A Tale of Duelling Gamers My Final Efforts

 

Well I have come to the end of my $700 Games Workshop spend equivalent and have added the final painted miniatures to the Vampire Count Force I have always wanted to build. This has been really enjoyable, to see the others involved put their units and characters together has been inspirational and the motivation I needed to carry on. Though I will never claim great painting skills, on mass the theme I wanted occurred and I am happy with the look of them all. So what did it all cost me? Have a look at the end.

First the last of the miniatures and interestingly the characters. I have one more item to do but as I am about to take my son on a road trip to Lake Mungo, Adelaide and into Melbourne I may not get time to finish it. (Tis a small terrain piece in keeping with the theme)

The small force arrayed, it was not quite finished but who cares.

Black Knight BSB

The new foot characters, Wight King BSB if I don't use the Black Knight, my Foot Vampire Lord and the Vampire I will use as a hero

BSB from above, the mounted version of the foot miniature from above and a mounted Wight King

Vampire Lords should always look elegant.

Close up a bit more detail but still a bit of a quick paint job.

Oldie but a goody.

 

So the costs....hmm love workshop minis but using Mantic, second hand and leftover bits and bobs means that my wife will be much much happier. Points cost, oh can't be bothered tonight maybe next blog entry.

Month	Spend Allowance	GW Cost	Actual Cost	Miniatures
April	200	69 69 22 (160)	12.5 12.5 3	20 mantic rev = 20 graveguard,  1 necromancer
May	100	79   55 (134)	25   25	3 m werewolves = 3 crypt horrors 20 m zombies
June	100	90	free	blackcoach
July	100	50	30	5 Black knights bret
August	100	83	10	Carrion = Fell bats
September	100	41   26   10   41 23   44	10   5   6   5 2   9	1 Mtd vampire lord and foot mini 1 Foot Vampire lord Mtd Battle Standard Bearer Mtd Wight King Foot Wight King BSB 3 spirit hosts
	$700	$702	$155.00

A tale of Duelling Gamers, the race for the finish line.

Well I am down to the wire and trying to get the last of the miniatures painted. The units and bigger items are done and the character models are getting there. Hopefully I will have time to put a little more effort into the characters, at least that is the idea.

The last unit, Spirit Hosts ($44.00 GW value but I only spent around $9.00 for the fireforge 28mm man at arms)

 

 

Characters a WIP sorry about the overexposure, when complete I'll take better images hopefully. Hard to work out the cost at GW vs Actual on these as some of the minis do not have an equivalent and needless to say I did not pay full price for any of them.

spring has sprung and the club numbers start to grow again

Well it would seem that the quietness of August was due to the cold as our first monthly meeting on the Friday just gone showed that the numbers were back up. Great to see some of the younger lads return with their boxes of minis. Just to show that games happen in Moruya on with the show.

Wings of Glory WWI four players tonight

 

Finishing off my bloodbowl game Wicked Elves won woot.

Battletech, I feel so dumb giving away my old mechs.

4 kids on the 40 K table, one big free for all.

Roleplayers using Pathfinder. Notice how the caffeine keeps us all going into the later hours of a Friday night.