Chronicles of Dahara

  Painting Challenge 19 The End Jun 7 - Jun 30 The Challenge has had to come to an end.  The Empress has decreed a halt to most hobby efforts, until I finish a lot of construction on the house.  We hope to be able to put the house up for sale this winter, and move to a new area outside of Connecticut. For now, I will fall short with 715 items painted out of the 1000 I had hoped to get done.  As I did very little from the first week of June and still had 2 full months to go, I think I would have come very close to the target.   Here are some of the things I did get done. Meet Ta'Boor Campion of Khorne the Blood God I think it is a very old Citadel figure gifted to me by my partner in Friday Games Joe.  Found it after a reorganization of my stash and decided to just get it done.  Not sure what I will do with it but I like it. More Carthaginians Victrix plastic done up as Heavy Spearmint.  Have finished another full stand, but have not yet done the L...

  Painting Challenge 18 May 1 - June 6 The month of May into June showed some progress on my attempt to reduce the amount of bare figures.  It again was an eclectic group of figures that succumbed to the brush.  It was also a slow period as I decided to not count the figures as done unless I applied any transfers or decals that I had for them. First up, are 3 15mm Pz111,  that were received from my friend Barry.  Also there is a 6mm Soviet AAA missile launcher.   Next up is a squadron of Wildcat fighter planes for Blood Red Skies.  It adds to my collection of mainly Luftwaffe planes that I already have.  It was certainly an impulse purchase fore me. Here we have the first chariot that I have done.  I left space for a figure at the back of the chariot.  This way, I can make it a Roman/Gaul/Celtic chariot depending on the model. Here are the test figures for the Kingdom of Naples napoleonic Halbadeers of the Guard.  I have the rest of...

  Painting Challenge 17 Apr 1- Apr 30 This is the sum total of my painting for the month April.  A death in the family, and a vacation to Williamsburg Va ate into the time.   In the background, are the final infantry for the Imperial faction of my Thirty Years war project.  In the foreground, are more light infantry for my Neopolitans.  In this case, for the 1st of the 3rd line. I did however, take plastic and lead figures on vacation with me to assemble.  I managed to assemble: 64 Carthaginian warriors 3 U.S. WWII jeeps with crew 13 1/2400 WWII ships 4 Roman Legionnaires 62 Gaulic Warriors 2 Celtic Chariots 6 French Line So I figure it was a productive month even though there was very little added.  And unfortunately, more figures came in. April Statistics Beginning Balance 9757 Items Painted 10 Items Purchased/Gifted 139 Ending Balance 9886 Total painted 575    

  Painting Challenge 16 Mar 3 - Mar 31  It has been a hard month.  Family health matters took center stage this month, so I had little energy to devote to my painting challenge.  I also discovered that I forgot to post the results from February.  So here goes. First off sorry for the blurry image!  In the foreground is a 6 mm truck from GHQ Models, as well as some scatter terrain pieces to spiff up some bases.  In the left background are some Thirty Years War figures.  On the left are some reinforcing figures for my Neopolitans.  That was it for the period.  Here are the statistics. February 2025 Beginning balance  9800 Items painted 61  Items purchased 40 Net balance 9739 March 2025 Beginning Balance 9739 Items painted 22 Items purchased 40  Net balance 9757 Total for challenge 565

Painting Challenge 15 Feb 24 - Mar 2   This past week found me getting back on track for my challenge.  Here is what I got done. In small scale painting, this photo shows another platoon of M-60's in the rear for Cold War battles.  In the forefront are 3 M-1's for modern battles. Here we have more 30 Years War figures.  Slowly working my way through the few that I have left.  Soon it will be time to showcase the units that I created.  These units are generic ones as I didn't want to try to identify specific regiments. Here are more figures for my Neapolitan Army.  These are specifically for the 1/3 Line.  I have fixed the tired Halbard guard. Here are the rest of the figures for a Neapolitan Chasseur unit.  I chose to do them in the 1813 uniform, as the 3 regiments were issued lances, because who doesn't like lancers! Here is the completed unit with the command stand that I painted as a test stand for the unit.

Painting Challenge 14 Feb17-Feb 23 A short post with no photos.  Most of the week was spent chopping ice from the last storm.  I finally got the driveway and rear walk and deck done.  It did not do any favors for my back, so I only finished 6 figures. I didn't take any photos, as I just went ahead and put them into the Neapolitan Napoleonic battalions I am striving to complete.  I will post an army showcase next week for the 2 regiments that are completed.  Still have more to do including reinforcing the Neapolitan Guard battalions up to my 16 man formations. February will show the lowest figure count so far in my quest for 1000 items painted.  I am well over half way, so I am not too worried. More next week including news from our imagination campaign.