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wanted to start the Paint What You Got painting challenge for a while now but weather was not helping me at all and preventing me from going out to spray some miniatures. i did happen to get a few western gunfighters done. but then things started to unfold. first of my wild west gunfighters that i set to do for the Paint What You Got challenge. i have about 21 more to go before Feb. 28th. out of all of them i made a dedicated sheriff with a painted gold star, and i plan to do a few deputies with silver stars. just like the Zombicide wild west figures i had a year or so ago, i painted up a set of figures for Rita and her parents. i asked her what kind of weapons they should have and the color scheme of their clothes. she was pleased with how they came out. i still have a way to go but i'm not sure if i will make the original plan of getting my wild west figures completed in the time of February 28th. we managed to regroup our D&D group with Rita inviting some of her friends and ...

i don't really do hobby challenges as often as most of my peers do. but when i come across one that seems either really fun or even beneficial i'll give it a go. the only themed challenge i've done is the Orctober, where you either paint units or single figures that are orcs/orks. this time around i came across a new challenge where there's a deadline for painting miniatures. i'm going to participate in the Paint What You Got challenge by Dave Stone over at Wargames Terrain Workshop . i learned about this challenge on the The Periodic Painting Table blog where a fellow hobbyist MisterC also is joining in. the challenge is to finish something between December 26th (or now) and February 28th. it could be something that has already started or is completely new, it just has to be completed in the time frame given. i figured this would be a great time to get a good start on my wild west miniatures that i just recently bought a few weeks back. i got two plastic sets of G...