2020 Imperial Backlog Clearance Project

[Cleon]

With another year finished and more side projects building up, I've decided to try and focus myself by showing my progress (or lack thereof) focusing on my Imperial Projects (first?) Although there will be periods of inactivity when I'm working on some of my historicals and my Death guard. I don't expect to hit all my targets, but the visible reminder they are out there should stop me from quite as many impulse purchases...

 

Project 1: Blood Angels - Target reached

Target - Get the 5th (Primaris) company to nominal company strength (circa 100 Marines, plus Officers and at least 3 Vehicles/walkers)

Progress pre 2020 - Officers and 45 Marines

2020 Progress:

15 Intercessors:

10 Reivers:

6 Inceptors

Redemptor Dreadnoughts

10 Assault Intercessors

5 Helblasters

3 Eradicators

10 Incursers

3 BladeGuard

3 Bladeguard Characters

Repulsor

Charaters:

 

Model Backlog:

10 25 Intercessors 15 done, last ten might get bounced if 'Heavy Intercessors turn up)

10 Reivers Done

6 Inceptors Done

5 HellBlasters Done

3 Aggressors

2 Redemptor Dreadnoughts

1 Repulsors - One cone

Extras

10 Incursors - Done

10 Assault Intercessors

3 Bladeguard Done

3 Eradicators

5 Indominus Characters 

 

Project 2: House Raven

Target: Paint my Knight Backlog.... - Failed...

Progress pre 2020 - 1 Questoris, 2 Armigers

2020 Progress:

Knight

2 Helverins

 

Model Backlog:

1 Knight Castellan

1 2 Questoris Knights

1 Armiger

1 3 Helverins

 

Project 3: Ad Mech - COMPLETE

Target: A well populated Battalion Detachment

Progress pre 2020 - 2 Enginseers, 16 Vanguard, 9 Rangers, all still needing basing.

2020 Progress:

2019 progress completed & based

Datasmiths and robots:

Onager:

Dominus

2nd Dominus and his smithy friend

Kataphrons

Skitarii

 

 

 Model Backlog:

2 Magos Dominus Done

4 Vanguard (part painted)  Done

1 Ranger (part painted) Done

10 Skitarii Done

1 Onager -Done

6 Robots Done

3 Datasmiths Done

3 Kataphrons - Done

 

Project 4: Deathwatch - FAILED

Target: A Battalion Detachment

Progress pre 2020 - A 4th Ed Kill team, somewhere in one of my cases....

2020 Progress:

Characters and Powr armur marines from Kill team Cassius

Model Backlog:

1  Captain Artemis

1 Kill team Cassius 9 of 11 models done

2 Veteran Kill teams

1 Primaris Kill team

1 Venerable Dreadnought

 

Project 5: Space Wolves - COMPLETE

Target: A Battalion Detachment

2020 Progress:

20 Grey hunters:

 

10 Blood Claws:

 

Heroes:

 

Terminators:

 

ThunderWolves:

 

Intercessors

 

Model Backlog:

1 Krom Dragongaze -

1 Primaris Battle leader (I think Hastor Icepelt or something like that)

1 Battle leader  -  forgot I had the chap from the Prospero box 

20 Grey hunters 

10 Blood Claws 

5 Wolf Guard Terminators - Built

5 Intercessors

3 Thunderwolves

 

Project 6: Dark Angels - COMPLETE

Target: A strong Patrol Detachment

2020 Progress:

Tactical Squad:

Deathwing:

Intercessors:

Dark Vengance Characters

Extras:

 

 

Model Backlog:

1 Master 

1 Chaplain

1 Librarian

10 Tactical Marines

5 Deathwing

5 Intercessors

Extras allocated:

1 Ancient

1 Primaris Lt

 

Project 7 Talons - COMPLETE

Target: A Custodes Patrol

2020 Progress

Vexalia and 4 Sword and shield Custodes:

Impulse buy captain

Spear Custodes including maybe captain

 

5 Sisters:

5 more Sisters:

 

Model Backlog:

5 10 Custodes

5 10 Sisters of Silence

 

And Oh dear, typing that out its a lot more than I thought.... Well lets see how I get on.

Edited January 2, 2021 by Cleon

[Axineton]

Bloody hell that is a backlog! Good luck mate I’ll be watching this thread. 

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

Wasn't sure what to make of them at first but after clicking the pictures and getting a better look they look promising!

[Cleon]

Skitarii 26-30 done and the 30 plus the two Enginseers based:

I need to set up a better photo position somewhere, the overhead energy saving bulbs don't do them any favours (Not that they are my best work, the cloak effects just didn't work and they ended up a bit bloccked out)

 

Next 5 Intercessors mostly done, need Decals, basing and a bit of touching up

 

Started the Deathwatch, Librarian, Wolf and Dangle from the Kill team mostly done, but need more washes and highlights (and the space wolves knee detail looks rubbish)

 

Then grabbed the other three 'foot' vets (Fist, Ultra and Iron hand), got them built and sprayed along with the Onager. 

Picked up Mortal reals to try out some gold recipes for the Custodes on the Stormcast.

Next up for build is some more Blood Angels & a pair of robots.

[Majkhel]

You're going like crazy, brother! And chugging out good TT quality as well. Mind saving some BA goodnes for the ETL?  ;)
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

[Cleon]

If there was a chance I'd have my Blood Angles all done before May, I'd take it :), but realistically I'll have plenty of Angels left for the ETL.

 

Even if I manage to get this project done, there's all my scouts and the 4th Company still to do...

[Cleon]

Didn't manage to take any photos last weekend, so a double update (and a slight 'pinking' effect from the lights in the games room, need to try somewhere else next time)

 

Blood Angels:

Lt. and Intercessors completed:

First 5 Reivers (that I missed in the to do list...) also done:

 

Deathwatcch:

Kill Team Cassius mostly done, (Terminator and Biker to do)

 

Ad Mech:

Pair of robots and pet datasmith done:

Onager tank in progress:

 

Also, (not pictured), 5 Custodes (including Vexalia), 5 more Reivers, 3 Inceptors and the legs sub assembly of the Questoris knight built and undercoated. Next build project probably grey hunters.

 

Edited February 2, 2020 by Cleon

[Cleon]

Decent progress, even if the parade of storms has seriously limited my opportunities to undercoat models...

Finished (although the pictures showed me a few touch ups I need to do I hadn't spotted):

The second 5 Reivers:

The first 5 Custodes:

The 'legs' sub assembly of the Questoris knight:

 

Then WIP continues:

I'm lacking inspiration for the DW bike and terminator, they may drag on for a while getting bits here and there as I have paints open

BA Plasma Inceptors coming along

Onager just needs the little icon I found on the knight sprue finishing up and attaching to the front, then the base doing

 

Not bad two months of progress, 10 Grey hunters, the knight torso (minus armms and head) and a Custodes bike captain (first slip purchase of the year) in flight for undercoating whenever the wind/rain dies down.

[Cleon]

More progress, Primarily the Knight done, he's come out slightly darker red than the first, but not too much so:

Also got the three Plasma Inceptors done - still working with micro sol to try and get the knee decals better set (the big GW sheet decals are pretty stiff), will glue them to flight stnads once happy with that.

And the Jetbike Captain for the Custodes done as a fun little side add on

The grey hunters are built, bases done and started on the first batch, still trying to get the grey were I want it. Dark Vengence tactial squad built and sprayed green for the Dangles

[Majkhel]

Good job, brother! :)

 

Although I heartily recommend you do not use the flight stands - they break a lot. I myself have already broken 3 of those, which is something considering I have only 5 Inceptors still attached to those (had 6). One managed to break when I was picking a model up from the magnetic tray. And that was only a 4x2mm magnet resistance.

[Cleon]

Well isolation is at least good for something... Dark Angels Tactical squad done and the first few Grey hunters finished (other 6 in progress.), Overall I'm not too far off a quater of the wway threw at the end of March.

[Cleon]

Grey Hunter pack now done, Sisters of silence in progress

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good job on Leman Russ' sons.

[Majkhel]

I like this colour scheme on the SoS. Very austere. They do need some other colour on their bases though :)

[Cleon]

Yep, I tend to base models last otherwise I rub a load of it off holding the base when I paint them. They're coming along quite well, I had to gold up the shoulders a little as the brass disappeared in poor light.

[Cleon]

Sisters of Silence now done:

The next pair of robots and the Dark Vengence Dark Angels characters and Deathwing now being undercoated, the Helverins and next batch of Space wolves next up for assembly 

[Cleon]

FistBots done, took advantage of having the appropriate paints open to also finish off the bits of the Onager that's been hanging about:

 

Also got the Deathwing done, I hadn't really twigged how little they had in common with the characters (bone -white terminators, green Captain, blue Librarian and black Chaplain), so the characters have lagged behind.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Cleon

[Cleon]

Errgh a bit of a break between posts, turns out painting two Helverins at once was a bit too big a batch and I got sidetracked and started procrastinating (which is good news for my WW2 Germans who've been waiting ages for their armoured train to get painted), but I also worked on some more Space Wolves at the same time:

Next up my Redemptor Dreadnought for the LPC:

[hushrong]

Nice work churning these marines and machines out!

[Cleon]

And the Redemptor Dread done:

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work on the Redemptor.

[Cleon]

Excellent work on the Redemptor.

Thanks, I'm really pleased how it came out, I have a half finished old assault on black reach snapfit dread I'd started to paint in Mephiston red when the new paints first came out and I couldn't get the red to pop properly like the old blood red - I think I've finally got it (how many years later?)

 

More progress - Grey hunters (built to the pattern of the Stormclaw squad)

 

Working on the Tech priest Dominus and have built and sprayed the remaining Custodes and Sisters as well as Krom and the other Space wolf characters. With ETL delayed I might do a small batch of Blood Angels after that as they are lagging behind a little

 

[Majkhel]

Oh yes, this red definitely brings back the Blood Red vibe, good job! :)

[Cleon]

The rest of the Custdes done and the techpriest finished.

 

i've aso put together the Dark Angels In terceessors and given them a boxed set Lt and an ancient since I'm guessing I'll get more of those in the ninth ed box.

[Verux]

Impressed by the amount of work you have gotten done!