Forced March begins in two days!

This week began with a blizzard here in Massachusetts that dumped a ridiculous amount of snow on us in roughly 24 hours. Although we knew it was coming, the actual snowfall far exceeded projections. We are a state that doesn’t tremble at the thought of snow. It’s hardly our first (or even our hundredth) rodeo.

Still, this was a cast-iron bitch of a storm, and although it ended on Monday evening, it will take weeks to clean up. My town got close to 40″ of snow, but the drifts in my yard were well above five feet. It took me a full day to snow blow and shovel my driveway and property, and at 53 years of age, let me tell you it sure sucked. There’s no parking anywhere in the city where I work (it got more snow than I did), so I stayed home most of the week. So did everyone else.

You would think that would give me plenty of time to focus on my hobbies, but not really. I was so exhausted and sore that I just wanted to sit there and not move. After gripping a snowblower all day, it’s not like I could hold a paintbrush steady, either.

But that’s over, and March approaches. Time to get the units ready for painting. “Forced March” is upon us!

Here is a list of all those who have confirmed they are participating in my new challenge, which, as a reminder, is to paint a unit of infantry or cavalry in the month of March. Any scale, any genre…but I define a unit as “more than one model belonging to a group designed to deploy and function together in combat.” While technically units can be a single model (such as a vehicle, artillery piece or a monster), I’m hoping for at least three models.

But of course, there aren’t any miniature painting police here, so do what you want.

Anyway, the participants thus far are:

And from Intstagram:

If I missed anyone, or if anyone else wants to take part, you need only let me know in the comments below, or drop me an an email at angrypiper@angrypiper.com, or PM me on Instagram @angrypiper. I will add your name and website/IG account (if applicable) to the blogroll forthwith! If you don’t have either of those and still want to take part, no problem! I’ll host your images here on this very site.

Let’s get priming (if you haven’t done so already)!

12 thoughts on “Forced March begins in two days!”

      1. Dave Stone

        Azazael has expressed an interest in taking part as well, so I thought I ‘d pass that along mate.

  2. Simon Moore

    Looking forward to this with some Flash Gordon minions and Beastmen waiting in the wings as starters. I’ll post up a link to this site as part of my Monthly Musing for March at the start of next week. Good luck to everyone who is taking part. 🙂

    1. The Angry Piper Post author

      I’ve got a couple of units I’d like to get done, and once upon a time I would have banged them out in a week. Hopefully I get to them all, because I’ve had some of the miniatures for a very long time!

  3. Azazel

    Just doing some catch-up posting and reading and saw this one. I’ll be down for this one as I’ve got a few squads I’ve been preparing while other things just keep getting in the way (working on rubbish skips and epic buildings right now!)
    I’ve also got some single-model units that go with the squads (I mean, you’ve gotta have some officers to boss the grunts around, after all!)

  4. Dick garrison

    Just to let you know I’m underway with my first little unit, with more ready to go, not what I was hoping to paint as these haven’t arrived yet but luckily I have back ups

    Cheers Roger

    1. The Angry Piper Post author

      Great news, Roger. I’m working on finishing something that should have been done back in December, then I’m ready with my first of hopefully 2 or 3 units this month. We’ll see!

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