(It has been almost two months since my last post. Sorry, was tied up badly with work.)
More than two years has passed since I did my last on-call duty, and thus waking up for 30+ hours can be considered as a new experience again for me. Pictured below is a snapshot on what I managed to paint during the recent 24-hour Iron Painter event. Behold the devotees of Nurgle, in all its glorious filthy and rotting slimeliness.
This was the second Iron Painter held by Legio Malaysia, and it was also Malaysia's third Iron Painter in the last three years. Looking at the trend, this is going to be an annual event. Nine people registered, but only eight turned up for the challenge; myself, Jeff, Khairul, Shukur, Alvin, Janice, Joshua, and Jamie. For this installment, I've chosen to paint the new Plaguebearer models released mid-year to refresh my existing Daemon army. The Daemon models were my primary 30 models requirement to achieve the Iron Painter status, while I've added some models from the CSM range just in case I had the time to challenge for Iron Halo.
Here are some pictures of the primed models, just minutes before the event started. Please note that Jamie arrived merely seconds before the event started, thus not included in the picture below.
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| My Nurgle Force |
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| Shukur's Soviet Tankovy |
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| Alvin's Iron Warriors |
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| Janice's Orks |
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| Jeff's Welsh Guard (proximal) & Khairul's Blackforce company (distal) |
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| Joshua's CSM |
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| "Why am I white!!!?" |
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| Warning, an Alpha Legion cultist sighted |
And here are the rest of the pictures. I've purposely added the date-and-time stamp so that you guys can also have a feel on the event progress from 10.30 am on Saturday till 10.30 am on Sunday. Check them out, y'all.
After 24 hours of painting, only seven mighty painters managed to complete the challenge. Jamie decided to pull off at 4 am due to fatigue, but he did mention that he's looking forward for next year's event. Nevertheless, here are the awesome models by the 2012 Iron Painters.
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| Blackforce Mechanised Company (Khairul) - Iron Painter Champion |
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| Nurgle Force (Iqbal) - Iron Painter & Iron Halo |
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| Iron Warriors Legion (Alvin) - Iron Painter |
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| Soviet Tankovy Batalon (Shukur) - Iron Painter |
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| Orks (Janice) - Iron Painter |
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| Khornate CSM (Joshua) - Iron Painter |
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| Welsh Guards (Jeff) - Iron Painter |
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| The Iron Painters of 2012 (L to R) : Janice, Alvin, Jeff, Shukur, Khairul, Joshua, Iqbal |
Special credits to:
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Jeff - for organising this event, completing the Iron Painter challenge, and being an excellent motivator to your fellow Iron Painter participants
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Khairul - also for organising this event, and winning the Purity Seal as the Iron Painter Champion
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Shukur - for completing the Iron Painter challenge, plus the endless and tireless support you've given me to complete the Iron Halo challenge
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Alvin - for completing the Iron Painter challenge and being a good company to your fellow Iron Painter participants throughout the night
5. Janice - for being the first female in Malaysia to participate and complete the Iron Painter challenge
6. Joshua - for completing the Iron Painter challenge despite the frequent neck and back aches you've suffered
7. Jamie - for pushing yourself to the limit in this Iron Painter challenge
8. BLee - for the encouragement and the support, and also for the late night snack
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Quah, Yip, Hakim & Goh - for being good mentors in helping to spread the love for this hobby to the community
10. Chang - for organising Magacon 2012
11. And last but not least, to all fellow wargamers/hobbyists who have spared their time in making an effort to support us in completing the Iron Painter challenge. Really appreciate it guys!
That's all for now. Before I end this lengthy blog entry, here are some close-up shots of my army.
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| "Do you feel yourself lucky, punk." |
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| "I am now fully painted, MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" |
