Friday 12 February 2016

From SanderS - More khaki drill...(296 points)

Hoi - Let me start by saying I think this post is my best shot at something we have come to describe a "points bomb" in this hallowed campaign that is the Challenge. Anyone who reads the rankings can see I am still miles away from my point target of 1500 points and will need to push it down to the floor to make this mark before the Challenges End.

So with no small amount of glee I can now present most of what is my Khaki Project for this years painting. All these figures are 1:72 Great War figures,most of them from HäT the exceptions I will call out. Let's start with my Emhar Mark IV male tank. A model that has stood assembled and primed in my cabinet for YEARS and now I have found an excuse to paint him up, gaining me 12pts.





Next up is a platoon of ANZACS or Diggers. They are HäT early war/ Gallipoli ANZACS and I have given them the white over red patches of the 8th Battalion. Why this unit? Well this is due to the brilliant ANZACS series. An Australian  TV series available on DVD and on YouTube, and it follows some of the 8th Battalion's troops from the very beginning of the War, through training, Gallipoli and the West Front. I did some head-swaps to include some regular army soft caps and some sun helmets just to liven them up a bit. These 20 soldiers are good for 80 points.





Next up are some support stands. An 8th Battalion mortar and two 2nd Machine Gun company Vickers HMG's. Six soldiers are worth 24 points




On to some ALH, I have a small unit of the 4th Australian Light Horse and these dismounted troopers and horse holders will be added to them. Another 10 trooper squad is prepped and based but will not be in time for this post. These 8 troopers are worth another 32 points, I am not counting the horses since they do not have riders.





The pride and joy of this batch of figures are 3 bases of Late War Artillery. I have intentionally left any unit markings off, so I can use them as any  Commonwealth Nation's artillery. there are two artillery pieces (White Metal from Early War Miniatures) and 12 crewmen. Two of those (the tank-crew carrying the box of ammo) are from Emhar the others are all HäT figures. 12 crewmen and 2 guns should earn me 64 points.






The last supplement to my Allied Great War armies are these 21 Late War Highlanders. The colour scheme is that of the London Scottish Regiment or something, which I have first seen in the Warhammer Historical Great War rulebook. Adding another 84 points, these Highland laddies bring the grand total to a whopping 296 points in total unless I am mistaken.





At the moment I am painting Napoleonic units for the next entry but I am not sure it will be finished next Friday. I am also pretty sure I am not entering the next Bonus round since I could not come up with a good idea. Oh BTW: Millsy all Antipodean personnel are wearing brown footwear in the colour Valejo Germ. Cam. Black Brown 822 from our catalogue ;-) 

Cheers Sander
Great work Sander! I would indeed say this is a "points bomb", and a very impressive one at that. Usually I am a sucker for the WW1 tanks, but in this case my favourite is the artillery, particularly the piles of shells - great work marking them up. And this batch overall is fantastic, I'm sure they will look great on the table. Well done - and 296 points for you!

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  1. Wow, great stuff Sander. I am with Greg, the tank is wonderful but the artillery is amazing!

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  2. Excellent bunch of ANZACS Sander :)

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  3. A fine body of men Sander. Monash would have been be proud to command them! Love the colouring on the tank too, super realistic.

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    1. Thanks Millsy, I hope I have done you proud ;-) Talking about Monash, I suppose you have seen this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGkRJHJ5juI

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  4. Wonderful submission! I really like the artillery crew with the piles of shells.

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    1. Yeah they were a load of fun to paint too!

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  5. Cracking job Sander.. Oh it been a while since I watched ANZACS , I must rematch. The 9.2 howitzer looks the biz

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    1. Thanks Mr D. the episode in which they nick Haig's whiskey always cracks me up :-)

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  6. Love this. I really like the mini vignettes of the pack horses and artillery ammo. Elevates some already excellent figures to the next level. Basing, painting are top notch!

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    1. Thanks for the kind words John! The vignettes make the painting more fun too. But mainly with 1:72 figures you get these poses in with the regular combat poses so why not put them to good use?

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  7. The whole mess of WW1 allies is really good and a beautiful points bomb, but the artillery is my favorite as I really like the detail on the guns and the ammo point is pure awesome! ;)

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    1. The Early War guns are indeed amazing, which I had some purpose crew, because these are actually for use with a fieldgun. I leave all me guns loose so I can change them on the base as I need them.

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  8. Superb stuff! Love the tank colour, the ammo dump, the sleeve patches... really nice work. I think you deserve a few extra points for the horses to make it a round 300!

    We should have had a WW1 side-challenge...

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    1. Yes we should have...perhaps in a future Challenge? I take your comment as a downcast glove kind Sir!

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  9. Brilliant. So much stuff to look at and mini vignettes everywhere. The arty is smashing and I like the dismounted horses best, they're often forgotten in the gaming world.

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    1. Thanks Jamie, well the horses and holders are an integral part of any mounted infantry unit and thus should be represented in miniature as well. The people behind HäT do really care about the produce they make and much care is taken when putting a set together. In the same ALH box is a mounted trooper brandishing his bayonet as a sabre which I found strange when the first masters were shown. Yet when asking after this the answer was that the ALH charged at Bersheeba using their bayonets in this way so yeah they take care to provide us customers with stuff that portrays our subjects in best possible way.

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  10. I did love the "ANZACS" TV series one of the best series I have ever seen.

    I have a few WW1 armies (Arabs for Arab revolt included, British in Palestine and Turks as well.) But nothing for the western front. Seeing these is getting me tempted.

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    1. Thanks Clint, I do have some Turks, German Schütztruppe and Askari's and some Tropic Dress Brits lying around too. I think I'll save them for next year's Challenge. So perhaps we'll see you in the Great War side duel next year as well?

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  11. Now that is excellent and mega work Sander!

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  12. Great submission. I remember the anzacs show from the 80's, if it is the same one. It was great

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    1. Yeah it's the 80's show and it's great fun!

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  13. brilliant work on the kaki drill!

    the artillery ammo scenery is cracking!

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  14. That's a great points bomb! Nice work on all that khaki!

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    1. Thanks Samuli, I am glad that I only need to do 3 more units in Khaki and that's when the Khaki project is really done...

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  15. Stunning work all round! The tank is a real eyecatcher but the ari is simply awesome.

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    1. I couldn't agree more, it was a labour of love to paint those artillery figures.

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  16. Really nice work again Sander! Khaki projects can be quite fun and relaxing.

    Christopher

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    1. weeeeelll opinions differ on that point Christopher; I am well done with Khaki at the moment but still have some way to go... ;-)

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  17. So very very good, love the stacked ammo bases

    Ian

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  18. Wow. This is amazing stuff Sander. So much to admire here. The infantry, horse-lines , weapon teams, artillery vignettes... It's all so impressive. You should be very proud of this collection - bravo!

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    1. I am not sure they really deserve this praise, they are pretty much vanilla troops excepting the artillery bases. But I do treasure the compliment Curt.

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  19. That's a brilliant force, coherent in its realisation and showing off your ability in modelling and painting all arms of service. That's everything a points bomb should be!

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    1. Thanks Evan, they are part of a far greater force standing in my cabinets or awaiting painting. As with most armies: they are never finished.

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  20. You have really done a terrific job on here figures.

    John

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  21. Thanks John great praise indeed!

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