A few months ago a buddy asked if I had any interest in playing Warmaster. It always looked fun to me and while I didn’t own an miniatures I figured why not join in? He always follows me down my hobby rabbit holes so this was his time to lead!

Speaking of rabbit holes I figured I could use some motivation and decided to put on a Warmaster Army Challenge to get my first 1,000 points ready for the battlefield. I’ll be stealing most of the rules from the 40k 2nd Edition Challenge which I have been running on this blog the last two years after taking over from Dr. The Viking on his wonderful Cowabunga Journal.

The goal of the challenge is to paint 1,000 points of Warmaster in 6 months.  Each month the participants will paint about 200 points of models.  The challenge then runs for 6 months. Now the mathematically inclined will insist that 6 x 200 pts equals 1200 pts. This might be correct, but in any case, the additional month is meant as a buffer – we all know that life happens… and sometimes having a bit of a buffer to complete your goals is all that is needed.  Each participant is allowed one “mulligan” month.

Of course even with provisions like these, and the tiny little models we will be painting, some of the participants are bound to bite the dust and drop out. Don’t be alarmed though – this is completely normal.  The end goal here is to get you to complete 1000 pts in ½ a year.

Before we all get huddled up in our tiny piles of lead, plastic and resin let’s go over the ground rules:

Each participant must:

1) Write a short introduction about their personal challenge: This introduction should include a 1000 pts Warmaster army list made using the version of your choice. Together with the army list it is OK (cool even) to include some background or motivation and even a bit about yourself if you care. You’ll note I don’t care if you play the classic ruleset, Revolution, or some other variant. Honestly, having never played I’m not sure if the points are different between the classic or Revolution variants, and while I’m sure there are other versions I’m not familiar enough with them to talk about them!

2) Take a photo of the starting point and subdivide it into the chunks you plan on painting each month. This is important and will go along with the army list in the initial presentation of the project. The photo will be used again at the conclusion of the project, to show the starting point and wherever it ends up. You might not paint the whole chunk in a given month, but that is ok, we just like to see the plan and if it survives first contact with the enemy!

3) No later than August 1, 2025: Send both the introduction and the photo to me and label the topic “Name, army, starting point”.  Please also provide the name you’d like me to use on the blog, and the country you currently live in. You can provide your email in the comments and I’ll write you, or you can message me on my Instagram page over at https://www.instagram.com/wachtmeisters_patrol/.

How it is going to run:

The monthly digests will be broadcast far and wide on Facebook, my blog and so on. Participants should feel free to blog on their own behalf as well. I will post the introductions and army lists online on or about August 4, 2025. The first compiled summary will go online the first week of September.  (So the actual painting begins August 1.)

The important bit:

No later than the last day of every month the participants must send an e-mail to me  with the following information:

1. Each time you must include in the topic: Name, army and month – e.g. “Wachtmeister, High Elves, August”. This will help the sorting and work on this end.
2. A picture (as nice as possible) of the progress of the month. The models may be placed in terrain, on a white backdrop, or even on your workbench. The set dressing is all up to you. Please try and limit yourself to one picture, I’m already killing my storage!
3. In addition to the picture, you must specify how the models fit within the context of the army. How many points are they, what are they, and so on.
4. Lastly, if the participant keeps a blog, page, or similar where the thoughts regarding the project are expanded – please provide a direct link for it.

Every month in the first week of the month I will post a summary of how the participants are doing, including the images, the descriptions and any links for further information.

Your models do not have to be official Games Workshop models. Any of the wonderful 3D sculpts, other companies models, and so on are welcome!

So far I have a few participants, I’m limiting this endeavor to 10 total so if you are interested let me know ASAP!

-Wachtmeister

https://www.instagram.com/wachtmeisters_patrol/