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Green_Dragon · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:01 am

How are we all going this month? I've not completed anything just yet and doubt I will but I have a few things in the works for next month. I'm back painting Uruk-Hai at this stage working on 6 Pikes and a siege ballista.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:50 am

Doing pretty well. I'm not sure what the status of this competition is, as we seem to have lost our fearless leader. Hopefully everything is ok with Erunion...

Green_Dragon · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:27 pm

Agreed, hoping all is well and he returns. In the meantime I'm going to keep posting my updates so if he does return it can be recorded. Next month for me isn't going to be pretty, I finally put in that big order I was planning on.... I believe about 8 boxes of Hobbit plastics.

Erunion · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:47 am

Greetings, Gents.

I'm here. Just been on automatic pilot for a couple of weeks. My grandmother passed away, then my wife's grandfather passed away, then her grandmother had to be moved into an assisted living facility, and then you have Holy Week (which is always busy for pastors). Then, in addition to all of those things, a friend of mine passed away unexpectedly on Good Friday. I just haven't had a chance to catch my breath!

Thankfully, God's grace has been sufficient to withstand all of this, and I know that I will be reunited with them again.

Needless to say, this series of unfortunate events have conspired to prevent me from pursuing ANY of my avocational interests. However, things are beginning to return to normal.

Give me a couple of days to get everything sorted, and we'll be back in business. Sorry for the confusion!

Green_Dragon · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:09 am

Sorry to hear erunion. I thought you may have been having a rough time but that takes the cake! I wasn't meaning to rush you in anyway my intentions were to just keep the thread alive until you're ready to return.

mertaal · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:51 am

Indeed- bad news doesn't come in threes, it comes in fives and sixes! What a month you've had. Hope you're managing to cope with it all. I know these things which all happen at once can really impact on the stress levels.

Wishing you all the best, anyway.

I've been quite good this month- bought a few bits and pieces but also done a fair bit of painting too, thanks to the GBHL tournament I had scheduled
So, i have painted:

7 Uruk Berserkers
8 Uruk Crossbowmen
An Uruk Captain
An Uruk Shaman.
Grima on foot
Saruman on foot

Before the end of the month I hope to have painted Saruman mounted too (for the painting comp).

Also, I have started, but not finished,
5 Uruk Berserkers,
12 Feral Uruk
Vrasku

I took the above to the Desolation of Stockport tournament, rather disappointed i didn't get them all fully painted. On the first weekend of May I have a tournament in Mansfield (1000pts- eep!) and am taking them, along with the plethora of armoured Uruks I painted in January. Long story short, I hope to get them /mostly/ finished before the tournament, but it probably won't be by the end of the month.

So, buying:
Gandalf the Grey on cart.
Grima (for a horse conversion).
Sharkey (hurrah!).
A box of Fell Wargs.

aelfwine · **Joined:** Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:23 am **Posts:** 508

Backlog Reduction Oath - April 2014

Purchased

Nothin'
Total:0pts

Painted

* Though man I really spent some time on him. This month was exam and final paper month and me being burned out month, so the actual progress was generally slow. The mercenaries didn't turn out amazingly. I really need new paintbrushes, which I shall purchase at the weekend. Also, a long list of paints. Humph.

total: 19pts

Not a bad month, all told, though. Next month, time to get more Dwarves done.

Honba · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:05 pm

I will paint all of this, honest.

Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report

Miniatures Bought:

Forlong the Fat
6 x Axemen of Lossarnach
13 x Warriors of Arnor
1 x Arnor Banner Bearer
Hill Troll Chieftain Buhrdur
6 x Dead Marsh Spectres
2 x Barrow Wights
6 x Mordor Uruk-hai
1 x Uruk-hai Captain
1 x Uruk-hai Banner Bearer
3 x Rohan Royal Guard
3 x Rohan Royal Guard on Horseback
Witch King of Arnor
Witch King of Arnor on Horseback
2 x Goblin Drummers (plus drum)
1 x Goblin Sharman
1 x Goblin Captain
1 x Black Guard Drummer
1 x Black Guard Captain
1 x Black Guard Banner Bearer
9 x Black Guard of Barad-Dur
2 x Dwarf Kings
3 x Dunedain of the North

Miniatures Painted:

1 x Orc Siege Bow Crew Member

rumtap · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 2:30 am

I didn't have a lot of time for painting this month so I did a couple of rush jobs last week just to get something done!

Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report

Miniatures Bought:

None

Miniatures Painted:

1 cave troll (3 points)
1 mounted ringwraith (2 points)

I hope to have more painting time in May! My backlog is reducing but not fast enough!

JamesR · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 2:44 am

I've finally got around to painting up some more LOTR figs. I hadn't in a bit

Bought
6 Abrakhan Guard
2 Half Trolls
2 Mahud Raiders
Ugluk and Vrasku

Painted
The Golden King of Harad
Vrasku
5 Abrakhan Guards
Aragorn
Boromir Captain of the White Tower mounted
giant spider
bat swarm

Total points: 0 lol broke even

mertaal · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 7:54 am

Ok, my final list:

12 Uruk Berserkers :12pts
12 Uruk Crossbowmen :12pts
An Uruk Captain :1pts
An Uruk Shaman. :1pts
Grima on foot :1pts
Saruman on foot :1pts
Saruman Mounted :2pts
Wild Warg Rider :2pts

+32pts

And, buying:
Gandalf the Grey on cart. -3pts?
Grima (for a horse conversion). -1pt
Sharkey (hurrah!). -1pt
A box of Fell Wargs. -6pts

Presuming Gandalf on Cart is correct, -9pts

Net total +23pts.

9 models bought. Personal goal 18 (paint 2 for each 1 bought). 30 painted. Success!

Reto · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 9:49 am

Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report

Miniatures Bought:
1 Bannerbearer of Dol Amroth 1p
1 Bannerbearer of Dol Amroth on horse 2p
1 Kardush the firecaller 1p
1 Grimbold 1p
1 Malbeth the seer 1p
1 Arvedui 1p
1 Mauhur 1p
1 Great beast of Gorgoroth 6p
10 Orcs on top of the great beast 10p
1 Gandalf on Shadowfax 2p
1 Radagast 1p
1 Goblin shaman 1p
1 Nazgul on foot 1p
1 Glorfindel 1p
1 Galadriel 1p

31 points in total

Miniatures Painted:
29 Goblins 29p
1 Knight of the White Tower 1p
1 Dragon 6p

36 points in total

Reto · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 10:12 am

2014 Backlog Reduction Oath March Standings
Elf of the North (15) — Jan. 31/5 (5), Feb. 30/3 (5), Mar. 33/1 (5)
Lord Hurin (13) — Jan. 48/86 (-1), Feb. 71/14 + “Most Audacious Fellow” (7), Mar. “Most Audacious Fellow” 81/6 (7)
rumtap (11) — Jan. 6/2 (3), Feb. 10/2 (5), Mar. 12/4 (3)
Fishlegs (11) — Jan. 14/0 (5), Feb. 28/27 (1), Mar. 8/0 (5)
the big goblin (10) — Jan. 21/0 (5), Feb. 6/0 (5) , No Mar. Report (0)
WhoelsebutHaldir (8) — Jan. 16/2 (5), Feb. 13/12 (1), Mar. 2/0 (2)
Galadrin (6) — Jan. 24/15 (1), Feb. 10/0 (5) , No Mar. Report (0)
Erunion (5) — Jan. 33/15 (2), Feb. 32/9 (3) , No Mar. Report (0)
mordoryaza (2) — Jan. 55/70 (-1), Feb. 43/27 (1), Mar. 9/0 (5)
Druzhag (4) — Jan. 13/0 (5), Feb. 20/27 (-1), Mar. 0/0 (0)
mordor orc (4) — Jan. 16/0 (5), Feb. 11/15 (-1) , No Mar. Report (0)
Hexaleus (4) — Jan. 16/4 (4), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
Harfoot (3) — Jan. 30/56 (-1), Feb. 4/4 (1), Mar. 3/1 (3)
Thorin (3) — Jan. 25/5 (5), Feb. 3/185 + “More Like A Grocer Than A Burglar” (-7), Mar. 10/0 (5)
Zirak-Zigil (3) — Jan. 29/9 (3), Feb. 36/16 (2), Mar. 18/52 (-2)
Reto (2) — Jan. 59/23 (2), Feb. 25/44 (-1), Mar. 17/16 (1)
tom_foolery (1) — Feb. 26/25 (1), Mar. 10/10 (0)
Corbulox (1) — Jan. 12/12 (1), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
isilduhrr (1) — No Jan. Report (0), Feb. 21/13 (1) , No Mar. Report (0)
Walters (1) — Feb. 11/11 (0), Mar. 19/16 (1)
aelfwine (0) — No Jan. Report (0), Jan/Feb. 40/45 (-1), Mar. 44/24 (1)
JamesR (-1)— Jan. 17/25 (-1), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
SidTheSloth (-1) — Jan. 2/0 (2), Feb. 1/3 (-3), Mar. 0/0 (0)
mertaal (-2) — Jan. 108/62 + "Most Audacious Fellow" (7), Feb. 0/0 (0), Mar. 1/27 (-5)
John (-4) -- Jan. 48/100 (-2), Feb. 9/0 (5), Mar. 0/230 “More Like A Grocer Than A Burglar” (-7)
Green_Dragon (-5) — Jan. 0/1 (-1), Feb. 0/21 (-5), Mar. 10/8 (1)
Ryle (-7) — Jan. 0/31 + "More Like A Grocer Than A Burglar” (-7), No Feb. Report (0), No Mar. Report (0)
Honba (-8) — Jan. 4/6 (-1), Feb. 0/2 (-2), Mar. 0/16 (-5)

.:Gunslinger:. (0) — No Jan. Report (0), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
uruk sapper (0) — No Jan. Report (0), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
MeatBoy1994 (0) — No Jan. Report (0), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
Lord Elrond (0) — No Jan. Report (0), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)
crixalis (0) — No Jan. Report (0), No Feb. Report (0) , No Mar. Report (0)

Elf of the North · **Joined:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:36 pm **Posts:** 51

Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report, April.

Miniatures bought:
None

Miniatures painted:
10*Uruk-hai scout
Glorfindel on foot
Glorfindel mounted conversion
Gil-Galad on foot
Gil-Galad mounted conversion
Elrohir and Elladan on foot
Gildor inglorion
Erestor

Fishlegs · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 8:13 pm

April Report

Miniatures bought:

Batswarm

Miniatures Painted

Tauriel
Batswarm (1 or 2 points?)
Ent (3 points)

John · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 9:37 am

um my report is i have failed badly again. -5 for me again. probably -7.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 3:11 pm

I was on a huge roll with Uruk-hai this month! Their uniformity and relatively few colours allowed me to paint a veritable legion of Saruman's foul creations!

Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report

Miniatures Bought:
1 box of Dwarf Warriors (12)
Uruk-hai Commanders (4)
Tauriel (1)
1 blister of Gundabad spearmen (3)
6 Khazad Guard (6)

26 points in total

Miniatures Painted:
Lurtz (1)
2 Uruk Captains (2)
2 Uruk Banners (2)
1 Uruk Shaman (1)
24 Mordor/ Isengard Orcs (24)
5 metal Morannon Orcs (5)
22 Uruk Scouts (22)
55 Fighting Uruk-hai (55)
2 Berzerkers (2)
2 Warg Riders (4)

For a grand total of 118 points!

The down side of this is that I still have 20 plastic Uruks, a few metal Scouts and around 12 Crossbowmen left to paint and absolutely NO desire to put a paintbrush to an Uruk-hai for the next several eternities!

Erunion · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2014 7:18 pm

Everybody needs to get their reports in for this month. Going to do a big update on the 5th!

Walters · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 10:14 am

I feel I havent done too badly on the painting front this month. However a splurge of purchases has sent me backwards.

Backlog Reduction Oath Monthly Report

Miniatures Bought:
12 Warriors of Erebor
6 Grimhammers
6 Khazad Guard
Balin and Dain (since sold on)
4 High Elf Spearmen
Witch King on Fell Beast
Durin and Mardin
Orc Siege Bow
Khandish King in Chariot
5 Khandish Horsemen
Erkenbrand (F+M)
Dwarf Kings Champion

About 60pts. I am not sure how to count the Chariot and the Witch King.

(All of this when I am supposted to be focusing on Fallen Realms stuff.)

Miniatures Painted:
Golden King of Abrakhan
9 Merchant Guard
Suladan (F+M)
2 Mirkwood Spiders
Glorfindel (F+M)

22 Pts I think.

So, time for a bit more self discipline.

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2014 10:25 am

Bought: 0
Painted: About half (so I guess that doesn't really count...)

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