The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Month 3, looking at month 4

After what i thought was a promising start to month 3, i then proceeded to do feck-all on this project >.< I was slightly preoccupied by the clubs Flames Of War tourney and a weekend away (first near-to-proper holiday in years), and messing around with gundam kits ate up a fair bit of time too. No real excuses really, but they're all i've got right now :P

Moon was asking for progress pictures to mark the end of (the extended) month 3, so here they are. First, The Good:

My infantry are the only things i've really got close to tabletop standard. stil lots to do and i'm only just properly thinking about basing them, but take a closer look at the squad on the left....

Look! Weathering! Proper chapter markings!
I'm so pleased with these guys its untrue, did the extra work over the last couple of evenings and even though its kind of rushed they've turned out much better than i'd hoped. The face was done a bit quick too, but its better than any of the others i've done on helmetless marines. Just realised i've not photographed the side with the facial tattoos, but nevermind.
Need to remember to keep the mud/dust on the arms a bit tighter for the next patch, should have kept it limited to just hands and elbows but i went a bit mad

Next, The Bad:

Not done any work on the rhino since i basecoated and washed it, and the way i was transporting it means its now needing some repairs too. Not touched the captain either as i'm still not too pleased with some bits of the conversion and the bionic arm.
I got the Terminators up to the same level as the rest and have so far left them to concentrate on stuff i've had for longer. The Master of the Forge i had left half converted for ages as i wans't sure what to add to the conversion, but i've since added a few more bits and started painting purely so that i don't just leave it and forget about it. Still wish i'd done more detailing to the marine himself, but i know if i did i wouldn't have got paint on him this side of Christmas :)

Also, as the Master of ther Forge is my month 3 special/themed character i've got a background for him in note form somewhere. I'm aiming to have that cleared up and posted here as soon as possible

Finally, The Ugly:

Can't believe i've left the dread this long - it was a month 2 target :( Think i've mainly been leaving him as i feel i should do more greenstuff detailing, and i'm still more than a little apprehensive to do anything like that due to my inexperience with it.
The Rhino was squeezed into month 3's points total and took me very slightly over points, but not knowing if this was ok until halfway through the month meant i couldn't do a whole lot to it.
Likewise, the Vindicator was also a month 3 addition but not being able to afford it meant i couldn't actually buy it until this weekend. Still need to collect it from Ross before i can do anything with it too

Also, as an extra note, i still haven't finished my month 2 objective. In a classic case of me seeing a basic task and overcomplicating it, i decided to make an ambushed/destroyed imperial staff car containing either an injured officer or something else of value.
I immediately went and made careful plans and made sure everthing was to scale, and started cutting plasticard.
I then discovered i hadn't a clue where i was going to get suitable wheels for the thing and found some of the pieces i needed to make weren't going to be as easy as i thought either. And with base included, rather than fitting the 60mm diameter i had started with, it would need to be based on something the size of a CD >.<
Needless to say its gonna take me a while yet. i was going to do the seats next, but that requires greenstuff.......

Looking forward to month 4, we haven't actually been told the targets yet other than that gaming performance will add a lot to it. I haven't played too many of the other participants yet so i'm looking forward to that As for additional modelling, i'll be using my Space Sharks in the clubs 40k tourney starting in the next few weeks and as i'm needing to bulk the force out to 1750pts some of this probably make its way into month 4 too. I will be recycling the test models i'd built prior to starting The Tale, but the other stuff i'm making for it may well get included in month 4 as new additions. It'll be stuff i'd be using anyway, and it'll mean i can still concentrate on finishing some of the backlog too.

As a recap, and also so i know i've listed it somewhere, the current armylist for the end of month 3 is as follows:

Captain-
Powerweapon, meltabombs -120

Master of the Forge-
Bike, Conversion Beamer -155

5 Scouts-
Sniper rifles, Camo cloaks -90

10 Tactical Marines-
Combi-plasma, Plasmacannon, Meltagun -190
Rhino -35

10 Tactical Marines-
Powerfist, Multimelta, Meltagun -200
Rhino -35

Dreadnought -105

5 Assault Terminators-
all with Thunderhammer, Stormshield -200

Vindicator -115

Total -- 1245pts