Iain was kind enough to comment on my post earlier and inquired whether I was planning on cross-posting here as well. As I have had so much pleasure and inspiration over they years seeing Epic continue to grow and flourish on TacCmd, I thought I should do so for the 'Ultramarine Winter Challenge'. A rather grandiose title for what is essentially just me trying to kick my arse in gear to paint some Epic again as it has been more years than I care to remember.
So, I set myself a goal of painting some Epic throughout the winter months in a not disimilar approach to your famous ToEG blogs. Why didn't I just post it there then? I hear you ask. Mostly because the updates in the main will be on my Dropship Blog under the tag '2nd Company' and it is a bit late in the year to be starting a 2012 entry.
Instead I will endeavour to at the very least cross-post here when there is an update and, where possible add a bit more information should I forget to include it in the blog. There is no fixed end goal, or plan to this and I have set myself some loose objectives to hopefully keep the motivation going and at the very least aim for getting 3000 - 4000 points wrapped up. I don't have unlimited numbers of miniatures kicking around waiting to be painted blue, but I do certainly have a selection that spans all era's of Epic, so expect a few 'heritage' models to get a mashup with recent editions. In fact, if there was any rule to this army I have set out with it is "mix it up"
I have no idea where this will end up and prefer to just see where the mood and paintbrush take me.
Oh yes, if you are familiar with Kickstarter and the stretch goal targets, you may recognise a 'tongue in cheek' nod towards that as one of my cheap motivational gimmicks.
As all projects have to have a beginning, the target for November is 700 points and it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that I am well on the way to completing that as it only adds up to a Land Raider and Tactical Detachment. In fact, there they are to date 90% done:
Now, back to finishing the Tactical Squads to hit the target and set the next goal.
Regards
Carl
Dropship Blog
