From ChrisW - Planet Gethen Mix bag of stuff, including Ilsa the she wolf, Dr Who Ice Warriors & more 337 points

 

But first, a few items left over from Altair IV, the robot planet.

Up first, 4 more All Quiet on the Martian Front tripods. Again it is 1 assault walker and 3 more scouts. This time around the assault tripod is sporting a rack of gas grenades and is even in the process of trying to throw one with it's stunty T-Rex arms! I tried out the colour shifter paint on this one, I think I am really, really going to need more practice with these paints. That or dust off my airbrush, read the instructions watch some videos and start using it! I had fun with the base utilizing some bring and buy ruins that I got some time ago for just such an occasion.

The scouts were done in the more traditional silver tone as opposed to my earlier tripod entry. More rocky basing, fewer rocks than last time. One tripod carries a targeting device useful for a bonus to shooting, go figure. Oddly it is the first scout that I have equipped this way, but more will be coming. 

Even after painting up 8 tripods for this challenge, I still have a photocopier box loaded with more AQMF stuff. Something to sort out after the challenge. Models by Alien Dungeon [32 points]

 

Finally I have finished Big Red! I have tried to paint this up since the start of the challenge and it has been a challenge! I just could not figure out what colours to use, in the end it became a sort of Iron man  Ape. It is a mess of a casting, with bubbles and not fully cast detail. I believe it was cast as one piece, or maybe the gun was an add on, bought it so long ago that I do not fully remember. I cleaned and repaired it as best as I could then primed it with army painter red (not certain which red)

Then it was a lot of blocking/base coating with GW paints for the colour bits and P3 for the metal parts. I would like to say I had fun painting it, but that would be a lie. I started and stopped so many times for many reasons from colour choices to just a lack of motivation. In the end I finished it out of sheer pig headed determination to not see it on my painting table again. It is done and ready for storage and hopefully to be played with in a super game. I still have the pilot to finish off, maybe next week. The figure appears to be OOP, but came from Old Glory. [20 points]

Pinky is the brain, yes Pinky is the brain...

 

 This figure comes from Alternative Armies, who recently had a sale. Now, I have noticed that stats get calculated at the end of the challenge including how much money invested into the hobby this challenge has generated. Well, I believe once I add up my receipts I will find myself above the curve.

The figure is a giant brain, duh. Not certain why I wanted it, but I did. I am sure it will come in handy sometime just not too certain when that might be...It is scale agnostic, sold in the 15mm section but usable for 15 to 28mm, so I settled in the middle at 20mm.[15 points]

Time to finally leave Altair IV and make our way to Gethen!

 

Not using Sarah's yacht this week but that did not stop me from painting up another a women unit. This time it is Ilsa by Pulp Figures.

Frozen planet meets cold hearted PULP femme fatales! Painting black clad figures, with black accoutrements, including black boots, is not as much fun as it may seem. I really wanted to keep the black cloth looking black. In the past when I have tried my figures came out grayish. So this time around a kept the highlights, light, using Vallejo dark grey to contrast the shiny black leather. Not convinced it completely worked...I did paint the armband on the figures, but there was no way I was going to be able to paint on a swastika. Maybe I will search out some decals, but for now they remain red. So 17 Pulp Figure figures. [85 points]

Frozen world what better than the Martian Ice warriors! Certainly Mars is coming up on my tour, but I have something else planned for that planet. So 17 of these rather oddly posed figures have been done, my first fully finished faction for Dr Who. They are so quirky that I guess they are kind of cool. (sorry for the pun) Black Tree Design [85 points]

A mysterious macguffin has arrived and will draw adventurers like a magnet. No doubt this will become a major plot point in a Pulp Alley game. Sally 4th model. [20 points]

 

In keeping with the cold theme, and as a preview to coming attractions, I present the following creatures of the northlands.

First up the elusive big footed Sasquatch! Pulp Figures [10 points]

The typical blurry picture of big foot (feet)

 

 

or

The loping away picture...

Distant cousins? A pair of Yetis for some intrepid explorers to encounter. Copplestone [10 points]

 

 Final entry for this week, a couple of 28mm armored cars for the Back of Beyond.[40 points]

Points

• 20 planet Gethen
  
• 32 points for 4 x 15/18mm tripods
• 15 points 20mm brain/vehicle
  
• 190 points 38 x 28mm foot
• 80 points 28mm vehicles 2 x RCW A/C, Crashed satellite,  Robot Gorilla.

Airfix tank for comparison

 Squirrel stuff

           Last week

1. Super heroes
2. Epic 40K
   
3. Sci-Fi Robots 28mm
   
4. Dystopian wars
5. Dr Who                                                                                                                                            New for this week
6. Pulp
7. All Quiet on the Martian Front  
8. Back of Beyond
   

 Alphabet challenge 

New thing that I am tracking; the number of female figures painted for the challenge! 

• 67 figures painted so far this challenge aiming for 100.

 

What a marvelous mixed bag, once again, if somewhat smaller than previous weeks have seen you produce. I do like that Iron Ape - totally bonkers!

Tamsin

 

Thanks, I will try harder for next week...😁