (Darkfire Designs)
• 15 Stormtroopers (Darkfire Designs)
• 1 Devaronian Commando (Darkfire Designs)
• 1 Heretic General (Westfalia)
• 2 Gwyrdgalas Elf Captains (Medbury Miniatures)
• 1 Lady of Gallia (Highland Miniatures)

The first three entries were printed to have at least one mini from Star Wars to paint each day in May. The Heretic General is a design I like very much, I plan to test out some schemes for my MESBG elves on the Elf Captains and I painted the Lady of Gallia for Mother's Day.

Assembled (47)

• 8 Goremongers
• 1 Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Uruk-hai Banner
• 12 Mordor Orcs
• 1 Cad Bane
• 1 Maul
• 1 Rook Kast
• 6 Mandalorian Super Commando
• 8 Black Sun Enforcers
• 8 Pyke Syndicate

I managed to assemble half of the Blood and Zeal fomo box, finally assembled all my Star Wars: Legion miniatures and some more MESBG minis.

Assembled Terrain (1)

• Shrine Statue

I assembled and primed the terrain piece from the Blood and Zeal box, but did not get to actually paint it.

Bought (20)

• Blood and Zeal - 18 models (8 Goremongers and 10 Sanctifiers)
• Uruk-hai Command - 2 old metal models

What can I say: I love my KT fomo boxes. And I received the uruk-hai blister from a friend. A week later those models were painted!

Unlocked Achievements:

• More models painted than bought (75 vs 20)
• Painted something recently bought (Uruk-hai Command)
• Achieved a Painting Goal (Paint 100 MESBG Miniatures)
• Painted a unit (WFB)
• Painted a unit (MESBG)
• Painted a hero (MESBG)
• Painted a monster/vehicle (Necromunda)
• Painted a team (Trench Crusade)
• Painted a hero (Necromunda)