From MikeP: My Challenge

 I had a grand time this year, and I'm glad that I returned to the Challenge after taking some years off.  I was able to meet and beat my 500 point challenge, though the directions I took were largely unexpected.   Originally I'd planned to work on 28mm SYW stuff, so where did that Germanic war band come from?  Likewise I had no plans to do the Frankenstein vignette until it appeared in my mailbox as a late Christmas present and an idea for a visit to Skaro took place.  The Challenge was a great incentive to come to grips with 3D printing, though I have SO MUCH learning curve still to navigate.   But it was a good start.  Half of the 6mm stuff and all the Frankenstein scenery was printed for the Challenge.

More importantly, I've met up again with some Challenge veterans and met some new friends here.  I still hope to look at and comment on every one of your posts, I tried hard to do that but fell off the rails in late March.   I have been constantly impressed by your talent, creativity, and friendliness.  

Cheers and blessings, MikeP (the Padre)

From FrederickC - Painting Challenge XII Rounds Complete

 

It has now been a week since the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XII came to a close. I have been busy with all those household tasks that my wife tolerantly let me put on hold while I was painting my way into 4th place in the challenge standings. This was my first time actively participating, although last year I 'audited the course' as it were, and I am pretty happy with the results.

I managed to paint 415 foot figures, 2 mounted figures, and 37 vehicles all in 28mm, 1 foot figure in 54mm, and scratch build a figure in 80mm, as well as several cubes worth of terrain. Most of the figures, and all the vehicles  were Second World War Soviets, Germans, Brits, Poles, and French, but the genres ranged from historical to fantasy to science fiction to zombies. (I am nothing if not eclectic in my gaming interests.)

The Assembled Masses

 

Kudos to Curt and all his minions for the hard work they put in monitoring, adjudicating, tabulating, commenting, etc., and for the design of the Challenge Quadrant. I managed to visit 6 outer ring, 5 middle ring, and 4 inner ring planets, as well as the Quadrant sun. The themes provided inspiration to paint up some minis that had long languished in one of my many storage boxes in the basement. (Those boxes are all a bit emptier now.)

All in all, it has been a very enjoyable three months of assembling and painting. Again, I extend my thanks to all those who left comments on my posts. I am looking forward to the start of Painting Challenge XIII next December. In the meantime, I hope to get many of my newly painted figures deployed on the gaming table. You can follow their exploits over on the Fawcett Avenue Conscripts blog.

Cheers,

FrederickC 

Hard at work at my painting desk

From PeterD Wrap Up

 End of the 12th challenge and time to sum up.  And unlike prior years' I've actually got my stuff together to post my wrap up before the next Challenge starts!  Here goes.

Wot I did this Challenge

I enjoyed putting this final shot together, as it's easy to forget what you got done over the quarter.  In the end I got a reasonable amount of stuff built, remained mostly focused, got most of what I bought for the challenge completed and found a new project.  Not a bad result at all.  I worked through COVID and the annual getting older grumpiness (I turned 60 on the Ides of March).  

This all included:

• A dark age/early medieval ring fort
• A ruin for dark age/early medieval historicals or RPGs
• A bunch of dark age/early medieval characters and baddies
• A bunch of forest fauna suitable for most eras
• The last (I think) of the lovely Bad Squiddo Women of WW2 kickstarter
• A couple of SYW civilians

Goofball in chief.  I never take good photos.