So, with the South Coast Grand Tournament quickly approaching I thought it would be a good idea to see what I need to get done.
I'm taking a Chaos Grand Alliance this year - my third different army in four trips, and probably the first time I have not put a painting trophy down as the goal this year - my Warriors army never gets much of a look in due to the speed it was painted in. It looks effective, but technically it falls well down the scale of good armies. However it is still eye catching due to the colour scheme and it allows me to take lots (well, some!) of big fancy monsters which is always fun!
The speed factor does have some benefits though - it means that I can hopefully add a bunch of new stuff that might actually make it play well (this is unlikely of course!). I'd also like Archaon to be leading an actual horde of chaos followers, which is how I see him acting in the fluff of Age of Sigmar.
So I thought to start with I'd put up a little record of here of what will be needed for the army:
Archaon - Completed
Slaanesh Lord on Demonic Mount - purchased, not built
Slaanesh Lord on Demonic Mount - purchased, not built
3 Varanguard - built, converted and undercoated
Chaos Warshrine - built and undercoated
50 Chaos Marauders - painted (but need some work doing), not based
20 Warriors of Chaos - completed
5 Hellstriders - completed
20 Demonettes - completed
Mutalith Vortex Beast - completed
It looks OK at the moment, but as ever I know that I will be right to the wire. I think its going to be the improvements on the marauders that will take the time, however I am going to leave those till last and make sure I do a reasonable job on the five larger models that I have to complete.
I'd also like to do a display board and a couple of extra bits of scenery (certainly two two realm gates and a tower). I'll try and keep these simple and effective as well, to match the army and limit my work. I have a few ideas for this which I'll post at a later date!
If anyone has any thoughts on the army or the colour scheme post here and I'll try and give you some insights about what my thinking is or how anything has been done.