90% Complete.

That's right, I'm very close to being finished, and there's still a little over a week left until Battlecry.

The Thracians have now been washed, and just need some final highlights and a few touch-ups. The Spartan Cavalry need their weapons painted. Then both battlegroups need varnishing and basing.

The terrain is still on the back burner for now, but maybe I'll break out the airbrush and hit everything tomorrow, just to get some paint on it.

Even more pointy sticks—on horses no less

Made a fair amount of progress on the final two battlegroups today. Thracians got their skin and weapons painted.

 They also got some colour. Capes are supposed to be colourful, right?

 And the Spartan cavalry, who got their horses and various leather accessories painted.

Pointy Sticks—Flying Pointy Sticks

Finished the battlegroups of Phokian Javelinmen today. That's 2 more BGs complete, leaving only 2 to paint inside two weeks. Then terrain, if there's time.

2 More Battlegroups complete, 4 to go

Yup, that's right, I've finally got another 2 battlegroups completed—the second Spartan BG, and the Phokian Hoplites.

I've also managed to finish my Camp, and my sub commander and ally commander.

The Jav BGs only need ID stripes and eyeballs, and then it's the much maligned Thracians and Spartan Cav that get gussied up. Two BGs, two weeks. I can do this.

So, update time. New camera. It's shiny. Anyways, second Spartan BG done. Phokian BG done. Both need varnishing though. Phokian Jav BG's 1 & 2 need flesh highlights & varnish. Camp needs varnish. Thracians and Spartan Cav need a lot of love.

Two weeks to go, two full BG's to go. Still got a bunch of terrain to paint, but I think I can just give that a quick pass with the airbrush and be done with it. Make it look pretty later. Also made a couple of hills from foam. They can be gentle/steep as required. Thinking of buying a GF9/Battlefront river to use as my river/coast element.

Progress—I have made some

So, despite being absolutely, horrendously, violently—and I do mean violently—sick during the middle of the week, I have managed to get a bit more painting done on my Spartans. I even have pictures.

Terribly shadowed phone camera pictures.

But, pictures, right? :P

So, there's now 4 battlegroups needing flesh highlights, and 3 needing basing. That same battlegroup of Perioikoi still needs varnishing. The Thracians and the Spartan Cav are now the only unpainted battlegroups. With three weeks left until battlecry, I think I might just be able to get some terrain painted as well, which will be a big bonus for all involved.

Lakadaemonia Suffers—Oracles Blamed

Yeah, not a great showing at gaming today. Not at all. When the terrain is in your favour, you have good deployment, and (fairly) good tactics, you should have at least an even chance of winning.

In an ideal world, that's true.

Today, however, I was plagued by terrible rolling in both games, while my opponents (Rob & Mark) rolled ridiculously well. Rob couldn't fail a single test (and was rolling like a demon with the re-rolls), and Mark went on Kingslayer on my commanders. Not fun.

That said, the games were well played, and the clash of battle lines was epic (especially Mark's "I can fit 8 BG's of Armoured Offensive Spear in 600 pts" force).

Now some people say its only bad gamers that blame the dice, but that's simply untrue. There are days, weeks even, when you can't roll a 6 to save your life. And there are also days when you simply can't roll under a 5.

Also, why do I blame the dice?
Two examples. First, I rolled 12 dice against Mark's 14. I get 1 hit (on a 5+). He gets 11 (on 4+).
Same game. I have 11, against Mark's 12. I get 3 hits. Mark gets 8.

And that was the theme for most of the game honestly. Not the best day ever. But, there's more painting to be done, and more gaming eventually (next week we're all going to be on holiday).

I think may sack Delphi and steal all their luck first though…