The Orks of 2016

Looking at my log of terrain to build for the Goldensprue Cup, it seems unlikely that I will be painting anything but that before the end of the year. Therefore, I'm going to call my 2016 army projects done now. I'm looking forward to 2017 when I will focus on my Imperial Knights army and Seraphon army.

Including models I made extensive repaints of, I painted a total of over 6200 points and 260 models, 20 of which were vehicles or fortifications (Inquisitor and Sisters of Battle not pictured). My painted to purchased ratio for units in 2016 is about 52:28 which isn't too bad, I'd say.













Oh yeah. And Hero Quest.




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