Miniatures Painted This Year (August)

So, last month was the month that I finally fell behind - I ended up with more mini's bought than painted :(

Now, granted, it was only by one miniature - so I was determined to get at least one model painted this month... just to get back on track.

And I did! I got this little fellow done (a Wargames Atlantic 'sneak feet' model):

And with him finished, that means I have a full 200pt warband for OPR Firefight...

...which, as you can see, are meant to represent a few desperate penal legion troops.

And while I hadn't planned on buying any new models this month (as I am determined to see this 'paint more than I buy' promise through) - wouldn't you know it... one of those 'partwork' magazines gets released this week...

...you know the kind of thing - there's 90 issues at £9.99 or some such (so the whole thing costs a small fortune) - but issue one is usually a steal (i.e. to try and hook you in)... and well worth picking up in it's own right (which is what I normally do with these kind of things).

So, for the princely sum of £2.99, you get a space marine terminator captain and a winged tyranid prime...

...and that's got to be around £30 or £40 in games workshop plastic right there.

So, in my defence, this is one of those deals that you can't really not pick up (even if, like myself, you have no intention of collecting the magazine).

Anyway... for a brief while there, I managed to claw things back to 81 bought and 81 painted... but right at the end of the month I've slipped back to...

83 BOUGHT

81 PAINTED

...so I need to pull my finger out!