Just to get a couple of Pre Christmas points. A single pack Yak. For those that do not know a Yak is the traditional beast of Burden in Tibet! And they are used to carry loads in the
Himalayas as my regular blog readers will know I am working on a 28mm colonial Northwest Frontier project. So to round it out here is a Yak.
The figure is old but we all have things in the unpainted pile we should have started years ago. It is 25/28mm Irregular Miniatures which is a company that is still going but they no longer attend shows or advertise. So if you want anything you have to contact them directly and wait! (I have more Irregular miniatures coming in this challenge).
Neither the best paint job now the best figure I have ever sculpted but it is done and need never be done again.
Yaks do come in a variety of colours. There are many Black and white but equally as many brown or Ginger. It all depends on the herd it is born into. They have been used to carry loads for centuries. The Mongols used them and they are still used today. So if you are wargaming in the
Himalayas you just might need some of these. As I have said I will use this one for colonial and Victorian Science Fiction but they could equally well be used for Modern all the way back to biblical.
Himalayas you just might need some of these. As I have said I will use this one for colonial and Victorian Science Fiction but they could equally well be used for Modern all the way back to biblical.
But most importantly It gets a few points before Crimbo and I just want to get off the mark as I carry on with 3 other projects. So it was a distraction but a welcome distraction.
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Never met a Yak I did't like and this one's no exception. Nice one Clint. If you ever need to find this one a Yak girlfriend (or boyfriend for that matter) check out Mark Copplestone's 'Back of Beyond' range. Some lovely Yaks to be found there.
You're officially on the scoreboard Clint! Welcome back.
Welcome to the points fest, nice yack. Did not realise Irregular was stopping going to shows. First figures I ever bought were Irregular
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Thank you Ian. I only know that I have not seen Irregular at any show for over ten years. Perhaps they still go to shows in the north, but nothing of them in the South.
DeleteYakety-yak, nice yak Curt! I love the weird and wonderful world of Irregulars, good to see some on the Challenge.
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Thank you Peter. There will be more irregular miniatures coming up on the challenge I am sure. But I was very surprised that there was no label for them (so I created one)
DeleteSolid and stoic-looking, a very serviceable yak for your next expedition; well done, Clint!
ReplyDeleteThank you Evan. It was just painted to get me on the points table before Christmas and it will be given to a friend.
DeleteThank you Curt, I had forgotten the Back of Beyond range. But as mentioned above a quick paint to show I am still alive and get a few points.
ReplyDeleteGood work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex. It did not come out as well as I hoped.
DeleteFunny looking camel! :-)
ReplyDeleteNice work Clint!
Thank you Millsy. I will bow to your better and more intimate knowledge of Camels than my own.
Delete"Pack-yak, pack-yak, pack yak." kinda of catchy sounding title Clint, sounds a bit like Jingle Bells to me ;-) Anyway nicely done mini in any case!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sander. Just a quick paint to get points on the board. Hopefully the next post by me should be bigger.
DeleteSomething different to get you of the blocks Clint ... very nice
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. I think Colonials next, unless I get Side-Oh look what's that!
DeleteI've never been a good judge of Yaks, but this one looks good to me! Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rod. My next few "planned" posts are probably much more mainstream.... Note I did not use the word "Normal"
DeleteGreat start, always nice to get the points packed into the board.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jamie. It will be a slow start for me this year.
DeleteNow that's something you don't often see Clint!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ray. A Pack Yak just may be something Postie does not have or even have a use for.
DeleteCue Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden" and the "Yakkety Sax" theme from Benny Hill. Nice figure, very unusual.
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Thank you Michael. I will paint a little everyday. Once in a while I will paint something odd. That is the great thing about the AHPC sooner or later some one will paint it!
DeleteNice yak, Clint! Besides the burdening load, an excellent bit of stage dressing!
ReplyDeleteThank you David. We all need a bit of table dressing now and again. This will be a Christmas gift for a club member when next we meet!
DeleteNice opening shot Clint - you seem to have an affinity for smelly, hairy beasts of burden what with the camels and now this yak :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tamsin. yes I like big smelly hairy things. What else can I say.
DeleteVery useful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barks. A yak is not something to paint on a whim, you kinda need a reason to first buy and them paint a Yak.
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