The “Neglected but Not Forgotten” painting challenge ends on April 2nd, so I thought I’d announce the April challenge before I get too busy doing the “Neglected” round-up, which is looking like it’s going to be large indeed! For April I’m going to do a second annual “Paint the Crap You Already Own!” challenge.*

The idea is simple.  You can paint anything you want so long as you owned it on or before April 1, 2021. It doesn’t have to be a neglected model — you can have purchased it the day the challenge begins if that is your desire. A nice way to perhaps add something new to your collection of painted miniatures if you are tired of painting neglected models smelted during the Age of the Antonines.

Also, again this year, as a Hobby Challenge, you don’t have to confine yourself to painting models.  For example, you can write a short story, paint a picture (or bedroom or some cave art), develop a recipe, post a Youtube video, complete a needlepoint project, finishing putting together a swing set out in your backyard, put in a porch light, etc.  Pretty much anything fun, hobby or craft oriented that you start on or before April 1st.**

Rules of the Challenge

• Models for this challenge must be ones you owned on or before April 1, 2021.
• The challenge closes on May 2nd, 2021 at midnight (your local time).  If you can’t get your pictures posted by that date, it is fine.  Just post them as soon as you can.
• You can complete one model or project for this challenge or as many as you want.  Basing is optional if you don’t plan on doing basing later. It is mandatory if the plan is for the finished project to be based.
• Models and projects you feature in other challenges (not also run by me) are welcome here too.
• You can join in, and add more models at any time as the month goes along.
• Models from any company, range, time period, scale, etc. are welcome.
• Questions and/or ideas?  Let me know in the comments.
• For those who missed the 2020 round-up in two parts, you can see part one here and part two here.

Painting an entire diorama is certainly a worthy project and who doesn’t love a fully painted tank?

Of course some good, old-fashioned space marines are always welcome.  One or a whole squad.  (Wretched, Gollum-looking person peering out of a hole optional.)

Like I said, a project doesn’t have to be painting miniatures to have a place in this April challenge.  Something like this map I made using Campaign Cartographer software or one drawn by hand would find a welcome home here.

Carve some Easter pumpkins, perhaps?***

If  you don’t want to paint a picture, play a game, paint a model and making videos is lame … then when all else fails bake a Cthulhu pie!

* This challenge also has the added feature that I can pretty much recycle the challenge announcement, including the pictures, from last year. I kind of wanted to give that Cthulhu pie some more love!

** Home improvement projects may or may not be fun but they are “crafts” and thus count for this challenge.

*** Ensorcelling said pumpkin(s) as container(s) for the bewitched life force(s) of extinct but somehow still nascent being(s) of pure song is, like basing, optional unless you were planning on doing this at some point to complete the project in which case said thaumaturgy is mandatory. I will make case by case exceptions if you have unavoidable blockages such as not being able to secure required material components, timing of sacrifices due to astrological-related issues, ritual assistant union troubles, etc.