THE 2nd ANNUAL 6 Month Mountain Reduction and Painting Challenge!

Alright everybody, it's time for the 2nd Annual 6 Month Mountain Reduction and Painting Challenge or 6MMRPC.  We've changed up the time frame - it's going to run from June 1, 2015 thru November 30, 2015.  This avoids Christmas.  There have also been a few rules changes, and some exciting additions IN BOLD.

1. No purchasing of new miniatures, EXCEPT if you use a joker.  You get three jokers to use on a figure purchase.  Could be a blister pack, an ebay bundle, or a single figure...you can't splurge. The only exception to this rule is if you need bitz or A FIGURE (Singular) to complete a unit/warband etc.

1.1 - There is an opportunity to "earn" additional jokers.  If you complete an entire project (whole unit/army/warband etc.) with pictures of starting, WIP, and completion, you earn yourself a Joker. 

2.  Gifts do not count against you. Holidays, birthdays etc. Also, if you're given gift cards by your hobby illiterate family or friends, you can without penalty use them on anything you want miniatures wise.

3.  Paints, terrain (or materials), and other hobby supplies do not apply to the no purchasing rule.

4.  At least one hobby related blog post and/or Instagram update a week.  If you instagram, be sure to hashtag your pic with #6MMRPC

5.  Zombtober will be part of the 6 month challenge so, Zombie related stuff during October is ENCOURAGED. Other theme suggestions are welcomed.

6.  Anyone that wants to submit a before and after picture of a miniature that they are proud of completing during the course of the challenge to dmcffd@gmail.com will be entered into the running for a gift certificate to a online wargaming store of their choice.  Judging will be by an un-biased person.  Amount on the gift certificate will be dictated by winners nationality but should work out to about $30 U.S. I (Spiderweb of History) will not be eligible to win. 


So spread the word folks, and lets make this an even better challenge than the last!

For those looking for additional info about this madness, please check out -

6 Month Mountain Reduction and Painting Challenge Master List 

and

The 6MMRPC Facebook Group 

We look forward to seeing you there!

6MMRPC Wrap Up!

So. Here it is 2 months after the 1st Annual 6 Month Mountain Reduction and Painting Challenge, or 6MMRPC ended and I'm just now getting around to doing my wrap up post. Whew I need to slow down and remove some stress from my life.

The challenge seemed to go over very well for the folks that participated. While not everyone followed the rules to the T, everybody has said they enjoyed it, and produced more in the 6 months than they had in a long time! So I'm chocking that up as a win! 

I personally took a lot of encouragement and fun from the challenge, and made some friends along the way. I sincerely hope everybody comes back for the 2ND Annual 6MMRPC!

I borrowed the soon to be copyrighted, and patented format that Mr. Brawley over at The Tower of the Archmage blog came up with. Thanks Dave!

Basically, a rehash of the "rules" followed by my success or lack there of:

1. No purchasing of new miniatures, EXCEPT if you use a joker card.  Like in a deck of cards, you get two jokers to use on a figure purchase.  Could be a blister pack, an ebay bundle, or a single figure...you can't splurge. 

I was accused of splurging when I bought the Space Hulk game from GW. Other than that, I don think I used my official 2nd joker. So I'm calling this one a success!

 2.  Gifts do not count against you. Christmas and or birthdays etc. Also, if you're given gift cards by your hobby illiterate family or friends, you can without penalty use them on anything you want miniatures wise.  

- I celebrated Christmas and my Bday during the challenge, and walked away with large quantities of miniatures and other wargaming materials, so...my mountain actually grew ALOT. So while I didn't break the rules, I'm counting this as a FAIL.

 3.  Paints, terrain (or materials), and other hobby supplies do not apply to the no purchasing rule.

4.  At least one hobby related blog post and/or Instagram update a week.  If you instagram, be sure to hashtag your pic with #6MMRPC.

- This is a mixed bag of success. I was terrible at posting every week. But I did have many blog posts and Instagram photos throughout. I'm counting this as a success!

 5.  Zombtober will be part of the 6 month challenge so, Zombie related stuff during October is ENCOURAGED. 

- Other than Dark Ages, my zombie apocalypse collection saw a huge boost in finished items. So, SUCCESS!

Here are a few stats - then I'll post my favorite pics from the challenge:

Total Figs Painted During the Challenge = 120 Figures

Finished Terrain Pieces = 17

Those are my favorites. Stay tuned for news very soon of the 2nd Annual 6MMRPC!