From LeeH: Ships of the Desert (Challenge Island Entry Fee) (35 Points)

The fortuitous combination of Bank Holidays and my regular day off means I have had almost a whole week off work over Christmas, without having to use any holiday up. That's lucky in two ways; first I work for a Charity and they are understandably stingy with holiday entitlement so I don't have many days leave available to start with, and secondly, it means I have had lots of time to get stuck into painting for the Challenge. On the less happy side, my poor wife has been quite ill over the holiday and while she has spent the last week and a half laying on the sofa watching TV, I've been free to occupy myself with my miniatures. I have to say that even I'm champing at the bit to get outside and painting these two ships of the desert is just stocking that need to be outside. 

I'm not 100% sure where I got these (Britannia Miniatures I think?) but I do know they almost made it into Challenge IX. I started painting them but ran out of time and I wasn't at all happy with how they looked, so I stripped them, re primmed them and put them aside for another year. Now, at last, they are back on my desk and I have managed to finish them off as my entry fee to Challenge Island. It won't take a genius to guess who I had in mind for these figures, but they could go to any of those that make it to the Snow Lords Peak. I decided not to rebase them, with the idea that if I kept the original cast metal bases they could be adapted to fit into any suitable force with a little groundwork. 

I have already finished my first location-based entry to Challenge Island, but I'll submit that later, once my fee figures have been posted. So two camels should net me five points each, plus the entry fee bonus of 25points will give me a tidy 35 points from this entry. Onwards and upwards! 

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Great look camels, Lee. Some lucky Challenger will be getting these Ships of the Desert. I like how their head positions are evocative of how we imagine these smelly, hard-working creatures and I also fancy how the coloured tassels nicely offset their otherwise fairly drab appearance. Well done!

-Curt