Time is running out

In the proud tradition of tournament preparation, I am running out of time in the lead-up to Cancon. The tournament starts on the 25th, and we'll be driving up the day before. That's 10 days from now, which would be a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately, I'll be away on a separate trip immediately before that. So realistically my last chance to get any tournament preparation will be this coming Friday - 3 days away.

Friday is also the deadline for lists to be submitted, so I guess I will have a final chance to assess what I have left to do and adjust my plans accordingly. In the meantime, this is what I'm planning on taking...

League of Rhordia (2000 points)

• Horde of Honour Guard with Indomitable Will
• Horde of Honour Guard with Indomitable Will
• Regiment of Knights
• Regiment of Knights
• Regiment of Knights
• Regiment of Halfling Archers
• Duke on Ancient Winged Aralez
• Duke on Ancient Winged Aralez
• Baron on Aralez
• Mammoth

So that's it, I have a list. The downside is that I currently only have 8 painted Halflings. That's 12 short. I've started work on another 10, but they have a long way to go. At least they're short...

The other problem is that I don't currently have proper models for Ancient Winged Aralez. I could cheat and use griffons, but I'd have to rebase a pair of them onto correct bases, and it would be cheating. I need some proper winged doggies. So that's my main focus right now.

I had 2 partly assembled Thunderwolves that I bought second-hand years ago at Cancon. So I set about turning those into the models I needed.

The wings for this one were printed for me. I think they're from some sort of flying lion from the Titan-Forge Patreon.

Some of the green stuff work is a bit rough, given I am running out of time. Both the riders needed cloaks, the wolves had bionic details that needed concealing...

Even this guy's base needed green stuff, because it's the second half of a chariot base I chopped in half previously.

In truth, I wasted a lot of time looking for some decent heads for the riders. I know I have a stash of Demigryph rider heads. I couldn't find them. All I found were hundreds of heads from knights, state troops and free company. In the end I had to give up, and used knight heads for both of them. This one got his crest removed and patched up with green stuff.

 At least I found him a nice lance.

This guy's wings come from an Island of Blood Griffon.

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to give him a modified hat. Maybe if I ever find those better heads, I can replace them on both models.

They're actually the same wolf body, although this one had a head with a bionic eye. 

Another very rough cloak. I'd normally let the green stuff cure a bit before trying to position it, but time got the better of me.

Right now, these models are undercoated, ready for paint. This is good, because I'll only have a few nights to get all this painting done. Do I really think I'll make it? I'm not convinced, but there's always the night before the tournament, up in Canberra. Tradition, right?

Why do I do this to myself...?