Squaduary 2021

Not Quite Mission Accomplished 

Well Squaduary 2021 wasn't quite as productive as I hoped it would be.  However I did get a lot done on these amazing models, and it was fun trying to figure out how to paint these scouts in my exaggerated 2nd edition style.  Since I bought these (and other metal scouts) in the days of third edition, I didn't realize they were 2nd edition models until the subject came up in the chat for the 40K2ndAC.  These sculpts are so detailed it's like painting 5 character models, I caught myself dumbstruck the other night at the idea I was painting the grenade pins on the models.  When you add in the different colors for the different grenades, hazard stripes on the chainsword, and two color shotgun shells, I'm breaking all the rules about three colors on a model.  On the other hand, making it even more cartoony than it was even in the pages of White Dwarf of the mid 90's is the way I like to paint my miniatures and as my favorite podcast is always emphasizing you have to "find your joy".  I will keep on working on these models for my first month of the 40K2ndACII and I hope you will keep following along with the fun here as well as at the main site for the challenge:

https://c0wabunga.com/2021/02/26/40k-2nd-armychallenge-season-2-launched/

Squaduary 2021 Starting Point

 Personal Challenges 

From my shallow and cursory research, Squaduary 2021 doesn't seem to have a central coordinator this year so I'm taking a page from a fellow blogger and pursuing the goal of painting a squad in the month on February as a personal challenge.  Never one to miss an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, this scout squad is also my first month's entry for the 2nd Edition Army Challenge Part II.  Since my first 6 month's in the original challenge led to many last minute submissions of my painted models that month, I am aiming for a less stressful approach this time around and trying to get some work done before the challenge even begins.  These scouts are another unit I have owned for many years but have never painted so I'm excited to complete painting on such wonderfully detailed sculpts from GW's past.  Thanks for following along and stay safe out there.