Galadhrim Warriors

My January hobby goal for 2023 was to complete this unit of 24 Galadhrim Warriors... and I managed to get them over the line on the 31st of January! Batch painting 24 models was a slog, but I'm thrilled to get the first unit of my Lothlorien army done!

Armour

The armour was sprayed Retributor Armour, shaded Reikland Fleshshade and then drybrush highlighted with Glistening Gold (Two Thin Coats) and Mythril Blade (TTC).

Blue robes

Base-coated Kantor Blue shaded Nuln Oil and highlighted Alaitoc Blue and Teclis Blue

Brown robes

Base-coated Doombull Brown shaded Nuln Oil and highlighted Doombull Brown/Wazdakka Red mix and then I added Squig Orange to that mix.

Skin

Basecoated Wraithbone, shaded Guilliman Flesh, highlighted Flayed One Flesh and Palid Wych Flesh.

Hair

Basecoated XV-88 shaded Agrax Earthshade and highlighted Tau Light Ocre and Ungor Flesh.

Wooden bits

Basecoated Dryad Bark, shaded Nuln Oil, highlighted Gorthor Brown and Baneblad Brown.

Bases

Painted Thondia Earth, shaded Agrax and dry brushed Nurgling Green. These Gamers Grass tufts/flowers were then added:

Abaddon and Loken

My first model(s) complete in 2023 is this Abaddon and Loken Character Series diorama from ForgeWorld. I think its a 2013 kit so the resin cast is a bit rough around the edges and miles away from the super crisp resin they now produce! I purchased this set during my first birthday visit to WW detailed here - Banjo Unchained: Warhammer World 2017 - Part 1: Visit & Swag!

Fun kit to work on. I first did the base, then Loken and Abaddon last. I used the follow reference guides =:

Base - Hobby Cheating 95 - Urban Ruin Bases - Part 2:Painting - YouTube

Loken - (2949) How to Paint SONS OF HORUS | WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY | Space Marines | - YouTube

Abaddon - (2949) How to Paint SONS OF HORUS JUSTAERIN | WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY | Space Marines | - YouTube

2023 Plans

This year's hobby goals are as follows:

First up is to focus on painting 600 points of Lothlorien elves. I've a game in the first weekend on March so time to get some pointed eared lads painted for that!

After that I'll be focusing on Nurgle. Iv'e already about 1k painted from 5 years ago and have all the models purchased (which is why I'm aiming for 5k- that's now much I've got in boxes!).

The rest will come later in the year. Time to crack on!

2022 Retrospective

 I've been spamming some posts on here the last few days as I wanted posts to cover my highlights from 2022 before being more regular with my 2023 hobby progress.

Looking back at 2022 these are the models I painted:

I also managed to play a lot of games!

Overall I'm super happy with everything I managed to achieve in the hobby last year. Loads painted, loads of games played and tonnes of fab memories!

Smaug!

 

The final model I worked on in 2022 was the mighty Smaug! I got this fella for my 40th, nearly 3 years ago so it was time he got some love. 

He was a pain in the arse to build but painting him didn't turn out to be as challenging as I expected. I think, because he is just soo big, I painted him like a piece of scenery - something I did a lot in 2022!

I'm super pleased with the end result. I may go back and fiddle with some minor details further down the line but for now, he's done!