Another reaaaaaaaly delayed summary. For this one I won't use most of the categories, to save space. So, in April I managed to paint 3 Goliaths for Necromunda from start to finish. I have also played one game of Necromunda and assembled 24 miniatures:
This summary is so overdue it's not even funny, as I will probably publish the one for April tomorrow. Yet still March was a month where I finally finished a started project, so that's quite important (for me). Also, I have decided to drop the stats for printed miniatures. The reason for this is that I often get confused, as some prints are successful, other not, I put them in mixed baggies etc. So, for my own convenience I will remove the printed miniatures and vehicles from the sidebar. One other thing: I decided to change the "reward" for achieving the 120 models painted from a set of Victrix Vikings to a Viking Warband from Victrix for Pillage (fewer model count). And without further ado, let's see some statistics for March!
I will not lie, thus far 2026 was not kind for my hobby time and probably because of that I've grown lax and stopped having the attitude "I'll paint whenever I can, even if it's only 15 minutes". I invested a lot of time into the exam retakes in February, but afterwards it was mostly just not being able to kindle up the fire to actually sit down and paint. Maybe after painting so much last year I felt the burnout and need some time to get the mojo back? I don't know, but currently I've slipped into the old bad habit of buying much and not painting anything. Keep your fingers crossed that I'll manage to get back to painting again as I have so many fun projects lined up!
Unfortunately I don't have much to report for January. I managed to paint only 4 miniatures (orc boyz for WFB/TOW), as I was occupied with university and work stuff. I have some exams to retake in February, so this month might not be much better. I have bought or receive 40 miniatures (BattleTech: Alpha Strike, Siege Assault Battle Group, Malstrain Alpha, Traitor Overseer and Herald Consuls and a Loyalist Champion Consul). No games played and no achievements unlocked. Keep your fingers crossed that February will be better despite all the academic things I must do!
PS. I have managed to assemble the 6 Hangers-on for Necromunda!
In hobby terms, December was definitely my worst month of 2025. I have painted only 4 models (and by doing so finishd the Hierotek Circle) and bought or receved 64 (Ferren Areios, Prussian Strosstruppen, Underhive Hangers-on and Warhammer Quest: Darkwater). With so little to write, I dont't see the need to use the format I had for the entirety of the year. Also, the only achievement for the month is "Painted a unit (Kill Team).
I plan to write a summary of the year this week, so see you then! Happy New Year!
The scheme is mostly the same as for my other Nomad miniatures. I decided to use pink underpainting for the orange masks and I think it works quite well with Nuclear Orange. The new colours used were Ruddy Fur on the bug carapace armour on each warrior, Shamrock Green for the poison globes and Gore-grunta Furs for the leather straps. As for the spinewyrms, they were slapchopped, and then I used Dusk Red on the carapace, Bony Matter on the "underbelly", Sceleton Horde on the skulls on two of the bases, Basilicanym Grey on the rocks, Ratling Grime on the legs and Ahriman Blue on the eyes.
Slapchop underpainting
Quite nice to build, many options for different heads and weapons, poses more dynamic than the older sculpts.
The models themselve were assembled a long time ago. I recall that I didn't like how the listening devices attached to their heads, the point of contact was really small and bad and I had to glue more than one back after they just popped off randomly.
The scheme is basically the same as usual (and I'm really happy that my scheme transfers so well from the small tyranids to thoe big bioforms!). I changed Ushabti Bone for Ivory as I believe my pot of Ushabti bone is going bad. I used Flesh Tearers red on the space marine armour and some Blood for the Blood God on the torn pieces.
Recently a friend lent me 3 colorshift paints by GSW, namely Darth Blue, Evil Forest and Borealis Green, to test on some The Makers Cult models I printed. A while ago I decided that I wanted my Iron Hive models to have opalescent armour plates, so the only thing left was to find the hue that I liked most. The schemes above are almost the same in terms of colours used, with the only difference being the shifter paint used. I decided to buy the same set (which contains 3 more paints), and the other ones plus probably more from other companies, to have options for various future projects. From those three I like Borealis Green most (even though I don't think I would use it for my Iron Hive).
As for the paint scheme, it mostly follows the steps for my regular Gutrippaz and the recent Murknob. The new paints here are Ruddy Fur for the body of the gnashtoof, Tainted Gold for the ornamentation on the ruin it is traversing and Guilliman Flesh followed by Reikland Fleshshade on the banner attached to the back of the miniature.
